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Bello V, Sirour C, Moreau N, Denker E, Darribère T. A function for dystroglycan in pronephros development in Xenopus laevis. Dev Biol 2008; 317:106-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2007] [Revised: 02/01/2008] [Accepted: 02/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Denef N, Chen Y, Weeks SD, Barcelo G, Schüpbach T. Crag regulates epithelial architecture and polarized deposition of basement membrane proteins in Drosophila. Dev Cell 2008; 14:354-64. [PMID: 18331716 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2006] [Revised: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 12/18/2007] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The polarized architecture of epithelia relies on an interplay between the cytoskeleton, the trafficking machinery, and cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion. Specifically, contact with the basement membrane (BM), an extracellular matrix underlying the basal side of epithelia, is important for cell polarity. However, little is known about how BM proteins themselves achieve a polarized distribution. In a genetic screen in the Drosophila follicular epithelium, we identified mutations in Crag, which encodes a conserved protein with domains implicated in membrane trafficking. Follicle cells mutant for Crag lose epithelial integrity and frequently become invasive. The loss of Crag leads to the anomalous accumulation of BM components on both sides of epithelial cells without directly affecting the distribution of apical or basolateral membrane proteins. This defect is not generally observed in mutants affecting epithelial integrity. We propose that Crag plays a unique role in organizing epithelial architecture by regulating the polarized secretion of BM proteins.
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- Natalie Denef
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Cerecedo D, Cisneros B, Suárez-Sánchez R, Hernández-González E, Galván I. beta-Dystroglycan modulates the interplay between actin and microtubules in human-adhered platelets. Br J Haematol 2008; 141:517-28. [PMID: 18341635 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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To maintain the continuity of an injured blood vessel, platelets change shape, secrete granule contents, adhere, aggregate, and retract in a haemostatic plug. Ordered arrays of microtubules, microfilaments, and associated proteins are responsible for these platelet responses. In full-spread platelets, microfilament bundles in association with other cytoskeleton proteins are anchored in focal contacts. Recent studies in migrating cells suggest that co-ordination and direct physical interaction of microtubules and actin network modulate adhesion development. In platelets, we have proposed a feasible association between these two cytoskeletal systems, as well as the participation of the dystrophin-associated protein complex, as part of the focal adhesion complex. The present study analysed the participation of microtubules and actin during the platelet adhesion process. Confocal microscopy, fluorescence resonance transfer energy and immunoprecipitation assays were used to provide evidence of a cross-talk between these two cytoskeletal systems. Interestingly, beta-dystroglycan was found to act as an interplay protein between actin and microtubules and an additional communication between these two cytoskeleton networks was maintained through proteins of focal adhesion complex. Altogether our data are indicative of a dynamic co-participation of actin filaments and microtubules in modulating focal contacts to achieve platelet function.
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- Doris Cerecedo
- Laboratorio de Hematobiología, Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatía, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), México.
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Wu X, Li S, Chrostek-Grashoff A, Czuchra A, Meyer H, Yurchenco PD, Brakebusch C. Cdc42 is crucial for the establishment of epithelial polarity during early mammalian development. Dev Dyn 2008; 236:2767-78. [PMID: 17849438 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To study the role of Cdc42 in the establishment of epithelial polarity during mammalian development, we generated murine Cdc42-null embryonic stem cells and analyzed peri-implantation development using embryoid bodies (EBs). Mutant EBs developed endoderm and underlying basement membrane, but exhibited defects of cell polarity, cell-cell junctions, survival, and cavitation. These defects corresponded to a decreased phosphorylation and membrane localization of aPKC, a reduced phosphorylation of GSK3beta, and a diminished activity of Rac1. However, neither Rac1 nor the kinase function of GSK3beta seem to contribute to cell polarization and cell-cell contacts. In contrast, EBs expressing dominant-negative (dn) PKCzeta mimicked well the phenotype of Cdc42-null EBs, suggesting a major role of aPKC in mediating cell polarization downstream of Cdc42. Finally, aggregation experiments with endodermal cell lines suggested that Cdc42 might affect formation of adherens and tight junctions by PKCzeta-dependent regulation of the protein levels of p120 catenin and E-cadherin.
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- Xunwei Wu
- University of Copenhagen, Institute of Molecular Pathology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Kvist AJ, Nyström A, Hultenby K, Sasaki T, Talts JF, Aspberg A. The major basement membrane components localize to the chondrocyte pericellular matrix — A cartilage basement membrane equivalent? Matrix Biol 2008; 27:22-33. [PMID: 17825545 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2007.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Revised: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 07/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study, we demonstrate that articular cartilage chondrocytes are surrounded by the defining basement membrane proteins laminin, collagen type IV, nidogen and perlecan, and suggest that these form the functional equivalent of a basement membrane. We found by real-time PCR that mouse chondrocytes express these four cardinal components of basement membranes and demonstrated by immunohistochemistry that the proteins are present in bovine and mouse cartilage tissues and are deposited in a thin pericellular structure. Immunoelectron microscopy confirmed high laminin concentration in the pericellular matrix. In cartilage from newborn mice, basement membrane components are widespread in the territorial and interterritorial matrix, while in mature cartilage of adult mice the basement membrane components are localized mainly to a narrow pericellular zone. With progression into old age, this layer becomes less distinct, especially in areas of obvious mechanical attrition. Interestingly, individual laminin subunits were located in different zones of the cartilage, with laminin alpha1 showing preferential localization around a select population of superficial layer chondrocytes. We propose that the chondrocyte, like several other cell types of mesenchymal origin, is surrounded by the functional equivalent of a basement membrane. This structure is presumably involved in maintaining chondrocyte phenotype and viability and may well allow a new understanding of cartilage development and provide clues to the progression of degenerative joint disorders.
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- Alexander J Kvist
- Department of Experimental Medical Sciences, Lund University, SE-22184 Lund, Sweden
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Parnaud G, Bosco D, Berney T, Pattou F, Kerr-Conte J, Donath MY, Bruun C, Mandrup-Poulsen T, Billestrup N, Halban PA. Proliferation of sorted human and rat beta cells. Diabetologia 2008; 51:91-100. [PMID: 17994216 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0855-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2007] [Accepted: 09/18/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aim of the study was to determine whether purified beta cells can replicate in vitro and whether this is enhanced by extracellular matrix (ECM) and growth factors. METHODS Human beta cells were purified by FACS by virtue of their high zinc content using Newport Green, and excluding ductal and dead cells. Rat beta cells were sorted by autofluorescence or using the same method developed for human cells. Cells were plated on poly-L-lysine or ECMs from rat or human bladder carcinoma cells or bovine corneal ECM and incubated in the presence of BrdU with or without growth factors. RESULTS The newly developed method for sorting human beta cells yields a population containing 91.4 +/- 2.8% insulin-positive cells with a low level of spontaneous apoptosis and a robust secretory response to glucose. Beta cells from 8-week-old rats proliferated in culture and this was increased by ECM. Among growth factors, only human growth hormone (hGH) and the glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue liraglutide enhanced proliferation of rat beta cells, with a significant increase on both poly-L-lysine and ECM. By contrast, sorted adult human beta cells from 16 donors aged 48.9 +/- 14.3 years (range 16-64 years) failed to replicate demonstrably in vitro regardless of the substratum or growth factors used. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These findings indicate that, in our conditions, the fully differentiated human adult insulin-producing beta cell was unable to proliferate in vitro. This has important implications for any attempt to expand cells from pancreases of donors of this age group. By contrast, the rat beta cells used here were able to divide in vitro, and this was enhanced by ECM, hGH and liraglutide.
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- G Parnaud
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University Medical Center, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211, Geneva-4, Switzerland.
