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Sengül GF, Mishra R, Candiello E, Schu P. Hsc70 phosphorylation patterns and calmodulin regulate AP2 Clathrin-Coated-Vesicle life span for cell adhesion protein transport. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2024; 1871:119611. [PMID: 37926156 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2023.119611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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AP2 forms AP2 CCV with clathrin and over 60 additional coat proteins. Due to this complexity, we have a limited understanding of CCV life cycle regulation. Synapses contain canonical AP2 CCV, canCCV, and more stable, thereby longer lived, AP2 CCV. The more stable AP2 CCV can be distinguished from canCCV due to the stable binding of Hsc70 to clathrin. The AP1/σ1B complex knockout leads to impaired synaptic vesicle recycling and altered endosomal protein sorting. This causes as a secondary phenotype the twofold upregulation of endocytosis by canCCV and by more stable AP2 CCV. These stable CCV are more stabilized than their wt counterpart, hence stCCV. They have less of the uncoating proteins synaptojanin1 and Hsc70, and more of the coat stabilizing AAK1. Hsc70 clathrin dissociation activity is regulated by complex phosphorylation patterns. Two major groups of hyper- and of hypo-phosphorylated Hsc70 proteins are formed. The latter are enriched in wt stable CCV and stabilized stCCV. Hsc70 T265 phosphorylation regulates binding of CaM/Ca2+. CaM/Ca2+ binding to the T265 domain blocks Hsc70 homodimerization and its concentration in stCCV required for clathrin disassembly. Kinases DYRK1A and CaMK-IIδ can phosphorylate T265 preventing CaM/Ca2+ binding. Their and the levels of STK38L and STK39/Cab39, which are able to phosphorylate additional Hsc70 residues are reduced in stCCV. The stCCV pathway sorts specifically the cell adhesion proteins CHL1 and Neurocan, supporting our model of that the stCCV pathway fulfills specific functions in synaptic plasticity.
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- G F Sengül
- Georg-August-University Göttingen, University Medical Center, Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany; Ankara Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Turkey
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- Georg-August-University Göttingen, University Medical Center, Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany; Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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- Georg-August-University Göttingen, University Medical Center, Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany; University of Turin, Tumor Immunology Laboratory, Torino, Italy
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- Georg-August-University Göttingen, University Medical Center, Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
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Cnops V, Iyer VR, Parathy N, Wong P, Dawe GS. Test, Rinse, Repeat: A Review of Carryover Effects in Rodent Behavioral Assays. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022; 135:104560. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Gong Y, Wu M, Gao F, Shi M, Gu H, Gao R, Dang BQ, Chen G. Inhibition of the p‑SPAK/p‑NKCC1 signaling pathway protects the blood‑brain barrier and reduces neuronal apoptosis in a rat model of surgical brain injury. Mol Med Rep 2021; 24:717. [PMID: 34396440 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2021.12356] [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: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Surgical brain injury (SBI) can disrupt the function of the blood‑brain barrier (BBB), leading to brain edema and neurological dysfunction. Thus, protecting the BBB and mitigating cerebral edema are key factors in improving the neurological function and prognosis of patients with SBI. The inhibition of WNK lysine deficient protein kinase/STE20/SPS1‑related proline/alanine‑rich kinase (SPAK) signaling ameliorates cerebral edema, and this signaling pathway regulates the phosphorylation of the downstream Na+‑K+‑Cl‑ cotransporter 1 (NKCC1). Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of SPAK in SBI‑induced cerebral edema and to determine whether the SPAK/NKCC1 signaling pathway was involved in SBI via regulating phosphorylation. An SBI model was established in male Sprague‑Dawley rats, and the effects of SPAK on the regulation of the NKCC1 signaling pathway on BBB permeability and nerve cell apoptosis by western blotting analysis, immunofluorescence staining, TUNEL staining, Fluoro‑Jade C staining, and brain edema and nervous system scores. The results demonstrated that, compared with those in the sham group, phosphorylated (p)‑SPAK and p‑NKCC1 protein expression levels were significantly increased in the SBI model group. After inhibiting p‑SPAK, the expression level of p‑NKCC1, neuronal apoptosis and BBB permeability were significantly reduced in SBI model rats. Taken together, these findings suggested that SBI‑induced increases in p‑SPAK and p‑NKCC1 expression exacerbated post‑traumatic neural and BBB damage, which may be mediated via the ion‑transport‑induced regulation of cell edema.
