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Carder J, Barile B, Shisler KA, Pisani F, Frigeri A, Hipps KW, Nicchia GP, Brozik JA. Thermodynamics and S-Palmitoylation Dependence of Interactions between Human Aquaporin-4 M1 Tetramers in Model Membranes. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:603-621. [PMID: 38212942 PMCID: PMC10824246 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
Abstract
Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is a water channel protein found primarily in the central nervous system (CNS) that helps to regulate water-ion homeostasis. AQP4 exists in two major isoforms: M1 and M23. While both isoforms have a homotetrameric quaternary structure and are functionally identical when transporting water, the M23 isoform forms large protein aggregates known as orthogonal arrays of particles (OAPs). In contrast, the M1 isoform creates a peripheral layer around the outside of these OAPs, suggesting a thermodynamically stable interaction between the two. Structurally, the M1 isoform has an N-terminal tail that is 22 amino acids longer than the M23 isoform and contains two solvent-accessible cysteines available for S-palmitoylation at cysteine-13 (Cys-13) and cysteine-17 (Cys-17) in the amino acid sequence. Earlier work suggests that the palmitoylation of these cysteines might aid in regulating AQP4 assemblies. This work discusses the thermodynamic driving forces for M1 protein-protein interactions and how the palmitoylation state of M1 affects them. Using temperature-dependent single-particle tracking, the standard state free energies, enthalpies, and entropies were measured for these interactions. Furthermore, we present a binding model based on measured thermodynamics and a structural modeling study. The results of this study demonstrate that the M1 isoform will associate with itself according to the following expressions: 2[AQP4-M1]4 ↔ [[AQP4-M1]4]2 when palmitoylated and 3[AQP4-M1]4 ↔ [AQP4-M1]4 + [[AQP4-M1]4]2 ↔ [[AQP4-M1]4]3 when depalmitoylated. This is primarily due to a conformational change induced by adding the palmitic acid groups at Cys-13 and Cys-17 in the N-terminal tails of the homotetramers. In addition, a statistical mechanical model was developed to estimate the Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, and entropy for forming dimers and trimers. These results were in good agreement with experimental values.
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- Jessica
D. Carder
- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, PO Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, United States
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- Department
of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari 70124, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, PO Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, United States
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- Department
of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari 70124, Italy
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- Department
of Translational Medicine and Neuroscience, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari 70124, Italy
- Dominick
P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, 840 Kennedy Center, Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, PO Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, United States
- Materials
Science & Engineering Program, Washington
State University, Pullman, Washington 99163-2711, United States
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- Department
of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari 70124, Italy
- Dominick
P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, 840 Kennedy Center, Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, PO Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, United States
- Materials
Science & Engineering Program, Washington
State University, Pullman, Washington 99163-2711, United States
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Xiong M, Li C, Wang W, Yang B. Protein Structure and Modification of Aquaporins. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1398:15-38. [PMID: 36717484 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7415-1_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Aquaporins (AQPs) allow water molecules and other small, neutral solutes to quickly pass through membrane. The protein structures of AQPs solved by crystallographic methods or cryo-electron microscopy technology show that AQP monomer consists of six membrane-spanning alpha-helices that form the central water-transporting pore. AQP monomers assemble to form tetramers, forming the functional units in the membrane, to transport water or other small molecules. The biological functions of AQPs are regulated by posttranslational modifications, e.g., phosphorylation, ubiquitination, glycosylation, subcellular distribution, degradation and protein interactions. Modifications of AQP combined with structural properties contribute to a better functional mechanism of AQPs. Insight into the molecular mechanisms responsible for AQP modifications as well as gating and transport properties proved to be fundamental to the development of new therapeutic targets or reliable diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
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- Mengyao Xiong
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Hypertension and Kidney Research, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Hypertension and Kidney Research, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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Palmitoylation of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169357. [PMID: 36012639 PMCID: PMC9409123 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Protein lipidation is one of the most common forms of posttranslational modification. This alteration couples different lipids, such as fatty acids, phospho- and glycolipids and sterols, to cellular proteins. Lipidation regulates different aspects of the protein’s physiology, including structure, stability and affinity for cellular membranes and protein–protein interactions. In this scenario, palmitoylation is the addition of long saturated fatty acid chains to amino acid residues of the proteins. The enzymes responsible for this modification are acyltransferases and thioesterases, which control the protein’s behavior by performing a series of acylation and deacylation cycles. These enzymes target a broad repertoire of substrates, including ion channels. Thus, protein palmitoylation exhibits a pleiotropic role by differential modulation of the trafficking, spatial organization and electrophysiological properties of ion channels. Considering voltage-gated ion channels (VGICs), dysregulation of lipidation of both the channels and the associated ancillary subunits correlates with the development of various diseases, such as cancer or mental disorders. Therefore, a major role for protein palmitoylation is currently emerging, affecting not only the dynamism and differential regulation of a moiety of cellular proteins but also linking to human health. Therefore, palmitoylation of VGIC, as well as related enzymes, constitutes a novel pharmacological tool for drug development to target related pathologies.
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Tanimura Y, Hiroaki Y, Mori M, Fujiyoshi Y. Cell-based flow cytometry assay for simultaneous detection of multiple autoantibodies in a single serum sample. Anal Biochem 2022; 650:114721. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2022.114721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simon M, Wang MX, Ismail O, Braun M, Schindler AG, Reemmer J, Wang Z, Haveliwala MA, O’Boyle RP, Han WY, Roese N, Grafe M, Woltjer R, Boison D, Iliff JJ. Loss of perivascular aquaporin-4 localization impairs glymphatic exchange and promotes amyloid β plaque formation in mice. Alzheimers Res Ther 2022; 14:59. [PMID: 35473943 PMCID: PMC9040291 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-022-00999-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Slowed clearance of amyloid β (Aβ) is believed to underlie the development of Aβ plaques that characterize Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aβ is cleared in part by the glymphatic system, a brain-wide network of perivascular pathways that supports the exchange of cerebrospinal and brain interstitial fluid. Glymphatic clearance, or perivascular CSF-interstitial fluid exchange, is dependent on the astroglial water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) as deletion of Aqp4 in mice slows perivascular exchange, impairs Aβ clearance, and promotes Aβ plaque formation. METHODS To define the role of AQP4 in human AD, we evaluated AQP4 expression and localization in a human post mortem case series. We then used the α-syntrophin (Snta1) knockout mouse model which lacks perivascular AQP4 localization to evaluate the effect that loss of perivascular AQP4 localization has on glymphatic CSF tracer distribution. Lastly, we crossed this line into a mouse model of amyloidosis (Tg2576 mice) to evaluate the effect of AQP4 localization on amyloid β levels. RESULTS In the post mortem case series, we observed that the perivascular localization of AQP4 is reduced in frontal cortical gray matter of subjects with AD compared to cognitively intact subjects. This decline in perivascular AQP4 localization was associated with increasing Aβ and neurofibrillary pathological burden, and with cognitive decline prior to dementia onset. In rodent studies, Snta1 gene deletion slowed CSF tracer influx and interstitial tracer efflux from the mouse brain and increased amyloid β levels. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the loss of perivascular AQP4 localization may contribute to the development of AD pathology in human populations.
