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Lou W, Reynolds CA, Li Y, Liu J, Hüttemann M, Schlame M, Stevenson D, Strathdee D, Greenberg ML. Loss of tafazzin results in decreased myoblast differentiation in C2C12 cells: A myoblast model of Barth syndrome and cardiolipin deficiency. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2018; 1863:857-865. [PMID: 29694924 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2018.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked genetic disorder resulting from mutations in the tafazzin gene (TAZ), which encodes the transacylase that remodels the mitochondrial phospholipid cardiolipin (CL). While most BTHS patients exhibit pronounced skeletal myopathy, the mechanisms linking defective CL remodeling and skeletal myopathy have not been determined. In this study, we constructed a CRISPR-generated stable tafazzin knockout (TAZ-KO) C2C12 myoblast cell line. TAZ-KO cells exhibit mitochondrial deficits consistent with other models of BTHS, including accumulation of monolyso-CL (MLCL), decreased mitochondrial respiration, and increased mitochondrial ROS production. Additionally, tafazzin deficiency was associated with impairment of myocyte differentiation. Future studies should determine whether alterations in myogenic determination contribute to the skeletal myopathy observed in BTHS patients. The BTHS myoblast model will enable studies to elucidate mechanisms by which defective CL remodeling interferes with normal myocyte differentiation and skeletal muscle ontogenesis.
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- Wenjia Lou
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Transgenic Technology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Transgenic Technology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
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Battistelli M, Salucci S, Olivotto E, Facchini A, Minguzzi M, Guidotti S, Pagani S, Flamigni F, Borzì RM, Facchini A, Falcieri E. Cell death in human articular chondrocyte: a morpho-functional study in micromass model. Apoptosis 2015; 19:1471-83. [PMID: 25015553 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-014-1017-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Chondrocyte death and loss of extracellular matrix are the central features in articular cartilage degeneration during osteoarthritis pathogenesis. Cartilage diseases and, in particular, osteoarthritis are widely correlated to apoptosis but, chondrocytes undergoing apoptosis "in vivo" more often display peculiar features that correspond to a distinct process of programmed cell death termed "chondroptosis". Programmed cell death of primary human chondrocyte has been here investigated in micromasses, a tridimensional culture model, that represents a convenient means for studying chondrocyte biology. Cell death has been induced by different physical or chemical apoptotic agents, such as UVB radiation, hyperthermia and staurosporine delivered at both 1 and 3 weeks maturation. Conventional electron microscopy was used to analyse morphological changes. Occurrence of DNA fragmentation and caspase involvement were also investigated. At Transmission Electron Microscopy, control cells appear rounding or slightly elongated with plurilobated nucleus and diffusely dispersed chromatin. Typically UVB radiation and staurosporine induce chromatin apoptotic features, while hyperthermia triggers the "chondroptotic" phenotype. A weak TUNEL positivity appears in control, correlated to the well known cell death patterns occurring along cartilage differentiation. UVB radiation produces a strong positivity, mostly localized at the micromass periphery. After hyperthermia a higher number of fluorescent nuclei appears, in particular at 3 weeks. Staurosporine evidences a diffuse, but reduced, positivity. Therefore, DNA fragmentation is a common pattern in dying chondrocytes, both in apoptotic and "chondroptotic" cells. Moreover, all triggers induce caspase pathway activation, even if to a different extent, suggesting a fundamental role of apoptotic features, in chondrocyte cell death.
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- M Battistelli
- DiSTeVA, Campus Scientifico Enrico Mattei, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Via Ca' le Suore 2, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy,
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Dam AD, Mitchell AS, Quadrilatero J. Induction of mitochondrial biogenesis protects against caspase-dependent and caspase-independent apoptosis in L6 myoblasts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1833:3426-3435. [PMID: 23643731 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Apoptotic signaling plays an important role in skeletal muscle degradation, atrophy, and dysfunction. Mitochondria are central executers of apoptosis by directly participating in caspase-dependent and caspase-independent cell death signaling. Given the important apoptotic role of mitochondria, altering mitochondrial content could influence apoptosis. Therefore, we examined the direct effect of modest, but physiological increases in mitochondrial biogenesis and content on skeletal muscle apoptosis using a cell culture approach. Treatment of L6 myoblasts with SNAP or AICAR (5h/day for 5days) significantly increased PGC-1, AIF, cytochrome c, and MnSOD protein content as well as MitoTracker staining. Following induction of mitochondrial biogenesis, L6 myoblasts displayed decreased sensitivity to apoptotic cell death as well as reduced caspase-3 and caspase-9 activation following exposure to staurosporine (STS) and C2-ceramide. L6 myoblasts with higher mitochondrial content also exhibited reduced apoptosis and AIF release following exposure to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Analysis of several key apoptosis regulatory proteins (ARC, Bax, Bcl-2, XIAP), antioxidant proteins (catalase, MnSOD, CuZnSOD), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) measures (DCF and MitoSOX fluorescence) revealed that these mechanisms were not responsible for the observed cellular protection. However, myoblasts with higher mitochondrial content were less sensitive to Ca(2+)-induced mitochondrial permeability transition pore formation (mPTP) and mitochondrial membrane depolarization. Collectively, these data demonstrate that increased mitochondrial content at physiological levels provides protection against apoptotic cell death by decreasing caspase-dependent and caspase-independent signaling through influencing mitochondrial Ca(2+)-mediated apoptotic events. Therefore, increasing mitochondrial biogenesis/content may represent a potential therapeutic approach in skeletal muscle disorders displaying increased apoptosis.
