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Ramakrishnan N, Tourdot RW, Eckmann DM, Ayyaswamy PS, Muzykantov VR, Radhakrishnan R. Biophysically inspired model for functionalized nanocarrier adhesion to cell surface: roles of protein expression and mechanical factors. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2016; 3:160260. [PMID: 27429783 PMCID: PMC4929918 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In order to achieve selective targeting of affinity-ligand coated nanoparticles to the target tissue, it is essential to understand the key mechanisms that govern their capture by the target cell. Next-generation pharmacokinetic (PK) models that systematically account for proteomic and mechanical factors can accelerate the design, validation and translation of targeted nanocarriers (NCs) in the clinic. Towards this objective, we have developed a computational model to delineate the roles played by target protein expression and mechanical factors of the target cell membrane in determining the avidity of functionalized NCs to live cells. Model results show quantitative agreement with in vivo experiments when specific and non-specific contributions to NC binding are taken into account. The specific contributions are accounted for through extensive simulations of multivalent receptor-ligand interactions, membrane mechanics and entropic factors such as membrane undulations and receptor translation. The computed NC avidity is strongly dependent on ligand density, receptor expression, bending mechanics of the target cell membrane, as well as entropic factors associated with the membrane and the receptor motion. Our computational model can predict the in vivo targeting levels of the intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM1)-coated NCs targeted to the lung, heart, kidney, liver and spleen of mouse, when the contributions due to endothelial capture are accounted for. The effect of other cells (such as monocytes, etc.) do not improve the model predictions at steady state. We demonstrate the predictive utility of our model by predicting partitioning coefficients of functionalized NCs in mice and human tissues and report the statistical accuracy of our model predictions under different scenarios.
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- N. Ramakrishnan
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics and Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Translational Research Center, The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Author for correspondence: Ravi Radhakrishnan e-mail:
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Jentsch TJ. VRACs and other ion channels and transporters in the regulation of cell volume and beyond. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2016; 17:293-307. [PMID: 27033257 DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cells need to regulate their volume to counteract osmotic swelling or shrinkage, as well as during cell division, growth, migration and cell death. Mammalian cells adjust their volume by transporting potassium, sodium, chloride and small organic osmolytes using plasma membrane channels and transporters. This generates osmotic gradients, which drive water in and out of cells. Key players in this process are volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs), the composition of which has recently been identified and shown to encompass LRRC8 heteromers. VRACs also transport metabolites and drugs and function in extracellular signal transduction, apoptosis and anticancer drug resistance.
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- Thomas J Jentsch
- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Co-option of Membrane Wounding Enables Virus Penetration into Cells. Cell Host Microbe 2016; 18:75-85. [PMID: 26159720 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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During cell entry, non-enveloped viruses undergo partial uncoating to expose membrane lytic proteins for gaining access to the cytoplasm. We report that adenovirus uses membrane piercing to induce and hijack cellular wound removal processes that facilitate further membrane disruption and infection. Incoming adenovirus stimulates calcium influx and lysosomal exocytosis, a membrane repair mechanism resulting in release of acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) and degradation of sphingomyelin to ceramide lipids in the plasma membrane. Lysosomal exocytosis is triggered by small plasma membrane lesions induced by the viral membrane lytic protein-VI, which is exposed upon mechanical cues from virus receptors, followed by virus endocytosis into leaky endosomes. Chemical inhibition or RNA interference of ASMase slows virus endocytosis, inhibits virus escape to the cytosol, and reduces infection. Ceramide enhances binding of protein-VI to lipid membranes and protein-VI-induced membrane rupture. Thus, adenovirus uses a positive feedback loop between virus uncoating and lipid signaling for efficient membrane penetration.
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Moreno-Flores S. Inward multivesiculation at the basal membrane of adherent giant phospholipid vesicles. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1858:793-9. [PMID: 26828120 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Revised: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Adherent giant vesicles composed of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine and biotinylated lipids form clusters of inward spherical buds at their basal membrane. The process is spontaneous and occurs when the vesicles undergo a sequence of osmotic swelling and deswelling. The daughter vesicles have a uniform size (diameter ≈ 2-3 μm), engulf small volumes of outer fluid and remain attached to the region of the membrane from which they generate, even after restoring the isotonicity. A pinning-sealing mechanism of long-wavelength modes of membrane fluctuations is proposed, by which the just-deflated vesicles reduce the surplus of membrane area and avoid excessive spreading and compression via biotin anchors. The work discusses the rationale behind the mechanism that furnishes GUVs with basal endovesicles, and its prospective use to simulate cellular events or to create molecular carriers.
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- Susana Moreno-Flores
- Former affiliation: Institute for Biophysics, Department of Nanobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Muthgasse 11, A-1190, Vienna, Austria.
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Zwiewka M, Nodzyński T, Robert S, Vanneste S, Friml J. Osmotic Stress Modulates the Balance between Exocytosis and Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Arabidopsis thaliana. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:1175-87. [PMID: 25795554 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The sessile life style of plants creates the need to deal with an often adverse environment, in which water availability can change on a daily basis, challenging the cellular physiology and integrity. Changes in osmotic conditions disrupt the equilibrium of the plasma membrane: hypoosmotic conditions increase and hyperosmotic environment decrease the cell volume. Here, we show that short-term extracellular osmotic treatments are closely followed by a shift in the balance between endocytosis and exocytosis in root meristem cells. Acute hyperosmotic treatments (ionic and nonionic) enhance clathrin-mediated endocytosis simultaneously attenuating exocytosis, whereas hypoosmotic treatments have the opposite effects. In addition to clathrin recruitment to the plasma membrane, components of early endocytic trafficking are essential during hyperosmotic stress responses. Consequently, growth of seedlings defective in elements of clathrin or early endocytic machinery is more sensitive to hyperosmotic treatments. We also found that the endocytotic response to a change of osmotic status in the environment is dominant over the presumably evolutionary more recent regulatory effect of plant hormones, such as auxin. These results imply that osmotic perturbation influences the balance between endocytosis and exocytosis acting through clathrin-mediated endocytosis. We propose that tension on the plasma membrane determines the addition or removal of membranes at the cell surface, thus preserving cell integrity.
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- Marta Zwiewka
- Mendel Centre for Plant Genomics and Proteomics, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-625 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Mendel Centre for Plant Genomics and Proteomics, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-625 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Mendel Centre for Plant Genomics and Proteomics, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-625 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, Belgium; Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
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Elastic properties of epithelial cells probed by atomic force microscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:3075-82. [PMID: 26193077 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Revised: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cellular mechanics plays a crucial role in many biological processes such as cell migration, cell growth, embryogenesis, and oncogenesis. Epithelia respond to environmental cues comprising biochemical and physical stimuli through defined changes in cell elasticity. For instance, cells can differentiate between certain properties such as viscoelasticity or topography of substrates by adapting their own elasticity and shape. A living cell is a complex viscoelastic body that not only exhibits a shell architecture composed of a membrane attached to a cytoskeleton cortex but also generates contractile forces through its actomyosin network. Here we review cellular mechanics of single cells in the context of epithelial cell layers responding to chemical and physical stimuli. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Mechanobiology.
