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Higgs VE, Das RM. Establishing neuronal polarity: microtubule regulation during neurite initiation. OXFORD OPEN NEUROSCIENCE 2022; 1:kvac007. [PMID: 38596701 PMCID: PMC10913830 DOI: 10.1093/oons/kvac007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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The initiation of nascent projections, or neurites, from the neuronal cell body is the first stage in the formation of axons and dendrites, and thus a critical step in the establishment of neuronal architecture and nervous system development. Neurite formation relies on the polarized remodelling of microtubules, which dynamically direct and reinforce cell shape, and provide tracks for cargo transport and force generation. Within neurons, microtubule behaviour and structure are tightly controlled by an array of regulatory factors. Although microtubule regulation in the later stages of axon development is relatively well understood, how microtubules are regulated during neurite initiation is rarely examined. Here, we discuss how factors that direct microtubule growth, remodelling, stability and positioning influence neurite formation. In addition, we consider microtubule organization by the centrosome and modulation by the actin and intermediate filament networks to provide an up-to-date picture of this vital stage in neuronal development.
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- Victoria E Higgs
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Vimentin: Regulation and pathogenesis. Biochimie 2022; 197:96-112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Romano R, Rivellini C, De Luca M, Tonlorenzi R, Beli R, Manganelli F, Nolano M, Santoro L, Eskelinen EL, Previtali SC, Bucci C. Alteration of the late endocytic pathway in Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B disease. Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 78:351-372. [PMID: 32280996 PMCID: PMC7867545 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-020-03510-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The small GTPase RAB7A regulates late stages of the endocytic pathway and plays specific roles in neurons, controlling neurotrophins trafficking and signaling, neurite outgrowth and neuronal migration. Mutations in the RAB7A gene cause the autosomal dominant Charcot–Marie–Tooth type 2B (CMT2B) disease, an axonal peripheral neuropathy. As several neurodegenerative diseases are caused by alterations of endocytosis, we investigated whether CMT2B-causing mutations correlate with changes in this process. To this purpose, we studied the endocytic pathway in skin fibroblasts from healthy and CMT2B individuals. We found higher expression of late endocytic proteins in CMT2B cells compared to control cells, as well as higher activity of cathepsins and higher receptor degradation activity. Consistently, we observed an increased number of lysosomes, accompanied by higher lysosomal degradative activity in CMT2B cells. Furthermore, we found increased migration and increased RAC1 and MMP-2 activation in CMT2B compared to control cells. To validate these data, we obtained sensory neurons from patient and control iPS cells, to confirm increased lysosomal protein expression and lysosomal activity in CMT2B-derived neurons. Altogether, these results demonstrate that in CMT2B patient-derived cells, the endocytic degradative pathway is altered, suggesting that higher lysosomal activity contributes to neurodegeneration occurring in CMT2B.
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- Roberta Romano
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
- Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Institute of Telese Terme, Benevento, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
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Bott CJ, Winckler B. Intermediate filaments in developing neurons: Beyond structure. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2020; 77:110-128. [PMID: 31970897 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Neuronal development relies on a highly choreographed progression of dynamic cellular processes by which newborn neurons migrate, extend axons and dendrites, innervate their targets, and make functional synapses. Many of these dynamic processes require coordinated changes in morphology, powered by the cell's cytoskeleton. Intermediate filaments (IFs) are the third major cytoskeletal elements in vertebrate cells, but are rarely considered when it comes to understanding axon and dendrite growth, pathfinding and synapse formation. In this review, we first introduce the many new and exciting concepts of IF function, discovered mostly in non-neuronal cells. These roles include dynamic rearrangements, crosstalk with microtubules and actin filaments, mechano-sensing and -transduction, and regulation of signaling cascades. We then discuss the understudied roles of neuronally expressed IFs, with a particular focus on IFs expressed during development, such as nestin, vimentin and α-internexin. Lastly, we illustrate how signaling modulation by the unconventional IF nestin shapes neuronal morphogenesis in unexpected and novel ways. Even though the first IF knockout mice were made over 20 years ago, the study of the cell biological functions of IFs in the brain still has much room for exciting new discoveries.
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- Christopher J Bott
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Bott CJ, Johnson CG, Yap CC, Dwyer ND, Litwa KA, Winckler B. Nestin in immature embryonic neurons affects axon growth cone morphology and Semaphorin3a sensitivity. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:1214-1229. [PMID: 30840538 PMCID: PMC6724523 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-06-0361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Correct wiring in the neocortex requires that responses to an individual guidance cue vary among neurons in the same location, and within the same neuron over time. Nestin is an atypical intermediate filament expressed strongly in neural progenitors and is thus used widely as a progenitor marker. Here we show a subpopulation of embryonic cortical neurons that transiently express nestin in their axons. Nestin expression is thus not restricted to neural progenitors, but persists for 2-3 d at lower levels in newborn neurons. We found that nestin-expressing neurons have smaller growth cones, suggesting that nestin affects cytoskeletal dynamics. Nestin, unlike other intermediate filament subtypes, regulates cdk5 kinase by binding the cdk5 activator p35. Cdk5 activity is induced by the repulsive guidance cue Semaphorin3a (Sema3a), leading to axonal growth cone collapse in vitro. Therefore, we tested whether nestin-expressing neurons showed altered responses to Sema3a. We find that nestin-expressing newborn neurons are more sensitive to Sema3a in a roscovitine-sensitive manner, whereas nestin knockdown results in lowered sensitivity to Sema3a. We propose that nestin functions in immature neurons to modulate cdk5 downstream of the Sema3a response. Thus, the transient expression of nestin could allow temporal and/or spatial modulation of a neuron's response to Sema3a, particularly during early axon guidance.
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- C. J. Bott
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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Colecchia D, Stasi M, Leonardi M, Manganelli F, Nolano M, Veneziani BM, Santoro L, Eskelinen EL, Chiariello M, Bucci C. Alterations of autophagy in the peripheral neuropathy Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B. Autophagy 2018; 14:930-941. [PMID: 29130394 PMCID: PMC6103410 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1388475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B (CMT2B) disease is a dominant axonal peripheral neuropathy caused by 5 mutations in the RAB7A gene, a ubiquitously expressed GTPase controlling late endocytic trafficking. In neurons, RAB7A also controls neuronal-specific processes such as NTF (neurotrophin) trafficking and signaling, neurite outgrowth and neuronal migration. Given the involvement of macroautophagy/autophagy in several neurodegenerative diseases and considering that RAB7A is fundamental for autophagosome maturation, we investigated whether CMT2B-causing mutants affect the ability of this gene to regulate autophagy. In HeLa cells, we observed a reduced localization of all CMT2B-causing RAB7A mutants on autophagic compartments. Furthermore, compared to expression of RAB7AWT, expression of these mutants caused a reduced autophagic flux, similar to what happens in cells expressing the dominant negative RAB7AT22N mutant. Consistently, both basal and starvation-induced autophagy were strongly inhibited in skin fibroblasts from a CMT2B patient carrying the RAB7AV162M mutation, suggesting that alteration of the autophagic flux could be responsible for neurodegeneration.
