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Turner D, Kang C, Mesirca P, Hong J, Mangoni ME, Glukhov AV, Sah R. Electrophysiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Sinoatrial Node Mechanosensitivity. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:662410. [PMID: 34434970 PMCID: PMC8382116 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.662410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The understanding of the electrophysiological mechanisms that underlie mechanosensitivity of the sinoatrial node (SAN), the primary pacemaker of the heart, has been evolving over the past century. The heart is constantly exposed to a dynamic mechanical environment; as such, the SAN has numerous canonical and emerging mechanosensitive ion channels and signaling pathways that govern its ability to respond to both fast (within second or on beat-to-beat manner) and slow (minutes) timescales. This review summarizes the effects of mechanical loading on the SAN activity and reviews putative candidates, including fast mechanoactivated channels (Piezo, TREK, and BK) and slow mechanoresponsive ion channels [including volume-regulated chloride channels and transient receptor potential (TRP)], as well as the components of mechanochemical signal transduction, which may contribute to SAN mechanosensitivity. Furthermore, we examine the structural foundation for both mechano-electrical and mechanochemical signal transduction and discuss the role of specialized membrane nanodomains, namely, caveolae, in mechanical regulation of both membrane and calcium clock components of the so-called coupled-clock pacemaker system responsible for SAN automaticity. Finally, we emphasize how these mechanically activated changes contribute to the pathophysiology of SAN dysfunction and discuss controversial areas necessitating future investigations. Though the exact mechanisms of SAN mechanosensitivity are currently unknown, identification of such components, their impact into SAN pacemaking, and pathological remodeling may provide new therapeutic targets for the treatment of SAN dysfunction and associated rhythm abnormalities.
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- Daniel Turner
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Huo C, Liu Y, Li X, Xu R, Jia X, Hou L, Wang X. LRRC8A contributes to angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy by interacting with NADPH oxidases via the C-terminal leucine-rich repeat domain. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 165:191-202. [PMID: 33515753 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cardiac hypertrophy, an important cause of heart failure, is characterized by an increase in heart weight, the ventricular wall, and cardiomyocyte volume. The volume regulatory anion channel (VRAC) is an important regulator of cell volume. However, its role in cardiac hypertrophy remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of leucine-rich repeat-containing 8A (LRRC8A), an essential component of the VRAC, on angiotensin II (AngII)-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Our results showed that LRRC8A expression, NADPH oxidase activity, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production were increased in AngII-induced hypertrophic neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes and the myocardium of C57/BL/6 mice. In addition, AngII activated VRAC currents in cardiomyocytes. The delivery of adeno-associated viral (AAV9) bearing siRNA against mouse LRRC8A into the left ventricular wall inhibited AngII-induced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. Accordingly, the knockdown of LRRC8A attenuated AngII-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and VRAC currents in vitro. Furthermore, knockdown of LRRC8A suppressed AngII-induced ROS production, NADPH oxidase activity, the expression of NADPH oxidase membrane-bound subunits Nox2, Nox4, and p22phox, and the translocation of NADPH oxidase cytosolic subunits p47phox and p67phox. Immunofluorescent staining showed that LRRC8A co-localized with NADPH oxidase membrane subunits Nox2, Nox4, and p22phox. Co-immunoprecipitation and analysis of a C-terminal leucine-rich repeat domain (LRRD) mutant showed that LRRC8A physically interacts with Nox2, Nox4, and p22phox via the LRRD. Taken together, the results of this study suggested that LRRC8A might play an important role in promoting AngII-induced cardiac hypertrophy by interacting with NADPH oxidases via the LRRD.
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- Cong Huo
- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, PR China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, PR China.
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Kumar S, Harmanci A, Vytheeswaran J, Gerstein MB. SVFX: a machine learning framework to quantify the pathogenicity of structural variants. Genome Biol 2020; 21:274. [PMID: 33168059 PMCID: PMC7650198 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-020-02178-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
There is a lack of approaches for identifying pathogenic genomic structural variants (SVs) although they play a crucial role in many diseases. We present a mechanism-agnostic machine learning-based workflow, called SVFX, to assign pathogenicity scores to somatic and germline SVs. In particular, we generate somatic and germline training models, which include genomic, epigenomic, and conservation-based features, for SV call sets in diseased and healthy individuals. We then apply SVFX to SVs in cancer and other diseases; SVFX achieves high accuracy in identifying pathogenic SVs. Predicted pathogenic SVs in cancer cohorts are enriched among known cancer genes and many cancer-related pathways.
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- Sushant Kumar
- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
- Department of Computer Science, Yale University, 260/266 Whitney Avenue, PO Box 208114, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
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Dystrophin and calcium current are decreased in cardiomyocytes expressing Cre enzyme driven by αMHC but not TNT promoter. Sci Rep 2019; 9:19422. [PMID: 31857666 PMCID: PMC6923407 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55950-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The Cre/lox system is a potent technology to control gene expression in mouse tissues. However, cardiac-specific Cre recombinase expression alone can lead to cardiac alterations when no loxP sites are present, which is not well understood. Many loxP-like sites have been identified in the mouse genome that might be Cre sensitive. One of them is located in the Dmd gene encoding dystrophin, a protein important for the function and stabilization of voltage-gated calcium (Cav1.2) and sodium (Nav1.5) channels, respectively. Here, we investigate whether Cre affects dystrophin expression and function in hearts without loxP sites in the genome. In mice expressing Cre under the alpha-myosin heavy chain (MHC-Cre) or Troponin T (TNT-Cre) promoter, we investigated dystrophin expression, Nav1.5 expression, and Cav1.2 function. Compared to age-matched MHC-Cre- mice, dystrophin protein level was significantly decreased in hearts from MHC-Cre+ mice of more than 12-weeks-old. Quantitative RT-PCR revealed decreased mRNA levels of Dmd gene. Unexpectedly, calcium current (ICaL), but not Nav1.5 protein expression was altered in those mice. Surprisingly, in hearts from 12-week-old and older TNT-Cre+ mice, neither ICaL nor dystrophin and Nav1.5 protein content were altered compared to TNT-Cre-. Cre recombinase unpredictably affects cardiac phenotype, and Cre-expressing mouse models should be carefully investigated before experimental use.