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Hendriks J, Willem Visser C, Henke S, Leijten J, Saris DB, Sun C, Lohse D, Karperien M. Optimizing cell viability in droplet-based cell deposition. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11304. [PMID: 26065378 PMCID: PMC5387118 DOI: 10.1038/srep11304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Biofabrication commonly involves the use of liquid droplets to transport cells to the printed structure. However, the viability of the cells after impact is poorly controlled and understood, hampering applications including cell spraying, inkjet bioprinting, and laser-assisted cell transfer. Here, we present an analytical model describing the cell viability after impact as a function of the cell-surrounding droplet characteristics. The model connects (1) the cell survival as a function of cell membrane elongation, (2) the membrane elongation as a function of the cell-containing droplet size and velocity, and (3) the substrate properties. The model is validated by cell viability measurements in cell spraying, which is a method for biofabrication and used for the treatment of burn wounds. The results allow for rational optimization of any droplet-based cell deposition technology, and we include practical suggestions to improve the cell viability in cell spraying.
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- Jan Hendriks
- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA institute for Biomedical Technology & Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Fluids Group, MIRA institute for Biomedical Technology & Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, J. M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA institute for Biomedical Technology & Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA institute for Biomedical Technology & Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopedics, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Reconstructive Medicine, MIRA institute for Biomedical Technology & Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Fluids Group, MIRA institute for Biomedical Technology & Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, J. M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Fluids Group, MIRA institute for Biomedical Technology & Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, J. M. Burgers Centre for Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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- Department of Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA institute for Biomedical Technology & Technical Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands
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Salt and osmosensing: role of cytoplasmic hydrogel. Pflugers Arch 2015; 467:475-87. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1680-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Orlov SN, Model MA, Grygorczyk R. CrossTalk opposing view: The triggering and progression of the cell death machinery can occur without cell volume perturbations. J Physiol 2014; 591:6123-5. [PMID: 24339146 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.258624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Stefanutti E, Papacci F, Sennato S, Bombelli C, Viola I, Bonincontro A, Bordi F, Mancini G, Gigli G, Risuleo G. Cationic liposomes formulated with DMPC and a gemini surfactant traverse the cell membrane without causing a significant bio-damage. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2646-55. [PMID: 25017801 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cationic liposomes have been intensively studied both in basic and applied research because of their promising potential as non-viral molecular vehicles. This work was aimed to gain more information on the interactions between the plasmamembrane and liposomes formed by a natural phospholipid and a cationic surfactant of the gemini family. The present work was conducted with the synergistic use of diverse experimental approaches: electro-rotation measurements, atomic force microscopy, ζ-potential measurements, laser scanning confocal microscopy and biomolecular/cellular techniques. Electro-rotation measurements pointed out that the interaction of cationic liposomes with the cell membrane alters significantly its dielectric and geometric parameters. This alteration, being accompanied by significant changes of the membrane surface roughness as measured by atomic force microscopy, suggests that the interaction with the liposomes causes locally substantial modifications to the structure and morphology of the cell membrane. However, the results of electrophoretic mobility (ζ-potential) experiments show that upon the interaction the electric charge exposed on the cell surface does not vary significantly, pointing out that the simple adhesion on the cell surface of the cationic liposomes or their fusion with the membrane is to be ruled out. As a matter of fact, confocal microscopy images directly demonstrated the penetration of the liposomes inside the cell and their diffusion within the cytoplasm. Electro-rotation experiments performed in the presence of endocytosis inhibitors suggest that the internalization is mediated by, at least, one specific pathway. Noteworthy, the liposome uptake by the cell does not cause a significant biological damage.
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- E Stefanutti
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy; dCNR-IPCF, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- CNR, Istituto di Metodologie Chimiche and Dipartimento di Chimica Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, Institute Nanoscience-CNR (NNL, CNR-NANO), I-73100 Lecce, Italy and c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy; dCNR-IPCF, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy; Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Regina Elena, 291-00161 Roma, Italy
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- CNR, Istituto di Metodologie Chimiche and Dipartimento di Chimica Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, Institute Nanoscience-CNR (NNL, CNR-NANO), I-73100 Lecce, Italy and c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy; Università del Salento, Dip. di Matematica e Fisica Ennio de Giorgi and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Lecce, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
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Figard L, Sokac AM. A membrane reservoir at the cell surface: unfolding the plasma membrane to fuel cell shape change. BIOARCHITECTURE 2014; 4:39-46. [PMID: 24844289 DOI: 10.4161/bioa.29069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cell surface expansion is a necessary part of cell shape change. One long-standing hypothesis proposes that membrane for this expansion comes from the flattening out of cell surface projections such as microvilli and membrane folds. Correlative EM data of cells undergoing phagocytosis, cytokinesis, and morphogenesis has hinted at the existence of such an unfolding mechanism for decades; but unfolding has only recently been confirmed using live-cell imaging and biophysical approaches. Considering the wide range of cells in which plasma membrane unfolding has now been reported, it likely represents a fundamental mechanism of cell shape change.
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- Lauren Figard
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX USA; Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program; Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX USA; Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program; Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX USA
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Temperature-Induced Inactivation of Cytoplasmic Biogel Osmosensing Properties is Associated with Suppression of Regulatory Volume Decrease in A549 Cells. J Membr Biol 2014; 247:571-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-014-9673-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Schneider D, Baronsky T, Pietuch A, Rother J, Oelkers M, Fichtner D, Wedlich D, Janshoff A. Tension monitoring during epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition links the switch of phenotype to expression of moesin and cadherins in NMuMG cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80068. [PMID: 24339870 PMCID: PMC3855076 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Structural alterations during epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) pose a substantial challenge to the mechanical response of cells and are supposed to be key parameters for an increased malignancy during metastasis. Herein, we report that during EMT, apical tension of the epithelial cell line NMuMG is controlled by cell-cell contacts and the architecture of the underlying actin structures reflecting the mechanistic interplay between cellular structure and mechanics. Using force spectroscopy we find that tension in NMuMG cells slightly increases 24 h after EMT induction, whereas upon reaching the final mesenchymal-like state characterized by a complete loss of intercellular junctions and a concerted down-regulation of the adherens junction protein E-cadherin, the overall tension becomes similar to that of solitary adherent cells and fibroblasts. Interestingly, the contribution of the actin cytoskeleton on apical tension increases significantly upon EMT induction, most likely due to the formation of stable and highly contractile stress fibers which dominate the elastic properties of the cells after the transition. The structural alterations lead to the formation of single, highly motile cells rendering apical tension a good indicator for the cellular state during phenotype switching. In summary, our study paves the way towards a more profound understanding of cellular mechanics governing fundamental morphological programs such as the EMT.
