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Sivaraj D, Padmanabhan J, Chen K, Henn D, Noishiki C, Trotsyuk AA, Kussie HC, Leeolou MC, Magbual NJ, Andrikopoulos S, Perrault DP, Barrera JA, Januszyk M, Gurtner GC. IQGAP1-mediated mechanical signaling promotes the foreign body response to biomedical implants. FASEB J 2022; 36:e22007. [PMID: 35051300 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202101354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The aim of this study was to further elucidate the molecular mechanisms that mediate pathologic foreign body response (FBR) to biomedical implants. The longevity of biomedical implants is limited by the FBR, which leads to implant failure and patient morbidity. Since the specific molecular mechanisms underlying fibrotic responses to biomedical implants have yet to be fully described, there are currently no targeted approaches to reduce pathologic FBR. We utilized proteomics analysis of human FBR samples to identify potential molecular targets for therapeutic inhibition of FBR. We then employed a murine model of FBR to further evaluate the role of this potential target. We performed histological and immunohistochemical analysis on the murine FBR capsule tissue, as well as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) on cells isolated from the capsules. We identified IQ motif containing GTPase activating protein 1 (IQGAP1) as the most promising of several targets, serving as a central molecular mediator in human and murine FBR compared to control subcutaneous tissue. IQGAP1-deficient mice displayed a significantly reduced FBR compared to wild-type mice as evidenced by lower levels of collagen deposition and maturity. Our scRNA-seq analysis revealed that decreasing IQGAP1 resulted in diminished transcription of mechanotransduction, inflammation, and fibrosis-related genes, which was confirmed on the protein level with immunofluorescent staining. The deficiency of IQGAP1 significantly attenuates FBR by deactivating downstream mechanotransduction signaling, inflammation, and fibrotic pathways. IQGAP1 may be a promising target for rational therapeutic design to mitigate pathologic FBR around biomedical implants.
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- Dharshan Sivaraj
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Ang MJ, Kang S, Moon C. Melatonin alters neuronal architecture and increases cysteine-rich protein 1 signaling in the male mouse hippocampus. J Neurosci Res 2020; 98:2333-2348. [PMID: 32754943 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Neuronal plasticity describes changes in structure, function, and connections of neurons. The hippocampus, in particular, has been shown to exhibit considerable plasticity regarding both physiological and morphological functions. Melatonin, a hormone released by the pineal gland, promotes cell survival and dendrite maturation of neurons in the newborn brain and protects against neurological disorders. In this study, we investigated the effect of exogenous melatonin on neuronal architecture and its possible mechanism in the hippocampus of adult male C57BL/6 mice. Melatonin treatment significantly increased the total length and complexity of dendrites in the apical and basal cornu ammonis (CA) 1 and in the dentate gyrus in mouse hippocampi. Spine density in CA1 apical dendrites was increased, but no significant differences in other subregions were observed. In primary cultured hippocampal neurons, the length and arborization of neurites were significantly augmented by melatonin treatment. Additionally, western blot and immunohistochemical analyses in both in vivo and in vitro systems revealed significant increases in the level of cysteine-rich protein 1 (crp-1) protein, which is known to be involved in dendritic branching in mouse hippocampal neurons after melatonin treatment. Our results suggest that exogenous melatonin leads to significant alterations of neuronal micromorphometry in the adult hippocampus, possibly via crp-1 signaling.
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- Mary Jasmin Ang
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Animal Behavior, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Animal Behavior, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Animal Behavior, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Plus Project Team, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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Grussendorf KA, Trezza CJ, Salem AT, Al-Hashimi H, Mattingly BC, Kampmeyer DE, Khan LA, Hall DH, Göbel V, Ackley BD, Buechner M. Facilitation of Endosomal Recycling by an IRG Protein Homolog Maintains Apical Tubule Structure in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2016; 203:1789-806. [PMID: 27334269 PMCID: PMC4981278 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.192559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Determination of luminal diameter is critical to the function of small single-celled tubes. A series of EXC proteins, including EXC-1, prevent swelling of the tubular excretory canals in Caenorhabditis elegans In this study, cloning of exc-1 reveals it to encode a homolog of mammalian IRG proteins, which play roles in immune response and autophagy and are associated with Crohn's disease. Mutants in exc-1 accumulate early endosomes, lack recycling endosomes, and exhibit abnormal apical cytoskeletal structure in regions of enlarged tubules. EXC-1 interacts genetically with two other EXC proteins that also affect endosomal trafficking. In yeast two-hybrid assays, wild-type and putative constitutively active EXC-1 binds to the LIM-domain protein EXC-9, whose homolog, cysteine-rich intestinal protein, is enriched in mammalian intestine. These results suggest a model for IRG function in forming and maintaining apical tubule structure via regulation of endosomal recycling.