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Egorov YV, Lang D, Tyan L, Turner D, Lim E, Piro ZD, Hernandez JJ, Lodin R, Wang R, Schmuck EG, Raval AN, Ralphe CJ, Kamp TJ, Rosenshtraukh LV, Glukhov AV. Caveolae-Mediated Activation of Mechanosensitive Chloride Channels in Pulmonary Veins Triggers Atrial Arrhythmogenesis. J Am Heart Assoc 2019; 8:e012748. [PMID: 31597508 PMCID: PMC6818041 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.012748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Background Atrial fibrillation often occurs in the setting of hypertension and associated atrial dilation with pathologically increased cardiomyocyte stretch. In the setting of atrial dilation, mechanoelectric feedback has been linked to the development of ectopic beats that trigger paroxysmal atrial fibrillation mainly originating from pulmonary veins (PVs). However, the precise mechanisms remain poorly understood. Methods and Results We identify mechanosensitive, swelling‐activated chloride ion channels (ICl,swell) as a crucial component of the caveolar mechanosensitive complex in rat and human cardiomyocytes. In vitro optical mapping of rat PV, single rat PV, and human cardiomyocyte patch clamp studies showed that stretch‐induced activation of ICl,swell leads to membrane depolarization and decreased action potential amplitude, which trigger conduction discontinuities and both ectopic and reentrant activities within the PV. Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction, immunofluorescence, and coimmunoprecipitation studies showed that ICl,swell likely consists of at least 2 components produced by mechanosensitive ClC‐3 (chloride channel‐3) and SWELL1 (also known as LRRC8A [leucine rich repeat containing protein 8A]) chloride channels, which form a macromolecular complex with caveolar scaffolding protein Cav3 (caveolin 3). Downregulation of Cav3 protein expression and disruption of caveolae structures during chronic hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats facilitates activation of ICl,swell and increases PV sensitivity to stretch 10‐ to 50‐fold, promoting the development of atrial fibrillation. Conclusions Our findings identify caveolae‐mediated activation of mechanosensitive ICl,swell as a critical cause of PV ectopic beats that can initiate atrial arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation. This mechanism is exacerbated in the setting of chronically elevated blood pressures.
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- Yuriy V. Egorov
- Laboratory of Heart ElectrophysiologyCardiology Research CentreMoscowRussian Federation
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
- Department of PediatricsPediatric CardiologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of PediatricsPediatric CardiologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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- Department of MedicineCardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Medicine and Public HealthMadisonWI
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Zhu L, Li C, Liu Q, Xu W, Zhou X. Molecular biomarkers in cardiac hypertrophy. J Cell Mol Med 2019; 23:1671-1677. [PMID: 30648807 PMCID: PMC6378174 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cardiac hypertrophy is characterized by an increase in myocyte size in the absence of cell division. This condition is thought to be an adaptive response to cardiac wall stress resulting from the enhanced cardiac afterload. The pathogenesis of heart dysfunction, which is one of the primary causes of morbidity and mortality in elderly people, is often associated with myocardial remodelling caused by cardiac hypertrophy. In order to well understand the potential mechanisms, we described the molecules involved in the development and progression of myocardial hypertrophy. Increasing evidence has indicated that micro‐RNAs are involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy. In addition, molecular biomarkers including vascular endothelial growth factor B, NAD‐dependent deacetylase sirtuin‐3, growth/differentiation factor 15 and glycoprotein 130, also play important roles in the development of myocardial hypertrophy. Knowing the regulatory mechanisms of these biomarkers in the heart may help identify new molecular targets for the treatment of cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Liu Zhu
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Molecular Identities and ATP Release Activities of Two Types of Volume-Regulatory Anion Channels, VSOR and Maxi-Cl. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2018; 81:125-176. [PMID: 30243431 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2018.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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An elaborate volume regulation system based on interplay of ion channels and transporters was evolved to cope with constant osmotic challenges caused by intensive metabolism, transport and other physiological/pathophysiological events. In animal cells, two types of anion channels are directly activated by cell swelling and involved in the regulatory volume decrease (RVD): volume-sensitive outwardly rectifying anion channel (VSOR), also called volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC), and Maxi-Cl which is the most major type of maxi-anion channel (MAC). These two channels have very different biophysical profiles and exhibit opposite dependence on intracellular ATP. After several decades of verifying many false-positive candidates for VSOR and Maxi-Cl, LRRC8 family proteins emerged as major VSOR components, and SLCO2A1 protein as a core of Maxi-Cl. Still, neither of these proteins alone can fully reproduce the native channel phenotypes suggesting existence of missing components. Although both VSOR and Maxi-Cl have pores wide enough to accommodate bulky ATP4- and MgATP2- anions, evidence accumulated hitherto, based on pharmacological and gene silencing experiments, suggests that Maxi-Cl, but not VSOR, serves as one of the major pathways for the release of ATP from swollen and ischemic/hypoxic cells. Relations of VSOR and Maxi-Cl with diseases and their selective pharmacology are the topics promoted by recent advance in molecular identification of the two volume-activated, volume-regulatory anion channels.
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Jentsch TJ, Pusch M. CLC Chloride Channels and Transporters: Structure, Function, Physiology, and Disease. Physiol Rev 2018; 98:1493-1590. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00047.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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CLC anion transporters are found in all phyla and form a gene family of eight members in mammals. Two CLC proteins, each of which completely contains an ion translocation parthway, assemble to homo- or heteromeric dimers that sometimes require accessory β-subunits for function. CLC proteins come in two flavors: anion channels and anion/proton exchangers. Structures of these two CLC protein classes are surprisingly similar. Extensive structure-function analysis identified residues involved in ion permeation, anion-proton coupling and gating and led to attractive biophysical models. In mammals, ClC-1, -2, -Ka/-Kb are plasma membrane Cl−channels, whereas ClC-3 through ClC-7 are 2Cl−/H+-exchangers in endolysosomal membranes. Biological roles of CLCs were mostly studied in mammals, but also in plants and model organisms like yeast and Caenorhabditis elegans. CLC Cl−channels have roles in the control of electrical excitability, extra- and intracellular ion homeostasis, and transepithelial transport, whereas anion/proton exchangers influence vesicular ion composition and impinge on endocytosis and lysosomal function. The surprisingly diverse roles of CLCs are highlighted by human and mouse disorders elicited by mutations in their genes. These pathologies include neurodegeneration, leukodystrophy, mental retardation, deafness, blindness, myotonia, hyperaldosteronism, renal salt loss, proteinuria, kidney stones, male infertility, and osteopetrosis. In this review, emphasis is laid on biophysical structure-function analysis and on the cell biological and organismal roles of mammalian CLCs and their role in disease.