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- Yating Gong
- Department of Rehabilitation, Zhangjiagang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215600, P.R. China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Zhangjiagang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215600, P.R. China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Zhangjiagang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215600, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhangjiagang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215600, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, Zhangjiagang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215600, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhangjiagang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215600, P.R. China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Zhangjiagang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215600, P.R. China
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- Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China
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Meor Azlan NF, Koeners MP, Zhang J. Regulatory control of the Na-Cl co-transporter NCC and its therapeutic potential for hypertension. Acta Pharm Sin B 2021; 11:1117-1128. [PMID: 34094823 PMCID: PMC8144889 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2020.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Hypertension is the largest risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide. As blood pressure regulation is influenced by multiple physiological systems, hypertension cannot be attributed to a single identifiable etiology. Three decades of research into Mendelian forms of hypertension implicated alterations in the renal tubular sodium handling, particularly the distal convoluted tubule (DCT)-native, thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (NCC). Altered functions of the NCC have shown to have profound effects on blood pressure regulation as illustrated by the over activation and inactivation of the NCC in Gordon's and Gitelman syndromes respectively. Substantial progress has uncovered multiple factors that affect the expression and activity of the NCC. In particular, NCC activity is controlled by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation, and NCC expression is facilitated by glycosylation and negatively regulated by ubiquitination. Studies have even found parvalbumin to be an unexpected regulator of the NCC. In recent years, there have been considerable advances in our understanding of NCC control mechanisms, particularly via the pathway containing the with-no-lysine [K] (WNK) and its downstream target kinases, SPS/Ste20-related proline-alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) and oxidative stress responsive 1 (OSR1), which has led to the discovery of novel inhibitory molecules. This review summarizes the currently reported regulatory mechanisms of the NCC and discusses their potential as therapeutic targets for treating hypertension.
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Key Words
- ATP, adenosine triphosphate
- Blood pressure regulation
- CCC, cation-coupled chloride cotransporters
- CCT, conserved carboxy-terminal
- CNI, calcineurin inhibitors
- CUL3, cullin 3
- CUL3/KLHL3-WNK-SPAK/OSR1
- Ca2+, calcium ion
- Cardiovascular disease
- DAG, diacylglycerol
- DCT, distal convoluted tubule
- DUSP, dual specificity phosphatases
- ECF, extracellular fluid
- ELISA, enzyme-bound immunosorbent analysis
- ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinases
- EnaC, epithelial sodium channels
- GABA, gamma-aminobutyric acid
- HEK293, human embryonic kidney 293
- Hypertension
- I1, inhibitor 1
- K+, potassium ion
- KCC, potassium-chloride-cotransporters
- KLHL3, kelch-like 3
- KS-WNK1, kidney specific-WNK1
- Kinase inhibitors
- MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase
- MO25, mouse protein-25
- Membrane trafficking
- NCC, sodium–chloride cotransporters
- NKCC, sodium–potassium–chloride-cotransporter
- Na+, sodium ion
- NaCl, sodium chloride
- NaCl-cotransporter NCC
- OSR1, oxidative stress-responsive gene 1
- PCT, proximal convoluted tubule
- PHAII, pseudohypoaldosteronism type II
- PP, protein phosphatase
- PV, parvalbumin
- ROMK, renal outer medullary potassium
- RasGRP1, RAS guanyl-releasing protein 1
- SLC12, solute carrier 12
- SPAK, Ste20-related proline-alanine-rich-kinase
- TAL, thick ascending limb
- Therapeutic targets
- WNK, with-no-lysine kinases
