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Levula M, Airla N, Oksala N, Hernesniemi JA, Pelto-Huikko M, Salenius JP, Zeitlin R, Järvinen O, Huovila APJ, Nikkari ST, Jaakkola O, Ilveskoski E, Mikkelsson J, Perola M, Laaksonen R, Kytömäki L, Soini JT, Kähönen M, Parkkinen J, Karhunen PJ, Lehtimäki T. ADAM8 and its single nucleotide polymorphism 2662 T/G are associated with advanced atherosclerosis and fatal myocardial infarction: Tampere vascular study. Ann Med 2009; 41:497-507. [PMID: 19575316 DOI: 10.1080/07853890903025945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Previously, we scanned all 23,000 human genes for differential expression between normal and atherosclerotic tissues and found the involvement of ADAM8. METHODS We investigated the expression of ADAM8 mRNA and protein level in human atherosclerotic tissues and non-atherosclerotic internal thoracic arteries as well as the association of ADAM8 2662 T/G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) with the extent of coronary atherosclerosis and with the risk of fatal myocardial infarction. RESULTS ADAM8 mRNA was up-regulated in carotid, aortic, and femoral atherosclerotic plaques (n=24) when compared with non-atherosclerotic arteries. ADAM8 protein expression was increased in advanced atherosclerotic plaques as compared to control vessels wherein it was localized to macrophages and smooth muscle cells The G allele carriers of the ADAM8 2662 T/G SNP had significantly larger areas of fibrotic, calcified, and complicated plaques in coronary arteries (P=0.027, P=0.011, and P=0.011, respectively) and significantly higher occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI) (P=0.004) and fatal pre-hospital MI (P=0.003) than did the TT homozygotes. CONCLUSION ADAM8 is a promising candidate to be involved in atherosclerosis, and its 2662 T/G allelic variant significantly associates with advanced atherosclerotic lesion areas and MI.
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- Mari Levula
- Laboratory of Atherosclerosis Genetics, Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Medical School, University of Tampere, Finland.
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Bovolenta M, Neri M, Fini S, Fabris M, Trabanelli C, Venturoli A, Martoni E, Bassi E, Spitali P, Brioschi S, Falzarano MS, Rimessi P, Ciccone R, Ashton E, McCauley J, Yau S, Abbs S, Muntoni F, Merlini L, Gualandi F, Ferlini A. A novel custom high density-comparative genomic hybridization array detects common rearrangements as well as deep intronic mutations in dystrophinopathies. BMC Genomics 2008; 9:572. [PMID: 19040728 PMCID: PMC2612025 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2008] [Accepted: 11/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background The commonest pathogenic DMD changes are intragenic deletions/duplications which make up to 78% of all cases and point mutations (roughly 20%) detectable through direct sequencing. The remaining mutations (about 2%) are thought to be pure intronic rearrangements/mutations or 5'-3' UTR changes. In order to screen the huge DMD gene for all types of copy number variation mutations we designed a novel custom high density comparative genomic hybridisation array which contains the full genomic region of the DMD gene and spans from 100 kb upstream to 100 kb downstream of the 2.2 Mb DMD gene. Results We studied 12 DMD/BMD patients who either had no detectable mutations or carried previously identified quantitative pathogenic changes in the DMD gene. We validated the array on patients with previously known mutations as well as unaffected controls, we identified three novel pure intronic rearrangements and we defined all the mutation breakpoints both in the introns and in the 3' UTR region. We also detected a novel polymorphic intron 2 deletion/duplication variation. Despite the high resolution of this approach, RNA studies were required to confirm the functional significance of the intronic mutations identified by CGH. In addition, RNA analysis identified three intronic pathogenic variations affecting splicing which had not been detected by the CGH analysis. Conclusion This novel technology represents an effective high throughput tool to identify both common and rarer DMD rearrangements. RNA studies are required in order to validate the significance of the CGH array findings. The combination of these tools will fully cover the identification of causative DMD rearrangements in both coding and non-coding regions, particularly in patients in whom standard although extensive techniques are unable to detect a mutation.
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Shin H, Hirst M, Bainbridge MN, Magrini V, Mardis E, Moerman DG, Marra MA, Baillie DL, Jones SJM. Transcriptome analysis for Caenorhabditis elegans based on novel expressed sequence tags. BMC Biol 2008; 6:30. [PMID: 18611272 PMCID: PMC2474577 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-6-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background We have applied a high-throughput pyrosequencing technology for transcriptome profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans in its first larval stage. Using this approach, we have generated a large amount of data for expressed sequence tags, which provides an opportunity for the discovery of putative novel transcripts and alternative splice variants that could be developmentally specific to the first larval stage. This work also demonstrates the successful and efficient application of a next generation sequencing methodology. Results We have generated over 30 million bases of novel expressed sequence tags from first larval stage worms utilizing high-throughput sequencing technology. We have shown that approximately 14% of the newly sequenced expressed sequence tags map completely or partially to genomic regions where there are no annotated genes or splice variants and therefore, imply that these are novel genetic structures. Expressed sequence tags, which map to intergenic (around 1000) and intronic regions (around 580), may represent novel transcribed regions, such as unannotated or unrecognized small protein-coding or non-protein-coding genes or splice variants. Expressed sequence tags, which map across intron-exon boundaries (around 300), indicate possible alternative splice sites, while expressed sequence tags, which map near the ends of known transcripts (around 600), suggest extension of the coding or untranslated regions. We have also discovered that intergenic and intronic expressed sequence tags, which are well conserved across different nematode species, are likely to represent non-coding RNAs. Lastly, we have incorporated available serial analysis of gene expression data generated from first larval stage worms, in order to predict novel transcripts that might be specifically or predominantly expressed in the first larval stage. Conclusion We have demonstrated the use of a high-throughput sequencing methodology to efficiently produce a snap-shot of transcriptional activities occurring in the first larval stage of C. elegans development. Such application of this new sequencing technique allows for high-throughput, genome-wide experimental verification of known and novel transcripts. This study provides a more complete C. elegans transcriptome profile and, furthermore, gives insight into the evolutionary and biological complexity of this organism.
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- Heesun Shin
- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
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Xu LL, Xiang HD, Qiu CC, Xu Q. Association of ghrelin polymorphisms with metabolic syndrome in Han Nationality Chinese. BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES : BES 2008; 21:188-192. [PMID: 18714814 DOI: 10.1016/s0895-3988(08)60027-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of ghrelin gene polymorphisms with metabolic syndrome in Han Nationality Chinese. METHODS A total of 240 patients with metabolic syndrome and 427 adults aged above forty years were recruited. Genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. RESULTS The allelic frequency of the Leu72Met polymorphism was 17.3% in the patient group and 11.9% in the control group (chi2 = 7.36, P = 0.007). Metabolic syndrome was more prevalent among carriers of the Met72 variant (43.8 vs 33.1%, age- and sex-adjusted odds ratio = 1.57, P = 0.01). No Arg51Gln variants were found in our study subjects. CONCLUSION Rather than being associated with its individual components, Leu72Met polymorphism is associated with metabolic syndrome in the Han Nationality Chinese. Arg51Gln polymorphism is rare in the Han Nationality Chinese.