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- Matthew Simon
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
- Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
- VISN 20 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Wy., Seattle, WA 98108 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
- VISN 20 Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA USA
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- Robert Stone Dow Neurobiology Laboratories, Legacy Research Institute, Portland, OR USA
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- Robert Stone Dow Neurobiology Laboratories, Legacy Research Institute, Portland, OR USA
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- VISN 20 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Wy., Seattle, WA 98108 USA
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- VISN 20 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Wy., Seattle, WA 98108 USA
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- VISN 20 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Wy., Seattle, WA 98108 USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
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- Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
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- Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
- VISN 20 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Wy., Seattle, WA 98108 USA
- Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
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Abe Y, Yasui M. Aquaporin-4 in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders: A Target of Autoimmunity in the Central Nervous System. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12040591. [PMID: 35454180 PMCID: PMC9030581 DOI: 10.3390/biom12040591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Since the discovery of a specific autoantibody in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) in 2004, the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) has attracted attention as a target of autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system. In NMOSD, the autoantibody (NMO-IgG) binds to the extracellular loops of AQP4 as expressed in perivascular astrocytic end-feet and disrupts astrocytes in a complement-dependent manner. NMO-IgG is an excellent marker for distinguishing the disease from other inflammatory demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. The unique higher-order structure of AQP4—called orthogonal arrays of particles (OAPs)—as well as its subcellular localization may play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Recent studies have also demonstrated complement-independent cytotoxic effects of NMO-IgG. Antibody-induced endocytosis of AQP4 has been suggested to be involved in this mechanism. This review focuses on the binding properties of antibodies that recognize the extracellular region of AQP4 and the characteristics of AQP4 that are implicated in the pathogenesis of NMOSD.
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- Yoichiro Abe
- Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
- Keio University Global Research Institute, Tokyo 108-8345, Japan
- Correspondence: (Y.A.); (M.Y.); Tel.: +81-3-5363-3751 (M.Y.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
- Keio University Global Research Institute, Tokyo 108-8345, Japan
- Correspondence: (Y.A.); (M.Y.); Tel.: +81-3-5363-3751 (M.Y.)
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Markou A, Unger L, Abir-Awan M, Saadallah A, Halsey A, Balklava Z, Conner M, Törnroth-Horsefield S, Greenhill SD, Conner A, Bill RM, Salman MM, Kitchen P. Molecular mechanisms governing aquaporin relocalisation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2022; 1864:183853. [PMID: 34973181 PMCID: PMC8825993 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The aquaporins (AQPs) form a family of integral membrane proteins that facilitate the movement of water across biological membrane by osmosis, as well as facilitating the diffusion of small polar solutes. AQPs have been recognised as drug targets for a variety of disorders associated with disrupted water or solute transport, including brain oedema following stroke or trauma, epilepsy, cancer cell migration and tumour angiogenesis, metabolic disorders, and inflammation. Despite this, drug discovery for AQPs has made little progress due to a lack of reproducible high-throughput assays and difficulties with the druggability of AQP proteins. However, recent studies have suggested that targetting the trafficking of AQP proteins to the plasma membrane is a viable alternative drug target to direct inhibition of the water-conducting pore. Here we review the literature on the trafficking of mammalian AQPs with a view to highlighting potential new drug targets for a variety of conditions associated with disrupted water and solute homeostasis.
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- Andrea Markou
- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- School of Sciences, Research Institute in Healthcare Science, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK; Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK.
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
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Ishida H, Vogel HJ, Conner AC, Kitchen P, Bill RM, MacDonald JA. Simultaneous binding of the N- and C-terminal cytoplasmic domains of aquaporin 4 to calmodulin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2022; 1864:183837. [PMID: 34890582 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) is a water transporting, transmembrane channel protein that has important regulatory roles in maintaining cellular water homeostasis. Several other AQP proteins exhibit calmodulin (CaM)-binding properties, and CaM has recently been implicated in the cell surface localization of AQP4. The objective of the present study was to assess the CaM-binding properties of AQP4 in detail. Inspection of AQP4 revealed two putative CaM-binding domains (CBDs) in the cytoplasmic N- and C-terminal regions, respectively. The Ca2+-dependent CaM-binding properties of AQP4 CBD peptides were assessed using fluorescence spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry, and two-dimensional 1H, 15N-HSQC NMR with 15N-labeled CaM. The N-terminal CBD of AQP4 predominantly interacted with the N-lobe of CaM with a 1:1 binding ratio and a Kd of 3.4 μM. The C-terminal AQP4 peptide interacted with both the C- and N-lobes of CaM (2:1 binding ratio; Kd1: 3.6 μM, Kd2: 113.6 μM, respectively). A recombinant AQP4 protein domain (recAQP4CT, containing the entire cytosolic C-terminal sequence) bound CaM in a 1:1 binding mode with a Kd of 6.1 μM. A ternary bridging complex could be generated with the N- and C-lobes of CaM interacting simultaneously with the N- and C-terminal CBD peptides. These data support a unique adapter protein binding mode for CaM with AQP4.
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- Hiroaki Ishida
- Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.
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Banitalebi S, Skauli N, Geiseler S, Ottersen OP, Amiry-Moghaddam M. Disassembly and Mislocalization of AQP4 in Incipient Scar Formation after Experimental Stroke. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031117. [PMID: 35163040 PMCID: PMC8835637 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
There is an urgent need to better understand the mechanisms involved in scar formation in the brain. It is well known that astrocytes are critically engaged in this process. Here, we analyze incipient scar formation one week after a discrete ischemic insult to the cerebral cortex. We show that the infarct border zone is characterized by pronounced changes in the organization and subcellular localization of the major astrocytic protein AQP4. Specifically, there is a loss of AQP4 from astrocytic endfoot membranes that anchor astrocytes to pericapillary basal laminae and a disassembly of the supramolecular AQP4 complexes that normally abound in these membranes. This disassembly may be mechanistically coupled to a downregulation of the newly discovered AQP4 isoform AQP4ex. AQP4 has adhesive properties and is assumed to facilitate astrocyte mobility by permitting rapid volume changes at the leading edges of migrating astrocytes. Thus, the present findings provide new insight in the molecular basis of incipient scar formation.
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- Shervin Banitalebi
- Division of Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, 0372 Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, 0372 Oslo, Norway
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- Cardiovascular Research Group IMB, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
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- Division of Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, 0372 Oslo, Norway
- President's Office, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 6, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Anatomy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, 0372 Oslo, Norway
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Du Y, Li K, Liu W, Song R, Luo M, He J, Xu X, Qu X. Recent Advances in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Pathogenesis, Mechanisms and Potential Treatments. Curr Pharm Des 2021; 28:272-279. [PMID: 33781189 DOI: 10.2174/1381612827666210329101335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an acute or subacute demyelinating disease that affects mainly the optic nerve and spinal cord. A major proportion of NMOSD cases have a relationship with autoimmunity to aquaporin 4 (AQP4) found on the central nervous system. NMOSD can occur repeatedly, causing symptoms such as decreased vision and weakness of limbs. The main goal of current therapy is to relieve acute symptoms and prevent recurrence of the disease. Without timely and appropriate treatment, the recurrence and disability rates are high. In the present work, we review recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with NMOSD, as well as the pathogenesis and mechanisms of AQP4-IgG-seropositive NMOSD.
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- Yi Du
- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 530021, Nanning. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 530021, Nanning. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 530021, Nanning. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 530021, Nanning. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 530021, Nanning. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 530021, Nanning. China
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- Doheny Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90033. United States
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Southwest Endangered Medicinal Resources Development, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, 530023, Nanning. China
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Rajagopal N, Irudayanathan FJ, Nangia S. Palmitoylation of Claudin-5 Proteins Influences Their Lipid Domain Affinity and Tight Junction Assembly at the Blood–Brain Barrier Interface. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:983-993. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b09535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Nandhini Rajagopal
- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse 13244, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse 13244, United States
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Abe Y, Goda W, Ikeshima-Kataoka H, Yasui M. The dual effects of the astrocyte-specific enhancer of the AQP4 M1 promoter. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:3906-3915. [PMID: 29125630 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Revised: 10/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Aquaporin-4, a predominant water channel in the central nervous system, has two isoforms, M1 and M23, whose transcripts are driven by distinct promoters. Using a reporter assay, we found that a fragment located between exons 0 and 1 of the mouse aquaporin-4 gene, which had been thought to be the promoter for M23, lacked enhancers functioning in astrocytes. When the astrocyte-specific enhancer (ASE) of the M1 promoter is connected to the putative M23 core promoter, it also works in astrocytes. Importantly, the ASE inhibits downstream promoter activity in NIH3T3 cells, indicating that the ASE also functions as a silencer in cells lacking aquaporin-4.
