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Herman JP, Nawreen N, Smail MA, Cotella EM. Brain mechanisms of HPA axis regulation: neurocircuitry and feedback in context Richard Kvetnansky lecture. Stress 2020; 23:617-632. [PMID: 33345670 PMCID: PMC8034599 DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2020.1859475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Regulation of stress reactivity is a fundamental priority of all organisms. Stress responses are critical for survival, yet can also cause physical and psychological damage. This review provides a synopsis of brain mechanisms designed to control physiological responses to stress, focusing primarily on glucocorticoid secretion via the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. The literature provides strong support for multi-faceted control of HPA axis responses, involving both direct and indirect actions at paraventricular nucleus (PVN) corticotropin releasing hormone neurons driving the secretory cascade. The PVN is directly excited by afferents from brainstem and hypothalamic circuits, likely relaying information on homeostatic challenge. Amygdala subnuclei drive HPA axis responses indirectly via disinhibition, mediated by GABAergic relays onto PVN-projecting neurons in the hypothalamus and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST). Inhibition of stressor-evoked HPA axis responses is mediated by an elaborate network of glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-containing circuits, providing a distributed negative feedback signal that inhibits PVN neurons. Prefrontal and hippocampal neurons play a major role in HPA axis inhibition, again mediated by hypothalamic and BST GABAergic relays to the PVN. The complexity of the regulatory process suggests that information on stressors is integrated across functional disparate brain circuits prior to accessing the PVN, with regions such as the BST in prime position to relay contextual information provided by these sources into appropriate HPA activation. Dysregulation of the HPA in disease is likely a product of inappropriate checks and balances between excitatory and inhibitory inputs ultimately impacting PVN output.
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Affiliation(s)
- James P Herman
- Department of Pharmacology & Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Sharma P, Jenkins M, Zarlenga D, Fetterer R, Xiao Z, Tuo W. Characterization of Ostertagia ostertagi annexin-like proteins at different developmental stages. Parasitol Res 2017; 116:1515-1522. [PMID: 28378195 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-017-5428-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ostertagiosis remains an economically important parasitic disease in cattle in the temperate regions of the world. Repeated exposures to Ostertagia ostertagi in calves cause significant pathology in the abomasum but elicit little protective immunity. The larvae use the host's gastric glands as a niche for development, where the parasite completes its parasitic stages, while in the gastric glands, the larvae must down-regulate the host inflammatory immune responses. Annexin (ANX) A1, commonly found in most eukaryotes, is heavily involved in controlling anti-inflammatory responses by binding receptors on leukocytes. We hypothesized, therefore, that parasite proteins of the ANX family may be involved in host-parasite interactions during ostertagiosis. BLASTN search with the bovine ANXA1 identified two families of Oos-ANX like proteins (Oos-ANXL), each of which was highly conserved at the genetic level and identical at the amino acid sequence level. Oos-ANXL-1 is encoded by two transcripts and Oos-ANXL-2 by 20 transcripts. The present study characterized one Oos-ANXL, representing the most abundant Oos-ANXL, which was further defined as Oost-ANXL-2.1. Oos-ANXL-2.1 with a coding sequence of 519 bp was PCR-amplified, cloned, and expressed. Oos-ANXL-2.1 was immunolocalized to both L3 and adult, but not L4. The staining appeared to be associated with the gut and hypodermis in L3, but it was specifically localized to the hypodermis in adult worms. Western blots detected three protein bands in parasite lysates using anti-recombinant Oos-ANXL-2.1 antibody. Integrated optical density for each of the 3 Oos-ANXL-2s or the total Oos-ANXL-2s detected by Western blots (P < 0.05) was higher in adult worms than in L3 or L4. The results indicate that the production of Oos-ANXL-2s is developmentally regulated and most abundant in the adult worm. This rather large family of proteins could be a potential vaccine target against O. ostertagi infection and warrants further investigation.
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- Pooja Sharma
- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, BARC.NEA, Beltsville, MD, USA.,Department of Avian and Animal Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, BARC.NEA, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, BARC.NEA, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, BARC.NEA, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Department of Avian and Animal Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, BARC.NEA, Beltsville, MD, USA.
