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Cao B, Gao J, Zhang Q, Xu X, Zhao R, Li H, Wei B. Melatonin supplementation protects against traumatic colon injury by regulating SERPINA3N protein expression. IMETA 2023; 2:e141. [PMID: 38868216 PMCID: PMC10989984 DOI: 10.1002/imt2.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Traumatic colon injury (TCI) is a typical injury with high mortality. Prolongation of the intervention time window is a potentially useful approach to improving the outcomes of TCI casualties. This study aimed to identify the pathological mechanisms of TCI and to develop effective strategies to extend the survival time. A semicircular incision was made to prepare a TCI model using C57BL/6 mice. An overview of microbiota dysregulation was achieved by metagenome sequencing. Protein expression reprogramming in the intestinal epithelium was investigated using proteomics profiling. The mice that were subjected to TCI died within a short period of time when not treated. Gut symbiosis showed abrupt turbulence, and specific pathogenic bacteria rapidly proliferated. The protein expression in the intestinal epithelium was also reprogrammed. Among the differentially expressed proteins, SERPINA3N was overexpressed after TCI modeling. Deletion of Serpina3n prolonged the posttraumatic survival time of mice with TCI by improving gut homeostasis in vivo. To promote the translational application of this research, the effects of melatonin (MLT), an oral inhibitor of the SERPINA3N protein, were further investigated. MLT effectively downregulated SERPINA3N expression and mitigated TCI-induced death by suppressing the NF-κB signaling pathway. Our findings prove that preventive administration of MLT serves as an effective regimen to prolong the posttraumatic survival time by restoring gut homeostasis perturbed by TCI. It may become a novel strategy for improving the prognosis of patients suffering from TCI.
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- Bo Cao
- Department of General Surgery, First Medical CenterChinese PLA General HospitalBeijingChina
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- Department of General Surgery, First Medical CenterChinese PLA General HospitalBeijingChina
- Medical School of Chinese PLABeijingChina
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- Department of General Surgery, First Medical CenterChinese PLA General HospitalBeijingChina
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- Department of General Surgery, First Medical CenterChinese PLA General HospitalBeijingChina
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- Department of General Surgery, First Medical CenterChinese PLA General HospitalBeijingChina
- Medical School of Chinese PLABeijingChina
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- Department of General Surgery, First Medical CenterChinese PLA General HospitalBeijingChina
- Medical School of Chinese PLABeijingChina
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- Department of General Surgery, First Medical CenterChinese PLA General HospitalBeijingChina
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Liu C, Zhao XM, Wang Q, Du TT, Zhang MX, Wang HZ, Li RP, Liang K, Gao Y, Zhou SY, Xue T, Zhang JG, Han CL, Shi L, Zhang LW, Meng FG. Astrocyte-derived SerpinA3N promotes neuroinflammation and epileptic seizures by activating the NF-κB signaling pathway in mice with temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neuroinflammation 2023; 20:161. [PMID: 37422673 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-023-02840-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023] Open
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Impaired activation and regulation of the extinction of inflammatory cells and molecules in injured neuronal tissues are key factors in the development of epilepsy. SerpinA3N is mainly associated with the acute phase response and inflammatory response. In our current study, transcriptomics analysis, proteomics analysis, and Western blotting showed that the expression level of Serpin clade A member 3N (SerpinA3N) is significantly increased in the hippocampus of mice with kainic acid (KA)-induced temporal lobe epilepsy, and this molecule is mainly expressed in astrocytes. Notably, in vivo studies using gain- and loss-of-function approaches revealed that SerpinA3N in astrocytes promoted the release of proinflammatory factors and aggravated seizures. Mechanistically, RNA sequencing and Western blotting showed that SerpinA3N promoted KA-induced neuroinflammation by activating the NF-κB signaling pathway. In addition, co-immunoprecipitation revealed that SerpinA3N interacts with ryanodine receptor type 2 (RYR2) and promotes RYR2 phosphorylation. Overall, our study reveals a novel SerpinA3N-mediated mechanism in seizure-induced neuroinflammation and provides a new target for developing neuroinflammation-based strategies to reduce seizure-induced brain injury.
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- Chong Liu
- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119 South Fourth Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119 South Fourth Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China.
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119 South Fourth Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China.
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119 South Fourth Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
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- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119 South Fourth Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China.
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- Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China.
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119 South Fourth Ring West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China.
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Richardson KC, Jung K, Pardo J, Turner CT, Granville DJ. Noncytotoxic Roles of Granzymes in Health and Disease. Physiology (Bethesda) 2022; 37:323-348. [PMID: 35820180 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00011.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Granzymes are serine proteases previously believed to play exclusive and somewhat redundant roles in lymphocyte-mediated target cell death. However, recent studies have challenged this paradigm. Distinct substrate profiles and functions have since emerged for each granzyme while their dysregulated proteolytic activities have been linked to diverse pathologies.
