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Kesdoğan AB, Neureiter A, Gaebler AJ, Kalia AK, Körner J, Lampert A. Analgesic effect of Botulinum toxin in neuropathic pain is sodium channel independent. Neuropharmacology 2024; 253:109967. [PMID: 38657946 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024.109967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
Abstract
Botulinum neurotoxin type A BoNT/A is used off-label as a third line therapy for neuropathic pain. However, the mechanism of action remains unclear. In recent years, the role of voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) in neuropathic pain became evident and it was suggested that block of sodium channels by BoNT/A would contribute to its analgesic effect. We assessed sodium channel function in the presence of BoNT/A in heterologously expressed Nav1.7, Nav1.3, and the neuronal cell line ND7/23 by high throughput automated and manual patch-clamp. We used both the full protein and the isolated catalytic light chain LC/A for acute or long-term extracellular or intracellular exposure. To assess the toxin's effect in a human cellular system, we differentiated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) into sensory neurons from a healthy control and a patient suffering from a hereditary neuropathic pain syndrome (inherited erythromelalgia) carrying the Nav1.7/p.Q875E-mutation and carried out multielectrode-array measurements. Both BoNT/A and the isolated catalytic light chain LC/A showed limited effects in heterologous expression systems and the neuronal cell line ND7/23. Spontaneous activity in iPSC derived sensory neurons remained unaltered upon BoNT/A exposure both in neurons from the healthy control and the mutation carrying patient. BoNT/A may not specifically be beneficial in pain syndromes linked to sodium channel variants. The favorable effects of BoNT/A in neuropathic pain are likely based on mechanisms other than sodium channel blockage and new approaches to understand BoNT/A's therapeutic effects are necessary.
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- Aylin B Kesdoğan
- Institute of Neurophysiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany; Scientific Center for Neuropathic Pain Research Aachen, SCN(Aachen), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany; Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany; Department of Intensive and Intermediate Care, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany; Scientific Center for Neuropathic Pain Research Aachen, SCN(Aachen), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany; Scientific Center for Neuropathic Pain Research Aachen, SCN(Aachen), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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Streubel JMS, Pereira G. Control of centrosome distal appendages assembly and disassembly. Cells Dev 2023; 174:203839. [PMID: 37062431 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdev.2023.203839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Centrosomes are microtubule organizing centers involved in chromosome segregation, spindle orientation, cell motility and cilia formation. In recent years, they have also emerged as key modulators of asymmetric cell division. Centrosomes are composed of two centrioles that initiate duplication in S phase. The conservative nature of centriole duplication means that the two centrioles of a G1 cell are of different ages. They are also structurally different as only the older centriole carry appendages, an assembly of a subset of proteins primarily required for cilia formation. In a growing tissue, the non-motile, primary cilium acts as a mechano- and sensory organelle that influences cell behavior via modulation of signaling pathways. Here, we discuss the most recent findings about distal appendage composition and function, as well as cell cycle-specific regulation and their implications in various diseases.
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- Johanna M S Streubel
- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany; Centre for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany; Centre for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Sierra-Marquez J, Willuweit A, Schöneck M, Bungert-Plümke S, Gehlen J, Balduin C, Müller F, Lampert A, Fahlke C, Guzman RE. ClC-3 regulates the excitability of nociceptive neurons and is involved in inflammatory processes within the spinal sensory pathway. Front Cell Neurosci 2022; 16:920075. [PMID: 37124866 PMCID: PMC10134905 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2022.920075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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ClC-3 Cl–/H+ exchangers are expressed in multiple endosomal compartments and likely modify intra-endosomal pH and [Cl–] via the stoichiometrically coupled exchange of two Cl– ions and one H+. We studied pain perception in Clcn3–/– mice and found that ClC-3 not only modifies the electrical activity of peripheral nociceptors but is also involved in inflammatory processes in the spinal cord. We demonstrate that ClC-3 regulates the number of Nav and Kv ion channels in the plasma membrane of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons and that these changes impair the age-dependent decline in excitability of sensory neurons. To distinguish the role of ClC-3 in Cl–/H+ exchange from its other functions in pain perception, we used mice homozygous for the E281Q ClC-3 point mutation (Clcn3E281Q/E281Q), which completely eliminates transport activity. Since ClC-3 forms heterodimers with ClC-4, we crossed these animals with Clcn4–/– to obtain mice completely lacking in ClC-3-associated endosomal chloride–proton transport. The electrical properties of Clcn3E281Q/E281Q/Clcn4–/– DRG neurons were similar to those of wild-type cells, indicating that the age-dependent adjustment of neuronal excitability is independent of ClC-3 transport activity. Both Clcn3–/– and Clcn3E281Q/E281Q/Clcn4–/– animals exhibited microglial activation in the spinal cord, demonstrating that competent ClC-3 transport is needed to maintain glial cell homeostasis. Our findings illustrate how reduced Cl–/H+ exchange contributes to inflammatory responses and demonstrate a role for ClC-3 in the homeostatic regulation of neuronal excitability beyond its function in endosomal ion balance.