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- David Colecchia
- a Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica and Istituto Toscano Tumori-Core Research Laboratory , Signal Transduction Unit , AOU Senese , Siena , Italy
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- b Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA) , University of Salento , Lecce , Italy
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- a Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica and Istituto Toscano Tumori-Core Research Laboratory , Signal Transduction Unit , AOU Senese , Siena , Italy
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- c Department of Neurosciences , University of Naples "Federico II" , Naples , Italy
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- d Salvatore Maugeri Foundation , Institute of Telese Terme , Benevento , Italy
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- e Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies , University of Naples "Federico II" , Naples , Italy
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- c Department of Neurosciences , University of Naples "Federico II" , Naples , Italy
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- f Department of Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry and Biotechnology , University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland
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- a Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica and Istituto Toscano Tumori-Core Research Laboratory , Signal Transduction Unit , AOU Senese , Siena , Italy
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- b Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA) , University of Salento , Lecce , Italy
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Kirkcaldie MTK, Dwyer ST. The third wave: Intermediate filaments in the maturing nervous system. Mol Cell Neurosci 2017; 84:68-76. [PMID: 28554564 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Intermediate filaments are critical for the extreme structural specialisations of neurons, providing integrity in dynamic environments and efficient communication along axons a metre or more in length. As neurons mature, an initial expression of nestin and vimentin gives way to the neurofilament triplet proteins and α-internexin, substituted by peripherin in axons outside the CNS, which physically consolidate axons as they elongate and find their targets. Once connection is established, these proteins are transported, assembled, stabilised and modified, structurally transforming axons and dendrites as they acquire their full function. The interaction between these neurons and myelinating glial cells optimises the structure of axons for peak functional efficiency, a property retained across their lifespan. This finely calibrated structural regulation allows the nervous system to maintain timing precision and efficient control across large distances throughout somatic growth and, in maturity, as a plasticity mechanism allowing functional adaptation.
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- Matthew T K Kirkcaldie
- School of Medicine, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Australia.
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- School of Medicine, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Australia
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Neurons of the rat cervical spinal cord express vimentin and neurofilament after intraparenchymal injection of kainic acid. Neurosci Lett 2017; 643:103-110. [PMID: 28229936 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Intermediate filaments (IF) can be altered under disorders such as neurodegenerative diseases. Kainic acid (KA) induce behavioral changes and histopathological alterations of the spinal cord of injected rats. Our goal was to evaluate the IF expression in neurons during this injury model. Animals were injected with KA at the C5 segment of the cervical spinal cord and euthanized at 1, 3 and 7 post injection (pi) days. Neuronal cell counting showed a significant loss of neurons at the injection site when compared with those of sham and non-operated animals. Immunohistochemistry for vimentin and neurofilament showed positive labeling of perikarya in sham and KA-injected animals since day 1 pi that lasted for the remaining experimental days. Colocalization analysis between enolase and vimentin or neurofilament confirmed a high index of colocalization in both experimental groups at day 1 pi. This index decreased in sham animals by day 3 pi whereas that of KA-injected animals remained high throughout the experiment. These results may suggest that perikarya initiate an unconventional IF expression, which may respond to the neuronal damage induced by the mechanical injury and the excitotoxic effect of KA. It seems that vimentin and neurofilament expression may be a necessary change to promote recovery of the damaged tissue.
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Lin SC, Gou GH, Hsia CW, Ho CW, Huang KL, Wu YF, Lee SY, Chen YH. Simulated Microgravity Disrupts Cytoskeleton Organization and Increases Apoptosis of Rat Neural Crest Stem Cells Via Upregulating CXCR4 Expression and RhoA-ROCK1-p38 MAPK-p53 Signaling. Stem Cells Dev 2016; 25:1172-93. [PMID: 27269634 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2016.0040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Neural crest stem cells (NCSCs) are a population of multipotent stem cells that are distributed broadly in many tissues and organs and are capable of differentiating into a variety of cell types that are dispersed throughout three germ layers. We are interested in studying the effects of simulated microgravity on the survival and self-renewal of NCSCs. NCSCs extracted from the hair follicle bulge region of the rat whisker pad were cultured in vitro, respectively, in a 2D adherent environment and a 3D suspension environment using the rotatory cell culture system (RCCS) to simulate microgravity. We found that rat NCSCs (rNCSCs) cultured in the RCCS for 24 h showed disrupted organization of filamentous actin, increased globular actin level, formation of plasma membrane blebbing and neurite-like artifact, as well as decreased levels of cortactin and vimentin. Interestingly, ∼70% of RCCS-cultured rNCSCs co-expressed cleaved (active) caspase-3 and neuronal markers microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) and Tuj1 instead of NCSC markers, suggesting stress-induced formation of neurite-like artifact in rNCSCs. In addition, rNCSCs showed increased C-X-C chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) expression, RhoA GTPase activation, Rho-associated kinase 1 (ROCK1) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation, and p53 expression in the nucleus. Incubation of rNCSCs with the Gα protein inhibitor pertussis toxin or CXCR4 siRNA during RCCS-culturing prevented cytoskeleton disorganization and plasma membrane blebbing, and it suppressed apoptosis of rNCSCs. Taken together, we demonstrate for the first time that simulated microgravity disrupts cytoskeleton organization and increases apoptosis of rNCSCs via upregulating CXCR4 expression and the RhoA-ROCK1-p38 MAPK-p53 signaling pathway.
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- Shing-Chen Lin
- 1 Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- 2 Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- 2 Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- 1 Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan .,3 Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital , Longtan Township, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
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- 1 Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan .,4 Department of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- 5 Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- 1 Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- 1 Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center , Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Role of Intermediate Filaments in Vesicular Traffic. Cells 2016; 5:cells5020020. [PMID: 27120621 PMCID: PMC4931669 DOI: 10.3390/cells5020020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Intermediate filaments are an important component of the cellular cytoskeleton. The first established role attributed to intermediate filaments was the mechanical support to cells. However, it is now clear that intermediate filaments have many different roles affecting a variety of other biological functions, such as the organization of microtubules and microfilaments, the regulation of nuclear structure and activity, the control of cell cycle and the regulation of signal transduction pathways. Furthermore, a number of intermediate filament proteins have been involved in the acquisition of tumorigenic properties. Over the last years, a strong involvement of intermediate filament proteins in the regulation of several aspects of intracellular trafficking has strongly emerged. Here, we review the functions of intermediate filaments proteins focusing mainly on the recent knowledge gained from the discovery that intermediate filaments associate with key proteins of the vesicular membrane transport machinery. In particular, we analyze the current understanding of the contribution of intermediate filaments to the endocytic pathway.
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Boumil E, Vohnoutka R, Lee S, Shea TB. Early expression of the high molecular weight neurofilament subunit attenuates axonal neurite outgrowth. Neurosci Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Lowery J, Kuczmarski ER, Herrmann H, Goldman RD. Intermediate Filaments Play a Pivotal Role in Regulating Cell Architecture and Function. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:17145-53. [PMID: 25957409 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r115.640359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Intermediate filaments (IFs) are composed of one or more members of a large family of cytoskeletal proteins, whose expression is cell- and tissue type-specific. Their importance in regulating the physiological properties of cells is becoming widely recognized in functions ranging from cell motility to signal transduction. IF proteins assemble into nanoscale biopolymers with unique strain-hardening properties that are related to their roles in regulating the mechanical integrity of cells. Furthermore, mutations in the genes encoding IF proteins cause a wide range of human diseases. Due to the number of different types of IF proteins, we have limited this short review to cover structure and function topics mainly related to the simpler homopolymeric IF networks composed of vimentin, and specifically for diseases, the related muscle-specific desmin IF networks.