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- Thomas J. Jentsch
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin, Germany; and Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin, Germany; and Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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Li M, Chen X, Chen L, Chen K, Zhou J, Song J. MiR-1-3p that correlates with left ventricular function of HCM can serve as a potential target and differentiate HCM from DCM. J Transl Med 2018; 16:161. [PMID: 29885652 PMCID: PMC5994246 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-018-1534-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that function as regulators of gene expression and thereby contribute to the complex disease phenotypes. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) can cause sudden cardiac death and eventually develop into heart failure. However, they have different clinical and pathophysiological phenotype and the expressional spectrum of miRNAs in left ventricles of HCM and DCM has never been compared before. METHODS This study selected 30 human left ventricular heart samples belonged to three diagnostic groups (Control, HCM, DCM). Each group has ten samples. Based on previous findings, the expression of 13 different microRNAs involving heart failure and hypertrophy (miR-1-3p, miR-10b, miR-21, miR-23a, miR-27a, miR-29a, miR-133a-3p, miR-142-3p, miR-155, miR-199a-3p, miR-199a-5p, miR-214, miR-497) was measured. 17 HCM patients were included as second group to validate the associations. RESULTS We found miR-155, miR-10b and miR-23a were highly expressed in both HCM and DCM compared with control. MiR-214 was downregulated and miR-21 was upregulated in DCM but not in HCM. We also identified miR-1-3p and miR-27a expressed significantly different between HCM and DCM and both miRNAs downregulated in HCM. And only miR-1-3p correlated with left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVEDD) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) that reflected the cardiac function in HCM. A second HCM group also confirmed this correlation. We then predicted Chloride voltage-gated channel 3 (Clcn3) as a direct target gene of miR-1-3p using bioinformatics tools and confirmed it by Luciferase reporter assay. CONCLUSION Our data demonstrated that different cardiomyopathies had unique miRNA expression pattern. And the expression levels of miR-1-3p and miR-27a had disease-specificity and sensitivity in HCM, whereas only miR-1-3p was significantly associated with left ventricular function in HCM identifying it as a potential target to improve the cardiac function in end-stage HCM. We also provide Clcn3 as a direct target of miR-1-3p which sheds light on the mechanism of HCM.
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- Mengmeng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167A Beilishi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167A Beilishi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167A Beilishi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167A Beilishi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167A Beilishi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167A Beilishi Road, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100037, People's Republic of China.
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Li C, Huang D, Tang J, Chen M, Lu Q, Li H, Zhang M, Xu B, Mao J. ClC-3 chloride channel is involved in isoprenaline-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Gene 2017; 642:335-342. [PMID: 29158167 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Isoprenaline, an activator of β-adrenergic receptor, has been found to induce cardiac hypertrophy in vivo and in vitro, but the exact mechanism is still unclear. ClC-3 is a member of the chloride channel family and is highly expressed in mammalian myocardium. In the present study, the role of ClC-3 in isopronaline-induced cardiac hypertrophy was investigated. We found that ClC-3 expression was reduced in isoprenaline-induced hypertrophic H9c2 cells, primary rat neonatal cardiomyocytes and myocardium of C57/BL/6 mice, and this reduction was prevented by the pretreatment of propranolol. Adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9)-mediated ClC-3 expression in myocardium decreased heart mass index, thinned interventricular septum and left ventricular wall and lowered the mRNA expression of natriuretic peptide type A (ANF) and β-myosin heavy chain (β-MHC). Our results showed that ClC-3 played an important role in β-adrenergic cardiac hypertrophy which could be associated with ANF and β-MHC, and all these findings suggested that ClC-3 may be a novel therapeutic target for the prevention or treatment of myocardiac hypertrophy.
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- Chunmei Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances and School of Basic Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances and School of Basic Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Hunan Traditional Chinese Medical College, Zhuzhou, 412012, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances and School of Basic Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Biotechnology Drug Candidates and School of Biosciences and Biopharmaceutics, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances and School of Basic Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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ClC-3 Chloride Channel Proteins Regulate the Cell Cycle by Up-regulating cyclin D1-CDK4/6 through Suppressing p21/p27 Expression in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30276. [PMID: 27451945 PMCID: PMC4959003 DOI: 10.1038/srep30276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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It was shown in this study that knockdown of ClC-3 expression by ClC-3 siRNA prevented the activation of hypotonicity-induced chloride currents, and arrested cells at the G0/G1 phase in nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-2Z cells. Reconstitution of ClC-3 expression with ClC-3 expression plasmids could rescue the cells from the cell cycle arrest caused by ClC-3 siRNA treatments. Transfection of cells with ClC-3 siRNA decreased the expression of cyclin D1, cyclin dependent kinase 4 and 6, and increased the expression of cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs), p21 and p27. Pretreatments of cells with p21 and p27 siRNAs depleted the inhibitory effects of ClC-3 siRNA on the expression of CDK4 and CDK6, but not on that of cyclin D1, indicating the requirement of p21 and p27 for the inhibitory effects of ClC-3 siRNA on CDK4 and CDK6 expression. ClC-3 siRNA inhibited cells to progress from the G1 phase to the S phase, but pretreatments of cells with p21 and p27 siRNAs abolished the inhibitory effects of ClC-3 siRNA on the cell cycle progress. Our data suggest that ClC-3 may regulate cell cycle transition between G0/G1 and S phases by up-regulation of the expression of CDK4 and CDK6 through suppression of p21 and p27 expression.
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Lakomá J, Donadio V, Liguori R, Caprini M. Characterization of Human Dermal Fibroblasts in Fabry Disease. J Cell Physiol 2016; 231:192-203. [PMID: 26058984 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fabry disease (FD) is a hereditary X-linked metabolic lysosomal storage disorder due to insufficient amounts or a complete lack of the lysosomal enzyme α-galactosidase A (α-GalA). The loss of α-GalA activity leads to an abnormal accumulation of globotriaosylcerami (Gb3) in lysosomes and other cellular components of different tissues and cell types, affecting the cell function. However, whether these biochemical alterations also modify functional processes associated to the cell mitotic ability is still unknown. The goal of the present study was to characterize lineages of human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) of FD patients and healthy controls focusing on Gb3 accumulation, expression of chloride channels that regulate proliferation, and proliferative activity. The biochemical and functional analyses indicate the existence of quantitative differences in some but not all the parameters of cytoskeletal organization, proliferation, and differentiation processes.
