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Sabeh F, Li XY, Olson AW, Botvinick E, Kurup A, Gimenez LE, Cho JS, Weiss SJ. Mmp14-dependent remodeling of the pericellular-dermal collagen interface governs fibroblast survival. J Cell Biol 2024; 223:e202312091. [PMID: 38990714 PMCID: PMC11244150 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202312091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Dermal fibroblasts deposit type I collagen, the dominant extracellular matrix molecule found in skin, during early postnatal development. Coincident with this biosynthetic program, fibroblasts proteolytically remodel pericellular collagen fibrils by mobilizing the membrane-anchored matrix metalloproteinase, Mmp14. Unexpectedly, dermal fibroblasts in Mmp14-/- mice commit to a large-scale apoptotic program that leaves skin tissues replete with dying cells. A requirement for Mmp14 in dermal fibroblast survival is recapitulated in vitro when cells are embedded within, but not cultured atop, three-dimensional hydrogels of crosslinked type I collagen. In the absence of Mmp14-dependent pericellular proteolysis, dermal fibroblasts fail to trigger β1 integrin activation and instead actuate a TGF-β1/phospho-JNK stress response that leads to apoptotic cell death in vitro as well as in vivo. Taken together, these studies identify Mmp14 as a requisite cell survival factor that maintains dermal fibroblast viability in postnatal dermal tissues.
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- Farideh Sabeh
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Mi B, Xiong Y, Knoedler S, Alfertshofer M, Panayi AC, Wang H, Lin S, Li G, Liu G. Ageing-related bone and immunity changes: insights into the complex interplay between the skeleton and the immune system. Bone Res 2024; 12:42. [PMID: 39103328 DOI: 10.1038/s41413-024-00346-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 08/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Ageing as a natural irreversible process inherently results in the functional deterioration of numerous organ systems and tissues, including the skeletal and immune systems. Recent studies have elucidated the intricate bidirectional interactions between these two systems. In this review, we provide a comprehensive synthesis of molecular mechanisms of cell ageing. We further discuss how age-related skeletal changes influence the immune system and the consequent impact of immune system alterations on the skeletal system. Finally, we highlight the clinical implications of these findings and propose potential strategies to promote healthy ageing and reduce pathologic deterioration of both the skeletal and immune systems.
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- Bobin Mi
- Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Institute of Regenerative Biology and Medicine, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Hand, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Ludwig - Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Trauma Center, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, P. R. China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR, 999077, P. R. China.
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- Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, China.
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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Liu MN, Lan Q, Wu H, Qiu CW. Rejuvenation of young blood on aging organs: Effects, circulating factors, and mechanisms. Heliyon 2024; 10:e32652. [PMID: 38994040 PMCID: PMC11237939 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Aging causes degenerative changes in organs, leading to a decline in physical function. Over the past two decades, researchers have made significant progress in understanding the rejuvenating effects of young blood on aging organs, benefiting from heterochronic parabiosis models that connect the blood circulation of aged and young rodents. It has been discovered that young blood can partially rejuvenate organs in old animals by regulating important aging-related signaling pathways. Clinical trials have also shown the effectiveness of young blood in treating aging-related diseases. However, the limited availability of young blood poses a challenge to implementing anti-aging therapies on a large scale for older individuals. As a promising alternative, scientists have identified some specific anti-aging circulating factors in young blood that have been shown to promote organ regeneration, reduce inflammation, and alleviate fibrosis associated with aging in animal experiments. While previous reviews have focused primarily on the effects and mechanisms of circulating factors on aging, it is important to acknowledge that studying the rejuvenating effects and mechanisms of young blood has been a significant source of inspiration in this field, and it will continue to be in the future. In recent years, new findings have emerged, further expanding our knowledge in this area. This review aims to summarize the rejuvenating effects and mechanisms of young blood and circulating factors, discussing their similarities and connections, addressing discrepancies in previous studies, outlining future research directions, and highlighting the potential for clinical translation in anti-aging interventions.
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- Meng-Nan Liu
- National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, PR China
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- National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, PR China
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- National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, PR China
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- Research Center of Combine Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Prophylaxis and Treatment of Organ Fibrosis by Integrated Medicine of Luzhou Key Laboratory, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, PR China
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Kyaw W, Chai RC, Khoo WH, Goldstein LD, Croucher PI, Murray JM, Phan TG. ENTRAIN: integrating trajectory inference and gene regulatory networks with spatial data to co-localize the receptor-ligand interactions that specify cell fate. Bioinformatics 2023; 39:btad765. [PMID: 38113422 PMCID: PMC10752580 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btad765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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MOTIVATION Cell fate is commonly studied by profiling the gene expression of single cells to infer developmental trajectories based on expression similarity, RNA velocity, or statistical mechanical properties. However, current approaches do not recover microenvironmental signals from the cellular niche that drive a differentiation trajectory. RESULTS We resolve this with environment-aware trajectory inference (ENTRAIN), a computational method that integrates trajectory inference methods with ligand-receptor pair gene regulatory networks to identify extracellular signals and evaluate their relative contribution towards a differentiation trajectory. The output from ENTRAIN can be superimposed on spatial data to co-localize cells and molecules in space and time to map cell fate potentials to cell-cell interactions. We validate and benchmark our approach on single-cell bone marrow and spatially resolved embryonic neurogenesis datasets to identify known and novel environmental drivers of cellular differentiation. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION ENTRAIN is available as a public package at https://github.com/theimagelab/entrain and can be used on both single-cell and spatially resolved datasets.
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- Wunna Kyaw
- Precision Immunology Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
- St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
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- St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
- Cancer Plasticity and Dormancy Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010Australia
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- St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
- Cancer Plasticity and Dormancy Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010Australia
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- St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
- Data Science Platform, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
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- St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
- Cancer Plasticity and Dormancy Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010Australia
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
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- Precision Immunology Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
- St Vincent’s Healthcare Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
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Fang L, Kuniya T, Harada Y, Yasuda O, Maeda N, Suzuki Y, Kawaguchi D, Gotoh Y. TIMP3 promotes the maintenance of neural stem-progenitor cells in the mouse subventricular zone. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1149603. [PMID: 37456993 PMCID: PMC10338847 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1149603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Adult neural stem cells (NSCs) in the mouse subventricular zone (SVZ) serve as a lifelong reservoir for newborn olfactory bulb neurons. Recent studies have identified a slowly dividing subpopulation of embryonic neural stem-progenitor cells (NPCs) as the embryonic origin of adult NSCs. Yet, little is known about how these slowly dividing embryonic NPCs are maintained until adulthood while other NPCs are extinguished by the completion of brain development. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an essential component of stem cell niches and thus a key determinant of stem cell fate. Here we investigated tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs)-regulators of ECM remodeling-for their potential roles in the establishment of adult NSCs. We found that Timp2, Timp3, and Timp4 were expressed at high levels in slowly dividing NPCs compared to rapidly dividing NPCs. Deletion of TIMP3 reduced the number of adult NSCs and neuroblasts in the lateral SVZ. In addition, overexpression of TIMP3 in the embryonic NPCs suppressed neuronal differentiation and upregulated the expression levels of Notch signaling relating genes. These results thus suggest that TIMP3 keeps the undifferentiated state of embryonic NPCs, leading to the establishment and maintenance of adult NSCs.