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- Jason Lowery
- From the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611 and
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- From the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611 and
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- the Division of Molecular Genetics (B060), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- From the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611 and
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Lee S, Shea TB. The high molecular weight neurofilament subunit plays an essential role in axonal outgrowth and stabilization. Biol Open 2014; 3:974-81. [PMID: 25260918 PMCID: PMC4197446 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20149779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Neurofilaments (NFs) are thought to provide structural support to mature axons via crosslinking of cytoskeletal elements mediated by the C-terminal region of the high molecular weight NF subunit (NF-H). Herein, we inhibited NF-H expression in differentiating mouse NB2a/d1 cells with shRNA directed against murine NF-H without affecting other NF subunits, microtubules or actin. shRNA-mediated NF-H knockdown not only in compromised of late-stage axonal neurite stabilization but also compromised early stages of axonal neurite elongation. Expression of exogenous rat NF-H was able to compensate for knockdown of endogenous NF-H and restored the development and stabilization of axonal neurites. This rescue was prevented by simultaneous treatment with shRNA that inhibited both rat and murine NF-H, or by expression of exogenous rat NF-H lacking the C-terminal sidearm during knockdown of endogenous NF-H. Demonstration of a role for NF-H in the early stages of axonal elaboration suggests that axonal stabilization is not delayed until synaptogenesis, but rather that the developing axon undergoes sequential NF-H-mediated stabilization along its length in a proximal–distal manner, which supports continued pathfinding in distal, unstabilized regions.
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- Sangmook Lee
- Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
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- Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
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Store-operated Ca(2+) entry in proliferating and retinoic acid-differentiated N- and S-type neuroblastoma cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2012; 1833:643-51. [PMID: 23220046 PMCID: PMC3776921 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Revised: 11/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Neuroblastoma cell lines are heterogeneous, comprised of at least three distinct cell phenotypes; neuroblastic N-type cells, non-neuronal substrate-adherent S-type cells and intermediate I-type cells. N- and S-type cell populations were enriched from the parental SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line and induced to differentiate by the addition of retinoic acid (RA), a drug used in the treatment of neuroblastoma. N- and S-type cells were identified based on their differential expression of β-tubulin III, vimentin and Bcl-2. Store-operated Ca2 + entry (SOCE) was then measured in proliferating and differentiated N- and S-type cell populations and the expression of STIM1, Orai1 and TRPC1, three proteins reported to play a key role in SOCE, was determined. In N-type cells the RA-induced switch from proliferation to differentiation was accompanied by a down-regulation in SOCE. STIM1 and Orai1 expression became down-regulated in differentiated cells, consistent with their respective roles as ER Ca2 + sensor and store-operated Ca2 + channel (SOC). TRPC1 became up-regulated suggesting that TRPC1 is not involved in SOCE, at least in differentiated N-type cells. In S-type cells SOCE remained active following the RA-induced switch from proliferation to differentiation and the expression of STIM1 and Orai1 remained unchanged. TRPC1 was not expressed in S-type cells. Our results indicate that differentiation of neuronal cells is associated with a remodelling of SOCE. Therapeutic targeting of SOCE proteins could potentially be a means of promoting neuronal differentiation in the treatment of neuroblastoma.
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Shea TB, Lee S. The discontinuous nature of neurofilament transport accommodates both establishment and repair of the axonal neurofilament array. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2012; 70:67-73. [PMID: 23124969 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Revised: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Neurofilaments (NFs) provide structural support to axons. Timely and regional deposition of NFs is essential during axonogenesis, since progressive stabilization of proximal axons is essential to support continued pathfinding of distal axonal regions. NFs undergo short bursts of microtubule-mediated axonal transport interspersed by prolonged pauses. We demonstrate herein that it is this unique "on-off" method of axonal transport, coupled with the ability of NFs to form cation-dependent, phosphomediated lateral associations that allow neurons to mediate the orderly transition from exploratory process to stabilized axon following synaptogenesis. We further demonstrate how this transport method provides for NF maintenance following maturation and encompasses the potential for regeneration.
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- Thomas B Shea
- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA.
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Mergui X, Puiffe ML, Valteau-Couanet D, Lipinski M, Bénard J, Amor-Guéret M. p21Waf1 expression is regulated by nuclear intermediate filament vimentin in neuroblastoma. BMC Cancer 2010; 10:473. [PMID: 20813048 PMCID: PMC2939553 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background Human neuroblastoma (NB) cell lines may present with either one of the so-called S-and N-subtypes. We have previously reported a strong correlation between protein expression levels of vimentin, an S-subtype marker, and the p21Waf1 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor. We here investigated whether this correlation extend to the mRNA level in NB cell lines as well as in patients' tumors. We also further explored the relationship between expression of vimentin and p21, by asking whether vimentin could regulate p21 expression. Methods Vimentin and p21 mRNA levels in NB cell lines as well as in patients' tumors (n = 77) were quantified using Q-PCR. Q-PCR data obtained from tumors of high risk NB patients (n = 40) were analyzed in relation with the overall survival using the Log-rank Kaplan-Meier estimation. siRNA-mediated depletion or overexpression of vimentin in highly or low expressing vimentin cell lines, respectively, followed by protein expression and promoter activation assays were used to assess the role of vimentin in modulating p21 expression. Results We extend the significant correlation between vimentin and p21 expression to the mRNA level in NB cell lines as well as in patients' tumors. Overall survival analysis from Q-PCR data obtained from tumors of high risk patients suggests that lower levels of p21 expression could be associated with a poorer outcome. Our data additionally indicate that the correlation observed between p21 and vimentin expression levels results from p21 transcriptional activity being regulated by vimentin. Indeed, downregulating vimentin resulted in a significant decrease in p21 mRNA and protein expression as well as in p21 promoter activity. Conversely, overexpressing vimentin triggered an increase in p21 promoter activity in cells with a nuclear expression of vimentin. Conclusion Our results suggest that p21 mRNA tumor expression level could represent a refined prognostic factor for high risk NB patients. Our data also show that vimentin regulates p21 transcription; this is the first demonstration of a gene regulating function for this type III-intermediate filament.
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- Xénia Mergui
- Université Paris Sud-11, CNRS, UMR 8126, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, Villejuif F-94805, France.
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Toth C, Shim SY, Wang J, Jiang Y, Neumayer G, Belzil C, Liu WQ, Martinez J, Zochodne D, Nguyen MD. Ndel1 promotes axon regeneration via intermediate filaments. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2014. [PMID: 18431495 PMCID: PMC2291557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Failure of axons to regenerate following acute or chronic neuronal injury is attributed to both the inhibitory glial environment and deficient intrinsic ability to re-grow. However, the underlying mechanisms of the latter remain unclear. In this study, we have investigated the role of the mammalian homologue of aspergillus nidulans NudE, Ndel1, emergently viewed as an integrator of the cytoskeleton, in axon regeneration. Ndel1 was synthesized de novo and upregulated in crushed and transected sciatic nerve axons, and, upon injury, was strongly associated with neuronal form of the intermediate filament (IF) Vimentin while dissociating from the mature neuronal IF (Neurofilament) light chain NF-L. Consistent with a role for Ndel1 in the conditioning lesion-induced neurite outgrowth of Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) neurons, the long lasting in vivo formation of the neuronal Ndel1/Vimentin complex was associated with robust axon regeneration. Furthermore, local silencing of Ndel1 in transected axons by siRNA severely reduced the extent of regeneration in vivo. Thus, Ndel1 promotes axonal regeneration; activating this endogenous repair mechanism may enhance neuroregeneration during acute and chronic axonal degeneration.