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- Jarmila Lakomá
- Laboratory of Human General Physiology, Department of Pharmacy Biotechnology FaBiT, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences, AUSL Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences, AUSL Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Human General Physiology, Department of Pharmacy Biotechnology FaBiT, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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The AQP-3 water channel is a pivotal modulator of glycerol-induced chloride channel activation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2016; 72:89-99. [PMID: 26794461 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2015] [Revised: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Aquaporin (AQP) and chloride channels are ubiquitous in virtually all living cells, playing pivotal roles in cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis. We previously reported that AQP-3 aquaglyceroporin and ClC-3 chloride channels could form complexes to regulate cell volume in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. In this study, the roles of AQP-3 in their hetero-complexes were further investigated. Glycerol entered the cells via AQP-3 and induced two different Cl(-) currents through cell swelling-dependent or -independent pathways. The swelling-dependent Cl(-) current was significantly inhibited by pretreatment with CuCl2 and AQP-3-siRNA. After siRNA-induced AQP-3 knock-down, the 140 mM glycerol isoosmotic solution swelled cells by 22% (45% in AQP-3-intact cells) and induced a smaller Cl(-) current; this current was smaller than that activated by 8% cell volume swelling, which induced by the 140 mM glycerol hyperosmotic solution in AQP-3-intact cells. This suggests that the interaction between AQP-3 and ClC-3 plays an important role in cell volume regulation and that AQP-3 may be a modulator that opens volume-regulated chloride channels. The swelling-independent Cl(-) current, which was activated by extracellular glycerol, was reduced by CuCl2 and AQP-3-siRNA pretreatment. Dialyzing glycerol into cells via the pipette directly induced the swelling-independent Cl(-) current; however this current was blocked by AQP-3 down-regulation, suggesting AQP-3 is essential for the opening of chloride channels. In conclusion, AQP-3 is the pathway for water, glycerol and other small solutes to enter cells, and it may be an essential modulator for the gating of chloride channels.
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Jiang K, Jiao S, Vitko M, Darrah R, Flask CA, Hodges CA, Yu X. The impact of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator Disruption on cardiac function and stress response. J Cyst Fibros 2016; 15:34-42. [PMID: 26119592 PMCID: PMC4691219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Altered cardiac function has been observed in cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) knockout mice. However, whether this alteration is a direct effect of CFTR disruption in the heart, or is secondary due to systemic loss of CFTR, remains to be elucidated. METHODS Cardiac function of mice with muscle-specific or global knockout of CFTR was evaluated at baseline and under β-stimulation by MRI in vivo. Myocyte contractility and Ca2+ transients were measured in vitro. RESULTS Both CFTR knockout models showed increased twist and torsion at baseline. Response to β-stimulation was unaltered in muscle-specific CFTR knockout mice and was slightly decreased in global CFTR knockout mice. Aortic diameter was also decreased in both mouse models. No difference was observed in myocyte contractility and Ca2+ transients. CONCLUSIONS CFTR disruption leads to increased myocardial contractility at baseline, which may trigger untoward myocardial remodeling in CF patients that is independent of lung diseases.
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- Kai Jiang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Case Center for Imaging Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Case Center for Imaging Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Case Center for Imaging Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Case Center for Imaging Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Hong S, Bi M, Wang L, Kang Z, Ling L, Zhao C. CLC-3 channels in cancer (review). Oncol Rep 2014; 33:507-14. [PMID: 25421907 DOI: 10.3892/or.2014.3615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ion channels are involved in regulating cell proliferation and apoptosis (programed cell death). Since increased cellular proliferation and inhibition of apoptosis are characteristic features of tumorigenesis, targeting ion channels is a promising strategy for treating cancer. CLC-3 is a member of the voltage-gated chloride channel superfamily and is expressed in many cancer cells. In the plasma membrane, CLC-3 functions as a chloride channel and is associated with cell proliferation and apoptosis. CLC-3 is also located in intracellular compartments, contributing to their acidity, which increases sequestration of drugs and leads to chemotherapy drug resistance. In this review, we summarize the recent findings concerning the involvement of CLC-3 in cancer and explore its potential in cancer therapy.
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- Sen Hong
- Department of Physiology, The Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The China‑Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130033, P.R. China
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- Department of Colon and Anal Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Colon and Anal Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Colon and Anal Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R. China
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- Department of Physiology, The Basic Medical College, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P.R. China
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Diaz RJ, Harvey K, Boloorchi A, Hossain T, Hinek A, Backx PH, Wilson GJ. Enhanced cell volume regulation: a key mechanism in local and remote ischemic preconditioning. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 306:C1191-9. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00259.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have previously shown that ischemic preconditioning (IPC) protection against necrosis in whole hearts and in both fresh and cultured cardiomyocytes, as well as the improved regulatory volume decrease to hypoosmotic swelling in cardiomyocytes, is abrogated through Cl− channel blockade, pointing to a role for enhanced cell volume regulation in IPC. To further define this cardioprotective mechanism, cultured rabbit ventricular cardiomyocytes were preconditioned either by 10-min simulated ischemia (SI) followed by 10-min simulated reperfusion (SR), by 10-min exposure/10-min washout of remote IPC (rIPC) plasma dialysate (from rabbits subjected to repetitive limb ischemia), or by adenoviral transfection with the constitutively active PKC-ε gene. These interventions were done before cardiomyocytes were subjected to either 60- or 75-min SI/60-min SR to assess cell necrosis (by trypan blue staining), 30-min SI to assess ischemic cell swelling, or 30-min hypoosmotic (200 mosM) stress to assess cell volume regulation. Necrosis after SI/SR and both SI- and hypoosmotic stress-induced swelling was reduced in preconditioned cardiomyocytes compared with control cardiomyocytes (neither preconditioned nor transfected). These effects on necrosis and cell swelling were blocked by either Cl− channel blockade or dominant negative knockdown of inwardly rectifying K+ channels with adenoviruses, suggesting that Cl− and K+ movements across the sarcolemma are critical for cell volume regulation and, thereby, cell survival under hypoxic/ischemic conditions. Our results define enhanced cell volume regulation as a key common mechanism of cardioprotection by preconditioning in cardiomyocytes.