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- Katlyn C Richardson
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), British Columbia Professional Firefighters' Wound Healing Laboratory, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), British Columbia Professional Firefighters' Wound Healing Laboratory, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Fundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Biomedical Research Centre of Aragon (CIBA), Zaragoza, Spain.,Department of Microbiology, Radiology, Pediatrics and Public Health, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.,CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), British Columbia Professional Firefighters' Wound Healing Laboratory, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Zattoni M, Mearelli M, Vanni S, Colini Baldeschi A, Tran TH, Ferracin C, Catania M, Moda F, Di Fede G, Giaccone G, Tagliavini F, Zanusso G, Ironside JW, Ferrer I, Legname G. Serpin Signatures in Prion and Alzheimer's Diseases. Mol Neurobiol 2022; 59:3778-3799. [PMID: 35416570 PMCID: PMC9148297 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-02817-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Serpins represent the most broadly distributed superfamily of proteases inhibitors. They contribute to a variety of physiological functions and any alteration of the serpin-protease equilibrium can lead to severe consequences. SERPINA3 dysregulation has been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and prion diseases. In this study, we investigated the differential expression of serpin superfamily members in neurodegenerative diseases. SERPIN expression was analyzed in human frontal cortex samples from cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), patients at early stages of AD-related pathology, and age-matched controls not affected by neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, we studied whether Serpin expression was dysregulated in two animal models of prion disease and AD.Our analysis revealed that, besides the already observed upregulation of SERPINA3 in patients with prion disease and AD, SERPINB1, SERPINB6, SERPING1, SERPINH1, and SERPINI1 were dysregulated in sCJD individuals compared to controls, while only SERPINB1 was upregulated in AD patients. Furthermore, we analyzed whether other serpin members were differentially expressed in prion-infected mice compared to controls and, together with SerpinA3n, SerpinF2 increased levels were observed. Interestingly, SerpinA3n transcript and protein were upregulated in a mouse model of AD. The SERPINA3/SerpinA3nincreased anti-protease activity found in post-mortem brain tissue of AD and prion disease samples suggest its involvement in the neurodegenerative processes. A SERPINA3/SerpinA3n role in neurodegenerative disease-related protein aggregation was further corroborated by in vitro SerpinA3n-dependent prion accumulation changes. Our results indicate SERPINA3/SerpinA3n is a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of prion and prion-like neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Marco Zattoni
- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore Di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore Di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore Di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.,Osteoncology Unit, Bioscience Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo Per Lo Studio Dei Tumori (IRST) "Dino Amadori", 47014, Meldola, Italy
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- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore Di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.,Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore Di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.,VN-UK Institute for Research and Executive Education, The University of Danang, Da Nang, Vietnam
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- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore Di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
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- Division of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Neurology 5 and Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Directorate, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Biomedical Research Network Center of Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Scuola Internazionale Superiore Di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.
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Choi Y, Shin T. Alendronate Enhances Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. Exp Neurobiol 2022; 31:54-64. [PMID: 35256544 PMCID: PMC8907254 DOI: 10.5607/en21030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Spinal cord injury is a destructive disease characterized by motor/sensory dysfunction and severe inflammation. Alendronate is an anti-inflammatory molecule and may therefore be of benefit in the treatment of the inflammation associated with spinal cord injury. This study aimed to evaluate whether alendronate attenuates motor/sensory dysfunction and the inflammatory response in a thoracic spinal cord clip injury model. Alendronate was intraperitoneally administered at 1 mg/kg/day or 5 mg/kg/day from day (D) 0 to 28 post-injury (PI). The histopathological evaluation showed an alleviation of the inflammatory response, including the infiltration of inflammatory cells, and a decrease in gliosis. Alendronate also led to reductions in the levels of inflammation-related molecules, including mitogen-activated protein kinase, p53, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and pro-inflammatory mediators. Neuro-behavioral assessments, including the Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan scale for locomotor function, the von Frey filament test, the hot plate test, and the cold stimulation test for sensory function, and the horizontal ladder test for sensorimotor function improved significantly in the alendronate-treated group at D28PI. Taken together, these results suggest that alendronate treatment can inhibit the inflammatory response in spinal cord injury thus improving functional responses.
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- Yuna Choi
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea
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Integrated Multiomics Analysis Identifies a Novel Biomarker Associated with Prognosis in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2021; 2021:2510847. [PMID: 36226158 PMCID: PMC8691985 DOI: 10.1155/2021/2510847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Existing treatments for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are unable to satisfactorily prevent development of secondary brain injury after ICH and multiple pathological mechanisms are involved in the development of the injury. In this study, we aimed to identify novel genes and proteins and integrated their molecular alternations to reveal key network modules involved in ICH pathology. A total of 30 C57BL/6 male mice were used for this study. The collagenase model of ICH was employed, 3 days after ICH animals were tested neurological. After it, animals were euthanized and perihematomal brain tissues were collected for transcriptome and TMT labeling-based quantitative proteome analyses. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA), and regularized Canonical Correlation Analysis (rCCA) were performed to integrated multiomics data. For validation of hub genes and proteins, qRT-PCR and Western blot were carried out. The candidate biomarkers were further measured by ELISA in the plasma of ICH patients and the controls. A total of 2218 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 353 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) between the ICH model group and control group were identified. GSEA revealed that immune-related gene sets were prominently upregulated and significantly enriched in pathways of inflammasome complex, negative regulation of interleukin-12 production, and pyroptosis during the ICH process. The rCCA network presented two highly connective clusters which were involved in the sphingolipid catabolic process and inflammatory response. Among ten hub genes screened out by integrative analysis, significantly upregulated Itgb2, Serpina3n, and Ctss were validated in the ICH group by qRT-PCR and Western blot. Plasma levels of human SERPINA3 (homologue of murine Serpina3n) were elevated in ICH patients compared with the healthy controls (SERPINA3: 13.3 ng/mL vs. 11.2 ng/mL, p = 0.015). Within the ICH group, higher plasma SERPINA3 levels with a predictive threshold of 14.31 ng/mL (sensitivity = 64.3%; specificity = 80.8%; AUC = 0.742, 95% CI: 0.567-0.916) were highly associated with poor outcome (mRS scores 4-6). Taken together, the results of our study exhibited molecular changes related to ICH-induced brain injury by multidimensional analysis and effectively identified three biomarker candidates in a mouse ICH model, as well as pointed out that Serpina3n/SERPINA3 was a potential biomarker associated with poor functional outcome in ICH patients.