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- Cory Toth
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Calgary, Canada
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Shim SY, Samuels BA, Wang J, Neumayer G, Belzil C, Ayala R, Shi Y, Shi Y, Tsai LH, Nguyen MD. Ndel1 controls the dynein-mediated transport of vimentin during neurite outgrowth. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:12232-40. [PMID: 18303022 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710200200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ndel1, the mammalian homologue of the Aspergillus nidulans NudE, is emergently viewed as an integrator of the cytoskeleton. By regulating the dynamics of microtubules and assembly of neuronal intermediate filaments (IFs), Ndel1 promotes neurite outgrowth, neuronal migration, and cell integrity (1-6). To further understand the roles of Ndel1 in cytoskeletal dynamics, we performed a tandem affinity purification of Ndel1-interacting proteins. We isolated a novel Ndel1 molecular complex composed of the IF vimentin, the molecular motor dynein, the lissencephaly protein Lis1, and the cis-Golgi-associated protein alphaCOP. Ndel1 promotes the interaction between Lis1, alphaCOP, and the vimentin-dynein complex. The functional result of this complex is activation of dynein-mediated transport of vimentin. A loss of Ndel1 functions by RNA interference fails to incorporate Lis1/alphaCOP in the complex, reduces the transport of vimentin, and culminates in IF accumulations and altered neuritogenesis. Our findings reveal a novel regulatory mechanism of vimentin transport during neurite extension that may have implications in diseases featuring transport/trafficking defects and impaired regeneration.
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- Su Yeon Shim
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 4N1, Canada
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Dubey M, Chaudhury P, Kabiru H, Shea TB. Tau inhibits anterograde axonal transport and perturbs stability in growing axonal neurites in part by displacing kinesin cargo: Neurofilaments attenuate tau-mediated neurite instability. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 65:89-99. [DOI: 10.1002/cm.20243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Annunen-Rasila J, Ohlmeier S, Tuokko H, Veijola J, Majamaa K. Proteome and cytoskeleton responses in osteosarcoma cells with reduced OXPHOS activity. Proteomics 2007; 7:2189-200. [PMID: 17533645 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200601031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We have recently shown disorganization of the vimentin network in cultured cells deficient in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). We describe here the cellular responses to OXPHOS deficiency in osteosarcoma cells upon complex I (CI) and complex IV (CIV) inhibition, and upon the lack of mitochondrial DNA (rho0 cells). We examined the cytoskeletal organization and the distribution of mitochondria and analysed total proteome by 2-DE and vimentin expression by ELISA. Upon CIV inhibition and in rho0 cells, the vimentin network had collapsed around the nucleus and formed thick bundles. The mitochondria formed a perinuclear crescent upon CIV inhibition, whereas they accumulated around the nucleus in the rho0 cells, where the amount of vimentin was increased. Analysis of the total proteome revealed that a lack of mitochondrial DNA or inhibition of CI or CIV led to changes in the expression of cytoskeletal and cytoskeleton-associated proteins and proteins involved in apoptosis, OXPHOS, glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and oxidative stress responses. Our findings suggest that a deficiency in the energy converting system and oxidative stress can lead to cytoskeletal changes.
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Dubey M, Hoda S, Chan WKH, Pimenta A, Ortiz DD, Shea TB. Reexpression of vimentin in differentiated neuroblastoma cells enhances elongation of axonal neurites. J Neurosci Res 2004; 78:245-9. [PMID: 15378517 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Vimentin (Vm) is initially expressed by early neuronal precursors in situ and in culture. Vm is essential for neuritogenesis at least in culture and is gradually replaced by neurofilaments (NFs) because of down-regulation of Vm expression. This period is accompanied by a slowing of axonal elongation. We examined whether continued expression of Vm could foster continued axonal elongation. NB2a/d1 cells differentiated with dibutyryl cAMP were transfected with constructs expressing Vm or the middle-molecular-weight NF subunit (NF-M) each conjugated to green fluorescent protein (GFP). Axonal neurites of cells expressing GFP-Vm were 30% longer than those of nonexpressing cells, or cells expressing GFP-M, and exhibited a decrease in neurite caliber. Expression of GFP-M did not enhance axonal neurite length but significantly increased caliber. These findings provide further evidence of a role for Vm in axonal outgrowth. Culturing of nontransfected cells on laminin increased neurite length, but cells expressing GFP-Vm demonstrated an equivalent increase whether cultured on laminin or culture plastic. Axonal neurites of cells expressing GFP-Vm turned to avoid a nonfavorable substrate (nitrocellulose), but culturing of these cells on nitrocellulose did not impair axonal outgrowth. These latter findings indicate that the more robust outgrowth following reexpression of Vm is independent of a favorable or nonfavorable substrate but that axonal neurites of these cells still interact with the substrate to the extent that the substrate can influence directionality.
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- Maya Dubey
- Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
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Intermediate filaments, actin-containing microfilaments and microtubules are the three main cytoskeletal systems of vertebrate and many invertebrate cells. Although these systems are composed of distinctly different proteins, they are in constant and intimate communication with one another. Understanding the molecular basis of this cytoskeletal crosstalk is essential for determining the mechanisms that underlie many cell-biological phenomena. Recent studies have revealed that intermediate filaments and their associated proteins are important components in mediating this crosstalk.
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- Lynne Chang
- Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
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Gervasi C, Szaro BG. Performing functional studies of Xenopus laevis intermediate filament proteins through injection of macromolecules into early embryos. Methods Cell Biol 2004; 78:673-701. [PMID: 15646635 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(04)78023-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Christine Gervasi
- Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Neuroscience Research, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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Johnson G, Moore SW. Functional idiotypic mimicry of an adhesion- and differentiation-promoting site on acetylcholinesterase. J Cell Biochem 2004; 91:999-1009. [PMID: 15034934 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Acetylcholinesterase mediates cell adhesion and neurite outgrowth through a site associated with the peripheral anionic site (PAS). Monoclonal antibodies raised to this site block cell adhesion. We have raised anti-idiotypic antibodies to one of these antibodies. The anti-idiotypic antibodies recognized the immunogenic antibody and non-specific mouse IgG, but not acetylcholinesterase. Five antibodies (out of 143 clones, an incidence of 3.5%) were able to promote neurite outgrowth in human neuroblastoma cells in vitro in a similar manner to acetylcholinesterase itself, suggesting that these antibodies carry an internal image of the neuritogenic site. Two of the antibodies were significantly more effective (P < 0.01) than acetylcholinesterase in this regard. The antibodies also bound specifically to mouse laminin-1 and human collagen IV, as does acetylcholinesterase. This binding was displaced by unlabelled antibody, as well as by acetylcholinesterase itself, indicating competition with acetylcholinesterase. We have also investigated the development of anti-anti-idiotypic antibodies in mice in vivo, and have observed that four of these (out of 318 clones, an incidence of 1.26%) mimic the idiotypic antibody and abrogate adhesion in neuroblastoma cells. We have thus demonstrated functional mimicry of the neuritogenic site on acetylcholinesterase in anti-idiotypic antibodies, enhancement of this activity in one antibody, and mimicry of the idiotypic antibody site in anti-anti-idiotypic antibodies. Implications of these findings for differentiation-promoting cancer therapy are discussed.