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- David Schneider
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz Haber Weg 2, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz Haber Weg 2, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Hulstrøm V, Prats C, Vinten J. Adipocyte size and cellular expression of caveolar proteins analyzed by confocal microscopy. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2013; 304:C1168-75. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00273.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Caveolae are abundant in adipocytes and are involved in the regulation of lipid accumulation, which is the main volume determinant of these cells. We have developed and applied a confocal microscopic technique for measuring individual cellular expression of the caveolar proteins cavin-1 and caveolin-1 along with the size of individual adipocytes. The technique was applied on collagenase isolated adipocytes from ad libitum fed Sprague-Dawley rats of different age (4–26 wk) and weight (103–629 g). We found that cellular expression of caveolar proteins was variable (SD of log expression in the range from 0.25 to 0.65). Regression analysis of protein expression on adipocyte size revealed that the expression of the caveolar proteins cavin-1 and caveolin-1 on adipocytes from individual rats was tightly related to adipocyte cell surface area (mean coefficient of regression was 0.83 for cavin and 0.77 for caveolin), indicating that caveolar density was the same in membranes from all cells within a biopsy. This intrinsic relation remained unchanged with animal age, but adipocytes from animals with increasing age showed a decrease in mean expression of caveolar proteins per unit cell surface. The different relation between adipocyte size and cellular expression levels of caveolar proteins within and between individuals of different age shows that caveolar density is an age-sensitive characteristic of adipocytes.
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- V. Hulstrøm
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Platonova AA, Koltsova SV, Maksimov GV, Grygorszyk R, Orlov SN. 3-Dimensional microscopy as a method for volume measurement in cells undergoing apoptosis. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2013. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350913030135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Orlov SN, Platonova AA, Hamet P, Grygorczyk R. Cell volume and monovalent ion transporters: their role in cell death machinery triggering and progression. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2013; 305:C361-72. [PMID: 23615964 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00040.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cell death is accompanied by the dissipation of electrochemical gradients of monovalent ions across the plasma membrane that, in turn, affects cell volume via modulation of intracellular osmolyte content. In numerous cell types, apoptotic and necrotic stimuli caused cell shrinkage and swelling, respectively. Thermodynamics predicts a cell type-specific rather than an ubiquitous impact of monovalent ion transporters on volume perturbations in dying cells, suggesting their diverse roles in the cell death machinery. Indeed, recent data showed that apoptotic collapse may occur in the absence of cell volume changes and even follow cell swelling rather than shrinkage. Moreover, side-by-side with cell volume adjustment, monovalent ion transporters contribute to cell death machinery engagement independently of volume regulation via cell type-specific signaling pathways. Thus, inhibition of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase by cardiotonic steroids (CTS) rescues rat vascular smooth muscle cells from apoptosis via a novel Na(+)i-K(+)i-mediated, Ca(2+)i-independent mechanism of excitation-transcription coupling. In contrast, CTS kill renal epithelial cells independently of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase inhibition and increased [Na(+)]i/[K(+)]i ratio. The molecular origin of [Na(+)]i/[K(+)]i sensors involved in the inhibition of apoptosis as well as upstream intermediates of Na(+)i/K(+)i-independent death signaling triggered by CTS remain unknown.
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- Sergei N Orlov
- Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Schönemann B, Bledowski A, Sehring IM, Plattner H. A set of SNARE proteins in the contractile vacuole complex of Paramecium regulates cellular calcium tolerance and also contributes to organelle biogenesis. Cell Calcium 2012; 53:204-16. [PMID: 23280185 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The contractile vacuole complex (CVC) of freshwater protists serves the extrusion of water and ions, including Ca(2+). No vesicle trafficking based on SNAREs has been detected so far in any CVC. SNAREs (soluble NSF [N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor] attachment protein receptors) are required for membrane-to-membrane interaction, i.e. docking and fusion also in Paramecium. We have identified three v-/R- and three t/Q-SNAREs selectively in the CVC. Posttranscriptional silencing of Syb2, Syb6 or Syx2 slows down the pumping cycle; silencing of the latter two also causes vacuole swelling. Increase in extracellular Ca(2+) after Syb2, Syb6 or Syx2 silencing causes further swelling of the contractile vacuole and deceleration of its pulsation. Silencing of Syx14 or Syx15 entails lethality in the Ca(2+) stress test. Thus, the effects of silencing strictly depend on the type of the silenced SNARE and on the concentration of Ca(2+) in the medium. This shows the importance of organelle-resident SNARE functions (which may encompass the vesicular delivery of other organelle-resident proteins) for Ca(2+) tolerance. A similar principle may be applicable also to the CVC in widely different unicellular organisms. In addition, in Paramecium, silencing particularly of Syx6 causes aberrant positioning of the CVC during de novo biogenesis before cytokinesis.
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Pietuch A, Brückner BR, Janshoff A. Membrane tension homeostasis of epithelial cells through surface area regulation in response to osmotic stress. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2012. [PMID: 23178740 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Osmotic stress poses one of the most fundamental challenges to living cells. Particularly, the largely inextensible plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells easily ruptures under in-plane tension calling for sophisticated strategies to readily respond to osmotic stress. We describe how epithelial cells react and adapt mechanically to the exposure to hypotonic and hypertonic solutions in the context of a confluent monolayer. Site-specific indentation experiments in conjunction with tether pulling on individual cells have been carried out with an atomic force microscope to reveal spatio-temporal changes in membrane tension and surface area. We found that cells compensate for an increase in lateral tension due to hypoosmotic stress by sacrificing excess of membrane area stored in protrusions and invaginations such as microvilli and caveolae. At mild hypotonic conditions lateral tension increases partly compensated by surface are regulation, i.e. the cell sacrifices some of its membrane reservoirs. A loss of membrane-actin contacts occurs upon exposure to stronger hypotonic solutions giving rise to a drop in lateral tension. Tension release recovers on longer time scales by an increasing endocytosis, which efficiently removes excess membrane from the apical side to restore the initial pre-stress. Hypertonic solutions lead to shrinkage of cells and collapse of the apical membrane onto the cortex. Exposure to distilled water leads to stiffening of cells due to removal of excess surface area and tension increase due to elevated osmotic pressure across the plasma membrane.
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- Anna Pietuch
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Tammannstrasse 6, 37077 Goettingen, Germany.