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Veeman MT, Nakatani Y, Hendrickson C, Ericson V, Lin C, Smith WC. Chongmague reveals an essential role for laminin-mediated boundary formation in chordate convergence and extension movements. Development 2007; 135:33-41. [PMID: 18032448 DOI: 10.1242/dev.010892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Although cell intercalation driven by non-canonical Wnt/planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway-dependent mediolateral cell polarity is important for notochord morphogenesis, it is likely that multiple mechanisms shape the notochord as it converges and extends. Here we show that the recessive short-tailed Ciona savignyi mutation chongmague (chm) has a novel defect in the formation of a morphological boundary around the developing notochord. chm notochord cells initiate intercalation normally, but then fail to maintain their polarized cell morphology and migrate inappropriately to become dispersed in the larval tail. This is unlike aimless (aim), a mutation in the PCP pathway component Prickle, which has a severe defect in early mediolateral intercalation but forms a robust notochord boundary. Positional cloning identifies chm as a mutation in the C. savignyi ortholog of the vertebrate alpha 3/4/5 family of laminins. Cs-lamalpha3/4/5 is highly expressed in the developing notochord, and Cs-lamalpha3/4/5 protein is specifically localized to the outer border of the notochord. Notochord convergence and extension, reduced but not absent in both chm and aim, are essentially abolished in the aim/aim; chm/chm double mutant, indicating that laminin-mediated boundary formation and PCP-dependent mediolateral intercalation are each able to drive a remarkable degree of tail morphogenesis in the absence of the other. These mechanisms therefore initially act in parallel, but we also find that PCP signaling has an important later role in maintaining the perinotochordal/intranotochordal polarity of Cs-lamalpha3/4/5 localization.
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- Michael T Veeman
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA, 93106, USA
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Friedrichs J, Torkko JM, Helenius J, Teräväinen TP, Füllekrug J, Muller DJ, Simons K, Manninen A. Contributions of Galectin-3 and -9 to Epithelial Cell Adhesion Analyzed by Single Cell Force Spectroscopy. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:29375-83. [PMID: 17675292 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701867200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Galectins are widely expressed in epithelial tissues and have been implicated in a variety of cellular processes, including adhesion and polarization. Here we studied the contributions of galectins in cell adhesion and cyst formation of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Quantitative single cell force spectroscopy and standard adhesion assays were employed to study both early (<2 min) and long term (90 min) adhesion of cells to different extracellular matrix components. Inhibitors were used to examine the contribution of integrins and galectins in general and RNA interference to specifically address the role of two abundantly expressed galectins, galectin-3 and -9. We found that both galectin-3 and -9 were required for optimal long term cell adhesion to both collagen I and laminin-111. Early adhesion to laminin was found to be integrin-independent and was instead mediated by carbohydrate interactions and galectin-3 and -9. The opposite was observed for early adhesion to collagen. Although similar, the contributions of galectin-3 and -9 to adhesion appeared to be by distinct processes. These defects in adhesion of the two galectin knockdown cell lines may underlie the epithelial phenotypes observed in the cyst assays. Our findings emphasize the complex regulation of epithelial cell functions by galectins.
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- Jens Friedrichs
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Terentiev AA, Moldogazieva NT. Cell adhesion proteins and α-fetoprotein. Similar structural motifs as prerequisites for common functions. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2007; 72:920-35. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297907090027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hayashi Y, Furue MK, Okamoto T, Ohnuma K, Myoishi Y, Fukuhara Y, Abe T, Sato JD, Hata RI, Asashima M. Integrins regulate mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal. Stem Cells 2007; 25:3005-15. [PMID: 17717067 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Extracellular matrix (ECM) components regulate stem-cell behavior, although the exact effects elicited in embryonic stem (ES) cells are poorly understood. We previously developed a simple, defined, serum-free culture medium that contains leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) for propagating pluripotent mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells in the absence of feeder cells. In this study, we determined the effects of ECM components as culture substrata on mES cell self-renewal in this culture medium, comparing conventional culture conditions that contain serum and LIF with gelatin as a culture substratum. mES cells remained undifferentiated when cultured on type I and type IV collagen or poly-D-lysine. However, they differentiated when cultured on laminin or fibronectin as indicated by altered morphologies, the activity of alkaline phosphatase decreased, Fgf5 expression increased, and Nanog and stage-specific embryonic antigen 1 expression decreased. Under these conditions, the activity of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)3 and Akt/protein kinase B (PKB), which maintain cell self-renewal, decreased. In contrast, the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 activity, which negatively controls cell self-renewal, increased. In the defined conditions, mES cells did not express collagen-binding integrin subunits, but they expressed laminin- and fibronectin-binding integrin subunits. The expression of some collagen-binding integrin subunits was downregulated in an LIF concentration-dependent manner. Blocking the interactions between ECM and integrins inhibited this differentiation. Conversely, the stimulation of ECM-integrin interactions by overexpressing collagen-binding integrin subunits induced differentiation of mES cells cultured on type I collagen. The results of the study indicated that inactivation of the integrin signaling is crucial in promoting mouse embryonic stem cell self-renewal. Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.
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- Yohei Hayashi
- Department of Life Sciences (Biology), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Kanagawa Dental College, 82 Inaoka-cho, Yokosuka, 238-8580 Japan
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Rebustini IT, Patel VN, Stewart JS, Layvey A, Georges-Labouesse E, Miner JH, Hoffman MP. Laminin alpha5 is necessary for submandibular gland epithelial morphogenesis and influences FGFR expression through beta1 integrin signaling. Dev Biol 2007; 308:15-29. [PMID: 17601529 PMCID: PMC2097956 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Revised: 04/20/2007] [Accepted: 04/25/2007] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Laminin alpha chains have unique spatiotemporal expression patterns during development and defining their function is necessary to understand the regulation of epithelial morphogenesis. We investigated the function of laminin alpha5 in mouse submandibular glands (SMGs). Lama5(-/-) SMGs have a striking phenotype: epithelial clefting is delayed, although proliferation occurs; there is decreased FGFR1b and FGFR2b, but no difference in Lama1 expression; later in development, epithelial cell organization and lumen formation are disrupted. In wild-type SMGs alpha5 and alpha1 are present in epithelial clefts but as branching begins alpha5 expression increases while alpha1 decreases. Lama5 siRNA decreased branching, p42 MAPK phosphorylation, and FGFR expression, and branching was rescued by FGF10. FGFR siRNA decreased Lama5 suggesting that FGFR signaling provides positive feedback for Lama5 expression. Anti-beta1 integrin antibodies decreased FGFR and Lama5 expression, suggesting that beta1 integrin signaling provides positive feedback for Lama5 and FGFR expression. Interestingly, the Itga3(-/-):Itga6(-/-) SMGs have a similar phenotype to Lama5(-/-). Our findings suggest that laminin alpha5 controls SMG epithelial morphogenesis through beta1 integrin signaling by regulating FGFR expression, which also reciprocally regulates the expression of Lama5. These data link changes in basement membrane composition during branching morphogenesis with FGFR expression and signaling.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Proliferation
- Epithelium/embryology
- Feedback
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 1/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gestational Age
- Integrin alpha3/genetics
- Integrin alpha3/physiology
- Integrin alpha6/genetics
- Integrin alpha6/physiology
- Integrin beta1/physiology
- Laminin/deficiency
- Laminin/genetics
- Laminin/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Models, Biological
- Morphogenesis
- Phenotype
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1/genetics
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2/genetics
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/genetics
- Signal Transduction
- Submandibular Gland/embryology
- Submandibular Gland/physiology
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- Ivan T Rebustini
- Matrix and Morphogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, USA
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Qu X, Zou Z, Sun Q, Luby-Phelps K, Cheng P, Hogan RN, Gilpin C, Levine B. Autophagy Gene-Dependent Clearance of Apoptotic Cells during Embryonic Development. Cell 2007; 128:931-46. [PMID: 17350577 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 482] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2006] [Revised: 09/19/2006] [Accepted: 12/19/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Autophagy is commonly observed in metazoan organisms during programmed cell death (PCD), but its function in dying cells has been unclear. We studied the role of autophagy in embryonic cavitation, the earliest PCD process in mammalian development. Embryoid bodies (EBs) derived from cells lacking the autophagy genes, atg5 or beclin 1, fail to cavitate. This defect is due to persistence of cell corpses, rather than impairment of PCD. Dying cells in autophagy gene null EBs fail to express the "eat-me" signal, phosphatidylserine exposure, and secrete lower levels of the "come-get-me" signal, lysophosphatidylcholine. These defects are associated with low levels of cellular ATP and are reversed by treatment with the metabolic substrate, methylpyruvate. Moreover, mice lacking atg5 display a defect in apoptotic corpse engulfment during embryonic development. We conclude that autophagy contributes to dead-cell clearance during PCD by a mechanism that likely involves the generation of energy-dependent engulfment signals.