- mDCT, mammalian DCT
- mRNA, messenger RNA
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Klug NR, Chechneva OV, Hung BY, O'Donnell ME. High glucose-induced effects on Na +-K +-2Cl - cotransport and Na +/H + exchange of blood-brain barrier endothelial cells: involvement of SGK1, PKCβII, and SPAK/OSR1. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2021; 320:C619-C634. [PMID: 33406028 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00177.2019] [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: 01/24/2023]
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Hyperglycemia exacerbates edema formation and worsens neurological outcome in ischemic stroke. Edema formation in the early hours of stroke involves transport of ions and water across an intact blood-brain barrier (BBB), and swelling of astrocytes. We showed previously that high glucose (HG) exposures of 24 hours to 7 days increase abundance and activity of BBB Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransport (NKCC) and Na+/H+ exchange 1 (NHE1). Further, bumetanide and HOE-642 inhibition of these transporters significantly reduces edema and infarct following middle cerebral artery occlusion in hyperglycemic rats, suggesting that NKCC and NHE1 are effective therapeutic targets for reducing edema in hyperglycemic stroke. The mechanisms underlying hyperglycemia effects on BBB NKCC and NHE1 are not known. In the present study we investigated whether serum-glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) and protein kinase C beta II (PKCβII) are involved in HG effects on BBB NKCC and NHE1. We found transient increases in phosphorylated SGK1 and PKCβII within the first hour of HG exposure, after 5-60 min for SGK1 and 5 min for PKCβII. However, no changes were observed in cerebral microvascular endothelial cell SGK1 or PKCβII abundance or phosphorylation (activity) after 24 or 48 h HG exposures. Further, we found that HG-induced increases in NKCC and NHE1 abundance were abolished by inhibition of SGK1 but not PKCβII, whereas the increases in NKCC and NHE activity were abolished by inhibition of either kinase. Finally, we found evidence that STE20/SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase and oxidative stress-responsive kinase-1 (SPAK/OSR1) participate in the HG-induced effects on BBB NKCC.
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- Nicholas R Klug
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, California
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Arakawa Y, Yokoyama K, Tasaki S, Kato J, Nakashima K, Takeyama M, Nakatani A, Suzuki M. Transgenic mice overexpressing miR-137 in the brain show schizophrenia-associated behavioral deficits and transcriptome profiles. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220389. [PMID: 31361772 PMCID: PMC6667145 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by positive and negative symptoms and cognitive deficits. The exact cause of schizophrenia is still unknown, but substantial evidence indicates that it has a genetic component. Genome wide association studies demonstrate variants within miR-137 host gene are a risk factor for schizophrenia. However, the direct relationship between the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and the dosage of miR-137 remains unclear. Therefore, in this study, we generated transgenic mice overexpressing miR-137 (miR-137 Tg mice) with the neuron-specific Thy-1 promoter and examined schizophrenia-related phenotypes in these mice. Overexpression of miR-137 was observed in various brain regions of the miR-137 Tg mice, with down-regulation of putative miR-137 targets. MiR-137 Tg mice showed sensory gating deficits in a prepulse inhibition test, social deficits in a sociability and social novelty test, and cognitive deficits in a novel object recognition test. Interestingly, the predicted-altered pathways of the medial prefrontal cortex of miR-137 Tg mice were partially overlapped with those of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in postmortem brain of patients who died in equal to or less than 4 years after initial diagnosis of schizophrenia in published data. These results suggest that overexpression of miR-137 in the whole brain induces the several phenotypes that are relevant to aspects of psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia. Based on these findings, miR-137 Tg mice may have the potential to become a useful tool in researching the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders.