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Jänig W, Green PG. Acute inflammation in the joint: its control by the sympathetic nervous system and by neuroendocrine systems. Auton Neurosci 2014; 182:42-54. [PMID: 24530113 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Inflammation of tissues is under neural control involving neuroendocrine, sympathetic and central nervous systems. Here we used the acute experimental inflammatory model of bradykinin-induced plasma extravasation (BK-induced PE) of the rat knee joint to investigate the neural and neuroendocrine components controlling this inflammation. 1. BK-induced PE is largely dependent on the sympathetic innervation of the synovium, but not on activity in these neurons and not on release of norepinephrine. 2. BK-induced PE is under the control of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system and the sympatho-adrenal (SA) system, activation of both leading to depression of BK-induced PE. The inhibitory effect of the HPA system is mediated by corticosterone and dependent on the sympathetic innervation of the synovium. The inhibitory effect of the SA system is mediated by epinephrine and β2-adrenoceptors. 3. BK-induced PE is inhibited during noxious stimulation of somatic or visceral tissues and is mediated by the neuroendocrine systems. The nociceptive-neuroendocrine reflex circuits are (for the SA system) spinal and spino-bulbo-spinal. 4. The nociceptive-neuroendocrine reflex circuits controlling BK-induced PE are under powerful inhibitory control of vagal afferent neurons innervating the defense line (connected to the gut-associated lymphoid tissue) of the gastrointestinal tract. This inhibitory link between the visceral defense line and the central mechanisms controlling inflammatory mechanisms in body tissues serves to co-ordinate protective defensive mechanisms of the body. 5. The circuits of the nociceptive-neuroendocrine reflexes are under control of the forebrain. In this way, the defensive mechanisms of inflammation in the body are co-ordinated, optimized, terminated as appropriate, and adapted to the behavior of the organism.
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- Wilfrid Jänig
- Physiologisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
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- University of California, San Francisco, 521 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143-0440, USA.
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Makani V, Sultana R, Sie KS, Orjiako D, Tatangelo M, Dowling A, Cai J, Pierce W, Butterfield DA, Hill J, Park J. Annexin A1 complex mediates oxytocin vesicle transport. J Neuroendocrinol 2013; 25:1241-1254. [PMID: 24118254 PMCID: PMC3975805 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Revised: 09/24/2013] [Accepted: 09/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Oxytocin is a major neuropeptide that modulates the brain functions involved in social behaviour and interaction. Despite of the importance of oxytocin for the neural control of social behaviour, little is known about the molecular mechanism(s) by which oxytocin secretion in the brain is regulated. Pro-oxytocin is synthesised in the cell bodies of hypothalamic neurones in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei and processed to a 9-amino-acid mature form during post-Golgi transport to the secretion sites at the axon terminals and somatodendritic regions. Oxytocin secreted from the somatodendritic regions diffuses throughout the hypothalamus and its neighbouring brain regions. Some oxytocin-positive axons innervate and secrete oxytocin to the brain regions distal to the hypothalamus. Brain oxytocin binds to its receptors in the brain regions involved in social behaviour. Oxytocin is also secreted from the axon terminal at the posterior pituitary gland into the blood circulation. We have discovered a new molecular complex consisting of annexin A1 (ANXA1), A-kinase anchor protein 150 (AKAP150) and microtubule motor that controls the distribution of oxytocin vesicles between the axon and the cell body in a protein kinase A (PKA)- and protein kinase C (PKC)-sensitive manner. ANXA1 showed significant co-localisation with oxytocin vesicles. Activation of PKA enhanced the association of kinesin-2 with ANXA1, thus increasing the axon-localisation of oxytocin vesicles. Conversely, activation of PKC decreased the binding of kinesin-2 to ANXA1, thus attenuating the axon-localisation of oxytocin vesicles. The result of the present study suggest that ANXA1 complex coordinates the actions of PKA and PKC to control the distribution of oxytocin vesicles between the axon and the cell body.