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- Yoichiro Abe
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.,Keio Advanced Institute for Water Biology and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.,Keio Advanced Institute for Water Biology and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Keio Global Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Roche JV, Törnroth-Horsefield S. Aquaporin Protein-Protein Interactions. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18112255. [PMID: 29077056 PMCID: PMC5713225 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18112255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Aquaporins are tetrameric membrane-bound channels that facilitate transport of water and other small solutes across cell membranes. In eukaryotes, they are frequently regulated by gating or trafficking, allowing for the cell to control membrane permeability in a specific manner. Protein–protein interactions play crucial roles in both regulatory processes and also mediate alternative functions such as cell adhesion. In this review, we summarize recent knowledge about aquaporin protein–protein interactions; dividing the interactions into three types: (1) interactions between aquaporin tetramers; (2) interactions between aquaporin monomers within a tetramer (hetero-tetramerization); and (3) transient interactions with regulatory proteins. We particularly focus on the structural aspects of the interactions, discussing the small differences within a conserved overall fold that allow for aquaporins to be differentially regulated in an organism-, tissue- and trigger-specific manner. A deep knowledge about these differences is needed to fully understand aquaporin function and regulation in many physiological processes, and may enable design of compounds targeting specific aquaporins for treatment of human disease.
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- Jennifer Virginia Roche
- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Center for Molecular Protein Science, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Center for Molecular Protein Science, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
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AQP4e-Based Orthogonal Arrays Regulate Rapid Cell Volume Changes in Astrocytes. J Neurosci 2017; 37:10748-10756. [PMID: 28978666 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0776-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Water channel aquaporin 4 (AQP4) plays a key role in the regulation of water homeostasis in the brain. It is predominantly expressed in astrocytes at the blood-brain and blood-liquor interfaces. Although several AQP4 isoforms have been identified in the mammalian brain, two, AQP4a (M1) and AQP4c (M23), have been confirmed to cluster into plasma membrane supramolecular structures, termed orthogonal arrays of particles (OAPs) and to enhance water transport through the plasma membrane. However, the role of the newly described water-conductive mammalian isoform AQP4e is unknown. Here, the dynamics of AQP4e aggregation into OAPs and its role in the regulation of astrocyte water homeostasis have been studied. Using super-resolution structured illumination, atomic force, and confocal microscopies, the results revealed that, in female rat astrocytes, AQP4e isoform colocalizes with OAPs, affecting its structural dynamics. In hypoosmotic conditions, which elicit cell edema, OAP formation was considerably enhanced by overexpressed AQP4e. Moreover, the kinetics of the cell swelling and of the regulatory volume decrease was faster in astrocytes overexpressing AQP4e compared with untransfected controls. Furthermore, the increase in maximal cell volume elicited by hypoosmotic stimulation was significantly smaller in AQP4e-overexpressing astrocytes. For the first time, this study demonstrates an active role of AQP4e in the regulation of OAP structural dynamics and in water homeostasis.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Water channel aquaporin 4 (AQP4) plays a key role in the regulation of water homeostasis in the brain. To date, only AQP4a and AQP4c isoforms have been confirmed to enhance water transport through plasmalemma and to cluster into orthogonal arrays of particles (OAPs). We here studied the dynamics, aggregation, and role in the regulation of astrocyte water homeostasis of the newly described water-conductive mammalian isoform AQP4e. Our main findings are as follows: brain edema mimicking hypoosmotic conditions stimulates the formation of new OAPs with larger diameters, due to the incorporation of additional cytoplasmic AQP4 channels and the redistribution of AQP4 channels of the existing OAPs; and AQP4e affects the dynamics of cell swelling and regulatory volume decrease in astrocytes exposed to hypoosmotic conditions.
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Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are critical determinants of excitability. The properties of VGSCs are thought to be tightly controlled. However, VGSCs are also subjected to extensive modifications. Multiple posttranslational modifications that covalently modify VGSCs in neurons and muscle have been identified. These include, but are not limited to, phosphorylation, ubiquitination, palmitoylation, nitrosylation, glycosylation, and SUMOylation. Posttranslational modifications of VGSCs can have profound impact on cellular excitability, contributing to normal and abnormal physiology. Despite four decades of research, the complexity of VGSC modulation is still being determined. While some modifications have similar effects on the various VGSC isoforms, others have isoform-specific interactions. In addition, while much has been learned about how individual modifications can impact VGSC function, there is still more to be learned about how different modifications can interact. Here we review what is known about VGSC posttranslational modifications with a focus on the breadth and complexity of the regulatory mechanisms that impact VGSC properties.
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- Zifan Pei
- Department of Biology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Medical Neuroscience Graduate Program, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA. .,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA. .,Medical Neuroscience Graduate Program, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Aquaporins (AQPs ) are a family of membrane water channels that basically function as regulators of intracellular and intercellular water flow. To date, thirteen AQPs , which are distributed widely in specific cell types in various organs and tissues, have been characterized in humans. Four AQP monomers, each of which consists of six membrane-spanning alpha-helices that have a central water-transporting pore, assemble to form tetramers, forming the functional units in the membrane. AQP facilitates osmotic water transport across plasma membranes and thus transcellular fluid movement. The cellular functions of aquaporins are regulated by posttranslational modifications , e.g. phosphorylation, ubiquitination, glycosylation, subcellular distribution, degradation, and protein interactions. Insight into the molecular mechanisms responsible for regulated aquaporin trafficking and synthesis is proving to be fundamental for development of novel therapeutic targets or reliable diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
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- Chunling Li
- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, 74# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Institute of Hypertension, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, 74# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
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Ismail VS, Mosely JA, Tapodi A, Quinlan RA, Sanderson JM. The lipidation profile of aquaporin-0 correlates with the acyl composition of phosphoethanolamine lipids in lens membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1858:2763-2768. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nakazawa Y, Oka M, Funakoshi-Tago M, Tamura H, Takehana M. The Extracellular C-loop Domain Plays an Important Role in the Cell Adhesion Function of Aquaporin 0. Curr Eye Res 2016; 42:617-624. [PMID: 27754715 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2016.1217547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Although aquaporin 0 (AQP0) is a member of the AQP family, it has limited water permeability compared with other members. AQP0 may also have cell adhesion-related functions, but the evidence is still limited. Here, we studied the relationship of AQP0 to cell adhesion and determined the region required for cell adhesion. METHODS L-cell fibroblasts stably expressing AQP0 or AQP1 (L-AQP0 or L-AQP1) were established. One group of cells was stained with CellTracker Red and cultured into a confluent monolayer, whereas the other group was loaded with CellTracker Blue and seeded over the monolayer. To study cell adhesion, the percentages of lower and upper layer cells were measured using flow cytometry. To determine the region of AQP0 required for adhesion, activity was done by pull-down assay using glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins. To study the water permeability, Xenopus laevis oocyte expressing AQP0 wild-type or AQP0 mutated in C-loop was transferred to a hypotonic solution and photographed, and the diameter was measured to calculate the volume. RESULTS More cells adhered to the lower cells in the L-AQP0 homotypic pair than other pairs such as L-AQP1 homotypic or L-AQP0/L-AQP1 heterotypic pairs. Pull-down assays revealed that AQP0 could bind to itself via the C-loop extracellular domain. Furthermore, we determined that 109Pro and 110Pro in the C-loop were important for cell adhesion. However, mutation of the C-loop in AQP0 did not affect its water permeability. CONCLUSIONS AQP0 is known to bind lipids in the opposing membrane. Our data suggest that this cell-to-cell adhesion occurs not only in the AQP0/liquids but also via AQP0/AQP0 interaction through the C-loop domain. Mutations in the C-loop amino acids did not affect the water permeability of AQP0 but did affect its cell adhesion function. These independent dual functions of AQP0 are important for lens transparency.