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- Roberto J. Diaz
- Division of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Division of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Division of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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Yan Y, Ding Y, Ming B, Du W, Kong X, Tian L, Zheng F, Fang M, Tan Z, Gong F. Increase in hypotonic stress-induced endocytic activity in macrophages via ClC-3. Mol Cells 2014; 37:418-25. [PMID: 24850147 PMCID: PMC4044314 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2014.0031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Extracellular hypotonic stress can affect cellular function. Whether and how hypotonicity affects immune cell function remains to be elucidated. Macrophages are immune cells that play key roles in adaptive and innate in immune reactions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role and underlying mechanism of hypotonic stress in the function of bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs). Hypotonic stress increased endocytic activity in BMDMs, but there was no significant change in the expression of CD80, CD86, and MHC class II molecules, nor in the secretion of TNF-α or IL-10 by BMDMs. Furthermore, the enhanced endocytic activity of BMDMs triggered by hypotonic stress was significantly inhibited by chloride channel-3 (ClC-3) siRNA. Our findings suggest that hypotonic stress can induce endocytosis in BMDMs and that ClC-3 plays a central role in the endocytic process.
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- Yutao Yan
- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 4340030,
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Zhang J, Ho JCY, Chan YC, Lian Q, Siu CW, Tse HF. Overexpression of myocardin induces partial transdifferentiation of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocytes. Physiol Rep 2014; 2:e00237. [PMID: 24744906 PMCID: PMC3966242 DOI: 10.1002/phy2.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from human‐induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) show superior proliferative capacity and therapeutic potential than those derived from bone marrow (BM). Ectopic expression of myocardin further improved the therapeutic potential of BM‐MSCs in a mouse model of myocardial infarction. The aim was of this study was to assess whether forced myocardin expression in iPSC‐MSCs could further enhance their transdifferentiation to cardiomyocytes and improve their electrophysiological properties for cardiac regeneration. Myocardin was overexpressed in iPSC‐MSCs using viral vectors (adenovirus or lentivirus). The expression of smooth muscle cell and cardiomyocyte markers, and ion channel genes was examined by reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR), immunofluorescence staining and patch clamp. The conduction velocity of the neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes cocultured with iPSC‐MSC monolayer was measured by multielectrode arrays recording plate. Myocardin induced the expression of α‐MHC, GATA4, α‐actinin, cardiac MHC, MYH11, calponin, and SM α‐actin, but not cTnT, β‐MHC, and MLC2v in iPSC‐MSCs. Overexpression of myocardin in iPSC‐MSC enhanced the expression of SCN9A and CACNA1C, but reduced that of KCa3.1 and Kir2.2 in iPSC‐MSCs. Moreover, BKCa, IKir, ICl, Ito and INa.TTX were detected in iPSC‐MSC with myocardin overexpression; while only BKCa, IKir, ICl, IKDR, and IKCa were noted in iPSC‐MSC transfected with green florescence protein. Furthermore, the conduction velocity of iPSC‐MSC was significantly increased after myocardin overexpression. Overexpression of myocardin in iPSC‐MSCs resulted in partial transdifferentiation into cardiomyocytes phenotype and improved the electrical conduction during integration with mature cardiomyocytes. Forced myocardin expression in human‐induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)‐derived mesenchymal stem cells lead to partial transdifferentiation into cardiomyocytes and smooth muscle cells phenotypes through modification in ion channel expression profile and electrical conduction velocity.
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- Jiao Zhang
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China ; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China ; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China ; Department of Ophthalmology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China ; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China ; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Swelling-activated Cl− currents and intracellular CLC-3 are involved in proliferation of human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. J Hypertens 2014; 32:318-30. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Stauber T, Weinert S, Jentsch TJ. Cell biology and physiology of CLC chloride channels and transporters. Compr Physiol 2013; 2:1701-44. [PMID: 23723021 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c110038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Proteins of the CLC gene family assemble to homo- or sometimes heterodimers and either function as Cl(-) channels or as Cl(-)/H(+)-exchangers. CLC proteins are present in all phyla. Detailed structural information is available from crystal structures of bacterial and algal CLCs. Mammals express nine CLC genes, four of which encode Cl(-) channels and five 2Cl(-)/H(+)-exchangers. Two accessory β-subunits are known: (1) barttin and (2) Ostm1. ClC-Ka and ClC-Kb Cl(-) channels need barttin, whereas Ostm1 is required for the function of the lysosomal ClC-7 2Cl(-)/H(+)-exchanger. ClC-1, -2, -Ka and -Kb Cl(-) channels reside in the plasma membrane and function in the control of electrical excitability of muscles or neurons, in extra- and intracellular ion homeostasis, and in transepithelial transport. The mainly endosomal/lysosomal Cl(-)/H(+)-exchangers ClC-3 to ClC-7 may facilitate vesicular acidification by shunting currents of proton pumps and increase vesicular Cl(-) concentration. ClC-3 is also present on synaptic vesicles, whereas ClC-4 and -5 can reach the plasma membrane to some extent. ClC-7/Ostm1 is coinserted with the vesicular H(+)-ATPase into the acid-secreting ruffled border membrane of osteoclasts. Mice or humans lacking ClC-7 or Ostm1 display osteopetrosis and lysosomal storage disease. Disruption of the endosomal ClC-5 Cl(-)/H(+)-exchanger leads to proteinuria and Dent's disease. Mouse models in which ClC-5 or ClC-7 is converted to uncoupled Cl(-) conductors suggest an important role of vesicular Cl(-) accumulation in these pathologies. The important functions of CLC Cl(-) channels were also revealed by human diseases and mouse models, with phenotypes including myotonia, renal loss of salt and water, deafness, blindness, leukodystrophy, and male infertility.