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- Lingyan Fang
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Sports and Life Sciences, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kanoya, Japan
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- Department of Sports and Life Sciences, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kanoya, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- International Research Center for Neurointelligence (WPI-IRCN), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Zhu L, Tang Y, Li XY, Kerk SA, Lyssiotis CA, Sun X, Wang Z, Cho JS, Ma J, Weiss SJ. Proteolytic regulation of a galectin-3/Lrp1 axis controls osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:e202206121. [PMID: 36880731 PMCID: PMC9998966 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202206121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Bone-resorbing osteoclasts mobilize proteolytic enzymes belonging to the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family to directly degrade type I collagen, the dominant extracellular matrix component of skeletal tissues. While searching for additional MMP substrates critical to bone resorption, Mmp9/Mmp14 double-knockout (DKO) osteoclasts-as well as MMP-inhibited human osteoclasts-unexpectedly display major changes in transcriptional programs in tandem with compromised RhoA activation, sealing zone formation and bone resorption. Further study revealed that osteoclast function is dependent on the ability of Mmp9 and Mmp14 to cooperatively proteolyze the β-galactoside-binding lectin, galectin-3, on the cell surface. Mass spectrometry identified the galectin-3 receptor as low-density lipoprotein-related protein-1 (Lrp1), whose targeting in DKO osteoclasts fully rescues RhoA activation, sealing zone formation and bone resorption. Together, these findings identify a previously unrecognized galectin-3/Lrp1 axis whose proteolytic regulation controls both the transcriptional programs and the intracellular signaling cascades critical to mouse as well as human osteoclast function.
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- Lingxin Zhu
- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Doctoral Program in Cancer Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Guo X, Cao J, Cai JP, Wu J, Huang J, Asthana P, Wong SKK, Ye ZW, Gurung S, Zhang Y, Wang S, Wang Z, Ge X, Kwan HY, Lyu A, Chan KM, Wong N, Huang J, Zhou Z, Bian ZX, Yuan S, Wong HLX. Control of SARS-CoV-2 infection by MT1-MMP-mediated shedding of ACE2. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7907. [PMID: 36564389 PMCID: PMC9780620 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35590-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global pandemic. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is an entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2. The full-length membrane form of ACE2 (memACE2) undergoes ectodomain shedding to generate a shed soluble form (solACE2) that mediates SARS-CoV-2 entry via receptor-mediated endocytosis. Currently, it is not known how the physiological regulation of ACE2 shedding contributes to the etiology of COVID-19 in vivo. The present study identifies Membrane-type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) as a critical host protease for solACE2-mediated SARS-CoV-2 infection. SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to increased activation of MT1-MMP that is colocalized with ACE2 in human lung epithelium. Mechanistically, MT1-MMP directly cleaves memACE2 at M706-S to release solACE218-706 that binds to the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins (S), thus facilitating cell entry of SARS-CoV-2. Human solACE218-706 enables SARS-CoV-2 infection in both non-permissive cells and naturally insusceptible C57BL/6 mice. Inhibition of MT1-MMP activities suppresses solACE2-directed entry of SARS-CoV-2 in human organoids and aged mice. Both solACE2 and circulating MT1-MMP are positively correlated in plasma of aged mice and humans. Our findings provide in vivo evidence demonstrating the contribution of ACE2 shedding to the etiology of COVID-19.
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- Xuanming Guo
- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.12955.3a0000 0001 2264 7233Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research and State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.470187.dRespiratory Department, Jinhua Guangfu Hospital, Jinhua, China
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- grid.267308.80000 0000 9206 2401Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.267308.80000 0000 9206 2401Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX USA
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.35030.350000 0004 1792 6846Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.415197.f0000 0004 1764 7206Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980Centre for Chinese Herbal Medicine Drug Development Limited, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.194645.b0000000121742757State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- grid.221309.b0000 0004 1764 5980School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Hou Z, Zhang H, Xu K, Zhu S, Wang L, Su D, Liu J, Su S, Liu D, Huang S, Xu J, Pan Z, Tao J. Cluster analysis of splenocyte microRNAs in the pig reveals key signal regulators of immunomodulation in the host during acute and chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection. Parasit Vectors 2022; 15:58. [PMID: 35177094 PMCID: PMC8851844 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05164-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that can cause a geographically widespread zoonosis. Our previous splenocyte microRNA profile analyses of pig infected with T. gondii revealed that the coordination of a large number of miRNAs regulates the host immune response during infection. However, the functions of other miRNAs involved in the immune regulation during T. gondii infection are not yet known. METHODS Clustering analysis was performed by K-means, self-organizing map (SOM), and hierarchical clustering to obtain miRNA groups with the similar expression patterns. Then, the target genes of the miRNA group in each subcluster were further analyzed for functional enrichment by Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and Reactome pathway to recognize the key signaling molecules and the regulatory signatures of the innate and adaptive immune responses of the host during T. gondii infection. RESULTS A total of 252 miRNAs were successfully divided into 22 subclusters by K-means clustering (designated as K1-K22), 29 subclusters by SOM clustering (designated as SOM1-SOM29), and six subclusters by hierarchical clustering (designated as H1-H6) based on their dynamic expression levels in the different infection stages. A total of 634, 660, and 477 GO terms, 15, 26, and 14 KEGG pathways, and 16, 15, and 7 Reactome pathways were significantly enriched by K-means, SOM, and hierarchical clustering, respectively. Of note, up to 22 miRNAs mainly showing downregulated expression at 50 days post-infection (dpi) were grouped into one subcluster (namely subcluster H3-K17-SOM1) through the three algorithms. Functional analysis revealed that a large group of immunomodulatory signaling molecules were controlled by the different miRNA groups to regulate multiple immune processes, for instance, IL-1-mediated cellular response and Th1/Th2 cell differentiation partly depending on Notch signaling transduction for subclusters K1 and K2, innate immune response involved in neutrophil degranulation and TLR4 cascade signaling for subcluster K15, B cell activation for subclusters SOM17, SOM1, and SOM25, leukocyte migration, and chemokine activity for subcluster SOM9, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction for subcluster H2, and interleukin production, chemotaxis of immune cells, chemokine signaling pathway, and C-type lectin receptor signaling pathway for subcluster H3-K17-SOM1. CONCLUSIONS Cluster analysis of splenocyte microRNAs in the pig revealed key regulatory properties of subcluster miRNA molecules and important features in the immune regulation induced by acute and chronic T. gondii infection. These results contribute new insight into the identification of physiological immune responses and maintenance of tolerance in pig spleen tissues during T. gondii infection.
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- Zhaofeng Hou
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- YEBIO Bioengineering Co., Ltd. of QINGDAO, Qingdao, 266109, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China. .,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China. .,Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou, 225009, People's Republic of China.
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Coordination of two kinesin superfamily motor proteins, KIF3A and KIF13A, is essential for pericellular matrix degradation by membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) in cancer cells. Matrix Biol 2022; 107:1-23. [PMID: 35122963 PMCID: PMC9355896 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2022.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
MT1-MMP promotes cancer invasion by degrading barrier ECM at the leading edge, and its localization is carried out by direct vesicle transport of MT1-MMP containing vesicles along the microtubule. We identified KIF3A, KIF13A, and KIF9 as kinesins involved in MT1-MMP-containing vesicle trafficking in HT1080 cells. KIF3A and KIF13A transport MT1-MMP-containing vesicles from the trans-Golgi to the endosomes. KIF13A alone then transports the vesicles from endosomes to the plasma membrane for extracellular matrix degradation.
MT1-MMP plays a crucial role in promoting the cellular invasion of cancer cells by degrading the extracellular matrix to create a path for migration. During this process, its localization at the leading edge of migrating cells is critical, and it is achieved by targeted transport of MT1-MMP-containing vesicles along microtubules by kinesin superfamily motor proteins (KIFs). Here we identified three KIFs involved in MT1-MMP vesicle transport: KIF3A, KIF13A, and KIF9. Knockdown of KIF3A and KIF13A effectively inhibited MT1-MMP-dependent collagen degradation and invasion, while knockdown of KIF9 increased collagen degradation and invasion. Our data suggest that KIF3A/KIF13A dependent MT1-MMP vesicles transport takes over upon KIF9 knockdown. Live-cell imaging analyses have indicated that KIF3A and KIF13A coordinate to transport the same MT1-MMP-containing vesicles from the trans-Golgi to the endosomes, and KIF13A alone transports the vesicle from the endosome to the plasma membrane. Taken together, we have identified a unique interplay between three KIFs to regulate leading edge localization of MT1-MMP and MT1-MMP-dependent cancer cell invasion.
