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Liang H, Wu Q, Guo XV, Chan L, Mao T, Stella C, Guilbaud A, Camperi J. Comprehensive Analysis of Photoreceptor Outer Segments: Flow Cytometry Characterization and Stress-Driven Impact on Retinal Pigment Epithelium Phagocytosis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12889. [PMID: 37629070 PMCID: PMC10454439 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Phagocytosis is one of the key functions of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells, which maintain photoreceptor health by removing photoreceptor outer segments (POSs) that are regularly shed. A deficiency in RPE function to phagocytose POSs may lead to vision loss in inherited retinal diseases and eventually to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with geographic atrophy. Significant progress has been made in the field of cell replacement therapy for AMD using stem-cell-derived RPE. To test their function, RPE cells are incubated with purified bovine POSs for the demonstration of efficient binding, internalization, and digestion of POSs. Here, we present an image-based method to measure phagocytosis activity by using POSs labeled with a pH-sensitive fluorescent dye, which has low fluorescence at neutral pH outside of the cell and high fluorescence at low pH inside the phagosome. Further, we introduce a unique flow-cytometry-based method for the characterization of POSs by measuring specific markers for POSs such as rhodopsin and opsin. Using this method, we demonstrated a comparable quality of several bovine POS isolation batches and a reliable assessment of POS quality on RPE phagocytosis assay performance when subjected to different stress conditions. This work provides new tools to characterize POSs and insight into RPE phagocytosis assay development for the functional evaluation of RPE cells in the field of cell replacement therapy.
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- Haoqian Liang
- Cell Therapy Engineering and Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA; (H.L.); (Q.W.); (X.V.G.); (L.C.)
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- Cell Therapy Engineering and Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA; (H.L.); (Q.W.); (X.V.G.); (L.C.)
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- Cell Therapy Engineering and Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA; (H.L.); (Q.W.); (X.V.G.); (L.C.)
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- Cell Therapy Engineering and Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA; (H.L.); (Q.W.); (X.V.G.); (L.C.)
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- Cell Therapy Engineering and Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA; (H.L.); (Q.W.); (X.V.G.); (L.C.)
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- Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA;
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- Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA;
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- Cell Therapy Engineering and Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA; (H.L.); (Q.W.); (X.V.G.); (L.C.)
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The Flavone Cirsiliol from Salvia x jamensis Binds the F 1 Moiety of ATP Synthase, Modulating Free Radical Production. Cells 2022; 11:cells11193169. [PMID: 36231131 PMCID: PMC9562182 DOI: 10.3390/cells11193169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Several studies have shown that mammalian retinal rod outer segments (OS) are peculiar structures devoid of mitochondria, characterized by ectopic expression of the molecular machinery for oxidative phosphorylation. Such ectopic aerobic metabolism would provide the chemical energy for the phototransduction taking place in the OS. Natural polyphenols include a large variety of molecules having pleiotropic effects, ranging from anti-inflammatory to antioxidant and others. Our goal in the present study was to investigate the potential of the flavonoid cirsiliol, a trihydroxy-6,7-dimethoxyflavone extracted from Salvia x jamensis, in modulating reactive oxygen species production by the ectopic oxidative phosphorylation taking place in the OS. Our molecular docking analysis identified cirsiliol binding sites inside the F1 moiety of the nanomotor F1Fo-ATP synthase. The experimental approach was based on luminometry, spectrophotometry and cytofluorimetry to evaluate ATP synthesis, respiratory chain complex activity and H2O2 production, respectively. The results showed significant dose-dependent inhibition of ATP production by cirsiliol. Moreover, cirsiliol was effective in reducing the free radical production by the OS exposed to ambient light. We report a considerable protective effect of cirsiliol on the structural stability of rod OS, suggesting it may be considered a promising compound against oxidative stress.
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Galvanetto N, Ye Z, Marchesi A, Mortal S, Maity S, Laio A, Torre VA. Unfolding and identification of membrane proteins in situ. eLife 2022; 11:77427. [PMID: 36094473 PMCID: PMC9531951 DOI: 10.7554/elife.77427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) uses the cantilever tip of an AFM to apply a force able to unfold a single protein. The obtained force-distance curve encodes the unfolding pathway, and from its analysis it is possible to characterize the folded domains. SMFS has been mostly used to study the unfolding of purified proteins, in solution or reconstituted in a lipid bilayer. Here, we describe a pipeline for analyzing membrane proteins based on SMFS, that involves the isolation of the plasma membrane of single cells and the harvesting of force-distance curves directly from it. We characterized and identified the embedded membrane proteins combining, within a Bayesian framework, the information of the shape of the obtained curves, with the information from Mass Spectrometry and proteomic databases. The pipeline was tested with purified/reconstituted proteins and applied to five cell types where we classified the unfolding of their most abundant membrane proteins. We validated our pipeline by overexpressing 4 constructs, and this allowed us to gather structural insights of the identified proteins, revealing variable elements in the loop regions. Our results set the basis for the investigation of the unfolding of membrane proteins in situ, and for performing proteomics from a membrane fragment.
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- International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
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- Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
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- Moleculaire Biofysica, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Morelli AM, Chiantore M, Ravera S, Scholkmann F, Panfoli I. Myelin sheath and cyanobacterial thylakoids as concentric multilamellar structures with similar bioenergetic properties. Open Biol 2021; 11:210177. [PMID: 34905702 PMCID: PMC8670949 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.210177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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There is a surprisingly high morphological similarity between multilamellar concentric thylakoids in cyanobacteria and the myelin sheath that wraps the nerve axons. Thylakoids are multilamellar structures, which express photosystems I and II, cytochromes and ATP synthase necessary for the light-dependent reaction of photosynthesis. Myelin is a multilamellar structure that surrounds many axons in the nervous system and has long been believed to act simply as an insulator. However, it has been shown that myelin has a trophic role, conveying nutrients to the axons and producing ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. Therefore, it is tempting to presume that both membranous structures, although distant in the evolution tree, share not only a morphological but also a functional similarity, acting in feeding ATP synthesized by the ATP synthase to the centre of the multilamellar structure. Therefore, both molecular structures may represent a convergent evolution of life on Earth to fulfill fundamentally similar functions.
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- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Experimental Medicine Department, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory, Department of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Medicine Department, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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Ravera S, Bartolucci M, Calzia D, Morelli AM, Panfoli I. Efficient extra-mitochondrial aerobic ATP synthesis in neuronal membrane systems. J Neurosci Res 2021; 99:2250-2260. [PMID: 34085315 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The nervous system displays high energy consumption, apparently not fulfilled by mitochondria, which are underrepresented therein. The oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) activity, a mitochondrial process that aerobically provides ATP, has also been reported also in the myelin sheath and the rod outer segment (OS) disks. Thus, commonalities and differences between the extra-mitochondrial and mitochondrial aerobic metabolism were evaluated in bovine isolated myelin (IM), rod OS, and mitochondria-enriched fractions (MIT). The subcellular fraction quality and the absence of contamination fractions have been estimated by western blot analysis. Oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis were stimulated by conventional (pyruvate + malate or succinate) and unconventional (NADH) substrates, observing that oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis by IM and rod OS are more efficient than by MIT, in the presence of both kinds of respiratory substrates. Mitochondria did not utilize NADH as a respiring substrate. When ATP synthesis by either sample was assayed in the presence of 10-100 µM ATP in the assay medium, only in IM and OS it was not inhibited, suggesting that the ATP exportation by the mitochondria is limited by extravesicular ATP concentration. Interestingly, IM and OS but not mitochondria appear able to synthesize ATP at a later time with respect to exposure to respiratory substrates, supporting the hypothesis that the proton gradient produced by the electron transport chain is buffered by membrane phospholipids. The putative transfer mode of the OxPhos molecular machinery from mitochondria to the extra-mitochondrial structures is also discussed, opening new perspectives in the field of neurophysiology.