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- Vishruti Makani
- Department of Neurosciences, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH 43614
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Department of Neurosciences, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio 43614, , Phone: (419) 383-4085, Fax: (419) 383-3008
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Jakubcakova V, Flachskamm C, Deussing JM, Kimura M. Deficiency of corticotropin-releasing hormone type-2 receptor alters sleep responses to bacterial lipopolysaccharide in mice. Brain Behav Immun 2011; 25:1626-36. [PMID: 21704697 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2011.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In response to infectious stimuli, enhanced non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREMS) occurs, which is driven by pro-inflammatory cytokines. Those cytokines further elicit the release of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), resulting in the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis. Signals of CRH are mediated by two receptor types, namely CRH-R1 and -R2. The role of CRH-R1 in wake-promoting effects of CRH has been rather clarified, whereas the involvement of CRH-R2 in sleep-wake regulation is poorly understood. To investigate whether CRH-R2 interferes with sleep responses to immune challenge, this study examined effects of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on sleep in CRH-R2 deficient (KO) mice. CRH-R2 KO mice and control littermates (CL) were implanted with electrodes for recording electroencephalogram (EEG) and electromyogram. After recovery, LPS was applied by intraperitoneal injection at doses of 0.1, 1.0, or 10 μg at dark onset. In response to LPS injection NREMS of both genotypes was enhanced in a dose-dependent manner. However, CRH-R2 KO mice showed a larger increase, in particular after 10 μg of LPS compared to CL mice. During postinjection, reduced delta power for NREMS was detected in both genotypes after each dose, but the highest dose evoked a marked elevation of EEG activity in a limited frequency band (4 Hz). However, the EEG power of lower frequencies (1-2 Hz) increased more in CRH-R2 KO than in CL mice. The results indicated that CRH-R2 KO mice show greater NREMS responses to LPS, providing evidence that CRH-R2 participates in sleep-wake regulation via an interaction with the activated immune system.
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Budimirovic DB, Kaufmann WE. What can we learn about autism from studying fragile X syndrome? Dev Neurosci 2011; 33:379-94. [PMID: 21893949 PMCID: PMC3254037 DOI: 10.1159/000330213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Despite early controversy, it is now accepted that a substantial proportion of children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) meets diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This change has led to an increased interest in studying the association of FXS and ASD because of the clinical consequences of their co-occurrence and the implications for a better understanding of ASD in the general population. Here, we review the current knowledge on the behavioral, neurobiological (i.e., neuroimaging), and molecular features of ASD in FXS, as well as the insight into ASD gained from mouse models of FXS. This review covers critical issues such as the selectivity of ASD in disorders associated with intellectual disability, differences between autistic features and ASD diagnosis, and the relationship between ASD and anxiety in FXS patients and animal models. While solid evidence supporting ASD in FXS as a distinctive entity is emerging, neurobiological and molecular data are still scarce. Animal model studies have not been particularly revealing about ASD in FXS either. Nevertheless, recent studies provide intriguing new leads and suggest that a better understanding of the bases of ASD will require the integration of multidisciplinary data from FXS and other genetic disorders.
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- Dejan B. Budimirovic
- Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition and Behavior, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
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- Center for Genetic Disorders of Cognition and Behavior, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
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Stress activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis culminates in increased circulating corticosteroid concentrations. Stress-induced corticosteroids exert diverse actions in multiple target tissues over a broad range of timescales, ranging from rapid actions, which are induced within seconds to minutes and gene transcription independent, to slow actions, which are delayed, long lasting, and transcription dependent. Rapid corticosteroid actions in the brain include, among others, a fast negative feedback mechanism responsible for shutting down the activated HPA axis centrally. We provide a brief review of the cellular mechanisms responsible for rapid corticosteroid actions in different brain structures of the rat, including the hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, and in the anterior pituitary. We propose a model for the direct feedback inhibition of the HPA axis by glucocorticoids in the hypothalamus. According to this model, glucocorticoids activate membrane glucocorticoid receptors to induce endocannabinoid synthesis in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and retrograde cannabinoid type I receptor-mediated suppression of the excitatory synaptic drive to PVN neuroendocrine cells. Rapid corticosteroid actions in the hippocampus, amygdala, and pituitary are mediated by diverse cellular mechanisms and may also contribute to the rapid negative feedback regulation of the HPA neuroendocrine axis as well as to the stress regulation of emotional and spatial memory formation.
