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Jin X, Tanaka H, Jin M, Fujita K, Homma H, Inotsume M, Yong H, Umeda K, Kodera N, Ando T, Okazawa H. PQBP5/NOL10 maintains and anchors the nucleolus under physiological and osmotic stress conditions. Nat Commun 2023; 14:9. [PMID: 36599853 PMCID: PMC9813255 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35602-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Polyglutamine binding protein 5 (PQBP5), also called nucleolar protein 10 (NOL10), binds to polyglutamine tract sequences and is expressed in the nucleolus. Using dynamic imaging of high-speed atomic force microscopy, we show that PQBP5/NOL10 is an intrinsically disordered protein. Super-resolution microscopy and correlative light and electron microscopy method show that PQBP5/NOL10 makes up the skeletal structure of the nucleolus, constituting the granule meshwork in the granular component area, which is distinct from other nucleolar substructures, such as the fibrillar center and dense fibrillar component. In contrast to other nucleolar proteins, which disperse to the nucleoplasm under osmotic stress conditions, PQBP5/NOL10 remains in the nucleolus and functions as an anchor for reassembly of other nucleolar proteins. Droplet and thermal shift assays show that the biophysical features of PQBP5/NOL10 remain stable under stress conditions, explaining the spatial role of this protein. PQBP5/NOL10 can be functionally depleted by sequestration with polyglutamine disease proteins in vitro and in vivo, leading to the pathological deformity or disappearance of the nucleolus. Taken together, these findings indicate that PQBP5/NOL10 is an essential protein needed to maintain the structure of the nucleolus.
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- Xiaocen Jin
- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
- Center for Brain Integration Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
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Efremov AK, Hovan L, Yan J. Nucleus size and its effect on nucleosome stability in living cells. Biophys J 2022; 121:4189-4204. [PMID: 36146936 PMCID: PMC9675033 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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DNA architectural proteins play a major role in organization of chromosomal DNA in living cells by packaging it into chromatin, whose spatial conformation is determined by an intricate interplay between the DNA-binding properties of architectural proteins and physical constraints applied to the DNA by a tight nuclear space. Yet, the exact effects of the nucleus size on DNA-protein interactions and chromatin structure currently remain obscure. Furthermore, there is even no clear understanding of molecular mechanisms responsible for the nucleus size regulation in living cells. To find answers to these questions, we developed a general theoretical framework based on a combination of polymer field theory and transfer-matrix calculations, which showed that the nucleus size is mainly determined by the difference between the surface tensions of the nuclear envelope and the endoplasmic reticulum membrane as well as the osmotic pressure exerted by cytosolic macromolecules on the nucleus. In addition, the model demonstrated that the cell nucleus functions as a piezoelectric element, changing its electrostatic potential in a size-dependent manner. This effect has been found to have a profound impact on stability of nucleosomes, revealing a previously unknown link between the nucleus size and chromatin structure. Overall, our study provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms responsible for regulation of the nucleus size, as well as the potential role of nuclear organization in shaping the cell response to environmental cues.
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- Artem K Efremov
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China; Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Ishikawa S, Yoshikawa Y, Kamata H, Chung UI, Sakai T. Simple Preparation of Injectable Hydrogels with Phase-Separated Structures That Can Encapsulate Live Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:35444-35453. [PMID: 35881883 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Injectable hydrogels are biomaterials that can be administered minimally invasively in liquid form and are considered promising artificial extracellular matrix (ECM) materials. However, ordinary injectable hydrogels are synthesized from water-soluble molecules to ensure injectability, resulting in non-phase-separated structures, making them structurally different from natural ECMs with phase-separated insoluble structural proteins, such as collagen and elastin. Here, we propose a simple material design approach to impart phase-separated structures to injectable hydrogels by adding inorganic salts. Injecting a gelling solution of mutually cross-linkable tetra-arm poly(ethylene glycol)s with potassium sulfate at optimal concentrations results in the formation of a hydrogel with phase-separated structures in situ. These phase-separated structures provide up to an 8-fold increase in fracture toughness while allowing the encapsulation of live mouse chondrogenic cells without compromising their proliferative activity. Our findings highlight that the concentration of inorganic salts is an important design parameter in injectable hydrogels for artificial ECMs.
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- Shohei Ishikawa
- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Department of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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Gilloteaux J, Bouchat J, Bielarz V, Brion JP, Nicaise C. A primary cilium in oligodendrocytes: a fine structure signal of repairs in thalamic Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS). Ultrastruct Pathol 2021; 45:128-157. [PMID: 34154511 DOI: 10.1080/01913123.2021.1891161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A murine osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) model of the central nervous system included the relay thalamic ventral posterolateral (VPL) and ventral posteromedial (VPM) nuclei. Morphologic comparisons between treatments have revealed oligodendrocyte changes and, already 12 hours following the osmolality restoration, some heavily contrasted oligodendrocytes formed a unique intracellular primary cilium. This unique structure, found in vivo, in mature CNS oligodendrocytes, could account for a local awakening of some of the developmental proteome as it can be expressed in oligodendrocyte precursor cells. This resilience accompanied the emergence of arl13b protein expression along with restoration of nerve cell body axon hillocks shown in a previous issue of this journal. Additionally, the return of several thalamic oligodendrocyte fine features (nucleus, organelles) was shown 36 h later, including some mitosis. Those cell restorations and recognized translational activities comforted that local repairs could again take place, due to oligodendrocyte resilience after ODS instead or added to a postulated immigration of oligodendrocyte precursor cells distant from the sites of myelinolysis.