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- Silvia Ravera
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry - Core Facilities, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.,Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Murenu E, Kostidis S, Lahiri S, Geserich AS, Imhof A, Giera M, Michalakis S. Metabolic Analysis of Vitreous/Lens and Retina in Wild Type and Retinal Degeneration Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22052345. [PMID: 33652907 PMCID: PMC7956175 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Photoreceptors are the light-sensing cells of the retina and the major cell type affected in most inherited retinal degenerations. Different metabolic pathways sustain their high energetic demand in physiological conditions, particularly aerobic glycolysis. The principal metabolome of the mature retina has been studied, but only limited information is available on metabolic adaptations in response to key developmental events, such as eye opening. Moreover, dynamic metabolic changes due to retinal degeneration are not well understood. Here, we aimed to explore and map the ocular metabolic dynamics induced by eye opening in healthy (wild type) or Pde6b-mutant (retinal degeneration 1, Rd1) mice, in which photoreceptors degenerate shortly after eye opening. To unravel metabolic differences emerging before and after eye opening under physiological and pathophysiological conditions, we performed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based metabolome analysis of wild type and Rd1 retina and vitreous/lens. We show that eye opening is accompanied by changes in the concentration of selected metabolites in the retina and by alterations in the vitreous/lens composition only in the retinal degeneration context. As such, we identify NAcetylaspartate as a potential novel vitreous/lens marker reflecting progressive retinal degeneration. Thus, our data can help elucidating mechanisms underlying key events in retinal physiology and reveal changes occurring in pathology, while highlighting the importance of the vitreous/lens in the characterization of retinal diseases.
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- Elisa Murenu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Mathildenstraße 8, 80336 Munich, Germany;
- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Butenandtstr. 7, 81377 Munich, Germany;
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Center for Proteomics & Metabolomics, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (S.K.); (M.G.)
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- Biomedical Center Munich-Molecular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Strasse 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; (S.L.); (A.I.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Butenandtstr. 7, 81377 Munich, Germany;
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- Biomedical Center Munich-Molecular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Strasse 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; (S.L.); (A.I.)
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Center for Proteomics & Metabolomics, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands; (S.K.); (M.G.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Mathildenstraße 8, 80336 Munich, Germany;
- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Butenandtstr. 7, 81377 Munich, Germany;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-89-2180-77325
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Villar PS, Vergara C, Bacigalupo J. Energy sources that fuel metabolic processes in protruding finger-like organelles. FEBS J 2020; 288:3799-3812. [PMID: 33142020 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Cells possess a variety of organelles with characteristic structure and subcellular localization intimately linked to their specific function. While most are intracellular and found in virtually all eukaryotic cells, there is a small group of organelles of elongated cylindrical shapes in highly specialized cells that protrude into the extracellular space, such as cilia, flagella, and microvilli. The ATP required by intracellular organelles is amply available in the cytosol, largely generated by mitochondria. However, such is not the case for cilia and flagella, whose slender structures cannot accommodate mitochondria. These organelles consume massive amounts of ATP to carry out high energy-demanding functions, such as sensory transduction or motility. ATP from the nearest mitochondria or other reactions within the cell body is severely limited by diffusion and generally insufficient to fuel the entire length of cilia and flagella. These organelles overcome this fuel restriction by local generation of ATP, using mechanisms that vary depending on the nutrients that are available in their particular external environment. Here, we review, with emphasis in mammals, the remarkable adaptations that cilia and flagella use to fuel their metabolic needs. Additionally, we discuss how a decrease in nutrients surrounding olfactory cilia might impair olfaction in COVID-19 patients.
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- Pablo S Villar
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Ravera S, Esposito A, Degan P, Caicci F, Calzia D, Perrotta E, Manni L, Bisio A, Iobbi V, Schito A, Traverso CE, Panfoli I. Sclareol modulates free radical production in the retinal rod outer segment by inhibiting the ectopic f 1f o-atp synthase. Free Radic Biol Med 2020; 160:368-375. [PMID: 32853720 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We have previously shown that the retinal rod outer segments (OS) produce reactive oxygen species in the function of illumination in vitro, establishing a relationship among the extra-mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and phototransduction. This source of oxidative stress in the OS can be modulated by polyphenols, acting as inhibitors of F1Fo-ATP synthase. The present study aimed at exploring whether sclareol, a diterpene, interacts with F1Fo-ATP synthase mitigating the light-induced free radical production in the rod OS. Characterization of bovine retinal sections was conducted by immunogold analysis. Reactive oxygen intermediates production, oxygen consumption, the activity of the four respiratory complexes and ATP synthesis were evaluated in purified bovine rod OS. Molecular docking analyses were also conducted. Sclareol reduced free radical production by light-exposed rod OS. Such antioxidant effect was associated with an inhibition of the respiratory complexes and oxygen consumption (OCR), in coupled conditions. Sclareol also inhibited the rod OS ATP synthetic ability. Since the inhibitor effect on respiratory complexes and OCR is not observed in uncoupled conditions, it is supposed that the modulating effect of sclareol on the ectopic oxidative phosphorylation in the rod OS targets specifically the F1Fo-ATP synthase. This hypothesis is confirmed by the in silico molecular docking analyses, which shows that sclareol binds the F1 moiety of ATP synthase with high affinity. In conclusion, a beneficial effect of sclareol can be envisaged as a modulator of oxidative stress in the photoreceptor, a risk factor for the degenerative retinal diseases, suggestive of its potential beneficial action also in vivo.
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- Silvia Ravera
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Genoa, Via De Toni 14, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Centro di Biologia Integrata (CIBIO), Università di Trento, Via Sommarive, 9, Povo, 38123, Trento, Italy
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- UOC Mutagenesi, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino -IST, Istituto Nazionale per La Ricerca Sul Cancro), Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia (DIFAR), Università di Genova, V.le Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Genoa, Via De Toni 14, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia (DIFAR), Università di Genova, V.le Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia (DIFAR), Università di Genova, V.le Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate (DISC), Sezione di Microbiologia, Università di Genova, Largo Rosanna Benzi 8, 16145, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Oculistica, (DINOGMI) Università di Genova, V.le Benedetto XV 6, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia (DIFAR), Università di Genova, V.le Benedetto XV 3, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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Bocchero U, Falleroni F, Mortal S, Li Y, Cojoc D, Lamb T, Torre V. Mechanosensitivity is an essential component of phototransduction in vertebrate rods. PLoS Biol 2020; 18:e3000750. [PMID: 32667916 PMCID: PMC7384764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Photoreceptors are specialized cells devoted to the transduction of the incoming visual signals. Rods are able also to shed from their tip old disks and to synthesize at the base of the outer segment (OS) new disks. By combining electrophysiology, optical tweezers (OTs), and biochemistry, we investigate mechanosensitivity in the rods of Xenopus laevis, and we show that 1) mechanosensitive channels (MSCs), transient receptor potential canonical 1 (TRPC1), and Piezo1 are present in rod inner segments (ISs); 2) mechanical stimulation—of the order of 10 pN—applied briefly to either the OS or IS evokes calcium transients; 3) inhibition of MSCs decreases the duration of photoresponses to bright flashes; 4) bright flashes of light induce a rapid shortening of the OS; and 5) the genes encoding the TRPC family have an ancient association with the genes encoding families of protein involved in phototransduction. These results suggest that MSCs play an integral role in rods’ phototransduction. It is widely thought that sensory neurons are specialized to transduce just a single sensory modality. A combination of electrophysiology, optical tweezers, and histochemistry reveals that rod photoreceptors not only express mechanosensitive channels but display mechanosensitivity, which is crucial for phototransduction.
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- Ulisse Bocchero
- Neurobiology Department, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Department, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Department, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Department, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Materials, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Trieste, Italy
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- Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Neurobiology Department, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
- Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, China
- Center of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China
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Bruschi M, Bartolucci M, Petretto A, Calzia D, Caicci F, Manni L, Traverso CE, Candiano G, Panfoli I. Differential expression of the five redox complexes in the retinal mitochondria or rod outer segment disks is consistent with their different functionality. FASEB Bioadv 2020; 2:315-324. [PMID: 32395704 PMCID: PMC7211042 DOI: 10.1096/fba.2019-00093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The retinal rod outer segment (OS) disk membranes, devoid of mitochondria, conducts oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos). This study aimed at identifying which proteins expressed in the retinal rod OS disks determined the considerable adenosine-5'-triphosphate production and oxygen consumption observed in comparison with retinal mitochondria. PROCEDURES Characterization was conducted by immunogold transmission electron microscopy on retinal sections. OxPhos was studied by oximetry and luminometry. The proteomes of OS disks and mitochondria purified from bovine retinas were studied by mass spectrometry. Statistical and bioinformatic analyses were conducted by univariate, multivariate, and machine learning methods. RESULTS Weighted gene coexpression network analysis identified two protein expression profile modules functionally associated with either retinal mitochondria or disk samples, in function of a strikingly different ability of each sample to utilized diverse substrate for F1Fo-ATP synthase. The OS disk proteins correlated better than mitochondria with the tricarboxylic acids cycle and OxPhos proteins. CONCLUSIONS The differential enrichment of the expression profile of the OxPhos proteins in the disks versus mitochondria suggests that these proteins may represent a true proteome component of the former, with different functionality. These findings may shed new light on the pathogenesis of rod-driven retinal degenerative diseases.
