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Hein M, Qambari H, An D, Balaratnasingam C. Current understanding of subclinical diabetic retinopathy informed by histology and high-resolution in vivo imaging. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024; 52:464-484. [PMID: 38363022 DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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The escalating incidence of diabetes mellitus has amplified the global impact of diabetic retinopathy. There are known structural and functional changes in the diabetic retina that precede the fundus photography abnormalities which currently are used to diagnose clinical diabetic retinopathy. Understanding these subclinical alterations is important for effective disease management. Histology and high-resolution clinical imaging reveal that the entire neurovascular unit, comprised of retinal vasculature, neurons and glial cells, is affected in subclinical disease. Early functional manifestations are seen in the form of blood flow and electroretinography disturbances. Structurally, there are alterations in the cellular components of vasculature, glia and the neuronal network. On clinical imaging, changes to vessel density and thickness of neuronal layers are observed. How these subclinical disturbances interact and ultimately manifest as clinical disease remains elusive. However, this knowledge reveals potential early therapeutic targets and the need for imaging modalities that can detect subclinical changes in a clinical setting.
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- Martin Hein
- Physiology and Pharmacology Group, Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Physiology and Pharmacology Group, Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Physiology and Pharmacology Group, Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Physiology and Pharmacology Group, Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Ono S. Segregated localization of two calponin-related proteins within sarcomeric thin filaments in Caenorhabditis elegans striated muscle. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2024; 81:127-140. [PMID: 37792405 PMCID: PMC11249056 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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The calponin family proteins are expressed in both muscle and non-muscle cells and involved in the regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics and cell contractility. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, UNC-87 and CLIK-1 are calponin-related proteins with 42% identical amino acid sequences containing seven calponin-like motifs. Genetic studies demonstrated that UNC-87 and CLIK-1 have partially redundant function in regulating actin cytoskeletal organization in striated and non-striated muscle cells. However, biochemical studies showed that UNC-87 and CLIK-1 are different in their ability to bundle actin filaments. In this study, I extended comparison between UNC-87 and CLIK-1 and found additional differences in vitro and in vivo. Although UNC-87 and CLIK-1 bound to actin filaments similarly, UNC-87, but not CLIK-1, bound to myosin and inhibited actomyosin ATPase in vitro. In striated muscle, UNC-87 and CLIK-1 were segregated into different subregions within sarcomeric actin filaments. CLIK-1 was concentrated near the actin pointed ends, whereas UNC-87 was enriched toward the actin barbed ends. Restricted localization of UNC-87 was not altered in a clik-1-null mutant, suggesting that their segregated localization is not due to competition between the two related proteins. These results suggest that the two calponin-related proteins have both common and distinct roles in regulating actin filaments.
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- Shoichiro Ono
- Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Lazarev SS, Shevchenko UV, Dyachuk VA, Vyatchin IG. A Preparative Method for the Isolation of Calponin from Molluscan Catch Muscle. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147993. [PMID: 35887340 PMCID: PMC9315827 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We describe the development of a preparative method to isolate molluscan catch muscle, calponin. This method is based on the ability of calponin to interact with actin in a temperature-dependent manner. After extracting thin filaments, as previously described, the extract was ultracentrifuged at 2 °C. While other surface proteins of thin filaments co-precipitated with actin, calponin, along with some minor contaminants, remained in the supernatant. Calponin was purified through cation-exchange chromatography. The yield of pure protein was four-fold higher than that achieved through high-temperature extraction. To evaluate functionally isolated proteins, we determined the effect of calponin on Mg2+-ATPase activity of hybrid and non-hybrid actomyosin. The degree of ATPase inhibition was consistent with previously published data but strongly dependent on the environmental conditions and source of actin and myosin used. Furthermore, at low concentrations, calponin could induce the ATPase activity of hybrid actomyosin. This result was consistent with data indicating that calponin can modulate actin conformation to increase the relative content of “switched on” actin monomers in thin filaments. We assume that calponin obtained by the isolation method proposed herein is a fully functional protein that can both inhibit and induce the ATPase activity.
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Zhang Y, Gao J, Nie Z, Zhu H, Du J, Cao L, Shao N, Sun Y, Su S, Xu G, Xu P. Microcystin-LR induces apoptosis in Juvenile Eriocheir sinensis via the mitochondrial pathway. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 238:113528. [PMID: 35500400 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Microcystin-LR (MC-LR), the toxic substance of cyanobacteria secondary metabolism, widely exists in water environments and poses great risks to living organisms. Some toxicological assessments of MC-LR have performed at physiological and biochemical levels. However, plenty of blanks about the potential mechanism in aquatic crustacean remains. In this study, we firstly assessed the exposure toxicity of MC-LR to juvenile E. sinensis and clarified that the 96 h LD50 of MC-LR was 73.23 μg/kg. Then, hepatopancreas transcriptome profiles of MC-LR stressed crabs were constructed at 6 h post-injection and 37 differential expressed genes (DEGs) were identified. These DEGs were enriched in cytoskeleton, peroxisome and apoptosis pathways. To further reveal the toxicity of MC-LR, oxidative stress parameters (SOD, CAT, GSH-px and MDA), apoptosis genes (caspase 3, bcl-2 and bax) and apoptotic cells were detected. Significant accumulated MDA and rise-fall enzyme activities verified the oxidative stress caused by MC-LR. It is noteworthy that quantitative real-time PCR and TUNEL assay indicated that MC-LR stress-induced apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway. Interestingly, activator protein-1 may play a crucial role in mediating the hepatotoxicity of MC-LR by regulating apoptosis and oxidative stress. Taken together, our study investigated the toxic effects and the potential molecular mechanisms of MC-LR on juvenile E. sinensis. It provided useful data for exploring the toxicity of MC-LR to aquatic crustaceans at molecular levels.
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- Yuning Zhang
- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China.
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- Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China; Key Laboratory of Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, China.
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Choo YY, Sakai T, Komatsu S, Ikebe R, Jeffers A, Singh KP, Idell S, Tucker TA, Ikebe M. Calponin 1 contributes to myofibroblast differentiation of human pleural mesothelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2022; 322:L348-L364. [PMID: 35018804 PMCID: PMC8858681 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00289.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pleural mesothelial cells (PMCs) can become myofibroblasts via mesothelial-mesenchymal transition (MesoMT) and contribute to pleural organization, fibrosis, and rind formation. However, how these transformed mesothelial cells contribute to lung fibrosis remains unclear. Here, we investigated the mechanism of contractile myofibroblast differentiation of PMCs. Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) induced marked upregulation of calponin 1 expression, which was correlated with notable cytoskeletal rearrangement in human PMCs (HPMCs) to produce stress fibers. Downregulation of calponin 1 expression reduced stress fiber formation. Interestingly, induced stress fibers predominantly contain α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA) associated with calponin 1 but not β-actin. Calponin 1-associated stress fibers also contained myosin II and α-actinin. Furthermore, focal adhesions were aligned with the produced stress fibers. These results suggest that calponin 1 facilitates formation of stress fibers that resemble contractile myofibrils. Supporting this notion, TGF-β significantly increased the contractile activity of HPMCs, an effect that was abolished by downregulation of calponin 1 expression. We infer that differentiation of HPMCs to contractile myofibroblasts facilitates stiffness of scar tissue in pleura to promote pleural fibrosis (PF) and that upregulation of calponin 1 plays a central role in this process.
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- Young-Yeon Choo
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
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She Y, Li C, Jiang T, Lei S, Zhou S, Shi H, Chen R. Knockdown of CNN3 Impairs Myoblast Proliferation, Differentiation, and Protein Synthesis via the mTOR Pathway. Front Physiol 2021; 12:659272. [PMID: 34305633 PMCID: PMC8295729 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.659272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Myogenesis is a complex process that requires optimal outside–in substrate–cell signaling. Calponin 3 (CNN3) plays an important role in regulating myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration; however, the precise function of CNN3 in myogenesis regulation remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the role of CNN3 in a knockdown model in the mouse muscle cell line C2C12. Methods Myoblast proliferation, migration, differentiation, fusion, and protein synthesis were examined in CNN3 knockdown C2C12 mouse muscle cells. Involvement of the mTOR pathway in CNN3 signaling was explored by treating cells with the mTOR activator MHY1485. The regulatory mechanisms of CNN3 in myogenesis were further examined by RNA sequencing and subsequent gene ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA). Results During proliferation, CNN3 knockdown caused a decrease in cell proliferation and migration. During differentiation, CNN3 knockdown inhibited myogenic differentiation, fusion, and protein synthesis in C2C12 cells via the AKT/mTOR and AMPK/mTOR pathways; this effect was reversed by MHY1485 treatment. Finally, KEGG and GSEA indicated that the NOD-like receptor signaling pathway is affected in CNN3 knockdown cell lines. Conclusion CNN3 may promote C2C12 cell growth by regulating AKT/mTOR and AMPK/mTOR signaling. The KEGG and GSEA indicated that inhibiting CNN3 may activate several pathways, including the NOD-like receptor pathway and pathways involved in necroptosis, apoptosis, and inflammation.
