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Murphy S, Schmitt-John T, Dowling P, Henry M, Meleady P, Swandulla D, Ohlendieck K. Proteomic profiling of the brain from the wobbler mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis reveals elevated levels of the astrogliosis marker glial fibrillary acidic protein. Eur J Transl Myol 2023; 33:11555. [PMID: 37565261 PMCID: PMC10583141 DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2023.11555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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The wobbler mouse is a widely used model system of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and exhibits progressive neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in association with skeletal muscle wasting. This study has used wobbler brain preparations for the systematic and mass spectrometric determination of proteome-wide changes. The proteomic characterization of total protein extracts from wobbler specimens was carried out with the help of an Orbitrap mass spectrometer and revealed elevated levels of glia cell marker proteins, i.e., glial fibrillary acidic protein and the actin-binding protein coronin. In contrast, the abundance of the actin-binding protein neurabin and the scaffolding protein named piccolo of the presynaptic cytomatrix were shown to be reduced. The increased abundance of glial fibrillary acidic protein, which is frequently used in neuropathological studies as a marker protein of glial scar formation, was confirmed by immunoblotting. In analogy, the proteomic profiling of the brain from another established murine model of motor neuron disease, the SOD1mouse, also showed increased levels of this intermediate filament protein. This suggests that neurodegenerative processes are associated with astrogliosis in both the wobbler and SOD1 brain.
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- Sandra Murphy
- Charles River Laboratories, Chesterford Research Park, Saffron Walden.
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland; Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
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- National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin.
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- National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin.
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- Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn.
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- Department of Biology, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland; Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
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Zhou B, Zheng Y, Li X, Dong H, Yu J, Zou Y, Zhu M, Yu Y, Fang X, Zhou M, Zhang W, Yuan Y, Wang Z, Deng J, Hong D. FUS Mutation Causes Disordered Lipid Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle Associated with ALS. Mol Neurobiol 2022; 59:7265-7277. [PMID: 36169888 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-03048-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by dysfunction of the upper and lower motor neurons resulting in muscle weakness and wasting. Recently, several studies on ALS patients and ALS animal models indicated that intramuscular toxicity played a role in ALS disease progression; however, the mechanisms driving this are unknown. In this study, we explored the possible dysfunction of lipid metabolism in myocytes associated with ALS. Initially, skeletal muscle from 41 ALS patients, as well as 53 non-ALS control subjects, was investigated, and we identified that lipid droplet accumulation in the muscle fibers of ALS patients was significantly increased, especially in patients with FUS mutations. A myoblast (C2C12) cell line expressing mutant FUS (FUS-K510Q) was able to induce lipid droplet accumulation and mitochondrial dysfunction. Consistently, transgenic flies expressing FUS-K510Q under a muscle-specific driver showed elevated triglyceride levels in the flight muscles, as well as locomotor defects. Biochemical analysis of C2C12 cells and fly muscle tissues showed upregulation of PLIN2, and downregulation of ATGL and CPT1A, indicating inhibition of lipolysis and fatty acid β-oxidation in muscle cells with FUS mutations. Our study provided a potential explanation for the pathogenesis associated with lipid droplets accumulating in skeletal muscle in ALS. Our data also suggested that disordered lipid metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction play a crucial role in intramuscular toxicity in ALS.
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- Binbin Zhou
- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China.,Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurovascular Disease Discovery, Beijing, 100034, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurovascular Disease Discovery, Beijing, 100034, China.
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- Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China. .,Department of Medical Genetics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, China.
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Improper Proteostasis: Can It Serve as Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases? Mol Neurobiol 2022; 59:3382-3401. [PMID: 35305242 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-02775-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cells synthesize new proteins after multiple molecular decisions. Damage of existing proteins, accumulation of abnormal proteins, and basic requirement of new proteins trigger protein quality control (PQC)-based alternative strategies to cope against proteostasis imbalance. Accumulation of misfolded proteins is linked with various neurodegenerative disorders. However, how deregulated components of this quality control system and their lack of general mechanism-based long-term changes can serve as biomarkers for neurodegeneration remains largely unexplored. Here, our article summarizes the chief findings, which may facilitate the search of novel and relevant proteostasis mechanism-based biomarkers associated with neuronal disorders. Understanding the abnormalities of PQC coupled molecules as possible biomarkers can help to determine neuronal fate and their contribution to the aetiology of several nervous system disorders.