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- Maurizio Bruschi
- Laboratory of Molecular NephrologyIstituto Giannina GasliniGenoaItaly
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry‐Core FacilitiesIstituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry‐Core FacilitiesIstituto Giannina GasliniGenovaItaly
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia‐DIFARUniversità di GenovaGenoaItaly
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- Department of BiologyUniversità di PadovaPadovaItaly
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- Clinica Oculistica, (Di.N.O.G.M.I.) Università Department of Intensive Care di GenovaIRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino‐ISTGenoaItaly
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- Laboratory of Molecular NephrologyIstituto Giannina GasliniGenoaItaly
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Calzia D, Garbarino G, Caicci F, Pestarino M, Manni L, Traverso CE, Panfoli I, Candiani S. Evidence of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Zebrafish Photoreceptor Outer Segments at Different Larval Stages. J Histochem Cytochem 2018; 66:497-509. [PMID: 29547350 DOI: 10.1369/0022155418762389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Previous studies on purified bovine rod outer segments (OS) disks pointed to Oxidative Phosphorylation (OXPHOS) as being the most likely mechanism involved in ATP production, as yet not fully understood, to support the first phototransduction steps. Bovine and murine rod OS disks, devoid of mitochondria, would house respiratory chain complexes I to IV and ATP synthase, similar to mitochondria. Zebrafish ( Danio rerio) is a well-suited animal model to study vertebrate embryogenesis as well as the retina, morphologically and functionally similar to its human counterpart. The present article reports fluorescence and Transmission Electron Microscopy colocalization analyses of respiratory complexes I and IV and ATP synthase with zpr3, the rod OS marker, in adult and larval zebrafish retinas. MitoTracker Deep Red 633 staining and assays of complexes I and III-IV activity suggest that those proteins are active in OS. Results show that an extramitochondrial aerobic metabolism is active in the zebrafish OS at 4 and 10 days of larval development, as well as in adults, suggesting that it is probably maintained during embryogenesis. Data support the hypothesis of an extramitochondrial aerobic metabolism in the OS of zebrafish.
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- Daniela Calzia
- Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR-Biochemistry and Physiology Lab, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Clinica Oculistica, (Di.N.O.G.M.I.), University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR-Biochemistry and Physiology Lab, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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Calzia D, Degan P, Caicci F, Bruschi M, Manni L, Ramenghi LA, Candiano G, Traverso CE, Panfoli I. Modulation of the rod outer segment aerobic metabolism diminishes the production of radicals due to light absorption. Free Radic Biol Med 2018; 117:110-118. [PMID: 29378336 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Oxidative stress is a primary risk factor for both inflammatory and degenerative retinopathies. Our previous data on blue light-irradiated retinas demonstrated an oxidative stress higher in the rod outer segment (OS) than in the inner limb, leading to impairment of the rod OS extra-mitochondrial aerobic metabolism. Here the oxidative metabolism and Reactive Oxygen Intermediates (ROI) production was evaluated in purified bovine rod OS in function of exposure to different illumination conditions. A dose response was observed to varying light intensities and duration in terms of both ROI production and ATP synthesis. Pretreatment with resveratrol, inhibitor of F1Fo-ATP synthase, or metformin, inhibitor of the respiratory complex I, significantly diminished the ROI production. Metformin also diminished the rod OS Complex I activity and reduced the maximal OS response to light in ATP production. Data show for the first time the relationship existing in the rod OS between its -aerobic- metabolism, light absorption, and ROI production. A beneficial effect was exerted by metformin and resveratrol, in modulating the ROI production in the illuminated rod OS, suggestive of their beneficial action also in vivo. Data shed new light on preventative interventions for cone loss secondary to rod damage due to oxidative stress.
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- Daniela Calzia
- Dipartimento di Farmacia-DIFAR,-Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, V.le Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genova, Italy.
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- UOC Mutagenesi, IRCCS AOU San Martino - IST (Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro), Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova, via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pathophysiology of Uremia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova, via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, U.O.S. Malattie Metaboliche, V.le Benedetto XV 6, Genova, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, U.O.S. Malattie Metaboliche, V.le Benedetto XV 6, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Oculistica, (DINOGMI) University of Genoa, V.le Benedetto XV 6, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-DIFAR,-Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, V.le Benedetto XV 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Bruschi M, Petretto A, Caicci F, Bartolucci M, Calzia D, Santucci L, Manni L, Ramenghi LA, Ghiggeri G, Traverso CE, Candiano G, Panfoli I. Proteome of Bovine Mitochondria and Rod Outer Segment Disks: Commonalities and Differences. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:918-925. [PMID: 29299929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The retinal rod outer segment (OS) is a stack of disks surrounded by the plasma membrane, housing proteins related to phototransduction, as well as mitochondrial proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos). This prompted us to compare the proteome of bovine OS disks and mitochondria to assess the significant top gene signatures of each sample. The two proteomes, obtained by LTQ-Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometry, were compared by statistical analyses. In total, 4139 proteins were identified, 2045 of which overlapping in the two sets. Nonhierarchical Spearman's correlogram revealed that the groups were clearly discriminated. Partial least square discriminant plus support vector machine analysis identified the major discriminative proteins, implied in phototransduction and lipid metabolism, respectively. Gene Ontology analysis identified top gene signatures of the disk proteome, enriched in vesiculation, glycolysis, and OxPhos proteins. The tricarboxylic acid cycle and the electron transport proteins were similarly enriched in the two samples, but the latter was up regulated in disks. Data suggest that the mitochondrial OxPhos proteins may represent a true OS proteome component, outside the mitochondrion. This knowledge may help the scientific community in the further studies of retinal physiology and pathology.
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova , 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-DIFAR, Università di Genova , 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova , 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Clinica Oculistica, (Di.N.O.G.M.I.) Università Department of Intensive Care di Genova, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST , 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-DIFAR, Università di Genova , 16132 Genoa, Italy
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Funke S, Markowitsch S, Schmelter C, Perumal N, Mwiiri FK, Gabel-Scheurich S, Pfeiffer N, Grus FH. In-Depth Proteomic Analysis of the Porcine Retina by Use of a four Step Differential Extraction Bottom up LC MS Platform. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:7262-7275. [PMID: 27796761 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-0172-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The eye of the house swine (Sus scrofa domestica Linnaeus, 1758) represents a promising model for the study of human eye diseases encircling neurodegenerative retina disorders that go along with proteomic changes. To provide an in-depth view into the "normal" (untreated & healthy) porcine retina proteome as an important reference, a proteomic strategy has been developed encircling stepwise/differential extraction, LC MS and peptide de novo sequencing. Accordingly, pooled porcine retina homogenates were processed by stepwise DDM, CHAPS, ASB14 and ACN/TFA extraction. Retinal proteins were fractionated by 1D-SDS PAGE and further analyzed by LC ESI MS following database and de novo sequencing related protein identification and functional analyses. In summary, >2000 retinal proteins (FDR < 1 %) could be identified by use of the highly reproducible and selective extraction procedure. Moreover, an identification surplus of 36 % comparing initial one step extraction to the four step method could be documented. Despite most proteins were identified in the DDM and CHAPS fraction, all extraction steps contributed exclusive proteins with nucleus proteins enriched in the final ACN/TFA fraction. Additionally, for the first time new non-annotated de novo peptides could be documented for the porcine retina. The generated porcine retina proteome reference map contributes importantly to the understanding of the pig eye proteome and the developed workflow has strong translational potential considering retina studies of various species.
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- Sebastian Funke
- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
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- Experimental Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany.
- Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, University Medical Center (Universitätsmedizin), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
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Impairment of extramitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in mouse rod outer segments by blue light irradiation. Biochimie 2016; 125:171-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Calzia D, Oneto M, Caicci F, Bianchini P, Ravera S, Bartolucci M, Diaspro A, Degan P, Manni L, Traverso CE, Panfoli I. Effect of polyphenolic phytochemicals on ectopic oxidative phosphorylation in rod outer segments of bovine retina. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 172:3890-903. [PMID: 25917043 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The rod outer segments (OS) of the retina are specialized organelles where phototransduction takes place. The mitochondrial electron transport complexes I-IV, cytochrome c and Fo F1 -ATP synthase are functionally expressed in the OS disks. Here, we have studied the effect of some polyphenolic compounds acting as inhibitors of mitochondrial ATPase/synthase activity on the OS ectopic Fo F1 - ATP synthase. The mechanism of apoptosis in the OS was also investigated studying the expression of cytochrome c, caspase 9 and 3 and Apaf-1. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH We prepared OS from fresh bovine retinae. Semi-quantitative Western blotting, confocal and electron microscopy, and cytofluorimetry were used along with biochemical analyses such as oximetry, ATP synthesis and hydrolysis. KEY RESULTS Resveratrol and curcumin plus piperine inhibited ATP synthesis and oxygen consumption in the OS. Epigallocatechin gallate and quercetin inhibited ATP hydrolysis and oxygen consumption in the OS. Malondialdehyde and hydrogen peroxide were produced in respiring OS in the presence of substrates. Cytochrome c was located inside the disk membranes. Procaspase 9 and 3, as well as Apaf-1 were expressed in the OS. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These polyphenolic phytochemicals modulated the Fo F1 -ATP synthase activity of the the OS reducing production of reactive oxygen intermediates by the OS ectopic electron transport chain. Polyphenols decrease membrane peroxidation and cytochrome c release from disks, preventing the induction of caspase-dependent apoptosis in the OS Such effects are relevant in the design of protection against functional impairment of the OS following oxidative stress from exposure to intense illumination.
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- Daniela Calzia
- Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR, Biochemistry and Physiology Laboratory, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR, Biochemistry and Physiology Laboratory, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Nanophysics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR, Biochemistry and Physiology Laboratory, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR, Biochemistry and Physiology Laboratory, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Nanophysics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- UOC Mutagenesi, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Clinica Oculistica, Di.N.O.G.M.I., University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR, Biochemistry and Physiology Laboratory, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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Zernii EY, Nazipova AA, Gancharova OS, Kazakov AS, Serebryakova MV, Zinchenko DV, Tikhomirova NK, Senin II, Philippov PP, Permyakov EA, Permyakov SE. Light-induced disulfide dimerization of recoverin under ex vivo and in vivo conditions. Free Radic Biol Med 2015; 83:283-95. [PMID: 25772009 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Revised: 01/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Despite vast knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying photochemical damage of photoreceptors, linked to progression of age-related macular degeneration, information on specific protein targets of the light-induced oxidative stress is scarce. Here, we demonstrate that prolonged intense illumination (halogen bulb, 1500 lx, 1-5 h) of mammalian eyes under ex vivo (cow) or in vivo (rabbit) conditions induces disulfide dimerization of recoverin, a Ca(2+)-dependent inhibitor of rhodopsin kinase. Western blotting and mass spectrometry analysis of retinal extracts reveals illumination time-dependent accumulation of disulfide homodimers of recoverin and its higher order disulfide cross-linked species, including a minor fraction of mixed disulfides with intracellular proteins (tubulins, etc.). Meanwhile, monomeric bovine recoverin remains mostly reduced. These effects are accompanied by accumulation of disulfide homodimers of visual arrestin. Histological studies demonstrate that the light-induced oxidation of recoverin and arrestin occurs in intact retina (illumination for 2 h), while illumination for 5 h is associated with damage of the photoreceptor layer. A comparison of ex vivo levels of disulfide homodimers of bovine recoverin with redox dependence of its in vitro thiol-disulfide equilibrium (glutathione redox pair) gives the lowest estimate of redox potential in rod outer segments under illumination from -160 to -155 mV. Chemical crosslinking and dynamic light scattering data demonstrate an increased propensity of disulfide dimer of bovine recoverin to multimerization/aggregation. Overall, the oxidative stress caused by the prolonged intense illumination of retina might affect rhodopsin desensitization via concerted disulfide dimerization of recoverin and arrestin. The developed herein models of eye illumination are useful for studies of the light-induced thiol oxidation of visual proteins.
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- Evgeni Yu Zernii
- Department of Cell Signaling, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992 Russia.
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- Protein Research Group, Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia
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- Department of Cell Signaling, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992 Russia
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- Protein Research Group, Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia
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- Department of Cell Signaling, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992 Russia
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- Branch of Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia
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- Department of Cell Signaling, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992 Russia
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- Department of Cell Signaling, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992 Russia
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- Department of Cell Signaling, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992 Russia
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- Protein Research Group, Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pushchino State Institute of Natural Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia
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- Protein Research Group, Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pushchino State Institute of Natural Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia
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Yang HJ, Ratnapriya R, Cogliati T, Kim JW, Swaroop A. Vision from next generation sequencing: multi-dimensional genome-wide analysis for producing gene regulatory networks underlying retinal development, aging and disease. Prog Retin Eye Res 2015; 46:1-30. [PMID: 25668385 PMCID: PMC4402139 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Revised: 01/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Genomics and genetics have invaded all aspects of biology and medicine, opening uncharted territory for scientific exploration. The definition of "gene" itself has become ambiguous, and the central dogma is continuously being revised and expanded. Computational biology and computational medicine are no longer intellectual domains of the chosen few. Next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, together with novel methods of pattern recognition and network analyses, has revolutionized the way we think about fundamental biological mechanisms and cellular pathways. In this review, we discuss NGS-based genome-wide approaches that can provide deeper insights into retinal development, aging and disease pathogenesis. We first focus on gene regulatory networks (GRNs) that govern the differentiation of retinal photoreceptors and modulate adaptive response during aging. Then, we discuss NGS technology in the context of retinal disease and develop a vision for therapies based on network biology. We should emphasize that basic strategies for network construction and analyses can be transported to any tissue or cell type. We believe that specific and uniform guidelines are required for generation of genome, transcriptome and epigenome data to facilitate comparative analysis and integration of multi-dimensional data sets, and for constructing networks underlying complex biological processes. As cellular homeostasis and organismal survival are dependent on gene-gene and gene-environment interactions, we believe that network-based biology will provide the foundation for deciphering disease mechanisms and discovering novel drug targets for retinal neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Hyun-Jin Yang
- Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-0610, USA
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- Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-0610, USA
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- Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-0610, USA
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- Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-0610, USA
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- Neurobiology-Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-0610, USA.
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Nucleotide bound to rab11a controls localization in rod cells but not interaction with rhodopsin. J Neurosci 2014; 34:14854-63. [PMID: 25378153 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1943-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Precise vectorial transport of rhodopsin is essential for rod photoreceptor health and function. Mutations that truncate or extend the C terminus of rhodopsin disrupt this transport, and lead to retinal degeneration and blindness in human patients and in mouse models. Here we show that such mutations disrupt the binding of rhodopsin to the small GTPase rab11a. The rhodopsin-rab11a interaction is a direct binding interaction that does not depend on the nucleotide binding state of rab11a. Expression of EGFP-rab11a fusion proteins in Xenopus laevis photoreceptors revealed that the nucleotide binding status of rab11a affects its subcellular localization, with GTP-locked mutants concentrated in the inner segment and GDP-locked mutants concentrated in the outer segment. shRNA-mediated knockdown of rab11a in rods led to shortened outer segments and retinal degeneration. Together, our results show the critical importance of direct rhodopsin-rab11a interactions for the formation and maintenance of vertebrate photoreceptors.
