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Lahaye E, Fetissov SO. Functional role of immunoglobulin G as an oxytocin-carrier protein. Peptides 2024; 177:171221. [PMID: 38626844 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2024.171221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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It has been long-time known that oxytocin in plasma is bound to a carrier protein, a common feature of circulating peptide hormones, however, the nature of such protein was uncertain. A recent study revealed that about 60% of oxytocin present in plasma is bound to immunoglobulin G (IgG) and that oxytocin-binding IgG plays a role of a functional oxytocin carrier protein. Here, we review the historical background and methodology leading to this discovery. Moreover, we review the data showing the functional role of oxytocin-binding IgG in the modulation of oxytocin signaling relevant to the regulation of motivated behavior and several neuropsychiatric disorders. Furthermore, the possible role of gut microbiota in the origin of such IgG is discussed and the relevant new therapeutic strategies for the enhancement of oxytocin signaling are presented.
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- Emilie Lahaye
- Regulatory Peptides - Energy Metabolism and Motivated Behavior Team, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, Inserm UMR1239, University of Rouen Normandie, Rouen 76000, France
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- Regulatory Peptides - Energy Metabolism and Motivated Behavior Team, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, Inserm UMR1239, University of Rouen Normandie, Rouen 76000, France.
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Frolova AI, Prifti KK, Raghuraman N, Carter EB, England SK, Stout MJ. Association between Maternal Serum Lipids and Intrapartum Oxytocin Requirements during Labor Induction and Augmentation. Am J Perinatol 2024; 41:e1015-e1022. [PMID: 36384236 DOI: 10.1055/a-1979-8577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the relationship between maternal serum lipid parameters and oxytocin requirements among women with term vaginal deliveries. STUDY DESIGN In this secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study, women who presented for delivery at ≥37 weeks' gestation and received oxytocin during their labor were included. Maternal serum was collected intrapartum. The cohort was stratified into two groups based on maximum oxytocin infusion dose during labor. Primary outcomes were maternal total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglyceride levels. Generalized linear regression models were used to assess the association between lipid parameters and maximum oxytocin dose requirements while controlling for potential confounders. For secondary analyses, the cohort was stratified by HDL-C into two groups. Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationship between low maternal HDL-C and additional intrapartum oxytocin parameters. RESULTS There were no differences in maternal total cholesterol, LDL-C, or triglyceride values between high and low maximum oxytocin groups. Median serum HDL-C was significantly lower among women in the high oxytocin group compared with those in the low oxytocin group (56 vs. 62 mg/dL, p < 0.01). For every 0.26 mg/dL lower HDL-C, women had 1 mU/min higher maximum oxytocin infusion dose during labor. Women with low serum HDL-C were also more likely to require maximum oxytocin doses above the 75th percentile (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.99, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.06-3.75) and above the 90th percentile (aOR: 2.47, 95% CI: 1.10-5.54). Among women undergoing induction of labor, low serum HDL-C was also associated with longer duration of oxytocin infusion (aOR: 2.07, 95% CI: 1.02-4.20). CONCLUSION Low maternal HDL-C levels at term are associated with higher maximum oxytocin infusion doses among women undergoing labor induction or augmentation. Given the growing prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the United States and persistently high rates of cesarean delivery, HDL-C or its components may present a new target for predicting and improving labor outcomes. KEY POINTS · Serum HDL-C at term is inversely correlated with oxytocin infusion doses at term.. · Low maternal serum HDL-C is associated with higher oxytocin requirements during labor induction or augmentation.. · No association between maternal serum total cholesterol, LDL-C, or triglyceride levels and oxytocin requirements in labor..