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- Jacques Gilloteaux
- Unit of Research in Molecular Physiology (Urphym - NARILIS), Départment of Médecine, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium.,Department of Anatomical Sciences, St George's University School of Medicine, KB Taylor Global Scholar's Program at UNN, School of Health and Life Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Unit of Research in Molecular Physiology (Urphym - NARILIS), Départment of Médecine, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Unit of Research in Molecular Physiology (Urphym - NARILIS), Départment of Médecine, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Histology, Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology, Faculté de Médecine Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Unit of Research in Molecular Physiology (Urphym - NARILIS), Départment of Médecine, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
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Chiswell B, Wildsoet CF. On the possible sources of ocular irritation in chlorinated swimming pools. Clin Exp Optom 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1986.tb04587.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- B. Chiswell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Optometry, Queensland Institute of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Visualization of Chromatin in the Yeast Nucleus and Nucleolus Using Hyperosmotic Shock. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22031132. [PMID: 33498839 PMCID: PMC7866036 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Unlike in most eukaryotic cells, the genetic information of budding yeast in the exponential growth phase is only present in the form of decondensed chromatin, a configuration that does not allow its visualization in cell nuclei conventionally prepared for transmission electron microscopy. In this work, we studied the distribution of chromatin and its relationships to the nucleolus using different cytochemical and immunocytological approaches applied to yeast cells subjected to hyperosmotic shock. Our results show that osmotic shock induces the formation of heterochromatin patches in the nucleoplasm and intranucleolar regions of the yeast nucleus. In the nucleolus, we further revealed the presence of osmotic shock-resistant DNA in the fibrillar cords which, in places, take on a pinnate appearance reminiscent of ribosomal genes in active transcription as observed after molecular spreading ("Christmas trees"). We also identified chromatin-associated granules whose size, composition and behaviour after osmotic shock are reminiscent of that of mammalian perichromatin granules. Altogether, these data reveal that it is possible to visualize heterochromatin in yeast and suggest that the yeast nucleus displays a less-effective compartmentalized organization than that of mammals.
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Gilloteaux J, Bouchat J, Brion JP, Nicaise C. The osmotic demyelination syndrome: the resilience of thalamic neurons is verified with transmission electron microscopy. Ultrastruct Pathol 2021; 44:450-480. [DOI: 10.1080/01913123.2020.1853865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Jacques Gilloteaux
- Unit of Research in Molecular Physiology (Urphym- NARILIS), Department of Medicine, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
- Department of Anatomical Sciences, St George’s University School of Medicine, KB Taylor Global Scholar’s Program at UNN, School of Health and Life Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Unit of Research in Molecular Physiology (Urphym- NARILIS), Department of Medicine, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Histology, Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology, Faculté de Médecine Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Unit of Research in Molecular Physiology (Urphym- NARILIS), Department of Medicine, Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
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Kim TK, Lee BW, Fujii F, Lee KH, Lee S, Park Y, Kim JK, Lee SW, Pack CG. Mitotic Chromosomes in Live Cells Characterized Using High-Speed and Label-Free Optical Diffraction Tomography. Cells 2019; 8:cells8111368. [PMID: 31683735 PMCID: PMC6912651 DOI: 10.3390/cells8111368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The cell nucleus is a three-dimensional, dynamic organelle organized into subnuclear compartments such as chromatin and nucleoli. The structure and function of these compartments are maintained by diffusion and interactions between related factors as well as by dynamic and structural changes. Recent studies using fluorescent microscopic techniques suggest that protein factors can access and are freely mobile in heterochromatin and in mitotic chromosomes, despite their densely packed structure. However, the physicochemical properties of the chromosome during cell division are not fully understood. In the present study, characteristic properties such as the refractive index (RI), volume of the mitotic chromosomes, and diffusion coefficient (D) of fluorescent probes inside the chromosome were quantified using an approach combining label-free optical diffraction tomography with complementary confocal laser-scanning microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Variations in these parameters correlated with osmotic conditions, suggesting that changes in RI are consistent with those of the diffusion coefficient for mitotic chromosomes and cytosol. Serial RI tomography images of chromosomes in live cells during mitosis were compared with three-dimensional confocal micrographs to demonstrate that compaction and decompaction of chromosomes induced by osmotic change were characterized by linked changes in chromosome RI, volume, and the mobilities of fluorescent proteins.
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- Tae-Keun Kim
- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
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- Division of Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe 650-8586, Japan.
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
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- Tomocube Inc., Daejeon 34051, Korea.
- Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Korea.
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
- Department of Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul 05505, Korea.
- Department of Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Korea.
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Osmolyte accumulation regulates the SUMOylation and inclusion dynamics of the prionogenic Cyc8-Tup1 transcription corepressor. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008115. [PMID: 31009461 PMCID: PMC6497323 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Environmental stressors can severely perturb cellular homeostasis and compromise viability. To cope with environmental stressors, eukaryotes have developed distinct signaling programs that allow for adaptation during different stress conditions. These programs often require a host of post-translational modifications that alter proteins to elicit appropriate cellular responses. One crucial protein modifier during stress is the small ubiquitin-like modifier SUMO. In many cases, however, the functions of stress dependent protein SUMOylation remain unclear. Previously, we showed that the conserved Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cyc8-Tup1 transcriptional corepressor complex undergoes transient hyperosmotic stress-induced SUMOylation and inclusion formation, which are important for appropriate regulation of hyperosmotic-stress genes. Here, we show the osmostress-responsive MAP kinase Hog1 regulates Cyc8 SUMOylation and inclusion formation via its role in the transcriptional activation of glycerol biosynthesis genes. Mutations that ablate Cyc8 SUMOylation can partially rescue the osmosensitivity of hog1Δ cells, and this is facilitated by inappropriate derepression of glycerol-biosynthesis genes. Furthermore, cells specifically unable to synthesize the osmolyte glycerol cause transient Cyc8 SUMOylation and inclusions to persist, indicating a regulatory role for glycerol to reestablish the basal state of Cyc8 following adaptation to hyperosmotic stress. These observations unveil a novel intersection between phosphorylation and SUMOylation networks, which are critical for shifting gene expression and metabolic programs during stress adaptation. The ability to sense and react to diverse environmental cues is a central aspect in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. In response to harsh conditions, cells must rapidly deploy specific stress responses in order to adapt, survive, and proliferate. To ensure optimal spatial and temporal control over stress responses, many proteins undergo biophysical and biochemical alterations. More specifically, these alterations include conformational changes and post-translational modifications–such as phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and SUMOylation–that alter the function, localization, and interactome of target proteins. In this study, we show that the Hog1 MAPK regulates SUMOylation and biomolecular condensation of the yeast transcription corepressor complex Cyc8-Tup1 during exposure to hyperosmotic stress. In turn, this signaling relationship functions to effectively rewire yeast metabolism toward the biosynthesis of the compatible osmolyte glycerol, which serves as the ultimate signal to reset this genetic circuit.