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- Yanling She
- Guangdong Traditional Medical and Sports Injury Rehabilitation Research Institute, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Traditional Medical and Sports Injury Rehabilitation Research Institute, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Traditional Medical and Sports Injury Rehabilitation Research Institute, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Traditional Medical and Sports Injury Rehabilitation Research Institute, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Traditional Medical and Sports Injury Rehabilitation Research Institute, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Traditional Medical and Sports Injury Rehabilitation Research Institute, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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Qian A, Hsieh TB, Hossain MM, Lin JJC, Jin JP. A rapid degradation of calponin 2 is required for cytokinesis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2021; 321:C355-C368. [PMID: 34133238 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00569.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Calponin 2 is an actin cytoskeleton-associated protein and plays a role in regulating cell motility-related functions such as phagocytosis, migration, and division. We previously reported that overexpression of calponin 2 inhibits the rate of cell proliferation. To investigate the underlying mechanism, our present study found that the levels of endogenous calponin 2 in NIH3T3 and HEK293 cells rapidly decreased before cell division characterized by an absence at the actin contractile ring. In cells lacking endogenous calponin 2, transfective expression of GFP-fusion calponin 2 inhibited cell proliferation similar to that of nonfusion calponin 2. Fluorescent imaging studies of mitotic cells indicated that a proper level of calponin 2 expression and effective degradation during cytokinesis are necessary for normal cell division. Computer-assisted dynamic image analysis of dividing cells revealed that overexpression of calponin 2 significantly affects motility and shape behaviors of cells only on the interval from the start of anaphase to the start of cytokinesis, i.e., the pre-cytokinesis phase, but not on the interval from the start of cytokinesis to 50% completion of cytokinesis. The pre-cytokinesis degradation of calponin 2 was attenuated by MG132 inhibition of the ubiquitin proteasome and inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC), suggesting that PKC phosphorylation-triggered degradation of calponin 2 could determine the rate of cytokinesis. The novel role of calponin 2 in regulating the rate of cytokinesis may be targeted for therapeutic applications such as in an inhibition of malignant tumor growth.
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- Airong Qian
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Ono S. Diversification of the calponin family proteins by gene amplification and repeat expansion of calponin-like motifs. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2021; 78:199-205. [PMID: 34333878 PMCID: PMC8958760 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The calponin family proteins in vertebrates, including calponin and transgelin (also known as SM22 or NP25), regulate actin-myosin interaction and actin filament stability and are involved in regulation of muscle contractility and cell migration. Related proteins are also present in invertebrates and fungi. Animals have multiple genes encoding calponin family proteins with variable molecular features, which are often expressed in the same tissues or cells. However, functional studies of this class of proteins have been reported only in limited species. Through database searches, I found that the calponin family proteins were diversified in animals by gene amplification and repeat expansion of calponin-like (CLIK) motifs, which function as actin-binding sequences. Transgelin-like proteins with a single CLIK motif are the most primitive type and present in fungi and animals. In many animals, additional calponin family proteins containing multiple CLIK motifs, as represented by vertebrate calponins with three CLIK motifs, are present. Interestingly, in several invertebrate species, there are uncharacterized calponin-related proteins with highly expanded repeats of CLIK motifs (up to 23 repeats in mollusks). These variable molecular features of the calponin family proteins may be results of evolutionary adaptation to a broad range of cell biological events.
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- Shoichiro Ono
- Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Venditti M, Donizetti A, Aniello F, Minucci S. EH domain binding protein 1-like 1 (EHBP1L1), a protein with calponin homology domain, is expressed in the rat testis. ZYGOTE 2020; 28:441-446. [PMID: 32795384 DOI: 10.1017/s0967199420000301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this paper, with the aim to find new genes involved in mammalian spermatogenesis, we isolated, for the first time in the rat testis, a partial cDNA clone that encoded EH domain binding protein 1-like 1 (Ehbp1l1), a protein that has a single calponin homology domain (CH). Bioinformatic analysis showed that EHBP1l1 contains three domains: the N-terminal C2-like, the CH and the C-terminal bivalent Mical/EHBP Rab binding (bMERB) domains, which are evolutionarily conserved in vertebrates. We found that Ehbp1l1 mRNA was expressed in several rat tissues, including the liver, intestine, kidney and also in the testis during its development, with a higher level in testis from 12-month-old animals. Interestingly, in situ hybridization experiments revealed that Ehbp1l1 is specifically expressed by types I and II spermatocytes, this result was validated by RT-PCR performed on total RNA obtained from enriched fractions of different testicular cell types. As EHBP1l1 has been described as linked to vesicular transport to the actin cytoskeleton and as an effector of the small GTPase Rab8, we hypothesized that it could participate both in cytoskeletal remodelling and in the regulation of vesicle sorting from the trans-Golgi network to the apical plasma membrane. Our findings provide a better understand of the molecular mechanisms of the differentiation process of spermatogenesis; Ehbp1l1 may also be used as a new marker of testicular activity.
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- Massimo Venditti
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sez. Fisiologia Umana e Funzioni Biologiche Integrate 'F. Bottazzi', Università degli Studi della Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli' via Costantinopoli, 16-80138 - Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli 'Federico II, via Cinthia', 21-80126 - Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli 'Federico II, via Cinthia', 21-80126 - Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sez. Fisiologia Umana e Funzioni Biologiche Integrate 'F. Bottazzi', Università degli Studi della Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli' via Costantinopoli, 16-80138 - Napoli, Italy
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Fields PA, Eraso A. A year in the salt marsh: Seasonal changes in gill protein expression in the temperate intertidal mussel Geukensia demissa. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 161:105088. [PMID: 32798780 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Organisms living in temperate and polar regions experience extensive seasonal changes in the physical and biotic environment, including temperature, insolation, and food availability, among other factors. Sessile intertidal organisms respond to such seasonal fluctuations largely through physiological and biochemical means, because their behavioral responses are severely limited. In this study, we used a proteomic approach to examine changes in seasonal protein expression of gill from the intertidal mussel Geukensia demissa, a keystone species of the western Atlantic salt marsh, over the course of one year. Gill tissue of mussels collected in summer had the greatest number of proteins significantly increased in abundance (37 of 592 spots detected on two-dimensional polyacrylamide gels), although autumn mussels revealed a comparable proportion of up-regulated proteins (31 spots). In contrast, the number of proteins changing in abundance in winter and spring mussels were substantially smaller (15 and 9, respectively). Identification of these proteins revealed both expected and unanticipated changes to the proteome. Maintenance of gill cilia dominates in the summer when filter-feeding is most active, as evidenced by cytoskeletal proteins such as tektin-4 and tubulin isoforms; a signal of protection from heat stress is also present in summer (e.g., heat shock cognate 70). In autumn oxidative stress protection (peroxiredoxin-5 and manganese-containing superoxide dismutase) and aerobic ATP synthetic capacity (ATP synthase subunits a and delta) appear to increase. In winter a signal of cold-induced oxidative stress is apparent (Mn-SOD and NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase), perhaps in association with heavy metal toxicity and exposure to pathogens. Gill tissue from spring shows relatively little environmental acclimatization, other than a possible increase in protein synthesis capacity.
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- Peter A Fields
- Biology Department, PO Box 3003, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA, 17604.
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- Biology Department, PO Box 3003, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA, 17604; Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1945 Colorado Avenue, Denver, CO, 80309, USA
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Morita R, Nakano K, Shigeta Y, Harada R. Molecular Mechanism for the Actin-Binding Domain of α-Actinin Ain1 Elucidated by Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Mutagenesis Experiments. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:8495-8503. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c04623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Rikuri Morita
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennohdai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennohdai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennohdai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennohdai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennohdai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan
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Yu PK, An D, Balaratnasingam C, Cringle SJ, Yu DY. Topographic Distribution of Contractile Protein in the Human Macular Microvasculature. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2020; 60:4574-4582. [PMID: 31675074 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.19-26986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose We studied the topographic distribution of contractile protein in different orders of the human macular microvasculature to further understanding of the sites for capillary blood flow regulation. Methods Nine donor eyes from eight donors were cannulated at the central retinal artery and perfusion labeled for alpha smooth muscle actin (αSMA) and filamentous actin (F-actin). Confocal images were collected from the macula region, viewed, projected, and converted to a 255 grayscale for measurements. The mean intensity was measured for macular arterioles, venules, and capillary segments. The diameter of each vessel segment measured was recorded. The normalized mean intensity values from all images were ranked according to vessel types and size with a total of nine categories. Results F-actin was present throughout the macular microvasculature whereas αSMA labeling showed variations. Overall, αSMA has a more prominent presence in the macular arterioles than in the macular capillaries and venules, and αSMA strongly labeled the smaller macular arterioles. Some capillaries also labeled positive for αSMA, including some of the capillaries in the innermost capillary ring surrounding the foveola. It was weakly present in the capillaries on the venous side and larger venules. In the larger macular arterioles closer to 100 μm in diameter, αSMA labeling was weakly present and not as ubiquitous as in the smaller arterioles. Conclusions Nonuniform distribution of contractile proteins in the different types, orders, and sizes of macular microvasculature indicates that these vessels may have different contractile capability and roles in macular flow regulation.
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- Paula K Yu
- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.,Lions Eye Institute, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.,Lions Eye Institute, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.,Lions Eye Institute, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.,Lions Eye Institute, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.,Lions Eye Institute, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Maddala R, Mongan M, Xia Y, Rao PV. Calponin-3 deficiency augments contractile activity, plasticity, fibrogenic response and Yap/Taz transcriptional activation in lens epithelial cells and explants. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1295. [PMID: 31992794 PMCID: PMC6987178 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58189-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The transparent ocular lens plays a crucial role in vision by focusing light on to the retina with loss of lens transparency leading to impairment of vision. While maintenance of epithelial phenotype is recognized to be essential for lens development and function, knowledge of the identity of different molecular mechanisms regulating lens epithelial characteristics remains incomplete. This study reports that CNN-3, the acidic isoform of calponin, an actin binding contractile protein, is expressed preferentially and abundantly relative to the basic and neutral isoforms of calponin in the ocular lens, and distributes predominantly to the epithelium in both mouse and human lenses. Expression and MEKK1-mediated threonine 288 phosphorylation of CNN-3 is induced by extracellular cues including TGF-β2 and lysophosphatidic acid. Importantly, siRNA-induced deficiency of CNN3 in lens epithelial cell cultures and explants results in actin stress fiber reorganization, stimulation of focal adhesion formation, Yap activation, increases in the levels of α-smooth muscle actin, connective tissue growth factor and fibronectin, and decreases in E-cadherin expression. These results reveal that CNN3 plays a crucial role in regulating lens epithelial contractile activity and provide supporting evidence that CNN-3 deficiency is associated with the induction of epithelial plasticity, fibrogenic activity and mechanosensitive Yap/Taz transcriptional activation.