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- Xueping Qu
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Ido H, Nakamura A, Kobayashi R, Ito S, Li S, Futaki S, Sekiguchi K. The requirement of the glutamic acid residue at the third position from the carboxyl termini of the laminin gamma chains in integrin binding by laminins. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:11144-54. [PMID: 17307733 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609402200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Laminins are the major cell-adhesive proteins in the basement membrane, consisting of three subunits termed alpha, beta, and gamma. The putative binding site for integrins has been mapped to the G domain of the alpha chain, although trimerization with beta and gamma chains is necessary for the G domain to exert its integrin binding activity. The mechanism underlying the requirement of beta and gamma chains in integrin binding by laminins remains poorly understood. Here, we show that the C-terminal region of the gamma chain is involved in modulation of the integrin binding activity of laminins. We found that deletion of the C-terminal three but not two amino acids within the gamma1 chain completely abrogated the integrin binding activity of laminin-511. Furthermore, substitution of Gln for Glu-1607, the amino acid residue at the third position from the C terminus of the gamma1 chain, also abolished the integrin binding activity, underscoring the role of Glu-1607 in integrin binding by the laminin. We also found that the conserved Glu residue of the gamma2 chain is necessary for integrin binding by laminin-332, suggesting that the same mechanism operates in the modulation of the integrin binding activity of laminins containing either gamma1 or gamma2 chains. However, the peptide segment modeled after the C-terminal region of gamma1 chain was incapable of either binding to integrin or inhibiting integrin binding by laminin-511, making it unlikely that the Glu residue is directly recognized by integrin. These results, together, indicate a novel mechanism operating in ligand recognition by laminin binding integrins.
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- Hiroyuki Ido
- Laboratory of Extracellular Matrix Biochemistry, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Simon-Assmann P, Turck N, Sidhoum-Jenny M, Gradwohl G, Kedinger M. In vitro models of intestinal epithelial cell differentiation. Cell Biol Toxicol 2006; 23:241-56. [PMID: 17171431 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-006-0175-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Accepted: 10/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The intestinal epithelium is a particularly interesting tissue as (1) it is in a constant cell renewal from a stem cell pool located in the crypts which form, with the underlying fibroblasts, a stem cell niche and (2) the pluripotent stem cells give rise to four main cell types: enterocytes, mucus, endocrine, and Paneth cells. The mechanisms leading to the determination of phenotype commitment and cell-specific expressions are still poorly understood. Although transgenic mouse models are powerful tools for elucidating the molecular cascades implicated in these processes, cell culture approaches bring easy and elegant ways to study cellular behavior, cell interactions, and cell signaling pathways for example. In the present review, we will describe the major tissue culture technologies that allow differentiation of epithelial cells from undifferentiated embryonic or crypt cells. We will point to the necessity of the re-creation of a complex microenvironment that allows full differentiation process to occur. We will also summarize the characteristics and interesting properties of the cell lines established from human colorectal tumors.
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Concolino P, Capoluongo E, Santonocito C, Vento G, Tana M, Romagnoli C, Zuppi C, Ameglio F, Brancaccio A, Sciandra F. Genetic analysis of the dystroglycan gene in bronchopulmonary dysplasia affected premature newborns. Clin Chim Acta 2006; 378:164-7. [PMID: 17196572 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.11.016] [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] [Received: 10/24/2006] [Accepted: 11/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dystroglycan (DG) is an extracellular matrix receptor that serves as an adhesion molecule and is essential for the stability of the plasma membrane. DG is highly expressed within the epithelial cell layer where it supports morphogenesis, adhesion and wound repair. Mechanically ventilated newborns often develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), characterized by a progressive impairment of wound repair capacity in their lung. METHODS To verify if the susceptibility to BPD might be linked to genetic abnormalities in the DG gene (DAG1), we searched for possible mutations in 33 premature newborns with gestational age<34 weeks with risk of developing BPD. DAG1 genotype was determined in 11 premature newborns with BPD as compared to 22 premature infants without lung complications. RESULTS Eight polymorphisms were found, four of them being new DAG1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Only one significant association was found with BPD positive infants: the N494H homozygous genotype (p=0.033). The same polymorphism was found significantly associated with BPD when allelic frequencies were considered (p=0.0015). CONCLUSIONS Our data enrich the list of DAG1 SNPs and could be useful to trigger further genetic studies about the involvement of DG in human diseases.
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- Paola Concolino
- Laboratorio di Biologia Molecolare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
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Haubst N, Georges-Labouesse E, De Arcangelis A, Mayer U, Götz M. Basement membrane attachment is dispensable for radial glial cell fate and for proliferation, but affects positioning of neuronal subtypes. Development 2006; 133:3245-54. [PMID: 16873583 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Radial glial cells have been shown to act as neuronal precursors in the developing cortex and to maintain their radial processes attached to the basement membrane (BM) during cell division. Here, we examined a potential role of direct signalling from the BM to radial glial cells in three mouse mutants where radial glia attachment to the BM is disrupted. This is the case if the nidogen-binding site of the laminin gamma1 chain is mutated, in the absence of alpha6 integrin or of perlecan, an essential BM component. Surprisingly, cortical radial glial cells lacking contact to the BM were not affected in their proliferation, interkinetic nuclear migration, orientation of cell division and neurogenesis. Only a small subset of precursors was located ectopically within the cortical parenchyma. Notably, however, neuronal subtype composition was severely disturbed at late developmental stages (E18) in the cortex of the laminin gamma1III4-/- mice. Thus, although BM attachment seems dispensable for precursor cells, an intact BM is required for adequate neuronal composition of the cerebral cortex.
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- Nicole Haubst
- Institute for Stem Cell Research, GSF, National Research Center for Environment and Health, Ingolstädter Landstr.1, D-85764 Neuherberg/Munich, Germany
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Wu X, Quondamatteo F, Brakebusch C. Cdc42 expression in keratinocytes is required for the maintenance of the basement membrane in skin. Matrix Biol 2006; 25:466-74. [PMID: 17049825 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2006.09.001] [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: 04/26/2006] [Revised: 08/01/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Cdc42 is a small GTPase, which acts as a molecular switch to regulate a wide variety of cellular functions, such as actin cytoskeleton organization, cell proliferation, apoptosis, cell migration and in particular, cell polarity. Formation and maintenance of the basement membrane is a polarized process, which requires directed secretion, deposition and organization of basement membrane components at the basal side of epithelial cells. In the current study, we analyzed the maintenance of skin basement membrane in mice with a keratinocyte-restricted deletion of the Cdc42 gene. In the absence of Cdc42, basement membrane components became aberrantly deposited and the processing of laminin 5 was impaired in parts of the dermal-epidermal junction. These impairments became more severe with age and corresponded to local defects of the basement membrane in 4.5-month-old mutant mice. However, both, structure and number of hemidesomosomes were not significantly changed in the Cdc42 mutant skin compared with the control mice and no blister formation was observed in mutant skin. These data indicate that Cdc42 in keratinocytes is important for maintenance of the basement membrane of skin.