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- Jeffrey G Tasker
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Neuroscience Program, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
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Gao JL, Schneider EH, Dimitrov EL, Haun F, Pham TM, Mohammed AH, Usdin TB, Murphy PM. Reduced fear memory and anxiety-like behavior in mice lacking formylpeptide receptor 1. Behav Genet 2011; 41:724-33. [PMID: 21484271 DOI: 10.1007/s10519-011-9467-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Accepted: 03/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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N-formylpeptide receptor 1 (FPR1) is a G protein-coupled receptor that mediates pro-inflammatory chemotactic responses by phagocytic leukocytes to N-formylpeptides produced by bacteria or mitochondria. Mice lacking Fpr1 (Fpr1 (-/-) mice) have increased susceptibility to challenge with certain bacteria. FPR1 is also a receptor for annexin-1, which mediates the anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids as well as negative feedback by glucocorticoids of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis. However, homeostatic functions of FPR1 in the neuroendocrine system have not previously been defined. Here we show that in systematic behavioral testing Fpr1 (-/-) mice exhibited increased exploratory activity, reduced anxiety-like behavior, and impaired fear memory, but normal spatial memory and learning capacity. Consistent with this, the homeostatic serum level of corticosterone in Fpr1 (-/-) mice was significantly lower compared with wild-type mice. The data implicate Fpr1 in modulation of anxiety-like behavior and fear memory by regulating glucocorticoid production.
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- Ji-Liang Gao
- Molecular Signalling Section, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 11N107, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Horlacher T, Noti C, de Paz JL, Bindschädler P, Hecht ML, Smith DF, Fukuda MN, Seeberger PH. Characterization of annexin A1 glycan binding reveals binding to highly sulfated glycans with preference for highly sulfated heparan sulfate and heparin. Biochemistry 2011; 50:2650-9. [PMID: 21370880 DOI: 10.1021/bi101121a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Annexin A1 is a multifunctional, calcium-dependent phospholipid binding protein involved in a host of processes including inflammation, regulation of neuroendocrine signaling, apoptosis, and membrane trafficking. Binding of annexin A1 to glycans has been implicated in cell attachment and modulation of annexin A1 function. A detailed characterization of the glycan binding preferences of annexin A1 using carbohydrate microarrays and surface plasmon resonance served as a starting point to understand the role of glycan binding in annexin A1 function. Glycan array analysis identified annexin A1 binding to a series of sulfated oligosaccharides and revealed for the first time that annexin A1 binds to sulfated non-glycosaminoglycan carbohydrates. Using heparin/heparan sulfate microarrays, highly sulfated heparan sulfate/heparin were identified as preferred ligands of annexin A1. Binding of annexin A1 to heparin/heparan sulfate is calcium- but not magnesium-dependent. An in-depth structure-activity relationship of annexin A1-heparan sulfate interactions was established using chemically defined sugars. For the first time, a calcium-dependent heparin binding protein was characterized with such an approach. N-Sulfation and 2-O-sulfation were identified as particularly important for binding.
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- T Horlacher
- Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Rapid glucocorticoid receptor-mediated inhibition of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ultradian activity in healthy males. J Neurosci 2010; 30:6106-15. [PMID: 20427668 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5332-09.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A complex dynamic ultradian rhythm underlies the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) circadian rhythm. We have investigated in normal human male subjects the importance, site of action, and receptor-mediated processes involved in rapid basal corticosteroid feedback and its interaction with corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) drive. Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), ACTH, and cortisol were measured every 10 min from healthy males during the awakening period or late afternoon using an automated blood sampling system. Mathematical modeling into discrete pulses of activity revealed that intravenous infusion of the synthetic mixed glucocorticoid/mineralocorticoid agonist prednisolone produced rapid inhibition of ACTH and cortisol pulsatility within 30 min in the morning and afternoon. Any pulse that had commenced at the time of injection was unaffected, and subsequent pulsatility was inhibited. Prednisolone also inhibited ACTH and cortisol secretion in response to exogenous CRH stimulation, inferring rapid feedback inhibition at the anterior pituitary. Circulating POMC peptide concentrations were unaffected, suggesting that the rapid corticosteroid inhibitory effect specifically targeted ACTH secretion from pituitary corticotrophs. Prednisolone fast feedback was only reduced by glucocorticoid receptor antagonist pretreatment and not by mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism, suggesting a glucocorticoid receptor-mediated pathway. The intravenous prednisolone suppression test provides a powerful new tool to investigate HPA abnormalities underlying metabolic and psychiatric disease states.