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- Antonina I Frolova
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Værøy H, Lahaye E, Dubessy C, Benard M, Nicol M, Cherifi Y, Takhlidjt S, do Rego JL, do Rego JC, Chartrel N, Fetissov SO. Immunoglobulin G is a natural oxytocin carrier which modulates oxytocin receptor signaling: relevance to aggressive behavior in humans. DISCOVER MENTAL HEALTH 2023; 3:21. [PMID: 37983005 PMCID: PMC10587035 DOI: 10.1007/s44192-023-00048-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Oxytocin is a neuropeptide produced mainly in the hypothalamus and secreted in the CNS and blood. In the brain, it plays a major role in promoting social interactions. Here we show that in human plasma about 60% of oxytocin is naturally bound to IgG which modulates oxytocin receptor signaling. Further, we found that IgG of violent aggressive inmates were characterized by lower affinity for oxytocin, causing decreased oxytocin carrier capacity and reduced receptor activation as compared to men from the general population. Moreover, peripheral administration of oxytocin together with human oxytocin-reactive IgG to resident mice in a resident-intruder test, reduced c-fos activation in several brain regions involved in the regulation of aggressive/defensive behavior correlating with the attack number and duration. We conclude that IgG is a natural oxytocin carrier protein modulating oxytocin receptor signaling which can be relevant to the biological mechanisms of aggressive behavior.
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- Henning Værøy
- Department of Psychiatric Research, Akershus University Hospital, 1478, Nordbyhagen, Norway.
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- INSERM 1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM 1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
- INSERM US51, CNRS UAR 2026, Imagine Platform PRIMACEN- HeRacLeS, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM US51, CNRS UAR 2026, Imagine Platform PRIMACEN- HeRacLeS, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM 1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM 1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM 1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM US51, CNRS UAR 2026, Behavioral Analysis Platform SCAC-HeRacLeS, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM US51, CNRS UAR 2026, Behavioral Analysis Platform SCAC-HeRacLeS, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM 1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France
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- INSERM 1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication Laboratory, University of Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France.
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Whiting R, Stanton S, Kucheriava M, Smith AR, Pitts M, Robertson D, Kammer J, Li Z, Fologea D. Hypo-Osmotic Stress and Pore-Forming Toxins Adjust the Lipid Order in Sheep Red Blood Cell Membranes. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:620. [PMID: 37504986 PMCID: PMC10385129 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13070620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Lipid ordering in cell membranes has been increasingly recognized as an important factor in establishing and regulating a large variety of biological functions. Multiple investigations into lipid organization focused on assessing ordering from temperature-induced phase transitions, which are often well outside the physiological range. However, particular stresses elicited by environmental factors, such as hypo-osmotic stress or protein insertion into membranes, with respect to changes in lipid status and ordering at constant temperature are insufficiently described. To fill these gaps in our knowledge, we exploited the well-established ability of environmentally sensitive membrane probes to detect intramembrane changes at the molecular level. Our steady state fluorescence spectroscopy experiments focused on assessing changes in optical responses of Laurdan and diphenylhexatriene upon exposure of red blood cells to hypo-osmotic stress and pore-forming toxins at room temperature. We verified our utilized experimental systems by a direct comparison of the results with prior reports on artificial membranes and cholesterol-depleted membranes undergoing temperature changes. The significant changes observed in the lipid order after exposure to hypo-osmotic stress or pore-forming toxins resembled phase transitions of lipids in membranes, which we explained by considering the short-range interactions between membrane components and the hydrophobic mismatch between membrane thickness and inserted proteins. Our results suggest that measurements of optical responses from the membrane probes constitute an appropriate method for assessing the status of lipids and phase transitions in target membranes exposed to mechanical stresses or upon the insertion of transmembrane proteins.
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- Rose Whiting
- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
- Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
- Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
- Department of Family Medicine, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meridian, ID 83642, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
- Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
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Muir R, Khan R, Shmygol A, Quenby S, Elmes M. The impact of maternal obesity on in vivo uterine contractile activity during parturition in the rat. Physiol Rep 2023; 11:e15610. [PMID: 36863718 PMCID: PMC9981334 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 01/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Maternal obesity is associated with increased risk of prolonged and dysfunctional labor and emergency caesarean section. To elucidate the mechanisms behind the associated uterine dystocia, a translational animal model is required. Our previous work identified that exposure to a high-fat, high-cholesterol (HFHC) diet to induce obesity down-regulates uterine contractile associated protein expression and causes asynchronous contractions ex vivo. This study aims to investigate the impact of maternal obesity on uterine contractile function in vivo using intrauterine telemetry surgery. Virgin female Wistar rats were fed either a control (CON, n = 6) or HFHC (n = 6) diet for 6 weeks prior to conception, and throughout pregnancy. On Day 9 of gestation, a pressure-sensitive catheter was surgically implanted aseptically within the gravid uterus. Following 5 days recovery, intrauterine pressure (IUP) was recorded continuously until delivery of the 5th pup (Day 22). HFHC induced obesity led to a significant 1.5-fold increase in IUP (p = 0.026) and fivefold increase in frequency of contractions (p = 0.013) relative to CON. Determination of the time of labor onset identified that HFHC rats IUP (p = 0.046) increased significantly 8 h prior to 5th pup delivery, which contrasts to CON with no significant increase. Myometrial contractile frequency in HFHC rats significantly increased 12 h prior to delivery of the 5th pup (p = 0.023) compared to only 3 h in CON, providing evidence that labor in HFHC rats was prolonged by 9 h. In conclusion, we have established a translational rat model that will allow us to unravel the mechanism behind uterine dystocia associated with maternal obesity.