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Investigating cell-ECM contact changes in response to hypoosmotic stimulation of hepatocytes in vivo with DW-RICM. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48100. [PMID: 23110181 PMCID: PMC3482193 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hepatocyte volume regulation has been shown to play an important role in cellular metabolism, proliferation, viability and especially in hepatic functions such as bile formation and proteolysis. Recent studies on liver explants led to the assumption that cell volume changes present a trigger for outside-in signaling via integrins, a protein family involved in mediating cellular response to binding to the extracellular matrix (ECM). However, it remains elusive how these volume change related signaling events are transducted on a single cell level and how these events are influenced and controlled by ECM interactions. One could speculate that an increase in cell volume leads to an increase in integrin/ECM contacts which causes activation of integrins, which act as mechano-sensors. In order to test this idea, it was an important issue to quantify the cell volume-dependence of the contact areas between the cell and the surrounding ECM. In this study we used two wavelength reflection interference contrast microscopy (DW-RICM) to directly observe the dynamics of cell-substrate contacts, mimicking cell-ECM interactions, in response to a controlled and well-defined volume change induced by hypoosmotic stimulation. This is the first time a non-invasive, label-free method is used to uncover a volume change related response of in vitro hepatocytes in real time. The cell cluster analysis we present here agrees well with previous studies on ex vivo whole liver explants. Moreover, we show that the increase in contact area after cell swelling is a reversible process, while the reorganisation of contacts depends on the type of ECM molecules presented to the cells. As our method complements common whole liver studies providing additional insight on a cell cluster level, we expect this technique to be particular suitable for further detailed studies of osmotic stimulation not only in hepatocytes, but also other cell types.
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Swelling rather than shrinkage precedes apoptosis in serum-deprived vascular smooth muscle cells. Apoptosis 2012; 17:429-38. [PMID: 22249286 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-011-0694-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Contrasting cell volume behaviours (swelling vs. shrinkage) are considered as criteria to distinguish necrosis from apoptosis. In this study, we employed a time-lapse, dual-image surface reconstruction technique to assess the volume of single vascular smooth muscle cells transfected with E1A-adenoviral protein (E1A-VSMC) and undergoing rapid apoptosis in the absence of growth factors or in the presence of staurosporine. After 30- to 60-min lag-phase, serum-deprived E1A-VSMC volume was increased by ~40%, which preceded maximal increments of caspase-3 activity and chromatin cleavage. Swollen cells underwent rapid apoptotic collapse, documented by plasma membrane budding, and terminated in 10-15 min by the formation of numerous apoptotic bodies. Suppression of apoptosis by inhibition of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase and activation of cAMP signalling with ouabain and forskolin, respectively, completely abolished the swelling of serum-deprived E1A-VSMC. In contrast to serum deprivation, apoptotic collapse of staurosporine-treated E1A-VSMC preceded attenuation of their volume by ~30%. Neither transient hyposmotic swelling nor isosmtotic shrinkage triggered apoptosis. Our results show that cell shrinkage can not be considered as ubiquitous hallmark of apoptosis. The involvement of stimulus-specific cell volume perturbations in initiation and progression of apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells should be examined further.
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Lazarowski ER. Vesicular and conductive mechanisms of nucleotide release. Purinergic Signal 2012; 8:359-73. [PMID: 22528679 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-012-9304-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 01/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides promote a vast range of physiological responses, via activation of cell surface purinergic receptors. Virtually all tissues and cell types exhibit regulated release of ATP, which, in many cases, is accompanied by the release of uridine nucleotides. Given the relevance of extracellular nucleotide/nucleoside-evoked responses, understanding how ATP and other nucleotides are released from cells is an important physiological question. By facilitating the entry of cytosolic nucleotides into the secretory pathway, recently identified vesicular nucleotide and nucleotide-sugar transporters contribute to the exocytotic release of ATP and UDP-sugars not only from endocrine/exocrine tissues, but also from cell types in which secretory granules have not been biochemically characterized. In addition, plasma membrane connexin hemichannels, pannexin channels, and less-well molecularly defined ATP conducting anion channels have been shown to contribute to the release of ATP (and UTP) under a variety of conditions.
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- Eduardo R Lazarowski
- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7248, USA.
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Akopova I, Tatur S, Grygorczyk M, Luchowski R, Gryczynski I, Gryczynski Z, Borejdo J, Grygorczyk R. Imaging exocytosis of ATP-containing vesicles with TIRF microscopy in lung epithelial A549 cells. Purinergic Signal 2012; 8:59-70. [PMID: 21881960 PMCID: PMC3286538 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-011-9259-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Accepted: 08/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Nucleotide release constitutes the first step of the purinergic signaling cascade, but its underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. In alveolar A549 cells much of the experimental data is consistent with Ca(2+)-regulated vesicular exocytosis, but definitive evidence for such a release mechanism is missing, and alternative pathways have been proposed. In this study, we examined ATP secretion from A549 cells by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy to directly visualize ATP-loaded vesicles and their fusion with the plasma membrane. A549 cells were labeled with quinacrine or Bodipy-ATP, fluorescent markers of intracellular ATP storage sites, and time-lapse imaging of vesicles present in the evanescent field was undertaken. Under basal conditions, individual vesicles showed occasional quasi-instantaneous loss of fluorescence, as expected from spontaneous vesicle fusion with the plasma membrane and dispersal of its fluorescent cargo. Hypo-osmotic stress stimulation (osmolality reduction from 316 to 160 mOsm) resulted in a transient, several-fold increment of exocytotic event frequency. Lowering the temperature from 37°C to 20°C dramatically diminished the fraction of vesicles that underwent exocytosis during the 2-min stimulation, from ~40% to ≤1%, respectively. Parallel ATP efflux experiments with luciferase bioluminescence assay revealed that pharmacological interference with vesicular transport (brefeldin, monensin), or disruption of the cytoskeleton (nocodazole, cytochalasin), significantly suppressed ATP release (by up to ~80%), whereas it was completely blocked by N-ethylmaleimide. Collectively, our data demonstrate that regulated exocytosis of ATP-loaded vesicles likely constitutes a major pathway of hypotonic stress-induced ATP secretion from A549 cells.