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RIEANRAKWONG D, YONEZAWA T, KURUSU S, KAWAMINAMI M. Immunohistochemical Localization of Annexin A5 in the Mammary Gland of Rats: Up-Regulation of Expression by Pup Removal. J Vet Med Sci 2010; 72:19-22. [DOI: 10.1292/jvms.09-0335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Duangjai RIEANRAKWONG
- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
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Kaufmann WE, Capone GT, Clarke M, Budimirovic DB. Autism in Genetic Intellectual Disability. AUTISM : THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-489-0_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Dickmeis T, Lahiri K, Nica G, Vallone D, Santoriello C, Neumann CJ, Hammerschmidt M, Foulkes NS. Glucocorticoids play a key role in circadian cell cycle rhythms. PLoS Biol 2007; 5:e78. [PMID: 17373855 PMCID: PMC1828142 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 01/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Clock output pathways play a pivotal role by relaying timing information from the circadian clock to a diversity of physiological systems. Both cell-autonomous and systemic mechanisms have been implicated as clock outputs; however, the relative importance and interplay between these mechanisms are poorly understood. The cell cycle represents a highly conserved regulatory target of the circadian timing system. Previously, we have demonstrated that in zebrafish, the circadian clock has the capacity to generate daily rhythms of S phase by a cell-autonomous mechanism in vitro. Here, by studying a panel of zebrafish mutants, we reveal that the pituitary–adrenal axis also plays an essential role in establishing these rhythms in the whole animal. Mutants with a reduction or a complete absence of corticotrope pituitary cells show attenuated cell-proliferation rhythms, whereas expression of circadian clock genes is not affected. We show that the corticotrope deficiency is associated with reduced cortisol levels, implicating glucocorticoids as a component of a systemic signaling pathway required for circadian cell cycle rhythmicity. Strikingly, high-amplitude rhythms can be rescued by exposing mutant larvae to a tonic concentration of a glucocorticoid agonist. Our work suggests that cell-autonomous clock mechanisms are not sufficient to establish circadian cell cycle rhythms at the whole-animal level. Instead, they act in concert with a systemic signaling environment of which glucocorticoids are an essential part. To guarantee normal growth and to avoid tumor formation, the timing of cell division must be under strict control. Remarkably, cells, from bacteria to man, often divide only at certain times of day, suggesting the influence of internal biological clocks. A central pacemaker structure in the brain controls diurnal rhythms of behavior and hormone release. However, biological clocks are also encountered in almost every cell type (so-called “peripheral” clocks), in which they regulate daily changes in cell biology, including cell division. Very little is known to date about how the two clock systems interact. Here, by examining zebrafish strains with defects in hormone production, we find that peripheral clocks require the steroid hormone cortisol to generate daily rhythms of cell proliferation. Interestingly, the daily changes in cortisol levels observed in normal zebrafish are not required to achieve this control; treating the cortisol-deficient strains with constant levels of a drug that mimics the effects of cortisol restores normal cell-division rhythms. Thus, it appears that internal cell timers cooperate with hormonal signals to regulate the timing of cell division. To establish circadian cell cycle rhythms, cell-autonomous clock mechanisms act in concert with a systemic signaling environment of which glucocorticoids are an essential part.
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- Thomas Dickmeis
- Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Warne JP, John CD, Christian HC, Morris JF, Flower RJ, Sugden D, Solito E, Gillies GE, Buckingham JC. Gene deletion reveals roles for annexin A1 in the regulation of lipolysis and IL-6 release in epididymal adipose tissue. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2006; 291:E1264-73. [PMID: 16835395 PMCID: PMC1855443 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00655.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In this study, epididymal adipose tissue from male annexin 1 (ANXA1)-null and wild-type control mice were used to explore the potential role of ANXA1 in adipocyte biology. ANXA1 was detected by Western blot analysis in wild-type tissue and localized predominantly to the stromal-vascular compartment. Epididymal fat pad mass was reduced by ANXA1 gene deletion, but adipocyte size was unchanged, suggesting that ANXA1 is required for the maintenance of adipocyte and/or preadipocyte cell number. Epididymal tissue from wild-type mice responded in vitro to noradrenaline and isoprenaline with increased glycerol release, reduced IL-6 release, and increased cAMP accumulation. Qualitatively similar but significantly attenuated responses to the catecholamines were observed in tissue from ANXA1-null mice, an effect that was not associated with changes in beta-adrenoceptor mRNA expression. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) also stimulated lipolysis in vitro, but its effects were muted by ANXA1 gene deletion. By contrast, LPS failed to influence IL-6 release from wild-type tissue but stimulated the release of the cytokine from tissue from ANXA1-null mice. ANXA1 gene deletion did not affect glucocorticoid receptor expression or the ability of dexamethasone to suppress catecholamine-induced lipolysis. It did, however, augment IL-6 expression and modify the inhibitory effects of glucocorticoids on IL-6 release. Collectively, these studies suggest that ANXA1 supports aspects of adipose tissue mass and alters the sensitivity of epididymal adipose tissue to catecholamines, glucocorticoids, and LPS, thereby modulating lipolysis and IL-6 release.