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- Xunwei Wu
- University of Copenhagen, Institute of Molecular Pathology, Fredrik V's Vej 11, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Weir ML, Oppizzi ML, Henry MD, Onishi A, Campbell KP, Bissell MJ, Muschler JL. Dystroglycan loss disrupts polarity and beta-casein induction in mammary epithelial cells by perturbing laminin anchoring. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:4047-58. [PMID: 16968749 PMCID: PMC2996718 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Precise contact between epithelial cells and their underlying basement membrane is crucial to the maintenance of tissue architecture and function. To understand the role that the laminin receptor dystroglycan (DG) plays in these processes, we assayed cell responses to laminin-111 following conditional ablation of DG gene (Dag1) expression in cultured mammary epithelial cells. Strikingly, DG loss disrupted laminin-111-induced polarity and beta-casein production, and abolished laminin assembly at the step of laminin binding to the cell surface. Dystroglycan re-expression restored these deficiencies. Investigations of the mechanism revealed that DG cytoplasmic sequences were not necessary for laminin assembly and signaling, and only when the entire mucin domain of extracellular DG was deleted did laminin assembly not occur. These results demonstrate that DG is essential as a laminin-111 co-receptor in mammary epithelial cells that functions by mediating laminin anchoring to the cell surface, a process that allows laminin polymerization, tissue polarity and beta-casein induction. The observed loss of laminin-111 assembly and signaling in Dag1(-/-) mammary epithelial cells provides insights into the signaling changes occurring in breast carcinomas and other cancers, where the binding function of DG to laminin is frequently defective.
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- M. Lynn Weir
- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, 475 Brannan Street, Suite 217, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
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- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, 475 Brannan Street, Suite 217, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, 475 Brannan Street, Suite 217, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Division of Life Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, 475 Brannan Street, Suite 217, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
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Schneider M, Khalil AA, Poulton J, Castillejo-Lopez C, Egger-Adam D, Wodarz A, Deng WM, Baumgartner S. Perlecan and Dystroglycan act at the basal side of the Drosophila follicular epithelium to maintain epithelial organization. Development 2006; 133:3805-15. [PMID: 16943280 PMCID: PMC2753471 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dystroglycan (Dg) is a widely expressed extracellular matrix (ECM) receptor required for muscle viability, synaptogenesis, basementmembrane formation and epithelial development. As an integral component of the Dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex, Dg plays a central role in linking the ECM and the cytoskeleton. Disruption of this linkage in skeletal muscle leads to various types of muscular dystrophies. In epithelial cells, reduced expression of Dg is associated with increased invasiveness of cancer cells. We have previously shown that Dg is required for epithelial cell polarity in Drosophila, but the mechanisms of this polarizing activity and upstream/downstream components are largely unknown. Using the Drosophila follicle-cell epithelium (FCE) as a model system, we show that the ECM molecule Perlecan (Pcan) is required for maintenance of epithelial-cell polarity. Follicle cells that lack Pcan develop polarity defects similar to those of Dg mutant cells. Furthermore, Dg depends on Pcan but not on Laminin A for its localization in the basal-cell membrane, and the two proteins bind in vitro. Interestingly, the Dg form that interacts with Pcan in the FCE lacks the mucin-like domain, which is thought to be essential for Dg ligand binding activity. Finally, we describe two examples of how Dg promotes the differentiation of the basal membrane domain: (1) by recruiting/anchoring the cytoplasmic protein Dystrophin; and (2) by excluding the transmembrane protein Neurexin. We suggest that the interaction of Pcan and Dg at the basal side of the epithelium promotes basal membrane differentiation and is required for maintenance of cell polarity in the FCE.
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- Martina Schneider
- Department for Experimental Medical Science, Section for Developmental Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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Mak GZ, Kavanaugh GM, Buschmann MM, Stickley SM, Koch M, Goss KH, Waechter H, Zuk A, Matlin KS. Regulated synthesis and functions of laminin 5 in polarized madin-darby canine kidney epithelial cells. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:3664-77. [PMID: 16775009 PMCID: PMC1525223 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-11-1070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2005] [Revised: 05/31/2005] [Accepted: 06/01/2006] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Renal tubular epithelial cells synthesize laminin (LN)5 during regeneration of the epithelium after ischemic injury. LN5 is a truncated laminin isoform of particular importance in the epidermis, but it is also constitutively expressed in a number of other epithelia. To investigate the role of LN5 in morphogenesis of a simple renal epithelium, we examined the synthesis and function of LN5 in the spreading, proliferation, wound-edge migration, and apical-basal polarization of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. MDCK cells synthesize LN5 only when subconfluent, and they degrade the existing LN5 matrix when confluent. Through the use of small-interfering RNA to knockdown the LN5 alpha3 subunit, we were able to demonstrate that LN5 is necessary for cell proliferation and efficient wound-edge migration, but not apical-basal polarization. Surprisingly, suppression of LN5 production caused cells to spread much more extensively than normal on uncoated surfaces, and exogenous keratinocyte LN5 was unable to rescue this phenotype. MDCK cells also synthesized laminin alpha5, a component of LN10, that independent studies suggest may form an assembled basal lamina important for polarization. Overall, our findings indicate that LN5 is likely to play an important role in regulating cell spreading, migration, and proliferation during reconstitution of a continuous epithelium.
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- Grace Z. Mak
- *Laboratory of Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0581
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- *Laboratory of Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0581
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- *Laboratory of Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0581
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- *Laboratory of Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0581
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- Center for Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Medicine, and Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne 50923, Germany; and
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- *Laboratory of Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0581
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- *Laboratory of Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0581
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- Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, MA 01701
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- *Laboratory of Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0581
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Reuters I, Weber M, Schulze-Lohoff E. Rho/Rho kinase pathway regulates maintenance of the differentiated tubular epithelial cell phenotype on laminin-1. Nephron Clin Pract 2006; 104:p95-p106. [PMID: 16847378 DOI: 10.1159/000094573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2005] [Accepted: 04/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Maintenance of a polarized tubular epithelium by appropriate intracellular signaling and extracellular matrix is critical both in normal renal function as well as in acute and chronic tubular injury. We examined the hypothesis that maintenance of a differentiated epithelial phenotype on the basement membrane glycoprotein laminin-1 is controlled by the Rho/Rho kinase pathway. METHODS Using the tubular epithelial cell lines LLC-PK1 and MDCK which were cultured on laminin-1 vs. collagen IV, we analyzed cell morphology and motility (cohort migration assay) as well as expression of differentiation and dedifferentiation markers (immunofluorescence microscopy). RESULTS Cohort migration of LLC-PK1 cells was significantly slowed down on laminin-1 (10.7 +/- 2.2 m.u. (migratory units)) compared with collagen IV (16.6 +/- 2.3 m.u.; BSA control: 2.8 +/- 2.5 m.u.). Inhibition of the Rho/Rho kinase pathway by C3 exotoxin (1 mug/ml) or the Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 (10 microM) significantly augmented cohort migration on laminin-1 (14.5 +/- 1.4 and 16.0 +/- 1.8 m.u. vs. 10.7 +/- 2.2 m.u.). In parallel to the increased migratory activity, inhibition of the Rho/Rho kinase pathway resulted in a more mesenchymal phenotype of LLC-PK1 cells on laminin-1 with increased formation of lamellopodia and filopodia, distinct loss of focal contacts and stress fibers, upregulation of the dedifferentiation marker vimentin, and loss of cell-cell contacts with translocation of beta-catenin from the adherens junctions to the cytosol and nucleus. Similarly, cohort migration of MDCK cells was retarded on laminin-1 when compared with collagen IV, and addition of the Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 resulted in enhanced motility and a change in cell morphology. CONCLUSION The study demonstrates that the Rho/Rho kinase pathway is required to maintain a non-migratory epithelial phenotype of cultured renal tubular LLC-PK1 and MDCK cells on the basement membrane glycoprotein laminin-1.
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- Irith Reuters
- Department of Medicine I, Cologne General Hospital, Merheim Medical Center, Cologne, Germany
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Hirose T, Karasawa M, Sugitani Y, Fujisawa M, Akimoto K, Ohno S, Noda T. PAR3 is essential for cyst-mediated epicardial development by establishing apical cortical domains. Development 2006; 133:1389-98. [PMID: 16510507 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Epithelial cysts are one of the fundamental architectures for mammalian organogenesis. Although in vitro studies using cultured epithelial cells have revealed proteins required for cyst formation, the mechanisms that orchestrate the functions of these proteins in vivo remain to be clarified. We show that the targeted disruption of the mouse Par3 gene results in midgestational embryonic lethality with defective epicardial development. The epicardium is mainly derived from epicardial cysts and essential for cardiomyocyte proliferation during cardiac morphogenesis. PAR3-deficient epicardial progenitor (EPP) cells do not form cell cysts and show defects in the establishment of apical cortical domains, but not in basolateral domains. In PAR3-deficient EPP cells, the localizations of aPKC, PAR6β and ezrin to the apical cortical domains are disturbed. By contrast, ZO1 andα4/β1 integrins normally localize to cell-cell junctions and basal domains, respectively. Our observations indicate that EPP cell cyst formation requires PAR3 to interpret the polarity cues from cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions so that each EPP cell establishes apical cortical domains. These results also provide a clear example of the proper organization of epithelial tissues through the regulation of individual cell polarity.