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- Irina Akopova
- Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX USA
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- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)—Hôtel-Dieu, 3850 St. Urbain St., Montreal, QC Canada H2W 1T7
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- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)—Hôtel-Dieu, 3850 St. Urbain St., Montreal, QC Canada H2W 1T7
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- Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX USA
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- Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX USA
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX USA
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- Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX USA
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- Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX USA
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- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)—Hôtel-Dieu, 3850 St. Urbain St., Montreal, QC Canada H2W 1T7
- Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Canada
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Koltsova SV, Akimova OA, Kotelevtsev SV, Grygorczyk R, Orlov SN. Hyperosmotic and isosmotic shrinkage differentially affect protein phosphorylation and ion transport. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2012; 90:209-17. [DOI: 10.1139/y11-119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the present work, we compared the outcome of hyperosmotic and isosmotic shrinkage on ion transport and protein phosphorylation in C11-MDCK cells resembling intercalated cells from collecting ducts and in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) from the rat aorta. Hyperosmotic shrinkage was triggered by cell exposure to hypertonic medium, whereas isosmotic shrinkage was evoked by cell transfer from an hypoosmotic to an isosmotic environment. Despite a similar cell volume decrease of 40%–50%, the consequences of hyperosmotic and isosmotic shrinkage on cellular functions were sharply different. In C11-MDCK and VSMC, hyperosmotic shrinkage completely inhibited Na+,K+-ATPase and Na+,Pi cotransport. In contrast, in both types of cells isosmotic shrinkage slightly increased rather than suppressed Na+,K+-ATPase and did not change Na+,Pi cotransport. In C11-MDCK cells, phosphorylation of JNK1/2 and Erk1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinases was augmented in hyperosmotically shrunken cells by ∼7- and 2-fold, respectively, but was not affected in cells subjected to isosmotic shrinkage. These results demonstrate that the data obtained in cells subjected to hyperosmotic shrinkage cannot be considered as sufficient proof implicating cell volume perturbations in the regulation of cellular functions under isosmotic conditions.
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- Svetlana V. Koltsova
- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) – Technopôle Angus, Montreal, QC H1W 4A4, Canada
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- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) – Technopôle Angus, Montreal, QC H1W 4A4, Canada
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- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) – Technopôle Angus, Montreal, QC H1W 4A4, Canada
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- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) – Technopôle Angus, Montreal, QC H1W 4A4, Canada
- Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Lazarowski ER, Sesma JI, Seminario-Vidal L, Kreda SM. Molecular mechanisms of purine and pyrimidine nucleotide release. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY 2011; 61:221-61. [PMID: 21586361 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385526-8.00008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Given the widespread importance of purinergic receptor-evoked signaling, understanding how ATP and other nucleotides are released from cells in a regulated manner is an essential physiological question. Nonlytic release of ATP, UTP, UDP-glucose, and other nucleotides occurs in all cell types and tissues via both constitutive mechanisms, that is, in the absence of external stimuli, and to a greater extent in response to biochemical or mechanical/physical stimuli. However, a molecular understanding of the processes regulating nucleotide release has only recently begun to emerge. It is generally accepted that nucleotide release occurs in two different scenarios, exocytotic release from the secretory pathway or via conductive/transport mechanisms, and a critical review of our current understanding of these mechanisms is presented in this chapter.
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- Eduardo R Lazarowski
- Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research & Treatment Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
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Harvey RD, Calaghan SC. Caveolae create local signalling domains through their distinct protein content, lipid profile and morphology. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 52:366-75. [PMID: 21782827 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Revised: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Compartmentation of signalling allows multiple stimuli to achieve diverse cellular responses with only a limited pool of second messengers. This spatial control of signalling is achieved, in part, by cellular structures which bring together elements of a particular cascade. One such structure is the caveola, a flask-shaped lipid raft. Caveolae are well-recognised as signalosomes, platforms for assembly of signalling complexes of receptors, effectors and their targets, which can facilitate efficient and specific cellular responses. Here we extend this simple model and present evidence to show how the protein and lipid profiles of caveolae, as well as their characteristic morphology, define their roles in creating local signalling domains in the cardiac myocyte. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Local Signaling in Myocytes."
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- Robert D Harvey
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Platonova A, Koltsova S, Maksimov GV, Grygorczyk R, Orlov SN. The death of ouabain-treated renal epithelial C11-MDCK cells is not mediated by swelling-induced plasma membrane rupture. J Membr Biol 2011; 241:145-54. [PMID: 21584679 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-011-9371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This study examined the role of cell volume modulation in plasma membrane rupture and death documented in ouabain-treated renal epithelial cells. Long-term exposure to ouabain caused massive death of C11-MDCK (Madin-Darby canine kidney) epithelial cells, documented by their detachment, chromatin cleavage and complete loss of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), but did not affect the survival of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) from the rat aorta. Unlike the distinct impact on cell survival, 2-h exposure to ouabain led to sharp elevation of the [Na⁺](i)/[K⁺](i) ratio in both cell types. A similar increment of Na⁺(i) content was evoked by sustained inhibition of Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase in K⁺-free medium. However, in contrast to ouabain, C11-MDCK cells survived perfectly during 24-h exposure to K⁺-free medium. At 3 h, the volume of ouabain-treated C11-MDCK cells and VSMCs, measured by the recently developed dual-image surface reconstruction technique, was increased by 16 and 12%, respectively, whereas 5-10 min before the detachment of ouabain-treated C11-MDCK cells, their volume was augmented by ~30-40%. To examine the role of modest swelling in the plasma membrane rupture of ouabain-treated cells, we compared actions of hypotonic medium on volume and LDH release. We observed that LDH release from hypoosmotically swollen C11-MDCK cells was triggered when their volume was increased by approximately fivefold. Thus, our results showed that the rupture of plasma membranes in ouabain-treated C11-MDCK cells was not directly caused by cell volume modulation evoked by Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase inhibition and inversion of the [Na⁺](i)/[K⁺](i) ratio.
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- Alexandra Platonova
- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)-Technopôle Angus, 2901 Rachel Est, Montreal, QC H1W4A4, Canada
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Koltsova SV, Platonova A, Maksimov GV, Mongin AA, Grygorczyk R, Orlov SN. Activation of P2Y receptors causes strong and persistent shrinkage of C11-MDCK renal epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 301:C403-12. [PMID: 21562307 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00018.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Purinergic receptors activate diverse signaling cascades and regulate the activity of cell volume-sensitive ion transporters. However, the effects of ATP and other agonists of P2 receptors on cell volume dynamics are only scarcely studied. In the present work, we used the recently developed dual-image surface reconstruction technique to explore the influence of purinergic agonists on cell volume in the C11-Madin-Darby canine kidney cell line resembling intercalated cells from kidney collecting ducts. Unexpectedly, we found that ATP and UTP triggered very robust (55-60%) cell shrinkage that lasted up to 2 h after agonist washout. Purinergic regulation of cell volume required increases in intracellular Ca(2+) and could be partially mimicked by the Ca(2+)-ionophore ionomycin or activation of protein kinase C by 4β-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Cell shrinkage was accompanied by strong reductions in intracellular K(+) and Cl(-) content measured using steady-state (86)Rb(+) and (36)Cl(-) distribution. Both shrinkage and ion efflux in ATP-treated cells were prevented by the anion channel blocker 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid (NPPB) and by the BK(Ca) channel inhibitors charybdotoxin, iberiotoxin, and paxilline. To evaluate the significance of cell-volume changes in purinergic signaling, we measured the impact of ATP on the expression of the immediate-early gene c-Fos. Thirty-minute treatment with ATP increased c-Fos immunoreactivity by approximately fivefold, an effect that was strongly inhibited by charybdotoxin and completely prevented by NPPB. Overall, our findings suggest that ATP-induced cell-volume changes are partially responsible for the physiological actions of purinergic agonists.