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- Juan Sierra-Marquez
- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molecular and Cellular Physiology (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Medical Imaging Physics, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-4), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Medical Imaging Physics, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-4), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molecular and Cellular Physiology (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molecular and Cellular Physiology (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Medical Imaging Physics, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-4), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molecular and Cellular Physiology (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molecular and Cellular Physiology (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Molecular and Cellular Physiology (IBI-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- *Correspondence: Raul E. Guzman,
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Early Pregnancy Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution among Late-Onset Preeclamptic Cases Is Associated with Placental DNA Hypomethylation of Specific Genes and Slower Placental Maturation. TOXICS 2021; 9:toxics9120338. [PMID: 34941772 PMCID: PMC8708250 DOI: 10.3390/toxics9120338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Exposure to ambient air pollution during pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk of preeclampsia (PE). Some suggested mechanisms behind this association are changes in placental DNA methylation and gene expression. The objective of this study was to identify how early pregnancy exposure to ambient nitrogen oxides (NOx) among PE cases and normotensive controls influence DNA methylation (EPIC array) and gene expression (RNA-seq). The study included placentas from 111 women (29 PE cases/82 controls) in Scania, Sweden. First-trimester NOx exposure was assessed at the participants’ residence using a dispersion model and categorized via median split into high or low NOx. Placental gestational epigenetic age was derived from the DNA methylation data. We identified six differentially methylated positions (DMPs, q < 0.05) comparing controls with low NOx vs. cases with high NOx and 14 DMPs comparing cases and controls with high NOx. Placentas with female fetuses showed more DMPs (N = 309) than male-derived placentas (N = 1). Placentas from PE cases with high NOx demonstrated gestational age deceleration compared to controls with low NOx (p = 0.034). No differentially expressed genes (DEGs, q < 0.05) were found. In conclusion, early pregnancy exposure to NOx affected placental DNA methylation in PE, resulting in placental immaturity and showing sexual dimorphism.
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Reiter T, Pajenda S, O'Connell D, Lynch C, Kapps S, Agis H, Schmidt A, Wagner L, Leung N, Winnicki W. Renal Expression of Light Chain Binding Proteins. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 7:609582. [PMID: 33521021 PMCID: PMC7838590 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.609582] [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: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Overproduction of human light chains (LCs) and immunoglobulins can result in various forms of renal disease such as cast nephropathy, monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease, LC proximal tubulopathy, AL amyloidosis, and crystal storing histiocytosis. This is caused by cellular uptake of LCs and overwhelmed intracellular transport and degradation in patients with high urine LC concentrations. LC kappa and lambda purification was evaluated by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. LC and myeloma protein binding to immobilized renal proteins was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The human protein microarray (HuProt™) was screened with purified kappa and lambda LC. Identified LC partners were subsequently analyzed in silico for renal expression sites using protein databases, Human Protein Atlas, UniProt, and Bgee. Binding of urinary LCs and immunoglobulins to immobilized whole renal proteins from 22 patients with myeloma or plasma cell dyscrasia was shown by ELISA. Forty lambda and 23 kappa interaction partners were identified from HuProt™ array screens, of which 21 were shared interactors. Among the total of 42 interactors, 12 represented cell surface proteins. Lambda binding signals were approximately 40% higher than kappa signals. LC interaction with renal cells and disease-causing pathologies are more complex than previously thought. It involves an extended spectrum of proteins expressed throughout the nephron, and their identification has been enabled by recently developed methods of protein analysis such as protein microarray screening. Further biochemical studies on interacting proteins are warranted to elucidate their clinical relevance.
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- Thomas Reiter
- Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,BiOrbic Bioeconomy Research Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,BiOrbic Bioeconomy Research Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Zybura AS, Baucum AJ, Rush AM, Cummins TR, Hudmon A. CaMKII enhances voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.6 activity and neuronal excitability. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:11845-11865. [PMID: 32611770 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nav1.6 is the primary voltage-gated sodium channel isoform expressed in mature axon initial segments and nodes, making it critical for initiation and propagation of neuronal impulses. Thus, Nav1.6 modulation and dysfunction may have profound effects on input-output properties of neurons in normal and pathological conditions. Phosphorylation is a powerful and reversible mechanism regulating ion channel function. Because Nav1.6 and the multifunctional Ca2+/CaM-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) are independently linked to excitability disorders, we sought to investigate modulation of Nav1.6 function by CaMKII signaling. We show that inhibition of CaMKII, a Ser/Thr protein kinase associated with excitability, synaptic plasticity, and excitability disorders, with the CaMKII-specific peptide inhibitor CN21 reduces transient and persistent currents in Nav1.6-expressing Purkinje neurons by 87%. Using whole-cell voltage clamp of Nav1.6, we show that CaMKII inhibition in ND7/23 and HEK293 cells significantly reduces transient and persistent currents by 72% and produces a 5.8-mV depolarizing shift in the voltage dependence of activation. Immobilized peptide arrays and nanoflow LC-electrospray ionization/MS of Nav1.6 reveal potential sites of CaMKII phosphorylation, specifically Ser-561 and Ser-641/Thr-642 within the first intracellular loop of the channel. Using site-directed mutagenesis to test multiple potential sites of phosphorylation, we show that Ala substitutions of Ser-561 and Ser-641/Thr-642 recapitulate the depolarizing shift in activation and reduction in current density. Computational simulations to model effects of CaMKII inhibition on Nav1.6 function demonstrate dramatic reductions in spontaneous and evoked action potentials in a Purkinje cell model, suggesting that CaMKII modulation of Nav1.6 may be a powerful mechanism to regulate neuronal excitability.
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- Agnes S Zybura
- Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Biology Department, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Science, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.,Biology Department, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Science, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA .,Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Morisada N, Hamada R, Miura K, Ye MJ, Nozu K, Hattori M, Iijima K. Bardet-Biedl syndrome in two unrelated patients with identical compound heterozygous SCLT1 mutations. CEN Case Rep 2020; 9:260-265. [PMID: 32253632 DOI: 10.1007/s13730-020-00472-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive ciliopathy characterized by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), truncal obesity, cognitive impairment, hypogonadism in men, polydactyly, and renal abnormalities with severe renal dysfunction. Twenty-two causative genes have already been reported for this disorder. In this study, we identified two unrelated Japanese patients with clinical diagnoses of BBS associated with compound heterozygous SCLT1 mutation. Patient 1 was a 10-year-old girl, and patient 2 was a 22-year-old man. Both the patients showed severe renal dysfunction in childhood, RP, mild intellectual disability, short stature, and truncal obesity, without oral aberrations and polydactyly. Patient 2 also had hypogonadism. We identified two missense variants in SCLT1, c.[1218G > A] and [1631A > G], in both the patients by next-generation sequencing. Subsequent cDNA analysis revealed that c.1218G > A affected exon 14 skipping in SCLT1. To date, SCLT1 has been reported as the causative gene of oral-facial-digital syndrome type IX, and Senior-Løken syndrome. The phenotypes of both the present patients were compatible with BBS. These results highlight SCLT1 as an additional candidate for BBS phenotype in an autosomal recessive manner.