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- James P Warne
- Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Yang M, Liu W, Wang CY, Liu T, Zhou F, Tao J, Wang Y, Li MT. Proteomic analysis of differential protein expression in early process of pancreatic regeneration in pancreatectomized rats. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2006; 27:568-78. [PMID: 16626512 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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AIM A broad-range proteomic approach was applied to investigate the complexity of the mechanisms involved in pancreatic regeneration for identification of new targets of diabetes treatment and potential markers of pancreatic stem cells. METHODS A regeneration pancreatic model was induced by 90% partial pancreatectomy (Px) in rats. Changes in the protein expression in regenerating rat pancreas on the third day after Px, as compared with rats that received sham surgery, were analyzed by using 2-D gel electrophoresis (2-DE), mass spectrometry (MS), and mass fingerprinting. RESULTS 2-DE revealed 91 spots with at least 1.5-fold increases in expression at 3 d after pancreatectomy and 53 differentially expressed proteins that were identified by peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF). These included cell growth-related, lipid and energy metabolism-related, protein and amino acid metabolism-related proteins, and signal transduction proteins. Vimentin, CK8, L-plastin, hnRNP A2/B1, and AGAT are associated with embryogenesis and cell differentiation, and may be new potential pancreatic stem cells markers. CONCLUSION The proteome profiling technique provided a broad-based and effective approach for the rapid assimilation and identification of adaptive protein changes during pancreas regeneration induced by pancreatectomy. Our data clarify the global proteome during the pancreatic proliferation and differentiation processes, which is important for better understanding of pancreatic regeneration and for discovering of protein biomarkers for pancreatic stem cells.
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- Ming Yang
- Department of General Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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Sung HJ, Ryang YS, Kim YS, Jang SW, Na DS, Ko J. Negative regulatory role of Annexin-A1 in 14-3-3η-mediated glucocorticoid receptor transcriptional activation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 339:1208-11. [PMID: 16338219 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2005] [Accepted: 11/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Annexin-A1 (ANX-1) is involved in glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-mediated signal transduction. However, the molecular mechanism by which ANX-1 plays a role in GR signaling is not fully understood. Recently, we reported that 14-3-3eta inhibits degradation of GR, resulting in an increase in GR transcriptional activity. In this study, we have addressed the role of ANX-1 in 14-3-3eta-induced enhancement of GR transactivation. ANX-1 abolished the increase in GR transcriptional activity due to 14-3-3eta. ANX-1 had no effect on the protein level of GR. However, ANX-1 abrogated the inhibitory effect of 14-3-3eta on GR degradation, which causes a decrease in GR stability in the nucleus. Our results indicate that ANX-1 functions as a negative regulator of GR transcriptional activation by inhibiting 14-3-3eta-induced up-regulation of GR.
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- Ho Joong Sung
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea
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This review article summarizes current knowledge about the locations and possible functions of annexin family members in the kidney. Beginning with an introduction on common structural and biochemical features as well as general functional characteristics of annexins, the paper focuses on individual members with documented and/or proposed physiological relevance for renal development, structure, and functions. Three main aspects of annexin function in kidney epithelia emerge from the available experimental data. First, annexins are required for membrane organization and membrane transport events required for the establishment/maintenance of epithelial polarity. Second, there is accumulating evidence of an association of annexins with ion channels, as membrane-guiding auxiliary proteins or modulators of channel activity. Last but not least, some annexins seem to work as extracellular autocrine modulators of receptor function under different physiological conditions.
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- Arseni Markoff
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, University of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany.
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