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- Ronan Muir
- Division of Food Nutrition and Dietetics, School of BioscienceUniversity of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington CampusLoughboroughEnglandUK
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- Graduate School of MedicineUniversity of Nottingham, Royal Derby HospitalDerbyEnglandUK
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine and Health SciencesUnited Arab Emirates UniversityAl AinUAE
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- Biomedical Research Unit in Reproductive HealthUniversity Hospital Coventry and WarwickshireCoventryUK
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- Division of Food Nutrition and Dietetics, School of BioscienceUniversity of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington CampusLoughboroughEnglandUK
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McKay EC, Counts SE. Oxytocin Receptor Signaling in Vascular Function and Stroke. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:574499. [PMID: 33071746 PMCID: PMC7544744 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.574499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The oxytocin receptor (OXTR) is a G protein-coupled receptor with a diverse repertoire of intracellular signaling pathways, which are activated in response to binding oxytocin (OXT) and a similar nonapeptide, vasopressin. This review summarizes the cell and molecular biology of the OXTR and its downstream signaling cascades, particularly focusing on the vasoactive functions of OXTR signaling in humans and animal models, as well as the clinical applications of OXTR targeting cerebrovascular accidents.
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- Erin C McKay
- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States.,Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States.,Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.,Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States.,Hauenstein Neurosciences Center, Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, United States.,Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Drew T, Balki M, Farine D, Ye XY, Downey K, Carvalho JCA. Carbetocin at elective caesarean section: a sequential allocation trial to determine the minimum effective dose in obese women. Anaesthesia 2019; 75:331-337. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.14944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- T. Drew
- Maternal and Infant Care Research Center University of Toronto ON Canada
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- Maternal and Infant Care Research Center University of Toronto ON Canada
- Department of Anaesthesia and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Toronto ON Canada
- Lunenfeld‐Tanenbaum Research Institute Mount Sinai Hospital University of Toronto ON Canada
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- Maternal and Infant Care Research Center University of Toronto ON Canada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Toronto ON Canada
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- Maternal and Infant Care Research Center University of Toronto ON Canada
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- Mount Sinai Hospital University of Toronto ON Canada
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- Mount Sinai Hospital University of Toronto ON Canada
- Department of Anaesthesia and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Toronto ON Canada
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Hua S, Vaughan B. In vitro comparison of liposomal drug delivery systems targeting the oxytocin receptor: a potential novel treatment for obstetric complications. Int J Nanomedicine 2019; 14:2191-2206. [PMID: 30988616 PMCID: PMC6443222 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s198116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Introduction Targeted intervention to the uterus has great potential for the treatment of obstetric complications (eg, preterm birth, dysfunctional labor, and postpartum hemorrhage) by improving the effectiveness and safety of therapeutic compounds. In particular, targeting the oxytocin receptor (OTR) is a novel approach for drug delivery to the uterus. The aim of this study was to report the complete data set for the pharmaceutical synthesis and in vitro characterization of PEGylated liposomes conjugated with anti-OTR monoclonal antibodies (OTR-Lipo) or atosiban (ATO-Lipo, OTR antagonist). Methods OTR-targeted liposomal platforms composed of 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-2-phosphocholine and cholesterol were prepared according to the method of dried lipid film hydration. Ligands were conjugated with the surface of liposomes using optimized methods to maximize conjugation efficiency. The liposomes were characterized for particle size, ligand conjugation, drug encapsulation, liposome stability, specificity of binding, cellular internalization, mechanistic pathway of cellular uptake, and cellular toxicity. Results Both OTR-Lipo and ATO-Lipo showed significant and specific binding to OTRs in a concentration-dependent manner compared to all control groups. There was no significant difference in binding values between OTR-Lipo and ATO-Lipo across all concentrations evaluated. In addition, OTR-Lipo (81.61%±7.84%) and ATO-Lipo (85.59%±8.28%) demonstrated significantly increased cellular internalization in comparison with rabbit IgG immunoliposomes (9.14%±1.71%) and conventional liposomes (4.09%±0.78%) at 2.02 mM phospholipid concentration. Cellular association following liposome incubation at 4.05 mM resulted in similar findings. Evaluation of the mechanistic pathway of cellular uptake indicated that they undergo internalization through both clathrin- and caveolin-mediated mechanisms. Furthermore, cellular toxicity studies have shown no significant effect of both liposomal platforms on cell viability. Conclusion This study further supports OTRs as a novel pharmaceutical target for drug delivery. OTR-targeted liposomal platforms may provide an effective way to deliver existing therapies directly to myometrial tissue and avoid adverse effects by circumventing non-target tissues.