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Morgan S, Duguez S, Duddy W. Personalized Medicine and Molecular Interaction Networks in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): Current Knowledge. J Pers Med 2018; 8:E44. [PMID: 30551677 PMCID: PMC6313785 DOI: 10.3390/jpm8040044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Multiple genes and mechanisms of pathophysiology have been implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), suggesting it is a complex systemic disease. With this in mind, applying personalized medicine (PM) approaches to tailor treatment pipelines for ALS patients may be necessary. The modelling and analysis of molecular interaction networks could represent valuable resources in defining ALS-associated pathways and discovering novel therapeutic targets. Here we review existing omics datasets and analytical approaches, in order to consider how molecular interaction networks could improve our understanding of the molecular pathophysiology of this fatal neuromuscular disorder.
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- Stephen Morgan
- Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Ulster University, Londonderry, BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland, UK.
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- Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Ulster University, Londonderry, BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland, UK.
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- Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, Altnagelvin Hospital Campus, Ulster University, Londonderry, BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Šoltić D, Bowerman M, Stock J, Shorrock HK, Gillingwater TH, Fuller HR. Multi-Study Proteomic and Bioinformatic Identification of Molecular Overlap between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Brain Sci 2018; 8:brainsci8120212. [PMID: 30518112 PMCID: PMC6315439 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8120212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Unravelling the complex molecular pathways responsible for motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) remains a persistent challenge. Interest is growing in the potential molecular similarities between these two diseases, with the hope of better understanding disease pathology for the guidance of therapeutic development. The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of published proteomic studies of ALS and SMA, seeking commonly dysregulated molecules to be prioritized as future therapeutic targets. Fifteen proteins were found to be differentially expressed in two or more proteomic studies of both ALS and SMA, and bioinformatics analysis identified over-representation of proteins known to associate in vesicles and molecular pathways, including metabolism of proteins and vesicle-mediated transport—both of which converge on endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi trafficking processes. Calreticulin, a calcium-binding chaperone found in the ER, was associated with both pathways and we independently confirm that its expression was decreased in spinal cords from SMA and increased in spinal cords from ALS mice. Together, these findings offer significant insights into potential common targets that may help to guide the development of new therapies for both diseases.
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- Darija Šoltić
- School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK; (D.S.); (M.B.)
- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
- Wolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disease, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry SY10 7AG, UK
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- School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK; (D.S.); (M.B.)
- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
- Wolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disease, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry SY10 7AG, UK
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- School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK; (D.S.); (M.B.)
- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
- Wolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disease, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry SY10 7AG, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK; (H.K.S.); (T.H.G.)
- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK; (H.K.S.); (T.H.G.)
- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK; (D.S.); (M.B.)
- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
- Wolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disease, RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry SY10 7AG, UK
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-169-140-4693; Fax: +44-169-140-4065
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Loeffler JP, Picchiarelli G, Dupuis L, Gonzalez De Aguilar JL. The Role of Skeletal Muscle in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Brain Pathol 2016; 26:227-36. [PMID: 26780251 PMCID: PMC8029271 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal adult‐onset disease primarily characterized by upper and lower motor neuron degeneration, muscle wasting and paralysis. It is increasingly accepted that the pathological process leading to ALS is the result of multiple disease mechanisms that operate within motor neurons and other cell types both inside and outside the central nervous system. The implication of skeletal muscle has been the subject of a number of studies conducted on patients and related animal models. In this review, we describe the features of ALS muscle pathology and discuss on the contribution of muscle to the pathological process. We also give an overview of the therapeutic strategies proposed to alleviate muscle pathology or to deliver curative agents to motor neurons. ALS muscle mainly suffers from oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and bioenergetic disturbances. However, the way by which the disease affects different types of myofibers depends on their contractile and metabolic features. Although the implication of muscle in nourishing the degenerative process is still debated, there is compelling evidence suggesting that it may play a critical role. Detailed understanding of the muscle pathology in ALS could, therefore, lead to the identification of new therapeutic targets.