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- Yuuichi Arakawa
- Neuroscience Drug Discovery Unit, Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Integrated Technology Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Integrated Technology Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery Unit, Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery Unit, Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Integrated Technology Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery Unit, Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Neuroscience Drug Discovery Unit, Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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Schulte JT, Wierenga CJ, Bruining H. Chloride transporters and GABA polarity in developmental, neurological and psychiatric conditions. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2018; 90:260-271. [PMID: 29729285 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Neuronal chloride regulation is a determinant factor for the dynamic tuning of GABAergic inhibition during and beyond brain development. This regulation is mainly dependent on the two co-transporters K+/Cl- co-transporter KCC2 and Na+/K+/Cl- co-transporter NKCC1, whose activity can decrease or increase neuronal chloride concentrations respectively. Altered expression and/or activity of either of these co-transporters has been associated with a wide variety of brain disorders including developmental disorders, epilepsy, schizophrenia and stroke. Here, we review current knowledge on chloride transporter expression and activity regulation and highlight the intriguing potential for existing and future interventions to support chloride homeostasis across a wide range of mental disorders and neurological conditions.
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- Joran T Schulte
- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508 GA Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Division of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508 GA Utrecht The Netherlands.
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Perez-Urrutia N, Mendoza C, Alvarez-Ricartes N, Oliveros-Matus P, Echeverria F, Grizzell JA, Barreto GE, Iarkov A, Echeverria V. Intranasal cotinine improves memory, and reduces depressive-like behavior, and GFAP + cells loss induced by restraint stress in mice. Exp Neurol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Zhao H, Nepomuceno R, Gao X, Foley LM, Wang S, Begum G, Zhu W, Pigott VM, Falgoust LM, Kahle KT, Yang SS, Lin SH, Alper SL, Hitchens TK, Hu S, Zhang Z, Sun D. Deletion of the WNK3-SPAK kinase complex in mice improves radiographic and clinical outcomes in malignant cerebral edema after ischemic stroke. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2017; 37:550-563. [PMID: 26861815 PMCID: PMC5381450 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x16631561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The WNK-SPAK kinase signaling pathway controls renal NaCl reabsorption and systemic blood pressure by regulating ion transporters and channels. A WNK3-SPAK complex is highly expressed in brain, but its function in this organ remains unclear. Here, we investigated the role of this kinase complex in brain edema and white matter injury after ischemic stroke. Wild-type, WNK3 knockout, and SPAK heterozygous or knockout mice underwent transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. One cohort of mice underwent magnetic resonance imaging. Ex-vivo brains three days post-ischemia were imaged by slice-selective spin-echo diffusion tensor imaging magnetic resonance imaging, after which the same brain tissues were subjected to immunofluorescence staining. A second cohort of mice underwent neurological deficit analysis up to 14 days post-transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. Relative to wild-type mice, WNK3 knockout, SPAK heterozygous, and SPAK knockout mice each exhibited a >50% reduction in infarct size and associated cerebral edema, significantly less demyelination, and improved neurological outcomes. We conclude that WNK3-SPAK signaling regulates brain swelling, gray matter injury, and demyelination after ischemic stroke, and that WNK3-SPAK inhibition has therapeutic potential for treating malignant cerebral edema in the setting of middle cerebral artery stroke.
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- Hanshu Zhao
- 1 Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of the Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.,2 Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- 2 Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- 2 Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.,3 Department of Neurological Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- 4 Animal Imaging Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- 2 Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- 2 Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- 2 Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- 2 Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- 6 Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.,7 Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.,8 Yale Program on Neurogenetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
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- 9 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,10 Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- 9 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,10 Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- 11 Division of Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.,12 Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- 4 Animal Imaging Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.,5 Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- 3 Department of Neurological Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- 1 Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of the Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- 2 Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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Lin TJ, Yang SS, Hua KF, Tsai YL, Lin SH, Ka SM. SPAK plays a pathogenic role in IgA nephropathy through the activation of NF-κB/MAPKs signaling pathway. Free Radic Biol Med 2016; 99:214-224. [PMID: 27519267 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Sterile 20/SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) can stimulate production of proinflammatory cytokines and interact with inflammation-related molecules. However, it has yet to be determined whether SPAK plays a pathophysiological role in the complicated pathological mechanisms of IgA nephropathy (IgAN), which is mainly characterized by mesangial cell (MC) proliferation and is the most common form of glomerulonephritis. In the present study, we examined the pathophysiological role of SPAK in IgAN using a mouse model and cell models. Our results clearly showed that (1) SPAK deficiency prevents the development of IgAN and inhibits production of immune/inflammatory mediators and T cell activation and proliferation; and (2) when primed with IgA immune complexes (IgA IC), both peritoneal macrophages and primary MCs from SPAK knockout mice show markedly reduced production of proinflammatory cytokines and inhibition of NF-κB/MAPKs activation. We proposed that activation of SPAK and the NF-κB/MAPKs signaling pathway in MCs, macrophages and T cells of the glomerulus may be a mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of IgAN. The activation of SPAK in renal tubuloepithelial cells either directly by IgA IC or an indirect action of the activated MCs or infiltrating mononuclear leukocytes seen in the kidney may further aggravate the disease process of IgAN. Our results suggest that SPAK is a potential therapeutic target for the glomerular disorder.