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Abdelrahman HA, Akawi N, Al-Shamsi AM, Ali A, Al-Jasmi F, John A, Hertecant J, Al-Gazali L, Ali BR. Bi-allelic null variant in matrix metalloproteinase-15, causes congenital cardiac defect, cholestasis jaundice, and failure to thrive. Clin Genet 2022; 101:403-410. [PMID: 34988996 DOI: 10.1111/cge.14107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Here, we delineate the phenotype of two siblings with a bi-allelic frameshift variant in MMP15 gene with congenital cardiac defects, cholestasis, and dysmorphism. Genome sequencing analysis revealed a recently reported homozygous frameshift variant (c.1058delC, p.Pro353Glnfs*102) in MMP15 gene that co-segregates with the phenotype in the family in a recessive mode of inheritance. Relative quantification of MMP15 mRNA showed evidence of degradation of the mutated transcript, presumably by nonsense mediated decay. Likewise, MMP15: p.Gly231Arg, a concurrently reported homozygous missense variant in another patient exhibiting a similar phenotype, was predicted to disrupt zinc ion binding to the MMP-15 enzyme catalytic domain, which is essential for substrate proteolysis, by structural modeling. Previous animal models and cellular findings suggested that MMP15 plays a crucial role in the formation of endocardial cushions. These findings confirm that MMP15 is an important gene in human development, particularly cardiac, and that its loss of function is likely to cause a severe disorder phenotype.
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- Hanadi A Abdelrahman
- Department of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Paediatrics Department, Tawam hospital, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.,Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Paediatrics Department, Tawam hospital, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.,Zayed Center for Health sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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METTL3-mediated m 6A modification of TIMP2 mRNA promotes podocyte injury in diabetic nephropathy. Mol Ther 2022; 30:1721-1740. [PMID: 34995800 PMCID: PMC9077313 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2022.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Epigenetic changes are present in many physiological and pathological processes. The N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most common modification in eukaryotic mRNA. However, the role of m6A modification in diabetic nephropathy (DN) remains elusive. Here, we found that m6A modification was significantly upregulated in the kidney of type 1 and type 2 diabetic mice, which was caused by elevated levels of METTL3. Moreover, METTL3 is increased in podocyte of renal biopsy from patients with DN, which is related to renal damage. METTL3 knockout significantly reduced the inflammation and apoptosis in high glucose (HG)-stimulated podocytes, while its overexpression significantly aggravated these responses in vitro. Podocyte-conditional knockout METTL3 significantly alleviated podocyte injury and albuminuria in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. Therapeutically, silencing METTL3 with adeno-associated virus serotype-9 (AAV9)-shMETTL3 in vivo mitigated albuminuria and histopathological injury in STZ-induced diabetic mice and db/db mice. Mechanistically, METTL3 modulated Notch signaling via the m6A modification of TIMP2 in an insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA binding protein 2 (IGF2BP2)-dependent manner and exerted pro-inflammatory and pro-apoptotic effects. In summary, this study suggested that METTL3-mediated m6A modification is an important mechanism of podocyte injury in DN. Targeting m6A through the writer enzyme METTL3 is a potential approach for the treatment of DN.
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Abnormal B-cell development in TIMP-deficient bone marrow. Blood Adv 2021; 5:3960-3974. [PMID: 34500457 PMCID: PMC8945646 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020004101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bone marrow (BM) is the primary site of hematopoiesis and is responsible for a lifelong supply of all blood cell lineages. The process of hematopoiesis follows key intrinsic programs that also integrate instructive signals from the BM niche. First identified as an erythropoietin-potentiating factor, the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP) protein family has expanded to 4 members and has widely come to be viewed as a classical regulator of tissue homeostasis. By virtue of metalloprotease inhibition, TIMPs not only regulate extracellular matrix turnover but also control growth factor bioavailability. The 4 mammalian TIMPs possess overlapping enzyme-inhibition profiles and have never been studied for their cumulative role in hematopoiesis. Here, we show that TIMPs are critical for postnatal B lymphopoiesis in the BM. TIMP-deficient mice have defective B-cell development arising at the pro-B-cell stage. Expression analysis of TIMPless hematopoietic cell subsets pointed to an altered B-cell program in the Lineage-Sca-1+c-Kit+ (LSK) cell fraction. Serial and competitive BM transplants identified a defect in TIMP-deficient hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for B lymphopoiesis. In parallel, reverse BM transplants uncovered the extrinsic role of stromal TIMPs in pro- and pre-B-cell development. TIMP deficiency disrupted CXCL12 localization to LepR+ cells, and increased soluble CXCL12 within the BM niche. It also compromised the number and morphology of LepR+ cells. These data provide new evidence that TIMPs control the cellular and biochemical makeup of the BM niche and influence the LSK transcriptional program required for optimal B lymphopoiesis.
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Moracho N, Learte AIR, Muñoz-Sáez E, Marchena MA, Cid MA, Arroyo AG, Sánchez-Camacho C. Emerging roles of MT-MMPs in embryonic development. Dev Dyn 2021; 251:240-275. [PMID: 34241926 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) are cell membrane-tethered proteinases that belong to the family of the MMPs. Apart from their roles in degradation of the extracellular milieu, MT-MMPs are able to activate through proteolytic processing at the cell surface distinct molecules such as receptors, growth factors, cytokines, adhesion molecules, and other pericellular proteins. Although most of the information regarding these enzymes comes from cancer studies, our current knowledge about their contribution in distinct developmental processes occurring in the embryo is limited. In this review, we want to summarize the involvement of MT-MMPs in distinct processes during embryonic morphogenesis, including cell migration and proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cell polarity and branching, axon growth and navigation, synapse formation, and angiogenesis. We also considered information about MT-MMP functions from studies assessed in pathological conditions and compared these data with those relevant for embryonic development.
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- Natalia Moracho
- Department of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dentistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Health Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dentistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
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- Vascular Pathophysiology Department, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.,Molecular Biomedicine Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain.,Vascular Pathophysiology Department, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Zhu L, Tang Y, Li XY, Keller ET, Yang J, Cho JS, Feinberg TY, Weiss SJ. Osteoclast-mediated bone resorption is controlled by a compensatory network of secreted and membrane-tethered metalloproteinases. Sci Transl Med 2021; 12:12/529/eaaw6143. [PMID: 32024800 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaw6143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Osteoclasts actively remodel both the mineral and proteinaceous components of bone during normal growth and development as well as pathologic states ranging from osteoporosis to bone metastasis. The cysteine proteinase cathepsin K confers osteoclasts with potent type I collagenolytic activity; however, cathepsin K-null mice, as well as cathepsin K-mutant humans, continue to remodel bone and degrade collagen by as-yet-undefined effectors. Here, we identify a cathepsin K-independent collagenolytic system in osteoclasts that is composed of a functionally redundant network of the secreted matrix metalloproteinase MMP9 and the membrane-anchored matrix metalloproteinase MMP14. Unexpectedly, whereas deleting either of the proteinases individually leaves bone resorption intact, dual targeting of Mmp9 and Mmp14 inhibited the resorptive activity of mouse osteoclasts in vitro and in vivo and human osteoclasts in vitro. In vivo, Mmp9/Mmp14 conditional double-knockout mice exhibited marked increases in bone density and displayed a highly protected status against either parathyroid hormone- or ovariectomy-induced pathologic bone loss. Together, these studies characterize a collagenolytic system operative in mouse and human osteoclasts and identify the MMP9/MMP14 axis as a potential target for therapeutic interventions for bone-wasting disease states.