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- Jean-Philippe Loeffler
- Université de Strasbourg, UMR_S 1118, Strasbourg, France.,INSERM, U1118, Mécanismes Centraux et Péripheriques de la Neurodégénérescence, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR_S 1118, Strasbourg, France.,INSERM, U1118, Mécanismes Centraux et Péripheriques de la Neurodégénérescence, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR_S 1118, Strasbourg, France.,INSERM, U1118, Mécanismes Centraux et Péripheriques de la Neurodégénérescence, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR_S 1118, Strasbourg, France.,INSERM, U1118, Mécanismes Centraux et Péripheriques de la Neurodégénérescence, Strasbourg, France
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Dowling P, Murphy S, Ohlendieck K. Proteomic profiling of muscle fibre type shifting in neuromuscular diseases. Expert Rev Proteomics 2016; 13:783-99. [DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2016.1209416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The progesterone receptor agonist Nestorone holds back proinflammatory mediators and neuropathology in the wobbler mouse model of motoneuron degeneration. Neuroscience 2015; 308:51-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Holland A, Ohlendieck K. Comparative profiling of the sperm proteome. Proteomics 2014; 15:632-48. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ashling Holland
- Department of Biology; National University of Ireland; Maynooth County Kildare Ireland
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- Department of Biology; National University of Ireland; Maynooth County Kildare Ireland
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Intricate effects of primary motor neuronopathy on contractile proteins and metabolic muscle enzymes as revealed by label-free mass spectrometry. Biosci Rep 2014; 34:BSR20140029. [PMID: 24895011 PMCID: PMC4076836 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20140029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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While the long-term physiological adaptation of the neuromuscular system to changed functional demands is usually reflected by unilateral skeletal muscle transitions, the progressive degeneration of distinct motor neuron populations is often associated with more complex changes in the abundance and/or isoform expression pattern of contractile proteins and metabolic enzymes. In order to evaluate these intricate effects of primary motor neuronopathy on the skeletal muscle proteome, label-free MS was employed to study global alterations in the WR (wobbler) mouse model of progressive neurodegeneration. In motor neuron disease, fibre-type specification and the metabolic weighting of bioenergetic pathways appear to be strongly influenced by both a differing degree of a subtype-specific vulnerability of neuromuscular synapses and compensatory mechanisms of fibre-type shifting. Proteomic profiling confirmed this pathobiochemical complexity of disease-induced changes and showed distinct alterations in 72 protein species, including a variety of fibre-type-specific isoforms of contractile proteins, metabolic enzymes, metabolite transporters and ion-regulatory proteins, as well as changes in molecular chaperones and various structural proteins. Increases in slow myosin light chains and the troponin complex and a decrease in fast MBP (myosin-binding protein) probably reflect the initial preferential loss of the fast type of neuromuscular synapses in motor neuron disease. The systematic biochemical analysis of muscle from the wobbler mouse model of motor neuron disease suggests that the loss of neuromuscular synapses causes complex changes in the protein profile of contractile tissues, affecting especially the contractile apparatus and energy metabolism.
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Elf K, Shevchenko G, Nygren I, Larsson L, Bergquist J, Askmark H, Artemenko K. Alterations in muscle proteome of patients diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Proteomics 2014; 108:55-64. [PMID: 24846852 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2014] [Revised: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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UNLABELLED Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron disease characterized by progressive muscle paralysis. Currently clinical tools for ALS diagnostics do not perform well enough and their improvement is needed. The objective of this study was to identify specific protein alterations related to the development of ALS using tiny muscle biopsies. We applied a shotgun proteomics and quantitative dimethyl labeling in order to analyze the global changes in human skeletal muscle proteome of ALS versus healthy subjects for the first time. 235 proteins were quantified and 11 proteins were found significantly regulated in ALS muscles. These proteins are involved in muscle development and contraction, metabolic processes, enzyme activity, regulation of apoptosis and transport activity. In order to eliminate a risk to confuse ALS with other denervations, muscle biopsies of patients with postpolio syndrome and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (negative controls) were compared to those of ALS and controls. Only few proteins significantly regulated in ALS patients compared to controls were affected differently in negative controls. These proteins (BTB and kelch domain-containing protein 10, myosin light chain 3, glycogen debranching enzyme, transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase), individually or as a panel, could be selected for estimation of ALS diagnosis and development. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE ALS is a devastating neurodegenerative disease, and luckily, very rare: only one to two people out of 100,000 develop ALS yearly. This fact, however, makes studies of ALS very challenging since it is very difficult to collect the representative set of clinical samples and this may take up to several years. In this study we collected the muscle biopsies from 12 ALS patients and compared the ALS muscle proteome against the one from control subjects. We suggested the efficient method for such comprehensive quantitative analysis by LC-MS and performed it for the first time using human ALS material. This gel- and antibody-free method can be widely applied for muscle proteome studies and has been used by us for revealing of the specific protein alterations associated with ALS.