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- Ling-Ling Xu
- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Posttranslational modification of the AU-rich element binding protein HuR by protein kinase Cdelta elicits angiotensin II-induced stabilization and nuclear export of cyclooxygenase 2 mRNA. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:2608-25. [PMID: 18285462 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01530-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The mRNA stabilizing factor HuR is involved in the posttranscriptional regulation of many genes, including that coding for cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2). Employing RNA interference technology and actinomycin D experiments, we demonstrate that in human mesangial cells (hMC) the amplification of cytokine-induced COX-2 by angiotensin II (AngII) occurs via a HuR-mediated increase of mRNA stability. Using COX-2 promoter constructs with different portions of the 3' untranslated region of COX-2, we found that the increase in COX-2 mRNA stability is attributable to a distal class III type of AU-rich element (ARE). Likewise, the RNA immunoprecipitation assay showed AngII-induced binding of HuR to this ARE. Using the RNA pulldown assay, we demonstrate that the AngII-caused HuR assembly with COX-2 mRNA is found in free and cytoskeleton-bound polysomes indicative of an active RNP complex. Mechanistically, the increased HuR binding to COX-2-ARE by AngII is accompanied by increased nucleocytoplasmic HuR shuttling and depends on protein kinase Cdelta (PKCdelta), which physically interacts with nuclear HuR, thereby promoting its phosphorylation. Mapping of phosphorylation sites identified serines 221 and 318 as critical target sites for PKCdelta-triggered HuR phosphorylation and AngII-induced HuR export to the cytoplasm. Posttranslational modification of HuR by PKCdelta represents an important novel mode of HuR activation implied in renal COX-2 regulation.
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Pende A, Contini L, Sallo R, Passalacqua M, Tanveer R, Port JD, Lotti G. Characterization of RNA-binding proteins possibly involved in modulating human AT1 receptor mRNA stability. Cell Biochem Funct 2008; 26:493-501. [DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Abdollahi MR, Lewis RM, Gaunt TR, Cumming DVE, Rodriguez S, Rose-Zerilli M, Collins AR, Syddall HE, Howell WM, Cooper C, Godfrey KM, Cameron IT, Day INM. Quantitated transcript haplotypes (QTH) of AGTR1, reduced abundance of mRNA haplotypes containing 1166C (rs5186:A>C), and relevance to metabolic syndrome traits. Hum Mutat 2007; 28:365-73. [PMID: 17211857 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AGTR1) is the main target through which angiotensin II influences cardiovascular tone, cell growth, and fluid and electrolyte balance. AGTR1 polymorphism has been reported to associate with hypertension, myocardial infarction (MI), and metabolic traits. Here we describe a novel approach to quantitation of transcript haplotypes (QTH) of AGTR1. To determine relative allelic expression from haplotypes, within-individual-between-allele ratiometric analyses in placental cDNA were developed for the transcribed SNPs rs5182:C>T (encoding p.L191) and rs5186:A>C (3'-noncoding "A1166C"). Additionally, between-individual comparisons were made using TaqMan assays applied to both homozygous and heterozygous genotypes and haplotypes. In conjunction, linkage disequilibrium (LD) and genomic haplotype associations with metabolic syndrome were examined. There was no significant difference of mRNA level for alleles of rs5182:C>T, but allele and mRNA haplotypes carrying 1166C exhibited reduced abundance. The effect was much greater in CC homozygotes than in heterozygotes. The promoter region was confirmed to be in a separate haplotype block from the AGTR1 3' region containing rs5182:C>T and rs5186:A>C. Metabolic syndrome trait associations were strongest for the 3' block generally and for the C allele of rs5186:A>C specifically. All effects were much more prominent in homozygotes, possibly reflecting interallelic interaction through feedback loops of mRNA regulation. Differential abundance of AGTR1 mRNA haplotypes may mediate clinical phenotypic observations of the AGTR1 genotype.
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- Mohammad R Abdollahi
- Human Genetics Division, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Doller A, Huwiler A, Müller R, Radeke HH, Pfeilschifter J, Eberhardt W. Protein kinase C alpha-dependent phosphorylation of the mRNA-stabilizing factor HuR: implications for posttranscriptional regulation of cyclooxygenase-2. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:2137-48. [PMID: 17392515 PMCID: PMC1877114 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-09-0850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying the ATP analogue adenosine-5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate-induced nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the mRNA stabilizing factor HuR in human (h) mesangial cells (MC). Using synthetic protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors and small interfering RNA approaches, we demonstrated that knockdown of PKC alpha efficiently blocked the ATP-dependent nuclear HuR export to the cytoplasm. The functional importance of PKC alpha in HuR shuttling is highlighted by the high cytosolic HuR content detected in hMC stably overexpressing PKC alpha compared with mock-transfected cells. The ATP-induced recruitment of HuR to the cytoplasm is preceded by a direct interaction of PKC alpha with nuclear HuR and accompanied by increased Ser phosphorylation as demonstrated by coimmunoprecipitation experiments. Mapping of putative PKC target sites identified serines 158 and 221 as being indispensable for HuR phosphorylation by PKC alpha. RNA pull-down assay and RNA electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated that the HuR shuttling by ATP is accompanied by an increased HuR binding to cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 mRNA. Physiologically, the ATP-dependent increase in RNA binding is linked with an augmentation in COX-2 mRNA stability and subsequent increase in prostaglandin E(2) synthesis. Regulation of HuR via PKC alpha-dependent phosphorylation emphasizes the importance of posttranslational modification for stimulus-dependent HuR shuttling.
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- Anke Doller
- pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Sharma A, Masri J, Jo OD, Bernath A, Martin J, Funk A, Gera J. Protein kinase C regulates internal initiation of translation of the GATA-4 mRNA following vasopressin-induced hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:9505-9516. [PMID: 17284439 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608874200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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GATA-4 is a key member of the GATA family of transcription factors involved in cardiac development and growth as well as in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Our previous studies suggest that GATA-4 protein synthesis may be translationally regulated. We report here that the 518-nt long 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of the GATA-4 mRNA, which is predicted to form stable secondary structures (-65 kcal/mol) such as to be inhibitory to cap-dependent initiation, confers efficient translation to monocistronic reporter mRNAs in cell-free extracts. Moreover, uncapped GATA-4 5'-UTR containing monocistronic reporter mRNAs continue to be well translated while capped reporters are insensitive to the inhibition of initiation by cap-analog, suggesting a cap-independent mechanism of initiation. Utilizing a dicistronic luciferase mRNA reporter containing the GATA-4 5'-UTR within the intercistronic region, we demonstrate that this leader sequence confers functional internal ribosome entry site (IRES) activity. The activity of the GATA-4 IRES is unaffected in trans-differentiating P19CL6 cells, however, is strongly stimulated immediately following arginine-vasopressin exposure of H9c2 ventricular myocytes. IRES activity is then maintained at submaximal levels during hypertrophic growth of these cells. Supraphysiological Ca(2+) levels diminished stimulation of IRES activity immediately following exposure to vasopressin and inhibition of protein kinase C activity utilizing a pseudosubstrate peptide sequence blocked IRES activity during hypertrophy. Thus, our data suggest a mechanism for GATA-4 protein synthesis under conditions of reduced global cap-dependent translation, which is maintained at a submaximal level during hypertrophic growth and point to the regulation of GATA-4 IRES activity by sarco(ER)-reticular Ca(2+) stores and PKC.