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- Naoya Morisada
- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan. .,Department of Clinical Genetics, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-6-7, Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan.
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- Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, 2-8-29, Musashidai, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8561, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1, Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan
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Farries G, Gough KF, Parnell AC, McGivney BA, McGivney CL, McGettigan PA, MacHugh DE, Katz LM, Hill EW. Analysis of genetic variation contributing to measured speed in Thoroughbreds identifies genomic regions involved in the transcriptional response to exercise. Anim Genet 2019; 50:670-685. [PMID: 31508842 DOI: 10.1111/age.12848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Despite strong selection for athletic traits in Thoroughbred horses, there is marked variation in speed and aptitude for racing performance within the breed. Using global positioning system monitoring during exercise training, we measured speed variables and temporal changes in speed with age to derive phenotypes for GWAS. The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that genetic variation contributes to variation in end-point physiological traits, in this case galloping speed measured during field exercise tests. Standardisation of field-measured phenotypes was attempted by assessing horses exercised on the same gallop track and managed under similar conditions by a single trainer. PCA of six key speed indices captured 73.9% of the variation with principal component 1 (PC1). Verifying the utility of the phenotype, we observed that PC1 (median) in 2-year-old horses was significantly different among elite, non-elite and unraced horses (P < 0.001) and the temporal change with age in PC1 varied among horses with different myostatin (MSTN) g.66493737C>T SNP genotypes. A GWAS for PC1 in 2-year-old horses (n = 122) identified four SNPs reaching the suggestive threshold for association (P < 4.80 × 10-5 ), defining a 1.09 Mb candidate region on ECA8 containing the myosin XVIIIB (MYO18B) gene. In a GWAS for temporal change in PC1 with age (n = 168), five SNPs reached the suggestive threshold for association and defined candidate regions on ECA2 and ECA11. Both regions contained genes that are significantly differentially expressed in equine skeletal muscle in response to acute exercise and training stimuli, including MYO18A. As MYO18A plays a regulatory role in the skeletal muscle response to exercise, the identified genomic variation proximal to the myosin family genes may be important for the regulation of the response to exercise and training.
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- G Farries
- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland
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- Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Hamilton Institute, Maynooth University, Kildare, W23 F2H6, Ireland
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.,Plusvital Ltd, Dun Laoghaire Industrial Estate, Pottery Road, Dublin, A96 KW29, Ireland
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.,UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland
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- UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland
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- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D04 V1W8, Ireland.,Plusvital Ltd, Dun Laoghaire Industrial Estate, Pottery Road, Dublin, A96 KW29, Ireland
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Bennett DL, Clark AJ, Huang J, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. The Role of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Pain Signaling. Physiol Rev 2019; 99:1079-1151. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00052.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Acute pain signaling has a key protective role and is highly evolutionarily conserved. Chronic pain, however, is maladaptive, occurring as a consequence of injury and disease, and is associated with sensitization of the somatosensory nervous system. Primary sensory neurons are involved in both of these processes, and the recent advances in understanding sensory transduction and human genetics are the focus of this review. Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are important determinants of sensory neuron excitability: they are essential for the initial transduction of sensory stimuli, the electrogenesis of the action potential, and neurotransmitter release from sensory neuron terminals. Nav1.1, Nav1.6, Nav1.7, Nav1.8, and Nav1.9 are all expressed by adult sensory neurons. The biophysical characteristics of these channels, as well as their unique expression patterns within subtypes of sensory neurons, define their functional role in pain signaling. Changes in the expression of VGSCs, as well as posttranslational modifications, contribute to the sensitization of sensory neurons in chronic pain states. Furthermore, gene variants in Nav1.7, Nav1.8, and Nav1.9 have now been linked to human Mendelian pain disorders and more recently to common pain disorders such as small-fiber neuropathy. Chronic pain affects one in five of the general population. Given the poor efficacy of current analgesics, the selective expression of particular VGSCs in sensory neurons makes these attractive targets for drug discovery. The increasing availability of gene sequencing, combined with structural modeling and electrophysiological analysis of gene variants, also provides the opportunity to better target existing therapies in a personalized manner.
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- David L. Bennett
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and Rehabilitation Research Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
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Baehr W, Hanke-Gogokhia C, Sharif A, Reed M, Dahl T, Frederick JM, Ying G. Insights into photoreceptor ciliogenesis revealed by animal models. Prog Retin Eye Res 2018; 71:26-56. [PMID: 30590118 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Photoreceptors are polarized neurons, with very specific subcellular compartmentalization and unique requirements for protein expression and trafficking. Each photoreceptor contains an outer segment, the site of photon capture that initiates vision, an inner segment that houses the biosynthetic machinery and a synaptic terminal for signal transmission to downstream neurons. Outer segments and inner segments are connected by a connecting cilium (CC), the equivalent of a transition zone (TZ) of primary cilia. The connecting cilium is part of the basal body/axoneme backbone that stabilizes the outer segment. This report will update the reader on late developments in photoreceptor ciliogenesis and transition zone formation, specifically in mouse photoreceptors, focusing on early events in photoreceptor ciliogenesis. The connecting cilium, an elongated and narrow structure through which all outer segment proteins and membrane components must traffic, functions as a gate that controls access to the outer segment. Here we will review genes and their protein products essential for basal body maturation and for CC/TZ genesis, sorted by phenotype. Emphasis is given to naturally occurring mouse mutants and gene knockouts that interfere with CC/TZ formation and ciliogenesis.