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- Kristin Elf
- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Neurophysiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC, Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Neurology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Neurophysiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC, Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Neurology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC, Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Acquadro E, Caron I, Tortarolo M, Bucci EM, Bendotti C, Corpillo D. Human SOD1-G93A specific distribution evidenced in murine brain of a transgenic model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by MALDI imaging mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:1800-9. [PMID: 24579824 DOI: 10.1021/pr400942n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons. The transgenic mouse model carrying the human SOD1G93A mutant gene (hSOD1G93A mouse) represents one of the most reliable and widely used model of this pathology. In the present work, the innovative technique of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) was applied in the study of pathological alterations at the level of small brain regions such as facial and trigeminal nuclei, which in rodents are extremely small and would be difficult to analyze with classical proteomics approaches. Comparing slices from three mice groups (transgenic hSOD1G93A, transgenic hSOD1WT, and nontransgenic, Ntg), this technique allowed us to evidence the accumulation of hSOD1G93A in the facial and trigeminal nuclei, where it generates aggregates. This phenomenon is likely to be correlated to the degeneration observed in these regions. Moreover, a statistical analysis allowed us to highlight other proteins as differentially expressed among the three mice groups analyzed. Some of them were identified by reverse-phase HPLC fractionation of extracted proteins and mass spectrometric analysis before and after trypsin digestion. In particular, the 40S ribosomal protein S19 (RPS19) was upregulated in the parenkyma and reactive glial cells in facial nuclei of hSOD1G93A mice when compared to transgenic hSOD1WT and nontransgenic ones.
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- Elena Acquadro
- ABLE Bioscences, BioIndustry Park Silvano Fumero S.p.A., Via Ribes 5, 10010 Colleretto Giacosa, TO, Italy
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Holland A, Ohlendieck K. Proteomic profiling of the contractile apparatus from skeletal muscle. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 10:239-57. [DOI: 10.1586/epr.13.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Carberry S, Zweyer M, Swandulla D, Ohlendieck K. Application of fluorescence two-dimensional difference in-gel electrophoresis as a proteomic biomarker discovery tool in muscular dystrophy research. BIOLOGY 2013; 2:1438-64. [PMID: 24833232 PMCID: PMC4009800 DOI: 10.3390/biology2041438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Revised: 11/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In this article, we illustrate the application of difference in-gel electrophoresis for the proteomic analysis of dystrophic skeletal muscle. The mdx diaphragm was used as a tissue model of dystrophinopathy. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis is a widely employed protein separation method in proteomic investigations. Although two-dimensional gels usually underestimate the cellular presence of very high molecular mass proteins, integral membrane proteins and low copy number proteins, this method is extremely powerful in the comprehensive analysis of contractile proteins, metabolic enzymes, structural proteins and molecular chaperones. This gives rise to two-dimensional gel electrophoretic separation as the method of choice for studying contractile tissues in health and disease. For comparative studies, fluorescence difference in-gel electrophoresis has been shown to provide an excellent biomarker discovery tool. Since aged diaphragm fibres from the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy closely resemble the human pathology, we have carried out a mass spectrometry-based comparison of the naturally aged diaphragm versus the senescent dystrophic diaphragm. The proteomic comparison of wild type versus mdx diaphragm resulted in the identification of 84 altered protein species. Novel molecular insights into dystrophic changes suggest increased cellular stress, impaired calcium buffering, cytostructural alterations and disturbances of mitochondrial metabolism in dystrophin-deficient muscle tissue.
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- Steven Carberry
- Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland.
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- Department of Physiology II, University of Bonn, Bonn D-53115, Germany.
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- Department of Physiology II, University of Bonn, Bonn D-53115, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland.