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- Anushree Sharma
- Department of Research & Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343
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- Department of Research & Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343
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- Department of Research & Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343
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- Department of Research & Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343
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- Department of Research & Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343
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- Department of Research & Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343
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- Department of Research & Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 91343; Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90048.
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Eberhardt W, Doller A, Akool ES, Pfeilschifter J. Modulation of mRNA stability as a novel therapeutic approach. Pharmacol Ther 2007; 114:56-73. [PMID: 17320967 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2007] [Revised: 01/10/2007] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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During the last decade evidence has accumulated that modulation of mRNA stability plays a central role in cellular homeostasis, including cell differentiation, proliferation and adaptation to external stimuli. The functional relevance of posttranscriptional gene regulation is highlighted by many pathologies, wherein occurrence tightly correlates with a dysregulation in mRNA stability, including chronic inflammation, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Most commonly, the cis-regulatory elements of mRNA decay are represented by the adenylate- and uridylate (AU)-rich elements (ARE) which are specifically bound by trans-acting RNA binding proteins, which finally determine whether mRNA decay is delayed or facilitated. Regulation of mRNA decay by RNA stabilizing and RNA destabilizing factors is furthermore controlled by different intrinsic and environmental stimuli. The modulation of mRNA binding proteins, therefore, illuminates a promising approach for the pharmacotherapy of those key pathologies mentioned above and characterized by a posttranscriptional dysregulation. Most promisingly, intracellular trafficking of many of the mRNA stability regulating factors is, in turn, regulated by some major signaling pathways, including the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, the AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and the protein kinase (PK) C (PKC) family. In this review, we present timely examples of genes regulated by mRNA stability with a special focus on signaling pathways involved in the ARE-dependent mRNA decay. A better understanding of these processes may form the basis for the development of novel therapeutics to treat major human diseases.
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- Wolfgang Eberhardt
- Pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Deschênes-Furry J, Perrone-Bizzozero N, Jasmin BJ. The RNA-binding protein HuD: a regulator of neuronal differentiation, maintenance and plasticity. Bioessays 2006; 28:822-33. [PMID: 16927307 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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mRNA stability is increasingly recognized as being essential for controlling the expression of a wide variety of transcripts during neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. In this context, the role of AU-rich elements (ARE) contained within the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of transcripts has now emerged as key because of their high incidence in a large number of cellular mRNAs. This important regulatory element is known to significantly modulate the longevity of mRNAs by interacting with available stabilizing or destabilizing RNA-binding proteins (RBP). Thus, in parallel with the emergence of ARE, RBP are also gaining recognition for their pivotal role in regulating expression of a variety of mRNAs. In the nervous system, the member of the Hu family of ARE-binding proteins known as HuD, has recently been implicated in multiple aspects of neuronal function including the commitment and differentiation of neuronal precursors as well as synaptic remodeling in mature neurons. Through its ability to interact with ARE and stabilize multiple transcripts, HuD has now emerged as an important regulator of mRNA expression in neurons. The present review is designed to provide a comprehensive and updated view of HuD as an RBP in the nervous system. Additionally, we highlight the role of HuD in multiple aspects of a neuron's life from early differentiation to changes in mature neurons during learning paradigms and in response to injury and regeneration. Finally, we describe the current state of knowledge concerning the molecular and cellular events regulating the expression and activity of HuD in neurons.
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- Julie Deschênes-Furry
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Pautz A, Linker K, Hubrich T, Korhonen R, Altenhöfer S, Kleinert H. The Polypyrimidine Tract-binding Protein (PTB) Is Involved in the Post-transcriptional Regulation of Human Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:32294-302. [PMID: 16950790 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603915200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression is regulated by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. We have recently shown that the multifunctional RNA-binding proteins KH-type splicing regulatory protein and tristetraprolin are critically involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of human iNOS expression. Several reports have shown that KH-type splicing regulatory protein colocalizes with the polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB), and both RNA-binding proteins seem to interact with the same mRNAs. Therefore we analyzed the involvement of PTB in human iNOS expression. In human DLD-1 cells, cytokine incubation necessary to induce iNOS expression did not change PTB localization or expression. However, intracellular binding of PTB to the human iNOS mRNA increased after cytokine stimulation. Overexpression of PTB resulted in enhanced cytokine-induced iNOS expression. Accordingly, small interfering RNA-mediated knock down of PTB reduced cytokine-dependent iNOS expression. Recombinant PTB displayed binding to an UC-rich sequence in the 3'-untranslated region of the human iNOS mRNA. Transfection experiments showed that PTB mediates its effect on iNOS expression via binding to this region. The underlying mechanism is based on a modulation of iNOS mRNA stability. In summary, human iNOS is the first example of a human pro-inflammatory gene regulated by PTB on the level of mRNA stability.
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- Andrea Pautz
- Department of Pharmacology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Obere Zahlbacher Strasse 67, D-55101 Mainz, Germany
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Nyberg MT, Stoevring B, Behr ER, Ravn LS, McKenna WJ, Christiansen M. The variation of the sarcolipin gene (SLN) in atrial fibrillation, long QT syndrome and sudden arrhythmic death syndrome. Clin Chim Acta 2006; 375:87-91. [PMID: 17010328 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2005] [Revised: 06/12/2006] [Accepted: 06/13/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in genes responsible for the cardiac action potential and control of intracellular Ca(2+)-distribution are associated with cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death. Sarcolipin is a 31-amino acid protein that inhibits the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase pump (SERCA2). The sarcolipin gene, SLN, is expressed in the heart and a candidate gene for cardiomyopathy as well as atrial fibrillation (AF), long QT syndrome (LQTS) or sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). We examined the genetic variation of SLN in patients with the arrhythmic disorders AF, LQTS and SADS. METHODS We screened the coding region of SLN for mutations using single strand conformation polymorphism/heteroduplex analysis on PCR-amplified genomic DNA from 95 unrelated LQTS patients, 59 SADS cases and 147 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and 92 controls. Aberrant conformers were sequenced. RESULTS No mutations or polymorphisms were found in the coding sequence. A G>C transition in the highly conserved position +1 of the 3'untranslated region (3'UTR) was found in two SADS cases. A polymorphism, a G>C transition at position -65 in the 5'untranslated region (5'UTR), was found with a G allele frequency of 0.48. A borderline significant difference in genotype distribution of the latter polymorphism was found between the AF group and controls. CONCLUSION Mutations in the coding region of SLN are not frequently involved in LQTS, SADS or AF. Whether the described 3'- and 5'UTR variants have functional significance must await further studies.