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- Tobias Stauber
- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie FMP and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin MDC, Berlin, Germany
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Forward genetic studies have identified several chloride (Cl-) channel genes, including CFTR, ClC-2, ClC-3, CLCA, Bestrophin, and Ano1, in the heart. Recent reverse genetic studies using gene targeting and transgenic techniques to delineate the functional role of cardiac Cl- channels have shown that Cl- channels may contribute to cardiac arrhythmogenesis, myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure, and cardioprotection against ischemia reperfusion. The study of physiological or pathophysiological phenotypes of cardiac Cl- channels, however, is complicated by the compensatory changes in the animals in response to the targeted genetic manipulation. Alternatively, tissue-specific conditional or inducible knockout or knockin animal models may be more valuable in the phenotypic studies of specific Cl- channels by limiting the effect of compensation on the phenotype. The integrated function of Cl- channels may involve multiprotein complexes of the Cl- channel subproteome. Similar phenotypes can be attained from alternative protein pathways within cellular networks, which are influenced by genetic and environmental factors. The phenomics approach, which characterizes phenotypes as a whole phenome and systematically studies the molecular changes that give rise to particular phenotypes achieved by modifying the genotype under the scope of genome/proteome/phenome, may provide more complete understanding of the integrated function of each cardiac Cl- channel in the context of health and disease.
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- Dayue Darrel Duan
- The Laboratory of Cardiovascular Phenomics, Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, USA.
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Liu J, Zhang D, Li Y, Chen W, Ruan Z, Deng L, Wang L, Tian H, Yiu A, Fan C, Luo H, Liu S, Wang Y, Xiao G, Chen L, Ye W. Discovery of bufadienolides as a novel class of ClC-3 chloride channel activators with antitumor activities. J Med Chem 2013; 56:5734-43. [PMID: 23799775 DOI: 10.1021/jm400881m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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ClC-3 chloride (Cl(-)) channel has been shown to be involved in cell proliferation, cell cycle, and cell migration processes. Herein, we found that a series of bufadienolides isolated from toad venom were a novel class of ClC-3 Cl(-) channel activators with antitumor activities. Bufalin, which has the most potent antitumor activity, and 15β-acetyloxybufalin, which has no antitumor activity, were chosen as representative compounds to investigate the role of the ClC-3 Cl(-) channel. It was found that bufalin rapidly elicited activation of the ClC-3 Cl(-) channel and subsequently induced apoptosis through inhibition of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. The PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway was attenuated by pretreatment with Cl(-) channel blockers [tamoxifen and 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoic acid, NPPB] or ClC-3 small interfereing RNA. In summary, we discovered that activation of the ClC-3 Cl(-) channel, which subsequently induced inhibition of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, was involved in the antitumor activities of bufadienolides.
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- Junshan Liu
- College of Pharmacy and Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research and §Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Jinan University , Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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Zheng LY, Li L, Ma MM, Liu Y, Wang GL, Tang YB, Zhou JG, Lv XF, Du YH, Guan YY. Deficiency of volume-regulated ClC-3 chloride channel attenuates cerebrovascular remodelling in DOCA-salt hypertension. Cardiovasc Res 2013; 100:134-42. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Guzman RE, Grieschat M, Fahlke C, Alekov AK. ClC-3 is an intracellular chloride/proton exchanger with large voltage-dependent nonlinear capacitance. ACS Chem Neurosci 2013; 4:994-1003. [PMID: 23509947 DOI: 10.1021/cn400032z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The chloride/proton exchangers ClC-3, ClC-4 and ClC-5 are localized in distinct intracellular compartments and regulate their luminal acidity. We used electrophysiology combined with fluorescence pH measurements to compare the functions of these three transporters. Since the expression of WT ClC-3 in the surface membrane was negligible, we removed an N-terminal retention signal for standard electrophysiological characterization of this isoform. This construct (ClC-313-19A) mediated outwardly rectifying coupled Cl(-)/H(+) antiport resembling the properties of ClC-4 and ClC-5. In addition, ClC-3 exhibited large electric capacitance, exceeding the nonlinear capacitances of ClC-4 and ClC-5. Mutations of the proton glutamate, a conserved residue at the internal side of the protein, decreased ion transport but increased nonlinear capacitances in all three isoforms. This suggests that nonlinear capacitances in mammalian ClC transporters are regulated in a similar manner. However, the voltage dependence and the amplitudes of these capacitances differed strongly between the investigated isoforms. Our results indicate that ClC-3 is specialized in mainly performing incomplete capacitive nontransporting cycles, that ClC-4 is an effective coupled transporter, and that ClC-5 displays an intermediate phenotype. Mathematical modeling showed that such functional differences would allow differential regulation of luminal acidification and chloride concentration in intracellular compartments.
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- Raul E. Guzman
- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Complex Systems, Zelluläre Biophysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Complex Systems, Zelluläre Biophysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Neurophysiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Yang D, Wang W, Li L, Peng Y, Chen P, Huang H, Guo Y, Xia X, Wang Y, Wang H, Wang WE, Zeng C. The relative contribution of paracine effect versus direct differentiation on adipose-derived stem cell transplantation mediated cardiac repair. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59020. [PMID: 23527076 PMCID: PMC3602597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent studies have demonstrated that transplantation of adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) can improve cardiac function in animal models of myocardial infarction (MI). However, the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effect are not fully understood. In this study, we characterized the paracrine effect of transplanted ADSC and investigated its relative importance versus direct differentiation in ADSC transplantation mediated cardiac repair. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS MI was experimentally induced in mice by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Either human ADSC, conditioned medium (CM) collected from the same amount of ADSC or control medium was injected into the peri-infarct region immediately after MI. Compared with the control group, both ADSC and ADSC-CM significantly reduced myocardial infarct size and improved cardiac function. The therapeutic efficacy of ADSC was moderately superior to ADSC-CM. ADSC-CM significantly reduced cardiomyocyte apoptosis in the infarct border zone, to a similar degree with ADSC treatment. ADSC enhanced angiogenesis in the infarct border zone, but to a stronger degree than that seen in the ADSC-CM treatment. ADSC was able to differentiate to endothelial cell and smooth muscle cell in post-MI heart; these ADSC-derived vascular cells amount to about 9% of the enhanced angiogenesis. No cardiomyocyte differentiated from ADSC was found. CONCLUSIONS ADSC-CM is sufficient to improve cardiac function of infarcted hearts. The therapeutic function of ADSC transplantation is mainly induced by paracrine-mediated cardioprotection and angiogenesis, while ADSC differentiation contributes a minor benefit by being involved in angiogenesis. Highlights 1 ADSC-CM is sufficient to exert a therapeutic potential. 2. ADSC was able to differentiate to vascular cells but not cardiomyocyte. 3. ADSC derived vascular cells amount to about 9% of the enhanced angiogenesis. 4. Paracrine effect is the major mechanism of ADSC therapeutic function for MI.