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- Rupalatha Maddala
- Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. .,Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
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Nair VA, Al-khayyal NA, Sivaperumal S, Abdel-Rahman WM. Calponin 3 promotes invasion and drug resistance of colon cancer cells. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2019; 11:971-982. [PMID: 31798778 PMCID: PMC6883188 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v11.i11.971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Calponin 3 (CNN3) is an actin-binding protein expressed in smooth muscle and non-smooth muscle cells. It is required for cytoskeletal rearrangement and wound healing.
AIM To dissect the role of CNN3 in carcinogenesis with a focus on colon cancer.
METHODS A total of 20 cancer cell lines (8 breast, 11 colon, and HeLa cervical cancer cell as a positive control for mesenchymal phenotype) and 57 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections from archived sporadic colorectal carcinomas were included in this study. CNN3 expression analysis by western blot or immunohistochemistry was followed by functional analyses. The CNN3 gene was silenced by specific small interfering RNA (commonly known as siRNA), followed by confirmation of the silencing efficiency by western blotting. Then, the silenced cells and control siRNA-transfected cells were analyzed for changes in epithelial and mesenchymal markers, invasion, and response to 5-fluoruracil treatment. We also performed proteomics analysis using a phospho-kinase array-based panel of 45 proteins.
RESULTS CNN3 showed positive expression in 6/8 breast and 9/11 colon cancer lines and in HeLa cells. Interestingly, the colorectal adenocarcinoma line SW480 was negative, while the cell line developed from its matching lymph node metastasis (SW620) was positive for CNN3. CNN3 expression was fairly consistent with the metastatic phenotype in colon cancer because it was absent in one other colon cell line from a primary site and expressed in all others. We selected SW620 for subsequent functional analyses. CNN3-silenced SW620 cells showed a reduction in collagen invasion and loss of mesenchymal markers. CNN3 silencing caused an increase in the SW620 colon cancer cell sensitivity to 5-fluorouracil. Phospho-kinase array-based proteomics analysis showed that CNN3 silencing in SW620 reduced extracellular signal-regulated kinase, β-Catenin, mutant p53, c-Jun, and heat shock protein 60 activities but increased that of checkpoint kinase 2. CNN3 was expressed in 20/57 (35%) colon cancer cases as shown by immunohistochemistry. CNN3 was associated with a decrease in overall survival in colon cancer in silico.
CONCLUSION These results show the involvement of CNN3 in lymph node metastasis and resistance to chemotherapy in colon cancer and suggest that significant oncogenic pathways are involved in these CNN3-related actions.
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- Vidhya A Nair
- Environment and Cancer Research Group, Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Medicine and Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences and Environment and Cancer Research Group, Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
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Plazyo O, Sheng JJ, Jin JP. Downregulation of calponin 2 contributes to the quiescence of lung macrophages. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2019; 317:C749-C761. [PMID: 31365293 PMCID: PMC6850996 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00036.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Calponin 2 is an actin cytoskeleton-associated regulatory protein that inhibits the activity of myosin-ATPase and cytoskeleton dynamics. Recent studies have demonstrated that deletion of calponin 2 restricts the proinflammatory activation of macrophages in atherosclerosis and arthritis to attenuate the disease progression in mice. Here we demonstrate that the levels of calponin 2 vary among different macrophage populations, which may reflect their adaptation to specific tissue microenvironment corresponding to specific functional states. Interestingly, lung resident macrophages express significantly lower calponin 2 than peritoneal resident macrophages, which correlates with decreased substrate adhesion and reduced expression of proinflammatory cytokines and a proresolution phenotype. Deletion of calponin 2 in peritoneal macrophages also decreased substrate adhesion and downregulated the expression of proinflammatory cytokines. Providing the first line of defense against microbial invasion while receiving constant exposure to extrinsic antigens, lung macrophages need to maintain a necessary level of activity while limiting exaggerated inflammatory reaction. Therefore, their low level of calponin 2 may reflect an important physiological adaption. Downregulation of calponin 2 in macrophages may be targeted as a cytoskeleton-based novel mechanism, possibly via endoplasmic reticulum stress altering the processing and secretion of cytokines, to regulate immune response and promote quiescence for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
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- Olesya Plazyo
- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Takeya K, Kathol I, Sutherland C, Wang X, Loutzenhiser R, Walsh MP. Expression of troponin subunits in the rat renal afferent arteriole. IUBMB Life 2019; 71:1475-1481. [PMID: 31046198 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Vascular smooth muscle cells of the renal afferent arteriole are unusual in that they must be able to contract very rapidly in response to a sudden increase in systemic blood pressure in order to protect the downstream glomerular capillaries from catastrophic damage. We showed that this could be accounted for, in part, by exclusive expression, at the protein level, of the "fast" (B) isoforms of smooth muscle myosin II heavy chains in the afferent arteriole, in contrast to other vascular smooth muscle cells such as the rat aorta and efferent arteriole which express exclusively the "slow" (A) isoforms (Shiraishi et al. (2003) FASEB. J. 17, 2284-2286). As contraction of the more rapidly contracting striated (skeletal and cardiac) muscles is regulated by the thin filament-associated troponin (Tn) system, we hypothesized that Tn or a Tn-like system may exist in afferent arteriolar cells and contribute to the unusually rapid contraction of this tissue in response to increased intraluminal pressure. We examined the expression of TnC (Ca2+ -binding subunit), TnI (inhibitory subunit), and TnT (tropomyosin-binding subunit) in vascular smooth muscle cells of the rat renal afferent arteriole at the mRNA level. Fast-twitch skeletal muscle and slow-twitch skeletal muscle/cardiac TnC isoforms and slow-twitch skeletal muscle and cardiac TnI isoforms were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and confirmed by cDNA sequencing. Furthermore, cardiac and slow-twitch skeletal muscle TnI isoforms, but not fast-twitch skeletal muscle TnI, were detected in isolated afferent arterioles at the protein level by proximity ligation assay. Finally, striated muscle myosin II heavy chain expression was identified in isolated rat afferent arterioles by RT-PCR. We conclude that, in addition to Ca2+ -mediated phosphorylation of myosin II regulatory light chains, contraction of the afferent arteriole may be regulated by a mechanism normally associated with the much more rapidly contracting cardiac and skeletal muscles, which involves Ca2+ binding to TnC, leading to alleviation of inhibition of the actomyosin MgATPase by TnI and tropomyosin and rapid contraction of the vessel.
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- Kosuke Takeya
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Fishilevich E, Bowling AJ, Frey MLF, Wang PH, Lo W, Rangasamy M, Worden SE, Pence HE, Gandra P, Whitlock SL, Schulenberg G, Knorr E, Tenbusch L, Lutz JR, Novak S, Hamm RL, Schnelle KD, Vilcinskas A, Narva KE. RNAi targeting of rootworm Troponin I transcripts confers root protection in maize. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 104:20-29. [PMID: 30243801 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, is the major agronomically important pest of maize in the US Corn Belt. To augment the repertoire of the available dsRNA-based traits that control rootworm, we explored a potentially haplolethal gene target, wings up A (wupA), which encodes Troponin I. Troponin I, a component of the Troponin-Tropomyosin complex, is an inhibitory protein involved in muscle contraction. In situ hybridization showed that feeding on wupA-targeted dsRNAs caused systemic transcript knockdown in D. v. virgifera larvae. The knockdown of wupA transcript, and by extension Troponin I protein, led to deterioration of the striated banding pattern in larval body muscle and decreased muscle integrity. Additionally, the loss of function of the circular muscles surrounding the alimentary system led to significant accumulation of food material in the hind gut, which is consistent with a loss of peristaltic motion of the alimentary canal. In this study, we demonstrate that wupA dsRNA is lethal in D. v. virgifera larvae when fed via artificial diet, with growth inhibition of up to 50% within two days of application. Further, wupA hairpins can be stably expressed and detected in maize. Maize expressing wupA hairpins exhibit robust root protection in greenhouse bioassays, with several maize transgene integration events showing root protection equivalent to commercial insecticidal protein-expressing maize.
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- Elane Fishilevich
- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States; University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Department of Entomology, Entomology Hall, Lincoln, NE, 68583-0816, United States.
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Department of Bioresources, Winchester Str. 2, 35394, Giessen, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Department of Bioresources, Winchester Str. 2, 35394, Giessen, Germany
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Department of Bioresources, Winchester Str. 2, 35394, Giessen, Germany
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- Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, United States.