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- Susan Hua
- Therapeutic Targeting Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, .,Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia,
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- Centre for Organic Electronics, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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Joris F, Hoesli I, Kind A, Ries JJ, Kavvadias T. Obstetrical and epidemiological factors influence the severity of anal incontinence after obstetric anal sphincter injury. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2019; 19:94. [PMID: 30871488 PMCID: PMC6417116 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2238-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) is one of the most severe obstetrical complications. Although risk factors for OASI have been identified, little is known about various parameters that can influence symptoms’ severity. The aim of this study is to explore whether obstetrical and epidemiological factors can have an effect on the severity of symptoms after OASI. Methods 11.483 deliveries between January 2010 and December 2014 were reviewed, and data from 88 women with OASI are presented. Results The only statistically significant differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic women were age (p = 0.02), body mass index (p = 0.04) and the use of forceps (p = 0.04). Women with more severe symptoms were more likely to have received oxytocin during the second stage of labor (p = 0.03) and had shorter delivery to follow-up interval (p = 0.008). Conclusions Modifiable factors such as use of forceps and oxytocin should be taken into consideration in clinical practice.
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- France Joris
- Departement of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Departement of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Departement of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Departement of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Departement of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Hua S. Synthesis and in vitro characterization of oxytocin receptor targeted PEGylated immunoliposomes for drug delivery to the uterus. J Liposome Res 2019; 29:357-367. [PMID: 30526169 DOI: 10.1080/08982104.2018.1556293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Targeted delivery of therapeutics to the uterus is an important goal in the treatment of obstetric complications, such as preterm labour, postpartum hemorrhage, and dysfunctional labour. Current treatment for these obstetric complications is challenging, as there are limited effective and safe therapeutic options available. We have developed a targeted drug delivery system for the uterus by conjugating anti-oxytocin receptor (OTR) antibodies to the surface of PEGylated liposomes (OTR-PEG-ILs). The functionality of the OTR-PEG-ILs has previously been evaluated on human and murine myometrial tissues as well as in vivo in a murine model of preterm labour. The aim of this study was to report the pharmaceutical synthesis and characterization of the OTR-PEG-ILs and investigate their specific cellular interaction with OTR-expressing myometrial cells in vitro. Immunoliposomes composed of 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-2-phosphocholine (DSPC) and cholesterol were prepared using an optimized method for the coupling of low concentrations of antibody to liposomes. The liposomes were characterized for particle size, antibody conjugation, drug encapsulation, liposome stability, specificity of binding, cellular internalization, mechanistic pathway of cellular uptake, and cellular toxicity. Cellular association studies demonstrated specific binding of OTR-PEG-ILs to OTRs and significant cellular uptake following binding. Evaluation of the mechanistic pathway of cellular uptake indicated that they undergo internalization through both clathrin- and caveolin-mediated mechanisms. Furthermore, cellular toxicity studies have shown no significant effect of OTR-PEG-ILs or the endocytotic inhibitors on cell viability. This study further supports oxytocin receptors as a novel pharmaceutical target for drug delivery to the uterus.