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- Tomonori Hirose
- Department of Molecular Biology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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Legate KR, Montañez E, Kudlacek O, Fässler R. ILK, PINCH and parvin: the tIPP of integrin signalling. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2006; 7:20-31. [PMID: 16493410 DOI: 10.1038/nrm1789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 522] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The ternary complex of integrin-linked kinase (ILK), PINCH and parvin functions as a signalling platform for integrins by interfacing with the actin cytoskeleton and many diverse signalling pathways. All these proteins have synergistic functions at focal adhesions, but recent work has indicated that these proteins might also have separate roles within a cell. They function as regulators of gene transcription or cell-cell adhesion.
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- Kyle R Legate
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsreid, Germany.
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Pollard SM, Parsons MJ, Kamei M, Kettleborough RNW, Thomas KA, Pham VN, Bae MK, Scott A, Weinstein BM, Stemple DL. Essential and overlapping roles for laminin alpha chains in notochord and blood vessel formation. Dev Biol 2006; 289:64-76. [PMID: 16321372 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2005] [Revised: 09/23/2005] [Accepted: 10/03/2005] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Laminins are major constituents of basement membranes and have wide ranging functions during development and in the adult. They are a family of heterotrimeric molecules created through association of an alpha, beta and gamma chain. We previously reported that two zebrafish loci, grumpy (gup) and sleepy (sly), encode laminin beta1 and gamma1, which are important both for notochord differentiation and for proper intersegmental blood vessel (ISV) formation. In this study we show that bashful (bal) encodes laminin alpha1 (lama1). Although the strongest allele, bal(m190), is fully penetrant, when compared to gup or sly mutant embryos, bal mutants are not as severely affected, as only anterior notochord fails to differentiate and ISVs are unaffected. This suggests that other alpha chains, and hence other isoforms, act redundantly to laminin 1 in posterior notochord and ISV development. We identified cDNA sequences for lama2, lama4 and lama5 and disrupted the expression of each alone or in mutant embryos also lacking laminin alpha1. When expression of laminin alpha4 and laminin alpha1 are simultaneously disrupted, notochord differentiation and ISVs are as severely affected as sly or gup mutants. Moreover, live imaging of transgenic embryos expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein in forming ISVs reveals that the vascular defects in these embryos are due to an inability of ISV sprouts to migrate correctly along the intersegmental, normally laminin-rich regions.
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- Steven M Pollard
- Division of Developmental Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, UK
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Ido H, Harada K, Yagi Y, Sekiguchi K. Probing the integrin-binding site within the globular domain of laminin-511 with the function-blocking monoclonal antibody 4C7. Matrix Biol 2006; 25:112-7. [PMID: 16324831 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2005.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2005] [Revised: 10/06/2005] [Accepted: 10/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In an attempt to elucidate the integrin-binding site within laminin-511 (alpha5beta1gamma1), we mapped the epitope for mAb 4C7, which recognizes the globular (G) domain of the laminin alpha5 chain and inhibits binding of integrin alpha6beta1 to laminin-511, using a series of recombinant laminin-511 mutants with deletions or substitutions in the G domain. Deletion of the LG2-5 modules only partially compromised the 4C7 binding activity, while deletion of all 5 LG modules completely abrogated the activity, indicating that the epitope for 4C7 resides in the LG1 module. In support of this conclusion, 4C7 reactivity was abolished when the LG1 module of laminin-511 was swapped with the corresponding module of laminin-111, but the reactivity was retained after swapping the LG2 or LG3 module. Despite the requirement of LG1 for 4C7 binding, a recombinant LG1 module failed to bind to 4C7 when expressed alone or in tandem with LG2, but exhibited significant 4C7 binding activity when expressed as an array of LG1-3. These results indicate that 4C7 recognizes an epitope in the LG1 module, whose active conformation is stabilized in the context of the LG1-3 modules. Despite their 4C7 binding activities, neither the recombinant LG1-3 fragment nor the LG2 and LG3 swap mutants were capable of binding to integrin alpha6beta1. Thus, the integrin binding activity does not necessarily parallel the 4C7 reactivity, and possibly requires a strictly defined conformation of the LG1 module which can only be attained within an array of the intact LG1-3 modules connected to the preceding coiled-coil domain.
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- Hiroyuki Ido
- Laboratory of Extracellular Matrix Biochemistry, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Proctor JM, Zang K, Wang D, Wang R, Reichardt LF. Vascular development of the brain requires beta8 integrin expression in the neuroepithelium. J Neurosci 2006; 25:9940-8. [PMID: 16251442 PMCID: PMC2849654 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3467-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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We showed previously that loss of the integrin beta8 subunit, which forms alphavbeta8 heterodimers, results in abnormal vascular development in the yolk sac, placenta, and brain. Animals lacking the integrin beta8 (itgbeta8) gene die either at midgestation, because of insufficient vascularization of the placenta and yolk sac, or shortly after birth with severe intracerebral hemorrhage. To specifically focus on the role of integrins containing the beta8 subunit in the brain, and to avoid early lethalities, we used a targeted deletion strategy to delete itgbeta8 only from cell types within the brain. Ablating itgbeta8 from vascular endothelial cells or from migrating neurons did not result in cerebral hemorrhage. Targeted deletion of itgbeta8 from the neuroepithelium, however, resulted in bilateral hemorrhage at postnatal day 0, although the phenotype was less severe than in itgbeta8-null animals. Newborn mice lacking itgbeta8 from the neuroepithelium had hemorrhages in the cortex, ganglionic eminence, and thalamus, as well as abnormal vascular morphogenesis, and disorganized glia. Interestingly, adult mice lacking itgbeta8 from cells derived from the neuroepithelium did not show signs of hemorrhage. We propose that defective association between vascular endothelial cells and glia lacking itgbeta8 is responsible for the leaky vasculature seen during development but that an unidentified compensatory mechanism repairs the vasculature after birth.
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- John M Proctor
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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Ikemoto S, Mochizuki M, Yamada M, Takeda A, Uchinuma E, Yamashina S, Nomizu M, Kadoya Y. Laminin peptide-conjugated chitosan membrane: Application for keratinocyte delivery in wounded skin. J Biomed Mater Res A 2006; 79:716-22. [PMID: 16871517 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Tissue engineering requires the delivery and survival of cells to organ sites needing repair. Previously, we showed that an active laminin peptide (AG73: RKR-LQVQLSIRT)-conjugated chitosan membrane promoted cell adhesion and spreading in vitro. Here, we seeded human keratinocytes onto AG73-chitosan membranes and found that nearly 80% of the cells were attached to the membranes within 2 h. The membranes carrying the keratinocytes were inverted and placed onto exposed muscle fascia on the backs of nude mice. After 3 days, the keratinocytes had migrated from the membrane and established a stratified epidermis-like structure on the fascia. Cells recognize the AG73 through transmembrane proteoglycan syndecans, which recognition system has not previously been tested in tissue engineering applications. We suggest that the AG73-chitosan membrane is useful as a therapeutic formulation and is applicable as a cell delivery system such as delivering keratinocytes to a wound bed.