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Funk RHW, Schumann U, Engelmann K, Becker KA, Roehlecke C. Blue light induced retinal oxidative stress: Implications for macular degeneration. World J Ophthalmol 2014; 4:29-34. [DOI: 10.5318/wjo.v4.i3.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A number of studies have shown that oxidative stress can be harmful for the retina. The real causal circumstances that lead to degenerative diseases like age related macular degeneration remain obscure. Whether light induced radical stress is a direct interaction of light with photoreceptors or a secondary mechanism within the pigment epithelium or choroid is in discussion. Among the molecular mechanisms involved are production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), secondary lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation and DNA-damage. The initial trigger to write this review was first a recent finding of our group that the photoreceptor outer segments produce great amounts of ROS and second the detection of ectopic enzymes of the respiratory chain localized there - in addition to the hitherto known ROS sources like the visual pigments with their intermediates and the photoreceptor mitochondria harbouring the respiratory chain.
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Calzia D, Garbarino G, Caicci F, Manni L, Candiani S, Ravera S, Morelli A, Traverso CE, Panfoli I. Functional expression of electron transport chain complexes in mouse rod outer segments. Biochimie 2014; 102:78-82. [PMID: 24565809 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rod photoreceptors efficiently carry out phototransduction cascade, an energetically costly process. Our recent data in bovine rod outer segment (OS) demonstrated that ATP for phototransduction is produced by an extramitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, thanks to the expression of the Electron Transport Chain (ETC) complexes and of F1Fo ATP synthase in disks. Here we have focused on mouse retinas, reporting the activity of ETC complexes I, II, IV assayed directly on unfixed mouse eye sections, as well as immunogold TEM analysis of fixed mouse eye sections to verify the presence of ND4L subunit of ETC complex I and subunit IV of ETC complex IV in rod OS. Data suggest the presence of functional ETC in mouse rod OS, like their bovine counterpart. The protocol here developed for in situ assay of the ETC complexes activity represents a reliable method for the detection of ETC dysfunction in mice models of retinal pathologies. In fact, the ETC is a major source of reactive oxygen intermediates, and oxidative stress, especially when ectopically expressed in the OS. In turn, oxidative stress contributes to many retinal pathologies, such as diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration, photoreceptor death after retinal detachment and some forms of retinitis pigmentosa.
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- Daniela Calzia
- Department of Pharmacy, DIFAR-Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, Università di Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, DIFAR-Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, DIFAR-Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, DIFAR-Biochemistry Lab, University of Genova, Italy
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Panfoli I, Ravera S, Bruschi M, Candiano G, Morelli A. Proteomics unravels the exportability of mitochondrial respiratory chains. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 8:231-9. [DOI: 10.1586/epr.11.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hypothesis of lipid-phase-continuity proton transfer for aerobic ATP synthesis. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2013; 33:1838-42. [PMID: 24084698 PMCID: PMC3851912 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The basic processes harvesting chemical energy for life are driven by proton (H(+)) movements. These are accomplished by the mitochondrial redox complex V, integral membrane supramolecular aggregates, whose structure has recently been described by advanced studies. These did not identify classical aqueous pores. It was proposed that H(+) transfer for oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) does not occur between aqueous sources and sinks, where an energy barrier would be insurmountable. This suggests a novel hypothesis for the proton transfer. A lipid-phase-continuity H(+) transfer is proposed in which H(+) are always bound to phospholipid heads and cardiolipin, according to Mitchell's hypothesis of asymmetric vectorial H(+) diffusion. A phase separation is proposed among the proton flow, following an intramembrane pathway, and the ATP synthesis, occurring in the aqueous phase. This view reminiscent of Grotthus mechanism would better account for the distance among the Fo and F1 moieties of FoF1-ATP synthase, for its mechanical coupling, as well as the necessity of a lipid membrane. A unique active role for lipids in the evolution of life can be envisaged. Interestingly, this view would also be consistent with the evidence of an OXPHOS outside mitochondria also found in non-vesicular membranes, housing the redox complexes.
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Tricarboxylic acid cycle-sustained oxidative phosphorylation in isolated myelin vesicles. Biochimie 2013; 95:1991-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Roehlecke C, Schumann U, Ader M, Brunssen C, Bramke S, Morawietz H, Funk RHW. Stress reaction in outer segments of photoreceptors after blue light irradiation. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71570. [PMID: 24039718 PMCID: PMC3770596 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The retina is prone to oxidative stress from many factors which are also involved in the pathogenesis of degenerative diseases. In this study, we used the application of blue light as a physiological stress factor. The aim of this study was to identify the major source of intracellular ROS that mediates blue light-induced detrimental effects on cells which may lead to cytotoxicity. We hypothesized that outer segments are the major source of blue light induced ROS generation. In photoreceptors, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase (Nox) enzymes and the recently found respiratory chain complexes may represent a major source for reactive oxygen species (ROS), beside mitochondria and chromophores. Therefore, we investigated this hypothesis and analysed the exact localization of the ROS source in photoreceptors in an organotypic culture system for mouse retinas. Whole eyeball cultures were irradiated with visible blue light (405 nm) with an output power of 1 mW/cm2. Blue light impingement lead to an increase of ROS production (detected by H2DCFDA in live retinal explants), which was particularly strong in the photoreceptor outer segments. Nox-2 and Nox-4 proteins are sources of ROS in blue light irradiated photoreceptors; the Nox inhibitor apocynin decreased ROS stimulated by blue light. Concomitantly, enzyme SOD-1, a member of the antioxidant defense system, indicator molecules of protein oxidation (CML) and lipid oxidation (MDA and 4-HNE) were also increased in the outer segments. Interestingly, outer segments showed a mitochondrial-like membrane potential which was demonstrated using two dyes (JC-1 and TMRE) normally exclusively associated with mitochondria. As in mitochondria, these dyes indicated a decrease of the membrane potential in hypoxic states or cell stress situations. The present study demonstrates that ROS generation and oxidative stress occurs directly in the outer segments of photoreceptors after blue light irradiation.
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- Cora Roehlecke
- Institute of Anatomy, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) DFG – Cluster of Excellence, Biotechnology Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) DFG – Cluster of Excellence, Biotechnology Center, Dresden, Germany
- Division of Vascular Endothelium and Microcirculation, Department of Medicine III, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) DFG – Cluster of Excellence, Biotechnology Center, Dresden, Germany
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Calzia D, Barabino S, Bianchini P, Garbarino G, Oneto M, Caicci F, Diaspro A, Tacchetti C, Manni L, Candiani S, Ravera S, Morelli A, Enrico Traverso C, Panfoli I. New findings in ATP supply in rod outer segments: insights for retinopathies. Biol Cell 2013; 105:345-58. [PMID: 23659850 DOI: 10.1111/boc.201300003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION The rod outer segment (OS) is the specialised organelle where phototransduction takes place. Our previous proteomic and biochemical analyses on purified rod disks showed the functional expression of the respiratory chain complexes I-IV and F1 Fo -ATP synthase in OS disks, as well as active soluble tricarboxylic acid cycle enzymes. Here, we focussed our study on the whole OS that contains the cytosol and plasma membrane and disks as native flattened saccules, unlike spherical osmotically intact disks. RESULTS OS were purified from bovine retinas and characterised for purity. Oximetry, ATP synthesis and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) assays were performed. The presence of COX and F₁F₀-ATP synthase (ATP synthase) was assessed by semi-quantitative Western blotting, immunofluorescence or confocal laser scanning microscopy on whole bovine retinas and bovine retinal sections and by immunogold transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of purified OS or bovine retinal sections. Both ATP synthase and COX are catalytically active in OS. These are able to consume oxygen (O₂) in the presence of pyruvate and malate. CLSM analyses showed that rhodopsin autofluorescence and MitoTracker Deep Red 633 fluorescence co-localise on rod OS. Data are confirmed by co-localisation studies of ATP synthase with Rh in rod OS by immunofluorescence and TEM in bovine retinal sections. CONCLUSIONS Our data confirm the expression and activity of COX and ATP synthase in OS, suggestive of the presence of an extra-mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in rod OS, meant to supply ATP for the visual transduction. In this respect, the membrane rich OS environment would be meant to absorb both light and O₂. The ability of OS to manipulate O₂ may shed light on the pathogenesis of many retinal degenerative diseases ascribed to oxidative stress, as well as on the efficacy of the treatment with dietary supplements, presently utilised as supporting therapies.