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- Lingxin Zhu
- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China. .,Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.,Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.,Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.,Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Department of Urology and the Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.,School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.,Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.,Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. .,Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Alabi A, Xia XD, Gu HM, Wang F, Deng SJ, Yang N, Adijiang A, Douglas DN, Kneteman NM, Xue Y, Chen L, Qin S, Wang G, Zhang DW. Membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase promotes LDL receptor shedding and accelerates the development of atherosclerosis. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1889. [PMID: 33767172 PMCID: PMC7994674 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22167-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is primarily cleared by LDL receptor (LDLR). LDLR can be proteolytically cleaved to release its soluble ectodomain (sLDLR) into extracellular milieu. However, the proteinase responsible for LDLR cleavage is unknown. Here we report that membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) co-immunoprecipitates and co-localizes with LDLR and promotes LDLR cleavage. Plasma sLDLR and cholesterol levels are reduced while hepatic LDLR is increased in mice lacking hepatic MT1-MMP. Opposite effects are observed when MT1-MMP is overexpressed. MT1-MMP overexpression significantly increases atherosclerotic lesions, while MT1-MMP knockdown significantly reduces cholesteryl ester accumulation in the aortas of apolipoprotein E (apoE) knockout mice. Furthermore, sLDLR is associated with apoB and apoE-containing lipoproteins in mouse and human plasma. Plasma levels of sLDLR are significantly increased in subjects with high plasma LDL cholesterol levels. Thus, we demonstrate that MT1-MMP promotes ectodomain shedding of hepatic LDLR, thereby regulating plasma cholesterol levels and the development of atherosclerosis.
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- Adekunle Alabi
- The Department of Pediatrics and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- The Department of Pediatrics and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Department of Orthopedics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan People's Hospital, Qingyuan, China
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- The Department of Pediatrics and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- The Department of Pediatrics and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- The Department of Pediatrics and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Experimental Center for Medical Research, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- The Department of Pediatrics and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Institute of Atherosclerosis in Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- Institute of Atherosclerosis in Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- Institute of Atherosclerosis in Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan People's Hospital, Qingyuan, China
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- The Department of Pediatrics and Group on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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Marusak C, Thakur V, Li Y, Freitas JT, Zmina PM, Thakur VS, Chang M, Gao M, Tan J, Xiao M, Lu Y, Mills GB, Flaherty K, Frederick DT, Miao B, Sullivan RJ, Moll T, Boland GM, Herlyn M, Zhang G, Bedogni B. Targeting Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Restores BRAF Inhibitor Sensitivity in BRAFi-resistant Melanoma. Clin Cancer Res 2020; 26:6039-6050. [PMID: 32820016 PMCID: PMC7669662 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-2773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The extracellular matrix (ECM) is an intriguing, yet understudied component of therapy resistance. Here, we investigated the role of ECM remodeling by the collagenase, MT1-MMP, in conferring resistance of v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF)-mutant melanoma to BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi) therapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Publicly available RNA-sequencing data and reverse phase protein array were used to determine the relevance of MT1-MMP upregulation in BRAFi-resistant melanoma in patients, patient-derived xenografts, and cell line-derived tumors. Short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated knockdown of MT1-MMP, inhibition via the selective MT1-MMP/MMP2 inhibitor, ND322, or overexpression of MT1-MMP was used to assess the role of MT1-MMP in mediating resistance to BRAFi. RESULTS MT1-MMP was consistently upregulated in posttreatment tumor samples derived from patients upon disease progression and in melanoma xenografts and cell lines that acquired resistance to BRAFi. shRNA- or ND322-mediated inhibition of MT1-MMP synergized with BRAFi leading to resensitization of resistant cells and tumors to BRAFi. The resistant phenotype depends on the ability of cells to cleave the ECM. Resistant cells seeded in MT1-MMP uncleavable matrixes were resensitized to BRAFi similarly to MT1-MMP inhibition. This is due to the inability of cells to activate integrinβ1 (ITGB1)/FAK signaling, as restoration of ITGB1 activity is sufficient to maintain resistance to BRAFi in the context of MT1-MMP inhibition. Finally, the increase in MT1-MMP in BRAFi-resistant cells is TGFβ dependent, as inhibition of TGFβ receptors I/II dampens MT1-MMP overexpression and restores sensitivity to BRAF inhibition. CONCLUSIONS BRAF inhibition results in a selective pressure toward higher expression of MT1-MMP. MT1-MMP is pivotal to an ECM-based signaling pathway that confers resistance to BRAFi therapy.
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- Charles Marusak
- Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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- The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Genomic Medicine, Division of Cancer Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- The Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
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Rovirosa L, Ramos-Morales A, Javierre BM. The Genome in a Three-Dimensional Context: Deciphering the Contribution of Noncoding Mutations at Enhancers to Blood Cancer. Front Immunol 2020; 11:592087. [PMID: 33117405 PMCID: PMC7575776 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.592087] [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] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Associations between blood cancer and genetic predisposition, including both inherited variants and acquired mutations and epimutations, have been well characterized. However, the majority of these variants affect noncoding regions, making their mechanisms difficult to hypothesize and hindering the translation of these insights into patient benefits. Fueled by unprecedented progress in next-generation sequencing and computational integrative analysis, studies have started applying combinations of epigenetic, genome architecture, and functional assays to bridge the gap between noncoding variants and blood cancer. These complementary tools have not only allowed us to understand the potential malignant role of these variants but also to differentiate key variants, cell-types, and conditions from misleading ones. Here, we briefly review recent studies that have provided fundamental insights into our understanding of how noncoding mutations at enhancers predispose and promote blood malignancies in the context of spatial genome architecture.
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- Llorenç Rovirosa
- 3D Chromatin Organization Group, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- 3D Chromatin Organization Group, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- 3D Chromatin Organization Group, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.,Institute for Health Science Research Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Badalona, Spain
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Jiang Z, Zhou J, Qin X, Zheng H, Gao B, Liu X, Jin G, Zhou Z. MT1-MMP deficiency leads to defective ependymal cell maturation, impaired ciliogenesis, and hydrocephalus. JCI Insight 2020; 5:132782. [PMID: 32229724 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.132782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Hydrocephalus is characterized by abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricular cavity. The circulation of CSF in brain ventricles is controlled by the coordinated beating of motile cilia at the surface of ependymal cells (ECs). Here, we show that MT1-MMP is highly expressed in olfactory bulb, rostral migratory stream, and the ventricular system. Mice deficient for membrane-type 1-MMP (MT1-MMP) developed typical phenotypes observed in hydrocephalus, such as dome-shaped skulls, dilated ventricles, corpus callosum agenesis, and astrocyte hypertrophy, during the first 2 weeks of postnatal development. MT1-MMP-deficient mice exhibited reduced and disorganized motile cilia with the impaired maturation of ECs, leading to abnormal CSF flow. Consistent with the defects in motile cilia morphogenesis, the expression of promulticiliogenic genes was significantly decreased, with a concomitant hyperactivation of Notch signaling in the walls of lateral ventricles in Mmp14-/- brains. Inhibition of Notch signaling by γ-secretase inhibitor restored ciliogenesis in Mmp14-/- ECs. Taken together, these data suggest that MT1-MMP is required for ciliogenesis and EC maturation through suppression of Notch signaling during early brain development. Our findings indicate that MT1-MMP is critical for early brain development and loss of MT1-MMP activity gives rise to hydrocephalus.