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- Svetlana V Koltsova
- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Mechanics of surface area regulation in cells examined with confined lipid membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:9084-8. [PMID: 21562210 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102358108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cells are wrapped in inelastic membranes, yet they can sustain large mechanical strains by regulating their area. The area regulation in cells is achieved either by membrane folding or by membrane exo- and endocytosis. These processes involve complex morphological transformations of the cell membrane, i.e., invagination, vesicle fusion, and fission, whose precise mechanisms are still under debate. Here we provide mechanistic insights into the area regulation of cell membranes, based on the previously neglected role of membrane confinement, as well as on the strain-induced membrane tension. Commonly, the membranes of mammalian and plant cells are not isolated, but rather they are adhered to an extracellular matrix, the cytoskeleton, and to other cell membranes. Using a lipid bilayer, coupled to an elastic sheet, we are able to demonstrate that, upon straining, the confined membrane is able to regulate passively its area. In particular, by stretching the elastic support, the bilayer laterally expands without rupture by fusing adhered lipid vesicles; upon compression, lipid tubes grow out of the membrane plane, thus reducing its area. These transformations are reversible, as we show using cycles of expansion and compression, and closely reproduce membrane processes found in cells during area regulation. Moreover, we demonstrate a new mechanism for the formation of lipid tubes in cells, which is driven by the membrane lateral compression and may therefore explain the various membrane tubules observed in shrinking cells.
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Sinha B, Köster D, Ruez R, Gonnord P, Bastiani M, Abankwa D, Stan RV, Butler-Browne G, Vedie B, Johannes L, Morone N, Parton RG, Raposo G, Sens P, Lamaze C, Nassoy P. Cells respond to mechanical stress by rapid disassembly of caveolae. Cell 2011; 144:402-13. [PMID: 21295700 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 637] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Revised: 10/27/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The functions of caveolae, the characteristic plasma membrane invaginations, remain debated. Their abundance in cells experiencing mechanical stress led us to investigate their role in membrane-mediated mechanical response. Acute mechanical stress induced by osmotic swelling or by uniaxial stretching results in a rapid disappearance of caveolae, in a reduced caveolin/Cavin1 interaction, and in an increase of free caveolins at the plasma membrane. Tether-pulling force measurements in cells and in plasma membrane spheres demonstrate that caveola flattening and disassembly is the primary actin- and ATP-independent cell response that buffers membrane tension surges during mechanical stress. Conversely, stress release leads to complete caveola reassembly in an actin- and ATP-dependent process. The absence of a functional caveola reservoir in myotubes from muscular dystrophic patients enhanced membrane fragility under mechanical stress. Our findings support a new role for caveolae as a physiological membrane reservoir that quickly accommodates sudden and acute mechanical stresses.
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Ramsingh R, Grygorczyk A, Solecki A, Cherkaoui LS, Berthiaume Y, Grygorczyk R. Cell deformation at the air-liquid interface induces Ca2+-dependent ATP release from lung epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2011; 300:L587-95. [PMID: 21239538 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00345.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Extracellular nucleotides regulate mucociliary clearance in the airways and surfactant secretion in alveoli. Their release is exquisitely mechanosensitive and may be induced by stretch as well as airflow shear stress acting on lung epithelia. We hypothesized that, in addition, tension forces at the air-liquid interface (ALI) may contribute to mechanosensitive ATP release in the lungs. Local depletion of airway surface liquid, mucins, and surfactants, which normally protect epithelial surfaces, facilitate such release and trigger compensatory mucin and fluid secretion processes. In this study, human bronchial epithelial 16HBE14o(-) and alveolar A549 cells were subjected to tension forces at the ALI by passing an air bubble over the cell monolayer in a flow-through chamber, or by air exposure while tilting the cell culture dish. Such stimulation induced significant ATP release not involving cell lysis, as verified by ethidium bromide staining. Confocal fluorescence microscopy disclosed reversible cell deformation in the monolayer part in contact with the ALI. Fura 2 fluorescence imaging revealed transient intracellular Ca(2+) elevation evoked by the ALI, which did not entail nonspecific Ca(2+) influx from the extracellular space. ATP release was reduced by ∼40 to ∼90% from cells loaded with the Ca(2+) chelator BAPTA-AM and was completely abolished by N-ethylmalemide (1 mM). These experiments demonstrate that in close proximity to the ALI, surface tension forces are transmitted directly on cells, causing their mechanical deformation and Ca(2+)-dependent exocytotic ATP release. Such a signaling mechanism may contribute to the detection of local deficiency of airway surface liquid and surfactants on the lung surface.
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- Ronaldo Ramsingh
- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM) — Hôtel-Dieu, and Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Štrbák V. Cell Swelling-induced Peptide Hormone Secretion. Cell Physiol Biochem 2011; 28:1155-68. [DOI: 10.1159/000335849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PMCA2 regulates apoptosis during mammary gland involution and predicts outcome in breast cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:11405-10. [PMID: 20534448 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911186107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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After lactation, weaning causes mammary epithelial cell (MEC) apoptosis. MECs express the plasma membrane calcium-ATPase 2 (PMCA2), which transports calcium across the apical surface of the cells into milk. Here we show that PMCA2 is down-regulated early in mammary involution associated with changes in MEC shape. We demonstrate that loss of PMCA2 expression raises intracellular calcium levels and sensitizes MECs to apoptosis. In contrast, overexpression of PMCA2 in T47D breast cancer cells lowers intracellular calcium and protects them from apoptosis. Finally, we show that high PMCA2 expression in breast cancers is associated with poor outcome. We conclude that loss of PMCA2 expression at weaning triggers apoptosis by causing cellular calcium crisis. PMCA2 overexpression, on the other hand, may play a role in breast cancer progression by conferring resistance to apoptosis.
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Kozera L, White E, Calaghan S. Caveolae act as membrane reserves which limit mechanosensitive I(Cl,swell) channel activation during swelling in the rat ventricular myocyte. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8312. [PMID: 20011535 PMCID: PMC2788708 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2009] [Accepted: 11/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Many ion channels are preferentially located in caveolae where compartmentalisation/scaffolding with signal transduction components regulates their activity. Channels that are mechanosensitive may be additionally dependent on caveolar control of the mechanical state of the membrane. Here we test which mechanism underlies caveolar-regulation of the mechanosensitive ICl,swell channel in the adult cardiac myocyte. Methodology/Principal Findings Rat ventricular myocytes were exposed to solution of 0.02 tonicity (T; until lysis), 0.64T for 10–15 min (swelling), and/or methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MBCD; to disrupt caveolae). MBCD and 0.64T swelling reduced the number of caveolae visualised by electron microscopy by 75 and 50% respectively. MBCD stimulated translocation of caveolin 3 from caveolae-enriched buoyant membrane fractions, but both caveolin 1 and 3 remained in buoyant fractions after swelling. ICl,swell inhibition in control cells decreased time to half-maximal volume (t0.5,vol; 0.64T), consistent with a role for ICl,swell in volume regulation. MBCD-treated cells showed reduced time to lysis (0.02T) and t0.5,vol (0.64T) compared with controls. The negative inotropic response to swelling (an index of ICl,swell activation) was enhanced by MBCD. Conclusions/Significance These data show that disrupting caveolae removes essential membrane reserves, which speeds swelling in hyposmotic conditions, and thereby promotes activation of ICl,swell. They illustrate a general principle whereby caveolae as a membrane reserve limit increases in membrane tension during stretch/swelling thereby restricting mechanosensitive channel activation.