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Jiang HT, Deng R, Deng Y, Nie M, Deng YX, Luo HH, Yang YY, Ni N, Ran CC, Deng ZL. The role of Serpina3n in the reversal effect of ATRA on dexamethasone-inhibited osteogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cell Res Ther 2021; 12:291. [PMID: 34001245 PMCID: PMC8127316 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-021-02347-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP) is the most common secondary osteoporosis. Patients with GIOP are susceptible to fractures and the subsequent delayed bone union or nonunion. Thus, effective drugs and targets need to be explored. In this regard, the present study aims to reveal the possible mechanism of the anti-GIOP effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Methods Bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9)-transfected mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were used as an in vitro osteogenic model to deduce the relationship between ATRA and dexamethasone (DEX). The osteogenic markers runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and osteopontin were detected using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, Western blot, and immunofluorescent staining assay. ALP activities and matrix mineralization were evaluated using ALP staining and Alizarin Red S staining assay, respectively. The novel genes associated with ATRA and DEX were detected using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). The binding of the protein–DNA complex was validated using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay. Rat GIOP models were constructed using intraperitoneal injection of dexamethasone at a dose of 1 mg/kg, while ATRA intragastric administration was applied to prevent and treat GIOP. These effects were evaluated based on the serum detection of the osteogenic markers osteocalcin and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b, histological staining, and micro-computed tomography analysis. Results ATRA enhanced BMP9-induced ALP, RUNX2 expressions, ALP activities, and matrix mineralization in mouse embryonic fibroblasts as well as C3H10T1/2 and C2C12 cells, while a high concentration of DEX attenuated these markers. When DEX was combined with ATRA, the latter reversed DEX-inhibited ALP activities and osteogenic markers. In vivo analysis showed that ATRA reversed DEX-inhibited bone volume, bone trabecular number, and thickness. During the reversal process of ATRA, the expression of retinoic acid receptor beta (RARβ) was elevated. RARβ inhibitor Le135 partly blocked the reversal effect of ATRA. Meanwhile, RNA-seq demonstrated that serine protease inhibitor, clade A, member 3N (Serpina3n) was remarkably upregulated by DEX but downregulated when combined with ATRA. Overexpression of Serpina3n attenuated ATRA-promoted osteogenic differentiation, whereas knockdown of Serpina3n blocked DEX-inhibited osteogenic differentiation. Furthermore, ChIP assay revealed that RARβ can regulate the expression of Serpina3n. Conclusion ATRA can reverse DEX-inhibited osteogenic differentiation both in vitro and in vivo, which may be closely related to the downregulation of DEX-promoted Serpina3n. Hence, ATRA may be viewed as a novel therapeutic agent, and Serpina3n may act as a new target for GIOP. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13287-021-02347-0.
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- Hai-Tao Jiang
- Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 76 Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 76 Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 76 Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China.,Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine, School of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 76 Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 76 Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400010, China.
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Zhang HT, Wang P, Li Y, Bao YB. SerpinA3n affects ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthma in neonatal mice via the regulation of collagen deposition and inflammatory response. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2021; 288:103642. [PMID: 33609775 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of serine protease inhibitor 3n (SerpinA3n) in a neonatal mouse model of asthma. METHODS The study utilized a neonatal mouse ovalbumin (OVA) sensitization model of asthma. Wild type (WT) and SerpinA3n-/- mice were randomly divided into WT/SerpinA3n-/- + saline, WT/SerpinA3n-/- + OVA, WT/SerpinA3n-/- + OVA + rSerpinA3n (recombinant mouse SerpinA3n protein), and WT/SerpinA3n-/- + OVA + DEX (dexamethasone, positive control) groups followed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, Masson's trichrome stainings, Sircol soluble collagen assay, quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), Western Blot and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS OVA-induced neonatal mice showed the increases in airway hyper-reactivity with the up-regulated total cells, eosinophil, lymphocyte and neutrophil in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), which was much higher in WT + OVA + rSerpinA3n group (P < 0.05). SerpinA3n-/- suppressed the serum concentrations of total immunoglobulin E (IgE) and OVA-specific IgG1 in OVA-induced asthmatic mice, and alleviated the pathological changes of lung tissues, which was reversed by rSerpinA3n injection (P < 0.05). Besides, WT + OVA group showed more severe in collagen deposition in lung tissues than SerpinA3n-/- + OVA group with increased expression of matrix metallopeptidase-2 (MMP-2), MMP-9, Eotaxin-1, Interleukin 5 (IL-5), IL-13 and IL-4 in lung tissues and deceased IL-10 and Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) (P < 0.05). Nevertheless, the ameliorating effects of SerpinA3n knockout on OVA-induced asthmatic mice can be reversed by rSerpinA3n. CONCLUSION SerpinA3n knockout can attenuate airway hyper-reactivity, mitigate inflammatory responses and reduce collagen deposition in lung tissues of neonatal mice with asthma.
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- Hai-Tao Zhang
- Department of Pediatrics, The People's Hospital of Shouguang, Shouguang, 262700, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The People's Hospital of Shouguang, Shouguang, 262700, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The People's Hospital of Shouguang, Shouguang, 262700, Shandong, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital, Zaozhuang, 277100, Shandong, China.
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Qian LL, Ji JJ, Guo JQ, Wu YP, Ma GS, Yao YY. Protective role of serpina3c as a novel thrombin inhibitor against atherosclerosis in mice. Clin Sci (Lond) 2021; 135:447-463. [PMID: 33458764 DOI: 10.1042/cs20201235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Abnormal vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is a critical step in the development of atherosclerosis. Serpina3c is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) that plays a key role in metabolic diseases. The present study aimed to investigate the role of serpina3c in atherosclerosis and regulation of VSMC proliferation and possible mechanisms. Serpina3c is down-regulated during high-fat diet (HFD)-induced atherosclerosis. An Apoe-/-/serpina3c-/--double-knockout mouse model was used to determine the role of serpina3c in atherosclerosis after HFD for 12 weeks. Compared with Apoe-/- mice, the Apoe-/-/serpina3c-/- mice developed more severe atherosclerosis, and the number of VSMCs and macrophages in aortic plaques was significantly increased. The present study revealed serpina3c as a novel thrombin inhibitor that suppressed thrombin activity. In circulating plasma, thrombin activity was high in the Apoe-/-/serpina3c-/- mice, compared with Apoe-/- mice. Immunofluorescence staining showed thrombin and serpina3c colocalization in the liver and aortic cusp. In addition, inhibition of thrombin by dabigatran in serpina3c-/- mice reduced neointima lesion formation due to partial carotid artery ligation. Moreover, an in vitro study confirmed that thrombin activity was also decreased by serpina3c protein, supernatant and cell lysate that overexpressed serpina3c. The results of experiments showed that serpina3c negatively regulated VSMC proliferation in culture. The possible mechanism may involve serpina3c inhibition of ERK1/2 and JNK signaling in thrombin/PAR-1 system-mediated VSMC proliferation. Our results highlight a protective role for serpina3c as a novel thrombin inhibitor in the development of atherosclerosis, with serpina3c conferring protection through the thrombin/PAR-1 system to negatively regulate VSMC proliferation through ERK1/2 and JNK signaling.