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- Zhixin Jiang
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,Shenzhen Institute of Innovation and Research, University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,Shenzhen Institute of Innovation and Research, University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,Shenzhen Institute of Innovation and Research, University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,Institute for Aging Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute for Aging Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, China
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- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,Shenzhen Institute of Innovation and Research, University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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Identification of recurrent noncoding mutations in B-cell lymphoma using capture Hi-C. Blood Adv 2020; 3:21-32. [PMID: 30606723 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018026419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The identification of driver mutations is fundamental to understanding oncogenesis. Although genes frequently mutated in B-cell lymphoma have been identified, the search for driver mutations has largely focused on the coding genome. Here we report an analysis of the noncoding genome using whole-genome sequencing data from 117 patients with B-cell lymphoma. Using promoter capture Hi-C data in naive B cells, we define cis-regulatory elements, which represent an enriched subset of the noncoding genome in which to search for driver mutations. Regulatory regions were identified whose mutation significantly alters gene expression, including copy number variation at cis-regulatory elements targeting CD69, IGLL5, and MMP14, and single nucleotide variants in a cis-regulatory element for TPRG1 We also show the commonality of pathways targeted by coding and noncoding mutations, exemplified by MMP14, which regulates Notch signaling, a pathway important in lymphomagenesis and whose expression is associated with patient survival. This study provides an enhanced understanding of lymphomagenesis and describes the advantages of using chromosome conformation capture to decipher noncoding mutations relevant to cancer biology.
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García-González L, Pilat D, Baranger K, Rivera S. Emerging Alternative Proteinases in APP Metabolism and Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis: A Focus on MT1-MMP and MT5-MMP. Front Aging Neurosci 2019; 11:244. [PMID: 31607898 PMCID: PMC6769103 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Processing of amyloid beta precursor protein (APP) into amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ) by β-secretase and γ-secretase complex is at the heart of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Targeting this proteolytic pathway effectively reduces/prevents pathology and cognitive decline in preclinical experimental models of the disease, but therapeutic strategies based on secretase activity modifying drugs have so far failed in clinical trials. Although this may raise some doubts on the relevance of β- and γ-secretases as targets, new APP-cleaving enzymes, including meprin-β, legumain (δ-secretase), rhomboid-like protein-4 (RHBDL4), caspases and membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs/η-secretases) have confirmed that APP processing remains a solid mechanism in AD pathophysiology. This review will discuss recent findings on the roles of all these proteinases in the nervous system, and in particular on the roles of MT-MMPs, which are at the crossroads of pathological events involving not only amyloidogenesis, but also inflammation and synaptic dysfunctions. Assessing the potential of these emerging proteinases in the Alzheimer’s field opens up new research prospects to improve our knowledge of fundamental mechanisms of the disease and help us establish new therapeutic strategies.
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Marseille, France
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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are responsible for the degradation of extracellular matrix components and hence play a crucial role in physiological and pathologic processes. The imbalance between the expression of MMPs and their inhibitors can be effective in leukemic cell processes such as migration, angiogenesis, survival, and apoptosis, playing a key role in the progression and prognosis of leukemia. In this review, we discuss the potential involvement of MMPs and their inhibitors in the pathogenesis and progression of leukemia by examining their role in the prognosis of leukemia. Inducing leukemic cell growth, migration, invasiveness, and angiogenesis are the main roles of MMPs in leukemia progression mediated by their degradative activity. Given the important role of MMPs in leukemia progression, further clinical trials are needed to confirm the link between MMPs' expressions and leukemia prognosis. It is hoped to use MMPs as therapeutic targets to improve patients' health by recognizing the prognostic value of MMPs in leukemia and their effect on the progression of these malignancies and their response to treatment.
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Thakur V, Zhang K, Savadelis A, Zmina P, Aguila B, Welford SM, Abdul-Karim F, Bonk KW, Keri RA, Bedogni B. The membrane tethered matrix metalloproteinase MT1-MMP triggers an outside-in DNA damage response that impacts chemo- and radiotherapy responses of breast cancer. Cancer Lett 2018; 443:115-124. [PMID: 30502358 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2018.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women in the US. Targeted therapies exist, however resistance is common and patients resort to chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is also a main treatment for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients; while radiation is delivered to patients with advanced disease to counteract metastasis. Yet, resistance to both chemo- and radiotherapy is still frequent, highlighting a need to provide novel sensitizers. We discovered that MT1-MMP modulates DNA damage responses (DDR) in breast cancer. MT1-MMP expression inversely correlates to chemotherapy response of breast cancer patients. Inhibition of MT1-MMP sensitizes TNBC cells to IR and doxorubicin in vitro, and in vivo in an orthotopic breast cancer model. Specifically, depletion of MT1-MMP causes stalling of replication forks and Double Strand Breaks (DBSs), leading to increased sensitivity to additional genotoxic stresses. These effects are mediated by integrinβ1, as a constitutive active integrinβ1 reverts replication defects and protects cells depleted of MT1-MMP from IR and chemotherapy. These data highlight a novel DNA damage response triggered by MT1-MMP-integrinβ1 and provide a new point of therapeutic targeting that may improve breast cancer patient outcomes.
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- Varsha Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 44119, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Department of Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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Van Sinderen M, Oyanedel J, Menkhorst E, Cuman C, Rainczuk K, Winship A, Salamonsen L, Edgell T, Dimitriadis E. Soluble Delta-like ligand 1 alters human endometrial epithelial cell adhesive capacity. Reprod Fertil Dev 2018; 29:694-702. [PMID: 26616664 DOI: 10.1071/rd15313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The endometrium undergoes substantial morphological and functional changes to become receptive to embryo implantation and to enable establishment of a successful pregnancy. Reduced Delta-like ligand 1 (DLL1, Notch ligand) in the endometrium is associated with infertility. DLL1 can be cleaved by 'a disintegrin and metalloprotease' (ADAM) proteases to produce a soluble ligand that may act to inhibit Notch signalling. We used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to quantify soluble DLL1 in uterine lavages from fertile and infertile women in the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. We also determined the cellular location and immunostaining intensity of ADAM12 and 17 in human endometrium throughout the cycle. Functional effects of soluble DLL1 in receptivity were analysed using in vitro adhesion and proliferation assays and gene expression analysis of Notch signalling targets. Soluble DLL1 was significantly increased in uterine lavage samples of infertile women compared with fertile women in the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. This coincided with significantly increased ADAM17 immunostaining detected in the endometrial luminal epithelium in the mid-secretory phase in infertile women. Soluble DLL1 significantly inhibited the adhesive capacity of endometrial epithelial cells via downregulation of helix-loop-helix and hairy/enhancer of split family member HES1 mRNA. Thus, soluble DLL1 may serve as a suitable target or potential biomarker for receptivity.
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- Michelle Van Sinderen
- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, 27-31 Wright St, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia
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Sakr M, Li XY, Sabeh F, Feinberg TY, Tesmer JJG, Tang Y, Weiss SJ. Tracking the Cartoon mouse phenotype: Hemopexin domain-dependent regulation of MT1-MMP pericellular collagenolytic activity. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:8113-8127. [PMID: 29643184 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.001503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Following ENU mutagenesis, a phenodeviant line was generated, termed the "Cartoon mouse," that exhibits profound defects in growth and development. Cartoon mice harbor a single S466P point mutation in the MT1-MMP hemopexin domain, a 200-amino acid segment that is thought to play a critical role in regulating MT1-MMP collagenolytic activity. Herein, we demonstrate that the MT1-MMPS466P mutation replicates the phenotypic status of Mt1-mmp-null animals as well as the functional characteristics of MT1-MMP-/- cells. However, rather than a loss-of-function mutation acquired as a consequence of defects in MT1-MMP proteolytic activity, the S466P substitution generates a misfolded, temperature-sensitive mutant that is abnormally retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). By contrast, the WT hemopexin domain does not play a required role in regulating MT1-MMP trafficking, as a hemopexin domain-deletion mutant is successfully mobilized to the cell surface and displays nearly normal collagenolytic activity. Alternatively, when MT1-MMPS466P-expressing cells are cultured at a permissive temperature of 25 °C that depresses misfolding, the mutant successfully traffics from the ER to the trans-Golgi network (ER → trans-Golgi network), where it undergoes processing to its mature form, mobilizes to the cell surface, and expresses type I collagenolytic activity. Together, these analyses define the Cartoon mouse as an unexpected gain-of-abnormal function mutation, wherein the temperature-sensitive mutant phenocopies MT1-MMP-/- mice as a consequence of eliciting a specific ER → trans-Golgi network trafficking defect.