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- Glynis Johnson
- Departments of Pediatric Surgery and Medical Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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Yabe JT, Chan WKH, Wang FS, Pimenta A, Ortiz DD, Shea TB. Regulation of the transition from vimentin to neurofilaments during neuronal differentiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 56:193-205. [PMID: 14569598 DOI: 10.1002/cm.10137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Vimentin (Vm) is initially expressed by nearly all neuronal precursors in vivo, and is replaced by neurofilaments (NFs) shortly after the immature neurons become post-mitotic. Both Vm and NFs can be transiently detected within the same neurite, and Vm is essential for neuritogenesis at least in culture. How neurons effect the orderly transition from expression of Vm as their predominant intermediate filament to NFs remains unclear. We examined this phenomenon within growing axonal neurites of NB2a/d1 cells. Transfection of cells with a construct expressing Vm conjugated to green fluorescent protein confirmed that axonal transport machinery for Vm persisted following the developmental decrease in Vm, but that the amount undergoing transport decreased in parallel to the observed developmental increase in NF transport. Immunoprecipitation from pulse-chase radiolabeled cells demonstrated transient co-precipitation of newly synthesized NF-H with Vm, followed by increasing co-precipitation with NF-L. Immunofluorescent and immuno-electron microscopic analyses demonstrated that some NF and Vm subunits were incorporated into the same filamentous profiles, but that Vm was excluded from the longitudinally-oriented "bundle" of closely-apposed NFs that accumulates within developing axons and is known to undergo slower turnover than individual NFs. These data collectively suggest that developing neurons are able to replace their Vm-rich cytoskeleton with one rich in NFs simply by down-regulation of Vm expression and upregulation of NFs, coupled with turnover of existing Vm filaments and Vm-NF heteropolymers.
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- Jason T Yabe
- Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, MA 01854, USA
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Rusanen H, Annunen J, Ylä-Outinen H, Laurila A, Peltonen J, Hassinen IE, Majamaa K. Cytoskeletal structure of myoblasts with the mitochondrial DNA 3243A-->G mutation and of osteosarcoma cells with respiratory chain deficiency. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2002; 53:231-8. [PMID: 12211104 DOI: 10.1002/cm.10066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The cytoskeleton, mainly composed of actin filaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments, is involved in cell proliferation, the maintenance of cell shape, and the formation of cellular junctions. The organization of the intermediate filaments is regulated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. We examined cell population growth, apoptotic cell death, and the morphology of cytoskeletal components in myoblast cultures derived from patients with the 3243A-->G mutation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and from control subjects by means of assays detecting cellular nucleic acids, histone-associated DNA fragments and by immunolabeling of cytoskeletal components. Population growth was slower in the 3243A-->G myoblast cultures, with no difference in the amount of apoptotic cell death. The organization of vimentin filaments in myoblasts with 3243A-->G was disturbed by randomization of filament direction and length, whereas no disturbances were observed in the other cytoskeletal proteins. Vimentin filaments formed large bundles surrounding the nucleus in mtDNA-less (rho(0)) osteosarcoma cells and in osteosarcoma cells after incubation with sodium azide and nocodazole. We conclude that defects in oxidative phosphorylation lead to selective disruption of the vimentin network, which may have a role in the pathophysiology of mitochondrial diseases.
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- Harri Rusanen
- Department of Neurology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Yabe JT, Wang FS, Chylinski T, Katchmar T, Shea TB. Selective accumulation of the high molecular weight neurofilament subunit within the distal region of growing axonal neurites. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2001; 50:1-12. [PMID: 11746668 DOI: 10.1002/cm.1037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Axonal maturation in situ is accompanied by the transition of neurofilaments (NFs) comprised of only NF-M and NF-L to those also containing NF-H. Since NF-H participates in interactions of NFs with each other and with other cytoskeletal constituents, its appearance represents a critical event in the stabilization of axons that accompanies their maturation. Whether this transition is effected by replacement of "doublet" NFs with "triplet" NFs, or by incorporation of NF-H into existing doublet NFs is unclear. To address this issue, we examined the distribution of NF subunit immunoreactivity within axonal cytoskeletons of differentiated NB2a/d1 cell and DRG neurons between days 3-7 of outgrowth. Endogenous immunoreactivity either declined in a proximal-distal gradient or was relatively uniform along axons. This distribution was paralleled by microinjected biotinylated NF-L. By contrast, biotinylated NF-H displayed a bipolar distribution, with immunoreactivity concentrated within the proximal- and distal-most axonal regions. Proximal biotinylated NF-H accumulation paralleled that of endogenous NF immunoreactivity; however, distal-most biotinylated NF-H accumulation dramatically exceeded that of endogenous NFs and microinjected NF-L. This phenomenon was not due to co-polymerization of biotin-H with vimentin or alpha-internexin. This phenomenon declined with continued time in culture. These data suggest that NF-H can incorporate into existing cytoskeletal structures, and therefore suggest that this mechanism accounts for at least a portion of the accumulation of triplet NFs during axonal maturation. Selective NF-H accumulation into existing cytoskeletal structures within the distal-most region may provide de novo cytoskeletal stability for continued axon extension and/or stabilization.
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- J T Yabe
- Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, MA 01854, USA
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Johnson G, Moore SW. Association of the HNK-1 epitope with the detergent-soluble G4 isoform of acetylcholinesterase from human neuroblastoma cells. Int J Dev Neurosci 2001; 19:439-45. [PMID: 11378303 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-5748(01)00024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope is expressed in neural and natural killer cells and is a mediator of cell adhesion. It is well documented that acetylcholinesterase has a secondary function in cell adhesion and differentiation. The presence of HNK-1 on isoforms of Torpedo and Electrophorus acetylcholinesterase, as well as isoforms from the bovine central nervous system has been described. In this paper, we have investigated the association of the epitope with acetylcholinesterase from human neuroblastoma cells. Acetylcholinesterase was extracted, with or without detergent, purified on immunoaffinity columns and the isoforms separated by sucrose density gradient sedimentation. Secreted acetylcholinesterase, from spent serum-free culture medium, was similarly treated. The presence of the HNK-1 epitope was determined by ELISA using the anti-HNK-1 and Elec 39 monoclonal antibodies. The epitope was found to be associated with the detergent-soluble G4 isoform, but not with the hydrophilic G1 nor the secreted hydrophilic G4 isoforms. Likewise, no HNK-1 was observed associated with human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase. These results indicate that acetylcholinesterase-G4, anchored in the extracellular membrane, is capable of mediating cell-substrate adhesion through HNK-1.