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- b Center for Pharmaceutical Education , Yokohama University of Pharmacy , Kanagawa , Japan
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- a Faculty of Pharmacy , Keio University , Tokyo , Japan.,b Center for Pharmaceutical Education , Yokohama University of Pharmacy , Kanagawa , Japan
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Desai B, Hsu Y, Schneller B, Hobbs JG, Mehta AI, Linninger A. Hydrocephalus: the role of cerebral aquaporin-4 channels and computational modeling considerations of cerebrospinal fluid. Neurosurg Focus 2016; 41:E8. [DOI: 10.3171/2016.7.focus16191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) channels play an important role in brain water homeostasis. Water transport across plasma membranes has a critical role in brain water exchange of the normal and the diseased brain. AQP4 channels are implicated in the pathophysiology of hydrocephalus, a disease of water imbalance that leads to CSF accumulation in the ventricular system. Many molecular aspects of fluid exchange during hydrocephalus have yet to be firmly elucidated, but review of the literature suggests that modulation of AQP4 channel activity is a potentially attractive future pharmaceutical therapy. Drug therapy targeting AQP channels may enable control over water exchange to remove excess CSF through a molecular intervention instead of by mechanical shunting. This article is a review of a vast body of literature on the current understanding of AQP4 channels in relation to hydrocephalus, details regarding molecular aspects of AQP4 channels, possible drug development strategies, and limitations. Advances in medical imaging and computational modeling of CSF dynamics in the setting of hydrocephalus are summarized. Algorithmic developments in computational modeling continue to deepen the understanding of the hydrocephalus disease process and display promising potential benefit as a tool for physicians to evaluate patients with hydrocephalus.
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- 2Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago; and
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- Departments of 1Neurosurgery and
- 2Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago; and
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Astrocyte Aquaporin Dynamics in Health and Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17071121. [PMID: 27420057 PMCID: PMC4964496 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17071121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The family of aquaporins (AQPs), membrane water channels, consists of diverse types of proteins that are mainly permeable to water; some are also permeable to small solutes, such as glycerol and urea. They have been identified in a wide range of organisms, from microbes to vertebrates and plants, and are expressed in various tissues. Here, we focus on AQP types and their isoforms in astrocytes, a major glial cell type in the central nervous system (CNS). Astrocytes have anatomical contact with the microvasculature, pia, and neurons. Of the many roles that astrocytes have in the CNS, they are key in maintaining water homeostasis. The processes involved in this regulation have been investigated intensively, in particular regulation of the permeability and expression patterns of different AQP types in astrocytes. Three aquaporin types have been described in astrocytes: aquaporins AQP1 and AQP4 and aquaglyceroporin AQP9. The aim here is to review their isoforms, subcellular localization, permeability regulation, and expression patterns in the CNS. In the human CNS, AQP4 is expressed in normal physiological and pathological conditions, but astrocytic expression of AQP1 and AQP9 is mainly associated with a pathological state.
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Pei Z, Xiao Y, Meng J, Hudmon A, Cummins TR. Cardiac sodium channel palmitoylation regulates channel availability and myocyte excitability with implications for arrhythmia generation. Nat Commun 2016; 7:12035. [PMID: 27337590 PMCID: PMC4931030 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiac voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav1.5) play an essential role in regulating cardiac electric activity by initiating and propagating action potentials in the heart. Altered Nav1.5 function is associated with multiple cardiac diseases including long-QT3 and Brugada syndrome. Here, we show that Nav1.5 is subject to palmitoylation, a reversible post-translational lipid modification. Palmitoylation increases channel availability and late sodium current activity, leading to enhanced cardiac excitability and prolonged action potential duration. In contrast, blocking palmitoylation increases closed-state channel inactivation and reduces myocyte excitability. We identify four cysteines as possible Nav1.5 palmitoylation substrates. A mutation of one of these is associated with cardiac arrhythmia (C981F), induces a significant enhancement of channel closed-state inactivation and ablates sensitivity to depalmitoylation. Our data indicate that alterations in palmitoylation can substantially control Nav1.5 function and cardiac excitability and this form of post-translational modification is likely an important contributor to acquired and congenital arrhythmias.
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- Zifan Pei
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.,Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.,Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Huang P, Takai Y, Kusano-Arai O, Ramadhanti J, Iwanari H, Miyauchi T, Sakihama T, Han JY, Aoki M, Hamakubo T, Fujihara K, Yasui M, Abe Y. The binding property of a monoclonal antibody against the extracellular domains of aquaporin-4 directs aquaporin-4 toward endocytosis. Biochem Biophys Rep 2016; 7:77-83. [PMID: 28955892 PMCID: PMC5613303 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, is characterized by an autoantibody called NMO-IgG that recognizes the extracellular domains (ECDs) of aquaporin-4 (AQP4). In this study, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the ECDs of mouse AQP4 were established by a baculovirus display method. Two types of mAb were obtained: one (E5415A) recognized both M1 and M23 isoforms, and the other (E5415B) almost exclusively recognized the square-array-formable M23 isoform. While E5415A enhanced endocytosis of both M1 and M23, followed by degradation in cells expressing AQP4, including astrocytes, E5415B did so to a much lesser degree, as determined by live imaging using fluorescence-labeled antibodies and by Western blotting of lysate of cells treated with these mAbs. E5415A promoted cluster formation of AQP4 on the cell surface prior to endocytosis as determined by immunofluorescent microscopic observation of bound mAbs to astrocytes as well as by Blue native PAGE analysis of AQP4 in the cells treated with the mAbs. These observations clearly indicate that an anti-AQP4-ECDs antibody possessing an ability to form a large cluster of AQP4 by cross-linking two or more tetramers outside the AQP4 arrays enhances endocytosis and the subsequent lysosomal degradation of AQP4. Two mAbs against the ECD of mAQP4 with different binding properties was established. One of them, E5415A, bound to mAQP4 independent of OAP-formation of AQP4. E5415A but not E5415B strongly enhanced endocytosis of endogenous AQP4 in astrocytes. E5415A formed large clusters of AQP4 cross-linking multiple AQP4 functional units. It is the cluster formation of AQP4 that triggers AQP4 endocytosis.
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- Ping Huang
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.,Keio Advanced Research Center for Water Biology and Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.,Tasly Microcirculation Research Center, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Microcirculation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.,Keio Advanced Research Center for Water Biology and Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.,Keio Advanced Research Center for Water Biology and Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Kamegawa A, Hiroaki Y, Tani K, Fujiyoshi Y. Two-dimensional crystal structure of aquaporin-4 bound to the inhibitor acetazolamide. Microscopy (Oxf) 2015; 65:177-84. [PMID: 26908838 PMCID: PMC4817316 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfv368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Acetazolamide (AZA) reduces the water permeability of aquaporin-4, the predominant water channel in the brain. We determined the structure of aquaporin-4 in the presence of AZA using electron crystallography. Most of the features of the 5-Å density map were consistent with those of the previously determined atomic model. The map showed a protruding density from near the extracellular pore entrance, which most likely represents the bound AZA. Molecular docking simulations supported the location of the protrusion as the likely AZA-binding site. These findings suggest that AZA reduces water conduction by obstructing the pathway at the extracellular entrance without inducing a large conformational change in the protein.