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- Moustafa Sakr
- Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research institute (GEBRI), University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt 32897
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- Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109.
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Forghany Z, Robertson F, Lundby A, Olsen JV, Baker DA. Control of endothelial cell tube formation by Notch ligand intracellular domain interactions with activator protein 1 (AP-1). J Biol Chem 2017; 293:1229-1242. [PMID: 29196606 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.819045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Notch signaling is a ubiquitous signal transduction pathway found in most if not all metazoan cell types characterized to date. It is indispensable for cell differentiation as well as tissue growth, tissue remodeling, and apoptosis. Although the canonical Notch signaling pathway is well characterized, accumulating evidence points to the existence of multiple, less well-defined layers of regulation. In this study, we investigated the function of the intracellular domain (ICD) of the Notch ligand Delta-like 4 (DLL4). We provide evidence that the DLL4 ICD is required for normal DLL4 subcellular localization. We further show that it is cleaved and interacts with the JUN proto-oncogene, which forms part of the activator protein 1 (AP-1) transcription factor complex. Mechanistically, the DLL4 ICD inhibited JUN binding to DNA and thereby controlled the expression of JUN target genes, including DLL4 Our work further demonstrated that JUN strongly stimulates endothelial cell tube formation and that DLL4 constrains this process. These results raise the possibility that Notch/DLL4 signaling is bidirectional and suggest that the DLL4 ICD could represent a point of cross-talk between Notch and receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling.
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- Zary Forghany
- From the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands and
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- From the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands and
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research and.,the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- From the Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands and
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Xie J, Huo S, Li Y, Dai J, Xu H, Yin ZQ. Olfactory Ensheathing Cells Inhibit Gliosis in Retinal Degeneration by Downregulation of the Müller Cell Notch Signaling Pathway. Cell Transplant 2017; 26:967-982. [PMID: 28185609 DOI: 10.3727/096368917x694994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Retinal regeneration and self-repair, whether in response to injury or degenerative disease, are severely impeded by glial scar formation by Müller cells (specialized retinal macroglia). We have previously demonstrated that the activation of Müller cells and gliosis in the degenerative retina are significantly suppressed by the subretinal transplantation of a mixture of olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) and olfactory nerve fibroblasts. However, the underlying molecular mechanism has remained elusive. Here we transplanted purified rat OECs into the subretinal space of pigmented Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rats, a classic rodent model of retinal degeneration. Using behavioral testing and electroretinography, we confirmed that the grafted OECs preserved the visual function of rats for 8 weeks, relative to vehicle controls (phosphate-buffered saline). Histological evaluation of outer nuclear layer thickness and composition demonstrated that more photoreceptors and ON-bipolar cells were preserved in the retinas of OEC-treated RCS rats than in controls. The grafted OECs migrated into the outer plexiform layer, inner nuclear layer, and inner plexiform layer. They interacted directly with Müller cells in the retina of RCS rats, in three distinct patterns, and secreted matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 3. Previous studies have demonstrated that rat OECs express delta-like ligand (DLL), while Müller cells express Notch3, the receptor for DLL. Here we found that the grafted OECs significantly decreased the expression, by retinal cells, of Notch signaling pathway components (including Notch3, Notch4, DLL1, DLL4, Jagged1, Hes1, and Hes5) 2 weeks after the cell transplantation and that this effect persisted for a further 2 weeks. Based on these findings, we suggest that transplanted OECs inhibit the activation of Müller cells and the associated gliosis, at least partly through suppression of the Notch pathway.
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Yang J, Wang C, Zhang Z, Chen X, Jia Y, Wang B, Kong T. Curcumin inhibits the survival and metastasis of prostate cancer cells via the Notch-1 signaling pathway. APMIS 2017; 125:134-140. [PMID: 28120490 DOI: 10.1111/apm.12650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Prostate cancer is one of the most common malignancies in men, and it urgently demands precise interventions that target the signaling pathways implicated in its initiation, progression, and metastasis. The Notch-1 signaling pathway is closely associated with the pathophysiology of prostate cancer. This study investigated the antitumor effects and mechanisms of curcumin, which is a well-known natural compound from curcuminoids, in prostate cancer cells. Viability, proliferation, and migration were analyzed in two prostate cancer cell lines, DU145 and PC3, after curcumin treatment. Whether the Notch-1 signaling pathway is involved in the antitumor effects of curcumin was examined. Curcumin inhibited the survival and proliferation of PC3 and DU145 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner and inhibited DU145 migration. Curcumin did not affect the expression of Notch-1 or its active product NICD, but it did inhibit the expression of MT1-MMP and MMP2 proteins in DU145 cells. We found that curcumin inhibited the DNA-binding ability of NICD in DU145 cells. In conclusion, curcumin inhibited the survival and metastasis of prostate cancer cells via the Notch-1 signaling pathway.
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- Jingzhe Yang
- Department of Urological Surgery, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urological Surgery, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urological Surgery, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urological Surgery, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urological Surgery, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Evaluation, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urological Surgery, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Upadhyay P, Nair S, Kaur E, Aich J, Dani P, Sethunath V, Gardi N, Chandrani P, Godbole M, Sonawane K, Prasad R, Kannan S, Agarwal B, Kane S, Gupta S, Dutt S, Dutt A. Notch pathway activation is essential for maintenance of stem-like cells in early tongue cancer. Oncotarget 2016; 7:50437-50449. [PMID: 27391340 PMCID: PMC5226594 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Notch pathway plays a complex role depending on cellular contexts: promotes stem cell maintenance or induces terminal differentiation in potential cancer-initiating cells; acts as an oncogene in lymphocytes and mammary tissue or plays a growth-suppressive role in leukemia, liver, skin, and head and neck cancer. Here, we present a novel clinical and functional significance of NOTCH1 alterations in early stage tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS We analyzed the Notch signaling pathway in 68 early stage TSCC primary tumor samples by whole exome and transcriptome sequencing, real-time PCR based copy number, expression, immuno-histochemical, followed by cell based biochemical and functional assays. RESULTS We show, unlike TCGA HNSCC data set, NOTCH1 harbors significantly lower frequency of inactivating mutations (4%); is somatically amplified; and, overexpressed in 31% and 37% of early stage TSCC patients, respectively. HNSCC cell lines over expressing NOTCH1, when plated in the absence of attachment, are enriched in stem cell markers and form spheroids. Furthermore, we show that inhibition of NOTCH activation by gamma secretase inhibitor or shRNA mediated knockdown of NOTCH1 inhibits spheroid forming capacity, transformation, survival and migration of the HNSCC cells suggesting an oncogenic role of NOTCH1 in TSCC. Clinically, Notch pathway activation is higher in tumors of non-smokers compared to smokers (50% Vs 18%, respectively, P=0.026) and is also associated with greater nodal positivity compared to its non-activation (93% Vs 64%, respectively, P=0.029). CONCLUSION We anticipate that these results could form the basis for therapeutic targeting of NOTCH1 in tongue cancer.