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- Susan Hua
- Therapeutic Targeting Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle , Callaghan , Australia.,Hunter Medical Research Institute , New Lambton Heights , Australia
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Suhas KS, Parida S, Gokul C, Srivastava V, Prakash E, Chauhan S, Singh TU, Panigrahi M, Telang AG, Mishra SK. Casein kinase 2 inhibition impairs spontaneous and oxytocin-induced contractions in late pregnant mouse uterus. Exp Physiol 2018; 103:621-628. [PMID: 29708304 DOI: 10.1113/ep086826] [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: 11/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Does the inhibition of the protein kinase casein kinase 2 (CK2) alter the uterine contractility? What is the main finding and its importance? Inhibition of CK2 impaired the spontaneous and oxytocin-induced contractility in late pregnant mouse uterus. This finding suggests that CK2 is a novel pathway mediating oxytocin-induced contractility in the uterus and thus opens up the possibility for this class of drugs to be developed as a new class of tocolytics. ABSTRACT The protein kinase casein kinase 2 (CK2) is a ubiquitously expressed serine or threonine kinase known to phosphorylate a number of substrates. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of CK2 inhibition on spontaneous and oxytocin-induced uterine contractions in 19 day pregnant mice. The CK2 inhibitor CX-4945 elicited a concentration-dependent relaxation in late pregnant mouse uterus. CX-4945 and another selective CK2 inhibitor, apigenin, also inhibited the oxytocin-induced contractile response in late pregnant uterine tissue. Apigenin also blunted the prostaglandin F2α response, but CX-4945 did not. Casein kinase 2 was located in the lipid raft fractions of the cell membrane, and disruption of lipid rafts was found to reverse its effect. The results of the present study suggest that CK2, located in lipid rafts of the cell membrane, is an active regulator of spontaneous and oxytocin-induced uterine contractions in the late pregnant mouse.
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- K S Suhas
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Animal Genetics and Breeding, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Schiffmann A, Gimpl G. Sodium functions as a negative allosteric modulator of the oxytocin receptor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2018. [PMID: 29524392 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The oxytocin receptor, a class A G protein coupled receptor (GPCR), is essentially involved in the physiology of reproduction. Two parameters are crucially important to support high-affinity agonist binding of the receptor: Mg2+ and cholesterol, both acting as positive modulators. Using displacement assays with a high-affinity fluorescent antagonist (OTAN-A647), we now show that sodium functions as a negative allosteric modulator of the oxytocin receptor. In membranes from HEK293 cells stably expressing the oxytocin receptor, oxytocin binding occurred with about 15-fold lower affinity when sodium chloride was increased from 0 to 300 mM, whereas antagonist binding remained largely unchanged. The effect was concentration-dependent, sodium-specific, and it was also observed for oxytocin receptors endogenously expressed in Hs578T breast cancer cells. A conserved Asp (Asp 85) is known to stabilize the sodium binding site in other GCPRs. Mutations of this residue into Ala or Asn are known to yield non-functional oxytocin receptors. When Asp 85 was exchanged for Glu, most of the oxytocin receptors were localized in intracellular structures, but a faint plasma membrane labeling with OTAN-A647 and the appearance of oxytocin-induced calcium responses indicated that these receptors were functional. However, a sodium effect was not detectable for the mutant D85E oxytocin receptors. Thus, the oxytocin receptor is allosterically controlled by sodium similar to other GPCRs, but it behaves differently concerning the involvement of the conserved Asp 85. In case of the oxytocin receptor, Asp 85 is obviously essential for proper localization in the plasma membrane.