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- Ling-Lin Qian
- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China
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Teufelberger AR, Van Nevel S, Hulpiau P, Nordengrün M, Savvides SN, De Graeve S, Akula S, Holtappels G, De Ruyck N, Declercq W, Vandenabeele P, Hellman L, Bröker BM, Krysko DV, Bachert C, Krysko O. Mouse Strain-Dependent Difference Toward the Staphylococcus aureus Allergen Serine Protease-Like Protein D Reveals a Novel Regulator of IL-33. Front Immunol 2020; 11:582044. [PMID: 33072128 PMCID: PMC7544847 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.582044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) can secrete a broad range of virulence factors, among which staphylococcal serine protease-like proteins (Spls) have been identified as bacterial allergens. The S. aureus allergen serine protease-like protein D (SplD) induces allergic asthma in C57BL/6J mice through the IL-33/ST2 signaling axis. Analysis of C57BL/6J, C57BL/6N, CBA, DBA/2, and BALB/c mice treated with intratracheal applications of SplD allowed us to identify a frameshift mutation in the serine (or cysteine) peptidase inhibitor, clade A, and member 3I (Serpina3i) causing a truncated form of SERPINA3I in BALB/c, CBA, and DBA/2 mice. IL-33 is a key mediator of SplD-induced immunity and can be processed by proteases leading to its activation or degradation. Full-length SERPINA3I inhibits IL-33 degradation in vivo in the lungs of SplD-treated BALB/c mice and in vitro by direct inhibition of mMCP-4. Collectively, our results establish SERPINA3I as a regulator of IL-33 in the lungs following exposure to the bacterial allergen SplD, and that the asthma phenotypes of mouse strains may be strongly influenced by the observed frameshift mutation in Serpina3i. The analysis of this protease-serpin interaction network might help to identify predictive biomarkers for type-2 biased airway disease in individuals colonized by S. aureus.
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- Andrea R Teufelberger
- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Howest, University College West Flanders, Bruges, Belgium
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- Department of Immunology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Unit for Structural Biology, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- The Biomedical Center, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Molecular Signaling and Cell Death Unit, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Molecular Signaling and Cell Death Unit, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- The Biomedical Center, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Cell Death Investigation and Therapy Laboratory, Department of Regeneration and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.,Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,International Airway Research Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Institute of Biology and Biomedicine, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Wang ZM, Liu C, Wang YY, Deng YS, He XC, Du HZ, Liu CM, Teng ZQ. SerpinA3N deficiency deteriorates impairments of learning and memory in mice following hippocampal stab injury. Cell Death Discov 2020; 6:88. [PMID: 33014432 PMCID: PMC7501238 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-020-00325-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury is a global leading cause of disability and death, which puts patients at high risk for developing dementia. Early intervention is believed as the key to minimize the development of brain damages that could aggravate the symptoms. Here, we report that the serine protease inhibitor SerpinA3N is upregulated in hippocampal neurons in the early stage of hippocampal stab injury (HSI), while its deficiency causes a greater degree of neuronal apoptosis and severer impairments of spatial learning and memory in mice after HSI. We further show that MMP2 is a key substrate of SerpinA3N, and MMP2 specific inhibitor (ARP100) can protect against neuronal apoptosis and cognitive dysfunction in mice after HSI. These findings demonstrate a critical role for SerpinA3N in neuroprotection, suggesting that SerpinA3N and MMP2 inhibitors might be a novel therapeutic agents for neurotrauma.
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- Zhi-Meng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100408 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100408 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100408 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100408 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100408 Beijing, China
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100408 Beijing, China
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
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A role for the rare endogenous retrovirus β4 in development of Japanese fancy mice. Commun Biol 2020; 3:53. [PMID: 32020010 PMCID: PMC7000388 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0781-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two coat-color mutations, nonagouti, which changes coat color from wild-type agouti to black, and piebald, which induces irregular white spotting, are the characteristics of Japanese fancy mouse strain JF1/Ms. In our Communications Biology article, we reported that insertion of a rare type of endogenous retrovirus β4 has caused both coat color mutations. Although there are some reports on the roles of β4 in the mouse genome, further studies on β4 will uncover new features of endogenous retrovirus sequences. In light of their recent finding that insertion of a rare endogenous retrovirus, β4, is the cause of the characteristic coat coloring in agouti and piebald mice, Akira Tanave and Tsuyoshi Koide now discuss the origin and expansion of this element as well as potential roles of β4 in the mouse genome.
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Róka B, Tod P, Kaucsár T, Vizovišek M, Vidmar R, Turk B, Fonović M, Szénási G, Hamar P. The Acute Phase Response Is a Prominent Renal Proteome Change in Sepsis in Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 21:E200. [PMID: 31892161 PMCID: PMC6982205 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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(1) Background: Sepsis-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common form of acute kidney injury (AKI). We studied the temporal profile of the sepsis-induced renal proteome changes. (2) Methods: Male mice were injected intraperitoneally with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or saline (control). Renal proteome was studied by LC-MS/MS (ProteomeXchange: PXD014664) at the early phase (EP, 1.5 and 6 h after 40 mg/kg LPS) and the late phase (LP, 24 and 48 h after 10 mg/kg LPS) of LPS-induced AKI. Renal mRNA expression of acute phase proteins (APP) was assessed by qPCR. (3) Results: Renal proteome change was milder in EP vs. LP. APPs dominated the proteome in LP (proteins upregulated at least 4-fold (APPs/all): EP, 1.5 h: 0/10, 6 h: 1/10; LP, 24 h: 22/47, 48 h: 17/44). Lipocalin-2, complement C3, fibrinogen, haptoglobin and hemopexin were the most upregulated APPs. Renal mRNA expression preceded the APP changes with peak effects at 24 h, and indicated renal production of the majority of APPs. (4) Conclusions: Gene expression analysis revealed local production of APPs that commenced a few hours post injection and peaked at 24 h. This is the first demonstration of a massive, complex and coordinated acute phase response of the kidney involving several proteins not identified previously.
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- Beáta Róka
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1094 Budapest, Hungary; (B.R.); (P.T.); (T.K.); (G.S.)
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1094 Budapest, Hungary; (B.R.); (P.T.); (T.K.); (G.S.)
