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Brodeur AC, Roberts-Pilgrim AM, Thompson KL, Franklin CL, Phillips CL. Transforming growth factor-β1/Smad3-independent epithelial-mesenchymal transition in type I collagen glomerulopathy. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis 2017; 10:251-259. [PMID: 28919801 PMCID: PMC5587152 DOI: 10.2147/ijnrd.s141393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The glomerulofibrotic Col1a2-deficient mouse model demonstrates glomerular homotrimeric type I collagen deposition in mesangial and subendothelial spaces. In this report, we investigate the role of transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in myofibroblast activation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in this glomerulopathy. Immunohistochemical analyses of glomerular α-sma, desmin, vimentin, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen demonstrated parietal epithelial cell proliferation and EMT in late stages of the glomerulopathy in the Col1a2-deficient mice. Glomerular TGF-β1 RNA and protein were not elevated in 1- and 3-month-old mice as determined by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and protein immunoassay analyses. To investigate further whether TGF-β1 plays a role in the glomerulopathy outside of the 1- and 3-month time periods, the Col1a2-deficient mice were bred with Smad3 knockout mice. If the glomerular fibrosis in the Col1a2-deficient mice is mediated by the TGF-β1/Smad3 transcription pathway, it was hypothesized that the resultant Col1a2-deficient/Smad3-deficient mice would exhibit attenuated glomerular homotrimer deposition. However, the Col1a2-deficient/Smad3-deficient kidneys were similarly affected as compared to age-matched Col1a2-deficient kidneys, suggesting that homotrimeric type I collagen deposition in the Col1a2-deficient mouse is independent of TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling. Deposition of homotrimeric type I collagen appears to be the initiating event in this glomerulopathy, providing evidence that EMT and myofibroblast activation occur following initiation, consistent with a secondary wound-healing response independent of TGF-β1.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amanda C Brodeur
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, USA.,Department of Child Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Child Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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Roberts-Pilgrim AM, Makareeva E, Myles MH, Besch-Williford CL, Brodeur AC, Walker AL, Leikin S, Franklin CL, Phillips CL. Deficient degradation of homotrimeric type I collagen, α1(I)3 glomerulopathy in oim mice. Mol Genet Metab 2011; 104:373-82. [PMID: 21855382 PMCID: PMC3205245 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2011] [Revised: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Col1a2-deficient (oim) mice synthesize homotrimeric type I collagen due to nonfunctional proα2(I) collagen chains. Our previous studies revealed a postnatal, progressive type I collagen glomerulopathy in this mouse model, but the mechanism of the sclerotic collagen accumulation within the renal mesangium remains unclear. The recent demonstration of the resistance of homotrimeric type I collagen to cleavage by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), led us to investigate the role of MMP-resistance in the glomerulosclerosis of Col1a2-deficient mice. We measured the pre- and post-translational expression of type I collagen and MMPs in glomeruli from heterozygous and homozygous animals. Both the heterotrimeric and homotrimeric isotypes of type I collagen were equally present in whole kidneys of heterozygous mice by immunohistochemistry and biochemical analysis, but the sclerotic glomerular collagen was at least 95-98% homotrimeric, suggesting homotrimeric type I collagen is the pathogenic isotype of type I collagen in glomerular disease. Although steady-state MMP and Col1a1 mRNA levels increased with the disease progression, we found these changes to be a secondary response to the deficient clearance of MMP-resistant homotrimers. Increased renal MMP expression was not sufficient to prevent homotrimeric type I collagen accumulation.