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- Pawan Upadhyay
- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 2 Division of Head and Neck Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre,Mumbai- 4100012, India
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- 3 Shilpee Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 2 Division of Head and Neck Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre,Mumbai- 4100012, India
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- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 4 Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 5 Department of Pathology, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 6 Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai- 400012, India
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- 7 Department of Medical Oncology, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai- 400012, India
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- 3 Shilpee Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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- 1 Integrated Genomics Laboratory, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education In Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai- 410210, India
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Small CD, Crawford BD. Matrix metalloproteinases in neural development: a phylogenetically diverse perspective. Neural Regen Res 2016; 11:357-62. [PMID: 27127457 PMCID: PMC4828983 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.179030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc-dependent endopeptidases originally characterized as secreted proteases responsible for degrading extracellular matrix proteins. Their canonical role in matrix remodelling is of significant importance in neural development and regeneration, but emerging roles for MMPs, especially in signal transduction pathways, are also of obvious importance in a neural context. Misregulation of MMP activity is a hallmark of many neuropathologies, and members of every branch of the MMP family have been implicated in aspects of neural development and disease. However, while extraordinary research efforts have been made to elucidate the molecular mechanisms involving MMPs, methodological constraints and complexities of the research models have impeded progress. Here we discuss the current state of our understanding of the roles of MMPs in neural development using recent examples and advocate a phylogenetically diverse approach to MMP research as a means to both circumvent the challenges associated with specific model organisms, and to provide a broader evolutionary context from which to synthesize an understanding of the underlying biology.
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- Christopher D Small
- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 6E1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 6E1, Canada
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Wong HLX, Jin G, Cao R, Zhang S, Cao Y, Zhou Z. MT1-MMP sheds LYVE-1 on lymphatic endothelial cells and suppresses VEGF-C production to inhibit lymphangiogenesis. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10824. [PMID: 26926389 PMCID: PMC4773521 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Lymphangiogensis is involved in various pathological conditions, such as arthritis and cancer metastasis. Although many factors have been identified to stimulate lymphatic vessel growth, little is known about lymphangiogenesis inhibitors. Here we report that membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) is an endogenous suppressor of lymphatic vessel growth. MT1-MMP-deficient mice exhibit spontaneous corneal lymphangiogenesis without concomitant changes in angiogenesis. Mice lacking MT1-MMP in either lymphatic endothelial cells or macrophages recapitulate corneal lymphangiogenic phenotypes observed in Mmp14(-/-) mice, suggesting that the spontaneous lymphangiogenesis is both lymphatic endothelial cells autonomous and macrophage associated. Mechanistically, MT1-MMP directly cleaves LYVE-1 on lymphatic endothelial cells to inhibit LYVE-1-mediated lymphangiogenic responses. In addition, MT1-MMP-mediated PI3Kδ signalling restrains the production of VEGF-C from prolymphangiogenic macrophages through repressing the activation of NF-κB signalling. Thus, we identify MT1-MMP as an endogenous inhibitor of physiological lymphangiogenesis.
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- Hoi Leong Xavier Wong
- Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Tumor Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden
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- Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Tumor Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden
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- Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China
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Chang JH, Huang YH, Cunningham CM, Han KY, Chang M, Seiki M, Zhou Z, Azar DT. Matrix metalloproteinase 14 modulates signal transduction and angiogenesis in the cornea. Surv Ophthalmol 2015; 61:478-97. [PMID: 26647161 DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2015] [Revised: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The cornea is transparent and avascular, and retention of these characteristics is critical to maintaining vision clarity. Under normal conditions, wound healing in response to corneal injury occurs without the formation of new blood vessels; however, neovascularization may be induced during corneal wound healing when the balance between proangiogenic and antiangiogenic mediators is disrupted to favor angiogenesis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which are key factors in extracellular matrix remodeling and angiogenesis, contribute to the maintenance of this balance, and in pathologic instances, can contribute to its disruption. Here, we elaborate on the facilitative role of MMPs, specifically MMP-14, in corneal neovascularization. MMP-14 is a transmembrane MMP that is critically involved in extracellular matrix proteolysis, exosome transport, and cellular migration and invasion, processes that are critical for angiogenesis. To aid in developing efficacious therapies that promote healing without neovascularization, it is important to understand and further investigate the complex pathways related to MMP-14 signaling, which can also involve vascular endothelial growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, Wnt/β-catenin, transforming growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, hepatocyte growth factor or chemokines, epidermal growth factor, prostaglandin E2, thrombin, integrins, Notch, Toll-like receptors, PI3k/Akt, Src, RhoA/RhoA kinase, and extracellular signal-related kinase. The involvement and potential contribution of these signaling molecules or proteins in neovascularization are the focus of the present review.
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- Jin-Hong Chang
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Itoh Y. Membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases: Their functions and regulations. Matrix Biol 2015; 44-46:207-23. [PMID: 25794647 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2015] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) form a subgroup of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family, and there are 6 MT-MMPs in humans. MT-MMPs are further sub-classified into type I transmembrane-type (MT1, -MT2-, MT3- and MT5-MMPs) and glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored type (MT4- and MT6-MMPs). In either case MT-MMPs are tethered to the plasma membrane, and this cell surface expression provides those enzymes with unique functionalities affecting various cellular behaviours. Among the 6 MT-MMPs, MT1-MMP is the most investigated enzyme and many of its roles and regulations have been revealed to date, but the potential roles and regulatory mechanisms of other MT-MMPs are gradually getting clearer as well. Further investigations of MT-MMPs are likely to reveal novel pathophysiological mechanisms and potential therapeutic strategies for different diseases in the future.
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- Yoshifumi Itoh
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford OX3 7FY, UK.
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Wong HLX, Cao R, Jin G, Ming Chan K, Cao Y, zhou Z. When MT1-MMP meets ADAMs. Cell Cycle 2014; 11:2793-8. [DOI: 10.4161/cc.20949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Wang H, Cheng H, Shao Q, Dong Z, Xie Q, Zhao L, Wang Q, Kong B, Qu X. Leptin-Promoted Human Extravillous Trophoblast Invasion Is MMP14 Dependent and Requires the Cross Talk Between Notch1 and PI3K/Akt Signaling1. Biol Reprod 2014; 90:78. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.114876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Ma J, Tang X, Wong P, Jacobs B, Borden EC, Bedogni B. Noncanonical activation of Notch1 protein by membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) controls melanoma cell proliferation. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:8442-9. [PMID: 24492617 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.516039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Notch1 is an evolutionarily conserved signaling molecule required for stem cell maintenance that is inappropriately reactivated in several cancers. We have previously shown that melanomas reactivate Notch1 and require its function for growth and survival. However, no Notch1-activating mutations have been observed in melanoma, suggesting the involvement of other activating mechanisms. Notch1 activation requires two cleavage steps: first by a protease and then by γ-secretase, which releases the active intracellular domain (Notch1(NIC)). Interestingly, although ADAM10 and -17 are generally accepted as the proteases responsible of Notch1 cleavage, here we show that MT1-MMP, a membrane-tethered matrix metalloproteinase involved in the pathogenesis of a number of tumors, is a novel protease required for the cleavage of Notch1 in melanoma cells. We find that active Notch1 and MT1-MMP expression correlate significantly in over 70% of melanoma tumors and 80% of melanoma cell lines, whereas such correlation does not exist between Notch1(NIC) and ADAM10 or -17. Modulation of MT1-MMP expression in melanoma cells affects Notch1 cleavage, whereas MT1-MMP expression in ADAM10/17 double knock-out fibroblasts restores the processing of Notch1, indicating that MT1-MMP is sufficient to promote Notch1 activation independently of the canonical proteases. Importantly, we find that MT1-MMP interacts with Notch1 at the cell membrane, supporting a potential direct cleavage mechanism of MT1-MMP on Notch1, and that MT1-MMP-dependent activation of Notch1 sustains melanoma cell growth. Together, the data highlight a novel mechanism of activation of Notch1 in melanoma cells and identify Notch1 as a new MT1-MMP substrate that plays important biological roles in melanoma.