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- Lukasz Kozera
- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Koltsova SV, Maximov GV, Kotelevtsev SV, Lavoie JL, Tremblay J, Grygorczyk R, Hamet P, Orlov SN. Myogenic tone in mouse mesenteric arteries: evidence for P2Y receptor-mediated, Na(+), K (+), 2Cl (-) cotransport-dependent signaling. Purinergic Signal 2009; 5:343-9. [PMID: 19387869 PMCID: PMC2717317 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-009-9160-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2008] [Accepted: 03/31/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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This study examines the action of agonists and antagonists of P2 receptors on mouse mesenteric artery contractions and the possible involvement of these signaling pathways in myogenic tone (MT) evoked by elevated intraluminal pressure. Both ATP and its non-hydrolyzed analog alpha,beta-ATP triggered transient contractions that were sharply decreased in the presence of NF023, a potent antagonist of P2X(1) receptors. In contrast, UTP and UDP elicited sustained contractions which were suppressed by MRS2567, a selective antagonist of P2Y(6) receptors. Inhibition of Na(+), K(+), 2Cl(-) cotransport (NKCC) with bumetanide led to attenuation of contractions in UTP- but not ATP-treated arteries. Both UTP-induced contractions and MT were suppressed by MRS2567 and bumetanide but were insensitive to NF023. These data implicate a P2Y(6)-mediated, NKCC-dependent mechanism in MT of mesenteric arteries. The action of heightened intraluminal pressure on UTP release from mesenteric arteries and its role in the triggering of P2Y(6)-mediated signaling should be examined further.
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- Svetlana V. Koltsova
- Research Centre, University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CRCHUM), Technopôle Angus, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre, University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CRCHUM), Technopôle Angus, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre, University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CRCHUM), Technopôle Angus, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre, University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CRCHUM), Technopôle Angus, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre, University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CRCHUM), Technopôle Angus, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre, University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CRCHUM), Technopôle Angus, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Centre de recherche, CRCHUM—Technopôle Angus, 2901 rue Rachel Est, Montreal, Quebec H1W 4A4 Canada
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Fels J, Orlov SN, Grygorczyk R. The hydrogel nature of mammalian cytoplasm contributes to osmosensing and extracellular pH sensing. Biophys J 2009; 96:4276-85. [PMID: 19450498 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Revised: 02/09/2009] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Cytoplasm is thought to have many hydrogel-like characteristics, including the ability to absorb large amounts of water and change volume in response to alterations in external environment, as well as having limited leakage of ions and proteins. Some gel-like behaviors have not been rigorously confirmed in mammalian cells, and others should be examined under conditions where gel volume can be accurately monitored. Thus, possible contributions of cytoplasm hydrogel properties to cellular processes such as volume sensing and regulation remain unclear. We used three-dimensional imaging to measure volume of single substrate-attached cells after permeabilization of their plasma membrane. Permeabilized cells swelled or shrinked reversibly in response to variations of external osmolality. Volume changes were 3.7-fold greater than observed with intact cells, consistent with cytoplasm's high water-absorbing capacity. Volume was maximal at neutral pH and shrunk at acidic or alkaline pH, consistent with pH-dependent changes of protein charge density and repulsive forces within cellular matrix. Volume shrunk with increased Mg(2+) concentration, as expected for increased charge screening and ionic crosslinking effects. Findings demonstrate that mammalian cytoplasm resembles hydrogel and functions as a highly sensitive osmosensor and extracellular pH sensor. Its high water-absorbing capacity may allow rapid modulation of local fluidity, macromolecular crowding, and activity of intracellular environment.
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- Johannes Fels
- Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada
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Sesma JI, Esther CR, Kreda SM, Jones L, O'Neal W, Nishihara S, Nicholas RA, Lazarowski ER. Endoplasmic reticulum/golgi nucleotide sugar transporters contribute to the cellular release of UDP-sugar signaling molecules. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:12572-83. [PMID: 19276090 PMCID: PMC2673323 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m806759200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Extracellular UDP-sugars promote cellular responses by interacting with widely distributed P2Y(14) receptors, but the mechanisms by which these molecules are released from cells are poorly understood. Given the active role of UDP-sugars in glycosylation reactions within the secretory pathway, we hypothesized that UDP-sugar release includes an exocytotic component. This hypothesis was tested by assessing the contribution of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)/Golgi-resident UDP-GlcNAc transporters to the cellular release of their cognate substrates. A sensitive and highly selective assay for UDP-GlcNAc mass was developed using purified AGX2, an isoenzyme of human UDP-GlcNAc pyrophosphorylase. Robust constitutive release of UDP-GlcNAc was observed in yeast as well as in well differentiated human airway epithelial cells. The human UDP-GlcNAc transporter HFRC1 was overexpressed in human bronchial epithelial cells and was shown to localize in the Golgi and to enhance the surface expression of N-acetylglucosamine-rich glycans. HFRC1-overexpressing cells also displayed increased constitutive and hypotonic stress-stimulated release of UDP-GlcNAc. Yeast mutants lacking Yea4 (the ER UDP-GlcNAc transporter endogenously expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae) showed reduced UDP-GlcNAc release. Yea4-deficient cells complemented with Yea4 showed UDP-GlcNAc release rates at levels similar to or higher than wild type cells. Our results illustrate that ER/Golgi lumen constitutes a significant source of extracellular UDP-sugars and therefore plays a critical role in nucleotide sugar-promoted cell signaling.