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- Wolfgang Baehr
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA
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Almli LM, Lori A, Meyers JL, Shin J, Fani N, Maihofer AX, Nievergelt CM, Smith AK, Mercer KB, Kerley K, Leveille JM, Feng H, Abu‐Amara D, Flory JD, Yehuda R, Marmar CR, Baker DG, Bradley B, Koenen KC, Conneely KN, Ressler KJ. Problematic alcohol use associates with sodium channel and clathrin linker 1 (SCLT1) in trauma-exposed populations. Addict Biol 2018; 23:1145-1159. [PMID: 29082582 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Excessive alcohol use is extremely prevalent in the United States, particularly among trauma-exposed individuals. While several studies have examined genetic influences on alcohol use and related problems, this has not been studied in the context of trauma-exposed populations. We report results from a genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and associated problems as measured by the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in a trauma-exposed cohort. Results indicate a genome-wide significant association between total AUDIT score and rs1433375 [N = 1036, P = 2.61 × 10-8 (dominant model), P = 7.76 × 10-8 (additive model)], an intergenic single-nucleotide polymorphism located 323 kb upstream of the sodium channel and clathrin linker 1 (SCLT1) at 4q28. rs1433375 was also significant in a meta-analysis of two similar, but independent, cohorts (N = 1394, P = 0.0004), the Marine Resiliency Study and Systems Biology PTSD Biomarkers Consortium. Functional analysis indicated that rs1433375 was associated with SCLT1 gene expression and cortical-cerebellar functional connectivity measured via resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Together, findings suggest a role for sodium channel regulation and cerebellar functioning in alcohol use behavior. Identifying mechanisms underlying risk for problematic alcohol use in trauma-exposed populations is critical for future treatment and prevention efforts.
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- Lynn M. Almli
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Psychiatry State University of New York Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn NY USA
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- Center for Advanced Brain Imaging Georgia State University/Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Psychiatry University of California San Diego San Diego CA USA
- Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health San Diego USA
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- Department of Psychiatry University of California San Diego San Diego CA USA
- Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health San Diego USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Emory University Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Human Genetics Emory University Atlanta GA USA
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center for Posttraumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury Department of Psychiatry, New York University New York NY USA
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center for Posttraumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury Department of Psychiatry, New York University New York NY USA
- Department of Psychiatry MSSM/James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center New York NY USA
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center for Posttraumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury Department of Psychiatry, New York University New York NY USA
- Department of Psychiatry MSSM/James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center New York NY USA
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- Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center for Posttraumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury Department of Psychiatry, New York University New York NY USA
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- Department of Psychiatry University of California San Diego San Diego CA USA
- Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health San Diego USA
- Psychiatry Services VA San Diego Healthcare System San Diego CA USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
- Mental Health Service Line Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Atlanta GA USA
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- Department of Epidemiology Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Boston MA USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University Atlanta GA USA
- McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School Belmont MA USA
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Li J, Lu D, Liu H, Williams BO, Overbeek PA, Lee B, Zheng L, Yang T. Sclt1 deficiency causes cystic kidney by activating ERK and STAT3 signaling. Hum Mol Genet 2018; 26:2949-2960. [PMID: 28486600 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Ciliopathies form a group of inherited disorders sharing several clinical manifestations because of abnormal cilia formation or function, and few treatments have been successful against these disorders. Here, we report a mouse model with mutated Sclt1 gene, which encodes a centriole distal appendage protein important for ciliogenesis. Sodium channel and clathrin linker 1 (SCLT1) mutations were associated with the oral-facial-digital syndrome (OFD), an autosomal recessive ciliopathy. The Sclt1-/- mice exhibit typical ciliopathy phenotypes, including cystic kidney, cleft palate and polydactyly. Sclt1-loss decreases the number of cilia in kidney; increases proliferation and apoptosis of renal tubule epithelial cells; elevates protein kinase A, extracellular signal-regulated kinases, SMAD and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) pathways; and enhances pro-inflammation and pro-fibrosis pathways with disease progression. Embryonic kidney cyst formation of Sclt1-/- mice was effectively reduced by an anti-STAT3 treatment using pyrimethamine. Overall, we reported a new mouse model for the OFD; and our data suggest that STAT3 inhibition may be a promising treatment for SCLT1-associated cystic kidney.
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- Jianshuang Li
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P.R. China.,Program for Skeletal Disease and Tumor Metastasis, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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- Program for Skeletal Disease and Tumor Metastasis, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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- Program for Skeletal Disease and Tumor Metastasis, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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- Program for Skeletal Disease and Tumor Metastasis, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, Department of Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, P.R. China
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- Program for Skeletal Disease and Tumor Metastasis, Center for Cancer and Cell Biology, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC) are critical determinants of cellular electrical activity through the control of initiation and propagation of action potential. To ensure this role, these proteins are not consistently delivered to the plasma membrane but undergo drastic quality controls throughout various adaptive processes such as biosynthesis, anterograde and retrograde trafficking, and membrane targeting. In pathological conditions, this quality control could lead to the retention of functional VGSC and is therefore the target of different pharmacological approaches. The present chapter gives an overview of the current understanding of the facets of VGSC life cycle in the context of both cardiac and neuronal cell types.
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- A Mercier
- Laboratoire de Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Pôle Biologie Santé, Université de Poitiers, CNRS, 1 rue Georges Bonnet, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Pôle Biologie Santé, Université de Poitiers, CNRS, 1 rue Georges Bonnet, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Signalisation et Transports Ioniques Membranaires, Pôle Biologie Santé, Université de Poitiers, CNRS, 1 rue Georges Bonnet, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France.
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Craniosynostosis, psychomotor retardation, and facial dysmorphic features in a Spanish patient with a 4q27q28.3 deletion. Childs Nerv Syst 2014; 30:2157-61. [PMID: 24980605 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-014-2474-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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CASE REPORT We describe an unusual clinical case with an 11-Mb deletion at 4q27 (chr4: 123094652-134164491), craniosynostosis (CS), mild psychomotor retardation, and facial dysmorphic features. This deletion involves 18 genes; FGF2, NUDT6, and SPRY1 are primarily or secondarily implicated in human cranial bone and sagittal suture development and could play an important role in CS. CONCLUSIONS Clinicians should always contemplate genetic studies in patients with syndromic CS. Mutational targeted genetic testing is appropriate for patients with classical or specific CS syndrome. Nevertheless, array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) should be considered as a first-line test in nontypical syndromic CS phenotype. Cytogenetic studies are decisive for genetic counseling indeed.