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- Dezhong Yang
- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasonography, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
- * E-mail: (CZ); (WEW)
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- Department of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
- * E-mail: (CZ); (WEW)
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Diaz RJ, Fernandes K, Lytvyn Y, Hawrylyshyn K, Harvey K, Hossain T, Hinek A, Wilson GJ. Enhanced cell-volume regulation in cyclosporin A cardioprotection. Cardiovasc Res 2013; 98:411-9. [PMID: 23483048 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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AIMS Cyclosporin A (CsA) has been shown to protect against ischaemia/reperfusion injury presumably by its inhibition of mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening through cyclophilin D inhibition. We examine if CsA cardioprotection involves a cell-volume regulatory mechanism. METHODS AND RESULTS To address this issue, cultured rabbit cardiomyocytes were subjected to the following protocols: (i) cardiomyocytes were treated with 200 nM CsA either given for 10 min followed by 10 min of washout prior to 30 min hypo-osmotic stress (200 mOsm) or administered throughout 75 min simulated ischaemia/60 min simulated reperfusion. Cell necrosis and cell swelling were determined by trypan blue staining and cell-volume measurements, respectively; (ii) SPQ(6-methoxy-N-(3-sulfopropyl)quinolinium) dye loaded cardiomyocytes were treated with 200 nM CsA for 10 min followed by 10 min washout and intracellular Cl(-) concentration measured (Cl(-) efflux); (iii) 5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1,1',3,3'- tetraethylbenzimi-dazolylcarbocyanine iodide(JC-1) loaded cardiomyocytes were treated with 200 nM CsA to inhibit mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) dissipation (an index of mitochondria permeability transition pore opening) by either valinomycin (2 μM) or ischaemia/reperfusion injury. Cl(-) channels were blocked by indanyloxyacetic acid 94 (IAA-94, 50 μM). CsA not only significantly (P < 0.001) reduced the % of dead cells following simulated ischaemia/reperfusion but it also triggered an efflux of Cl(-), hence enhancing cardiomyocyte cell-volume regulatory response. CsA protection against cell necrosis and its effect on Cl(-) transport/volume regulation were all blocked by IAA-94. IAA-94 had no effect on ΔΨm. CONCLUSION These data indicate that CsA protects against cell necrosis at least in part by enhancing cardiomyocyte volume regulation, and not simply by inhibiting MPTP opening.
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- Roberto J Diaz
- Division of Cell Biology, Research Institute, McMaster Bldg, Room 7019C, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Zhang H, Zhu L, Zuo W, Luo H, Mao J, Ye D, Li Y, Liu S, Wei Y, Ye W, Chen L, Wang L. The ClC-3 chloride channel protein is a downstream target of cyclin D1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013; 45:672-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Davis J, Maillet M, Miano JM, Molkentin JD. Lost in transgenesis: a user's guide for genetically manipulating the mouse in cardiac research. Circ Res 2012; 111:761-77. [PMID: 22935533 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.111.262717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The advent of modern mouse genetics has benefited many fields of diseased-based research over the past 20 years, none perhaps more profoundly than cardiac biology. Indeed, the heart is now arguably one of the easiest tissues to genetically manipulate, given the availability of an ever-growing tool chest of molecular reagents/promoters and "facilitator" mouse lines. It is now possible to modify the expression of essentially any gene or partial gene product in the mouse heart at any time, either gain or loss of function. This review is designed as a handbook for the nonmouse geneticist and/or junior investigator to permit the successful manipulation of any gene or RNA product in the heart, while avoiding artifacts. In the present review, guidelines, pitfalls, and limitations are presented so that rigorous and appropriate examination of cardiac genotype-phenotype relationships can be performed. This review uses examples from the field to illustrate the vast spectrum of experimental and design details that must be considered when using genetically modified mouse models to study cardiac biology.
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- Jennifer Davis
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 240 Albert Sabin Way, S4.409, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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Maduke MC, Reimer RJ. Biochemistry to the rescue: a ClC-2 auxiliary subunit provides a tangible link to leukodystrophy. Neuron 2012; 73:855-7. [PMID: 22405196 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ClC-2 is a broadly distributed chloride channel with an enigmatic neurophysiological function. In this issue of Neuron, Jeworutzki et al. (2012) use a biochemical approach to identify GlialCAM, a protein with a defined link to leukodystrophy, as a ClC-2 auxiliary subunit.
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- Merritt C Maduke
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Liu HB, Yang BF, Dong DL. Calcineurin and electrical remodeling in pathologic cardiac hypertrophy. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2011; 20:148-53. [PMID: 21742270 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2010.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 12/13/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Calcineurin is a cytoplasmic Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase that contributes to cardiac hypertrophy. Numerous studies have demonstrated that calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T cell pathway affects the architecture of the heart under pathologic conditions, and the effects of calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T cell pathway on cardiac hypertrophy have been well reviewed. Cardiac electrical remodeling is generally accompanied with the cardiac hypertrophy, and alteration of cardiac ion channel activity also leads to the changes of calcineurin activity and cardiac hypertrophy. Many studies have linked calcineurin with changes of a variety of ion channels, but the therapeutic approaches to target calcineurin for correcting cardiac electrical disturbance have not been formulated. Here, we review the recent progress in calcineurin and electrical remodeling in pathologic cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Hui-Bin Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, PR China
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Yang L, Ye D, Ye W, Jiao C, Zhu L, Mao J, Jacob TJC, Wang L, Chen L. ClC-3 is a main component of background chloride channels activated under isotonic conditions by autocrine ATP in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. J Cell Physiol 2011; 226:2516-26. [PMID: 21792908 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In this study, the activation mechanisms of the background chloride current and the role of the current in maintaining of basal cell volume were investigated in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-2Z cells. Under isotonic conditions, a background chloride current was recorded by the patch clamp technique. The current presented the properties similar to those of the volume-activated chloride current in the same cell line and was inhibited by chloride channel blockers or by cell shrinkage induced by hypertonic challenges. Extracellular applications of reactive blue 2, a purinergic receptor antagonist, suppressed the background chloride current in a concentration-dependent manner under isotonic conditions. Depletion of extracellular ATP with apyrase or inhibition of ATP release from cells by gadolinium chloride decreased the background current. Extracellular applications of micromolar concentrations of ATP activated a chloride current which was inhibited by chloride channel blockers and hypertonic solutions. Extracellular ATP could also reverse the action of gadolinium chloride. Transfection of CNE-2Z cells with ClC-3 siRNA knocked down expression of ClC-3 proteins, attenuated the background chloride current and prevented activation of the ATP-induced current. Furthermore, knockdown of ClC-3 expression or exposures of cells to ATP (10 mM), the chloride channel blockers 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid (NPPB) and tamoxifen, or reactive blue 2 increased cell volume under isotonic conditions. The results suggest that ClC-3 protein may be a main component of background chloride channels which can be activated under isotonic conditions by autocrine/paracrine ATP through purinergic receptor pathways; the background current is involved in maintenance of basal cell volume.