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- Andrea Schiffmann
- Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Biochemistry, Johann-Joachim Becherweg 30, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Biochemistry, Johann-Joachim Becherweg 30, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Padol AR, Sukumaran SV, Sadam A, Kesavan M, Arunvikram K, Verma AD, Srivastava V, Panigrahi M, Singh TU, Telang AG, Mishra SK, Parida S. Hypercholesterolemia impairs oxytocin-induced uterine contractility in late pregnant mouse. Reproduction 2017; 153:565-576. [DOI: 10.1530/rep-16-0446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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High cholesterol is known to negatively affect uterine contractility inex vivoconditions. The aim of the present study was to reveal the effect ofin vivohypercholesterolemia on spontaneous and oxytocin-induced uterine contractility in late pregnant mouse uterus. Female Swiss albino mice were fed with high cholesterol (HC) diet (0.5% sodium cholate, 1.25% cholesterol and 15% fat) for 6 weeks and then throughout the gestation period after mating. On day 19 of gestation, serum cholesterol level was increased more than 3-fold while triglycerides level was reduced in HC diet-fed animals as compared to control animals fed with a standard diet. In tension experiments, neither the mean integral tension of spontaneous contractility nor the response to CaCl2in high K+-depolarized tissues was altered, but the oxytocin-induced concentration-dependent contractile response in uterine strips was attenuated in hypercholesterolemic mice as compared to control. Similarly, hypercholesterolemia dampened concentration-dependent uterine contractions elicited by a GNAQ protein activator,Pasteurella multocidatoxin. However, it had no effect on endogenous oxytocin level either in plasma or in uterine tissue. It also did not affect the prostaglandin release in oxytocin-stimulated tissues. Western blot data showed a significant increase in caveolin-1 and GRK6 proteins but decline in oxytocin receptor, GNAQ and RHOA protein expressions in hypercholesterolemic mouse uterus. The results of the present study suggest that hypercholesterolemia may attenuate the uterotonic action of oxytocin in late pregnancy by causing downregulation of oxytocin receptors and suppressing the signaling efficacy through GNAQ and RHOA proteins.
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Maiwald A, Bauer O, Gimpl G. Synthesis and characterization of a novel rhodamine labeled cholesterol reporter. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:1099-1113. [PMID: 28257814 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We introduce the novel fluorescent cholesterol probe RChol in which a sulforhodamine group is linked to the sixth carbon atom of the steroid backbone of cholesterol. The same position has recently been selected to generate the fluorescent reporter 6-dansyl-cholestanol (DChol) and the photoreactive 6-azi-cholestanol. In comparison with DChol, RChol is brighter, much more photostable, and requires less energy for excitation, i.e. favorable conditions for microscopical imaging. RChol easily incorporates into methyl-β-cyclodextrin forming a water-soluble inclusion complex that acts as an efficient sterol donor for cells and membranes. Like cholesterol, RChol possesses a free 3'OH group, a prerequisite to undergo intracellular esterification. RChol was also able to support the growth of cholesterol auxotrophic cells and can therefore substitute for cholesterol as a major component of the plasma membrane. According to subcellular fractionation, slight amounts of RChol (~12%) were determined in low-density Triton-insoluble fractions whereas the majority of RChol was localized in non-rafts fractions. In phase-separated giant unilamellar vesicles, RChol preferentially partitions in liquid-disordered membrane domains. Intracellular RChol was transferred to extracellular sterol acceptors such as high density lipoproteins in a dose-dependent manner. Unlike DChol, RChol was not delivered to the cholesterol storage pathway. Instead, it translocated to endosomes/lysosomes with some transient contacts to peroxisomes. Thus, RChol is considered as a useful probe to study the endosomal/lysosomal pathway of cholesterol.