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- Mia Titine Nyberg
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Misquitta CM, Chen T, Grover AK. Control of protein expression through mRNA stability in calcium signalling. Cell Calcium 2006; 40:329-46. [PMID: 16765440 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2006.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2006] [Revised: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 04/12/2006] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Specific sequences (cis-acting elements) in the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of RNA, together with stabilizing and destabilizing proteins (trans-acting factors), determine the mRNA stability, and consequently, the level of expression of several proteins. Such interactions were discovered initially for short-lived mRNAs encoding cytokines and early genes like c-jun and c-myc. However, they may also determine the fate of more stable mRNAs in a tissue and disease-dependent manner. The interactions between the cis-acting elements and the trans-acting factors may also be modulated by Ca(2+) either directly or via a control of the phosphorylation status of the trans-acting factors. We focus initially on the basic concepts in mRNA stability with the trans-acting factors AUF1 (destabilizing) and HuR (stabilizing). Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pumps, SERCA2a (cardiac and slow twitch muscles) and SERCA2b (most cells including smooth muscle cells), are pivotal in Ca(2+) mobilization during signal transduction. SERCA2a and SERCA2b proteins are encoded by relatively stable mRNAs that contain cis-acting stability determinants in their 3'-regions. We present several pathways where 3'-UTR mediated mRNA decay is key to Ca(2+) signalling: SERCA2a and beta-adrenergic receptors in heart failure, renin-angiotensin system, and parathyroid hormones. Other examples discussed include cytokines vascular endothelial growth factor, endothelin and endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Roles of Ca(2+) and Ca(2+)-binding proteins in mRNA stability are also discussed. We anticipate that these novel modes of control of protein expression will form an emerging area of research that may explore the central role of Ca(2+) in cell function during development and in disease.
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- Christine M Misquitta
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, 10th floor Donnelly CCBR, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3E1
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Gaukrodger N, Mayosi BM, Imrie H, Avery P, Baker M, Connell JMC, Watkins H, Farrall M, Keavney B. A rare variant of the leptin gene has large effects on blood pressure and carotid intima-medial thickness: a study of 1428 individuals in 248 families. J Med Genet 2006; 42:474-8. [PMID: 15937081 PMCID: PMC1736073 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.027631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Rare mutations in the leptin (LEP) gene cause severe obesity. Common polymorphisms of LEP have been associated with obesity, but their association with cardiovascular disease has been little studied. We have examined the impact of both common and rare polymorphisms of the LEP gene on blood pressure (BP), subclinical atherosclerosis as measured by carotid intima-medial thickness (CIMT), and body mass index (BMI) in a large family study. METHODS Five polymorphisms spanning LEP were typed in 1428 individuals from 248 nuclear families. BP, CIMT, BMI, and plasma leptin were measured. RESULTS The polymorphisms typed captured all common haplotypes present at LEP. There was strong association between a rare polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region of LEP (C538T) and both pulse pressure (p = 0.0001) and CIMT (p = 0.008). C/T heterozygotes had a 22% lower pulse pressure and a 17% lower CIMT than C/C homozygotes. The polymorphism accounted for 3-5% of the population variation in pulse pressure and CIMT. There was no association between any LEP polymorphism and either BMI or plasma leptin level. CONCLUSIONS This large family study shows that the rare T allele at the C538T polymorphism of LEP substantially influences pulse pressure and CIMT, but does not appear to exert this effect through actions on plasma leptin level or BMI. This suggests that autocrine or paracrine effects in vascular tissue may be important physiological functions of leptin. This study also provides evidence that rare polymorphisms of particular genes may have substantial effects within the normal range of certain quantitative traits.
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- N Gaukrodger
- Institute of Human Genetics, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK
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Reimunde F, Castañares C, Redondo-Horcajo M, Lamas S, Rodríguez-Pascual F. Endothelin-1 expression is strongly repressed by AU-rich elements in the 3'-untranslated region of the gene. Biochem J 2006; 387:763-72. [PMID: 15595926 PMCID: PMC1135007 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The regulation of the synthesis of the endothelial-derived vasoconstrictor ET-1 (endothelin-1) is a complex process that occurs mainly at the mRNA level. Transcription of the gene accounts for an important part of the regulation of expression, as already described for different modulators such as the cytokine TGF-beta (transforming growth factor-beta). However, very little is known about mechanisms governing ET-1 expression at the post-transcriptional level. The aim of the present study was to investigate the regulation of the ET-1 expression at this level. Since the 3'-UTR (3'-untranslated region) of mRNAs commonly contains genetic determinants for the post-transcriptional control of gene expression, we focused on the potential role of the 3'-UTR of ET-1 mRNA. Experiments performed with luciferase reporter constructs containing the 3'-UTR showed that this region exerts a potent destabilizing effect. Deletional analyses allowed us to locate this activity within a region at positions 924-1127. Some (but not all) of the AREs (AU-rich elements) present in this region were found to be essential for this mRNA-destabilizing activity. We also present evidence that cytosolic proteins from endothelial cells interact specifically with these RNA elements, and that a close correlation exists between the ability of the AREs to destabilize ET-1 mRNA and the binding of proteins to these elements. Our results are compatible with the existence of a strong repressional control of ET-1 expression mediated by destabilization of the mRNA exerted through the interaction of specific cytosolic proteins with AREs present in the 3'-UTR of the gene.