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- Daniela Calzia
- Department of Pharmacy-DIFAR, Biochemistry and Physiology Lab, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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Skiba NP, Spencer WJ, Salinas RY, Lieu EC, Thompson JW, Arshavsky VY. Proteomic identification of unique photoreceptor disc components reveals the presence of PRCD, a protein linked to retinal degeneration. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:3010-8. [PMID: 23672200 DOI: 10.1021/pr4003678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Visual signal transduction takes place on the surface of flat membrane vesicles called photoreceptor discs, which reside inside the light-sensitive outer segment organelle of vertebrate photoreceptor cells. Although biochemical studies have indicated that discs are built with a handful of highly specialized proteins, proteomic studies have yielded databases consisting of hundreds of entries. We addressed this controversy by employing protein correlation profiling, which allows identification of unique components of organelles that can be fractionated but not purified to absolute homogeneity. We subjected discs to sequential steps of fractionation and identified the relative amounts of proteins in each fraction by label-free quantitative mass spectrometry. This analysis demonstrated that the photoreceptor disc proteome contains only eleven components, which satisfy the hallmark criterion for being unique disc-resident components: the retention of a constant molar ratio among themselves across fractionation steps. Remarkably, one of them is PRCD, a protein whose mutations have been shown to cause blindness, yet cellular localization remained completely unknown. Identification of PRCD as a novel disc-specific protein facilitates understanding its functional role and the pathobiological significance of its mutations. Our study provides a striking example how protein correlation profiling allows a distinction between constitutive components of cellular organelles and their inevitable contaminants.
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- Nikolai P Skiba
- Albert Eye Research Institute, 2Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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Ravera S, Nobbio L, Visigalli D, Bartolucci M, Calzia D, Fiorese F, Mancardi G, Schenone A, Morelli A, Panfoli I. Oxydative phosphorylation in sciatic nerve myelin and its impairment in a model of dysmyelinating peripheral neuropathy. J Neurochem 2013; 126:82-92. [PMID: 23578247 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 03/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Myelin sheath is the proteolipid membrane wrapping the axons of CNS and PNS. We have shown data suggesting that CNS myelin conducts oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), challenging its role in limiting the axonal energy expenditure. Here, we focused on PNS myelin. Samples were: (i) isolated myelin vesicles (IMV) from sciatic nerves, (ii) mitochondria from primary Schwann cell cultures, and (iii) sciatic nerve sections, from wild type or Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT1A) rats. The latter used as a model of dys-demyelination. O₂ consumption and activity of OXPHOS proteins from wild type (Wt) or CMT1A sciatic nerves showed some differences. In particular, O₂ consumption by IMV from Wt and CMT1A 1-month-old rats was comparable, while it was severely impaired in IMV from adult affected animals. Mitochondria extracted from CMT1A Schwann cell did not show any dysfunction. Transmission electron microscopy studies demonstrated an increased mitochondrial density in dys-demyelinated axons, as to compensate for the loss of respiration by myelin. Confocal immunohistochemistry showed the expression of OXPHOS proteins in the myelin sheath, both in Wt and dys-demyelinated nerves. These revealed an abnormal morphology. Taken together these results support the idea that also PNS myelin conducts OXPHOS to sustain axonal function.
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Are rod outer segment ATP-ase and ATP-synthase activity expression of the same protein? Cell Mol Neurobiol 2013; 33:637-49. [PMID: 23568658 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-013-9926-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Vertebrate retinal rod outer segments (OS) consist of a stack of disks surrounded by the plasma membrane, where phototransduction takes place. Energetic metabolism in rod OS remains obscure. Literature described a so-called Mg(2+)-dependent ATPase activity, while our previous results demonstrated the presence of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in OS, sustained by an ATP synthetic activity. Here we propose that the OS ATPase and ATP synthase are the expression of the same protein, i.e., of F1Fo-ATP synthase. Imaging on bovine retinal sections showed that some OXPHOS proteins are expressed in the OS. Biochemical data on bovine purified rod OS, characterized for purity, show an ATP synthase activity, inhibited by classical F1Fo-ATP synthase inhibitors. Moreover, OS possess a pH-dependent ATP hydrolysis, inhibited by pH values below 7, suggestive of the functioning of the inhibitor of F1 (IF1) protein. WB confirmed the presence of IF1 in OS, substantiating the expression of F1Fo ATP synthase in OS. Data suggest that the OS F1Fo ATP synthase is able to hydrolyze or synthesize ATP, depending on in vitro or in vivo conditions and that the role of IF1 would be pivotal in the prevention of the reversal of ATP synthase in OS, for example during hypoxia, granting photoreceptor survival.
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Panfoli I, Calzia D, Bruschi M, Oneto M, Bianchini P, Ravera S, Petretto A, Diaspro A, Candiano G. Functional expression of oxidative phosphorylation proteins in the rod outer segment disc. Cell Biochem Funct 2013; 31:532-8. [PMID: 23322616 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.2943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 11/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The rod Outer Segment (OS) disc, an organelle devoid of mitochondria, is specialized in phototransduction, a process requiring a continual chemical energy supply. We have shown that OS discs express functional mitochondrial electron transport chains, Fo F1 -ATP synthase and the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzymes, all mitochondrial features. Here, we focus on oxygen consumption and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis by OS discs analysing electron transport chain I-III-IV and II-II-IV pathways, supported by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and succinate, respectively. Interestingly, respiratory capacity of discs was measurable also in the presence of 3-hydroxy-butyrrate, a typical metabolic substrate for the brain. Data were supported by a two-dimensional electrophoresis analyses conducted as our previous one, but focused to those mitochondrial proteins that are involved in oxidative phosphorylation. Carbonic anhydrase was also found active in OS discs. Moreover, colocalization of Rhodopsin with respiratory complex I and ATP synthase seems a further step in the characterization of some proteins typical of the mitochondrial inner membranes that are expressed in the rod discs. The existence of oxygen utilization in the outer retina, likely supplying ATP for phototransduction, may shed light on some retinal pathologies related to oxidative stress of the outer retina.
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- Isabella Panfoli
- DIFAR-Biochemistry Lab., University of Genoa, 16132 Genova, Italy.
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Milan E, Lazzari C, Anand S, Floriani I, Torri V, Sorlini C, Gregorc V, Bachi A. SAA1 is over-expressed in plasma of non small cell lung cancer patients with poor outcome after treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine-kinase inhibitors. J Proteomics 2012; 76 Spec No.:91-101. [PMID: 22771314 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Revised: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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It has been shown that a proteomic algorithm based on 8 MALDI TOF MS signals obtained from plasma of NSCLC patients treated with EGFR TKIs, is able to predict patients' clinical outcome. In the current study, we identified the proteins originating 4 out of 8 mass signals in the classification algorithm. Plasma samples collected before the beginning of gefitinib therapy were analyzed by MALDI TOF MS and classified according to the proteomic algorithm in good and poor profiles. Two pools of good and poor classified samples were prepared using MARS and ProteoMiner Protein Enrichment kit before 2DE analysis. Proteins differentially expressed between good and poor 2DE samples were excised from gels and analyzed with MALDI TOF MS and LC MS/MS. The identified proteins were validated by Immunodepletion and Western blot analyses. serum amyloid A protein 1 (SAA1), together with its two truncated forms, was over-expressed in plasma of poor classified patients, and was identified as the protein that generates 4 out of the 8 mass signals composing the proteomic algorithm VeriStrat. SAA levels measured by ELISA in 97 NSCLC patients treated with gefitinib correlated with the clinical outcome of the patients. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Integrated omics.