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Delpire E, Gagnon KB. Water Homeostasis and Cell Volume Maintenance and Regulation. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2018; 81:3-52. [PMID: 30243436 PMCID: PMC6457474 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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From early unicellular organisms that formed in salty water environments to complex organisms that live on land away from water, cells have had to protect a homeostatic internal environment favorable to the biochemical reactions necessary for life. In this chapter, we will outline what steps were necessary to conserve the water within our cells and how mechanisms have evolved to maintain and regulate our cellular and organismal volume. We will first examine whole body water homeostasis and the relationship between kidney function, regulation of blood pressure, and blood filtration in the process of producing urine. We will then discuss how the composition of the lipid-rich bilayer affects its permeability to water and salts, and how the cell uses this differential to drive physiological and biochemical cellular functions. The capacity to maintain cell volume is vital to epithelial transport, neurotransmission, cell cycle, apoptosis, and cell migration. Finally, we will wrap up the chapter by discussing in some detail specific channels, cotransporters, and exchangers that have evolved to facilitate the movement of cations and anions otherwise unable to cross the lipid-rich bilayer and that are involved in maintaining or regulating cell volume.
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- Eric Delpire
- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Presumptive TRP channel CED-11 promotes cell volume decrease and facilitates degradation of apoptotic cells in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:8806-8811. [PMID: 28760991 PMCID: PMC5565440 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705084114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Apoptotic cells undergo a series of morphological changes. These changes are dependent on caspase cleavage of downstream targets, but which targets are significant and how they facilitate the death process are not well understood. In Caenorhabditis elegans an increase in the refractility of the dying cell is a hallmark morphological change that is caspase dependent. We identify a presumptive transient receptor potential (TRP) cation channel, CED-11, that acts in the dying cell to promote the increase in apoptotic cell refractility. CED-11 is required for multiple other morphological changes during apoptosis, including an increase in electron density as visualized by electron microscopy and a decrease in cell volume. In ced-11 mutants, the degradation of apoptotic cells is delayed. Mutation of ced-11 does not cause an increase in cell survival but can enhance cell survival in other cell-death mutants, indicating that ced-11 facilitates the death process. In short, ced-11 acts downstream of caspase activation to promote the shrinkage, death, and degradation of apoptotic cells.
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Cell-Biological Studies of Osmotic Shock Response in Streptomyces spp. J Bacteriol 2016; 199:JB.00465-16. [PMID: 27795320 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00465-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Most bacteria are likely to face osmotic challenges, but there is yet much to learn about how such environmental changes affect the architecture of bacterial cells. Here, we report a cell-biological study in model organisms of the genus Streptomyces, which are actinobacteria that grow in a highly polarized fashion to form branching hyphae. The characteristic apical growth of Streptomyces hyphae is orchestrated by protein assemblies, called polarisomes, which contain coiled-coil proteins DivIVA and Scy, and recruit cell wall synthesis complexes and the stress-bearing cytoskeleton of FilP to the tip regions of the hyphae. We monitored cell growth and cell-architectural changes by time-lapse microscopy in osmotic upshift experiments. Hyperosmotic shock caused arrest of growth, loss of turgor, and hypercondensation of chromosomes. The recovery period was protracted, presumably due to the dehydrated state of the cytoplasm, before hyphae could restore their turgor and start to grow again. In most hyphae, this regrowth did not take place at the original hyphal tips. Instead, cell polarity was reprogrammed, and polarisomes were redistributed to new sites, leading to the emergence of multiple lateral branches from which growth occurred. Factors known to regulate the branching pattern of Streptomyces hyphae, such as the serine/threonine kinase AfsK and Scy, were not involved in reprogramming of cell polarity, indicating that different mechanisms may act under different environmental conditions to control hyphal branching. Our observations of hyphal morphology during the stress response indicate that turgor and sufficient hydration of cytoplasm are required for Streptomyces tip growth. IMPORTANCE Polar growth is an intricate manner of growth for accomplishing a complicated morphology, employed by a wide range of organisms across the kingdoms of life. The tip extension of Streptomyces hyphae is one of the most pronounced examples of polar growth among bacteria. The expansion of the cell wall by tip extension is thought to be facilitated by the turgor pressure, but it was unknown how external osmotic change influences Streptomyces tip growth. We report here that severe hyperosmotic stress causes cessation of growth, followed by reprogramming of cell polarity and rearrangement of growth zones to promote lateral hyphal branching. This phenomenon may represent a strategy of hyphal organisms to avoid osmotic stress encountered by the growing hyphal tip.