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- Tsai-Jung Lin
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of BioMedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Animal Science, National Ilan University, Ilan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Aerospace and Undersea Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Traumatic stress causes distinctive effects on fear circuit catecholamines and the fear extinction profile in a rodent model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2016; 26:1484-1495. [PMID: 27492886 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2016.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2016] [Revised: 05/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Central catecholamines regulate fear memory across the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), amygdala (AMYG), and hippocampus (HPC). However, inadequate evidence exists to address the relationships among these fear circuit areas in terms of the fear symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). By examining the behavioral profile in a Pavlovian fear conditioning paradigm together with tissue/efflux levels of dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) and their reuptake abilities across the fear circuit areas in rats that experienced single prolonged stress (SPS, a rodent model of PTSD), we demonstrated that SPS-impaired extinction retrieval was concomitant with the changes of central DA/NE in a dissociable manner. For tissue levels, diminished DA and increased NE were both observed in the mPFC and AMYG. DA efflux and synaptosomal DA transporter were consistently reduced in the AMYG/vHPC, whereas SPS reduced NE efflux in the infralimbic cortex and synaptosomal NE transporter in the mPFC. Furthermore, a lower expression of synaptosomal VMAT2 was observed in the mPFC, AMYG, and vHPC after SPS. Finally, negative correlations were observed between retrieval freezing and DA in the mPFC/AMYG; nevertheless, the phenomena became invalid after SPS. Our results suggest that central catecholamines are crucially involved in the retrieval of fear extinction in which DA and NE play distinctive roles across the fear circuit areas.
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Ferdaus MZ, McCormick JA. The CUL3/KLHL3-WNK-SPAK/OSR1 pathway as a target for antihypertensive therapy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 310:F1389-96. [PMID: 27076645 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00132.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Chronic high blood pressure (hypertension) is the most common disease in the Unites States. While several classes of drugs exist to treat it, many patients (up to 10 million Americans) respond poorly to therapy, even when multiple classes are used. Recent evidence suggests that a significant portion of patients will always remain hypertensive despite maximum therapy with the drugs currently available. Therefore, there is a pressing need to develop novel antihypertensive agents. One limitation has been the identification of new targets, a limitation that has been overcome by recent insights into the mechanisms underlying monogenic forms of hypertension. The disease familial hyperkalemic hypertension is caused by mutations in with-no-lysine (WNK) kinases 1 and 4 and in cullin-3 and kelch-like 3, components of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that promotes WNK kinase degradation. The study of the mechanisms by which this pathway regulates blood pressure has identified several candidates for the development of new antihypertensive agents. This pathway is particularly attractive since its inhibition may not only reduce renal sodium reabsorption along multiple segments but may also reduce vascular tone. Here, we will describe the mechanisms by which this pathway regulate blood pressure and discuss the potential of targeting it to develop new antihypertensive drugs.