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- G Johnson
- Departments of Pediatric Surgery and Medical Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Medical Faculty, P.O.Box 19063, 7505, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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Johnson G, Moore SW. Cholinesterases modulate cell adhesion in human neuroblastoma cells in vitro. Int J Dev Neurosci 2000; 18:781-90. [PMID: 11154847 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-5748(00)00049-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Cholinesterases are expressed non-synaptically during embryonic development, neoplasia and neurodegeneration. We have investigated the effects of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and, conversely, anti-AChE and -BChE antibodies and inhibitors on cell adhesion and neurite outgrowth in human neuroblastoma cells. Analysis of cholinesterase levels and isoforms in undifferentiated and differentiated cells indicated a significant rise in AChE levels on differentiation. This increase was related to both cell-associated and secreted enzyme, and was predominantly the G4 isoform. BChE levels and isoforms, on the other hand, showed no significant variation. Coating the tissue culture plate with AChE stimulated neurite outgrowth, while BChE had an anti-adhesive effect. Cell adhesion was affected by the BChE inhibitor, ethopropazine, and the AChE peripheral site inhibitor, BW284c51, but not by eserine which binds to the active site. This indicates that the adhesion function is non-cholinergic, a finding supported by the lack of effect of AE-2, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits AChE, on cell adhesion. Four out of a panel of nine anti-AChE antibodies inhibited adhesion to varying degrees. Of these antibodies, two are catalytic, with epitopes associated with the peripheral anionic site of AChE, and the remaining two have epitopes overlapping this site. Neither of the two anti-BChE antibodies used had any effect on adhesion. These results indicate the importance of AChE in neuroblastoma cell adhesion and neurite outgrowth, and suggest that the peripheral anionic site may be involved in these processes.
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- G Johnson
- Department of Paediatric Surgery and Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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Janosch P, Kieser A, Eulitz M, Lovric J, Sauer G, Reichert M, Gounari F, Büscher D, Baccarini M, Mischak H, Kolch W. The Raf-1 kinase associates with vimentin kinases and regulates the structure of vimentin filaments. FASEB J 2000; 14:2008-21. [PMID: 11023985 DOI: 10.1096/fj.99-0883com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Using immobilized GST-Raf-1 as bait, we have isolated the intermediate filament protein vimentin as a Raf-1-associated protein. Vimentin coimmunoprecipitated and colocalized with Raf-1 in fibroblasts. Vimentin was not a Raf-1 substrate, but was phosphorylated by Raf-1-associated vimentin kinases. We provide evidence for at least two Raf-1-associated vimentin kinases and identified one as casein kinase 2. They are regulated by Raf-1, since the activation status of Raf-1 correlated with the phosphorylation of vimentin. Vimentin phosphorylation by Raf-1 preparations interfered with its polymerization in vitro. A subset of tryptic vimentin phosphopeptides induced by Raf-1 in vitro matched the vimentin phosphopeptides isolated from v-raf-transfected cells labeled with orthophosphoric acid, indicating that Raf-1 also induces vimentin phosphorylation in intact cells. In NIH 3T3 fibroblasts, the selective activation of an estrogen-regulated Raf-1 mutant induced a rearrangement and depolymerization of the reticular vimentin scaffold similar to the changes elicited by serum treatment. The rearrangement of the vimentin network occurred independently of the MEK/ERK pathway. These data identify a new branch point in Raf-1 signaling, which links Raf-1 to changes in the cytoskeletal architecture.
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- P Janosch
- The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Garscube Estate, Glasgow G61 1BD, U.K.
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Shea TB, Beermann ML. Neuronal intermediate filament protein alpha-internexin facilitates axonal neurite elongation in neuroblastoma cells. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1999; 43:322-33. [PMID: 10423273 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(1999)43:4<322::aid-cm5>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We examined the localization and role of alpha-IN vs. other neuronal intermediate filaments before and during differentiation. Vimentin but not alpha-IN localized within filopodia-like neurites of undifferentiated cells. During differentiation, alpha-IN immunoreactivity accumulated within axonal neurites following vimentin but, as previously describe in neurons in situ, before the appearance of NF-L. We therefore manipulated alpha-IN synthesis, accumulation, and function in attempts to determine whether or not this intermediate filament species played a role in axonal development. Intracellular delivery of anti-alpha-IN antisense oligonucleotides and antibodies was permissive for neuritogenesis, yet compromised neurite elongation; this effect was further reflected in diminished levels of stabilized axonal microtubules. These data suggest that alpha-IN plays a role in the development of neuronal polarity. Relatively more alpha-IN than NF-L accumulated within the plastic axonal neurites induced following serum-deprivation, while stable, dbcAMP-induced neurites treatment contained equivalent levels of each. Protease inhibition increased NF-L and NF-H but not alpha-IN immunoreactivity within serum-deprived neurites, suggesting that proteolysis restricts NF-L accumulation pending neurite stabilization. To test the possibility that NF-H accumulation is dependent upon NF-L and cannot be mediated by alpha-IN, we examined levels of NF-H co-precipitated from cells with alpha-IN and NF-L. Virtually all newly synthesized NF-H co-precipitated with NF-L, while only a small percentage co-precipitated with alpha-IN. Finally, NF-H or NF-M were absent from the axon hillock or perikaryal area at the base of neurites, where alpha-IN immunoreactivity is prominent. These data extend earlier cell-free demonstrations that NF-H preferentially associates with NF-L rather than alpha-IN.
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- T B Shea
- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell 01854, USA.
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Dufay N, Reboul A, Touraine-Moulin F, Belin MF, Giraudon P. Soluble factors, including TNF alpha, secreted by human T cells are both cytotoxic and cytostatic for medulloblastoma cells. J Neurooncol 1999; 43:115-26. [PMID: 10533723 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006273514906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We studied the effect of the treatment of a medulloblastoma cell line by human T cells derived soluble factors. Medulloblastoma is one of the more common aggressive solid neoplasms in children for which there is no adequate therapy. Cell lines established from such tumours may be helpful to test the effect of various molecules on cell proliferation. Previous studies have suggested that T cell-derived factors may be toxic for the medulloblastoma cell line Dev. Cytokines were thought to mediate this effect. In this paper, we described changes in morphology, survival and cell cycle induced in Dev cells cocultured with human T cell lines chronically infected with a retrovirus (HTLV-I) and known to secrete high level of cytokines TNF alpha, IL1alpha and IL6. Such cocultures resulted in the death of a part of Dev cells and in decreased proliferation of surviving cells, associated with morphological changes and increase in vimentin expression. Treatment with conditioned medium from infected Dev cells, containing virus induced cytokines, triggered the same effect. Reduction of these effects by TNF alpha deprivation of conditioned medium suggested that this cytokine may be implicated. Direct treatment of Dev cells with recombinant cytokines indicated that TNF alpha, but not IL1 or IL6, is associated with Dev cell alterations. TNF alpha was shown to induce the death of Dev cells by an apoptotic pathway. Furthermore, TNF alpha had a bimodal effect on the cell cycle of surviving Dev cells. These differential effects of such cytokines on medulloblastoma cells could be therefore of interest for immunotherapy of these tumours.