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Gray SL, Lackey BR, Boone WR. Impact of kudzu and puerarin on sperm function. Reprod Toxicol 2015; 53:54-62. [PMID: 25828059 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of kudzu (Pueraria mirifica) and the isoflavone puerarin in functional toxicological tests on spermatozoa and to assess the affinity of extracts and pure isoflavones for estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha and -beta (ERα, ERβ) in receptor binding assays. Capacitation, acrosome reaction and chromatin decondensation in spermatozoa were analyzed using microscopic analysis. Kudzu, but not puerarin, reduced motility of sperm. Puerarin reduced the percent spontaneous acrosome reaction in spermatozoa. The pathways used by kudzu that affect sperm function are not fully mirrored by puerarin. Puerarin, kudzu and its other phytoestrogenic components displayed preferential affinity for ERβ, however the diverse effects of kudzu and puerarin on sperm function implicate the involvement of multiple signaling systems.
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- Sandra L Gray
- Endocrine Physiology Laboratory, Animal & Veterinary Science Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, United States.
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- Endocrine Physiology Laboratory, Animal & Veterinary Science Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, United States
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- ART Laboratories, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Greenville Health System University Medical Group, Greenville, SC 29605, United States
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Relevance and limitations of crowding, fractal, and polymer models to describe nuclear architecture. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 307:443-79. [PMID: 24380602 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800046-5.00013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Chromosome architecture plays an essential role for all nuclear functions, and its physical description has attracted considerable interest over the last few years among the biophysics community. These researches at the frontiers of physics and biology have been stimulated by the demand for quantitative analysis of molecular biology experiments, which provide comprehensive data on chromosome folding, or of live cell imaging experiments that enable researchers to visualize selected chromosome loci in living or fixed cells. In this review our goal is to survey several nonmutually exclusive models that have emerged to describe the folding of DNA in the nucleus, the dynamics of proteins in the nucleoplasm, or the movements of chromosome loci. We focus on three classes of models, namely molecular crowding, fractal, and polymer models, draw comparisons, and discuss their merits and limitations in the context of chromosome structure and dynamics, or nuclear protein navigation in the nucleoplasm. Finally, we identify future challenges in the roadmap to a unified model of the nuclear environment.
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Moscariello M, Iliakis G. Effects of chromatin decondensation on alternative NHEJ. DNA Repair (Amst) 2013; 12:972-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2013.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Revised: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Crowded chromatin is not sufficient for heterochromatin formation and not required for its maintenance. J Struct Biol 2013; 184:445-53. [PMID: 24145303 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Revised: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In contrast to cytoplasmic organelles, which are usually separated from the rest of the cell by phospholipid membranes, nuclear compartments are readily accessible to diffusing proteins and must rely on different mechanisms to maintain their integrity. Specific interactions between scaffolding proteins are known to have important roles for the formation and maintenance of nuclear structures. General physical mechanisms such as molecular crowding, phase separation or colloidal behavior have also been suggested, but their physiological significance remains uncertain. For macromolecular crowding, a role in the maintenance of nucleoli and promyelocytic leukemia (PML) nuclear bodies has been shown. Here, we tested whether a modulation of the compaction state of chromatin, which directly influences the local crowding state, has an impact on the formation and maintenance of densely packed heterochromatin. By osmotic perturbations, we could modify the packing state of chromatin in a controlled manner and show that chromatin compaction, which is associated with increased crowding conditions, is not, per se, sufficient to initiate the formation of new bona fide heterochromatin structures nor is it necessary to maintain already established heterochromatin domains. In consequence, if an increase in crowding induced by chromatin compaction maybe an early step in heterochromatin formation, specific protein-protein interactions are nevertheless required to make heterochromatin long lasting and independent of the crowding state.
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Irianto J, Swift J, Martins RP, McPhail GD, Knight MM, Discher DE, Lee DA. Osmotic challenge drives rapid and reversible chromatin condensation in chondrocytes. Biophys J 2013; 104:759-69. [PMID: 23442954 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Changes in extracellular osmolality have been shown to alter gene expression patterns and metabolic activity of various cell types, including chondrocytes. However, mechanisms by which physiological or pathological changes in osmolality impact chondrocyte function remain unclear. Here we use quantitative image analysis, electron microscopy, and a DNase I assay to show that hyperosmotic conditions (>400 mOsm/kg) induce chromatin condensation, while hypoosmotic conditions (100 mOsm/kg) cause decondensation. Large density changes (p < 0.001) occur over a very narrow range of physiological osmolalities, which suggests that chondrocytes likely experience chromatin condensation and decondensation during a daily loading cycle. The effect of changes in osmolality on nuclear morphology (p < 0.01) and chromatin condensation (p < 0.001) also differed between chondrocytes in monolayer culture and three-dimensional agarose, suggesting a role for cell adhesion. The relationship between condensation and osmolality was accurately modeled by a polymer gel model which, along with the rapid nature of the chromatin condensation (<20 s), reveals the basic physicochemical nature of the process. Alterations in chromatin structure are expected to influence gene expression and thereby regulate chondrocyte activity in response to osmotic changes.
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- Jerome Irianto
- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
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Finan JD, Guilak F. The effects of osmotic stress on the structure and function of the cell nucleus. J Cell Biochem 2010; 109:460-7. [PMID: 20024954 PMCID: PMC3616882 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Osmotic stress is a potent regulator of the normal function of cells that are exposed to osmotically active environments under physiologic or pathologic conditions. The ability of cells to alter gene expression and metabolic activity in response to changes in the osmotic environment provides an additional regulatory mechanism for a diverse array of tissues and organs in the human body. In addition to the activation of various osmotically- or volume-activated ion channels, osmotic stress may also act on the genome via a direct biophysical pathway. Changes in extracellular osmolality alter cell volume, and therefore, the concentration of intracellular macromolecules. In turn, intracellular macromolecule concentration is a key physical parameter affecting the spatial organization and pressurization of the nucleus. Hyper-osmotic stress shrinks the nucleus and causes it to assume a convoluted shape, whereas hypo-osmotic stress swells the nucleus to a size that is limited by stretch of the nuclear lamina and induces a smooth, round shape of the nucleus. These behaviors are consistent with a model of the nucleus as a charged core/shell structure pressurized by uneven partition of macromolecules between the nucleoplasm and the cytoplasm. These osmotically-induced alterations in the internal structure and arrangement of chromatin, as well as potential changes in the nuclear membrane and pores are hypothesized to influence gene transcription and/or nucleocytoplasmic transport. A further understanding of the biophysical and biochemical mechanisms involved in these processes would have important ramifications for a range of fields including differentiation, migration, mechanotransduction, DNA repair, and tumorigenesis.