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- Shigehiro Ikemoto
- Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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Kao G, Huang CC, Hedgecock EM, Hall DH, Wadsworth WG. The role of the laminin beta subunit in laminin heterotrimer assembly and basement membrane function and development in C. elegans. Dev Biol 2005; 290:211-9. [PMID: 16376872 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2005] [Revised: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Laminins are components of basement membranes that are required for morphogenesis, organizing cell adhesions and cell signaling. Studies have suggested that laminins function as alpha(x) beta(y) gamma(z) heterotrimers in vivo. In C. elegans, there is only one laminin beta gene, suggesting that it is required for all laminin functions. Our analysis is consistent with the role of the laminin beta as a subunit of laminin heterotrimers; the same cells express the laminin alpha, beta, and gamma subunits, the laminin beta subunit localizes to all basement membranes throughout development, and secretion of the beta subunit requires an alpha subunit. RNAi inhibition of the beta subunit gene or of the other subunit genes causes an embryonic lethality phenotype. Furthermore, a distinctive set of phenotypes is caused by both viable laminin alpha and beta partial loss-of-function mutations. These results show developmental roles for the laminin beta subunit, and they provide further genetic evidence for the importance of heterotrimer assembly in vivo.
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- Gautam Kao
- Department of Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Davis GE, Senger DR. Endothelial extracellular matrix: biosynthesis, remodeling, and functions during vascular morphogenesis and neovessel stabilization. Circ Res 2005; 97:1093-107. [PMID: 16306453 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000191547.64391.e3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 866] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) is critical for all aspects of vascular biology. In concert with supporting cells, endothelial cells (ECs) assemble a laminin-rich basement membrane matrix that provides structural and organizational stability. During the onset of angiogenesis, this basement membrane matrix is degraded by proteinases, among which membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) are particularly significant. As angiogenesis proceeds, ECM serves essential functions in supporting key signaling events involved in regulating EC migration, invasion, proliferation, and survival. Moreover, the provisional ECM serves as a pliable scaffold wherein mechanical guidance forces are established among distal ECs, thereby providing organizational cues in the absence of cell-cell contact. Finally, through specific integrin-dependent signal transduction pathways, ECM controls the EC cytoskeleton to orchestrate the complex process of vascular morphogenesis by which proliferating ECs organize into multicellular tubes with functional lumens. Thus, the composition of ECM and therefore the regulation of ECM degradation and remodeling serves pivotally in the control of lumen and tube formation and, finally, neovessel stability and maturation.
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- George E Davis
- Department of Pathology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, USA
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Fukumoto S, Miner JH, Ida H, Fukumoto E, Yuasa K, Miyazaki H, Hoffman MP, Yamada Y. Laminin alpha5 is required for dental epithelium growth and polarity and the development of tooth bud and shape. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:5008-16. [PMID: 16365040 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m509295200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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In tooth development, the oral ectoderm and mesenchyme coordinately and reciprocally interact through the basement membrane for their growth and differentiation to form the proper shape and size of the tooth. Laminin alpha5 subunit-containing laminin-10/11 (LM-511/521) is the major laminin in the tooth germ basement membrane. Here, we have examined the role of laminin alpha5 (Lama5) in tooth development using laminin alpha5-null mouse primary dental epithelium and tooth germ organ cultures. Lama5-null mice develop a small tooth germ with defective cusp formation and have reduced proliferation of dental epithelium. Also, cell polarity and formation of the monolayer of the inner dental epithelium are disturbed. The enamel knot, a signaling center for tooth germ development, is defective, and there is a significant reduction of Shh and Fgf4 expression in the dental epithelium. In the absence of laminin alpha5, the basement membrane in the inner dental epithelium becomes discontinuous. In normal mice, integrin alpha6beta4, a receptor for laminin alpha5, is strongly localized at the basal layer of the epithelium, whereas in mutant mice, integrin alpha6beta4 is expressed around the cell surface. In primary dental epithelium culture, laminin-10/11 promotes cell growth, spreading, and filopodia-like microspike formation. This promotion is inhibited by anti-integrin alpha6 and beta4 antibodies and by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors and dominant negative Rho-GTPase family proteins Cdc42 and Rac. In organ culture, anti-integrin alpha6 antibody and wortmannin reduce tooth germ size and shape. Our studies demonstrate that laminin alpha5 is required for the proliferation and polarity of basal epithelial cells and suggest that the interaction between laminin-10/11-integrin alpha6beta4 and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Cdc42/Rac pathways play an important role in determining the size and shape of tooth germ.
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- Satoshi Fukumoto
- Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch and Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Stary M, Pasteiner W, Summer A, Hrdina A, Eger A, Weitzer G. Parietal endoderm secreted SPARC promotes early cardiomyogenesis in vitro. Exp Cell Res 2005; 310:331-43. [PMID: 16165126 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2005] [Revised: 07/08/2005] [Accepted: 07/24/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cardiomyogenesis proceeds in the presence of signals emanating from extra-embryonic lineages emerging before and during early eutherian gastrulation. In embryonic stem cell derived embryoid bodies, primitive endoderm gives rise to visceral and parietal endoderm. Parietal endoderm undergoes an epithelial to mesenchymal transition shortly before first cardiomyocytes start to contract rhythmically. Here, we demonstrate that Secreted Protein, Acidic, Rich in Cysteine, SPARC, predominantly secreted by mesenchymal parietal endoderm specifically promotes early myocardial cell differentiation in embryoid bodies. SPARC enhanced the expression of bmp2 and nkx2.5 in embryoid bodies and fetal cardiomyocytes. Inhibition of either SPARC or Bmp2 attenuated in both cases cardiomyogenesis and downregulated nkx2.5 expression. Thus, SPARC directly affects cardiomyogenesis, modulates Bmp2 signaling, and contributes to a positive autoregulatory loop of Bmp2 and Nkx2.5 in cardiomyocytes.
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- Martina Stary
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University Institutes at the Vienna Biocenter, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Division of Molecular Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, A1030 Vienna, Austria
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Nur-E-Kamal A, Ahmed I, Kamal J, Schindler M, Meiners S. Three-dimensional nanofibrillar surfaces promote self-renewal in mouse embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells 2005; 24:426-33. [PMID: 16150921 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2005-0170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The regulation of mouse embryonic stem cell (mESC) fate is controlled by the interplay of signaling networks that either promote self-renewal or induce differentiation. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a cytokine that is required for stem cell renewal in mouse but not in human embryonic stem cells. However, feeder layers of embryonic fibroblasts are capable of inducing stem cell renewal in both cell types, suggesting that the self-renewal signaling pathways may also be promoted by other triggers, such as alternative cytokines and/or chemical or physical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) secreted by feeder fibroblasts. We have recently used a synthetic polyamide matrix (Ultra-Web) whose three-dimensional (3D) nanofibrillar organization resembles the ECM/basement membrane. Growth of mESCs on this nanofibrillar surface greatly enhanced proliferation and self-renewal in comparison with growth on tissue culture surfaces without nanofibers, despite the presence of LIF in both systems. Enhanced proliferation and self-renewal of the stem cells on nanofibrillar surfaces were correlated with the activation of the small GTPase Rac, the activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, and the enhanced expression of Nanog, a homeoprotein required for maintenance of pluripotency. Inhibitors of PI3K reduced the expression level of Nanog in mESCs cultured on 3D nanofibrillar surfaces. These results provide support for the view that the three-dimensionality of the culture surface may function as a cue for the activation of Rac and PI3K signaling pathways, resulting in stem cell proliferation and self-renewal.
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- Alam Nur-E-Kamal
- Department of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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Campos LS. Beta1 integrins and neural stem cells: making sense of the extracellular environment. Bioessays 2005; 27:698-707. [PMID: 15954093 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Neural Stem Cells (NSC) are present in the developing and adult CNS. In both the embryonic and adult neurogenic regions, beta1 integrins may act as sensors for the changing extracellular matrix. Here we highlight the integrative functions that beta1 integrins may play in the "niche" by regulating NSC growth factor responsiveness in a timely and spatially controlled manner. beta1 integrins may provide NSC with the capacity to react to a dynamic "niche", and to respond adequately by either remaining as stem cells or by differentiating and migrating away to shape the developing cortex.