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- Francisco M. Reimunde
- Departamento de Estructura y Función de Proteínas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Instituto “Reina Sofía” de Investigaciones Nefrológicas and Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Estructura y Función de Proteínas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Instituto “Reina Sofía” de Investigaciones Nefrológicas and Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Estructura y Función de Proteínas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Instituto “Reina Sofía” de Investigaciones Nefrológicas and Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Estructura y Función de Proteínas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Instituto “Reina Sofía” de Investigaciones Nefrológicas and Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Estructura y Función de Proteínas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Instituto “Reina Sofía” de Investigaciones Nefrológicas and Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040, Madrid, Spain
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Glaser ND, Lukyanenko YO, Wang Y, Wilson GM, Rogers TB. JNK activation decreases PP2A regulatory subunit B56alpha expression and mRNA stability and increases AUF1 expression in cardiomyocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H1183-92. [PMID: 16603688 PMCID: PMC1564198 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01162.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A central feature of heart disease is a molecular remodeling of signaling pathways in cardiac myocytes. This study focused on novel molecular elements of MAPK-mediated alterations in the pattern of gene expression of the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). In an established model of sustained JNK activation, a 70% decrease in expression of the targeting subunit of PP2A, B56alpha, was observed in either neonatal or adult cardiomyocytes. This loss in protein abundance was accompanied by a decrease of 69% in B56alpha mRNA steady-state levels. Given that the 3'-untranslated region of this transcript contains adenylate-uridylate-rich elements known to regulate mRNA degradation, experiments explored the notion that instability of B56alpha mRNA accounts for the response. mRNA time-course analyses with real-time PCR methods showed that B56alpha transcript was transformed from a stable (no significant decay over 1 h) to a labile form that rapidly degraded within minutes. These results were supported by complementary experiments that revealed that the RNA-binding protein AUF1, known to destabilize target mRNA, was increased fourfold in JNK-activated cells. A variety of other stress-related stimuli, such as p38 MAPK activation and phorbol ester, upregulated AUF1 expression in cultured cardiac cells as well. In addition, gel mobility shift assays demonstrated that p37AUF1 binds with nanomolar affinity to segments of the B56alpha 3'-untranslated region. Thus these studies provide new evidence that signaling-induced mRNA instability is an important mechanism that underlies the changes in the pattern of gene expression evoked by stress-activated pathways in cardiac cells.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland and
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- Departments of Anesthesiology and Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland and
- Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Tel: 410-706-3169; Fax: 410-706-6676;
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Kim SY, Jo DS, Hwang PH, Park JH, Park SK, Yi HK, Lee DY. Preproghrelin Leu72Met polymorphism is not associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metabolism 2006; 55:366-70. [PMID: 16483881 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2005.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2005] [Accepted: 09/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ghrelin is a novel gut-brain peptide, which exerts somatotropic, orexigenic, and adipogenic effects. Genetic variants of ghrelin have been associated with both obesity and insulin metabolism. In this study, we determined a role of preproghrelin Leu72Met polymorphism on type 2 diabetes mellitus and its relationship to variables studied. Genotypes were assessed by polymerase chain reaction. Frequencies of the Leu72Met polymorphism were found to be 35.4% in the type 2 diabetic patients and 32.5% in the normal controls. The Leu72Met polymorphism was not associated with hypertension, macroangiopathy, retinopathy, serum cholesterol, triglyceride, blood urea nitrogen, HbA(1c), lipoprotein (a), fasting insulin, or 24-hour urinary protein levels in the type 2 diabetic group. However, the Leu72Met polymorphism was clearly associated with serum creatinine levels in the diabetic group, as the Met72 carriers exhibited lower serum creatinine levels than the Met72 noncarriers. Our data indicate that the preproghrelin Leu72Met polymorphism is not associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the Leu72Met polymorphism is associated with serum creatinine levels. These data suggest that Met72 carrier status may be a predictable marker for diabetic nephropathy or renal impairment in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- Sun-Young Kim
- Department of Pediatrics, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-712, Korea
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This review focuses on the role and regulation of mucin glycoproteins (mucins) in airway health and disease. Mucins are highly glycosylated macromolecules (> or =50% carbohydrate, wt/wt). MUC protein backbones are characterized by numerous tandem repeats that contain proline and are high in serine and/or threonine residues, the sites of O-glycosylation. Secretory and membrane-tethered mucins contribute to mucociliary defense, an innate immune defense system that protects the airways against pathogens and environmental toxins. Inflammatory/immune response mediators and the overproduction of mucus characterize chronic airway diseases: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), or cystic fibrosis (CF). Specific inflammatory/immune response mediators can activate mucin gene regulation and airway remodeling, including goblet cell hyperplasia (GCH). These processes sustain airway mucin overproduction and contribute to airway obstruction by mucus and therefore to the high morbidity and mortality associated with these diseases. Importantly, mucin overproduction and GCH, although linked, are not synonymous and may follow from different signaling and gene regulatory pathways. In section i, structure, expression, and localization of the 18 human MUC genes and MUC gene products having tandem repeat domains and the specificity and application of MUC-specific antibodies that identify mucin gene products in airway tissues, cells, and secretions are overviewed. Mucin overproduction in chronic airway diseases and secretory cell metaplasia in animal model systems are reviewed in section ii and addressed in disease-specific subsections on asthma, COPD, and CF. Information on regulation of mucin genes by inflammatory/immune response mediators is summarized in section iii. In section iv, deficiencies in understanding the functional roles of mucins at the molecular level are identified as areas for further investigations that will impact on airway health and disease. The underlying premise is that understanding the pathways and processes that lead to mucus overproduction in specific airway diseases will allow circumvention or amelioration of these processes.
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- Mary Callaghan Rose
- Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Room 5700, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
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Hall G, Singh IS, Hester L, Hasday JD, Rogers TB. Inhibitor-kappaB kinase-beta regulates LPS-induced TNF-alpha production in cardiac myocytes through modulation of NF-kappaB p65 subunit phosphorylation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 289:H2103-11. [PMID: 15980040 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00393.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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TNF-alpha is recognized as a significant contributor to myocardial dysfunction. Although several studies suggest that members of the NF-kappaB family of transcription factors are essential regulators of myocardial TNF-alpha gene expression, recent developments in our understanding of the modulation of NF-kappaB activity through posttranslational modification of NF-kappaB subunits suggest that the present view of NF-kappaB-dependent cytokine expression in heart is incomplete. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to examine the role of p65 subunit phosphorylation in the regulation of TNF-alpha production in cultured neonatal ventricular myocytes. Bacterial LPS-induced TNF-alpha production is accompanied by a 12-fold increase in phosphorylation of p65 at Ser536, a modification associated with enhancement of p65 transactivation potential. Pharmacological inhibition of IKK-beta reduced LPS-induced TNF-alpha production 38-fold, TNF-alpha mRNA levels 6-fold, and IkappaB-alpha phosphorylation 5-fold and degraded IkappaB-alpha 2-fold and p65 phosphorylation 6-fold. Overexpression of dominant-negative p65 reduced TNF-alpha production 3.5-fold, whereas overexpression of dominant-negative IKK-beta reduced LPS-induced TNF-alpha production 2-fold and p65 phosphorylation 2-fold. Overexpression of dominant-negative IKK-alpha had no effect on p65 phosphorylation or TNF-alpha production, revealing that IKK-beta, not IKK-alpha, plays a central role in regulation of p65 phosphorylation at Ser536 and TNF-alpha production in heart. Finally, we demonstrated, using a chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, that LPS stimulates recruitment of Ser536-phosphorylated p65 to the TNF-alpha gene promoter in cardiac myocytes. Taken together, these data provide compelling evidence for the role of NF-kappaB signaling in TNF-alpha gene expression in heart and highlight the importance of this proinflammatory gene-regulatory pathway as a potential therapeutic target in the management of cytokine-induced myocardial dysfunction.