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- John D Finan
- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Macromolecular crowding and its potential impact on nuclear function. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:2100-7. [PMID: 18723053 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Revised: 07/16/2008] [Accepted: 07/20/2008] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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It is well established, that biochemical reactions are dependent on pH, ionic strength, temperature and the concentration of reactants. However, the steric repulsion among bulky components of biological systems also affect biochemical behavior: The 'excluded volume effect of macromolecular crowding' drives bulky components into structurally compact organizations, increases their thermodynamic activities and slows down diffusion. The very special composition of the cell nucleus, which is packed with high-molecular chromatin, ribonucleo-particles and associated proteins, suggests that crowding-effects are part of nuclear functionality. Realizing that many nuclear processes, notably gene transcription, hnRNA splicing and DNA replication, use macromolecular machines, and taking into account that macromolecular crowding provides a cooperative momentum for the assembly of macromolecular complexes, we here elaborate why macromolecular crowding may be functionally important in supporting the statistical significance of nuclear activities.
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Richter K, Nessling M, Lichter P. Experimental evidence for the influence of molecular crowding on nuclear architecture. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:1673-80. [PMID: 17430977 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Many compounds in the cell nucleus are structurally organized. To assess the influence of structural organization on nuclear function, we investigated the physical mechanisms of structure formation by using molecular crowding as a parameter for nuclear integrity. Molecular crowding promotes compaction of macromolecular compounds depending on their size and shape without the need for site-specific interactions. HeLa and MCF7 cells were incubated with hypertonic medium to increase crowding of their macromolecular content as a result of the osmotic loss of water. Supplementation of sucrose, sorbitol or NaCl to the growth medium shifted nuclear organization, observed by fluorescence and electron microscopy, towards compaction of chromatin and segregation of other nuclear compounds. With increasing hypertonic load and incubation time, this nuclear re-organization proceeded gradually, irrespective of the substances used, and reversibly relaxed to a regular phenotype upon re-incubation of cells in isotonic growth medium. Gradual and reversible re-organization are major features of controlled de-mixing by molecular crowding. Of fundamental importance for nuclear function, we discuss how macromolecular crowding could account for the stabilization of processes that involve large, macromolecular machines.
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- Karsten Richter
- Division of Molecular Genetics, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Hirayama R, Fumoto S, Nishida K, Nakashima M, Sasaki H, Nakamura J. Effect of solution composition of plasmid DNA on gene transfection following liver surface administration in mice. Biol Pharm Bull 2005; 28:2166-9. [PMID: 16272713 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.28.2166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated the effect of plasmid DNA (pDNA) solution composition on gene transfection following liver surface administration in mice. Gene transfection experiments in situ and in vivo were performed using the following pDNA solutions: dextrose solution, NaCl solution, phosphate buffer, phosphate-buffered saline, Tris/HCl buffer with EDTA, Tris/HCl buffer with EDTA and Triton X-100, and water. In in situ experiments, we used a glass cylindrical diffusion cell that limited the contact area between the liver surface and the naked pDNA solution. The gene transfection at the site of diffusion cell attachment increased in hypotonic solution, and decreased in hypertonic solution, compared with isotonic solution. In in vivo experiments, instillation of naked pDNA solution onto the liver surface using a micropipette caused no significant differences in gene transfection in the applied lobe. These results suggest that it is important to select the optimal pDNA solution composition to control the gene transfection.
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- Ryu Hirayama
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan
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Marincola FC, Casu M, Saba G, Lai A, del Vecchio P, Barone G. A 23Na NMR study of the effect of D(+) and L(-) arabitol on NaDNA in aqueous solution. Int J Biol Macromol 2001; 29:237-41. [PMID: 11718819 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(01)00174-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The 23Na NMR quadrupolar relaxation in NaDNA aqueous solutions has been investigated in the presence of D(+) and L(-) arabitol. Quite different results were produced by the enantiomers, i.e. the addition of D(+) arabitol produced a small increase of the 23Na NMR relaxation rates, while in the presence of L(-) arabitol a significant decrease was observed. These findings were analysed and discussed in terms of an effective interaction of L(-) arabitol with DNA.
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- F C Marincola
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, S.S. 554 09042 (CA), Monserrato, Italy
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Polyethylene glycol (PEG 8000) is a potent cancer chemopreventive agent. This osmotic laxative polymer markedly suppresses colon cancer in rats. To explain the mechanism, we have tested the in vitro effect of PEG on four human cell lines. Two poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma lines (HT29 and COLO205), a fetal mucosa line (FHC) and a differentiated line (post-confluent Caco-2) were incubated with various PEG concentrations for 2-5 days. Results show that PEG markedly and dose-dependently inhibited HT29 and COLO205 cell growth. This cytostatic effect was associated with a blocking of the cell cycle in G0/G1 phase. In addition, PEG decreased the viability of HT29 and COLO205 adenocarcinoma cells. In contrast, post-confluent intestinal-like Caco-2 cells and normal FHC cells were, respectively, not or little affected by PEG. Moreover, the lactate concentration increased twofold in the medium of PEG-treated HT29 cells compared with untreated cells. Microscopic observations showed that PEG induced cell shrinking, membrane blebbing and the condensation of nuclear chromatin. However, because no DNA ladder and no annexin staining were detected, we presume that PEG did not induce apoptosis. PEG increased the osmotic pressure of the culture medium. Hyperosmotic media with added NaCl or sorbitol also inhibited HT29 cell growth, and increased lactate release. These results suggest that PEG may be selectively cytostatic for proliferating cancer cells. This growth inhibition may be due to the high osmotic pressure induced by PEG in vitro. Because the osmotic pressure is high in feces of PEG-fed rats, it may explain the suppression of colon carcinogenesis by PEG.