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- N Dufay
- INSERM U433, Hôpital Neurologique et Neurochirurgical, BP Lyon Montchat, France
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Marvin MJ, Dahlstrand J, Lendahl U, McKay RD. A rod end deletion in the intermediate filament protein nestin alters its subcellular localization in neuroepithelial cells of transgenic mice. J Cell Sci 1998; 111 ( Pt 14):1951-61. [PMID: 9645943 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.111.14.1951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Neuroepithelial and radial glial cells span between the ventricular and the pial surfaces of the neural tube and express two intermediate filaments (IFs), nestin and vimentin, which form a filamentous network throughout the length of the cells. In this report we study the polymerization characteristics of nestin and examine how mutations affect the assembly and localization of the nestin protein in cultured cells and in the developing CNS of transgenic mice. A wild-type rat nestin gene transfected into the IF-free SW13 cell line failed to assemble into a filamentous network but was incorporated into the existing IF network of a subclone expressing vimentin, demonstrating that nestin requires vimentin for proper assembly. In transgenic mice, rat nestin formed a network indistinguishable from that formed by endogenous nestin and vimentin, but a mutant form lacking five amino acids at the carboxy terminus of the rod domain was largely restricted to the pial endfeet. Since nestin mRNA is localized to the pial endfoot region we propose that both transgenes are translated there, but that the wild-type protein is preferentially incorporated into the IF network. These observations provide evidence for hierarchical assembly and a complex organization of the IF network along the ventricular-pial axis in the early CNS.
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- M J Marvin
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Basic Neurosciences Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. . harvard.edu
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Holtmaat AJ, Oestreicher AB, Gispen WH, Verhaagen J. Manipulation of gene expression in the mammalian nervous system: application in the study of neurite outgrowth and neuroregeneration-related proteins. BRAIN RESEARCH. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 1998; 26:43-71. [PMID: 9600624 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0173(97)00044-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A fundamental issue in neurobiology entails the study of the formation of neuronal connections and their potential to regenerate following injury. In recent years, an expanding number of gene families has been identified involved in different aspects of neurite outgrowth and regeneration. These include neurotrophic factors, cell-adhesion molecules, growth-associated proteins, cytoskeletal proteins and chemorepulsive proteins. Genetic manipulation technology (transgenic mice, knockout mice, viral vectors and antisense oligonucleotides) has been instrumental in defining the function of these neurite outgrowth-related proteins. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the above-mentioned four approaches to manipulate gene expression in vivo and to discuss the progress that has been made using this technology in helping to understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate neurite outgrowth. We will show that work with transgenic mice and knockout mice has contributed significantly to the dissection of the function of several proteins with a key role in neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival. Recently developed viral vectors for gene transfer in postmitotic neurons have opened up new avenues to analyze the function of a protein following local expression in naive adult rodents. The initial results with viral vector-based gene transfer provide a conceptual framework for further studies on genetic therapy of neuroregeneration and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- A J Holtmaat
- Graduate School of Neurosciences Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research
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The use of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides, targeted to the transcripts encoding biologically active proteins in the nervous system, provides a novel and highly selective means to further our understanding of the function of these proteins. Recent studies of these agents also suggest the possibility of their being used therapeutically for a variety of diseases involving neuronal tissue. In this paper we review studies showing the in vitro and in vivo effects of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides as they relate to neurobiological functions. Particular attention is paid to the behavioral and biochemical effects of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides directed to the various subtypes of receptors for the neurotransmitter dopamine. An example is also provided showing the effects of a plasmid vector expressing an antisense RNA targeted to the calmodulin mRNAs in the PC12 pheochromocytoma cell line. The advantages of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides over traditional pharmacological treatments are assessed, and the advantages of using vectors encoding antisense RNA over the use of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides are also considered. We also describe the criteria that should be used in designing antisense oligodeoxynucleotides and several controls that should be employed to assure their specificity of action.
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- B Weiss
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Hendrix MJ, Seftor EA, Chu YW, Trevor KT, Seftor RE. Role of intermediate filaments in migration, invasion and metastasis. Cancer Metastasis Rev 1996; 15:507-25. [PMID: 9034607 DOI: 10.1007/bf00054016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The expression of intermediate filament proteins is remarkably tissue-specific which suggests that the intermediate filament (IF) type(s) present in cells is somehow related to their biological function. However, in some cancers-particularly malignant melanoma and breast carcinoma, there is a strong indication that vimentin and keratin IFs are coexpressed, thus presenting as a dedifferentiated or interconverted (between epithelial and mesenchymal) phenotype. In this review, two in vitro models are presented which recapitulate the interconverted phenotype in human melanoma and breast carcinoma, and allow, for the first time, unique observations to be made with respect to the role of IFs in cancer progression. These studies have provided direct evidence linking overexpression of keratin IFs in human melanoma with increased migratory and invasive activity in vitro, which can be down-regulated by substituting dominant-negative keratin mutants. Overexpression of vimentin IFs in the breast carcinoma model leads to augmentation of motility and invasiveness in vitro, which can be transiently down-regulated by treatment with antisense oligonucleotides to vimentin. Additional experimental evidence suggests that the mechanism(s) responsible for the differential expression of metastatic properties associated with the interconverted phenotype rest(s) in the unique interaction, either direct or indirect, of IFs with specific integrins interacting with the extracellular matrix. In this review, we discuss the observations derived from the human melanoma and breast carcinoma models to address the hypothesis that the ability to coexpress vimentin and keratins confers a selective advantage to tumor cells in their interpretation of and response to signaling cues from the extracellular matrix. The ramifications of these observations are discussed with respect to the patholophysiology of the respective in situ tumors.
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- M J Hendrix
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1109, USA
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Boyne LJ, Fischer I, Shea TB. Role of vimentin in early stages of neuritogenesis in cultured hippocampal neurons. Int J Dev Neurosci 1996; 14:739-48. [PMID: 8960981 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-5748(96)00053-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Vimentin is expressed initially by nearly all neuronal precursors in vivo, and is replaced by neurofilaments shortly after the immature neurons become post-mitotic. Moreover, both vimentin and neurofilaments can be detected transiently within the same neurite, leaving open the possibility that vimentin may play a role in the early stages of neuritogenesis. In the present study, cultured hippocampal neurons, which transiently express vimentin in culture, were treated with sense- and antisense-oriented deoxyoligonucleotides encoding regions of the vimentin sequence that overlap the translation initiation codon. Antisense oligonucleotide treatment reduced vimentin-immunoreactivity to background levels. Moreover, while 90-100% of cultured hippocampal neurons elaborated neurites within the first 24 hr following plating, only 24-30% did so in the presence of vimentin antisense oligonucleotides. Inhibition of neurite outgrowth was reversible following removal of antisense oligonucleotide. These findings substantiate earlier studies in neuroblastoma cells, indicating a possible role for vimentin in the initiation of neurite outgrowth.