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Chua MD, Walker BD, Jin JP, Guttman JA. Calponins Are Recruited to Actin-Rich Structures Generated by Pathogenic Escherichia coli, Listeria, and Salmonella. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 301:2103-2111. [PMID: 30312538 DOI: 10.1002/ar.23956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The ingestion of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), Listeria monocytogenes, or Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium leads to their colonization of the intestinal lumen, which ultimately causes an array of ailments ranging from diarrhea to bacteremia. Once in the intestines, these microbes generate various actin-rich structures to attach, invade, or move within the host intestinal epithelial cells. Although an assortment of actin-associated proteins has been identified to varying degrees at these structures, the localization of many actin stabilizing proteins have yet to be analyzed. Here, we examined the recruitment of the actin-associated proteins, calponin 1 and 2 at EPEC pedestals, L. monocytogenes actin clouds, comet tails and listeriopods, and S. Typhimurium membrane ruffles. In other systems, calponins are known to bind to and stabilize actin filaments. In EPEC pedestals, calponin 1 was recruited uniformly throughout the structures while calponin 2 was enriched at the apical tip. During L. monocytogenes infections, calponin 1 was found through all the actin-rich structures generated by the bacteria, while calponin 2 was only present within actin-rich structures formed by L. monocytogenes near the host cell membrane. Finally, both calponins were found within S. Typhimurium-generated membrane ruffles. Taken together, we have shown that although calponin 1 is recruited to actin-rich structures formed by the three bacteria, calponin 2 is specifically recruited to only membrane-bound actin-rich structures formed by the bacteria. Thus, our findings suggest that calponin 2 is a novel marker for membrane-bound actin structures formed by pathogenic bacteria. Anat Rec, 301:2103-2111, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Michael Dominic Chua
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Rodpai R, Intapan PM, Thanchomnang T, Sanpool O, Janwan P, Laummaunwai P, Wongkham C, Insawang T, Maleewong W. Identification of antigenic proteins in Strongyloides stercoralis by proteomic analysis. Parasitol Res 2017; 116:1687-1693. [PMID: 28455628 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-017-5443-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal helminth that infects people worldwide. Hyperinfection or disseminated human strongyloidiasis can involve vital organs, leading to lethal outcomes. We analyzed immunoproteomics of antigenic spots, derived from S. stercoralis third-stage larvae and reacted with human strongyloidiasis sera, by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. Of 26 excised antigenic spots analyzed by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry, 20 proteins were identified. Most proteins were associated with enzymes involved in the metabolic process, energy generation, and oxidation-reduction. The proteins relate to promotion of worm development, cell division, cell signaling and transportation, and regulation of muscular contraction. Identification of antigenic proteins shows promise in helping to discover potential diagnostic protein markers or vaccine candidates for S. stercoralis infection.
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- Rutchanee Rodpai
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Mekong Health Science Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Mekong Health Science Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Mekong Health Science Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Mekong Health Science Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand
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- Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Mekong Health Science Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Department of Medical Technology, School of Allied Health Sciences and Public Health, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Khon Kaen University Research Instrument Center, Research Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
- Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Mekong Health Science Institute, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
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Hirata H, Ku WC, Yip AK, Ursekar CP, Kawauchi K, Roy A, Guo AK, Vedula SRK, Harada I, Chiam KH, Ishihama Y, Lim CT, Sawada Y, Sokabe M. MEKK1-dependent phosphorylation of calponin-3 tunes cell contractility. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:3574-3582. [PMID: 27528401 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.189415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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MEKK1 (also known as MAP3K1), which plays a major role in MAPK signaling, has been implicated in mechanical processes in cells, such as migration. Here, we identify the actin-binding protein calponin-3 as a new MEKK1 substrate in the signaling that regulates actomyosin-based cellular contractility. MEKK1 colocalizes with calponin-3 at the actin cytoskeleton and phosphorylates it, leading to an increase in the cell-generated traction stress. MEKK1-mediated calponin-3 phosphorylation is attenuated by the inhibition of myosin II activity, the disruption of actin cytoskeletal integrity and adhesion to soft extracellular substrates, whereas it is enhanced upon cell stretching. Our results reveal the importance of the MEKK1-calponin-3 signaling pathway to cell contractility.
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- Hiroaki Hirata
- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 117411 Singapore
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute, 138671 Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 117411 Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 117411 Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 117411 Singapore
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- Locomotive Syndrome Research Institute, Nadogaya Hospital, Kashiwa 277-0032, Japan Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 117411 Singapore A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute, 138671 Singapore
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 117411 Singapore Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117583 Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 117411 Singapore Locomotive Syndrome Research Institute, Nadogaya Hospital, Kashiwa 277-0032, Japan Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117543 Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, 117411 Singapore Mechanobiology Laboratory, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Time course of lead induced proteomic changes in gill of the Antarctic limpet Nacella Concinna (Gastropoda: Patellidae). J Proteomics 2016; 151:145-161. [PMID: 27126604 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 03/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The effect of increasing levels of metals from anthropogenic sources on Antarctic invertebrates is poorly understood. Here we exposed limpets (Nacella concinna) to 0, 0.12 and 0.25 μg L− 1 lead for 12, 24, 48 and 168 h. We subsequently quantified the changes in protein abundance from gill, using 2D gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. We identified several antioxidant proteins, including the metal binding Mn-superoxide dismutase and ferritin, increasing abundances early on. Chaperones involved in the redox-dependent maturation of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) showed higher abundance with lead at 48 h. Lead also increased the abundance of Zn-binding carbonic anhydrase at 12 h, suggesting a challenge to acid-base balance. Metabolic proteins increased abundance at 168 h, suggesting a greater ATP demand during prolonged exposure. Changes in abundance of the small G-protein cdc42, a signaling protein modifying cytoskeleton, increased early and subsequently reversed during prolonged exposure, possibly leading to the modification of thick filament structure and function. We hypothesize that the replacement of metals initially affected antioxidant proteins and increased the production of reactive oxygen species. This disrupted the redox-sensitive maturation of proteins in the ER and caused increased ATP demand later on, accompanied by changes in cytoskeleton. SIGNIFICANCE Proteomic analysis of gill tissue in Antarctic limpets exposed to different concentrations of lead (Pb) over a 168 h time period showed that proteomic changes vary with time. These changes included an increase in the demand of scavenging reactive oxygen species, acid-base balance and a challenge to protein homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum early on and subsequently an increase in energy metabolism, cellular signaling, and cytoskeletal modifications. Based on this time course, we hypothesize that the main mode of action of lead is a replacement of metal-cofactors of key enzymes involved in the scavenging of reactive oxygen species and the regulation of acid-base balance.
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Expressed sequence tag analysis and annotation of genetic information from the freshwater clam, Pisidium (Neopisidium) coreanum endemic to Korea. Genes Genomics 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-015-0345-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Russell TD, Jindal S, Agunbiade S, Gao D, Troxell M, Borges VF, Schedin P. Myoepithelial cell differentiation markers in ductal carcinoma in situ progression. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2015; 185:3076-89. [PMID: 26343330 PMCID: PMC4630168 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We describe a preclinical model that investigates progression of early-stage ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and report that compromised myoepithelial cell differentiation occurs before transition to invasive disease. Human breast cancer MCF10DCIS.com cells were delivered into the mouse mammary teat by intraductal injection in the absence of surgical manipulations and accompanying wound-healing confounders. DCIS-like lesions developed throughout the mammary ducts with full representation of human DCIS histologic patterns. Tumor cells were incorporated into the normal mammary epithelium, developed ductal intraepithelial neoplasia and DCIS, and progressed to invasive carcinoma, suggesting the model provides a rigorous approach to study early stages of breast cancer progression. Mammary glands were evaluated for myoepithelium integrity with immunohistochemical assays. Progressive loss of the myoepithelial cell differentiation markers p63, calponin, and α-smooth muscle actin was observed in the mouse myoepithelium surrounding DCIS-involved ducts. p63 loss was an early indicator, calponin loss intermediate, and α-smooth muscle actin a later indicator of compromised myoepithelium. Loss of myoepithelial calponin was specifically associated with gain of the basal marker p63 in adjacent tumor cells. In single time point biopsies obtained from 16 women diagnosed with pure DCIS, a similar loss in myoepithelial cell markers was observed. These results suggest that further research is warranted into the role of myoepithelial cell p63 and calponin expression on DCIS progression to invasive disease.
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- Tanya D Russell
- Division of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
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Flemming A, Huang QQ, Jin JP, Jumaa H, Herzog S. A Conditional Knockout Mouse Model Reveals That Calponin-3 Is Dispensable for Early B Cell Development. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0128385. [PMID: 26046660 PMCID: PMC4457629 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Calponins form an evolutionary highly conserved family of actin filament-associated proteins expressed in both smooth muscle and non-muscle cells. Whereas calponin-1 and calponin-2 have already been studied to some extent, little is known about the role of calponin-3 under physiological conditions due to the lack of an appropriate animal model. Here, we have used an unbiased screen to identify novel proteins implicated in signal transduction downstream of the precursor B cell receptor (pre-BCR) in B cells. We find that calponin-3 is expressed throughout early B cell development, localizes to the plasma membrane and is phosphorylated in a Syk-dependent manner, suggesting a putative role in pre-BCR signaling. To investigate this in vivo, we generated a floxed calponin-3-GFP knock-in mouse model that enables tracking of cells expressing calponin-3 from its endogenous promoter and allows its tissue-specific deletion. Using the knock-in allele as a reporter, we show that calponin-3 expression is initiated in early B cells and increases with their maturation, peaking in the periphery. Surprisingly, conditional deletion of the Cnn3 revealed no gross defects in B cell development despite this regulated expression pattern and the in vitro evidence, raising the question whether other components may compensate for its loss in lymphocytes. Together, our work identifies calponin-3 as a putative novel mediator downstream of the pre-BCR. Beyond B cells, the mouse model we generated will help to increase our understanding of calponin-3 in muscle and non-muscle cells under physiological conditions.