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Adriance MC, Inman JL, Petersen OW, Bissell MJ. Myoepithelial cells: good fences make good neighbors. Breast Cancer Res 2005; 7:190-7. [PMID: 16168137 PMCID: PMC1242144 DOI: 10.1186/bcr1286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The mammary gland consists of an extensively branched ductal network contained within a distinctive basement membrane and encompassed by a stromal compartment. During lactation, production of milk depends on the action of the two epithelial cell types that make up the ductal network: luminal cells, which secrete the milk components into the ductal lumen; and myoepithelial cells, which contract to aid in the ejection of milk. There is increasing evidence that the myoepithelial cells also play a key role in the organizational development of the mammary gland, and that the loss and/or change of myoepithelial cell function is a key step in the development of breast cancer. In this review we briefly address the characteristics of breast myoepithelial cells from human breast and mouse mammary gland, how they function in normal mammary gland development, and their recently appreciated role in tumor suppression.
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- Melissa C Adriance
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Structural Cell Biology Unit, Institute of Medical Anatomy, The Panum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Kurahashi H, Taniguchi M, Meno C, Taniguchi Y, Takeda S, Horie M, Otani H, Toda T. Basement membrane fragility underlies embryonic lethality in fukutin-null mice. Neurobiol Dis 2005; 19:208-17. [PMID: 15837576 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2004.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2004] [Revised: 12/17/2004] [Accepted: 12/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD), associated with brain malformation due to defects in neuronal migration, is caused by mutations in fukutin. Several lines of evidence suggest that the fukutin protein plays a pivotal role in synthesis of O-mannosyl sugar moieties of alpha-dystroglycan, a cell surface laminin receptor. Here, through targeted disruption of the orthologous mouse fukutin gene, we show that the fukutin protein is essential, as homozygous-null embryos die by E9.5 of gestation. Fukutin-null embryos show phenotypic diversity, features of which include growth retardation, folding of the egg cylinder, leakage of maternal red blood cells into the yolk sac cavity, and an increased number of apoptotic cells in the ectoderm. Loss of immunoreactivity against sugar moieties in alpha-dystroglycan suggests a reduced laminin-binding capacity. Ultrastructural analysis shows thin and breached basement membranes (BMs). BM fragility may underlie all of these abnormal phenotypes, and maintenance of BM function may require fukutin-mediated glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan early in embryonic development.
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- Hiroki Kurahashi
- Division of Functional Genomics, Department of Post-Genomics and Diseases, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2-B9 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Li S, Liquari P, McKee KK, Harrison D, Patel R, Lee S, Yurchenco PD. Laminin-sulfatide binding initiates basement membrane assembly and enables receptor signaling in Schwann cells and fibroblasts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 169:179-89. [PMID: 15824137 PMCID: PMC2171891 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200501098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Endoneurial laminins (Lms), β1-integrins, and dystroglycan (DG) are important for Schwann cell (SC) ensheathment and myelination of axons. We now show that SC expression of galactosyl-sulfatide, a Lm-binding glycolipid, precedes that of Lms in developing nerves. This glycolipid anchors Lm-1 and -2 to SC surfaces by binding to their LG domains and enables basement membrane (BM) assembly. Revealingly, non–BM-forming fibroblasts become competent for BM assembly when sulfatides are intercalated into their cell surfaces. Assembly is characterized by coalescence of sulfatide, DG, and c-Src into a Lm-associated complex; by DG-dependent recruitment of utrophin and Src activation; and by integrin-dependent focal adhesion kinase phosphorylation. Collectively, our findings suggest that sulfated glycolipids are key Lm anchors that determine which cell surfaces can assemble Lms to initiate BM assembly and DG- and integrin-mediated signaling.
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- Shaohua Li
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Bentzinger CF, Barzaghi P, Lin S, Ruegg MA. Overexpression of mini‐agrin in skeletal muscle increases muscle integrity and regenerative capacity in laminin‐α2‐deficient mice. FASEB J 2005; 19:934-42. [PMID: 15923403 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-3376com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mutations in the gene encoding the alpha2 subunit of laminins cause the severe "merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy" (MDC1A). We have recently shown that overexpression of a miniaturized form of the molecule agrin (mini-agrin) counteracts the disease in dy(W)/dy(W) mice, a model for MDC1A. However, these mice express some residual truncated laminin-alpha2, suggesting that the observed amelioration might be due to mini-agrin's presenting the residual laminin-alpha2 to its receptors. Here we show that the mini-agrin counteracts the disease in dy(3K)/dy(3K) mice, which are null for laminin-alpha2. As in dy(W)/dy(W) mice, mini-agrin improves both the function and structure of muscle. We show that muscle regeneration after injury is severely impaired in dy(3K)/dy(3K) mice but is restored in the mini-agrin-expressing littermates. In summary, our results 1) show that the direct linkage of muscle basal lamina with the sarcolemma is the basis of mini-agrin-mediated amelioration and 2) provide unprecedented evidence that this linkage is important for proper regeneration of muscle fibers after injury. Our findings thus suggest that treatment with mini-agrin might be beneficial over the entire spectrum of the MDC1A disease, whose severity inversely correlates with expression levels and the size of the truncation in laminin-alpha2.
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The basement membrane separates the epithelium from the surrounding mesenchyme and plays an essential role in the development of various epithelial-mesenchymal organs. Among these, the submandibular salivary gland (SMG) has been chosen to review the expression patterns and roles of the epithelial basement membrane and its components, in particular the laminins, during SMG morphogenesis. At the outset, a brief description of SMG development is provided with special reference to changes in the epithelial architecture and the epithelial basement membrane. The restricted expression patterns of various laminin isoforms in the developing SMGs are also summarized. Furthermore, an overview is given of several lines of experimental evidence that indicate significant but distinct roles for laminin-1 and laminin-10, their individual domains and their receptor-mediated signaling in SMG morphogenesis.
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- Yuichi Kadoya
- Department of Anatomy, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
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Certain laminins of vascular basement membranes have been identified in human breast tumors and brain gliomas that share the same beta1 chain. These laminins are new carcinoma angiogenic markers and might represent potential targets for antiangiogenic therapy.
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- Eggehard Holler
- Institute for Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
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Significant advances have been made in the application of genetics to probe the functions of basement membrane laminins. These studies have shown that different laminin subunits profoundly affect tissue morphogenesis, starting around the time of embryonic implantation and extending through organogenesis and into the postnatal period. Collectively they have revealed common functions that include the induction and maintenance of cell polarity, the establishment of barriers between tissue compartments, the organization of cells into tissues, and the protection of adherent cells from detachment-induced cell death, anoikis. Interpreted in light of what is known about laminin structure and self-assembly and binding activities, these advances have begun to provide insights into mechanisms of action. In this review we focus on the contributions of the laminins in invertebrate and vertebrate tissue morphogenesis.
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- Jeffrey H Miner
- Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Nishimune H, Sanes JR, Carlson SS. A synaptic laminin-calcium channel interaction organizes active zones in motor nerve terminals. Nature 2005; 432:580-7. [PMID: 15577901 DOI: 10.1038/nature03112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2004] [Accepted: 10/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Synapse formation requires the differentiation of a functional nerve terminal opposite a specialized postsynaptic membrane. Here, we show that laminin beta2, a component of the synaptic cleft at the neuromuscular junction, binds directly to calcium channels that are required for neurotransmitter release from motor nerve terminals. This interaction leads to clustering of channels, which in turn recruit other presynaptic components. Perturbation of this interaction in vivo results in disassembly of neurotransmitter release sites, resembling defects previously observed in an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. These results identify an extracellular ligand of the voltage-gated calcium channel as well as a new laminin receptor. They also suggest a model for the development of nerve terminals, and provide clues to the pathogenesis of a synaptic disease.
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- Hiroshi Nishimune
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Extracellular matrix gene expression in the developing mouse aorta. EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1574-3349(05)15003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Möykkynen T, Liebkind R, Sjöberg J, Korpi ER, Liesi P. The neuroprotective KDI domain of γ1-laminin is a universal and potent inhibitor of ionotropic glutamate receptors. J Neurosci Res 2005; 81:797-804. [PMID: 16044429 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Previous work from this laboratory indicates that the KDI (Lys-Asp-Ile) domain of gamma 1-laminin promotes functional regeneration of adult rat spinal cord injuries and protects adult rat hippocampal neurons against massive neuronal death induced by intracerebral injection of the glutamate analogue kainic acid. In the present study, we used patch clamp recordings on cultured human embryonic neocortical neurons and HEK 293 cells expressing recombinant glutamate receptor subunits to study a putative interaction of the KDI with the glutamate system. We show that the KDI domain of gamma 1-laminin is a universal and potent inhibitor of AMPA, kainate, and NMDA subclasses of glutamate receptors, with a noncompetitive action on the AMPA receptor channel activity. Glutamate neurotoxicity plays a key role in both CNS trauma and neurodegenerative disorders, so this unexpected, novel function of the gamma 1-laminin-derived tripeptide may prove clinically valuable in treatment of CNS trauma and/or disease.