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- Gentzon Hall
- Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Blum JL, Samarel AM, Mestril R. Phosphorylation and binding of AUF1 to the 3'-untranslated region of cardiomyocyte SERCA2a mRNA. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 289:H2543-50. [PMID: 16113063 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00545.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Experimental animals and patients with cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure display abnormally slowed myocardial relaxation, which is associated with downregulation of sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2a (SERCA2a), the cardiomyocyte sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump. We previously showed that SERCA2a downregulation can be simulated in cultured neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVM) by treatment with the hypertrophic agonist phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) or by overexpression of the novel protein kinase C (PKC) isoenzymes PKCdelta and PKCepsilon. PKC activation, in turn, decreased SERCA2a promoter activity and destabilized the SERCA2a mRNA. Here we demonstrate by using an RSV beta-galactosidase reporter system that a 609-nt fragment of the SERCA2a mRNA 3'-untranslated region (UTR), containing five adenylate-uridylate (AU)-rich regions, may be responsible for destabilizing the message following PMA treatment. UV cross-linking analysis demonstrated that several proteins found in the NRVM cell extracts bind to the 609-nt fragment. In addition, protein binding was transiently increased in response to PMA stimulation. 3'-UTR mRNA pull-down assays and Western blot analysis indicated that the AU binding protein AUF1 interacted with the SERCA2a 3'-UTR. AUF1 binding activity was predominantly found in the nuclear fraction, and PMA-induced AUF1 binding was associated with increased threonine phosphorylation of AUF1. These data suggest that the phosphorylation, binding, and location of AUF1 affect the posttranscriptional regulation of the SERCA2a message in NRVM.
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- Juliana L Blum
- The Cardiovascular Institute, Loyola Univ. Medical Center, Bldg 110, Rm. 5222, 2160 South First Ave., Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Heidkamp MC, Scully BT, Vijayan K, Engman SJ, Szotek EL, Samarel AM. PYK2 regulates SERCA2 gene expression in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C471-82. [PMID: 15829561 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00130.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (PYK2) has been implicated in cell signaling pathways involved in left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure, but its exact role has not been elucidated. In this study, replication-defective adenoviruses (Adv) encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged, wild-type (WT), and mutant forms of PYK2 were used to determine whether PYK2 overexpression activates MAPKs, and downregulates SERCA2 mRNA levels in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVM). PYK2 overexpression significantly decreased SERCA2 mRNA (as determined by Northern blot analysis and real-time RT-PCR) to 54 ± 4% of Adv-GFP-infected cells 48 h after Adv infection. Adv-encoding kinase-deficient (KD) and Y402F phosphorylation-deficient mutants of PYK2 also significantly reduced SERCA2 mRNA (WT>KD>Y402F). Conversely, the PTK inhibitor PP2 (which blocks PYK2 phosphorylation by Src-family PTKs) significantly increased SERCA2 mRNA levels. PYK2 overexpression had no effect on ERK1/2, but increased JNK1/2 and p38MAPKphosphorylation from fourfold to eightfold compared with GFP overexpression. Activation of both “stress-activated” protein kinase cascades appeared necessary to reduce SERCA2 mRNA levels. Adv-mediated overexpression of constitutively active (ca)MKK6 or caMKK7, which activated only p38MAPKor JNKs, respectively, was not sufficient, whereas combined infection with both Adv reduced SERCA2 mRNA levels to 45 ± 12% of control. WTPYK2 overexpression also significantly reduced SERCA2 promoter activity, as determined by transient transfection of a 3.8-kb SERCA2 promoter-luciferase construct. Thus a PYK2-dependent signaling cascade may have a role in abnormal cardiac Ca2+handling in left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure via downregulation of SERCA2 gene transcription.
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- Maria C Heidkamp
- The Cardiovascular Institute, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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Kleinert H, Pautz A, Linker K, Schwarz PM. Regulation of the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 500:255-66. [PMID: 15464038 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 447] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/01/2004] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The role of nitric oxide (NO) generated by the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is very complex. Induction of iNOS expression and hence NO production has been described to have beneficial antiviral, antiparasital, microbicidal, immunomodulatory, and antitumoral effects. However, induced at the wrong place or at the wrong time, iNOS has detrimental consequences and seems to be involved in the pathophysiology of different human diseases. The pathways regulating iNOS expression seem to vary in different cells or different species. In general, activation of the transcription factors nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-1alpha and thereby activation of the iNOS promoter seems to be an essential step in the regulation of iNOS expression in most cells. Also, post-transcriptional mechanisms are critically involved in the regulation of iNOS expression.
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- Hartmut Kleinert
- Department of Pharmacology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Obere Zahlbacher Strasse 67, D-55101 Mainz, Germany.
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Klöss S, Rodenbach D, Bordel R, Mülsch A. Human-antigen R (HuR) expression in hypertension: downregulation of the mRNA stabilizing protein HuR in genetic hypertension. Hypertension 2005; 45:1200-6. [PMID: 15883232 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000165674.58470.8f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In aged spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), vasorelaxant responses to NO are attenuated compared with normotensive control rats (Wistar-Kyoto [WKY]) because of a decreased expression of the important NO receptor soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC). Because the expression of sGC subunits alpha1 and beta1 is controlled at the post-transcriptional level by the mRNA-binding protein human-antigen R (HuR), we now assessed whether or not altered expression of HuR could account for downregulation of sGCalpha1 and sGCbeta1 in genetic hypertension. The expression of HuR (and sGCalpha1 and sGCbeta1) in aortas from aged SHR was significantly decreased at the mRNA and protein level compared with age-matched WKY rats, whereas expression of HuR was not different in prehypertensive young (2 months of age) SHR and age-matched WKY rats. The mRNA-binding activity of HuR in native aortic protein extracts from aged SHR was markedly reduced compared with normotensive WKY rats, as detected by RNA electrophoretic mobility shift analysis, using biotin-labeled adenine and uracil (AU)-rich element (ARE)-containing RNA probes from the 3'-untranslated region of sGCalpha1 and sGCbeta1. In contrast, ARE-binding activity was not different between prehypertensive young SHR and young WKY rats. In vitro RNA degradation assays using the same AU-rich sGC mRNA probes revealed an accelerated sGCalpha1 and sGCbeta1 mRNA decay in the presence of native protein extract from hypertensive SHR, which was less rapid with aortic protein from normotensive WKY rats. These findings suggest that in this animal model of genetic hypertension, the reduced expression of sGC subunits is mediated by downregulation of the sGC mRNA-stabilizing protein HuR.