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- Akiko Kamegawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Miyazaki-Komine K, Takai Y, Huang P, Kusano-Arai O, Iwanari H, Misu T, Koda K, Mitomo K, Sakihama T, Toyama Y, Fujihara K, Hamakubo T, Yasui M, Abe Y. High avidity chimeric monoclonal antibodies against the extracellular domains of human aquaporin-4 competing with the neuromyelitis optica autoantibody, NMO-IgG. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 173:103-14. [PMID: 26398585 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Revised: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Most of the cases of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) are characterized by the presence of an autoantibody, NMO-IgG, which recognizes the extracellular domains of the water channel, aquaporin-4. Binding of NMO-IgG to aquaporin-4 expressed in end-feet of astrocytes leads to complement-dependent disruption of astrocytes followed by demyelination. One therapeutic option for NMO is to prevent the binding of NMO-IgG to aquaporin-4, using high-avidity, non-pathogenic-chimeric, monoclonal antibodies to this water channel. We describe here the development of such antibodies. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH cDNAs encoding variable regions of heavy and light chains of monoclonal antibodies against the extracellular domains of human aquaporin-4 were cloned from hybridoma total RNA and fused to those encoding constant regions of human IgG1 and Igκ respectively. Then mammalian expression vectors were constructed to establish stable cell lines secreting mature chimeric antibodies. KEY RESULTS Original monoclonal antibodies showed high avidity binding to human aquaporin-4, as determined by ELISA. Live imaging using Alexa-Fluor-555-labelled antibodies revealed that the antibody D15107 more rapidly bound to cells expressing human aquaporin-4 than others and strongly enhanced endocytosis of this water channel, while D12092 also bound rapidly to human aquaporin-4 but enhanced endocytosis to a lesser degree. Chimeric D15107 prevented complement-dependent cytotoxicity induced by NMO-IgG from patient sera in vitro. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS We have established non-pathogenic, high-avidity, chimeric antibodies against the extracellular domains of human aquaporin-4, which provide a novel therapeutic option for preventing the progress and recurrence of NMO/NMO spectrum disorders.
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- Kaori Miyazaki-Komine
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan.,Institute of Immunology Co., Ltd., 1-1-10 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0004, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan
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- Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Research and Development Division, Perseus Proteomics Inc., 4-7-6 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-0041, Japan
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- Research and Development Division, Perseus Proteomics Inc., 4-7-6 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-0041, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.,Keio Advanced Research Center for Water Biology and Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.,Keio Advanced Research Center for Water Biology and Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Association Between the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and the Level of Aquaporin-4 Protein Expression in Han and Minority Chinese with Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases of the Central Nervous System. Mol Neurobiol 2015; 53:2878-2885. [PMID: 25895050 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9171-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not aquaporin-4 (AQP4) gene mutations are related to the pathogenesis of inflammatory demyelinating diseases in the central nervous system. Polymorphisms of AQP4 exons 1-5 were determined by sequencing DNA from 67 patients with central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating diseases, including neuromyelitis optica (NMO), multiple sclerosis, recurrent or simultaneous bilateral optic neuritis, and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. A plasmid with the identified new missense mutation was constructed, and human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293A) were transfected with either the pEGFP-N1-AQP4-M23 vector (bearing the identified mutated cDNA sequence) or with the plasmid bearing the wild-type AQP4 gene sequence. AQP4 protein expression was analyzed in both experimental groups using Western Blot analysis following protein extraction from transfected cells. A synonymous mutation (rs1839318) was detected on exon 3, and an additional synonymous mutation was detected on the exon 2-2 (rs72557968). Most importantly, a new missense mutation was detected on exon 2-1. According to Western blot analysis, the mutated cDNA sequence yielded increased AQP4 protein expression in comparison with the wild-type cDNA sequence (P < 0.05). AQP4 gene mutations are uncommon, occurring in only 3 out of 67 patients. Although it is possible that the mutations contributed to an increased risk of inflammatory central nervous system disease in these individuals, it is unlikely that mutations are a significant contributor to most patients with NMO spectrum disorders in China.
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Saitoh Y, Suzuki H, Tani K, Nishikawa K, Irie K, Ogura Y, Tamura A, Tsukita S, Fujiyoshi Y. Tight junctions. Structural insight into tight junction disassembly by Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin. Science 2015; 347:775-8. [PMID: 25678664 DOI: 10.1126/science.1261833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The C-terminal region of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (C-CPE) can bind to specific claudins, resulting in the disintegration of tight junctions (TJs) and an increase in the paracellular permeability across epithelial cell sheets. Here we present the structure of mammalian claudin-19 in complex with C-CPE at 3.7 Å resolution. The structure shows that C-CPE forms extensive hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions with the two extracellular segments of claudin-19. The claudin-19/C-CPE complex shows no density of a short extracellular helix that is critical for claudins to assemble into TJ strands. The helix displacement may thus underlie C-CPE-mediated disassembly of TJs.
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- Yasunori Saitoh
- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. Department of Basic Medical Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. Department of Basic Medical Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Science, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences and Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Science, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences and Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Science, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences and Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. Department of Basic Medical Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
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Assentoft M, Larsen BR, MacAulay N. Regulation and Function of AQP4 in the Central Nervous System. Neurochem Res 2015; 40:2615-27. [PMID: 25630715 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1519-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) is the predominant water channel in the mammalian brain and is mainly expressed in the perivascular glial endfeet at the brain-blood interface. Based on studies on AQP4(-/-) mice, AQP4 has been assigned physiological roles in stimulus-induced K(+) clearance, paravascular fluid flow, and brain edema formation. Conflicting data have been presented on the role of AQP4 in K(+) clearance and associated extracellular space shrinkage and on the stroke-induced alterations of AQP4 expression levels during edema formation, raising questions about the functional importance of AQP4 in these (patho)physiological aspects. Phosphorylation-dependent gating of AQP4 has been proposed as a regulatory mechanism for AQP4-mediated osmotic water transport. This paradigm was, however, recently challenged by experimental evidence and molecular dynamics simulations. Regulatory patterns and physiological roles for AQP4 thus remain to be fully explored.
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- Mette Assentoft
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Bldg. 12.6, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Bldg. 12.6, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Bldg. 12.6, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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FUJIYOSHI Y. Development of the field of structural physiology. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2015; 91:447-468. [PMID: 26560835 PMCID: PMC4754503 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.91.447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Electron crystallography is especially useful for studying the structure and function of membrane proteins - key molecules with important functions in neural and other cells. Electron crystallography is now an established technique for analyzing the structures of membrane proteins in lipid bilayers that closely simulate their natural biological environment. Utilizing cryo-electron microscopes with helium-cooled specimen stages that were developed through a personal motivation to understand the functions of neural systems from a structural point of view, the structures of membrane proteins can be analyzed at a higher than 3 Å resolution. This review covers four objectives. First, I introduce the new research field of structural physiology. Second, I recount some of the struggles involved in developing cryo-electron microscopes. Third, I review the structural and functional analyses of membrane proteins mainly by electron crystallography using cryo-electron microscopes. Finally, I discuss multifunctional channels named "adhennels" based on structures analyzed using electron and X-ray crystallography.
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- Yoshinori FUJIYOSHI
- Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Asakura K, Ueda A, Shima S, Ishikawa T, Hikichi C, Hirota S, Fukui T, Ito S, Mutoh T. Targeting of aquaporin 4 into lipid rafts and its biological significance. Brain Res 2014; 1583:237-44. [PMID: 25128605 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.08.014] [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: 03/22/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and is considered to be caused by the binding of NMO-IgG to aquaporin 4 (AQP4) on astrocytes, which initiates complement-dependent cytotoxicity. AQP4 has two isoforms, i.e., M1 and M23. AQP4 is considered to form heterotetramers containing both isoforms in vivo. Most of the previous studies were performed using either one of the isoforms expressing cell lines. In this study, we generated a fluorescent epitope-tagged AQP4 M1 and M23 co-expressing astrocyte cell line and examined the subcellular targeting of AQP4. In this cell line, AQP4 was targeted mostly to membrane lipid rafts fraction evidenced by sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation followed by Western blotting with anti-AQP4 antibody. Cholesterol depletion with methyl-β-cyclodextrin or simvastatin resulted in the dislocation (relocation) of AQP4 from lipid rafts to non-rafts fraction of the membrane and AQP4 was not internalized intracellularly. This change in the localization of AQP4 on membrane significantly reduced complement-dependent cytotoxic effects of NMO-IgG obtained from patients with NMO without affecting AQP4 orthogonal arrays. Thus, these data strongly suggest that the targeting of AQP4 in the lipid rafts is closely related to the pathogenic effects of NMO-IgG.