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- Alexander Maiwald
- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Gutenberg-University Mainz, Johann-Joachim Becherweg 30, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Gutenberg-University Mainz, Johann-Joachim Becherweg 30, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Gutenberg-University Mainz, Johann-Joachim Becherweg 30, D-55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Muir R, Ballan J, Clifford B, McMullen S, Khan R, Shmygol A, Quenby S, Elmes M. Modelling maternal obesity: the effects of a chronic high-fat, high-cholesterol diet on uterine expression of contractile-associated proteins and ex vivo contractile activity during labour in the rat. Clin Sci (Lond) 2016; 130:183-92. [PMID: 26543049 PMCID: PMC4682211 DOI: 10.1042/cs20150539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Maternal obesity is associated with prolonged and dysfunctional labour and emergency caesarean section, but the mechanisms are unknown. The present study investigated the effects of an adiposity-inducing high-fat, high-cholesterol (HFHC) diet on uterine contractile-associated protein (CAP) expression and ex vivo uterine contractility in term non-labouring (TNL) and term labouring (TL) rats. Female rats were fed either control chow (CON n=20) or HFHC (n=20) diet 6 weeks before conception and during pregnancy. On gestational day 21 (TNL) or day 22 (TL) CON and HFHC (n=10) rats were killed to determine plasma cholesterol, triacylglycerol and progesterone concentrations and collection of myometrium for contractility studies and expression of CAPs caveolin-1 (Cav-1), connexin-43 (CX-43) and it's phosphorylated form (pCX-43), oxytocin receptor (OXTR) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). HFHC feeding increased visceral fat (P≤0.001), plasma cholesterol (P≤0.001) and triacylglycerol (P=0.039) concentrations. Stage of labour effected uterine expression of CAV-1 (P<0.02), pCX43 and COX-2 (both P<0.03). CAV-1 and pCX43 decreased but COX-2 increased with parturition. Significant diet- and labour-stage interactions were evident for CX-43 and pCX43 (P<0.03 and P<0.004 respectively). CX-43 decreased with TL in HFHC animals but was unaltered in CON. pCX-43 fell with labour in CON but remained high in HFHC. OXTR expression was significantly higher in HFHC compared with CON animals (P<0.03). Progesterone was higher in HFHC rats at term (P<0.014) but fell significantly with labour to similar concentrations as CON. Contractility studies identified synchronous contractions of stable amplitude in lean animals, but unstable asynchronous contractions with obesity. Uterine dose response to oxytocin was blunted during labour in HFHC rats with a log EC50 of -8.84 compared with -10.25 M in CON for integral activity (P<0.05). In conclusion, our adiposity model exhibits adverse effects on contractile activity during labour that can be investigated further to unravel the mechanisms causing uterine dystocia in obese women.
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- Ronan Muir
- Division of Nutritional Science, School of Bioscience, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, England, U.K
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- Division of Nutritional Science, School of Bioscience, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, England, U.K
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- Division of Nutritional Science, School of Bioscience, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, England, U.K
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- Division of Nutritional Science, School of Bioscience, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, England, U.K
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- Graduate School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3DT, England, U.K
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- Reproductive Health, University of Warwick, Coventry, Warwickshire CV2 2DX, England, U.K
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- Reproductive Health, University of Warwick, Coventry, Warwickshire CV2 2DX, England, U.K. Biomedical Research Unit in Reproductive Health, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, Warwickshire CV2 2DX, U.K
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- Division of Nutritional Science, School of Bioscience, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, England, U.K.
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Gater DL, Saurel O, Iordanov I, Liu W, Cherezov V, Milon A. Two classes of cholesterol binding sites for the β2AR revealed by thermostability and NMR. Biophys J 2015; 107:2305-12. [PMID: 25418299 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Cholesterol binding to G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and modulation of their activities in membranes is a fundamental issue for understanding their function. Despite the identification of cholesterol binding sites in high-resolution x-ray structures of the ?2 adrenergic receptor (β2AR) and other GPCRs, the binding affinity of cholesterol for this receptor and exchange rates between the free and bound cholesterol remain unknown. In this study we report the existence of two classes of cholesterol binding sites in β2AR. By analyzing the β2AR unfolding temperature in lipidic cubic phase (LCP) as a function of cholesterol concentration we observed high-affinity cooperative binding of cholesterol with sub-nM affinity constant. In contrast, saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR experiments revealed the existence of a second class of cholesterol binding sites, in fast exchange on the STD NMR timescale. Titration of the STD signal as a function of cholesterol concentration provided a lower limit of 100 mM for their dissociation constant. However, these binding sites are specific for both cholesterol and β2AR, as shown with control experiments using ergosterol and a control membrane protein (KpOmpA). We postulate that this specificity is mediated by the high-affinity bound cholesterol molecules and propose the formation of transient cholesterol clusters around the high-affinity binding sites.
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- Deborah L Gater
- Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology - UMR 5089, CNRS and Université de Toulouse - UPS, 205 Route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France; Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology - UMR 5089, CNRS and Université de Toulouse - UPS, 205 Route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology - UMR 5089, CNRS and Université de Toulouse - UPS, 205 Route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California.
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology - UMR 5089, CNRS and Université de Toulouse - UPS, 205 Route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France.