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- Juliana I Sesma
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7248, USA
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Pouille PA, Ahmadi P, Brunet AC, Farge E. Mechanical signals trigger Myosin II redistribution and mesoderm invagination in Drosophila embryos. Sci Signal 2009; 2:ra16. [PMID: 19366994 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2000098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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During Drosophila gastrulation, two waves of constriction occur in the apical ventral cells, leading to mesoderm invagination. The first constriction wave is a stochastic process mediated by the constriction of 40% of randomly positioned mesodermal cells and is controlled by the transcription factor Snail. The second constriction wave immediately follows and involves the other 60% of the mesodermal cells. The second wave is controlled by the transcription factor Twist and requires the secreted protein Fog. Complete mesoderm invagination requires redistribution of the motor protein Myosin II to the apical side of the constricting cells. We show that apical redistribution of Myosin II and mesoderm invagination, both of which are impaired in snail homozygous mutants that are defective in both constriction waves, are rescued by local mechanical deformation of the mesoderm with a micromanipulated needle. Mechanical deformation appears to promote Fog-dependent signaling by inhibiting Fog endocytosis. We propose that the mechanical tissue deformation that occurs during the Snail-dependent stochastic phase is necessary for the Fog-dependent signaling that mediates the second collective constriction wave.
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Hoffmann EK, Lambert IH, Pedersen SF. Physiology of cell volume regulation in vertebrates. Physiol Rev 2009; 89:193-277. [PMID: 19126758 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00037.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1004] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The ability to control cell volume is pivotal for cell function. Cell volume perturbation elicits a wide array of signaling events, leading to protective (e.g., cytoskeletal rearrangement) and adaptive (e.g., altered expression of osmolyte transporters and heat shock proteins) measures and, in most cases, activation of volume regulatory osmolyte transport. After acute swelling, cell volume is regulated by the process of regulatory volume decrease (RVD), which involves the activation of KCl cotransport and of channels mediating K(+), Cl(-), and taurine efflux. Conversely, after acute shrinkage, cell volume is regulated by the process of regulatory volume increase (RVI), which is mediated primarily by Na(+)/H(+) exchange, Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransport, and Na(+) channels. Here, we review in detail the current knowledge regarding the molecular identity of these transport pathways and their regulation by, e.g., membrane deformation, ionic strength, Ca(2+), protein kinases and phosphatases, cytoskeletal elements, GTP binding proteins, lipid mediators, and reactive oxygen species, upon changes in cell volume. We also discuss the nature of the upstream elements in volume sensing in vertebrate organisms. Importantly, cell volume impacts on a wide array of physiological processes, including transepithelial transport; cell migration, proliferation, and death; and changes in cell volume function as specific signals regulating these processes. A discussion of this issue concludes the review.
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- Else K Hoffmann
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Spagnoli C, Beyder A, Besch S, Sachs F. Atomic force microscopy analysis of cell volume regulation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 78:031916. [PMID: 18851074 PMCID: PMC2744968 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.031916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cells swell in response a hypoosmotic challenge. By converting osmotic pressure to hydrostatic pressure at the cell membrane via van't Hoff's law, and converting that to tension via Laplace's law one predicts that the cell membrane should stretch and become stiff. We tested this prediction using the atomic force microscopy. During osmotic swelling cells did not become stiff and generally became softer. This result contradicts the assumption of the cell membrane as the constraining element in osmotic stress but is consistent with the cytoskeleton acting as a cross-linked gel. Models of the cells' response to osmotic stress must include energy terms for three-dimensional stresses.
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- Chiara Spagnoli
- Dip. Scienze e tecnologie chimiche, Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata", via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 0133 Rome, Italy
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Mongin AA. Disruption of ionic and cell volume homeostasis in cerebral ischemia: The perfect storm. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:183-93. [PMID: 17961999 DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2007.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The mechanisms of brain tissue damage in stroke are strongly linked to the phenomenon of excitotoxicity, which is defined as damage or death of neural cells due to excessive activation of receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitters glutamate and aspartate. Under physiological conditions, ionotropic glutamate receptors mediate the processes of excitatory neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity. In ischemia, sustained pathological release of glutamate from neurons and glial cells causes prolonged activation of these receptors, resulting in massive depolarization and cytoplasmic Ca(2+) overload. High cytoplasmic levels of Ca(2+) activate many degradative processes that, depending on the metabolic status, cause immediate or delayed death of neural cells. This traditional view has been expanded by a number of observations that implicate Cl(-) channels and several types of non-channel transporter proteins, such as the Na(+),K(+),2Cl(-) cotransporter, Na(+)/H(+) exchanger, and Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger, in the development of glutamate toxicity. Some of these ion transporters increase tissue damage by promoting pathological cell swelling and necrotic cell death, while others contribute to a long-term accumulation of cytoplasmic Ca(2+). This brief review is aimed at illustrating how the dysregulation of various ion transport processes combine in a 'perfect storm' that disrupts neural ionic homeostasis and culminates in the irreversible damage and death of neural cells. The clinical relevance of individual transporters as targets for therapeutic intervention in stroke is also briefly discussed.
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- Alexander A Mongin
- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue (MC-136), Albany, NY 12208, USA
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Tatur S, Groulx N, Orlov SN, Grygorczyk R. Ca2+-dependent ATP release from A549 cells involves synergistic autocrine stimulation by coreleased uridine nucleotides. J Physiol 2007; 584:419-35. [PMID: 17702822 PMCID: PMC2277166 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.133314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Extracellular ATP is a potent surfactant secretagogue but its origin in the alveolus, its mechanism(s) of release and its regulatory pathways remain unknown. Previously, we showed that hypotonic swelling of alveolar A549 cells induces Ca(2+)-dependent secretion of several adenosine and uridine nucleotides, implicating regulated exocytosis. In this study, we examined sources of Ca(2+) for the elevation of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) evoked by acute 50% hypotonic stress and the role of autocrine purinergic signalling in Ca(2+)-dependent ATP release. We found that ATP release does not directly involve Ca(2+) influx from extracellular spaces, but depends entirely on Ca(2+) mobilization from intracellular stores. The [Ca(2+)](i) response consisted of slowly rising elevation, representing mobilization from thapsigargin (TG)-insensitive stores and a superimposed rapid spike due to Ca(2+) release from TG-sensitive endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca(2+) stores. The latter could be abolished by hydrolysis of extracellular triphospho- and diphosphonucleotides with apyrase; blocking P2Y(2)/P2Y(6) receptors of A549 cells with suramin; blocking UDP receptors (P2Y(6)) with pyridoxal phosphate 6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid (PPADS); emptying TG-sensitive stores downstream with TG or caffeine in Ca(2+)-free extracellular solution; or blocking the Ca(2+)-release inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor channel of the ER with 2-aminoethyldiphenylborinate. These data demonstrate that the rapid [Ca(2+)](i) spike results from the autocrine stimulation of IP(3)/Ca(2+)-coupled P2Y, predominantly P2Y(6), receptors, accounting for approximately 70% of total Ca(2+)-dependent ATP release evoked by hypotonic shock. Our study reveals a novel paradigm in which stress-induced ATP release from alveolar cells is amplified by the synergistic autocrine/paracrine action of coreleased uridine and adenosine nucleotides. We suggest that a similar mechanism of purinergic signal propagation operates in other cell types.
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- Sabina Tatur
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Hôtel-Dieu, 3850 Saint-Urbain, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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