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- Kunihiko Asakura
- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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Shipston MJ. Ion channel regulation by protein S-acylation. J Gen Physiol 2014; 143:659-78. [PMID: 24821965 PMCID: PMC4035745 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201411176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Protein S-acylation, the reversible covalent fatty-acid modification of cysteine residues, has emerged as a dynamic posttranslational modification (PTM) that controls the diversity, life cycle, and physiological function of numerous ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels. S-acylation is enzymatically mediated by a diverse family of acyltransferases (zDHHCs) and is reversed by acylthioesterases. However, for most ion channels, the dynamics and subcellular localization at which S-acylation and deacylation cycles occur are not known. S-acylation can control the two fundamental determinants of ion channel function: (1) the number of channels resident in a membrane and (2) the activity of the channel at the membrane. It controls the former by regulating channel trafficking and the latter by controlling channel kinetics and modulation by other PTMs. Ion channel function may be modulated by S-acylation of both pore-forming and regulatory subunits as well as through control of adapter, signaling, and scaffolding proteins in ion channel complexes. Importantly, cross-talk of S-acylation with other PTMs of both cysteine residues by themselves and neighboring sites of phosphorylation is an emerging concept in the control of ion channel physiology. In this review, I discuss the fundamentals of protein S-acylation and the tools available to investigate ion channel S-acylation. The mechanisms and role of S-acylation in controlling diverse stages of the ion channel life cycle and its effect on ion channel function are highlighted. Finally, I discuss future goals and challenges for the field to understand both the mechanistic basis for S-acylation control of ion channels and the functional consequence and implications for understanding the physiological function of ion channel S-acylation in health and disease.
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- Michael J Shipston
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD Scotland, UK
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Suzuki H, Nishizawa T, Tani K, Yamazaki Y, Tamura A, Ishitani R, Dohmae N, Tsukita S, Nureki O, Fujiyoshi Y. Crystal Structure of a Claudin Provides Insight into the Architecture of Tight Junctions. Science 2014; 344:304-7. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1248571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Smith AJ, Jin BJ, Ratelade J, Verkman AS. Aggregation state determines the localization and function of M1- and M23-aquaporin-4 in astrocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 204:559-73. [PMID: 24515349 PMCID: PMC3926963 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201308118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An aggregation state–dependent mechanism for segregation of plasma membrane protein complexes confers specific functional roles to the M1 and M23 isoforms of the water channel AQP4. The astrocyte water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is expressed as heterotetramers of M1 and M23 isoforms in which the presence of M23–AQP4 promotes formation of large macromolecular aggregates termed orthogonal arrays. Here, we demonstrate that the AQP4 aggregation state determines its subcellular localization and cellular functions. Individually expressed M1–AQP4 was freely mobile in the plasma membrane and could diffuse into rapidly extending lamellipodial regions to support cell migration. In contrast, M23–AQP4 formed large arrays that did not diffuse rapidly enough to enter lamellipodia and instead stably bound adhesion complexes and polarized to astrocyte end-feet in vivo. Co-expressed M1– and M23–AQP4 formed aggregates of variable size that segregated due to diffusional sieving of small, mobile M1–AQP4-enriched arrays into lamellipodia and preferential interaction of large, M23–AQP4-enriched arrays with the extracellular matrix. Our results therefore demonstrate an aggregation state–dependent mechanism for segregation of plasma membrane protein complexes that confers specific functional roles to M1– and M23–AQP4.
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- Alex J Smith
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is one of the most abundant molecules in the brain and is particularly prevalent in astrocytic membranes at the blood-brain and brain-liquor interfaces. While AQP4 has been implicated in a number of pathophysiological processes, its role in brain physiology has remained elusive. Only recently has evidence accumulated to suggest that AQP4 is involved in such diverse functions as regulation of extracellular space volume, potassium buffering, cerebrospinal fluid circulation, interstitial fluid resorption, waste clearance, neuroinflammation, osmosensation, cell migration, and Ca(2+) signaling. AQP4 is also required for normal function of the retina, inner ear, and olfactory system. A review will be provided of the physiological roles of AQP4 in brain and of the growing list of data that emphasize the polarized nature of astrocytes.
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Tong J, Briggs MM, McIntosh TJ. Water permeability of aquaporin-4 channel depends on bilayer composition, thickness, and elasticity. Biophys J 2013. [PMID: 23199918 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the primary water channel in the mammalian brain, particularly abundant in astrocytes, whose plasma membranes normally contain high concentrations of cholesterol. Here we test the hypothesis that the water permeabilities of two naturally occurring isoforms (AQP4-M1 and AQP4-M23) depend on bilayer mechanical/structural properties modulated by cholesterol and phospholipid composition. Osmotic stress measurements were performed with proteoliposomes containing AQP4 and three different lipid mixtures: 1), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG); 2), PC, PG, with 40 mol % cholesterol; and 3), sphingomyelin (SM), PG, with 40 mol % cholesterol. The unit permeabilities of AQP4-M1 were 3.3 ± 0.4 × 10(-13) cm(3)/s (mean ± SE), 1.2 ± 0.1 × 10(-13) cm(3)/s, and 0.4 ± 0.1 × 10(-13) cm(3)/s in PC:PG, PC:PG:cholesterol, and SM:PG:cholesterol, respectively. The unit permeabilities of AQP4-M23 were 2.1 ± 0.2 × 10(-13) cm(3)/s, 0.8 ± 0.1 × 10(-13) cm(3)/s, and 0.3 ± 0.1 × 10(-13) cm(3)/s in PC:PG, PC:PG:cholesterol, and SM:PG:cholesterol, respectively. Thus, for each isoform the unit permeabilities strongly depended on bilayer composition and systematically decreased with increasing bilayer compressibility modulus and bilayer thickness. These observations suggest that altering lipid environment provides a means of regulating water channel permeability. Such permeability changes could have physiological consequences, because AQP4 water permeability would be reduced by its sequestration into SM:cholesterol-enriched raft microdomains. Conversely, under ischemic conditions astrocyte membrane cholesterol content decreases, which could increase AQP4 permeability.
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- Jihong Tong
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Schey KL, Grey AC, Nicklay JJ. Mass spectrometry of membrane proteins: a focus on aquaporins. Biochemistry 2013; 52:3807-17. [PMID: 23394619 DOI: 10.1021/bi301604j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Membrane proteins are abundant, critically important biomolecules that conduct essential functions in all cells and are the targets of a significant number of therapeutic drugs. However, the analysis of their expression, modification, protein-protein interactions, and structure by mass spectrometry has lagged behind similar studies of soluble proteins. Here we review the limitations to analysis of integral membrane and membrane-associated proteins and highlight advances in sample preparation and mass spectrometry methods that have led to the successful analysis of this protein class. Advances in the analysis of membrane protein posttranslational modification, protein-protein interaction, protein structure, and tissue distributions by imaging mass spectrometry are discussed. Furthermore, we focus our discussion on the application of mass spectrometry for the analysis of aquaporins as a prototypical integral membrane protein and how advances in analytical methods have revealed new biological insights into the structure and function of this family of proteins.
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- Kevin L Schey
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
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Bukhari W, Barnett MH, Prain K, Broadley SA. Molecular pathogenesis of neuromyelitis optica. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:12970-93. [PMID: 23202933 PMCID: PMC3497307 DOI: 10.3390/ijms131012970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Revised: 09/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare autoimmune disorder, distinct from multiple sclerosis, causing inflammatory lesions in the optic nerves and spinal cord. An autoantibody (NMO IgG) against aquaporin-4 (AQP4), a water channel expressed on astrocytes is thought to be causative. Peripheral production of the antibody is triggered by an unknown process in genetically susceptible individuals. Anti-AQP4 antibody enters the central nervous system (CNS) when the blood brain barrier is made permeable and has high affinity for orthogonal array particles of AQP4. Like other autoimmune diseases, Th17 cells and their effector cytokines (such as interleukin 6) have been implicated in pathogenesis. AQP4 expressing peripheral organs are not affected by NMO IgG, but the antibody causes extensive astrocytic loss in specific regions of the CNS through complement mediated cytotoxicity. Demyelination occurs during the inflammatory process and is probably secondary to oligodendrocyte apoptosis subsequent to loss of trophic support from astrocytes. Ultimately, extensive axonal injury leads to severe disability. Despite rapid advances in the understanding of NMO pathogenesis, unanswered questions remain, particularly with regards to disease mechanisms in NMO IgG seronegative cases. Increasing knowledge of the molecular pathology is leading to improved treatment strategies.