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Jockusch H, Holland A, Staunton L, Schmitt-John T, Heimann P, Dowling P, Ohlendieck K. Pathoproteomics of testicular tissue deficient in the GARP component VPS54: The wobbler mouse model of globozoospermia. Proteomics 2013; 14:839-52. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201300189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Harald Jockusch
- Department of Developmental Biology and Molecular Pathology; University of Bielefeld; Bielefeld Germany
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- Department of Biology; National University of Ireland; Maynooth Ireland
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- Department of Biology; National University of Ireland; Maynooth Ireland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics; Aarhus University; Aarhus Denmark
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- Department of Cell Biology; University of Bielefeld; Bielefeld Germany
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- National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology; Dublin City University; Dublin Ireland
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- Department of Biology; National University of Ireland; Maynooth Ireland
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Broch-Lips M, Pedersen TH, Riisager A, Schmitt-John T, Nielsen OB. Neuro-muscular function in the wobbler murine model of primary motor neuronopathy. Exp Neurol 2013; 248:406-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Revised: 06/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ohlendieck K. Proteomic identification of biomarkers of skeletal muscle disorders. Biomark Med 2013; 7:169-86. [PMID: 23387498 DOI: 10.2217/bmm.12.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Disease-specific biomarkers play a central diagnostic and therapeutic role in muscle pathology. Serum levels of a variety of muscle-derived enzymes are routinely used for the detection of muscle damage in diagnostic procedures, as well as for the monitoring of physical training status in sports medicine. Over the last few years, the systematic application of mass spectrometry-based proteomics for studying skeletal muscle degeneration has greatly expanded the range of muscle biomarkers, including new fiber-associated proteins involved in muscle transformation, muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, motor neuron disease, inclusion body myositis, myotonia, hypoxia, diabetes, obesity and sarcopenia of old age. These mass spectrometric studies have clearly established skeletal muscle proteomics as a reliable method for the identification of novel indicators of neuromuscular diseases.
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- Kay Ohlendieck
- Muscle Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland.
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Moser JM, Bigini P, Schmitt-John T. The wobbler mouse, an ALS animal model. Mol Genet Genomics 2013; 288:207-29. [PMID: 23539154 PMCID: PMC3664746 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-013-0741-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This review article is focused on the research progress made utilizing the wobbler mouse as animal model for human motor neuron diseases, especially the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The wobbler mouse develops progressive degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons and shows striking similarities to ALS. The cellular effects of the wobbler mutation, cellular transport defects, neurofilament aggregation, neuronal hyperexcitability and neuroinflammation closely resemble human ALS. Now, 57 years after the first report on the wobbler mouse we summarize the progress made in understanding the disease mechanism and testing various therapeutic approaches and discuss the relevance of these advances for human ALS. The identification of the causative mutation linking the wobbler mutation to a vesicle transport factor and the research focussed on the cellular basis and the therapeutic treatment of the wobbler motor neuron degeneration has shed new light on the molecular pathology of the disease and might contribute to the understanding the complexity of ALS.
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- Jakob Maximilian Moser
- Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Aarhus University, C. F. Møllers Alle 3, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Li R, Xu W, Wang Z, Liang B, Wu JR, Zeng R. Proteomic characteristics of the liver and skeletal muscle in the Chinese tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis). Protein Cell 2012; 3:691-700. [PMID: 22886497 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-012-2039-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Valid animal models are useful for studying the pathophysiology of specific disorders, such as neural disease, diabetes and cancer. Previous molecular phylogeny studies indicate that the tree shrew is in the same order as (or a close sister to) primates, and thus may be an ideal model in which to study human disease. In this study, the proteome of liver and muscle tissue in tree the shrew was identified by combining peptide fractionation and LC-MS/MS identification. In total, 2146 proteins were detected, including 1759 proteins in liver samples and 885 proteins in skeletal muscle samples from the tree shrew. Further sub-source analysis revealed that nearly half of the identified proteins (846 proteins and 418 proteins) were derived from human database. In this study, we are the first to describe the characteristics of the proteome from the liver and skeletal muscle of the tree shrew. Phylogenetic tree analysis based on these proteomic data showed that the tree shrew is closer to primates (human) than to glires (the mouse and rat).