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- Aaron D Dam
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Strategies for reducing or preventing the generation of oxidative stress. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2011; 2011:194586. [PMID: 22191011 PMCID: PMC3236599 DOI: 10.1155/2011/194586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2011] [Revised: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The reduction of oxidative stress could be achieved in three levels: by lowering exposure to environmental pollutants with oxidizing properties, by increasing levels of endogenous and exogenous antioxidants, or by lowering the generation of oxidative stress by stabilizing mitochondrial energy production and efficiency. Endogenous oxidative stress could be influenced in two ways: by prevention of ROS formation or by quenching of ROS with antioxidants. However, the results of epidemiological studies where people were treated with synthetic antioxidants are inconclusive and contradictory. Recent evidence suggests that antioxidant supplements (although highly recommended by the pharmaceutical industry and taken by many individuals) do not offer sufficient protection against oxidative stress, oxidative damage or increase the lifespan. The key to the future success of decreasing oxidative-stress-induced damage should thus be the suppression of oxidative damage without disrupting the wellintegrated antioxidant defense network. Approach to neutralize free radicals with antioxidants should be changed into prevention of free radical formation. Thus, this paper addresses oxidative stress and strategies to reduce it with the focus on nutritional and psychosocial interventions of oxidative stress prevention, that is, methods to stabilize mitochondria structure and energy efficiency, or approaches which would increase endogenous antioxidative protection and repair systems.
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Cell death-resistance of differentiated myotubes is associated with enhanced anti-apoptotic mechanisms compared to myoblasts. Apoptosis 2011; 16:221-34. [PMID: 21161388 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-010-0566-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Skeletal muscle atrophy is associated with elevated apoptosis while muscle differentiation results in apoptosis resistance, indicating that the role of apoptosis in skeletal muscle is multifaceted. The objective of this study was to investigate mechanisms underlying apoptosis susceptibility in proliferating myoblasts compared to differentiated myotubes and we hypothesized that cell death-resistance in differentiated myotubes is mediated by enhanced anti-apoptotic pathways. C(2)C(12) myoblasts and myotubes were treated with H(2)O(2) or staurosporine (Stsp) to induce cell death. H(2)O(2) and Stsp induced DNA fragmentation in more than 50% of myoblasts, but in myotubes less than 10% of nuclei showed apoptotic changes. Mitochondrial membrane potential dissipation was detected with H(2)O(2) and Stsp in myoblasts, while this response was greatly diminished in myotubes. Caspase-3 activity was 10-fold higher in myotubes compared to myoblasts, and Stsp caused a significant caspase-3 induction in both. However, exposure to H(2)O(2) did not lead to caspase-3 activation in myoblasts, and only to a modest induction in myotubes. A similar response was observed for caspase-2, -8 and -9. Abundance of caspase-inhibitors (apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC), and heat shock protein (HSP) 70 and -25 was significantly higher in myotubes compared to myoblasts, and in addition ARC was suppressed in response to Stsp in myotubes. Moreover, increased expression of HSPs in myoblasts attenuated cell death in response to H(2)O(2) and Stsp. Protein abundance of the pro-apoptotic protein endonuclease G (EndoG) and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) was higher in myotubes compared to myoblasts. These results show that resistance to apoptosis in myotubes is increased despite high levels of pro-apoptotic signaling mechanisms, and we suggest that this protective effect is mediated by enhanced anti-caspase mechanisms.
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Salucci S, Battistelli M, Burattini S, Squillace C, Canonico B, Gobbi P, Papa S, Falcieri E. C2C12 myoblast sensitivity to different apoptotic chemical triggers. Micron 2010; 41:966-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2010] [Revised: 07/02/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Duval C, Cámara Y, Hondares E, Sibille B, Villarroya F. Overexpression of mitochondrial uncoupling protein-3 does not decrease production of the reactive oxygen species, elevated by palmitate in skeletal muscle cells. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:955-61. [PMID: 17303124 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Revised: 01/23/2007] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fatty acids induced an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) and enhanced NF-kappaB activation in L6 myotubes differentiated in culture. Palmitate proved more effective than oleate in eliciting these effects. The induction of uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3) at levels similar to those occurring in vivo, attained through the use of an adenoviral vector, led to a reduction of mitochondrial membrane potential in L6 myotubes. However, the capacity of palmitate to increase ROS was not reduced but, quite the opposite, it was moderately enhanced due to the presence of UCP3. The presence of UCP3 in mitochondria did not modify the expression of genes encoding ROS-related enzymes, either in basal conditions or in the presence of palmitate. However, in the presence of UCP3, UCP2 mRNA expression was down-regulated in response to palmitate. We conclude that UCP3 does not act as a protective agent against palmitate-dependent induction of ROS production in differentiated skeletal muscle cells.
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- Carine Duval
- Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de Barcelona, and CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutricion (CB06/03) Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain, Diagonal 645, E-08028-Barcelona, Spain
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