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- Alexandra Flemming
- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max-Planck-Institut of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
- Biology III, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max-Planck-Institut of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
- Biology III, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max-Planck-Institut of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
- Biology III, Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Division of Developmental Immunology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Videla Richardson GA, Garcia CP, Roisman A, Slavutsky I, Fernandez Espinosa DD, Romorini L, Miriuka SG, Arakaki N, Martinetto H, Scassa ME, Sevlever GE. Specific Preferences in Lineage Choice and Phenotypic Plasticity of Glioma Stem Cells Under BMP4 and Noggin Influence. Brain Pathol 2015; 26:43-61. [PMID: 25808628 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Although BMP4-induced differentiation of glioma stem cells (GSCs) is well recognized, details of the cellular responses triggered by this morphogen are still poorly defined. In this study, we established several GSC-enriched cell lines (GSC-ECLs) from high-grade gliomas. The expansion of these cells as adherent monolayers, and not as floating neurospheres, enabled a thorough study of the phenotypic changes that occurred during their differentiation. Herein, we evaluated GSC-ECLs' behavior toward differentiating conditions by depriving them of growth factors and/or by adding BMP4 at different concentrations. After analyzing cellular morphology, proliferation and lineage marker expression, we determined that GSC-ECLs have distinct preferences in lineage choice, where some of them showed an astrocyte fate commitment and others a neuronal one. We found that this election seems to be dictated by the expression pattern of BMP signaling components present in each GSC-ECL. Additionally, treatment of GSC-ECLs with the BMP antagonist, Noggin, also led to evident phenotypic changes. Interestingly, under certain conditions, some GSC-ECLs adopted an unexpected smooth muscle-like phenotype. As a whole, our findings illustrate the wide differentiation potential of GSCs, highlighting their molecular complexity and paving a way to facilitate personalized differentiating therapies.
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- Guillermo Agustín Videla Richardson
- Laboratorio de Investigación aplicada a Neurociencias (LIAN), Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigación aplicada a Neurociencias (LIAN), Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neuropatología, Departamento de Neuropatología y Biología Molecular, Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neuropatología, Departamento de Neuropatología y Biología Molecular, Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigación aplicada a Neurociencias (LIAN), Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigación aplicada a Neurociencias (LIAN), Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigación aplicada a Neurociencias (LIAN), Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Neuropatología y Biología Molecular, Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Genética de Neoplasias Linfoides, Instituto de Medicina Experimental, CONICET, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigación aplicada a Neurociencias (LIAN), Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Neuropatología y Biología Molecular, Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Growth Cone Localization of the mRNA Encoding the Chromatin Regulator HMGN5 Modulates Neurite Outgrowth. Mol Cell Biol 2015; 35:2035-50. [PMID: 25825524 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00133-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Neurons exploit local mRNA translation and retrograde transport of transcription factors to regulate gene expression in response to signaling events at distal neuronal ends. Whether epigenetic factors could also be involved in such regulation is not known. We report that the mRNA encoding the high-mobility group N5 (HMGN5) chromatin binding protein localizes to growth cones of both neuron-like cells and of hippocampal neurons, where it has the potential to be translated, and that HMGN5 can be retrogradely transported into the nucleus along neurites. Loss of HMGN5 function induces transcriptional changes and impairs neurite outgrowth, while HMGN5 overexpression induces neurite outgrowth and chromatin decompaction; these effects are dependent on growth cone localization of Hmgn5 mRNA. We suggest that the localization and local translation of transcripts coding for epigenetic factors couple the dynamic neuronal outgrowth process with chromatin regulation in the nucleus.
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Ono K, Obinata T, Yamashiro S, Liu Z, Ono S. UNC-87 isoforms, Caenorhabditis elegans calponin-related proteins, interact with both actin and myosin and regulate actomyosin contractility. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:1687-98. [PMID: 25717181 PMCID: PMC4436780 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-10-1483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Two UNC-87 isoforms with seven calponin-like repeats are expressed widely in muscle and nonmuscle cells in Caenorhabditis elegans. They bind to actin and myosin and inhibit actomyosin motility in vitro. unc-87 mutation enhances contraction of nonstriated muscle in vivo, suggesting that UNC-87 isoforms are negative regulators of actomyosin contractility. Calponin-related proteins are widely distributed among eukaryotes and involved in signaling and cytoskeletal regulation. Calponin-like (CLIK) repeat is an actin-binding motif found in the C-termini of vertebrate calponins. Although CLIK repeats stabilize actin filaments, other functions of these actin-binding motifs are unknown. The Caenorhabditis elegans unc-87 gene encodes actin-binding proteins with seven CLIK repeats. UNC-87 stabilizes actin filaments and is essential for maintenance of sarcomeric actin filaments in striated muscle. Here we show that two UNC-87 isoforms, UNC-87A and UNC-87B, are expressed in muscle and nonmuscle cells in a tissue-specific manner by two independent promoters and exhibit quantitatively different effects on both actin and myosin. Both UNC-87A and UNC-87B have seven CLIK repeats, but UNC-87A has an extra N-terminal extension of ∼190 amino acids. Both UNC-87 isoforms bind to actin filaments and myosin to induce ATP-resistant actomyosin bundles and inhibit actomyosin motility. UNC-87A with an N-terminal extension binds to actin and myosin more strongly than UNC-87B. UNC-87B is associated with actin filaments in nonstriated muscle in the somatic gonad, and an unc-87 mutation causes its excessive contraction, which is dependent on myosin. These results strongly suggest that proteins with CLIK repeats function as a negative regulator of actomyosin contractility.
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- Kanako Ono
- Department of Pathology and Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Pathology and Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Pathology and Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
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Endocytosis, the process whereby the plasma membrane invaginates to form vesicles, is essential for bringing many substances into the cell and for membrane turnover. The mechanism driving clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) involves > 50 different protein components assembling at a single location on the plasma membrane in a temporally ordered and hierarchal pathway. These proteins perform precisely choreographed steps that promote receptor recognition and clustering, membrane remodeling, and force-generating actin-filament assembly and turnover to drive membrane invagination and vesicle scission. Many critical aspects of the CME mechanism are conserved from yeast to mammals and were first elucidated in yeast, demonstrating that it is a powerful system for studying endocytosis. In this review, we describe our current mechanistic understanding of each step in the process of yeast CME, and the essential roles played by actin polymerization at these sites, while providing a historical perspective of how the landscape has changed since the preceding version of the YeastBook was published 17 years ago (1997). Finally, we discuss the key unresolved issues and where future studies might be headed.
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- Bruce L Goode
- Brandeis University, Department of Biology, Rosenstiel Center, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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- Brandeis University, Department of Biology, Rosenstiel Center, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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- The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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Gérard N, Chanson-Rollé A, Rock E, Brachet P. Proteomic analysis identifies cytoskeleton-interacting proteins as major downstream targets of altered folate status in the aorta of adult rat. Mol Nutr Food Res 2014; 58:2307-19. [PMID: 25266508 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201400317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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SCOPE Mild folate deficiency and subsequently elevated plasma level of homocysteine are associated with an increased risk for vascular diseases in adults. Conversely, high intakes of folic acid (FA) may have beneficial effects on vascular function, presumably in part through homocysteine lowering. However, these effects have not yet been translated in terms of prevention or treatment of vascular pathologies. Besides, the complex biologic perturbation induced by variations of the folate supply is still not fully deciphered. We thus carried out a proteomic analysis of the aorta of adult rats after a dietary FA depletion or supplementation. METHODS AND RESULTS Nine month-old rats were fed a FA-depleted, FA-supplemented or control diet for 8 weeks. Total proteins from adventitia-free aortas were separated by 2DE and differentially expressed proteins were identified by MS. FA depletion or supplementation resulted in significantly changed abundance of 29 spots (p < 0.05), of which 20 proteins were identified. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that most of these proteins are involved in cytoskeleton-related processes important to cell function/maintenance, assembly/organization, and movement. CONCLUSION Our proteomic study supports that expression of proteins essential to vascular structure and, presumably, function is modulated by high intake as well as deprivation of FA.
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- Nicolas Gérard
- Human Nutrition Unit, UMR 1019, National Institute for Agronomic Research, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Two domains of the smoothelin-like 1 protein bind apo- and calcium–calmodulin independently. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2014; 1844:1580-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 05/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Radulović ŽM, Kim TK, Porter LM, Sze SH, Lewis L, Mulenga A. A 24-48 h fed Amblyomma americanum tick saliva immuno-proteome. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:518. [PMID: 24962723 PMCID: PMC4099483 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Multiple tick saliva proteins, the majority of which are unknown, confer tick resistance in repeatedly infested animals. The objective of this study was to identify the 24-48 h fed Amblyomma americanum tick saliva immuno-proteome. The 24-48 h tick-feeding phase is critical to tick parasitism as it precedes important events in tick biology, blood meal feeding and disease agent transmission. Fed male, 24 and 96 h fed female phage display cDNA expression libraries were biopanned using rabbit antibodies to 24 and 48 h fed A. americanum female tick saliva proteins. Biopanned immuno-cDNA libraries were subjected to next generation sequencing, de novo assembly, and bioinformatic analysis. RESULTS More than 800 transcripts that code for 24-48 h fed A. americanum immuno-proteins are described. Of the 895 immuno-proteins, 52% (464/895) were provisionally identified based on matches in GenBank. Of these, ~19% (86/464) show high level of identity to other tick hypothetical proteins, and the rest include putative proteases (serine, cysteine, leukotriene A-4 hydrolase, carboxypeptidases, and metalloproteases), protease inhibitors (serine and cysteine protease inhibitors, tick carboxypeptidase inhibitor), and transporters and/or ligand binding proteins (histamine binding/lipocalin, fatty acid binding, calreticulin, hemelipoprotein, IgG binding protein, ferritin, insulin-like growth factor binding proteins, and evasin). Others include enzymes (glutathione transferase, cytochrome oxidase, protein disulfide isomerase), ribosomal proteins, and those of miscellaneous functions (histamine release factor, selenoproteins, tetraspanin, defensin, heat shock proteins). CONCLUSIONS Data here demonstrate that A. americanum secretes a complex cocktail of immunogenic tick saliva proteins during the first 24-48 h of feeding. Of significance, previously validated immunogenic tick saliva proteins including AV422 protein, calreticulin, histamine release factor, histamine binding/lipocalins, selenoproteins, and paramyosin were identified in this screen, supporting the specificity of the approach in this study. While descriptive, this study opens opportunities for in-depth tick feeding physiology studies.