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- Linjie Yang
- Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Yamamoto S, Kita S, Iyoda T, Yamada T, Iwamoto T. New molecular mechanisms for cardiovascular disease: cardiac hypertrophy and cell-volume regulation. J Pharmacol Sci 2011; 116:343-9. [PMID: 21757844 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.10r31fm] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Cardiac hypertrophy is an increase in the muscle volume of the ventricle due to the enlargement of cardiac cells. Physiological cardiac hypertrophy is the normal response to healthy exercise, and pathological hypertrophy is the response to increased stress such as hypertension. Intracellular and extracellular aniosmotic conditions also change cell volume. Since persistent cell swelling or cell shrinkage during aniosmotic conditions results in cell death, the ability to regulate cell volume is important for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Cell swelling activates a regulatory volume decrease (RVD) response in which solute leakage pathways are stimulated and solute with water exits cells, reducing the cell volume towards the original value. In cardiac cells, one of the essential factors for cell-volume regulation is the volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC). However, the relationship between cardiac hypertrophy and cell-volume regulation is not clear. In this review, we introduce our recent findings showing that the impairment of VRAC current is exhibited in ventricular cells from mice with cardiac hypertrophy induced by transverse aortic constriction. Similar results were shown in caveolin-3-deficient mice, which develop cardiac hypertrophy without pressure overload. These results suggest that VRAC will be a new target for protection from the development of cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Shintaro Yamamoto
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
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ClC-3 is a member of the ClC voltage-gated chloride (Cl(-)) channel superfamily. Recent studies have demonstrated the abundant expression and pleiotropy of ClC-3 in cardiac atrial and ventricular myocytes, vascular smooth muscle cells, and endothelial cells. ClC-3 Cl(-) channels can be activated by increase in cell volume, direct stretch of β1-integrin through focal adhesion kinase and many active molecules or growth factors including angiotensin II and endothelin-1-mediated signaling pathways, Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and reactive oxygen species. ClC-3 may function as a key component of the volume-regulated Cl(-) channels, a superoxide anion transport and/or NADPH oxidase interaction partner, and a regulator of many other transporters. ClC-3 has been implicated in the regulation of electrical activity, cell volume, proliferation, differentiation, migration, apoptosis and intracellular pH. This review will highlight the major findings and recent advances in the study of ClC-3 Cl(-) channels in the cardiovascular system and discuss their important roles in cardiac and vascular remodeling during hypertension, myocardial hypertrophy, ischemia/reperfusion, and heart failure.
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Hall ME, Smith G, Hall JE, Stec DE. Systolic dysfunction in cardiac-specific ligand-inducible MerCreMer transgenic mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 301:H253-60. [PMID: 21536850 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00786.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The Cre-loxP system is a useful tool to study the physiological effects of gene knockout in the heart. One limitation with using this system in the heart is the toxic effect of chronic expression of the Cre recombinase. To circumvent this limitation, a widely used inducible cardiac-specific model, Myh6-MerCreMer (Cre), using tamoxifen (TAM) to activate Cre has been developed. The current study examined cardiac function in Cre-positive C57B/J6 mice exposed to one, three, or five daily doses of a 40 mg/kg TAM to induce Cre activity specifically in the heart. Echocardiography demonstrated no statistically significant differences in systolic function (SF) at baseline as assessed by fractional shortening. In mice exposed to five injections, a significant fall in all determinants of SF was observed 6 days after TAM was initiated. However, SF returned to baseline levels 10 days after TAM initiation although the hearts exhibited significant hypertrophy. Heart weight-to-tibia length ratios were 73 ± 3, 78.5 ± 6, and 87.6 ± 9 mg/cm for one, three, and five TAM injections, respectively. TAM had no effect on cardiac function or hypertrophy in Cre-negative mice. Cre-positive mice receiving five TAM injections had significant reductions in cardiac mitochondrial ATP and significant reductions in the expression of proteins important for the regulation of cardiac oxidative phosphorylation including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase-4. Thus inducible cardiac-specific activation of Cre recombinase caused a transient decline in SF that was dependent on the number of TAM doses and associated with significant hypertrophy and alterations in mitochondrial ATP and important proteins involved in the regulation of cardiac oxidative phosphorylation.
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- Michael E Hall
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
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Volume-sensitive chloride channels are involved in maintenance of basal cell volume in human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. J Membr Biol 2011; 240:111-9. [PMID: 21347611 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-011-9349-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2011] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chloride channels are expressed ubiquitously in different cells. However, the activation and roles of volume-activated chloride channels under normal isotonic conditions are not clarified, especially in lymphatic cells. In this study, the activation of basal and volume-activated chloride currents and their roles in maintenance of basal cell volume under isotonic conditions were investigated in human acute lymphoblastic leukemia Molt4 cells. The patch-clamp technique and time-lapse image analysis were employed to record whole-cell currents and cell volume changes. Under isotonic conditions, a basal chloride current was recorded. The current was weakly outward-rectified and volume-sensitive and was not inactivated obviously in the observation period. A 47% hypertonic bath solution and the chloride channel blockers NPPB and tamoxifen suppressed the current. Exposure of cells to 47% hypotonic bath solution activated further the basal current. The hypotonicity-activated current possessed properties similar to those of the basal current and was inhibited by NPPB, tamoxifen, ATP and hypertonic bath solution. Furthermore, extracellular hypotonic challenges swelled the cells and induced a regulatory volume decrease (RVD). Extracellular applications of NPPB, tamoxifen and ATP swelled the cells under isotonic conditions and inhibited the RVD induced by hypotonic cell swelling. The results suggest that some volume-activated chloride channels are activated under isotonic conditions, resulting in the appearance of the basal chloride current, which plays an important role in the maintenance of basal cell volume in lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Chloride channels can be activated further to induce a regulatory volume recovery when cells are swollen.
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