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- Enrico Milan
- Division of Genetics & Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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Panfoli I, Calzia D, Ravera S, Morelli AM, Traverso CE. Extra-mitochondrial aerobic metabolism in retinal rod outer segments: new perspectives in retinopathies. Med Hypotheses 2012; 78:423-7. [PMID: 22284635 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Revised: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Vertebrate retinal rods are photoreceptors for dim-light vision. They display extreme sensitivity to light thanks to a specialized subcellular organelle, the rod outer segment. This is filled with a stack of membranous disks, expressing the proteins involved in visual transduction, a very energy demanding process. Our previous proteomic and biochemical studies have shed new light on the chemical energy processes that supply ATP to the outer segment, suggesting the presence of an extra-mitochondrial aerobic metabolism in rod outer segment, devoid of mitochondria, which would account for a quantitatively adequate ATP supply for phototransduction. Here the functional presence of an oxidative phosphorylation in the rod outer limb is examined for its relationship to many physiological and pathological data on the rod outer segment. We hypothesize that the rod outer limb is at risk of oxidative stress, in any case of impairment in the respiratory chain functioning, or of blood supply. In fact, the electron transfer chain is a major source of reactive O(2) species, known to produce severe alteration to the membrane lipids, especially those of the outer segment that are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids. We propose that the disk membrane may become the target of reactive oxygen species that may be released by the electron transport chain under pathologic conditions. For example, during aging reactive oxygen species production increases, while cellular antioxidant capacity decreases. Also the apoptosis of the rod observed after exposure to bright or continuous illumination can be explained considering that an overfunctioning of phototransduction may damage the disk membrane to a point at which cytochrome c escapes from the intradiskal space, where it is presently supposed to be, activating a putative caspase 9 and the apoptosome. A pathogenic mechanism for many inherited and acquired retinal degenerations, representing a major problem in clinical ophthalmology, is proposed: a number of rod pathologies would be promoted by impairment of energy supply and/or oxidative stress in the rod outer segment. In conclusion we suppose that the damaging role of oxygen, be it hypoxia or hyperoxia invoked in most of the blinding diseases, acquired and even hereditary is to be seeked for inside the photoreceptor outer segment that would conceal a potential for cell death that is still to be recognized.
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- I Panfoli
- DIPTERIS - University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy.
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Nervous system is a great oxygen consumer, but the site of oxygen absorption has remained elusive. Four proteomic studies have shown that the respiratory complexes I to V may be expressed in isolated myelin. Myelin is an outgrowth of glial cells, surrounding many axons in multiple spires both in peripheral and central nervous system. Recent quantitative analyses strongly support the daring hypothesis that myelin is functional in aerobic ATP production, to supply the neuron with chemical energy. A vision of myelin sheath as a structure devoted to the oxygen absorbance for glucose combustion in nervous system thank to its enormous surface, would be also supported by an impressive series of characteristics and properties of myelin that do not presently find an explanation, all of which are herein examined.
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- Alessandro Morelli
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV-3, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
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Qu J, Ma L, Washington I. Retinal coenzyme Q in the bovine eye. Biofactors 2011; 37:393-8. [PMID: 21989945 DOI: 10.1002/biof.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Revised: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Coenzyme Q plays an integral role in oxygen metabolism and management, and there is a positive correlation between low tissue coenzyme Q concentrations and the progression of many degenerative diseases. Retinal oxidative damage plays a role in the pathogenesis of many degenerative eye diseases; nevertheless, despite the retina's high rate of oxygen metabolism, there is little data relating to retinal coenzyme Q concentrations. In this study, we quantified coenzyme Q in the model bovine eye and determined whether it could function as a retinal lipid antioxidant. We found that the neural retina's ubiquinone concentration exceeded those of the vitreous humor, lens, choroid, and extraocular muscle, but it was lower than those measured in heart, kidney, liver, and brain tissues. Ubiquinol was found to be as effective as vitamin E as a retinal lipid antioxidant. The overall relatively low levels of ubiquinone found in the retina, coupled with the retina's need for lipid antioxidants and oxidative metabolism, suggests that retinal function might be sensitive to changes in ubiquinone concentrations.
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- Jinfeng Qu
- Department of Ophthalmology, People Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China
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Panfoli I, Calzia D, Ravera S, Bruschi M, Tacchetti C, Candiani S, Morelli A, Candiano G. Extramitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle in retinal rod outer segments. Biochimie 2011; 93:1565-75. [PMID: 21683117 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Vertebrate retinal rod Outer Segments (OS) are the site of visual transduction, an energy demanding process for which mechanisms of ATP supply are still poorly known. Glycolysis or diffusion of either ATP or phosphocreatine from the Inner Segment (IS) does not seem to display adequate timing to supply ATP for phototransduction. We have previously reported data suggesting an aerobic metabolism in OS, which would largely account for the light-stimulated ATP need of the photoreceptor. Here, by oxymetry and biochemical analyses we show that: (i) disks isolated by Ficoll flotation consume O(2) in the presence of physiological respiring substrates either in coupled or uncoupled conditions; (ii) OS homogenates contain the whole biochemical machinery for the degradation of glucose, i.e. glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle), consistently with the results of our previous proteomic study. Activities of the 8 TCA cycle enzymes in OS were comparable to those in retinal mitochondria-enriched fractions. Disk and OS preparations were subjected to TEM analysis, and while they can be considered free of inner segment contaminants, immunogold with specific antibodies demonstrate the expression therein of both the visual pigment rhodopsin and F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase. Finally, double immunofluorescence on mouse retina sections demonstrated a colocalization of some respiratory complex mitochondrial proteins with rhodopsin in rod OS. Data, suggestive of the exportability of the mitochondrial machinery for aerobic metabolism, may shed light on those retinal pathologies related to energy supply impairment in OS and to mutations in TCA enzymes.
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- Isabella Panfoli
- Department of Biology, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV, 5, 16132 Genova, Italy.
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Kim BW, Lee CS, Yi JS, Lee JH, Lee JW, Choo HJ, Jung SY, Kim MS, Lee SW, Lee MS, Yoon G, Ko YG. Lipid raft proteome reveals that oxidative phosphorylation system is associated with the plasma membrane. Expert Rev Proteomics 2011; 7:849-66. [PMID: 21142887 DOI: 10.1586/epr.10.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Although accumulating proteomic analyses have supported the fact that mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complexes are localized in lipid rafts, which mediate cell signaling, immune response and host-pathogen interactions, there has been no in-depth study of the physiological functions of lipid-raft OXPHOS complexes. Here, we show that many subunits of OXPHOS complexes were identified from the lipid rafts of human adipocytes, C2C12 myotubes, Jurkat cells and surface biotin-labeled Jurkat cells via shotgun proteomic analysis. We discuss the findings of OXPHOS complexes in lipid rafts, the role of the surface ATP synthase complex as a receptor for various ligands and extracellular superoxide generation by plasma membrane oxidative phosphorylation complexes.
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- Bong-Woo Kim
- College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, 1, 5-ka, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul, Korea
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Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) is a second messenger modulating intracellular calcium levels. We have previously described a cADPR-dependent calcium signaling pathway in bovine rod outer segments (ROS), where calcium ions play a pivotal role. ROS ADP-ribosyl cyclase (ADPR-cyclase) was localized in the membrane fraction. In the present work, we examined the properties of the disk ADPR-cyclase through the production of cyclic GDP-ribose from the NAD(+) analogue NGD(+). The enzyme displayed an estimated K(m) for NGD(+) of 12.5 ± 0.3 μM, a V(max) of 26.50 ± 0.70 pmol cyclic GDP-ribose synthesized/min/mg, and optimal pH of 6.5. The effect of divalent cations (Zn(2+), Cu(2+), and Ca(2+)) was also tested. Micromolar Zn(2+) and Cu(2+) inhibited the disk ADPR-cyclase activity (half maximal inhibitory concentration, IC50=1.1 and 3.6 μM, respectively). By contrast, Ca(2+) ions had no effect. Interestingly, the properties of the intracellular membrane-associated ROS disk ADPR-cyclase are more similar to those of the ADPR-cyclase found in CD38-deficient mouse brain, than to those of CD38 or CD157. The novel intracellular mammalian ADPR-cyclase would elicit Ca(2+) release from the disks at various rates in response to change in free Ca(2+) concentrations, caused by light versus dark adaptation, in fact there was no difference in disk ADPR-cyclase activity in light or dark conditions. Data suggest that disk ADPR-cyclase may be a potential target of retinal toxicity of Zn(2+) and may shed light to the role of Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) deficiency in retina.