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- L J Boyne
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129, USA
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In this study of the developing human hippocampus, we monitor the timing of onset and the sequential patterns of expression of 11 developmentally regulated proteins that are important components of the neuronal cytoskeleton. Immunohistochemistry using well-characterized antibodies was conducted with fixed paraffin-embedded sections from hippocampi at various stages of fetal and postnatal development. At 9 weeks gestational age, immunoreactivity was evident for the microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs), MAP2 and MAP5, low molecular weight (Mr) neurofilament (NF) protein (NF-L), poorly phosphorylated mid-Mr NF protein (NF-M/P-), vimentin, and alpha-and beta-tubulins within the somatodendritic domain of neurons of the hippocampal plate. Weak immunoreactivity for moderately phosphorylated, high Mr NF protein (NF-H/P + + +), tau, and nestin was observed. Highly phosphorylated mid-Mr NF protein (NF-M/P + + +) and alpha-internexin were first detected at 15 weeks and highly phosphorylated, high Mr NF protein (NF-H/P+3) at 20 weeks. At 15 weeks, MAP2, MAP5, and tubulins were expressed in an "inside-out" gradient and in a gradient between hippocampal subfields with subiculum > ammonic subfields > dentate gyrus. These gradients paralleled the maturational gradients seen in cytoarchitectural and neuronal morphologic studies. The adult pattern of neuronal cytoskeletal protein expression in the hippocampus was attained by the second postnatal year for all proteins. Our findings demonstrate an elaborate orchestration of cytoskeletal protein expression within the hippocampus that is qualitatively similar to what is seen in other brain regions and in nonhuman species but which also has some important differences in timing and pattern. The differences in the developmentally regulated expression of neuronal cytoskeletal proteins in separate regions of the central nervous system (CNS) suggest that there are region-specific differences in composition and function of the neuronal cytoskeleton. These observations have implications for understanding the role of the neuronal cytoskeleton in the developing, mature, and diseased CNS.
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- S E Arnold
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
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Antisense oligonucleotides designed to complement a region of a particular messenger RNA may inhibit gene expression potentially through sequence-specific hybridization. Their inhibiting effect has been shown in a variety of in vitro and in vivo models in oncology, whereas much rarer clinical trials have been carried out. Rigorous demonstration of in vitro and in vivo specific effects upon their targets is mandatory before their use as drugs in cancer therapy.
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- L Ma
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Expérimentale et Clinique, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France
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Specific inhibition of gene expression by antisense agents provides the basis for rational drug discovery based on molecular targets. Due to the specificity of Watson-Crick base-pair hybridization, antisense oligodeoxynucleotides have been used extensively in attempts to inhibit gene expression in both in vitro and in vivo models. Analogues modified from normal phosphodiester oligodeoxynucleotides have entered clinical trials against diseases including AIDS and cancer. Although the precise mechanism of action of these drugs has not been clarified, these oligodeoxynucleotides offer considerable promise as novel molecular therapeutics. We review the recent attempts to harness the therapeutic potential of these oligodeoxynucleotides and appraise the near-term prospects for antisense technology.
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- H W Sharma
- Division of Oncology, Roche Research Center, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110, USA
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The past year has seen significant progress in the characterization of intermediate filament proteins. New proteins have been identified and physiologically significant differences between known proteins have been revealed. Changes in intermediate filament organization have been linked to changes in cell behavior, and mutational analyses are beginning to reveal the connection between intermediate filament expression, network formation, cellular behavior and disease.
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Colucci-Guyon E, Portier MM, Dunia I, Paulin D, Pournin S, Babinet C. Mice lacking vimentin develop and reproduce without an obvious phenotype. Cell 1994; 79:679-94. [PMID: 7954832 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90553-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 440] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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To address the biological role of vimentin in the context of the living organism, we have introduced a null mutation of the vimentin gene into the germ line of mice. Surprisingly, animals homozygous for this mutation developed and reproduced without an obvious phenotype. Immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, and immunogold labeling analysis confirmed the absence of vimentin and of the corresponding filament network. Furthermore, no compensatory expression of another intermediate filament could be demonstrated. While these results leave open the question of the possible role of vimentin in unusual situations or pathological conditions, they show that a conspicuous developmental and cell-specific structure that is an integral part of the cytoskeleton can be eliminated without apparent effect on mouse reproduction and development.
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- E Colucci-Guyon
- Unité de Recherche Associée 361, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, France
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Shea TB, Beermann ML. Respective roles of neurofilaments, microtubules, MAP1B, and tau in neurite outgrowth and stabilization. Mol Biol Cell 1994; 5:863-75. [PMID: 7803854 PMCID: PMC301107 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.5.8.863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The respective roles of neurofilaments (NFs), microtubules (MTs), and the microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) MAP 1B and tau on neurite outgrowth and stabilization were probed by the intracellular delivery of specific antisera into transiently permeabilized NB2a/d1 cells during treatment with dbcAMP. Intracellular delivery of antisera specific for the low (NF-L), middle (NF-M), or extensively phosphorylated high (NF-H) molecular weight subunits did not prevent initial neurite elaboration, nor did it induce retraction of existing neurites elaborated by cells that had been previously treated for 1 d with dbcAMP. By contrast, intracellular delivery of antisera directed against tubulin reduced the percentage of cells with neurites at both these time points. Intracellular delivery of anti-NF-L and anti-NF-M antisera did not induce retraction in cells treated with dbcAMP for 3 d. However, intracellular delivery of antisera directed against extensively phosphorylated NF-H, MAP1B, tau, or tubulin induced similar levels of neurite retraction at this time. Intracellular delivery of monoclonal antibodies (RT97 or SMI-31) directed against phosphorylated NF-H induced neurite retraction in cell treated with dbcAMP for 3 d; a monoclonal antibody (SMI-32) directed against nonphosphorylated NF-H did not induce neurite retraction at this time. By contrast, none of the above antisera induced retraction of neurites in cells treated with dbcAMP for 7 d. Neurites develop resistance to retraction by colchicine, first detectable in some neurites after 3 d and in the majority of neurites after 7 d of dbcAMP treatment. We therefore examined whether or not colchicine resistance was compromised by intracellular delivery of the above antisera. Colchicine treatment resulted in rapid neurite retraction after intracellular delivery of antisera directed against extensively phosphorylated NF-H, MAP1B, or tau into cells that had previously been treated with dbcAMP for 7 d. By contrast, colchicine resistance was not compromised by the intracellular delivery of antisera directed against NF-L, NF-M, or tubulin. These findings support previous studies indicating that MT polymerization mediates certain aspects of axonal neurite outgrowth and suggest that NFs do not directly participate in these events. These findings further suggest that NFs function in stabilization of the axonal cytoskeleton, apparently by interactions among NFs and MTs that are mediated by NF-H and MAPs.
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- T B Shea
- Laboratories for Molecular Neuroscience, Mailman Research Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178
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Traub P, Shoeman RL. Intermediate filament and related proteins: potential activators of nucleosomes during transcription initiation and elongation? Bioessays 1994; 16:349-55. [PMID: 8024543 DOI: 10.1002/bies.950160510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Intermediate filament (IF) protein tetramers contain two DNA- and core-histone-binding motifs in rotational symmetry in one and the same structural entity. We propose that IF protein oligomers might displace histone octamers from nucleosomes in the process of transcription initiation and elongation, to deposit them transiently on their alpha-helical coiled-coil domains. We further propose that structurally related proteins of the karyoskeleton, constructed from an alpha-helical domain capable of coiled-coil formation and a basic DNA-binding region adjacent to it, may be similarly involved in nucleosome activation. These proteins would function as auxiliary factors that disrupt nucleosomal structure to permit transcription and other DNA-dependent processes to proceed expiditiously.
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- P Traub
- Max-Planck-Institut für Zellbiologie, Heidelberg, Germany
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Traub P, Shoeman RL. Intermediate filament proteins: cytoskeletal elements with gene-regulatory function? INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1994; 154:1-103. [PMID: 8083030 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62198-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- P Traub
- Max-Planck-Institut für Zellbiologie, Ladenburg/Heidelberg, Germany
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