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Tanos BE, Yang HJ, Soni R, Wang WJ, Macaluso FP, Asara JM, Tsou MFB. Centriole distal appendages promote membrane docking, leading to cilia initiation. Genes Dev 2013; 27:163-8. [PMID: 23348840 DOI: 10.1101/gad.207043.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The distal appendages (DAPs) of centrioles have been proposed to anchor cilia to the plasma membrane, but their molecular composition, assembly, and exact function in ciliogenesis remain poorly understood. Using quantitative centrosome proteomics and superresolution microscopy, we identified five DAP components, including one previously described (CEP164), one partially characterized (CEP89 [ccdc123]), and three novel (CEP83 [ccdc41], SCLT1, and FBF1) DAP proteins. Analyses of DAP assembly revealed a hierarchy. CEP83 recruits both SCLT1 and CEP89 to centrioles. Subsequent recruitment of FBF1 and CEP164 is independent of CEP89 but mediated by SCLT1. All five DAP components are essential for ciliogenesis; loss of CEP83 specifically blocks centriole-to-membrane docking. Undocked centrioles fail to recruit TTBK2 or release CP110, the two earliest modifications found on centrioles prior to cilia assembly, revealing centriole-to-membrane docking as a temporal and spatial cue promoting cilia initiation.
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- Barbara E Tanos
- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Mefford HC, Yendle SC, Hsu C, Cook J, Geraghty E, McMahon JM, Eeg-Olofsson O, Sadleir LG, Gill D, Ben-Zeev B, Lerman-Sagie T, Mackay M, Freeman JL, Andermann E, Pelakanos JT, Andrews I, Wallace G, Eichler EE, Berkovic SF, Scheffer IE. Rare copy number variants are an important cause of epileptic encephalopathies. Ann Neurol 2011; 70:974-85. [PMID: 22190369 PMCID: PMC3245646 DOI: 10.1002/ana.22645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Rare copy number variants (CNVs)--deletions and duplications--have recently been established as important risk factors for both generalized and focal epilepsies. A systematic assessment of the role of CNVs in epileptic encephalopathies, the most devastating and often etiologically obscure group of epilepsies, has not been performed. METHODS We evaluated 315 patients with epileptic encephalopathies characterized by epilepsy and progressive cognitive impairment for rare CNVs using a high-density, exon-focused, whole-genome oligonucleotide array. RESULTS We found that 25 of 315 (7.9%) of our patients carried rare CNVs that may contribute to their phenotype, with at least one-half being clearly or likely pathogenic. We identified 2 patients with overlapping deletions at 7q21 and 2 patients with identical duplications of 16p11.2. In our cohort, large deletions were enriched in affected individuals compared to controls, and 4 patients harbored 2 rare CNVs. We screened 2 novel candidate genes found within the rare CNVs in our cohort but found no mutations in our patients with epileptic encephalopathies. We highlight several additional novel candidate genes located in CNV regions. INTERPRETATION Our data highlight the significance of rare CNVs in the epileptic encephalopathies, and we suggest that CNV analysis should be considered in the genetic evaluation of these patients. Our findings also highlight novel candidate genes for further study.
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- Heather C Mefford
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Swoboda A, Rasin-Streden D, Schanab O, Okamoto I, Pehamberger H, Petzelbauer P, Mikula M. Identification of genetic disparity between primary and metastatic melanoma in human patients. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2011; 50:680-8. [DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Revised: 04/14/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Swanwick RS, Pristerá A, Okuse K. The trafficking of Na(V)1.8. Neurosci Lett 2010; 486:78-83. [PMID: 20816723 PMCID: PMC2977848 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2010] [Revised: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 08/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The α-subunit of tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-gated sodium channel Na(V)1.8 is selectively expressed in sensory neurons. It has been reported that Na(V)1.8 is involved in the transmission of nociceptive information from sensory neurons to the central nervous system in nociceptive [1] and neuropathic [24] pain conditions. Thus Na(V)1.8 has been a promising target to treat chronic pain. Here we discuss the recent advances in the study of trafficking mechanism of Na(V)1.8. These pieces of information are particularly important as such trafficking machinery could be new targets for painkillers.
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- Division of Cell & Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG. Isoform-specific and pan-channel partners regulate trafficking and plasma membrane stability; and alter sodium channel gating properties. Neurosci Lett 2010; 486:84-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2010] [Revised: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Gasser A, Cheng X, Gilmore ES, Tyrrell L, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. Two Nedd4-binding motifs underlie modulation of sodium channel Nav1.6 by p38 MAPK. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:26149-61. [PMID: 20530479 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.098681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Sodium channel Na(v)1.6 is essential for neuronal excitability in central and peripheral nervous systems. Loss-of-function mutations in Na(v)1.6 underlie motor disorders, with homozygous-null mutations causing juvenile lethality. Phosphorylation of Na(v)1.6 by the stress-induced p38 MAPK at a Pro-Gly-Ser(553)-Pro motif in its intracellular loop L1 reduces Na(v)1.6 current density in a dorsal root ganglion-derived cell line, without changing its gating properties. Phosphorylated Pro-Gly-Ser(553)-Pro motif is a putative binding site to Nedd4 ubiquitin ligases, and we hypothesized that Nedd4-like ubiquitin ligases may contribute to channel ubiquitination and internalization. We report here that p38 activation in hippocampal neurons from wild-type mice, but not from Scn8a(medtg) mice that lack Na(v)1.6, reduces tetrodotoxin-S sodium currents, suggesting isoform-specific modulation of Na(v)1.6 by p38 in these neurons. Pharmacological block of endocytosis completely abolishes p38-mediated Na(v)1.6 current reduction, supporting our hypothesis that channel internalization underlies current reduction. We also report that the ubiquitin ligase Nedd4-2 interacts with Na(v)1.6 via a Pro-Ser-Tyr(1945) motif in the C terminus of the channel and reduces Na(v)1.6 current density, and we show that this regulation requires both the Pro-Gly-Ser-Pro motif in L1 and the Pro-Ser-Tyr motif in the C terminus. Similarly, both motifs are necessary for p38-mediated reduction of Na(v)1.6 current, whereas abrogating binding of the ubiquitin ligase Nedd4-2 to the Pro-Ser-Tyr motif results in stress-mediated increase in Na(v)1.6 current density. Thus, phosphorylation of the Pro-Gly-Ser-Pro motif within L1 of Na(v)1.6 is necessary for stress-induced current modulation, with positive or negative regulation depending upon the availability of the C-terminal Pro-Ser-Tyr motif to bind Nedd4-2.