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- Rongxia Li
- Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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Staunton L, Zweyer M, Swandulla D, Ohlendieck K. Mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis of middle-aged vs. aged vastus lateralis reveals increased levels of carbonic anhydrase isoform 3 in senescent human skeletal muscle. Int J Mol Med 2012; 30:723-33. [PMID: 22797148 PMCID: PMC3573712 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.1056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and associated progressive decline in contractile strength is a serious pathophysiological issue in the elderly. In order to investigate global changes in the skeletal muscle proteome after the fifth decade of life, this study analysed total extracts from human vastus lateralis muscle by fluorescence difference in-gel electrophoresis. Tissue specimens were derived from middle-aged (47-62 years) vs. aged (76-82 years) individuals and potential changes in the protein expression profiles were compared between these two age groups by a comprehensive gel electrophoresis-based survey. Age-dependent alterations in the concentration of 19 protein spots were revealed and mass spectrometry identified these components as being involved in the excitation-contraction-relaxation cycle, muscle metabolism, ion handling and the cellular stress response. This indicates a generally perturbed protein expression pattern in senescent human muscle. Increased levels of mitochondrial enzymes and isoform switching of the key contractile protein, actin, support the idea of glycolytic-to-oxidative and fast-to-slow transition processes during muscle aging. Importantly, the carbonic anhydrase (CA)3 isoform displayed an increased abundance during muscle aging, which was independently verified by immunoblotting of differently aged human skeletal muscle samples. Since the CA3 isoform is relatively muscle-specific and exhibits a fibre type-specific expression pattern, this enzyme may represent an interesting new biomarker of sarcopenia. Increased levels of CA are indicative of an increased demand of CO₂-removal in senescent muscle, and also suggest age-related fibre type shifting to slower-contracting muscles during human aging.
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- Lisa Staunton
- Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland
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Deniselle MCG, Carreras MC, Garay L, Gargiulo-Monachelli G, Meyer M, Poderoso JJ, De Nicola AF. Progesterone prevents mitochondrial dysfunction in the spinal cord of wobbler mice. J Neurochem 2012; 122:185-95. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07753.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Neural precursors (NPCs) from adult L967Q mice display early commitment to "in vitro" neuronal differentiation and hyperexcitability. Exp Neurol 2012; 236:307-18. [PMID: 22634210 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Revised: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The pathogenic factors leading to selective degeneration of motoneurons in ALS are not yet understood. However, altered functionality of voltage-dependent Na(+) channels may play a role since cortical hyperexcitability was described in ALS patients and riluzole, the only drug approved to treat ALS, seems to decrease glutamate release via blockade or inactivation of voltage-dependent Na(+) channels. The wobbler mouse, a murine model of motoneuron degeneration, shares some of the clinical features of human ALS. At early stages of the wobbler disease, increased cortical hyperexcitability was observed. Moreover, riluzole reduced motoneuron loss and muscular atrophy in treated wobbler mice. Here, we focussed our attention on specific electrophysiological properties, like voltage-activated Na(+) currents and underlying regenerative electrical activity, as read-outs of the neuronal maturation process of neural stem/progenitor cells (NPCs) isolated from the subventricular zone (SVZ) of adult early symptomatic wobbler mice. In self-renewal conditions, the rate of wobbler NPC proliferation "in vitro" was 30% lower than that of healthy mice. Conversely, the number of wobbler NPCs displaying early neuronal commitment and action potentials was significantly higher. Upon switching from proliferative to differentiative conditions, NPCs underwent significant changes in the key properties of voltage gated Na(+) currents. The most notable finding, in cells with neuronal morphology, was an increase in Na(+) current density that strictly correlated with an increased probability to generate action potentials. This feature was remarkably more pronounced in neurons differentiated from wobbler NPCs that upon sustained stimulation, displayed short trains of pathological facilitation. In agreement with this result, an increase in the number of c-Fos positive cells, a surrogate marker of neuronal network activation, was observed in the mesial cortex of the wobbler mice "in situ". Thus these findings, all together, suggest that a state of early neuronal hyperexcitability may be a major contributor of motoneuron vulnerability.
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Meyer M, Gonzalez Deniselle M, Gargiulo-Monachelli G, Garay L, Schumacher M, Guennoun R, De Nicola A. Progesterone effects on neuronal brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glial cells during progression of Wobbler mouse neurodegeneration. Neuroscience 2012; 201:267-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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