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- Wajih Bukhari
- School of Medicine, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia; E-Mail:
- Department of Neurology, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia
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- Brain and Mind Research Institute, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia; E-Mail:
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- Autoimmune laboratory, Division of Immunology, Pathology Queensland, Herston, QLD 4029, Australia; E-Mail:
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- School of Medicine, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia; E-Mail:
- Department of Neurology, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia
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Brain water channel proteins in health and disease. Mol Aspects Med 2012; 33:562-78. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Revised: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 03/31/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Rossi A, Moritz TJ, Ratelade J, Verkman AS. Super-resolution imaging of aquaporin-4 orthogonal arrays of particles in cell membranes. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:4405-12. [PMID: 22718347 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.109603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is a water channel expressed in astrocytes, skeletal muscle and epithelial cells that forms supramolecular aggregates in plasma membranes called orthogonal arrays of particles (OAPs). AQP4 is expressed as a short isoform (M23) that forms large OAPs, and a long isoform (M1) that does not form OAPs by itself but can mingle with M23 to form relatively small OAPs. AQP4 OAPs were imaged with ~20 nm spatial precision by photoactivation localization microscopy (PALM) in cells expressing chimeras of M1- or M23-AQP4 with photoactivatable fluorescent proteins. Native AQP4 was imaged by direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) using a primary anti-AQP4 antibody and fluorescent secondary antibodies. We found that OAP area increased from 1878±747 to 3647±958 nm(2) with decreasing M1:M23 ratio from 1:1 to 1:3, and became elongated. Two-color dSTORM indicated that M1 and M23 co-assemble in OAPs with a M1-enriched periphery surrounding a M23-enriched core. Native AQP4 in astrocytes formed OAPs with an area of 2142±829 nm(2), which increased to 5137±1119 nm(2) with 2-bromopalmitate. PALM of AQP4 OAPs in live cells showed slow diffusion (average ~10(-12) cm(2)/s) and reorganization. OAP area was not altered by anti-AQP4 IgG autoantibodies (NMO-IgG) that cause the neurological disease neuromyelitis optica. Super-resolution imaging allowed elucidation of novel nanoscale structural and dynamic features of OAPs.
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- Andrea Rossi
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Protein palmitoylation and subcellular trafficking. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:2981-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2011] [Revised: 07/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pisani F, Rossi A, Nicchia GP, Svelto M, Frigeri A. Translational regulation mechanisms of aquaporin-4 supramolecular organization in astrocytes. Glia 2011; 59:1923-32. [PMID: 21850708 DOI: 10.1002/glia.21234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The two predominant isoforms of Aquaporin-4 (AQP4), AQP4-M23 and AQP4-M1, assemble in the plasma membrane to form supramolecular structures called Orthogonal Array of Particles (OAPs) whose dimension is tightly associated to the M1/M23 ratio. Here, we explore translational regulation contribution to M1/M23 expression in primary cultures of rat astrocytes, and analyze the role of M1 mRNA 5'untranslated region (5'UTR) in this mechanism. Using isoform-specific RNAi we found that in rat astrocytes primary cultures a large proportion of M23 protein derives from M1 mRNA translation. Furthermore, site-specific mutagenesis of the 5'UTR sequence of AQP4-M1 mRNA indicates that a multiple-site leaky scanning mechanism, an out-of-frame upstream ORF (uORF), and a reinitiation mechanism are able to modulate the M1/M23 ratio and consequently, OAPs formation. These mechanisms are likely to be shared by different species, including human, and they can also be assumed to play a role in those pathophysiological situations where the organization of AQP4 in supramolecular structures (OAPs) is involved. Finally, we report that, when transfected in Hela cells, the longer rat AQP4 isoform, called Mz, which is not present in human impairs OAPs formation.
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- Francesco Pisani
- Department of General and Environmental Physiology and Centre of Excellence in Comparative Genomics (CEGBA), University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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There are many questions in brain science, which are extremely interesting but very difficult to answer. For example, how do education and other experiences during human development influence the ability and personality of the adult? The molecular mechanisms underlying such phenomena are still totally unclear. However, technological and instrumental advancements of electron microscopy have facilitated comprehension of the structures of biological components, cells, and organelles. Electron crystallography is especially good for studying the structure and function of membrane proteins, which are key molecules of signal transduction in neural and other cells. Electron crystallography is now an established technique to analyze the structures of membrane proteins in lipid bilayers, which are close to their natural biological environment. By utilizing cryo-electron microscopes with helium cooled specimen stages, which were developed through a personal motivation to understand functions of neural systems from a structural point of view, structures of membrane proteins were analyzed at a resolution higher than 3 Å. This review has four objectives. First, it is intended to introduce the new research field of structural physiology. Second, it introduces some of the personal struggles, which were involved in developing the cryo-electron microscope. Third, it discusses some of the technology for the structural analysis of membrane proteins based on cryo-electron microscopy. Finally, it reviews structural and functional analyses of membrane proteins.
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- Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
- Department of Biophysics, Structural Physiology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Oiwake, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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Hirt B, Gleiser C, Eckhard A, Mack A, Müller M, Wolburg H, Löwenheim H. All functional aquaporin-4 isoforms are expressed in the rat cochlea and contribute to the formation of orthogonal arrays of particles. Neuroscience 2011; 189:79-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 05/13/2011] [Accepted: 05/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kononchik JP, Vancini R, Brown DT. Alphavirus adsorption to mosquito cells as viewed by freeze fracture immunolabeling. Virology 2011; 415:132-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Protein S-palmitoylation, the reversible thioester linkage of a 16-carbon palmitate lipid to an intracellular cysteine residue, is rapidly emerging as a fundamental, dynamic, and widespread post-translational mechanism to control the properties and function of ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels. Palmitoylation controls multiple stages in the ion channel life cycle, from maturation to trafficking and regulation. An emerging concept is that palmitoylation is an important determinant of channel regulation by other signaling pathways. The elucidation of enzymes controlling palmitoylation and developments in proteomics tools now promise to revolutionize our understanding of this fundamental post-translational mechanism in regulating ion channel physiology.
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- Michael J Shipston
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Wolburg H, Wolburg-Buchholz K, Fallier-Becker P, Noell S, Mack AF. Structure and functions of aquaporin-4-based orthogonal arrays of particles. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 287:1-41. [PMID: 21414585 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386043-9.00001-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Orthogonal arrays or assemblies of intramembranous particles (OAPs) are structures in the membrane of diverse cells which were initially discovered by means of the freeze-fracturing technique. This technique, developed in the 1960s, was important for the acceptance of the fluid mosaic model of the biological membrane. OAPs were first described in liver cells, and then in parietal cells of the stomach, and most importantly, in the astrocytes of the brain. Since the discovery of the structure of OAPs and the identification of OAPs as the morphological equivalent of the water channel protein aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in the 1990s, a plethora of morphological work on OAPs in different cells was published. Now, we feel a need to balance new and old data on OAPs and AQP4 to elucidate the interrelationship of both structures and molecules. In this review, the identity of OAPs as AQP4-based structures in a diversity of cells will be described. At the same time, arguments are offered that under pathological or experimental circumstances, AQP4 can also be expressed in a non-OAP form. Thus, we attempt to project classical work on OAPs onto the molecular biology of AQP4. In particular, astrocytes and glioma cells will play the major part in this review, not only due to our own work but also due to the fact that most studies on structure and function of AQP4 were done in the nervous system.