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- Andreas Gasser
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
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Nociception is essential for survival whereas pathological pain is maladaptive and often unresponsive to pharmacotherapy. Voltage-gated sodium channels, Na(v)1.1-Na(v)1.9, are essential for generation and conduction of electrical impulses in excitable cells. Human and animal studies have identified several channels as pivotal for signal transmission along the pain axis, including Na(v)1.3, Na(v)1.7, Na(v)1.8, and Na(v)1.9, with the latter three preferentially expressed in peripheral sensory neurons and Na(v)1.3 being upregulated along pain-signaling pathways after nervous system injuries. Na(v)1.7 is of special interest because it has been linked to a spectrum of inherited human pain disorders. Here we review the contribution of these sodium channel isoforms to pain.
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- Sulayman D Dib-Hajj
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
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Zhang H, Verkman AS. Aquaporin-1 tunes pain perception by interaction with Na(v)1.8 Na+ channels in dorsal root ganglion neurons. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:5896-906. [PMID: 20018876 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.090233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Aquaporin-1 (AQP1) water channels are expressed in the plasma membrane of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. We found reduced osmotic water permeability in freshly isolated DRG neurons from AQP1(-/-) versus AQP1(+/+) mice. Behavioral studies showed greatly reduced thermal inflammatory pain perception in AQP1(-/-) mice evoked by bradykinin, prostaglandin E(2), and capsaicin as well as reduced cold pain perception. Patch clamp of freshly isolated DRG neurons showed reduced action potential firing in response to current injections. Single action potentials after pulse current injections showed reduced maximum inward current, suggesting impaired Na(v)1.8 Na(+) function. Whole-cell Na(v)1.8 Na(+) currents in Na(v)1.8-expressing ND7-23 cells showed slowed frequency-dependent inactivation after AQP1 transfection. Immunoprecipitation studies showed AQP1- Na(v)1.8 Na(+) interaction, which was verified in live cells by single-particle tracking of quantum dot-labeled AQP1. Our results implicate the involvement of AQP1 in DRG neurons for the perception of inflammatory thermal pain and cold pain, whose molecular basis is accounted for, in part, by reduced Na(v)1.8-dependent membrane Na(+) current. AQP1 is, thus, a novel target for pain management.
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- Hua Zhang
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0521, USA
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Phosphorylation of sodium channel Na(v)1.8 by p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase increases current density in dorsal root ganglion neurons. J Neurosci 2008; 28:3190-201. [PMID: 18354022 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4403-07.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The sensory neuron-specific sodium channel Na(v)1.8 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase are potential therapeutic targets within nociceptive dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in inflammatory, and possibly neuropathic, pain. Na(v)1.8 channels within nociceptive DRG neurons contribute most of the inward current underlying the depolarizing phase of action potentials. Nerve injury and inflammation of peripheral tissues cause p38 activation in DRG neurons, a process that may contribute to nociceptive neuron hyperexcitability, which is associated with pain. However, how substrates of activated p38 contribute to DRG neuron hyperexcitability is currently not well understood. We report here, for the first time, that Na(v)1.8 and p38 are colocalized in DRG neurons, that Na(v)1.8 within DRG neurons is a substrate for p38, and that direct phosphorylation of the Na(v)1.8 channel by p38 regulates its function in these neurons. We show that direct phosphorylation of Na(v)1.8 at two p38 phospho-acceptor serine residues on the L1 loop (S551 and S556) causes an increase in Na(v)1.8 current density that is not accompanied by changes in gating properties of the channel. Our study suggests a mechanism by which activated p38 contributes to inflammatory, and possibly neuropathic, pain through a p38-mediated increase of Na(v)1.8 current density.
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Gold MS. Na(+) channel blockers for the treatment of pain: context is everything, almost. Exp Neurol 2008; 210:1-6. [PMID: 18234194 PMCID: PMC2312090 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Revised: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 12/03/2007] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Michael S Gold
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Schofield GG, Puhl HL, Ikeda SR. Properties of wild-type and fluorescent protein-tagged mouse tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channel (Na V 1.8) heterologously expressed in rat sympathetic neurons. J Neurophysiol 2008; 99:1917-27. [PMID: 18272876 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01170.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The tetrodotoxin (TTX)-resistant Na(+) current arising from Na(V)1.8-containing channels participates in nociceptive pathways but is difficult to functionally express in traditional heterologous systems. Here, we show that injection of cDNA encoding mouse Na(V)1.8 into the nuclei of rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons results in TTX-resistant Na(+) currents with amplitudes equal to or exceeding the currents arising from natively expressing channels of mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. The activation and inactivation properties of the heterologously expressed Na(V)1.8 Na(+) channels were similar but not identical to native TTX-resistant channels. Most notably, the half-activation potential of the heterologously expressed Na(V)1.8 channels was shifted about 10 mV toward more depolarized potentials. Fusion of fluorescent proteins to the N- or C-termini of Na(V)1.8 did not substantially affect functional expression in SCG neurons. Unexpectedly, fluorescence was not concentrated at the plasma membrane but found throughout the interior of the neuron in a granular pattern. A similar expression pattern was observed in nodose ganglion neurons expressing the tagged channels. In contrast, expression of tagged Na(V)1.8 in HeLa cells revealed a fluorescence pattern consistent with sequestration in the endoplasmic reticulum, thus providing a basis for poor functional expression in clonal cell lines. Our results establish SCG neurons as a favorable surrogate for the expression and study of molecularly defined Na(V)1.8-containing channels. The data also indicate that unidentified factors may be required for the efficient functional expression of Na(V)1.8 with a biophysical phenotype identical to that found in sensory neurons.