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Assessment of bovine rod outer segment disk membrane heterogeneity utilizing flow cytometry. Exp Eye Res 2011; 92:20-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Revised: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 10/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Reidel B, Thompson JW, Farsiu S, Moseley MA, Skiba NP, Arshavsky VY. Proteomic profiling of a layered tissue reveals unique glycolytic specializations of photoreceptor cells. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 10:M110.002469. [PMID: 21173383 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.002469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The retina is a highly ordered tissue whose outermost layers are formed by subcellular compartments of photoreceptors generating light-evoked electrical responses. We studied protein distributions among individual photoreceptor compartments by separating the entire photoreceptor layer of a flat-mounted frozen retina into a series of thin tangential cryosections and analyzing protein compositions of each section by label-free quantitative mass spectrometry. Based on 5038 confidently identified peptides assigned to 896 protein database entries, we generated a quantitative proteomic database (a "map") correlating the distribution profiles of identified proteins with the profiles of marker proteins representing individual compartments of photoreceptors and adjacent cells. We evaluated the applicability of several common peptide-to-protein quantification algorithms in the context of our database and found that the highest reliability was obtained by summing the intensities of all peptides representing a given protein, using at least the 5-6 most intense peptides when applicable. We used this proteome map to investigate the distribution of glycolytic enzymes, critical in fulfilling the extremely high metabolic demands of photoreceptor cells, and obtained two major findings. First, unlike the majority of neurons rich in hexokinase I, but similar to other highly metabolically active cells, photoreceptors express hexokinase II. Hexokinase II has a very high catalytic activity when associated with mitochondria, and indeed we found it colocalized with mitochondria in photoreceptors. Second, photoreceptors contain very little triosephosphate isomerase, an enzyme converting dihydroxyacetone phosphate into glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate. This may serve as a functional adaptation because dihydroxyacetone phosphate is a major precursor in phospholipid biosynthesis, a process particularly active in photoreceptors because of the constant renewal of their light-sensitive membrane disc stacks. Overall, our approach for proteomic profiling of very small tissue amounts at a resolution of a few microns, combining cryosectioning and liquid chromatography-tandem MS, can be applied for quantitative investigation of proteomes where spatial resolution is paramount.
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- Boris Reidel
- Albert Eye Research Institute, 2310 Erwin Road, Durham NC 27710, USA
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Ravera S, Aluigi MG, Calzia D, Ramoino P, Morelli A, Panfoli I. Evidence for Ectopic Aerobic ATP Production on C6 Glioma Cell Plasma Membrane. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2010; 31:313-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-010-9624-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Accepted: 10/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hajkova D, Imanishi Y, Palamalai V, Rao KCS, Yuan C, Sheng Q, Tang H, Zeng R, Darrow RM, Organisciak DT, Miyagi M. Proteomic changes in the photoreceptor outer segment upon intense light exposure. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:1173-81. [PMID: 20020778 DOI: 10.1021/pr900819k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Acute light-induced photoreceptor degeneration has been studied in experimental animals as a model for photoreceptor cell loss in human retinal degenerative diseases. Light absorption by rhodopsin in rod photoreceptor outer segments (OS) induces oxidative stress and initiates apoptotic cell death. However, the molecular events that induce oxidative stress and initiate the apoptotic cascade remain poorly understood. To better understand the molecular mechanisms of light-induced photoreceptor cell death, we studied the proteomic changes in OS upon intense light exposure by using a proteolytic (18)O labeling method. Of 171 proteins identified, the relative abundance of 98 proteins in light-exposed and unexposed OS was determined. The quantities of 11 proteins were found to differ by more than 2-fold between light-exposed OS and those remaining in darkness. Among the 11 proteins, 8 were phototransduction proteins and 7 of these were altered such that the efficiency of phototransduction would be reduced or quenched during light exposure. In contrast, the amount of OS rhodopsin kinase was reduced by 2-fold after light exposure, suggesting attenuation in the mechanism of quenching phototransduction. Liquid chromatography multiple reaction monitoring (LC-MRM) was performed to confirm this reduction in the quantity of rhodopsin kinase. As revealed by immunofluorescence microscopy, this reduction of rhodopsin kinase is not a result of protein translocation from the outer to the inner segment. Collectively, our findings suggest that the absolute quantity of rhodopsin kinase in rod photoreceptors is reduced upon light stimulation and that this reduction may be a contributing factor to light-induced photoreceptor cell death. This report provides new insights into the proteomic changes in the OS upon intense light exposure and creates a foundation for understanding the mechanisms of light-induced photoreceptor cell death.
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- Dagmar Hajkova
- Case Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Panfoli I, Calzia D, Ravera S, Bianchini P, Diaspro A. Immunochemical or fluorescent labeling of vesicular subcellular fractions for microscopy imaging. Microsc Res Tech 2010; 73:1086-90. [DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Evidence for aerobic metabolism in retinal rod outer segment disks. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41:2555-65. [PMID: 19715769 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Revised: 08/11/2009] [Accepted: 08/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The disks of the vertebrate retinal rod Outer Segment (OS), devoid of mitochondria, are the site of visual transduction, a very energy demanding process. In a previous proteomic study we reported the expression of the respiratory chain complexes I-IV and the oxidative phosphorylation Complex V (F(1)F(0)-ATP synthase) in disks. In the present study, the functional localization of these proteins in disks was investigated by biochemical analyses, oxymetry, membrane potential measurements, and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Disk preparations, isolated by Ficoll flotation, were characterized for purity. An oxygen consumption, stimulated by NADH and Succinate and reverted by rotenone, antimycin A and KCN was measured in disks, either in coupled or uncoupled conditions. Rhodamine-123 fluorescence quenching kinetics showed the existence of a proton potential difference across the disk membranes. Citrate synthase activity was assayed and found enriched in disks with respect to ROS. ATP synthesis by disks (0.7 micromol ATP/min/mg), sensitive to the common mitochondrial ATP synthase inhibitors, would largely account for the rod ATP need in the light. Overall, data indicate that an oxidative phosphorylation occurs in rod OS, which do not contain mitochondria, thank to the presence of ectopically located mitochondrial proteins. These findings may provide important new insight into energy production in outer segments via aerobic metabolism and additional information about protein components in OS disk membranes.
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Song H, Sokolov M. Analysis of protein expression and compartmentalization in retinal neurons using serial tangential sectioning of the retina. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:346-51. [PMID: 19049346 DOI: 10.1021/pr800631d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The progress in understanding visual signal transduction in vertebrate photoreceptors, arguably the best studied G protein-mediated signal transduction cascade in modern biology, was facilitated by the unique anatomy of rod photoreceptors. Held only by thin connected cilia, rod outer segments can be readily separated from the rest of the retina simply by shaking, and then purified by gradient centrifugation. The availability of such an efficient procedure of rod outer segment purification not only previously facilitated the identification of many principal visual signaling proteins located in this cellular compartment, but it is also currently being exploited in proteomics studies. In this paper, we describe a simple and inexpensive technique that allows for the quantitative analysis of protein expression within different subcellular compartments of photoreceptors, and could also be used for studying protein expression in the secondary retinal neurons. This technique is based on the Western blot analysis of the protein content of serial sections obtained by tangential sectioning of flat-mounted frozen retinas from mouse and rat, and it could serve as a way to validate proteomic data, similar to the way the quantitative RT-PCR technique is used for validation of gene-microarray data. To demonstrate the utility of this technique, we have determined the expression profiles in normal mouse retina of several signaling, energy-producing, and chaperone proteins, which were recently identified in bovine rod photoreceptors by mass spectrometry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hongman Song
- Departments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine and West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506
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Evidence for aerobic ATP synthesis in isolated myelin vesicles. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41:1581-91. [PMID: 19401152 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Revised: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Even though brain represents only 2-3% of the body weight, it consumes 20% of total body oxygen, and 25% of total body glucose. This sounds surprising, in that mitochondrial density in brain is low, while mitochondria are thought to be the sole site of aerobic energy supply. These data would suggest that structures other than mitochondria are involved in aerobic ATP production. Considering that a sustained aerobic metabolism needs a great surface extension and that the oxygen solubility is higher in neutral lipids, we have focused our attention on myelin sheath, the multilayered membrane produced by oligodendrocytes, hypothesizing it to be an ATP production site. Myelin has long been supposed to augment the speed of conduction, however, there is growing evidence that it exerts an as yet unexplained neuro-trophic role. In this work, by biochemical assays, Western Blot analysis, confocal laser microscopy, we present evidence that isolated myelin vesicles (IMV) are able to consume O(2) and produce ATP through the operation of a proton gradient across their membranes. Living optic nerve sections were exposed to MitoTracker, a classical mitochondrial dye, by a technique that we have developed and it was found that structures closely resembling nerve axons were stained. By immunohistochemistry we show that ATP synthase and myelin basic protein colocalize on both IMV and optic nerves. The complex of data suggests that myelin sheath may be the site of oxygen absorption and aerobic metabolism for the axons.
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