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- Željko M Radulović
- />Department of Entomology, AgriLife Research, Texas A & M University, 2475 TAMU, College Station, TX77843 USA
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- />Department of Entomology, AgriLife Research, Texas A & M University, 2475 TAMU, College Station, TX77843 USA
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- />Department of Entomology, AgriLife Research, Texas A & M University, 2475 TAMU, College Station, TX77843 USA
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- />Department of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX77843 USA
- />Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX77843 USA
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- />Department of Entomology, AgriLife Research, Texas A & M University, 2475 TAMU, College Station, TX77843 USA
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- />Department of Entomology, AgriLife Research, Texas A & M University, 2475 TAMU, College Station, TX77843 USA
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Zhang SC, Chen F, Jiang KL, Yuan ZW, Wang WL. Comparative proteomic profiles of the normal and aganglionic hindgut in human Hirschsprung disease. Pediatr Res 2014; 75:754-61. [PMID: 24608570 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is the third most common congenital disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. This study aims to elucidate changes in protein expression between the normal and aganglionic hindgut in human HSCR. METHODS The biopsies were obtained from the normal and aganglionic hindgut in human HSCR, and the comparative proteomics were analyzed by mass spectrometry (MS)-based two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE). RESULTS A total of 932-986 protein spots were identified in each of the gut segments, among which 30 spots had at least an eightfold difference in volume (%). Of the 30 differentially expressed spots, 15 proteins were identified via sequence analysis. Among these 15 proteins, eight were upregulated and seven were downregulated in the aganglionic group. The well-represented classes included biomarkers of enteric ganglions, extracellular matrix proteins, LIM domain proteins, serum proteins, and other pleiotropic proteins. Five proteins were selected and verified by western blotting and real-time PCR, and the results were consistent with the results of 2DE. CONCLUSION MS-based 2DE can help to identify pathological relevant proteins in HSCR; it defines an extensive protein catalog of the normal and aganglionic hindgut and may constitute the basis to understand pathophysiological mechanisms related to the HSCR.
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- Shu-Cheng Zhang
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Major Laboratory of Chinese Health Ministry for Congenital Malformations, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Major Laboratory of Chinese Health Ministry for Congenital Malformations, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Major Laboratory of Chinese Health Ministry for Congenital Malformations, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Major Laboratory of Chinese Health Ministry for Congenital Malformations, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Resveratrol inhibits phenotype modulation by platelet derived growth factor-bb in rat aortic smooth muscle cells. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2014; 2014:572430. [PMID: 24738020 PMCID: PMC3964901 DOI: 10.1155/2014/572430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Dedifferentiated vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are phenotypically modulated from the contractile state to the active synthetic state in the vessel wall. In this study, we investigated the effects of resveratrol on phenotype modulation by dedifferentiation and the intracellular signal transduction pathways of platelet derived growth factor-bb (PDGF-bb) in rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (RAOSMCs). Treatment of RAOSMCs with resveratrol showed dose-dependent inhibition of PDGF-bb-stimulated proliferation. Resveratrol treatment inhibited this phenotype change and disassembly of actin filaments and maintained the expression of contractile phenotype-related proteins such as calponin and smooth muscle actin-alpha in comparison with only PDGF-bb stimulated RAOSMC. Although PDGF stimulation elicited strong and detectable Akt and mTOR phosphorylations lasting for several hours, Akt activation was much weaker when PDGF was used with resveratrol. In contrast, resveratrol only slightly inhibited phosphorylations of 42/44 MAPK and p38 MAPK. In conclusion, RAOSMC dedifferentiation, phenotype, and proliferation rate were inhibited by resveratrol via interruption of the balance of Akt, 42/44MAPK, and p38MAPK pathway activation stimulated by PDGF-bb.
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Jensen MH, Morris EJ, Gallant CM, Morgan KG, Weitz DA, Moore JR. Mechanism of calponin stabilization of cross-linked actin networks. Biophys J 2014; 106:793-800. [PMID: 24559982 PMCID: PMC3944828 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Revised: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The actin-binding protein calponin has been previously implicated in actin cytoskeletal regulation and is thought to act as an actin stabilizer, but the mechanism of its function is poorly understood. To investigate this underlying physical mechanism, we studied an in vitro model system of cross-linked actin using bulk rheology. Networks with basic calponin exhibited a delayed onset of strain stiffening (10.0% without calponin, 14.9% with calponin) and were able to withstand a higher maximal strain before failing (35% without calponin, 56% with calponin). Using fluorescence microscopy to study the mechanics of single actin filaments, we found that calponin increased the flexibility of actin filaments, evident as a decrease in persistence length from 17.6 μm without to 7.7 μm with calponin. Our data are consistent with current models of affine strain behavior in semiflexible polymer networks, and suggest that calponin stabilization of actin networks can be explained purely by changes in single-filament mechanics. We propose a model in which calponin stabilizes actin networks against shear through a reduction of persistence length of individual filaments.
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- Mikkel Herholdt Jensen
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Liu Y, Deng B, Zhao Y, Xie S, Nie R. Differentiated markers in undifferentiated cells: expression of smooth muscle contractile proteins in multipotent bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. Dev Growth Differ 2013; 55:591-605. [PMID: 23557080 DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Revised: 02/24/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In studying the differentiation of stem cells along smooth muscle lineage, smooth muscle cell (SMC) contractile proteins serve as markers for the relative state of maturation. Yet, recent evidence suggests that some SMC markers are probably expressed in multipotent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Such a paradox necessitates investigations to re-examine their role as differentiated markers in MSCs. We tried to detect the expression of four widely used SMC markers including α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), h1-calponin, desmin and smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SM-MHC), as well as the other isoforms of calponin family in resting MSCs. Then we used three different conditions to initiate MSCs differentiation along SMC lineage, and examined the alternation of SMC markers expression at both the transcript level and protein level. Desmin and h1-calponin are expressed in MSCs, in the presence or absence of SMC induction conditions. Moreover, MSCs are shown to express all known isoforms of calponin. Double-staining reveals that h1-calponin +/α-SMA - cells constitute the majority of resting MSCs. Under differentiated conditions, expression of SM-MHC was initiated and expression of α-SMA was promoted. The expression of SM-MHC and upregulation of α-SMA are relatively reliable indications of a mature smooth muscle phenotype in MSCs. Given that the cells are particularly rich in calponins expression, we postulate possible roles of these proteins in regulating cellular function by taking part in actin cytoskeleton and signaling. These findings imply that an extensive study of the cell physiology of MSCs should focus on the functional roles for these proteins, rather than simply regard them as differentiated markers.
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- Yingxi Liu
- Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guanghzhou, Guangdong 510120, PR China
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Ulmer B, Hagenlocher C, Schmalholz S, Kurz S, Schweickert A, Kohl A, Roth L, Sela-Donenfeld D, Blum M. Calponin 2 acts as an effector of noncanonical Wnt-mediated cell polarization during neural crest cell migration. Cell Rep 2013; 3:615-21. [PMID: 23499442 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Revised: 01/17/2013] [Accepted: 02/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Neural crest cells (NCCs) migrate throughout the embryo to differentiate into cell types of all germ layers. Initial directed NCC emigration relies on planar cell polarity (PCP), which through the activity of the small GTPases RhoA and Rac governs the actin-driven formation of polarized cell protrusions. We found that the actin binding protein calponin 2 (Cnn2) was expressed in protrusions at the leading edge of migratory NCCs in chicks and frogs. Cnn2 knockdown resulted in NCC migration defects in frogs and chicks and randomized outgrowth of cell protrusions in NCC explants. Morphant cells showed central stress fibers at the expense of the peripheral actin network. Cnn2 acted downstream of Wnt/PCP, as migration defects induced by dominant-negative Wnt11 or inhibition of RhoA function were rescued by Cnn2 knockdown. These results suggest that Cnn2 modulates actin dynamics during NCC migration as an effector of noncanonical Wnt/PCP signaling.
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- Bärbel Ulmer
- Institute of Zoology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 30, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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Su N, Chen M, Chen S, Li C, Xie Y, Zhu Y, Zhang Y, Zhao L, He Q, Du X, Chen D, Chen L. Overexpression of H1 calponin in osteoblast lineage cells leads to a decrease in bone mass by disrupting osteoblast function and promoting osteoclast formation. J Bone Miner Res 2013; 28:660-71. [PMID: 23044709 PMCID: PMC3716280 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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H1 calponin (CNN1) is known as a smooth muscle-specific, actin-binding protein which regulates smooth muscle contractive activity. Although previous studies have shown that CNN1 has effect on bone, the mechanism is not well defined. To investigate the role of CNN1 in maintaining bone homeostasis, we generated transgenic mice overexpressing Cnn1 under the control of the osteoblast-specific 3.6-kb Col1a1 promoter. Col1a1-Cnn1 transgenic mice showed delayed bone formation at embryonic stage and decreased bone mass at adult stage. Morphology analyses showed reduced trabecular number, thickness and defects in bone formation. The proliferation and migration of osteoblasts were decreased in Col1a1-Cnn1 mice due to alterations in cytoskeleton. The early osteoblast differentiation of Col1a1-Cnn1 mice was increased, but the late stage differentiation and mineralization of osteoblasts derived from Col1a1-Cnn1 mice were significantly decreased. In addition to impaired bone formation, the decreased bone mass was also associated with enhanced osteoclastogenesis. Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining revealed increased osteoclast numbers in tibias of 2-month-old Col1a1-Cnn1 mice, and increased numbers of osteoclasts co-cultured with Col1a1-Cnn1 osteoblasts. The ratio of RANKL to OPG was significantly increased in Col1a1-Cnn1 osteoblasts. These findings reveal a novel function of CNN1 in maintaining bone homeostasis by coupling bone formation to bone resorption.