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- Kelly A Grussendorf
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota 56001
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota 56001
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- Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Developmental Biology and Genetics Core, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Caenorhabditis elegans Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
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- Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Developmental Biology and Genetics Core, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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Chen H, Yang X, Tang T, Li J, Liu B, Liu F, Xie S. The involvement of cysteine-rich intestinal protein in early development and innate immunity of Asiatic hard clam, Meretrix meretrix. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 40:435-440. [PMID: 25108085 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.07.027] [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: 04/02/2014] [Revised: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Cysteine-rich intestinal protein (CRIP), a Zn(2+)-binding protein, contains a single copy of the highly conserved double-zinc-finger structure known as the LIM (lin-11-isl-1-mec-3) motif. In this paper, a cDNA encoding MmCRIP was isolated from the Asiatic hard clam Meretrix meretrix. The full-length cDNA of MmCRIP consists of a 237-bp open reading frame that encodes a polypeptide of 78 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight (MW) of 8635.8 Da and theoretical isoelectric point (pI) of 9.01. Bioinformatics analysis showed that it belonged to a new member of the CRIP subfamily. Relationship analysis revealed that MmCRIP has high-levels of sequence similarity to many CRIPs reported in other animals, particularly in invertebrates. Real-time PCR analysis showed that the highest level of MmCRIP expression was in hemocyte tissue and at pediveligers stage. To investigate immune function, mature clams were challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila. During A. hydrophila infection, up-regulation of MmCRIP transcript in clam's hemocyte, gill and hepatopancreas was detected. DsRNAi (double-strand RNA interference) approach was employed to study the function of MmCRIP and the data showed that inactivation of the MmCRIP gene blocked larvae development and caused mass mortalities. The probable roles of MmCRIP in clam early development and innate immunity are presented for the first time.
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- Hongjian Chen
- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China; College of Letters and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Baranes K, Moshe H, Alon N, Schwartz S, Shefi O. Neuronal growth on L- and D-cysteine self-assembled monolayers reveals neuronal chiral sensitivity. ACS Chem Neurosci 2014; 5:370-6. [PMID: 24559496 DOI: 10.1021/cn500015s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Studying the interaction between neuronal cells and chiral molecules is fundamental for the design of novel biomaterials and drugs. Chirality influences all biological processes that involve intermolecular interaction. One common method used to study cellular interactions with different enantiomeric targets is the use of chiral surfaces. Based on previous studies that demonstrated the importance of cysteine in the nervous system, we studied the effect of L- and D-cysteine on single neuronal growth. L-Cysteine, which normally functions as a neuromodulator or a neuroprotective antioxidant, causes damage at elevated levels, which may occur post trauma. In this study, we grew adult neurons in culture enriched with L- and D-cysteine as free compounds or as self-assembled monolayers of chiral surfaces and examined the effect on the neuronal morphology and adhesion. Notably, we have found that exposure to the L-cysteine enantiomer inhibited, and even prevented, neuronal attachment more severely than exposure to the D-cysteine enantiomer. Atop the L-cysteine surfaces, neuronal growth was reduced and degenerated. Since the cysteine molecules were attached to the surface via the thiol groups, the neuronal membrane was exposed to the molecular chiral site. Thus, our results have demonstrated high neuronal chiral sensitivity, revealing chiral surfaces as indirect regulators of neuronal cells and providing a reference for studying chiral drugs.