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1094 Budapest, Hungary; (B.R.); (P.T.); (T.K.); (G.S.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.V.); (R.V.); (B.T.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.V.); (R.V.); (B.T.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.V.); (R.V.); (B.T.); (M.F.)
- Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (M.V.); (R.V.); (B.T.); (M.F.)
- Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1094 Budapest, Hungary; (B.R.); (P.T.); (T.K.); (G.S.)
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1094 Budapest, Hungary; (B.R.); (P.T.); (T.K.); (G.S.)
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
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- Mehwish Saba Aslam
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Gueugneau M, d'Hose D, Barbé C, de Barsy M, Lause P, Maiter D, Bindels LB, Delzenne NM, Schaeffer L, Gangloff YG, Chambon C, Coudy-Gandilhon C, Béchet D, Thissen JP. Increased Serpina3n release into circulation during glucocorticoid-mediated muscle atrophy. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2018; 9:929-946. [PMID: 29989354 PMCID: PMC6204594 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Glucocorticoids (GC) play a major role in muscle atrophy. As skeletal muscle is a secretory organ, characterization of the muscle secretome elicited by muscle atrophy should allow to better understand the cellular mechanisms and to identify circulating biomarkers of this condition. Our project aimed to identify the changes in the muscle secretome associated with GC-induced muscle atrophy and susceptible to translate into circulation. METHODS We have identified the GC-induced changes in the secretome of C2 C12 muscle cells by proteomic analysis, and then, we have determined how these changes translate into the circulation of mice or human subjects exposed to high concentrations of GC. RESULTS This approach led us to identify Serpina3n as one of the most markedly secreted protein in response to GC. Our original in vitro results were confirmed in vivo by an increased expression of Serpina3n in skeletal muscle (3.9-fold; P < 0.01) and in the serum (two-fold; P < 0.01) of mice treated with GC. We also observed increased levels of the human orthologue Serpina3 in the serum of Cushing's syndrome patients compared with healthy controls matched for age and sex (n = 9/group, 2.5-fold; P < 0.01). An increase of Serpina3n was also demonstrated in muscle atrophy models mediated by GC such as cancer cachexia (four-fold; P < 0.01), sepsis (12.5-fold; P < 0.001), or diabetes (two-fold; P < 0.01). In contrast, levels of Serpina3n both in skeletal muscle and in the circulation were reduced in several models of muscle hypertrophy induced by myostatin inhibition (P < 0.01). Furthermore, a cluster of data suggests that the regulation of muscle Serpina3n involves mTOR, an essential determinant of the muscle cell size. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these data suggest that Serpina3n may represent a circulating biomarker of muscle atrophy associated to GC and, broadly, a reflection of dynamic changes in muscle mass.
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- Marine Gueugneau
- Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.,INRA, UMR1019, Université Clermont Auvergne, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- INMG, CNRS, UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, LBMC, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INMG, CNRS, UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, LBMC, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INRA, Plateforme d'Exploration du Métabolisme Composante Protéomique, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
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- INRA, UMR1019, Université Clermont Auvergne, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INRA, UMR1019, Université Clermont Auvergne, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Pole of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Ma S, Wang C, Zhao B, Ren X, Tian S, Wang J, Zhang C, Shao Y, Qiu M, Wang X. Tandem mass tags labeled quantitative proteomics to study the effect of tobacco smoke exposure on the rat lung. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2018; 1866:496-506. [PMID: 29307719 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 12/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The causal link between tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) and numerous severe respiratory system diseases (RSD), including chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer, is well established. However, the pathogenesis of TSE-induced RSD remains incompletely understood. This research aims to detect the pathogenetic mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets of TSE-induced RSD. METHODS This study employed TSE model which rats were exposed to a concentration of 60% tobacco smoke in a toxicant exposure system for four weeks. Tandem mass tags (TMT) labeled quantitative proteomics combined with off-line high pH reversed-phase fractionation, and nano-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method (off-line high pH RPF-nano-LC-MS/MS) were adopted to detect differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in the lung tissues of the TSE model rats and to compare them with those in control. The accuracy of the results was verified by western blot. RESULTS Compared with the control group, 33 proteins in the TSE model group's lung tissues showed significant differential expression. Analysis based on the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways indicated that, several biological pathways, such as the steroid biosynthesis pathway, were involved and played significant roles in the pathogenesis of the experimental group's TSE. CONCLUSIONS These findings make a crucial contribution to the search for a comprehensive understanding of TSE-induced RSD's pathogenesis, and furthermore provide guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of TSE-induced RSD.
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- Shuangshuang Ma
- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China; Shandong Analysis and Test Center, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan 250014, China
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- Beijing Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China.
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Role of granule proteases in the life and death of neutrophils. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 482:473-481. [PMID: 28212734 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.11.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Neutrophils constitute a crucial component of the innate immune defenses against microbes. Produced in the bone marrow and patrolling in blood vessels, neutrophils are recruited to injured tissues and are immediately active to contain pathogen invasion. Neutrophils undergo programmed cell death by multiple, context-specific pathways, which have consequences on immunopathology and disease outcome. Studies in the last decade indicate additional functions for neutrophils - or a subset of neutrophils - in modulating adaptive responses and tumor progression. Neutrophil granules contain abundant amounts of various proteases, which are directly implicated in protective and pathogenic functions of neutrophils. It now emerges that neutral serine proteases such as cathepsin G and proteinase-3 also contribute to the neutrophil life cycle, but do so via different pathways than that of the aspartate protease cathepsin D and that of mutants of the serine protease elastase. The aim of this review is to appraise the present knowledge of the function of neutrophil granule proteases and their inhibitors in neutrophil cell death, and to integrate these findings in the current understandings of neutrophil life cycle and programmed cell death pathways.