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- Nan Su
- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center of Bone Metabolism and Repair, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Trauma Center, Institute of Surgery Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Dobrzhanskaya AV, Vyatchin IG, Lazarev SS, Matusovsky OS, Shelud'ko NS. Molluscan smooth catch muscle contains calponin but not caldesmon. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2013; 34:23-33. [PMID: 23081709 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-012-9329-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We isolated Ca(2+)-regulated thin filaments from the smooth muscle of the mussel Crenomytilus grayanus and studied the protein composition of different preparations from this muscle: whole muscle, heat-stable extract, fractions from heat-stable extract, thin filaments and intermediate stages of thin filaments purification. Among the protein components of the above-listed preparations, we did not find caldesmon (CaD), although two isoforms of a calponin-like (CaP-like) protein, which along with CaD is characteristic of vertebrate smooth muscle, were present in thin filaments. Thus, CaD is not Ca(2+)-regulator of thin filaments of this muscle. On the other hand, the mussel CaP-like protein is also not such Ca(2+)-regulator since we have shown that this protein can be selectively removed from isolated mussel thin filaments without loss of their Ca(2+)-sensitivity. We suggest that thin filaments in the smooth catch muscle possess other type of Ca(2+)-regulation, different from that in vertebrate smooth muscles.
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- Anna V Dobrzhanskaya
- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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Endogenous cardiac troponin T modulates Ca(2+)-mediated smooth muscle contraction. Sci Rep 2012; 2:979. [PMID: 23248744 PMCID: PMC3522072 DOI: 10.1038/srep00979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Mechanisms linked to actin filaments have long been thought to cooperate in smooth muscle contraction, although key molecules were unclear. We show evidence that cardiac troponin T (cTnT) substantially contributes to Ca2+-mediated contraction in a physiological range of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). cTnT was detected in various smooth muscles of the aorta, trachea, gut and urinary bladder, including in humans. Also, cTnT was distributed along with tropomyosin in smooth muscle cells, suggesting that these proteins are ready to cause smooth muscle contraction. In chemically permeabilised smooth muscle of cTnT+/− mice in which cTnT reduced to ~50%, the Ca2+-force relationship was shifted toward greater [Ca2+]i, indicating a sizeable contribution of cTnT to smooth muscle contraction at [Ca2+]i < 1 μM. Furthermore, addition of supplemental TnI and TnC reconstructed a troponin system to enhance contraction. The results indicated that a Tn/Tn-like system on actin-filaments cooperates together with the thick-filament pathway.
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Mancarella S, Potireddy S, Wang Y, Gao H, Gandhirajan RK, Autieri M, Scalia R, Cheng Z, Wang H, Madesh M, Houser SR, Gill DL. Targeted STIM deletion impairs calcium homeostasis, NFAT activation, and growth of smooth muscle. FASEB J 2012; 27:893-906. [PMID: 23159931 DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-215293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The Ca(2+)-sensing stromal interaction molecule (STIM) proteins are crucial Ca(2+) signal coordinators. Cre-lox technology was used to generate smooth muscle (sm)-targeted STIM1-, STIM2-, and double STIM1/STIM2-knockout (KO) mouse models, which reveal the essential role of STIM proteins in Ca(2+) homeostasis and their crucial role in controlling function, growth, and development of smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Compared to Cre(+/-) littermates, sm-STIM1-KO mice showed high mortality (50% by 30 d) and reduced bodyweight. While sm-STIM2-KO was without detectable phenotype, the STIM1/STIM double-KO was perinatally lethal, revealing an essential role of STIM1 partially rescued by STIM2. Vascular and intestinal smooth muscle tissues from sm-STIM1-KO mice developed abnormally with distended, thinned morphology. While depolarization-induced aortic contraction was unchanged in sm-STIM1-KO mice, α1-adrenergic-mediated contraction was 26% reduced, and store-dependent contraction almost eliminated. Neointimal formation induced by carotid artery ligation was suppressed by 54%, and in vitro PDGF-induced proliferation was greatly reduced (79%) in sm-STIM1-KO. Notably, the Ca(2+) store-refilling rate in STIM1-KO SMCs was substantially reduced, and sustained PDGF-induced Ca(2+) entry was abolished. This defective Ca(2+) homeostasis prevents PDGF-induced NFAT activation in both contractile and proliferating SMCs. We conclude that STIM1-regulated Ca(2+) homeostasis is crucial for NFAT-mediated transcriptional control required for induction of SMC proliferation, development, and growth responses to injury.-Mancarella, S., Potireddy, S., Wang, Y., Gao, H., Gandhirajan, K., Autieri, M., Scalia, R., Cheng, Z., Wang, H., Madesh, M., Houser, S. R., Gill, D. L. Targeted STIM deletion impairs calcium homeostasis, NFAT activation, and growth of smooth muscle.
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- Salvatore Mancarella
- Department of Biochemistry, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Sirenko VV, Simonyan AH, Dobrzhanskaya AV, Shelud’ko NS, Borovikov YS. 40-kDa Actin-binding protein of thin filaments of the mussel Crenomytilus grayanus inhibits the strong bond formation between actin and myosin head during the ATPase cycle. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 77:889-95. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912080093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Justewicz DM, Shokes JE, Reavis B, Boyd SA, Burnette TB, Halberstadt CR, Spencer T, Ludlow JW, Bertram TA, Jain D. Characterization of the human smooth muscle cell secretome for regenerative medicine. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2012; 18:797-816. [PMID: 22530582 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2012.0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Smooth muscle cells (SMC) play a central role in maintaining the structural and functional integrity of muscle tissue. Little is known about the early in vitro events that guide the assembly of 'bioartificial tissue' (constructs) and recapitulate the key aspects of smooth muscle differentiation and development before surgical implantation. Biomimetic approaches have been proposed that enable the identification of in vitro processes which allow standardized manufacturing, thus improving both product quality and the consistency of patient outcomes. One essential element of this approach is the description of the SMC secretome, that is, the soluble and deposited factors produced within the three-dimensional (3D) extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironment. In this study, we utilized autologous SMC from multiple tissue types that were expanded ex vivo and generated with a rigorous focus on operational phenotype and genetic stability. The objective of this study was to characterize the spatiotemporal dynamics of the first week of organoid maturation using a well-defined in vitro-like, 3D-engineered scale model of our validated manufacturing process. Functional proteomics was used to identify the topological properties of the networks of interacting proteins that were derived from the SMC secretome, revealing overlapping central nodes related to SMC differentiation and proliferation, actin cytoskeleton regulation, and balanced ECM accumulation. The critical functions defined by the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis included cell signaling, cellular movement and proliferation, and cellular and organismal development. The results confirm the phenotypic and functional similarity of the SMC generated by our platform technology at the molecular level. Furthermore, these data validate the biomimetic approaches that have been established to maintain manufacturing consistency.
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- Dominic M Justewicz
- Department of Bioprocess Research & Development, Tengion, Inc., 3929 Westpoint Blvd., Suite G, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, USA.
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Eyckmans M, Benoot D, Van Raemdonck GA, Zegels G, Van Ostade XW, Witters E, Blust R, De Boeck G. Comparative proteomics of copper exposure and toxicity in rainbow trout, common carp and gibel carp. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2012; 7:220-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2012.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Revised: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Tojkander S, Gateva G, Lappalainen P. Actin stress fibers--assembly, dynamics and biological roles. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:1855-64. [PMID: 22544950 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.098087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 515] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Actin filaments assemble into diverse protrusive and contractile structures to provide force for a number of vital cellular processes. Stress fibers are contractile actomyosin bundles found in many cultured non-muscle cells, where they have a central role in cell adhesion and morphogenesis. Focal-adhesion-anchored stress fibers also have an important role in mechanotransduction. In animal tissues, stress fibers are especially abundant in endothelial cells, myofibroblasts and epithelial cells. Importantly, recent live-cell imaging studies have provided new information regarding the mechanisms of stress fiber assembly and how their contractility is regulated in cells. In addition, these studies might elucidate the general mechanisms by which contractile actomyosin arrays, including muscle cell myofibrils and cytokinetic contractile ring, can be generated in cells. In this Commentary, we discuss recent findings concerning the physiological roles of stress fibers and the mechanism by which these structures are generated in cells.