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- Anna M. Roberts-Pilgrim
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. , , and ,
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- NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. ,
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. , ,
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. , , and ,
- Department of Child Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA. ,
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. , , and ,
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- NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. ,
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. , ,
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. , , and ,
- Department of Child Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA. ,
- Correspondence and Reprint Requests: Charlotte L. Phillips, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Child Health, University of Missouri, 117 Schweitzer Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 USA, Phone: 1-573-882-5122, Fax: 1-573-882-5635,
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Carleton SM, Whitford GM, Phillips CL. Dietary fluoride restriction does not alter femoral biomechanical strength in col1a2-deficient (oim) mice with type I collagen glomerulopathy. J Nutr 2010; 140:1752-6. [PMID: 20724489 DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.120261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease due primarily to mutations in the type I procollagen genes, COL1A1 and COL1A2, causing bone deformity and numerous lifetime fractures. OI murine (oim) model mice carry a mutation in the col1a2 gene causing aberrant production of homotrimeric type I collagen [α1(I)(3)], leading to bone fragility and glomerular accumulation of type I collagen. Previous studies demonstrated that heterozygous (+/oim) and homozygous (oim/oim) mice have elevated tibiae fluoride concentrations but reduced femoral biomechanics. However, it is unclear whether these 2 variables are causally related, because impaired renal function could reduce urinary fluoride excretion, thus elevating bone fluoride concentrations regardless of disease status. Our goal in this study was to determine whether dietary fluoride restriction would improve femoral biomechanics in oim mice. Wild-type, +/oim, and oim/oim mice were fed a control (5 mg/kg fluoride) or fluoride-restricted diet (0 mg/kg fluoride) for ∼13 wk, at which time plasma and femora were analyzed for fluoride concentrations and bone biomechanical properties. In wild-type, +/oim, and oim/oim mice, dietary fluoride restriction reduced femoral fluoride burden by 54-74%, respectively (P < 0.05), without affecting glomerular collagen deposition. Oim/oim mice fed the fluoride-restricted diet had reduced material tensile strength (P < 0.05) compared with oim/oim mice fed the control diet. However, dietary fluoride restriction did not affect stiffness or whole bone femoral breaking strength, regardless of genotype. These data suggest that oim mice have reduced bone strength due to homotrimeric type I collagen, independent of bone fluoride content.
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Abdulrazzak H, Moschidou D, Jones G, Guillot PV. Biological characteristics of stem cells from foetal, cord blood and extraembryonic tissues. J R Soc Interface 2010; 7 Suppl 6:S689-706. [PMID: 20739312 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0347.focus] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Foetal stem cells (FSCs) can be isolated during gestation from many different tissues such as blood, liver and bone marrow as well as from a variety of extraembryonic tissues such as amniotic fluid and placenta. Strong evidence suggests that these cells differ on many biological aspects such as growth kinetics, morphology, immunophenotype, differentiation potential and engraftment capacity in vivo. Despite these differences, FSCs appear to be more primitive and have greater multi-potentiality than their adult counterparts. For example, foetal blood haemopoietic stem cells proliferate more rapidly than those found in cord blood or adult bone marrow. These features have led to FSCs being investigated for pre- and post-natal cell therapy and regenerative medicine applications. The cells have been used in pre-clinical studies to treat a wide range of diseases such as skeletal dysplasia, diaphragmatic hernia and respiratory failure, white matter damage, renal pathologies as well as cancers. Their intermediate state between adult and embryonic stem cells also makes them an ideal candidate for reprogramming to the pluripotent status.
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- Hassan Abdulrazzak
- Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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Makareeva E, Han S, Vera JC, Sackett DL, Holmbeck K, Phillips CL, Visse R, Nagase H, Leikin S. Carcinomas contain a matrix metalloproteinase-resistant isoform of type I collagen exerting selective support to invasion. Cancer Res 2010; 70:4366-74. [PMID: 20460529 PMCID: PMC2880213 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-4057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Collagen fibers affect metastasis in two opposing ways, by supporting invasive cells but also by generating a barrier to invasion. We hypothesized that these functions might be performed by different isoforms of type I collagen. Carcinomas are reported to contain alpha1(I)(3) homotrimers, a type I collagen isoform normally not present in healthy tissues, but the role of the homotrimers in cancer pathophysiology is unclear. In this study, we found that these homotrimers were resistant to all collagenolytic matrix metalloproteinases (MMP). MMPs are massively produced and used by cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts for degrading stromal collagen at the leading edge of tumor invasion. The MMP-resistant homotrimers were produced by all invasive cancer cell lines tested, both in culture and in tumor xenografts, but they were not produced by cancer-associated fibroblasts, thereby comprising a specialized fraction of tumor collagen. We observed the homotrimer fibers to be resistant to pericellular degradation, even upon stimulation of the cells with proinflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, we confirmed an enhanced proliferation and migration of invasive cancer cells on the surface of homotrimeric versus normal (heterotrimeric) type I collagen fibers. In summary, our findings suggest that invasive cancer cells may use homotrimers for building MMP-resistant invasion paths, supporting local proliferation and directed migration of the cells whereas surrounding normal stromal collagens are cleaved. Because the homotrimers are universally secreted by cancer cells and deposited as insoluble, MMP-resistant fibers, they offer an appealing target for cancer diagnostics and therapy.