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- Geoffrey G Schofield
- Department of Physiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Pax7 plays critical roles in development of brain, spinal cord, neural crest, and skeletal muscle. As a sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factor, any direct functional role played by Pax7 during development is mediated through target gene selection. Thus, we have sought to identify genes targeted by Pax7 during embryonic development using an unbiased chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) cloning assay to isolate cis-regulatory regions bound by Pax7 in vivo. Sequencing and genomic localization of a library of chromatin-DNA fragments bound by Pax7 has identified 34 candidate Pax7 target genes, with occupancy of a selection confirmed with independent chromatin enrichment tests (ChIP-PCR). To assess the capacity of Pax7 to regulate transcription from these loci, we have cloned alternate transcripts of Pax7 (differing significantly in their DNA binding domain) into expression vectors and transfected cultured cells with these constructs, then analyzed target gene expression levels using RT-PCR. We show that Pax7 directly occupies sites within genes encoding transcription factors Gbx1 and Eya4, the neurogenic cytokine receptor ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor, the neuronal potassium channel Kcnk2, and the signal transduction kinase Camk1d in vivo and regulates the transcriptional state of these genes in cultured cells. This analysis gives us greater insight into the direct functional role played by Pax7 during embryonic development.
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- Robert B White
- School of Exercise Biomedical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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Dib‐Hajj SD, Yang Y, Waxman SG. Chapter 4 Genetics and Molecular Pathophysiology of Nav1.7‐Related Pain Syndromes. ADVANCES IN GENETICS 2008; 63:85-110. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2660(08)01004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cusdin FS, Clare JJ, Jackson AP. Trafficking and cellular distribution of voltage-gated sodium channels. Traffic 2007; 9:17-26. [PMID: 17988224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00673.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Electrical excitability in cells such as neurons and myocytes depends not only upon the expression of voltage-gated sodium channels but also on their correct targeting within the plasma membrane. Placing sodium channels within a broader cell biological context is beginning to shed new light on a variety of important questions such as the integration of neuronal signaling. Mutations that affect sodium channel trafficking have been shown to underlie several life-threatening conditions including cardiac arrhythmias, revealing an important clinical context to these studies.
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- Fiona S Cusdin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK
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Zhao J, Ziane R, Chatelier A, O'leary ME, Chahine M. Lidocaine Promotes the Trafficking and Functional Expression of Nav1.8 Sodium Channels in Mammalian Cells. J Neurophysiol 2007; 98:467-77. [PMID: 17507497 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00117.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Nociceptive neurons of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) express a combination of rapidly gating TTX-sensitive and slowly gating TTX-resistant Na currents, and the channels that produce these currents have been cloned. The Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 channels encode for the rapidly inactivating TTX-sensitive and slowly inactivating TTX-resistant Na currents, respectively. Although the Nav1.7 channel expresses well in cultured mammalian cell lines, attempts to express the Nav1.8 channel using similar approaches has been met with limited success. The inability to heterologously express Nav1.8 has hampered detailed characterization of the biophysical properties and pharmacology of these channels. In this study, we investigated the determinants of Nav1.8 expression in tsA201 cells, a transformed variant of HEK293 cells, using a combination of biochemistry, immunochemistry, and electrophysiology. Our data indicate that the unusually low expression levels of Nav1.8 in tsA201 cells results from a trafficking defect that traps the channel protein in the endoplasmic reticulum. Incubating the cultured cells with the local anesthetic lidocaine dramatically enhanced the cell surface expression of functional Nav1.8 channels. The biophysical properties of the heterologously expressed Nav1.8 channel are similar but not identical to those of the TTX-resistant Na current of native DRG neurons, recorded under similar conditions. Our data indicate that the lidocaine acts as a molecular chaperone that promotes efficient trafficking and increased cell surface expression of Nav1.8 channels.
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- Juan Zhao
- Le Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard, 2601 Chemin de la Canardière, Québec, Québec, Canada
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Neuropathic pain remains a large unmet medical need. A number of therapeutic options exist, but efficacy and tolerability are less than satisfactory. Based on animal models and limited data from human patients, the pain and hypersensitivity that characterize neuropathic pain are associated with spontaneous discharges of normally quiescent nociceptors. Sodium channel blockers inhibit this spontaneous activity, reverse nerve injury-induced pain behavior in animals and alleviate neuropathic pain in humans. Several sodium channel subtypes are expressed primarily in sensory neurons and may contribute to the efficacy of sodium channel blockers. In this report, the authors review the current understanding of the role of sodium channels and of specific sodium channel subtypes in neuropathic pain signaling.
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- Birgit T Priest
- Merck Research Laboratories, Department of Ion Channels, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
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Rush AM, Cummins TR, Waxman SG. Multiple sodium channels and their roles in electrogenesis within dorsal root ganglion neurons. J Physiol 2006; 579:1-14. [PMID: 17158175 PMCID: PMC2075388 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.121483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Dorsal root ganglion neurons express an array of sodium channel isoforms allowing precise control of excitability. An increasing body of literature indicates that regulation of firing behaviour in these cells is linked to their patterns of expression of specific sodium channel isoforms, which have been discovered to possess distinct biophysical characteristics. The pattern of expression of sodium channels differs in different subclasses of DRG neurons and is not fixed but, on the contrary, changes in response to a variety of disease insults. Moreover, modulation of channels by their environment has been found to play an important role in the response of these neurons to stimuli. In this review we illustrate how excitability can be finely tuned to provide contrasting firing templates in different subclasses of DRG neurons by selective deployment of various sodium channel isoforms, by plasticity of expression of these proteins, and by interactions of these sodium channel isoforms with each other and with other modulatory molecules.