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- Koby Baranes
- Faculty of Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research
Center, and ∥Bar Ilan Institute of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Faculty of Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research
Center, and ∥Bar Ilan Institute of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Faculty of Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research
Center, and ∥Bar Ilan Institute of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Faculty of Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research
Center, and ∥Bar Ilan Institute of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Faculty of Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research
Center, and ∥Bar Ilan Institute of Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel
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Meriaux C, Arafah K, Tasiemski A, Wisztorski M, Bruand J, Boidin-Wichlacz C, Desmons A, Debois D, Laprévote O, Brunelle A, Gaasterland T, Macagno E, Fournier I, Salzet M. Multiple changes in peptide and lipid expression associated with regeneration in the nervous system of the medicinal leech. PLoS One 2011; 6:e18359. [PMID: 21526169 PMCID: PMC3081291 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The adult medicinal leech central nervous system (CNS) is capable of regenerating specific synaptic circuitry after a mechanical lesion, displaying evidence of anatomical repair within a few days and functional recovery within a few weeks. In the present work, spatiotemporal changes in molecular distributions during this phenomenon are explored. Moreover, the hypothesis that neural regeneration involves some molecular factors initially employed during embryonic neural development is tested. RESULTS Imaging mass spectrometry coupled to peptidomic and lipidomic methodologies allowed the selection of molecules whose spatiotemporal pattern of expression was of potential interest. The identification of peptides was aided by comparing MS/MS spectra obtained for the peptidome extracted from embryonic and adult tissues to leech transcriptome and genome databases. Through the parallel use of a classical lipidomic approach and secondary ion mass spectrometry, specific lipids, including cannabinoids, gangliosides and several other types, were detected in adult ganglia following mechanical damage to connected nerves. These observations motivated a search for possible effects of cannabinoids on neurite outgrowth. Exposing nervous tissues to Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid (TRPV) receptor agonists resulted in enhanced neurite outgrowth from a cut nerve, while exposure to antagonists blocked such outgrowth. CONCLUSION The experiments on the regenerating adult leech CNS reported here provide direct evidence of increased titers of proteins that are thought to play important roles in early stages of neural development. Our data further suggest that endocannabinoids also play key roles in CNS regeneration, mediated through the activation of leech TRPVs, as a thorough search of leech genome databases failed to reveal any leech orthologs of the mammalian cannabinoid receptors but revealed putative TRPVs. In sum, our observations identify a number of lipids and proteins that may contribute to different aspects of the complex phenomenon of leech nerve regeneration, establishing an important base for future functional assays.
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- Céline Meriaux
- Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique Fondamentale et Appliquée (FABMS), EA 4550, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique Fondamentale et Appliquée (FABMS), EA 4550, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique Fondamentale et Appliquée (FABMS), EA 4550, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique Fondamentale et Appliquée (FABMS), EA 4550, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique Fondamentale et Appliquée (FABMS), EA 4550, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique Fondamentale et Appliquée (FABMS), EA 4550, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Chimie Toxicologie Analytique et Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Division of Biological Sciences, Institute of Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique Fondamentale et Appliquée (FABMS), EA 4550, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique Fondamentale et Appliquée (FABMS), EA 4550, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Kong HJ, Moon JH, Han YH, Nam BH, Kim YO, Kim WJ, Kim DG, Kim HS, Kim JH, Kim BS, Lee SJ. PoCRIP1, Paralichthys olivaceus cysteine-rich intestinal protein 1: molecular characterization, expression analysis upon Edwardsiella tarda challenge and a possible role in the immune regulation. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 30:917-922. [PMID: 21288490 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Revised: 12/24/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Cysteine-rich intestinal protein (CRIP) is a LIM domain protein containing a zinc-finger motif and plays a role in the regulation of the inflammatory immune response. In the present study, we isolated a CRIP1 cDNA, designated PoCRIP1, from an olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus intestine cDNA library by EST analysis. The PoCRIP cDNA consists of 421 bp with a polyadenylation signal sequence, AATAAA, and a poly(A) tail; it encodes a polypeptide of 76 amino acids containing a double zinc-finger motif (Cys(2)HisCys and Cys(4) sequences). The deduced amino acid sequence of PoCRIP1 showed 75.3-94.7% homology with CRIP1s of other species, including mammals. The PoCRIP1 transcript was highly expressed in the intestine and pyloric ceca and moderately expressed in the gill, heart, kidney, liver, muscle, spleen, skin, and stomach of normal conditioned flounder. Inducible expression of the PoCRIP1 transcript was observed in flounder challenged with Edwardsiella tarda, an economically important pathogen for aquaculture of flounder. Over-expression of PoCRIP1 augmented p65-driven flounder IL-6 promoter activity in HINAE cells. These results suggest that PoCRIP1 may function in the immune response of the flounder through the regulation of cytokine expression.