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- G Parnaud
- Laboratoire des Xénobiotiques, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Toulouse, France
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Studies with isolated chromatin show that higher order chromosome architecture can be regulated by ionic conditions; however, the physiological relevance of these findings remains unknown. In the present study, chromosome architecture was analyzed in situ in living and detergent-extracted cells exposed to different ionic conditions. In intact mitotic endothelial cells, chromosomes instantly unfolded as detected by phase contrast microscopy when the salt concentration in the culture medium was increased from 110 to 410 mM NaCl or from 0 to 65 mM MgCl2. When the ions were removed and the preexisting culture conditions were restored, chromosomes refolded into their original shapes and subsequently underwent mitotic division. Similar reversible effects were observed on nucleolar structure in living interphase cells as well as on mitotic chromosomes exposed to high salt after cell membranes were removed by treatment with Triton X-100. This permeabilized mitotic cell model was then used to identify proteins that remained tightly associated with chromatin during the ion-driven chromosome unfolding-refolding cycle and which therefore could be important for maintenance of chromosome structure. Under these conditions in which disassembled chromosomes retained their ability to fully recondense, more than 95% of Topoisomerase I was extracted whereas approximately 25% of Topoisomerase IIalpha and 50% of Histone H1 remained tightly associated with chromatin. These data demonstrate the sensitivity of chromosome structure to variations in ionic concentration in situ and suggest that there are at least two distinct pools of Histone H1 and Topoisomerase IIalpha associated with chromatin during mitosis, one of which may be required for chromosome compaction.
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- K Bojanowski
- Department of Surgery and Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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Gllles R, Delpire E. Variations in Salinity, Osmolarity, and Water Availability: Vertebrates and Invertebrates. Compr Physiol 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp130222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Gilles R. "Compensatory" organic osmolytes in high osmolarity and dehydration stresses: history and perspectives. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 117:279-90. [PMID: 9172384 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9629(96)00265-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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As stated in the conclusion, "life is a thing of macromolecular cohesion in salty water." This brief historical overview shows that "compensatory" organic osmolytes take an essential place in this cohesion. It reviews the major steps of the study of these compounds over more than 100 years, from the early beginnings of 1885 until now, showing some of its fascinating developments and ending on the idea that the most fascinating is still to come. This study can be taken as an example of the richness of the comparative approach.
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- R Gilles
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Flock S, Labarbe R, Houssier C. 23Na NMR study of the effect of organic osmolytes on DNA counterion atmosphere. Biophys J 1996; 71:1519-29. [PMID: 8874025 PMCID: PMC1233618 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(96)79354-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The effect of different organic osmolytes on the DNA counterion condensation layer has been investigated by 23Na NMR relaxation measurements. The zwitterionic compounds glycine, beta-alanine, 4-aminobutyric acid, and 6-aminocaproic acid have shown an increasing capacity to decrease the amount of sodium ions in the vicinity of the macromolecule. The experimental data have been correlated with the dielectric constant increase in their corresponding solutions and have been compared with the prediction of counterion condensation theory. Polyols (sorbitol and mannitol) did not display the same effect. These compounds largely increase the relaxation rate of sodium ions in the proximity of DNA, unlike the zwitterionic compounds. This probably results from a perturbation of the water dynamic around the macromolecule, of the primary or secondary hydration shell of the sodium nuclei involved, or both.
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- S Flock
- Laboratoire de Chimie Macromoléculaire et Chimie Physique, Université de Liege, Belgium
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Flock S, Labarbe R, Houssier C. Dielectric constant and ionic strength effects on DNA precipitation. Biophys J 1996; 70:1456-65. [PMID: 8785302 PMCID: PMC1225072 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(96)79705-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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We have investigated the effect of different zwitterionic compounds on DNA precipitation induced by spermine4+. Glycine, beta-alanine, 4-aminobutyric acid, and 6-aminocaproic acid have shown an increasing capacity to attenuate DNA precipitation. This protection effect has been correlated with the dielectric constant increase of their corresponding solutions. Calculations based on these experimental data and counter-ion condensation theory have confirmed the importance of this parameter for DNA-ion interactions and precipitation mechanisms. We have also observed a resolubilization of DNA in the presence of 6-aminocaproic acid at high spermine4+ concentration and in the presence of glycine at high spermidine3+ concentration. This could be explained by an increase of screening effect with polyamine concentration.
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- S Flock
- Laboratoire de Chimie Macromoléculaire et Chimie Physique, Université de Liège, Belgium
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Gilles R, Compere P, el Goumzili M, Buche A, Houssier C. Tolerance to osmotic shocks in rats kidney cortex and medulla. Tissue Cell 1995; 27:667-77. [PMID: 8578557 DOI: 10.1016/s0040-8166(05)80022-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Kidney medulla cells of mammals have to cope with large changes in environmental osmolarity, a challenge most other mammalian cells never have to experience. In these last cells, application of osmotic shocks induces dramatic modifications in chromatin organization. The present paper reports on the changes of medulla cell chromatin in situ, in rat kidney slices submitted to osmotic challenges and in vitro, on preparations of extracted chromatin submitted to changes in environmental ion concentrations. Our results show that the chromatin of kidney medulla cells: (1) does not behave differently from the other mammalian chromatins when submitted in situ or in vitro to osmotic challenges; (2) presents in vitro physico-chemical characteristics similar to those of the other mammalian chromatins; and (3) is protected in vitro, as the other mammalian chromatins, from the disrupting effects of increases in inorganic ion concentrations by different compensatory organic solutes. The ability of kidney medulla cells to adapt to large increases in osmolarity could thus be related to a rapid control of the level of such compounds rather than to some rather specific, intrinsic molecular adaptations of macromolecules.