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- Jun Ma
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 and
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Matsuda S, Yan T, Mizutani A, Sota T, Hiramoto Y, Prieto-Vila M, Chen L, Satoh A, Kudoh T, Kasai T, Murakami H, Fu L, Salomon DS, Seno M. Cancer stem cells maintain a hierarchy of differentiation by creating their niche. Int J Cancer 2013; 135:27-36. [PMID: 24323788 PMCID: PMC4276292 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Revised: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The self-renewal and differentiation properties of cancer stem cells (CSCs) are regulated and maintained by the CSC niche. However, the mechanism of this maintenance, especially the maintenance contributed by differentiated cancer cells, remains to be fully elucidated. Recently, we have established a model of CSCs, miPS-LLCcm, from mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (miPSCs). In vitro cultured miPS-LLCcm cells were autonomously balanced with stem-like cells and differentiated cells including vascular endothelial cells. Under these conditions, the CSC properties appeared to be stable in the presence of the factor(s) secreted by the differentiated cells. The factor(s) activated Notch signaling and promoted self-renewal of CSCs. In addition, the secreted factor(s) appeared to regulate the differentiation lineage of CSCs. Our results indicate that the differentiated progenies of CSCs containing vascular endothelium play important roles for regulating the CSC's properties. Therefore, miPS-LLCcm cells create their own in vitro niche to maintain themselves in the hierarchy of differentiating CSCs.
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- Shuichi Matsuda
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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Heuss SF, Tarantino N, Fantini J, Ndiaye-Lobry D, Moretti J, Israël A, Logeat F. A glycosphingolipid binding domain controls trafficking and activity of the mammalian notch ligand delta-like 1. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74392. [PMID: 24069306 PMCID: PMC3771905 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The activity of Notch ligands is tightly regulated by trafficking events occurring both before and after ligand-receptor interaction. In particular endocytosis and recycling have been shown to be required for full signaling activity of the ligands before they encounter the Notch receptor. However little is known about the precise endocytic processes that contribute to ligand internalization. Here we demonstrate that endocytosis contributes to Dll1 signaling activity by preserving the ligand from shedding and degradation. We further show that the glycosphingolipid-binding motif originally identified in Drosophila Notch ligands is conserved in mammals and is necessary for Dll1 internalization. Mutation of its conserved tryptophan residue results in a Dll1 molecule which is rapidly inactivated by shedding and degradation, does not recycle to the cell surface and does not activate Notch signaling. Finally, silencing in the signal-sending cells of glucosylceramide synthase, the enzyme implicated in the initial phase of glycosphingolipid synthesis, down-regulates Notch activation. Our data indicate that glycosphingolipids, by interacting with Dll1, may act as functional co-factors to promote its biological activity.
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- Sara Farrah Heuss
- Unité de Signalisation Moléculaire et Activation Cellulaire, URA CNRS 2582, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Tang Y, Rowe RG, Botvinick EL, Kurup A, Putnam AJ, Seiki M, Weaver VM, Keller ET, Goldstein S, Dai J, Begun D, Saunders T, Weiss SJ. MT1-MMP-dependent control of skeletal stem cell commitment via a β1-integrin/YAP/TAZ signaling axis. Dev Cell 2013; 25:402-16. [PMID: 23685250 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In vitro, topographical and biophysical cues arising from the extracellular matrix (ECM) direct skeletal stem cell (SSC) commitment and differentiation. However, the mechanisms by which the SSC-ECM interface is regulated and the outcome of such interactions on stem cell fate in vivo remain unknown. Here we demonstrate that conditional deletion of the membrane-anchored metalloproteinase MT1-MMP (Mmp14) in mesenchymal progenitors, but not in committed osteoblasts, redirects SSC fate decisions from osteogenesis to adipo- and chondrogenesis. By effecting ECM remodeling, MT1-MMP regulates stem cell shape, thereby activating a β1-integrin/RhoGTPase signaling cascade and triggering the nuclear localization of the transcriptional coactivators YAP and TAZ, which serve to control SSC lineage commitment. These data identify a critical MT1-MMP/integrin/YAP/TAZ axis operative in the stem cell niche that oversees SSC fate determination.
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- Yi Tang
- Division of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Dong Z, Xu X, Du L, Yang Y, Cheng H, Zhang X, Li Z, Wang L, Li J, Liu H, Qu X, Wang C. Leptin-mediated regulation of MT1-MMP localization is KIF1B dependent and enhances gastric cancer cell invasion. Carcinogenesis 2013; 34:974-83. [PMID: 23354307 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Leptin overexpression is closely correlated with gastric cancer (GC) invasion, but its exact effect and the underlying mechanism in tumorigenesis remain poorly understood. Membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP), a surface-anchored 'master switch' proteinase, is overexpressed and plays crucial roles in tumor invasion. Here, we characterized the influence of leptin on the generation and surface localization of MT1-MMP in GC and elucidated its molecular mechanisms. Our results revealed that leptin promoted GC cell invasion in vitro by upregulating MT1-MMP expression. Furthermore, cell surface biotinylation assay and flow cytometry demonstrated that the surface expression of MT1-MMP was also enhanced by leptin, and knockdown of kinesin family member 1B (KIF1B, a microtubule plus end-directed monomeric motor protein) by small interference RNA inhibited this process. Notably, coimmunoprecipitation analysis indicated that leptin enhanced the interaction of MT1-MMP with KIF1B in a time-dependent manner, which consequently contributed to GC cell invasion. Moreover, leptin increased MT1-MMP or KIF1B expression by the protein kinase B (AKT) pathway and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 partially participated in this process. However, only AKT was implicated in the leptin-mediated membrane localization of MT1-MMP. Immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that leptin, MT1-MMP and KIF1B are overexpressed in GC tissues, and they positively correlated with clinical stage and lymph node metastasis. These observations indicate that this regulatory network exists in vivo. Taken together, our findings suggest that leptin is an effective intracellular stimulator of MT1-MMP and that leptin-enhanced cell surface localization of MT1-MMP is dependent on KIF1B, which consequently plays a critical role in GC invasion.
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- Zhaogang Dong
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China
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MT1-MMP plays a critical role in hematopoiesis by regulating HIF-mediated chemokine/cytokine gene transcription within niche cells. Blood 2012; 119:5405-16. [PMID: 22544701 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-11-390849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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HSC fate decisions are regulated by cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic cues. The latter cues are derived from the BM niche. Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP), which is best known for its proteolytic role in pericellular matrix remodeling, is highly expressed in HSCs and stromal/niche cells. We found that, in MT1-MMP(-/-) mice, in addition to a stem cell defect, the transcription and release of kit ligand (KitL), stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1/CXCL12), erythropoietin (Epo), and IL-7 was impaired, resulting in a trilineage hematopoietic differentiation block, while addition of exogenous KitL and SDF-1 restored hematopoiesis. Further mechanistic studies revealed that MT1-MMP activates the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) pathway via factor inhibiting HIF-1 (FIH-1) within niche cells, thereby inducing the transcription of HIF-responsive genes, which induce terminal hematopoietic differentiation. Thus, MT1-MMP in niche cells regulates postnatal hematopoiesis, by modulating hematopoietic HIF-dependent niche factors that are critical for terminal differentiation and migration.
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Boucher J, Gridley T, Liaw L. Molecular pathways of notch signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells. Front Physiol 2012; 3:81. [PMID: 22509166 PMCID: PMC3321637 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Notch signaling in the cardiovascular system is important during embryonic development, vascular repair of injury, and vascular pathology in humans. The vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) expresses multiple Notch receptors throughout its life cycle, and responds to Notch ligands as a regulatory mechanism of differentiation, recruitment to growing vessels, and maturation. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the current understanding of the molecular basis for Notch regulation of VSMC phenotype. Further, we will explore Notch interaction with other signaling pathways important in VSMC.
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- Joshua Boucher
- Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute Scarborough, ME, USA
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