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Boudida Y, Gagaoua M, Becila S, Picard B, Boudjellal A, Herrera-Mendez CH, Sentandreu M, Ouali A. Serine Protease Inhibitors as Good Predictors of Meat Tenderness: Which Are They and What Are Their Functions? Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2017; 56:957-72. [PMID: 25085261 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.741630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Since years, serine proteases and their inhibitors were an enigma to meat scientists. They were indeed considered to be extracellular and to play no role in postmortem muscle proteolysis. In the 1990's, we observed that protease inhibitors levels in muscles are a better predictor of meat tenderness than their target enzymes. From a practical point of view, we therefore choose to look for serine protease inhibitors rather than their target enzymes, i.e. serine proteases and the purpose of this report was to overview the findings obtained. Fractionation of a muscle crude extract by gel filtration revealed three major trypsin inhibitory fractions designed as F1 (Mr:50-70 kDa), F2 (Mr:40-60 kDa) and F3 (Mr:10-15kD) which were analyzed separately. Besides antithrombin III, an heparin dependent thrombin inhibitor, F1 and F2 comprised a large set of closely related trypsin inhibitors encoded by at least 8 genes bovSERPINA3-1 to A3-8 and able to inhibit also strongly initiator and effector caspases. They all belong to the serpin superfamily, known to form covalent complexes with their target enzymes, were located within muscle cells and found in all tissues and fluids examined irrespective of the animal species. Potential biological functions in living and postmortem muscle were proposed for all of them. In contrast to F1 and F2 which have been more extensively investigated only preliminary findings were provided for F3. Taken together, these results tend to ascertain the onset of apoptosis in postmortem muscle. However, the exact mechanisms driving the cell towards apoptosis and how apoptosis, an energy dependent process, can be completed postmortem remain still unclear.
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- Yasmine Boudida
- a Equipe Maquav, INATAA, Université Frères Mentouri , Constantine , Algeria
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- a Equipe Maquav, INATAA, Université Frères Mentouri , Constantine , Algeria
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- a Equipe Maquav, INATAA, Université Frères Mentouri , Constantine , Algeria
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- b UMR1213 Herbivores, URH - AMUVI, INRA de Clermont Ferrand Theix, St Genès Champanelle , France
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- c Agroindustrial Engineering Department, Universidad De Guanajuato, Salvatierra , Guanajuato , Mexico
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- d Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, CSIC , Burjassot (Valencia ), Spain
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- e UR370, QuaPA, INRA de Clermont Ferrand - Theix, St Genès Champanelle , France
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Gagaoua M, Hafid K, Boudida Y, Becila S, Ouali A, Picard B, Boudjellal A, Sentandreu MA. Caspases and Thrombin Activity Regulation by Specific Serpin Inhibitors in Bovine Skeletal Muscle. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015. [PMID: 26208691 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1762-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In living cells, after activation, protein inhibitors constitute the last step of proteases activity regulation. This review intends to provide original information about a group of bovine muscle serine proteases inhibitors belonging to the Serpin superfamily and characterized at the gene and protein level. This report is the only one and the first to provide much information on this group of proteases inhibitors of the serpin type and their potential biological functions. Amongst the eight genes identified in bovine, three serpins were purified from the muscle tissue and characterized. These are two members of the bovSERPINA3 family, i.e., bovSERPINA3-1 and A3-3, and the last one is antithrombin III (AT-III or BovSERPINC1). BovSERPINA3 family comprises at least eight protein members encoded by different genes mapped on chromosome 7q23-q26 cluster. BovSERPINA3-1 and A3-3 were shown to locate within muscle cells and are cross-class inhibitors strongly active against trypsin as well as against human initiator and effector caspases 8 and 3. They constitute a key apoptosis control in mammals. They were thus expressed in proliferating and confluent myoblasts phases where cells must be alive but not in myotubes. Antithrombin III inhibits trypsin and, in a heparin dependent manner, thrombin. AT-III and its mRNA were expressed in muscle cells and in differentiating primary myoblasts in culture.
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- Mohammed Gagaoua
- Maquav team, Bioqual Laboratory, INATAA (Institut de la Nutrition, de l'Alimentation et des Technologies Agro-Alimentaires), Université Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Route de Ain El-Bey, 25000, Constantine, Algeria,
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Salazar-Olivo LA, Mejia-Elizondo R, Alonso-Castro AJ, Ponce-Noyola P, Maldonado-Lagunas V, Melendez-Zajgla J, Saavedra-Alanis VM. SerpinA3g participates in the antiadipogenesis and insulin-resistance induced by tumor necrosis factor-α in 3T3-F442A cells. Cytokine 2014; 69:180-8. [PMID: 24973688 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2014.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) is a proven modulator of adipose metabolism, but the mechanisms by which this cytokine affects the development and function of adipose tissue have not been fully elucidated to date. Using differential display analysis, in this study, we demonstrate that gene expression of the serine protease inhibitor A3g (SerpinA3g) is specifically induced in 3T3-F442A preadipocytes by TNF-α but not by other adipogenic inhibitors, such as retinoic acid (RA) or transforming growth factor type beta (TGF-β). The specific induction of SerpinA3g by TNF-α was confirmed by RT-PCR in both preadipose and terminally differentiated 3T3-F442A cells. The knockdown of SerpinA3g using small interfering RNA prevented the antiadipogenesis elicited by TNF-α in 3T3-F442A cells but not the antiadipogenesis induced by RA or TGF-β. SerpinA3g-silenced 3T3-F442A cells also did not display TNF-α-induced insulin resistance. Our results demonstrate that SerpinA3g is specifically induced by TNF-α in 3T3-F442A cells, regardless of their stage of differentiation, and participates in the antiadipogenesis and insulin resistance induced by this cytokine. Our results suggest that SerpinA3g plays a role in the TNF-α modulation of adipose tissue development and metabolism. Additional studies are warranted regarding the mechanisms mediating adipose SerpinA3g effects.
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- Luis A Salazar-Olivo
- Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Molecular Biology Division, San Luis Potosí, México.