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- R Gilles
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Gilles R, Belkhir M, Compere P, Libioulle C, Thiry M. Effect of high osmolarity acclimation on tolerance to hyperosmotic shocks in L929 cultured cells. Tissue Cell 1995; 27:679-87. [PMID: 8578558 DOI: 10.1016/s0040-8166(05)80023-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Application of abrupt, large hyperosmotic shocks induces in L929 cultured cells changes similar to those previously described in other cell types, notably a hypercondensation of the nuclear chromatin. This paper shows that; 1) this phenomenon is concomitant with a complete disappearance of deoxyribonucleic acid, as visualized by immunogold labelling, from the nucleoplasmic spaces; 2) acclimation to high osmolarities (600 mOsm) by addition to the culture medium of NaCl, sorbitol or proline protects the cells from these effects, which appear to be largely attenuated-acclimated cells also survive much better to the osmotic shock than do control cells and; 3) the best protection seems to be provided by sorbitol and NaCl. Proline acclimation is less effective. These effects are discussed in terms of increased tolerance to NaCl load induced at the level of different macromolecules by so-called 'compensatory' organic compounds.
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- R Gilles
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Belkhir M, Gilles R. Increased tolerance to large hyperosmotic shocks and compensatory solutes in mammalian cultured cells. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 111:555-60. [PMID: 7671149 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)00064-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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L929 and MDCK cells acclimated to sorbitol, proline or taurine media can tolerate a NaCl load that they would be unable to stand when cultured in normal conditions. The protecting effect is observed only at high concentrations, between 100 and 300 mM. In that range, the effect is increasing with increasing concentration. The presence of the compound is not necessary, in the extracellular medium, to induce tolerance. These results are discussed in the framework of the theory considering preferential interactions of proteins with solvent components to explain the protecting effect of such compounds.
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- M Belkhir
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Flock S, Labarbe R, Houssier C. Osmotic effectors and DNA structure: effect of glycine on precipitation of DNA by multivalent cations. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1995; 13:87-102. [PMID: 8527033 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1995.10508823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have investigated the effect of glycine (an organic osmolyte) on DNA precipitation induced by spermine4+, spermidine3+ and Tb3+ addition, using circular dichroism (CD), UV spectroscopy (UV), and electric linear dichroism (ELD) techniques. DNA precipitation by the three compounds is perturbed by glycine: more spermine4+, spermidine3+ and Tb3+ must be added to obtain the same extent of precipitation as compared to the behaviour in absence of this organic osmolyte. It seems that glycine has a general effect on the DNA environment. Calculations based on experimental results and Manning's counterion condensation theory show that glycine could modify the electrostatic environment of DNA as a consequence of a change in dielectric constant.
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- S Flock
- Laboratoire de Chimie Macromoléculaire et Chimie Physique, Université de Liège, Sart-Tilman (B6), Belgium
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Borghetti P, Della Salda L, De Angelis E, Maltarello MC, Petronini PG, Cabassi E, Marcato PS, Maraldi NM, Borghetti AF. Adaptive cellular response to osmotic stress in pig articular chondrocytes. Tissue Cell 1995; 27:173-83. [PMID: 7778094 DOI: 10.1016/s0040-8166(95)80020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The authors studied the effects of a wide range of medium osmolarities (from 0.28 osM (physiological osmolarity of plasma and synovial fluid) to 0.58 osM) by altering Na+ concentration in high density cultures of pig articular chondrocytes in order to analyze the behaviour of some functional and structural parameters during cell adaptation to these imposed changes in the ionic environment. Biochemical and morphological results indicated that, even if isolated from the tissue matrix and cultured in vitro, chondrocytes maintained active osmoregulation systems which are present in living conditions. They showed a similar biochemical and morphological behavior when cultured at 0.28 osM and 0.38 osM but they were able, with regard to protein synthesis, aminoacid transport and proliferation rates, to respond quickly and to adapt to 0.48 osM medium as well. On the contrary, the treatment at the highest osmolarity (0.58 osM) early altered these biochemical parameters and was detrimental or even gave rise to lethal damage during long-term treatment. Furthermore, while chondrocytes cultured in 0.28-0.38 osM medium maintained phenotypic characteristics in culture, the higher osmolarities (0.48-0.58 osM) caused morphological changes in cell populations resulting in loss of phenotypic cell stability as demonstrated by their taking on a fibroblast-like shape as well as a lack of ability to assembly matrix proteoglycans.
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- P Borghetti
- Istituto di Anatomia Patologica Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
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Innocenti B, Mazzanti M. Identification of a nucleo-cytoplasmic ionic pathway by osmotic shock in isolated mouse liver nuclei. J Membr Biol 1993; 131:137-42. [PMID: 7680072 DOI: 10.1007/bf02791322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The observation that the nuclear envelope outer membrane contains ion channels raises the question of whether these conductances communicate between the cytosol and the nuclear envelope cisternae or between the cytosol and the cytoplasm. Failure to detect large, nonselective holes using the patch-clamp technique has led to the speculation that ion channels and nuclear pores are in fact the same. In this paper we present evidence that the ionic channel, recorded in isolated liver nuclei with the patch-clamp configuration of "nucleus-attached," spans the double membrane of the envelope, providing a direct contact between nucleoplasm and cytoplasm.