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- Hee Jeong Kong
- Biotechnology Research Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, 408-1 Sirang-ri, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan 619-705, Republic of Korea.
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Schikorski D, Cuvillier-Hot V, Leippe M, Boidin-Wichlacz C, Slomianny C, Macagno E, Salzet M, Tasiemski A. Microbial challenge promotes the regenerative process of the injured central nervous system of the medicinal leech by inducing the synthesis of antimicrobial peptides in neurons and microglia. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:1083-95. [PMID: 18606660 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.2.1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Following trauma, the CNS of the medicinal leech, unlike the mammalian CNS, has a strong capacity to regenerate neurites and synaptic connections that restore normal function. In this study, we show that this regenerative process is enhanced by a controlled bacterial infection, suggesting that induction of regeneration of normal CNS function may depend critically upon the coinitiation of an immune response. We explore the interaction between the activation of a neuroimmune response and the process of regeneration by assaying the potential roles of two newly characterized antimicrobial peptides. Our data provide evidence that microbial components differentially induce the transcription, by microglial cells, of both antimicrobial peptide genes, the products of which accumulate rapidly at sites in the CNS undergoing regeneration following axotomy. Using a preparation of leech CNS depleted of microglial cells, we also demonstrate the production of antimicrobial peptides by neurons. Interestingly, in addition to exerting antibacterial properties, both peptides act as promoters of the regenerative process of axotomized leech CNS. These data are the first to report the neuronal synthesis of antimicrobial peptides and their participation in the immune response and the regeneration of the CNS. Thus, the leech CNS appears as an excellent model for studying the implication of immune molecules in neural repair.
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- David Schikorski
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique FRE2933, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, Université de Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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CRIP homologues maintain apical cytoskeleton to regulate tubule size in C. elegans. Dev Biol 2008; 317:225-33. [PMID: 18384766 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.02.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2008] [Accepted: 02/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Maintenance of the shape and diameter of biological tubules is a critical task in the development and physiology of all metazoan organisms. We have cloned the exc-9 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans, which regulates the diameter of the single-cell excretory canal tubules. exc-9 encodes a homologue of the highly expressed mammalian intestinal LIM-domain protein CRIP, whose function has not previously been determined. A second well-conserved CRIP homologue functions in multiple valves of C. elegans. EXC-9 shows genetic interactions with other EXC proteins, including the EXC-5 guanine exchange factor that regulates CDC-42 activity. EXC-9 and its nematode homologue act in polarized epithelial cells that must maintain great flexibility at their apical surface; our results suggest that CRIPs function to maintain cytoskeletal flexibility at the apical surface.
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Vergote D, Macagno ER, Salzet M, Sautière PE. Proteome modifications of the medicinal leech nervous system under bacterial challenge. Proteomics 2006; 6:4817-25. [PMID: 16888763 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Once considered as lacking intrinsic immune mechanisms, the CNS of vertebrates is now known to be capable of mounting its own innate immune response. Interestingly, while invertebrates have been very useful in the interpretation of general vertebrate innate immunity mechanisms, only scarce data are available on the immune response of nervous tissue within this group. This study provides new data on the innate immune response of medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis CNS. We identified several spots in 2-D gels of leech CNS proteins that showed specific changes following bacterial challenge, thus demonstrating the ability of the leech nervous system to mount a response to an immune stress. Protein identifications were based on comparison of sequence data with publicly available databases and a recently established leech ESTs database. The broad nature of the identified proteins suggests a clear involvement of cytoskeletal rearrangements, endoplasmic reticulum stress, modulation of synaptic activity and calcium mobilization, all during the first 24 hours of this response. Moreover, several of these proteins are specifically expressed in glial cells, suggesting an important role for glial cells in the immune response of the leech nervous system, similar to what has been observed in vertebrates.