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- Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Molecular Biology Division, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Molecular Biology Division, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Universidad de Guanajuato, Department of Biology, Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, Guanajuato, México
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The Urine Proteome as a Radiation Biodosimeter. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2013; 990:87-100. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5896-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Wågsäter D, Johansson D, Fontaine V, Vorkapic E, Bäcklund A, Razuvaev A, Mäyränpää MI, Hjerpe C, Caidahl K, Hamsten A, Franco-Cereceda A, Wilbertz J, Swedenborg J, Zhou X, Eriksson P. Serine protease inhibitor A3 in atherosclerosis and aneurysm disease. Int J Mol Med 2012; 30:288-94. [PMID: 22580763 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Remodeling of extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an important role in both atherosclerosis and aneurysm disease. Serine protease inhibitor A3 (serpinA3) is an inhibitor of several proteases such as elastase, cathepsin G and chymase derived from mast cells and neutrophils. In this study, we investigated the putative role of serpinA3 in atherosclerosis and aneurysm formation. SerpinA3 was expressed in endothelial cells and medial smooth muscle cells in human atherosclerotic lesions and a 14-fold increased expression of serpinA3n mRNA was found in lesions from Apoe-/- mice compared to lesion-free vessels. In contrast, decreased mRNA expression (-80%) of serpinA3 was found in biopsies of human abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) compared to non-dilated aortas. Overexpression of serpinA3n in transgenic mice did not influence the development of atherosclerosis or CaCl2-induced aneurysm formation. In situ zymography analysis showed that the transgenic mice had lower cathepsin G and elastase activity, and more elastin in the aortas compared to wild-type mice, which could indicate a more stable aortic phenotype. Differential vascular expression of serpinA3 is clearly associated with human atherosclerosis and AAA but serpinA3 had no major effect on experimentally induced atherosclerosis or AAA development in mouse. However, serpinA3 may be involved in a phenotypic stabilization of the aorta.
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- Dick Wågsäter
- Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Coronado MJ, Brandt JE, Kim E, Bucek A, Bedja D, Abston ED, Shin J, Gabrielson KL, Mitzner W, Fairweather D. Testosterone and interleukin-1β increase cardiac remodeling during coxsackievirus B3 myocarditis via serpin A 3n. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302:H1726-36. [PMID: 22328081 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00783.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are often caused by viral infections and occur more frequently in men than in women, but the reasons for the sex difference remain unclear. The aim of this study was to assess whether gene changes in the heart during coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) myocarditis in male and female BALB/c mice predicted worse DCM in males. Although myocarditis (P = 4.2 × 10(-5)) and cardiac dilation (P = 0.008) were worse in males, there was no difference in viral replication in the heart. Fibrotic remodeling genes, such as tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 and serpin A 3n, were upregulated in males during myocarditis rather than during DCM. Using gonadectomy and testosterone replacement, we showed that testosterone increased cardiac TIMP-1 (P = 0.04), serpin A 3n (P = 0.007), and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-8 (P = 0.04) during myocarditis. Testosterone increased IL-1β levels in the heart (P = 0.02), a cytokine known to regulate cardiovascular remodeling, and IL-1β in turn increased cardiac serpin A 3n mRNA (P = 0.005). We found that 39 of 118 (33%) genes identified in acute DCM patients were significantly altered in the heart during CVB3 myocarditis in mice, including serpin A 3n (3.3-fold change, P = 0.0001). Recombinant serpin A 3n treatment induced cardiac fibrosis during CVB3 myocarditis (P = 0.0008) while decreasing MMP-3 (P = 0.04) and MMP-9 (P = 0.03) levels in the heart. Thus, serpin A 3n was identified as a gene associated with fibrotic cardiac remodeling and progression to DCM in male myocarditis patients and mice.
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- Michael J Coronado
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Mehan ND, Strauss KI. Combined age- and trauma-related proteomic changes in rat neocortex: a basis for brain vulnerability. Neurobiol Aging 2011; 33:1857-73. [PMID: 22088680 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This proteomic study investigates the widely observed clinical phenomenon, that after comparable brain injuries, geriatric patients fare worse and recover less cognitive and neurologic function than younger victims. Utilizing a rat traumatic brain injury model, sham surgery or a neocortical contusion was induced in 3 age groups. Geriatric (21 months) rats performed worse on behavioral measures than young adults (12-16 weeks) and juveniles (5-6 weeks). Motor coordination and certain cognitive deficits showed age-dependence both before and after injury. Brain proteins were analyzed using silver-stained two-dimensional electrophoresis gels. Spot volume changes (>2-fold change, p<0.01) were identified between age and injury groups using computer-assisted densitometry. Sequences were determined by mass spectrometry of tryptic peptides. The 19 spots identified represented 13 different genes that fell into 4 general age- and injury-dependent expression patterns. Fifteen isoforms changed differentially with respect to both age and injury (p<0.05). Further investigations into the nature and function of these isoforms may yield insights into the vulnerability of older patients and resilience of younger patients in recovery after brain injuries.
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- Neal D Mehan
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0517, USA
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Lubka-Pathak M, Shah AA, Gallozzi M, Müller M, Zimmermann U, Löwenheim H, Pfister M, Knipper M, Blin N, Schimmang T. Altered expression of securin (Pttg1) and serpina3n in the auditory system of hearing-impaired Tff3-deficient mice. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:2739-49. [PMID: 21076990 PMCID: PMC11114927 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0586-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Revised: 10/22/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Tff3 peptide exerts important functions in cytoprotection and restitution of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract epithelia. Moreover, its presence in the rodent inner ear and involvement in the hearing process was demonstrated recently. However, its role in the auditory system still remains elusive. Our previous results showed a deterioration of hearing with age in Tff3-deficient animals. RESULTS Present detailed analysis of auditory brain stem response (ABR) measurements and immunohistochemical study of selected functional proteins indicated a normal function and phenotype of the cochlea in Tff3 mutants. However, a microarray-based screening of tissue derived from the auditory central nervous system revealed an alteration of securin (Pttg1) and serpina3n expression between wild-type and Tff3 knock-out animals. This was confirmed by qRT-PCR, immunostaining and western blots. CONCLUSIONS We found highly down-regulated Pttg1 and up-regulated serpina3n expression as a consequence of genetically deleting Tff3 in mice, indicating a potential role of these factors during the development of presbyacusis.