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- B Innocenti
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università Statale, Milano, Italy
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Cornet M, Lambert IH, Hoffmann EK. Relation between cytoskeleton, hypo-osmotic treatment and volume regulation in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. J Membr Biol 1993; 131:55-66. [PMID: 8433352 DOI: 10.1007/bf02258534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Pretreatment with cytochalasin B, which is known to disrupt microfilaments, significantly inhibits regulatory volume decrease (RVD) in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells, suggesting that an intact microfilament network is a prerequisite for a normal RVD response. Colchicine, which is known to disrupt microtubules, has no significant effect on RVD. Ehrlich cells have a cortical three-dimensional, orthogonal F-actin filament network which makes the cells look completely black in light microscopy following immunogold/silver staining using anti-actin antibodies. After addition of cytochalasin B, the stained cells get lighter with black dots localized to the plasma membrane and appearance of multiple knobby protrusions at cell periphery. Also, a significant decrease in the staining of the cells is seen after 15 min of RVD in hypotonic medium. This microfilament reorganization appears during RVD in the presence of external Ca2+ or Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187. It is, however, abolished in the absence of extracellular calcium, with or without prior depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores. An effect of increased calcium influx might therefore be considered. The microfilament reorganization during RVD is abolished by the calmodulin antagonists pimozide and trifluoperazine, suggesting the involvement of calmodulin in the process. The microfilament reorganization is also prevented by addition of quinine. This quinine inhibition is overcome by addition of the K+ ionophore valinomycin.
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- M Cornet
- Laboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Delpire E, Cornet M, Gilles R. Volume regulation in rat pheochromocytoma cultured cells submitted to hypoosmotic conditions. ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES DE PHYSIOLOGIE, DE BIOCHIMIE ET DE BIOPHYSIQUE 1991; 99:71-6. [PMID: 1713489 DOI: 10.3109/13813459109145906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The mechanisms at work in cell volume regulation have been studied in PC12 cultured cells. Results show, for the first time to our knowledge, that the volume readjustment process occurring after application of a hypoosmotic saline is sensitive to amiloride, IBMX and forskoline. The process is also inhibited by quinine hydrochloride and trifluoperazine. Volume readjustment is concomtant with a decrease in K+ and Cl- intracellular levels. The decrease in K+ level can be related to an assymetrical change in the fluxes in and out of the ion as shown by flux kinetics studies using Rb86. These results are interpreted considering that the control of the activity of the ion channel pathways associated with volume readjustment in PC12 cells may implicate the Ca(2+)-calmodulin - cAMP system.
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- E Delpire
- Laboratory of animal physiology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Effects of osmotic shock on the ultrastructure of cell nuclei in euryhaline and stenohaline crustaceans. Tissue Cell 1991; 23:909-15. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(91)90040-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/1991] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Law RO. Amino acids as volume-regulatory osmolytes in mammalian cells. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 99:263-77. [PMID: 1678326 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(91)90001-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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1. This review summarizes current knowledge relating to the volume-regulatory and osmoprotective functions of amino acids in mammalian cells exposed to anisosmotic fluids. 2. Experiments in vivo and in vitro have established that they play a significant role in regulating brain cell volume under these conditions, and that taurine may be of particular importance in this respect. 3. Their possible role in renal medulla is discussed, and it is suggested that they may protect cells against acute (but not long-term) osmotic variation. 4. Evidence is briefly presented regarding adaptive changes in amino acid content of other cell types.
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- R O Law
- Department of Physiology, University of Leicester, U.K
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Organic amino compounds (taurine, glycine) and polyols (mannitol, sorbitol) are used as osmotic effectors by most animal cells, particularly by some marine invertebrates, but also to a limit extent by mammalian cells. Using physico-chemical techniques (circular dichroism, thermal denaturation, solubility, electrophoresis and electric linear dichroism), we demonstrated that some of these effectors prevent chromatin aggregation, without histone release. The influence of glycine on chromatin aggregation, dissociation and reconstitution was thoroughly investigated. Glycine at 2 M concentration does not in itself induce chromatin dissociation; it does hinder salt-induced histone dissociation from chromatin (especially at 1.2 M NaCl) but does not impede chromatin reconstitution. Several hypothesis may be put forward to explain the action of these effectors: (i) a modulation of histone conformation; (ii) a modification of fractional DNA charge, either directly by the zwitterions (glycine, taurine) or indirectly by alteration of cations counterions hydration. The physiological relevance of our experiments is also discussed.
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- A Buche
- Laboratoire de Chimie Macromoléculaire et Chimie Physique, Université de Liége, Belgium
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Buche A, Ouassaidi A, Hacha R, Delpire E, Gilles R, Houssier C. Glycine and other amino compounds prevent chromatin precipitation at physiological ionic strength. FEBS Lett 1989; 247:367-70. [PMID: 2714440 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81372-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Glycine, proline and taurine, when present in the range 0.1-0.60 M, inhibit chromatin precipitation by sodium chloride. Histone gel electrophoresis revealed that the linker histones H1 and H5 were largely depleted from the supernatant chromatin fraction at 0.2 M NaCl, while this depletion was absent in the presence of glycine. These observations are discussed in relation with the various factors which may be involved in the precipitation process.
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- A Buche
- Laboratoire de Chimie Macromoléculaire et Chimie Physique, Université de Liège, Belgium
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Cornet M, Delpire E, Gilles R. Study of microfilaments network during volume regulation process of cultured PC 12 cells. Pflugers Arch 1987; 410:223-5. [PMID: 3684507 DOI: 10.1007/bf00581921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- M Cornet
- Laboratory of Animal Physiology, University of Liège, Belgium
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Volume Regulation in Cells of Euryhaline Invertebrates. CELL VOLUME CONTROL: FUNDAMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE ASPECTS IN ANIMAL CELLS 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2161(08)60372-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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