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- Stephan Klöss
- Physiologisches Institut II, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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Deschênes-Furry J, Bélanger G, Mwanjewe J, Lunde JA, Parks RJ, Perrone-Bizzozero N, Jasmin BJ. The RNA-binding protein HuR binds to acetylcholinesterase transcripts and regulates their expression in differentiating skeletal muscle cells. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:25361-8. [PMID: 15878846 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410929200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During myogenic differentiation, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) transcript levels are known to increase dramatically. Although this increase can be attributed in part to increased transcriptional activity, posttranscriptional mechanisms have also been implicated in the high levels of AChE mRNA in myotubes. In this study, we observed that transfection of a luciferase reporter construct containing the full-length AChE 3'-untranslated region (UTR) resulted in significantly higher (5-fold) luciferase activity in differentiated myotubes versus myoblasts. RNA-electrophoretic mobility shift assays (REMSAs) performed with a full-length AChE 3'-UTR probe and the AU-rich element revealed that the intensity of RNA-binding protein complexes increased as myogenic differentiation proceeded. Using several complementary approaches including supershift REMSA, mRNA-binding protein pull-down assays, and immunoprecipitation followed by reverse transcription-PCR, we found that the mRNA-stabilizing protein HuR interacts directly with AChE transcripts. Stable overexpression of HuR in C2C12 cells increased the expression of endogenous AChE transcripts as well as that of the luciferase reporter construct containing the AChE 3'-UTR. In vitro stability assays performed with protein extracts from these cells versus controls resulted in a slower rate of AChE mRNA decay. The down-regulation of HuR expression mediated through small interfering RNA further confirmed the role of HuR in the regulation of AChE mRNA levels. Taken together, these studies demonstrate that HuR interacts with the AChE 3'-UTR to regulate posttranscriptionally the expression of AChE mRNA during myogenic differentiation.
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- Julie Deschênes-Furry
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Misquitta CM, Ghosh P, Mwanjewe J, Grover AK. Control of SERCA2a Ca2+ pump mRNA stability by nuclear proteins: role of domains in the 3′-untranslated region. Cell Calcium 2005; 37:17-24. [PMID: 15541460 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2004] [Revised: 06/07/2004] [Accepted: 06/15/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Alternative splicing of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (SERCA2) Ca2+ pump transcript generates the two isoforms: SERCA2a in left ventricular myocytes (LVM) and SERCA2b in most tissues. Nuclear protein extracts from left ventricular myocytes can cause a decay of the 3'-region of the SERCA2a. To determine if all the domains in the 800 b SERCA2a 3'-end region (3344-4243) are equally stable, we examined in vitro decay of synthetically capped, polyadenylated overlapping RNA fragments 2A1-2A6 from the 3'-end region of SERCA2a. Whereas 2A1-2A5 RNAs were stable, the distal fragment 2A6 (4135-4243 b) decayed rapidly. Deleting the 2A6 sequence from the 800-b 3'-end region increased its stability. In mobility shift assays, 2A6 bound to protein(s) in the LVM nuclear extracts in a specific manner: unlabelled 2A6 or the 800 b 3'-region RNA competed for binding but poly A, poly U, and poly C RNA did not. Secondary structure analysis revealed three hairpin loops in 2A6. Experiments using small synthetic RNA fragments for competition with 2A6 binding to nuclear proteins were consistent with a model involving the three hairpin loops. Thus, the secondary structure of the distal domain of SERCA2a RNA may be important in regulating its stability.
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Thiele BJ, Doller A, Kähne T, Pregla R, Hetzer R, Regitz-Zagrosek V. RNA-binding proteins heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1, E1, and K are involved in post-transcriptional control of collagen I and III synthesis. Circ Res 2004; 95:1058-66. [PMID: 15514164 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000149166.33833.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Collagen types I and III, coded by COL1A1/COL1A2 and COL3A1 genes, are the major fibrillar collagens produced by fibroblasts, including cardiac fibroblasts of the adult heart. Characteristic for different cardiomyopathies is a remodeling process associated with an upregulation of collagen synthesis, which leads to fibrosis. We report identification of three mRNA-binding proteins, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprote (hnRNP) A1, E1, and K, as positive effectors of collagen synthesis acting at the post-transcriptional level by interaction with the 3'-untranslated regions (3'-UTRs) of COL1A1, 1A2, and 3A1 mRNAs. In vitro, binding experiments (electromobility shift assay and UV cross-linking) reveal significant differences in binding to CU- and AU-rich binding motifs. Reporter gene cell transfection experiments and RNA stability assays show that hnRNPs A1, E1, and K stimulate collagen expression by stabilizing mRNAs. Collagen synthesis is activated via the angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor. We demonstrate that transforming growth factor-beta1, a major product of stimulated AT1 receptor, does not activate solely collagen synthesis but synergistically the synthesis of hnRNP A1, E1, and K as well. Thus, post-transcriptional control of collagen synthesis at the mRNA level may substantially be caused by alteration of the expression of RNA-binding proteins. The pathophysiological impact of this finding was demonstrated by screening the expression of hnRNP E1 and K in cardiovascular diseases. In the heart muscle of patients experiencing aortic stenosis, ischemic cardiomyopathy, or dilatative cardiomyopathy, a significant increase in the expression of hnRNP E1, A1, and K was found between 1.5- and 4.5-fold relative to controls.
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Nie L, Khan I, Misquitta CM, Grover AK. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump mRNA stability in cardiac and smooth muscle: role of poly A+ tail length. Cell Calcium 2004; 35:479-84. [PMID: 15003857 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2003.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2003] [Revised: 12/04/2003] [Accepted: 12/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Transcripts of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump SERCA2 are alternatively spliced to produce SERCA2a (expressed in left ventricular muscle (LVM)) and SERCA2b (in stomach smooth muscle (SSM)) mRNA that use different polyadenylation sequences. SERCA2 mRNA in LVM is more stable than in SSM. Here, we report that the SERCA2 poly A+ tail length in LVM (32 +/- 2 bases) is longer than in SSM (20 +/- 1). In the in vitro decay assays, the 3'-region mRNA of SERCA2a or SERCA2b is more stable when the poly A+ tail is longer. However, when the poly A+ tail length is similar for SERCA2a and SERCA2b, the SERCA2a RNA is more stable. Thus, the longer poly A+ tail may contribute to, but does not appear to be the sole determinant of, greater stability of SERCA2 mRNA in LVM than in SSM.