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- Sari Tojkander
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Castro MM, Cena J, Cho WJ, Walsh MP, Schulz R. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 proteolysis of calponin-1 contributes to vascular hypocontractility in endotoxemic rats. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2012; 32:662-8. [PMID: 22199370 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.111.242685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 is activated in aorta during endotoxemia and plays a role in the hypocontractility to vasoconstrictors. Calponin-1 is a regulator of vascular smooth muscle tone with similarities to troponin, a cardiac myocyte protein that is cleaved by MMP-2 in myocardial oxidative stress injuries. We hypothesized that calponin-1 may be proteolyzed by MMP-2 in endotoxemia-induced vascular hypocontractility. METHODS AND RESULTS Rats were given a nonlethal dose of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or vehicle. Some rats were given the MMP inhibitors ONO-4817 or doxycycline. Six hours later, plasma nitrate+nitrite increased >15-fold in LPS-treated rats, an effect unchanged by doxycycline. Both ONO-4817 and doxycycline prevented LPS-induced aortic hypocontractility to phenylephrine. LPS activated MMP-2 in the aorta by S-glutathiolation. Calponin-1 levels decreased by 25% in endotoxemic aortae, which was prevented by doxycycline. Calponin-1 and MMP-2 coimmunoprecipitated and both exhibited uniform cytosolic staining in medial vascular smooth muscle cells. In vitro incubation of calponin-1 with MMP-2 led to calponin-1 degradation and appearance of its cleavage product. CONCLUSION Calponin-1 is a target of MMP-2, which contributes to endotoxemia-induced vascular hypocontractility.
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- Michele M Castro
- Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, 4-62 Heritage Medical Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2S2, Canada
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McDonald SJ, Dooley PC, McDonald AC, Schuijers JA, Ward AR, Grills BL. Transient expression of myofibroblast-like cells in rat rib fracture callus. Acta Orthop 2012; 83:93-8. [PMID: 22248170 PMCID: PMC3278664 DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2011.652891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We have previously shown that early fracture callus of rat rib has viscoelastic and contractile properties resembling those of smooth muscle. The cells responsible for this contractility have been hypothesized to be myofibroblast-like in nature. In soft-tissue healing, force generated by contraction of myofibroblasts promotes healing. Accordingly, we tried to identify myofibroblast-like cells in early fibrous callus. ANIMALS AND METHODS Calluses from rat rib fractures were removed 7, 14, and 21 days after fracture and unfractured ribs acted as controls. All tissues were analyzed using qPCR and immunohistochemistry. We analyzed expression of smooth muscle- and myofibroblast-associated genes and proteins including alpha smooth muscle actin (αSMA), non-muscle myosin, fibronectin extra domain A variant (EDA-fibronectin), OB-cadherin, connexin-43, basic calponin (h1CaP), and h-caldesmon. RESULTS In calluses at 7 days post-fracture, there were statistically significant increases in expression of αSMA mRNA (2.5 fold), h1CaP mRNA (2.1 fold), EDA-fibronectin mRNA (14 fold), and connexin-43 mRNA (1.8 fold) compared to unfractured ribs, and by 21 days post-fracture mRNA expression in calluses had decreased to levels approaching those in unfractured rib. Immunohistochemistry of 7 day fibrous callus localized calponin, EDA-fibronectin and co-immunolabeling of OB-cadherin and αSMA (thus confirming a myofibroblastic phenotype) within various cell populations. INTERPRETATION This study provides further evidence that early rat rib callus is not only smooth muscle-like in nature but also contains a notable population of cells that have a distinct myofibroblastic phenotype. The presence of these cells indicates that in vivo contraction of early callus is a mechanism that may occur in fractures so as to facilitate healing, as it does in soft tissue wound repair.
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- Stuart J McDonald
- Tissue and Cell Biology Group, Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
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- Tissue and Cell Biology Group, Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
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- Tissue and Cell Biology Group, Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
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- Tissue and Cell Biology Group, Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
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- Tissue and Cell Biology Group, Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
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- Tissue and Cell Biology Group, Musculoskeletal Research Centre, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
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Moya A, Ganot P, Furla P, Sabourault C. The transcriptomic response to thermal stress is immediate, transient and potentiated by ultraviolet radiation in the sea anemone Anemonia viridis. Mol Ecol 2012; 21:1158-74. [PMID: 22288383 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05458.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Among the environmental threats to coral reef health, temperature and ultraviolet increases have been proposed as major agents, although the relative contribution of each in the cnidarian/zooxanthellae symbiosis breakdown has been poorly addressed. We have investigated the transcriptomic response to thermal stress, with and without ultraviolet radiation (UVR), in the symbiotic sea anemone Anemonia viridis. Using the Oligo2K A. viridis microarray, dedicated to genes potentially involved in the symbiosis interaction, we monitored the gene expression profiles after 1, 2 and 5 days of stresses that further lead to massive losses of zooxanthellae. Each stress showed a specific gene expression profile with very little overlap. We showed that the major response to thermal stress is immediate (24 h) but returns to the baseline gene expression profile after 2 days. UVR alone has little effect but potentiates thermal stress, as a second response at 5 days was observed when the two stresses were coupled. Several pathways were highlighted, such as mesoglea loosening, cell death and calcium homeostasis and described in more details. Finally, we showed that the dermatopontin gene family, potentially involved in collagen fibrillogenesis, issued from actinarian-specific duplication events, with one member preferentially expressed in the gastroderm and specifically responding to stress. Anemonia viridis EST sequences have been deposited into GenBank dbEST ([GenBank:FK719875–FK759813].
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- A Moya
- Université de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, UMR7138 Systématique, Adaptation, Evolution, Valrose, Nice Cedex 02, France
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Thompson O, Moghraby JS, Ayscough KR, Winder SJ. Depletion of the actin bundling protein SM22/transgelin increases actin dynamics and enhances the tumourigenic phenotypes of cells. BMC Cell Biol 2012; 13:1. [PMID: 22257561 PMCID: PMC3280177 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-13-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background SM22 has long been studied as an actin-associated protein. Interestingly, levels of SM22 are often reduced in tumour cell lines, while they are increased during senescence possibly indicating a role for SM22 in cell fate decisions via its interaction with actin. In this study we aimed to determine whether reducing levels of SM22 could actively contribute to a tumourigenic phenotype. Results We demonstrate that in REF52 fibroblasts, decreased levels of SM22 disrupt normal actin organization leading to changes in the motile behaviour of cells. Interestingly, SM22 depletion also led to an increase in the capacity of cells to spontaneously form podosomes with a concomitant increase in the ability to invade Matrigel. In PC3 prostate epithelial cancer cells by contrast, where SM22 is undetectable, re-expression of SM22 reduced the ability to invade Matrigel. Furthermore SM22 depleted cells also had reduced levels of reactive oxygen species when under serum starvation stress. Conclusions These findings suggest that depletion of SM22 could contribute to tumourigenic properties of cells. Reduction in SM22 levels would tend to promote cell survival when cells are under stress, such as in a hypoxic tumour environment, and may also contribute to increases in actin dynamics that favour metastatic potential.
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- Oliver Thompson
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Han Y, Yin H, Xu Y, Zhu Q, Luo J, Wang X, Chen G. Increased expression of calponin-3 in epileptic patients and experimental rats. Exp Neurol 2012; 233:430-7. [PMID: 22119193 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Revised: 10/23/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Calponin-3 is an actin-interacting protein and is expressed in the brain. Our previous microarray scan has found an up-regulation of calponin-3 gene CNN3 in the temporal lobe of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Here we investigated in epileptic patients the changes of brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) calponin-3 expressions, and assessed calponin-3 expression pattern in a rat model of pilocarpine-induced epilepsy. We showed that in the temporal neocortices of 30 patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, both mRNA and protein level of calponin-3 were significantly increased. In addition, the augmentation of CSF calponin-3 from 126 epileptic patients was closely correlated with disease duration. Moreover, in the cortices of temporal lobes of pilocarpine-treated rats, calponin-3 increased along with the time and maintained at significant high levels for up to 2 months, while the up-regulation of hippocampal calponin-3 only occurred at 24h and 1 week. The elevated calponin-3 suggests that deregulation of actin filament dynamics in axonal and dendritic outgrowth and synaptic rearrangement may contribute to pathophysiology of epilepsy.
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- Yanbing Han
- Department of Neurology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China
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Jensen MH, Watt J, Hodgkinson J, Gallant C, Appel S, El-Mezgueldi M, Angelini TE, Morgan KG, Lehman W, Moore JR. Effects of basic calponin on the flexural mechanics and stability of F-actin. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2012; 69:49-58. [PMID: 22135101 PMCID: PMC3355516 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2011] [Revised: 10/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The cellular actin cytoskeleton plays a central role in the ability of cells to properly sense, propagate, and respond to external stresses and other mechanical stimuli. Calponin, an actin-binding protein found both in muscle and non-muscle cells, has been implicated in actin cytoskeletal organization and regulation. In this work, we studied the mechanical and structural interaction of actin with basic calponin, a differentiation marker in smooth muscle cells, on a single filament level. We imaged fluorescently labeled thermally fluctuating actin filaments and found that at moderate calponin binding densities, actin filaments were more flexible, evident as a reduction in persistence length from 8.0 to 5.8 μm. When calponin-decorated actin filaments were subjected to shear, we observed a marked reduction of filament lengths after decoration with calponin, which we argue was due to shear-induced filament rupture rather than depolymerization. This increased shear susceptibility was exacerbated with calponin concentration. Cryo-electron microscopy results confirmed previously published negative stain electron microscopy results and suggested alterations in actin involving actin subdomain 2. A weakening of F-actin intermolecular association is discussed as the underlying cause of the observed mechanical perturbations.
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- Mikkel Herholdt Jensen
- Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Boston University, Department of Physics, Boston, MA
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- Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Medical School Hannover, Department of Molecular and Cell Physiology, Hannover, Germany
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- Boston University, Department of Health Sciences, Boston, MA
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- Boston University, Department of Health Sciences, Boston, MA
| | | | - Thomas E. Angelini
- University of Florida, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Gainesville, FL
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