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Choi JS, Hudmon A, Waxman SG, Dib-Hajj SD. Calmodulin Regulates Current Density and Frequency-Dependent Inhibition of Sodium Channel Nav1.8 in DRG Neurons. J Neurophysiol 2006; 96:97-108. [PMID: 16598065 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00854.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Sodium channel Nav1.8 produces a slowly inactivating, tetrodotoxin-resistant current, characterized by recovery from inactivation with fast and slow components, and contributes a substantial fraction of the current underlying the depolarizing phase of the action potential of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Nav1.8 C-terminus carries a conserved calmodulin-binding isoleucine–glutamine (IQ) motif. We show here that calmodulin coimmunoprecipitates with endogenous Nav1.8 channels from native DRG, suggesting that the two proteins can interact in vivo. Treatment of native DRG neurons with a calmodulin-binding peptide (CBP) reduced the current density of Nav1.8 by nearly 65%, without changing voltage dependency of activation or steady-state inactivation. To investigate the functional role of CaM binding to the IQ motif in the Nav1.8 C-terminus, the IQ dipeptide was substituted by DE; we show that this impairs the binding of CaM to the IQ motif. Mutant Nav1.8IQ/DE channels produce currents with roughly 50% amplitude, but with unchanged voltage dependency of activation and inactivation when expressed in DRG neurons from Nav1.8-null mice. We also show that blocking the interaction of CaM and Nav1.8 using CBP or the IQ/DE substitution causes a buildup of inactivated channels and, in the case of the IQ/DE mutation, stimulation even at a low frequency of 0.1 Hz significantly enhances the frequency-dependent inhibition of the Nav1.8 current. This study presents, for the first time, evidence that calmodulin associates with a sodium channel, Nav1.8, in native neurons, and demonstrates a regulation of Nav1.8 currents that can significantly affect electrogenesis of DRG neurons in which Nav1.8 is normally expressed.
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- Jin-Sung Choi
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Heaven, CT, USA
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Liu CJ, Priest BT, Bugianesi RM, Dulski PM, Felix JP, Dick IE, Brochu RM, Knaus HG, Middleton RE, Kaczorowski GJ, Slaughter RS, Garcia ML, Köhler MG. A high-capacity membrane potential FRET-based assay for NaV1.8 channels. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2006; 4:37-48. [PMID: 16506887 DOI: 10.1089/adt.2006.4.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Clinical treatment of neuropathic pain can be achieved with a number of different drugs, some of which interact with all members of the voltage-gated sodium channel (NaV1) family. However, block of central nervous system and cardiac NaV1 channels can cause dose-limiting side effects, preventing many patients from achieving adequate pain relief. Expression of the tetrodotoxin-resistant NaV1.8 subtype is restricted to small-diameter sensory neurons, and several lines of evidence indicate a role for NaV1.8 in pain processing. Given these features, NaV1.8 subtype-selective blockers are predicted to be efficacious in the treatment of neuropathic pain and to be associated with fewer adverse effects than currently available therapies. To facilitate the identification of NaV1.8-specific inhibitors, we stably expressed the human NaV1.8 channel together with the auxiliary human beta1 subunit (NaV beta1) in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Heterologously expressed human NaV1.8/NaV beta1 channels display biophysical properties that are similar to those of tetrodotoxin-resistant channels present in mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons. A membrane potential, fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based functional assay on a fluorometric imaging plate reader (FLIPR-Tetra, Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA) platform has been established. This highcapacity assay is sensitive to known state-dependent NaV1 modulators and can be used to identify novel and selective NaV1.8 inhibitors.
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- Chou J Liu
- Department of Ion Channels, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
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Fang X, Djouhri L, McMullan S, Berry C, Okuse K, Waxman SG, Lawson SN. trkA is expressed in nociceptive neurons and influences electrophysiological properties via Nav1.8 expression in rapidly conducting nociceptors. J Neurosci 2005; 25:4868-78. [PMID: 15888662 PMCID: PMC6724783 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0249-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2005] [Revised: 04/01/2005] [Accepted: 04/04/2005] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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To test the hypothesis that trkA (the high-affinity NGF receptor) is selectively expressed in nociceptive dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, we examined the intensity of trkA immunoreactivity in single dye-injected rat DRG neurons, the sensory receptor properties of which were identified in vivo with mechanical and thermal stimuli. We provide the first evidence in single identified neurons that strong trkA expression in DRGs is restricted to nociceptive neurons, probably accounting for the profound influence of NGF on these neurons. Furthermore, we demonstrate that trkA expression is as high in rapidly conducting (Aalpha/beta) as in more slowly conducting (Adelta and C) nociceptors. All Aalpha/beta low-threshold mechanoreceptors (LTMs) are trkA negative, although weak but detectable trkA is present in some C and Adelta LTMs. NGF can influence electrophysiological properties of DRG neurons, probably by binding to trkA. We found positive correlations for single identified Aalpha/beta (but not C or Adelta) nociceptors between trkA immunocytochemical intensity and electrophysiological properties typical of nociceptors, namely long action potential and afterhyperpolarization durations and large action potential amplitudes. Furthermore, for Aalpha/beta (notCorAdelta) nociceptors, trkA intensity is inversely correlated with conduction velocity. Similar relationships, again only in Aalpha/beta nociceptors, between electrophysiological properties and trkA expression exist for sodium channel Nav1.8 but not Nav1.9 immunoreactivities. These findings suggest that in Aalpha/beta nociceptors, influences of NGF on expression levels of Nav1.8 are related to, and perhaps limited by, expression levels of trkA. This view is supported by a positive correlation between immuno-intensities of trkA and Nav1.8 in A-fiber, but not C-fiber, nociceptors.
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- Xin Fang
- Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, United Kingdom
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