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- Lin Nie
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Canada L8N3Z5
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Alvarez GR, Zwilling BS, Lafuse WP. Mycobacterium avium inhibition of IFN-gamma signaling in mouse macrophages: Toll-like receptor 2 stimulation increases expression of dominant-negative STAT1 beta by mRNA stabilization. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 171:6766-73. [PMID: 14662881 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.12.6766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mycobacterial infections of macrophages have been shown to inhibit the ability of the macrophage to respond to IFN-gamma. We previously reported that Mycobacterium avium infection of mouse macrophages decreases IFN-gamma-induced STAT1 tyrosine phosphorylation and STAT1 DNA binding. Because macrophages respond to M. avium through Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), we determined whether TLR2 stimulation inhibits the response to IFN-gamma. Treatment of mouse RAW264.7 macrophages with TLR2 agonists inhibited the induction of IFN-gamma-inducible genes by IFN-gamma. In contrast to M. avium infection, TLR2 agonists did not inhibit the IFN-gamma induction of DNA-binding activity of STAT1 and the tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT1alpha. Instead, IFN-gamma induction of RAW264.7 cells treated with TLR2 agonists resulted in an increase in the tyrosine phosphorylation of the dominant-negative STAT1beta. TLR2 stimulation of RAW264.7 cells increased both STAT1beta protein and mRNA expression, suggesting that the increased STAT1beta phosphorylation results from increased STAT1beta expression. Because STAT1alpha and STAT1beta mRNA have different 3' untranslated regions, and 3' untranslated regions can regulate mRNA stability, we examined the effects of TLR2 stimulation on mRNA stability. TLR2 stimulation of RAW264.7 cells increased the stability of STAT1beta mRNA, while not affecting the stability of STAT1alpha mRNA. The ability of STAT1beta to function as a dominant negative was confirmed by overexpression of STAT1beta in RAW264.7 macrophages by transient transfection, which inhibited IFN-gamma-induced gene expression. These findings suggest that M. avium infection of mouse macrophages inhibits IFN-gamma signaling through a TLR2-dependent increase in STAT1beta expression by mRNA stablization and a TLR2-independent inhibition of STAT1 tyrosine phosphorylation.
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- Gail R Alvarez
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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França LP, Pacheco NAS, Correa SAA, Han SW, Nakaie CR, Paiva ACM, Shimuta SI. Angiotensin II-mediated cellular responses: a role for the 3'-untranslated region of the angiotensin AT1 receptor. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 476:25-30. [PMID: 12969745 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(03)02172-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfected with the angiotensin II AT1 receptor gene containing only the coding region, presented tachyphylaxis to the total inositol phosphate (InsPs) and Ca2+ responses mediated by angiotensin II and [2-lysine]angiotensin II ([Lys2]angiotensin II). Now we have evaluated the possible role of the 3'-untranslated region of the angiotensin AT1 receptor mRNA in modulating the angiotensin AT1 receptor-mediated cellular responses. The binding parameters, as well as the Ca2+ and InsPs responses induced by angiotensin II and [Lys2]angiotensin II were similar in cells transfected with the angiotensin AT1 receptor with or without the 3'-untranslated region sequence. In cells transfected with the receptor containing the 3'-untranslated region sequence, angiotensin II-induced Ca2+ and InsPs responses were desensitized by repeated stimulations, whereas [Lys2]angiotensin II caused desensitization of InsPs production but not of Ca2+ uptake in these cells. Our results suggest that the 3'-untranslated region plays a role in modulating cell signalling involved in the tachyphylaxis of angiotensin AT1 receptor-mediated Ca2+ responses.
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- Lucimar P França
- Department of Biophysics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 862, 04023-060, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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McLennan K, Jeske Y, Cotterill A, Cowley D, Penfold J, Jones T, Howard N, Thomsett M, Choong C. Combined pituitary hormone deficiency in Australian children: clinical and genetic correlates. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2003; 58:785-94. [PMID: 12780757 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01781.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Mutations in the gene for the POU domain transcription factor POU1F1 (human Pit-1) have been reported in patients with GH, TSH and PRL deficiencies. PROP1 (Prophet of Pit-1) gene mutations also cause gonadotrophin deficiencies and in some cases partial ACTH deficiency. This study analyses the POU1F1 and PROP1 genes in a cohort of Australian children with combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD) and correlates results with patient phenotype. PATIENTS AND DESIGN Genomic analysis was carried out on 33 patients with CPHD referred from centres around Australia. Clinical data were collected from medical records and referring physicans. RESULTS POU1F1 mutations were identified in two of four patients with a suggestive phenotype. In a female patient, novel compound heterozygous POU1F1 mutations were identified: Arg143Leu in exon 3 and Leu194Gln in exon 4. This patient presented with failure to thrive at 6 weeks of age and has deficiencies of TSH and GH. A previously described heterozygous Arg271Trp mutation in exon 6 of the POU1F1 gene was identified in a female infant who presented with growth failure and was diagnosed with TSH then GH deficiencies. No PROP1 mutations were identified; however, we describe a number of previously unreported PROP1 polymorphisms. No patients presenting with deficiencies of all anterior pituitary hormones early in life had POU1F1 or PROP1 gene mutations. CONCLUSIONS In 33 Australian children with CPHD we have identified POU1F1 mutations in two patients and no PROP1 mutations. We speculate that in the majority of children other genes must be responsible for the CPHD phenotype.
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- Kim McLennan
- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Mater Children's Hospital and University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia
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Kleinert H, Schwarz PM, Förstermann U. Regulation of the Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase. Biol Chem 2003; 384:1343-64. [PMID: 14669979 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2003.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 289] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO), generated by the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), has been described to have beneficial microbicidal, antiviral, antiparasital, immunomodulatory, and antitumoral effects. However, aberrant iNOS induction at the wrong place or at the wrong time has detrimental consequences and seems to be involved in the pathophysiology of several human diseases. iNOS is primarily regulated at the expression level by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. iNOS expression can be induced in many cell types with suitable agents such as bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS), cytokines, and other compounds. Pathways resulting in the induction of iNOS expression may vary in different cells or different species. Activation of the transcription factors NF-kappaB and STAT-1alpha, and thereby activation of the iNOS promoter, seems to be an essential step for iNOS induction in most cells. However, at least in the human system, also post-transcriptional mechanism are critically involved in the regulation of iNOS expression. The induction of iNOS can be inhibited by a wide variety of immunomodulatory compounds acting at the transcriptional levels and/or post-transcriptionally.
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- Hartmut Kleinert
- Department of Pharmacology, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55101 Mainz, Germany
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Ono K, Mannami T, Baba S, Tomoike H, Suga SI, Iwai N. A single-nucleotide polymorphism in C-type natriuretic peptide gene may be associated with hypertension. Hypertens Res 2002; 25:727-30. [PMID: 12452325 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.25.727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We conducted an association study between genetic variants of C-type natriuretic peptide gene (CNP) and hypertension in a Japanese population. We found four genetic variants, two in the promoter region, one missense mutation, and one in the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR), and genotyped all four variants in 2,006 subjects recruited from the Suita study. One of the variants, G2628A in 3'-UTR, was found to be associated with blood pressure. Multiple logistic analyses indicated that the genotype of the G2628A polymorphism (GG=1, GA+AA=2) (p=0.0034), sex (p=0.0288), alcohol consumption (p=0.0002), age (p<0.0001), and body mass index (p<0.0001) were predictors of hypertension. The odds ratio of the GA+AA genotype over the GG genotype for hypertension was 1.40 (p=0.0034, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.12-1.75). Multiple logistic analyses in a younger subpopulation aged below 65 years indicated that the odds ratio of the GA+AA genotype over the GG genotype for hypertension was 1.58 (p=0.0024, 95%CI 1.18-2.12). Thus, the CNP G2628A polymorphism made an even greater contribution to hypertension in the younger subpopulation.
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- Koh Ono
- Research Institute, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
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