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- Elena Makareeva
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
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- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Imperial College London
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Division, Imperial College London
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
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Han S, Makareeva E, Kuznetsova NV, DeRidder AM, Sutter MB, Losert W, Phillips CL, Visse R, Nagase H, Leikin S. Molecular mechanism of type I collagen homotrimer resistance to mammalian collagenases. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:22276-81. [PMID: 20463013 PMCID: PMC2903388 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.102079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Type I collagen cleavage is crucial for tissue remodeling, but its homotrimeric isoform is resistant to all collagenases. The homotrimers occur in fetal tissues, fibrosis, and cancer, where their collagenase resistance may play an important physiological role. To understand the mechanism of this resistance, we studied interactions of α1(I)3 homotrimers and normal α1(I)2α2(I) heterotrimers with fibroblast collagenase (MMP-1). Similar MMP-1 binding to the two isoforms and similar cleavage efficiency of unwound α1(I) and α2(I) chains suggested increased stability and less efficient unwinding of the homotrimer triple helix at the collagenase cleavage site. The unwinding, necessary for placing individual chains inside the catalytic cleft of the enzyme, was the rate-limiting cleavage step for both collagen isoforms. Comparative analysis of the homo- and heterotrimer cleavage kinetics revealed that MMP-1 binding promotes stochastic helix unwinding, resolving the controversy between different models of collagenase action.
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- Sejin Han
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Null mutations in LEPRE1 and CRTAP cause severe recessive osteogenesis imperfecta. Cell Tissue Res 2009; 339:59-70. [PMID: 19862557 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0872-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Classical osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a dominant genetic disorder of connective tissue caused by mutations in either of the two genes encoding type I collagen, COL1A1 and COL1A2. Recent investigations, however, have generated a new paradigm for OI incorporating many of the prototypical features that distinguish dominant and recessive conditions, within a type I collagen framework. We and others have shown that the long-sought cause of the recessive form of OI, first postulated in the Sillence classification, lies in defects in the genes encoding cartilage-associated protein (CRTAP) or prolyl 3-hydroxylase 1 (P3H1/LEPRE1). Together with cyclophilin B (PPIB), CRTAP and P3H1 comprise the collagen prolyl 3-hydroxylation complex, which catalyzes a specific posttranslational modification of types I, II, and V collagen, and may act as a general chaperone. Patients with mutations in CRTAP or LEPRE1 have a lethal to severe osteochondrodystrophy that overlaps with Sillence types II and III OI but has distinctive features. Infants with recessive OI have white sclerae, undertubulation of the long bones, gracile ribs without beading, and a small to normal head circumference. Those who survive to childhood or the teen years have severe growth deficiency and extreme bone fragility. Most causative mutations result in null alleles, with the absence or severe reduction of gene transcripts and proteins. As expected, 3-hydroxylation of the Pro986 residue is absent or severly reduced, but bone severity and survival length do not correlate with the extent of residual hydroxylation. Surprisingly, the collagen produced by cells with an absence of Pro986 hydroxylation has helical overmodification by lysyl hydroxylase and prolyl 4-hydroxylase, indicating that the folding of the collagen helix has been substantially delayed.
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Guillot PV, Cook HT, Pusey CD, Fisk NM, Harten S, Moss J, Shore I, Bou-Gharios G. Transplantation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells improves glomerulopathy in a collagen type I alpha 2-deficient mouse. J Pathol 2008; 214:627-36. [PMID: 18266309 DOI: 10.1002/path.2325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fetal mesenchymal stem cell (fetal MSC) therapy has potential to treat genetic diseases with early onset, including those affecting the kidney and urinary tract. A collagen type I alpha 2-deficient mouse has a deletion in the alpha2 chain of the procollagen type I gene, resulting in the synthesis of abnormal alpha1(I)(3) homotrimers, which replace normal alpha 1(I)2 alpha 2(I)1 heterotrimers and a glomerulopathy. We first confirmed that col1 alpha 2-deficient homozygous mice show abnormal collagen deposition in the glomeruli, which increases in frequency and severity with postnatal age. Intrauterine transplantation of human MSCs from first trimester fetal blood led postnatally to a reduction of abnormal homotrimeric collagen type I deposition in the glomeruli of 4-12 week-old col1 alpha 2-deficient mice. Using bioluminescence imaging, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry in transplanted col1 alpha 2-deficient mice, we showed that the damaged kidneys preferentially recruited donor cells in glomeruli, around mesangial cells. Real-time RT-PCR demonstrated that this effect was seen at an engraftment level of 1% of total cells in the kidney, albeit higher in glomeruli. We conclude that intrauterine transplantation of human fetal MSCs improves renal glomerulopathy in a collagen type I-deficient mouse model. These data support the feasibility of prenatal treatment for hereditary renal diseases.
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- P V Guillot
- Experimental Fetal Medicine Group, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK.
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