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- Tommi Möykkynen
- Institute of Biomedicine (Pharmacology), Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Contacts of Basement Membrane Molecules with Cell Membranes. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(05)56010-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sixt M, Kanazawa N, Selg M, Samson T, Roos G, Reinhardt DP, Pabst R, Lutz MB, Sorokin L. The Conduit System Transports Soluble Antigens from the Afferent Lymph to Resident Dendritic Cells in the T Cell Area of the Lymph Node. Immunity 2005; 22:19-29. [PMID: 15664156 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2004.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 549] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2003] [Revised: 11/04/2004] [Accepted: 11/10/2004] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Resident dendritic cells (DC) within the T cell area of the lymph node take up soluble antigens that enter via the afferent lymphatics before antigen carrying DC arrive from the periphery. The reticular network within the lymph node is a conduit system forming the infrastructure for the fast delivery of soluble substances from the afferent lymph to the lumen of high endothelial venules (HEVs). Using high-resolution light microscopy and 3D reconstruction, we show here that these conduits are unique basement membrane-like structures ensheathed by fibroblastic reticular cells with occasional resident DC embedded within this cell layer. Conduit-associated DC are capable of taking up and processing soluble antigens transported within the conduits, whereas immigrated mature DC occur remote from the reticular fibers. The conduit system is, therefore, not a closed compartment that shuttles substances through the lymph node but represents the morphological equivalent to the filtering function of the lymph node.
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- Michael Sixt
- Department for Experimental Pathology, Lund University, 22185 Lund, Sweden.
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Nicholas A. K, Jacques P. B. Internal Organization of Basement Membranes. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(05)56009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Takito J, Al-Awqati Q. Conversion of ES cells to columnar epithelia by hensin and to squamous epithelia by laminin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 166:1093-102. [PMID: 15452149 PMCID: PMC2172027 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200405159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Single-layered epithelia are the first differentiated cell types to develop in the embryo, with columnar and squamous types appearing immediately after blastocyst implantation. Here, we show that mouse embryonic stem cells seeded on hensin or laminin, but not fibronectin or collagen type IV, formed hemispheric epithelial structures whose outermost layer terminally differentiated to an epithelium that resembled the visceral endoderm. Hensin induced columnar epithelia, whereas laminin formed squamous epithelia. At the egg cylinder stage, the distal visceral endoderm is columnar, and these cells begin to migrate anteriorly to create the anterior visceral endoderm, which assumes a squamous shape. Hensin expression coincided with the dynamic appearance and disappearance of columnar cells at the egg cylinder stage of the embryo. These expression patterns, and the fact that hensin null embryos (and those already reported for laminin) die at the onset of egg cylinder formation, support the view that hensin and laminin are required for terminal differentiation of columnar and squamous epithelial phenotypes during early embryogenesis.
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- Jiro Takito
- Dept. of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Yu W, Datta A, Leroy P, O'Brien LE, Mak G, Jou TS, Matlin KS, Mostov KE, Zegers MMP. Beta1-integrin orients epithelial polarity via Rac1 and laminin. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 16:433-45. [PMID: 15574881 PMCID: PMC545874 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-05-0435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Epithelial cells polarize and orient polarity in response to cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion. Although there has been much recent progress in understanding the general polarizing machinery of epithelia, it is largely unclear how this machinery is controlled by the extracellular environment. To explore the signals from cell-matrix interactions that control orientation of cell polarity, we have used three-dimensional culture systems in which Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells form polarized, lumen-containing structures. We show that interaction of collagen I with apical beta1-integrins after collagen overlay of a polarized MDCK monolayer induces activation of Rac1, which is required for collagen overlay-induced tubulocyst formation. Cysts, comprised of a monolayer enclosing a central lumen, form after embedding single cells in collagen. In those cultures, addition of a beta1-integrin function-blocking antibody to the collagen matrix gives rise to cysts that have defects in the organization of laminin into the basement membrane and have inverted polarity. Normal polarity is restored by either expression of activated Rac1, or the inclusion of excess laminin-1 (LN-1). Together, our results suggest a signaling pathway in which the activation of beta1-integrins orients the apical pole of polarized cysts via a mechanism that requires Rac1 activation and laminin organization into the basement membrane.
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- Wei Yu
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Turck N, Gross I, Gendry P, Stutzmann J, Freund JN, Kedinger M, Simon-Assmann P, Launay JF. Laminin isoforms: biological roles and effects on the intracellular distribution of nuclear proteins in intestinal epithelial cells. Exp Cell Res 2004; 303:494-503. [PMID: 15652360 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2004] [Revised: 10/29/2004] [Accepted: 10/30/2004] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Laminins are structurally and functionally major components of the extracellular matrix. Four isoforms of laminins (laminin-1, -2, -5 and -10) are expressed in a specific pattern along the crypt-villus axis of the intestine. Previous works indicated that expression of these isoforms is developmentally regulated and that laminins could modulate the behaviour of intestinal cells, but the exact role of each isoform remained unclear. Here, we report the first systematic analysis of the cellular functions of the four isoforms using the human colon adenocarcinoma Caco2/TC7 cell line as a model. We compared the respective abilities of each isoform to modulate adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of intestinal epithelial cells. We found that the isoforms were functionally distinct, with laminin-10 being the most adhesive substratum, laminin-2, laminin-5 and laminin-10 enhancing cellular proliferation and at the opposite, laminin-1 stimulating intestinal cell differentiation. To begin to characterise the molecular events induced by the different isoforms, we examined by immunofluorescence the intracellular distribution of several nuclear proteins, recently highlighted by a nuclear proteomic approach. We observed clear nucleocytoplasmic redistribution of these proteins, which depended on the laminin isoform. These results provide evidence for a distinct functional role of laminins in intestinal cell functions characterised by specific localisation of nuclear proteins.
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Kikkawa Y, Yu H, Genersch E, Sanzen N, Sekiguchi K, Fässler R, Campbell KP, Talts JF, Ekblom P. Laminin isoforms differentially regulate adhesion, spreading, proliferation, and ERK activation of beta1 integrin-null cells. Exp Cell Res 2004; 300:94-108. [PMID: 15383318 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2003] [Revised: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The presence of many laminin receptors of the beta1 integrin family on most cells makes it difficult to define the biological functions of other major laminin receptors such as integrin alpha6beta4 and dystroglycan. We therefore tested the binding of a beta1 integrin-null cell line GD25 to four different laminin variants. The cells were shown to produce dystroglycan, which based on affinity chromatography bound to laminin-1, -2/4, and -10/11, but not to laminin-5. The cells also expressed the integrin alpha6Abeta4A variant. GD25 beta1 integrin-null cells are known to bind poorly to laminin-1, but we demonstrate here that these cells bind avidly to laminin-2/4, -5, and -10/11. The initial binding at 20 min to each of these laminins could be inhibited by an integrin alpha6 antibody, but not by a dystroglycan antibody. Hence, integrin alpha6Abeta4A of GD25 cells was identified as a major receptor for initial GD25 cell adhesion to three out of four tested laminin isoforms. Remarkably, cell adhesion to laminin-5 failed to promote cell spreading, proliferation, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation, whereas all these responses occurred in response to adhesion to laminin-2/4 or -10/11. The data establish GD25 cells as useful tools to define the role integrin alpha6Abeta4A and suggest that laminin isoforms have distinctly different capacities to promote cell adhesion and signaling via integrin alpha6Abeta4A.
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- Yamato Kikkawa
- Section for Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, SE-22184 Lund, Sweden
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