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- David Vergote
- Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, FRE CNRS 2933, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Wang WZ, Emes RD, Christoffers K, Verrall J, Blackshaw SE. Hirudo medicinalis: a platform for investigating genes in neural repair. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2005; 25:427-40. [PMID: 16047550 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-005-3151-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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We have used the nervous system of the medicinal leech as a preparation to study the molecular basis of neural repair. The leech central nervous system, unlike mammalian CNS, can regenerate to restore function, and contains identified nerve cells of known function and connectivity. We have constructed subtractive cDNA probes from whole and regenerating ganglia of the ventral nerve cord and have used these to screen a serotonergic Retzius neuron library. This identifies genes that are regulated as a result of axotomy, and are expressed by the Retzius cell. This approach identifies many genes, both novel and known. Many of the known genes identified have homologues in vertebrates, including man. For example, genes encoding thioredoxin (TRX), Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein 1 (RER-1) and ATP synthase are upregulated at 24 h postinjury in leech nerve cord. To investigate the functional role of regulated genes in neuron regrowth we are using microinjection of antisense oligonucleotides in combination with horseradish peroxidase to knock down expression of a chosen gene and to assess regeneration in single neurons in 3-D ganglion culture. As an example of this approach we describe experiments to microinject antisense oligonucleotide to a leech isoform of the structural protein, Protein 4.1. Our approach thus identifies genes regulated at different times after injury that may underpin the intrinsic ability of leech neurons to survive damage, to initiate regrowth programs and to remake functional connections. It enables us to determine the time course of gene expression in the regenerating nerve cord, and to study the effects of gene knockdown in identified neurons regenerating in defined conditions in culture.
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- W Z Wang
- Department of Human Anatomy & Genetics, South Parks Road, University of Oxford OX1 3QX, UK
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Vergote D, Sautière PE, Vandenbulcke F, Vieau D, Mitta G, Macagno ER, Salzet M. Up-regulation of Neurohemerythrin Expression in the Central Nervous System of the Medicinal Leech, Hirudo medicinalis, following Septic Injury. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:43828-37. [PMID: 15258158 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403073200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
We report here some results of a proteomic analysis of changes in protein expression in the leech Hirudo medicinalis in response to septic injury. Comparison of two-dimensional protein gels revealed several significant differences between normal and experimental tissues. One protein found to be up-regulated after septic shock was identified, through a combination of Edman degradation, mass spectrometry, and molecular cloning, as a novel member of the hemerythrin family, a group of non-heme-iron oxygen transport proteins found in four invertebrate phyla: sipunculids, priapulids, brachiopods, and annelids. We found by in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry that the new leech protein, which we have called neurohemerythrin, is indeed expressed in the leech central nervous system. Both message and protein were detected in the pair of large glia within the ganglionic neuropile, in the six packet glia that surround neuronal somata in each central ganglion, and in the bilateral pair of glia that separate axonal fascicles in the interganglionic connective nerves. No expression was detected in central neurons or in central nervous system microglia. Expression was also observed in many other, non-neuronal tissues in the body wall. Real-time PCR experiments suggest that neurohemerythrin is up-regulated posttranscriptionaly. We consider potential roles of neurohemerythrin, associated with its ability to bind oxygen and iron, in the innate immune response of the leech nervous system to bacterial invasion.
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Affiliation(s)
- David Vergote
- Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, UMR 8017 CNRS, IFR 17 INSERM, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Blackshaw SE, Babington EJ, Emes RD, Malek J, Wang WZ. Identifying genes for neuron survival and axon outgrowth in Hirudo medicinalis. J Anat 2004; 204:13-24. [PMID: 14690474 PMCID: PMC1571235 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2004.00260.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We have studied the molecular basis of nervous system repair in invertebrate (Hirudo medicinalis) nerve cells. Unlike in mammals, neurons in invertebrates survive injury and regrow processes to restore the connections that they held before the damage occurred. To identify genes whose expression is regulated after injury, we have used subtractive probes, constructed from regenerating and non-regenerating ganglia from the leech Hirudo medicinalis, to screen cDNA libraries made from whole leech CNS or from identified microdissected neurons. We have identified genes of known or predicted function as well as novel genes. Known genes up-regulated within hours of injury and that are widely expressed in invertebrate and mammalian cells include thioredoxin and tubulin. Other known genes, e.g. Cysteine Rich Intestinal Protein (CRIP), have previously been identified in mammalian cells though not in regenerating adult neurons. Two regulated genes identified, myohemerythrin and the novel protein ReN3 are exclusively expressed in invertebrates. Thus our approach has enabled us to identify genes, present in a neuron of known function, that are up- and down-regulated within hours of axotomy, and that may underpin the intrinsic ability of invertebrate neurons to survive damage and initiate regrowth programmes.
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- S E Blackshaw
- Department of Human Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, UK.
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