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- Hartwig Wolburg
- Institute of Pathology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Fujiyoshi Y. Electron crystallography for structural and functional studies of membrane proteins. Microscopy (Oxf) 2011; 60 Suppl 1:S149-S159. [PMID: 21844586 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfr033] [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: 05/31/2023] Open
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Membrane proteins are important research targets for basic biological sciences and drug design, but studies of their structure and function are considered difficult to perform. Studies of membrane structures have been greatly facilitated by technological and instrumental advancements in electron microscopy together with methodological advancements in biology. Electron crystallography is especially useful in studying the structure and function of membrane proteins. Electron crystallography is now an established method of analyzing the structures of membrane proteins in lipid bilayers, which resembles their natural biological environment. To better understand the neural system function from a structural point of view, we developed the cryo-electron microscope with a helium-cooled specimen stage, which allows for analysis of the structures of membrane proteins at a resolution higher than 3 Å. This review introduces recent instrumental advances in cryo-electron microscopy and presents some examples of structure analyses of membrane proteins, such as bacteriorhodopsin, water channels and gap junction channels. This review has two objectives: first, to provide a personal historical background to describe how we came to develop the cryo-electron microscope and second, to discuss some of the technology required for the structural analysis of membrane proteins based on cryo-electron microscopy.
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- Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
- Structural Physiology, Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Oiwake, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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Schey KL, Gutierrez DB, Wang Z, Wei J, Grey AC. Novel fatty acid acylation of lens integral membrane protein aquaporin-0. Biochemistry 2010; 49:9858-65. [PMID: 20942504 DOI: 10.1021/bi101415w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fatty acid acylation of proteins is a well-studied co- or posttranslational modification typically conferring membrane trafficking signals or membrane anchoring properties to proteins. Commonly observed examples of protein acylation include N-terminal myristoylation and palmitoylation of cysteine residues. In the present study, direct tissue profiling mass spectrometry of bovine and human lens sections revealed an abundant signal tentatively assigned as a lipid-modified form of aquaporin-0. LC/MS/MS proteomic analysis of hydrophobic tryptic peptides from lens membrane proteins revealed both N-terminal and C-terminal peptides modified by 238 and 264 Da which were subsequently assigned by accurate mass measurement as palmitoylation and oleoylation, respectively. Specific sites of modification were the N-terminal methionine residue and lysine 238 revealing, for the first time, an oleic acid modification via an amide linkage to a lysine residue. The specific fatty acids involved reflect their abundance in the lens fiber cell plasma membrane. Imaging mass spectrometry indicated abundant acylated AQP0 in the inner cortical region of both bovine and human lenses and acylated truncation products in the lens nucleus. Additional analyses revealed that the lipid-modified forms partitioned exclusively to a detergent-resistant membrane fraction, suggesting a role in membrane domain targeting.
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- Kevin L Schey
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States.
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Fallier-Becker P, Sperveslage J, Wolburg H, Noell S. The impact of agrin on the formation of orthogonal arrays of particles in cultured astrocytes from wild-type and agrin-null mice. Brain Res 2010; 1367:2-12. [PMID: 20920487 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Revised: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Astrocytic endfeet membranes are studded with aquaporin-4 (AQP4) containing orthogonal arrays of particles (OAP) which can be visualized exclusively by the freeze-fracturing method. They are predominantly expressed where the astroglial membrane is in contact with the superficial and perivascular basal lamina. This polarity seems to be essential for the integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The basal lamina containing many extracellular matrix (ECM) components such as collagen, laminin and heparansulfate proteoglycans like agrin is thought to influence this OAP-related polarity of astrocytes. Recently, we have shown that agrin, in particular the neuronal isoform A4B8, is capable of influencing the formation of OAPs in astrocytes when cultured in the presence of agrin-conditioned media. In this paper we wanted to investigate whether coating with exogenous agrin compared to coating with other ECM components would induce OAP formation in astrocytes of the agrin-null mouse. For this purpose, we cultured astrocytes from agrin-null and wild-type mice on agrin- or ECM-coated surfaces. Immunofluorescent cytochemical staining of AQP4 indicated a higher AQP4 expression level in cultures with agrin- or ECM-coated than in cultures with uncoated surfaces, whereas western blot analyses and PCR showed no differences. α-Dystroglycan is thought to be a potential receptor of agrin and was immunostained in wild-type as well as in agrin-null astrocytes. In freeze-fracture replicas, we observed an increase in OAP density in astrocytes when growing on agrin- and ECM-coatings. These results concurred with other experiments in which changes in volume were measured following hypotonic stress, which supported the positive influence of exogenous agrin on AQP4 insertion into the membrane, on OAP formation and on water transport.
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- Petra Fallier-Becker
- Institute of Pathology, University of Tübingen, Medical School, Tübingen, Germany
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Marignier R. Anti-aquaporin-4 antibodies in Devic's neuromyelitis optica: therapeutic implications. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2010; 3:311-21. [PMID: 21179621 PMCID: PMC3002663 DOI: 10.1177/1756285610382478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Devic's neuromyelitis optica (DNMO) is a demyelinating and inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) essentially restricted to the spinal cord and the optic nerves. It is a rare disorder with a prevalence estimated at less than 1/100,000 in Western countries. Since the first description by Eugène Devic in 1894, the relationship between DNMO and multiple sclerosis (MS) has been controversial. Recent clinical, epidemiological, pathological and immunological data demonstrate that MS and DNMO are distinct entities. This distinction between DNMO and MS is crucial, as prognosis and treatment are indeed different. DNMO is now considered to be an autoimmune, antibody-mediated disease especially since the identification of a specific serum autoantibody, named NMO-IgG and directed against the main water channel of the CNS, aquaporin-4 (AQP4). The assessment of AQP4 antibodies (Abs) has initially been proposed to differentiate DNMO and MS. It has also enlarged the clinical spectrum of DNMO and proved to be helpful in predicting relapses and conversion to DNMO after a first episode of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis or isolated optic neuritis. Lastly, the discovery of the pathogenic role of AQP4 Abs in DNMO leads to a better understanding of detailed DNMO immunopathology and the elaboration of relevant novel treatment strategies specific to DNMO. In this review, we summarize the present and future therapeutic implications generated by the discovery of the various pathogenic mechanisms of AQP4 Abs in DNMO pathophysiology.
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- Romain Marignier
- Service de Neurologie A and EDMUS Coordinating Center, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, F-69677, France
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Mitsuma T, Tani K, Hiroaki Y, Kamegawa A, Suzuki H, Hibino H, Kurachi Y, Fujiyoshi Y. Influence of the cytoplasmic domains of aquaporin-4 on water conduction and array formation. J Mol Biol 2010; 402:669-81. [PMID: 20709083 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2010] [Revised: 07/24/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Phosphorylation of Ser180 in cytoplasmic loop D has been shown to reduce the water permeability of aquaporin (AQP) 4, the predominant water channel in the brain. However, when the structure of the S180D mutant (AQP4M23S180D), which was generated to mimic phosphorylated Ser180, was determined to 2.8 Å resolution using electron diffraction patterns, it showed no significant differences from the structure of the wild-type channel. High-resolution density maps usually do not resolve protein regions that are only partially ordered, but these can sometimes be seen in lower-resolution density maps calculated from electron micrographs. We therefore used images of two-dimensional crystals and determined the structure of AQP4M23S180D at 10 A resolution. The features of the 10-A density map are consistent with those of the previously determined atomic model; in particular, there were no indications of any obstruction near the cytoplasmic pore entrance. In addition, water conductance measurements, both in vitro and in vivo, show the same water permeability for wild-type and mutant AQP4M23, suggesting that the S180D mutation neither reduces water conduction through a conformational change nor reduces water conduction by interacting with a protein that would obstruct the cytoplasmic channel entrance. Finally, the 10-A map shows a cytoplasmic density in between four adjacent tetramers that most likely represents the association of four N termini. This finding supports the critical role of the N terminus of AQP4 in the stabilization of orthogonal arrays, as well as their interference through lipid modification of cysteine residues in the longer N-terminal isoform.
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- Tadanori Mitsuma
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Oiwake, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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