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- Mohammed Z Ferdaus
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Jantzie LL, Getsy PM, Denson JL, Firl DJ, Maxwell JR, Rogers DA, Wilson CG, Robinson S. Prenatal Hypoxia-Ischemia Induces Abnormalities in CA3 Microstructure, Potassium Chloride Co-Transporter 2 Expression and Inhibitory Tone. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:347. [PMID: 26388734 PMCID: PMC4558523 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Infants who suffer perinatal brain injury, including those with encephalopathy of prematurity, are prone to chronic neurological deficits, including epilepsy, cognitive impairment, and behavioral problems, such as anxiety, inattention, and poor social interaction. These deficits, especially in combination, pose the greatest hindrance to these children becoming independent adults. Cerebral function depends on adequate development of essential inhibitory neural circuits and the appropriate amount of excitation and inhibition at specific stages of maturation. Early neuronal synaptic responses to γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) are initially excitatory. During the early postnatal period, GABAAR responses switch to inhibitory with the upregulation of potassium-chloride co-transporter KCC2. With extrusion of chloride by KCC2, the Cl− reversal potential shifts and GABA and glycine responses become inhibitory. We hypothesized that prenatal hypoxic–ischemic brain injury chronically impairs the developmental upregulation of KCC2 that is essential for cerebral circuit formation. Following late gestation hypoxia–ischemia (HI), diffusion tensor imaging in juvenile rats shows poor microstructural integrity in the hippocampal CA3 subfield, with reduced fractional anisotropy and elevated radial diffusivity. The loss of microstructure correlates with early reduced KCC2 expression on NeuN-positive pyramidal neurons, and decreased monomeric and oligomeric KCC2 protein expression in the CA3 subfield. Together with decreased inhibitory post-synaptic currents during a critical window of development, we document for the first time that prenatal transient systemic HI in rats impairs hippocampal CA3 inhibitory tone. Failure of timely development of inhibitory tone likely contributes to a lower seizure threshold and impaired cognitive function in children who suffer perinatal brain injury.
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- Lauren L Jantzie
- Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA ; Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA ; Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA ; Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , Cleveland, OH , USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA ; Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA ; Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA ; Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA ; Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM , USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University , Loma Linda, CA , USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA ; Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA ; F.M. Kirby Center for Neurobiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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Yang YY, Lu CL, Lo SM, Peng CH, Liu YP. Early antipsychotic intervention and schizophrenia. Med Hypotheses 2015; 85:367-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 05/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wang HN, Liu GH, Zhang RG, Xue F, Wu D, Chen YC, Peng Y, Peng ZW, Tan QR. Quetiapine Ameliorates Schizophrenia-Like Behaviors and Protects Myelin Integrity in Cuprizone Intoxicated Mice: The Involvement of Notch Signaling Pathway. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2015; 19:pyv088. [PMID: 26232790 PMCID: PMC4772821 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyv088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND White matter disturbances and myelin impairment are key features of schizophrenia. The antipsychotic drug quetiapine can promote the maturation of oligodendrocytes, but the molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. METHODS The schizophrenia-like behaviors, degrees of demyelination, and levels of Notch signaling molecules in forebrains of adult male C57BL/6 mice were examined after fed with cuprizone (0.2% wt/wt) in the presence or absence of 10mg/kg/d quetiapine for 6 weeks. These parameters were also observed after the transcranial injection of Notch signaling inhibitor MW167 (1mM) daily during the last week of the treatment period. RESULTS Quetiapine ameliorated the schizophrenia-like behaviors and decreased expression of myelin basic protein and inhibition of Notch signaling molecules, such as Notch1, Hes1, and Hes5, in the forebrain that induced by cuprizone. These beneficial effects of quetiapine were abolished by MW167. CONCLUSIONS The antipsychotic and myelin protective effects of quetiapine are mediated by Notch signaling in a mouse model of cuprizone-induced demyelination associated with schizophrenia-like behaviors. The Notch pathway might therefore be a novel target for the development of antipsychotic drugs.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China (Drs Wang, Liu, Zhang, Xue, Wu, Chen, Y. Peng, Z.-w. Peng, and Tan); Air Force General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China (Dr Y. Peng); Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China (Dr Z-w. Peng).
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- Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China (Drs Wang, Liu, Zhang, Xue, Wu, Chen, Y. Peng, Z.-w. Peng, and Tan); Air Force General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China (Dr Y. Peng); Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China (Dr Z-w. Peng).
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