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- M. Lubka-Pathak
- Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Sanz y Forés 3, 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- University Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- University Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Sanz y Forés 3, 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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Benarafa C. The SerpinB1 knockout mouse a model for studying neutrophil protease regulation in homeostasis and inflammation. Methods Enzymol 2011; 499:135-48. [PMID: 21683252 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386471-0.00007-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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SerpinB1 is a clade B serpin, or ov-serpin, found at high levels in the cytoplasm of neutrophils. SerpinB1 inhibits neutrophil serine proteases, which are important in killing microbes. When released from granules, these potent enzymes also destroy host proteins and contribute to morbidity and mortality in inflammatory diseases including emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, arthritis, and sepsis. Studies of serpinB1-deficient mice have established a crucial role for this serpin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection by preserving lung antimicrobial proteins from proteolysis and by protecting lung-recruited neutrophils from a premature death. SerpinB1⁻/⁻ mice also have a severe defect in the bone marrow reserve of mature neutrophils demonstrating a key role for serpinB1 in cellular homeostasis. Here, key methods used to generate and characterize serpinB1⁻/⁻ mice are described including intranasal inoculation, myeloperoxidase activity, flow cytometry analysis of bone marrow myeloid cells, and elastase activity. SerpinB1-knockout mice provide a model to dissect the pathogenesis of inflammatory disease characterized by protease:antiprotease imbalance and may be used to assess the efficacy of therapeutic compounds.
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- Charaf Benarafa
- Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Sharma M, Halligan BD, Wakim BT, Savin VJ, Cohen EP, Moulder JE. The Urine Proteome as a Biomarker of Radiation Injury: Submitted to Proteomics- Clinical Applications Special Issue: "Renal and Urinary Proteomics (Thongboonkerd)". Proteomics Clin Appl 2008; 2:1065-1086. [PMID: 19746194 PMCID: PMC2739391 DOI: 10.1002/prca.200780153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Terrorist attacks or nuclear accidents could expose large numbers of people to ionizing radiation, and early biomarkers of radiation injury would be critical for triage, treatment and follow-up of such individuals. However, no such biomarkers have yet been proven to exist. We tested the potential of high throughput proteomics to identify protein biomarkers of radiation injury after total body X-ray irradiation in a rat model. Subtle functional changes in the kidney are suggested by an increased glomerular permeability for macromolecules measured within 24 hours after TBI. Ultrastructural changes in glomerular podocytes include partial loss of the interdigitating organization of foot processes. Analysis of urine by LC-MS/MS and 2D-GE showed significant changes in the urine proteome within 24 hours after TBI. Tissue kallikrein 1-related peptidase, cysteine proteinase inhibitor cystatin C and oxidized histidine were found to be increased while a number of proteinase inhibitors including kallikrein-binding protein and albumin were found to be decreased post-irradiation. Thus, TBI causes immediately detectable changes in renal structure and function and in the urinary protein profile. This suggests that both systemic and renal changes are induced by radiation and it may be possible to identify a set of biomarkers unique to radiation injury.
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- Mukut Sharma
- Nephrology Division, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
- Kidney Disease Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
- Center for Medical Countermeasures against Radiological Terrorism, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Protein and Nucleic Acid Facility, Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Nephrology Division, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
- Kidney Disease Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Nephrology Division, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
- Kidney Disease Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
- Center for Medical Countermeasures against Radiological Terrorism, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Center for Medical Countermeasures against Radiological Terrorism, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
- Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Sipione S, Simmen KC, Lord SJ, Motyka B, Ewen C, Shostak I, Rayat GR, Dufour JM, Korbutt GS, Rajotte RV, Bleackley RC. Identification of a Novel Human Granzyme B Inhibitor Secreted by Cultured Sertoli Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:5051-8. [PMID: 17015688 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.8.5051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sertoli cells have long since been recognized for their ability to suppress the immune system and protect themselves as well as other cell types from harmful immune reaction. However, the exact mechanism or product produced by Sertoli cells that affords this immunoprotection has never been fully elucidated. We examined the effect of mouse Sertoli cell-conditioned medium on human granzyme B-mediated killing and found that there was an inhibitory effect. We subsequently found that a factor secreted by Sertoli cells inhibited killing through the inhibition of granzyme B enzymatic activity. SDS-PAGE analysis revealed that this factor formed an SDS-insoluble complex with granzyme B. Immunoprecipitation and mass spectroscopic analysis of the complex identified a proteinase inhibitor, serpina3n, as a novel inhibitor of human granzyme B. We cloned serpina3n cDNA, expressed it in Jurkat cells, and confirmed its inhibitory action on granzyme B activity. Our studies have led to the discovery of a new inhibitor of granzyme B and have uncovered a new mechanism used by Sertoli cells for immunoprotection.
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- Simonetta Sipione
- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Horvath AJ, Irving JA, Rossjohn J, Law RH, Bottomley SP, Quinsey NS, Pike RN, Coughlin PB, Whisstock JC. The murine orthologue of human antichymotrypsin: a structural paradigm for clade A3 serpins. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:43168-78. [PMID: 16141197 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505598200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Antichymotrypsin (SERPINA3) is a widely expressed member of the serpin superfamily, required for the regulation of leukocyte proteases released during an inflammatory response and with a permissive role in the development of amyloid encephalopathy. Despite its biological significance, there is at present no available structure of this serpin in its native, inhibitory state. We present here the first fully refined structure of a murine antichymotrypsin orthologue to 2.1 A, which we propose as a template for other antichymotrypsin-like serpins. A most unexpected feature of the structure of murine serpina3n is that it reveals the reactive center loop (RCL) to be partially inserted into the A beta-sheet, a structural motif associated with ligand-dependent activation in other serpins. The RCL is, in addition, stabilized by salt bridges, and its plane is oriented at 90 degrees to the RCL of antitrypsin. A biochemical and biophysical analysis of this serpin demonstrates that it is a fast and efficient inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase (ka: 4 +/- 0.9 x 10(6) m(-1) s(-)1) and cathepsin G (ka: 7.9 +/- 0.9 x 10(5) m(-1) s(-)1) giving a spectrum of activity intermediate between that of human antichymotrypsin and human antitrypsin. An evolutionary analysis reveals that residues subject to positive selection and that have contributed to the diversity of sequences in this sub-branch (A3) of the serpin superfamily are essentially restricted to the P4-P6' region of the RCL, the distal hinge, and the loop between strands 4B and 5B.
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- Anita J Horvath
- Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Commercial Road, 6th Floor, MacFarlane Burnet Building, Alfred Medical Research Precinct, Prahran, Victoria, 3181
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