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Gam CMBF, Mortensen OH, Qvortrup K, Damm P, Quistorff B. Effect of high-fat diet on rat myometrium during pregnancy-isolated myometrial mitochondria are not affected. Pflugers Arch 2014; 467:1539-1549. [PMID: 25139192 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1599-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Laboring women with elevated body mass index (BMI) have an increased risk of inefficient uterine labor contractions, and despite the significance of mitochondria in the production of energy to drive uterine contractions, mitochondrial function in the myometrium with reference to the BMI has not been explored. The objective of this study was to determine whether obesity prior to and during gestation affects oxidative capacity and/or morphology of mitochondria in the myometrium at term in an animal model. Rat dams were fed for 47 days prior to impregnation and during gestation with either (1) a regular chow diet, (2) a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet, or (3) a high-fat low-carbohydrate diet (n = 10 in each group). On day 20 of gestation, corresponding to term pregnancy, total hysterectomy was performed with subsequent examination of the function and morphology of myometrial mitochondria. Body composition was regularly assessed by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, and blood sampling was done prior to diet assignment, impregnation, and hysterectomy. Dams on the high-fat low-carbohydrate diet achieved higher fat percentage compared to rats on the regular chow diet (p < 0.05). Maximal oxygen consumption, phosphate/oxygen ratio, or the amount of mitochondria per gram of myometrium did not differ between the three feeding groups. Electron microscopic examinations did not reveal any morphological differences in mitochondria between groups; however, a previously undescribed subsarcolemmal localization of the mitochondria in the myocyte was identified. We did not find evidence of altered myometrial mitochondrial function or morphology in this animal model of obesity prior to and during pregnancy.
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- Christiane Marie Bourgin Folke Gam
- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark. .,Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Core Facility for Integrated Microscopy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Pregnant Women with Diabetes, Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Cellular and Metabolic Research Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Arrowsmith S, Wray S. Oxytocin: its mechanism of action and receptor signalling in the myometrium. J Neuroendocrinol 2014; 26:356-69. [PMID: 24888645 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Oxytocin is a nonapeptide hormone that has a central role in the regulation of parturition and lactation. In this review, we address oxytocin receptor (OTR) signalling and its role in the myometrium during pregnancy and in labour. The OTR belongs to the rhodopsin-type (Class 1) of the G-protein coupled receptor superfamily and is regulated by changes in receptor expression, receptor desensitisation and local changes in oxytocin concentration. Receptor activation triggers a number of signalling events to stimulate contraction, primarily by elevating intracellular calcium (Ca(2+) ). This includes inositol-tris-phosphate-mediated store calcium release, store-operated Ca(2+) entry and voltage-operated Ca(2+) entry. We discuss each mechanism in turn and also discuss Ca(2+) -independent mechanisms such as Ca(2+) sensitisation. Because oxytocin induces contraction in the myometrium, both the activation and the inhibition of its receptor have long been targets in the management of dysfunctional and preterm labours, respectively. We discuss current and novel OTR agonists and antagonists and their use and potential benefit in obstetric practice. In this regard, we highlight three clinical scenarios: dysfunctional labour, postpartum haemorrhage and preterm birth.
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- S Arrowsmith
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Lindholm ES, Altman D. Risk of obstetric anal sphincter lacerations among obese women. BJOG 2013; 120:1110-5. [DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- ES Lindholm
- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Department of Clinical Science; Karolinska Institutet at Danderyd Hospital; Stockholm; Sweden
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Mouzat K, Baron S, Marceau G, Caira F, Sapin V, Volle DH, Lumbroso S, Lobaccaro JM. Emerging roles for LXRs and LRH-1 in female reproduction. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2013; 368:47-58. [PMID: 22750099 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Revised: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Nutritional status is known to control female reproductive physiology. Many reproductive pathologies such as anorexia nervosa, dystocia and preeclampsia, have been linked to body mass index and to metabolic syndrome. Lipid metabolism has also been associated with ovarian, uterine and placental functions. Among the regulators of lipid homeostasis, the Liver X Receptors (LXRs) and the Liver Receptor Homolog-1 (LRH-1), two members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, play a central role. LXRs are sensitive to intracellular cholesterol concentration and decrease plasma cholesterol, allowing to considering them as "cholesterol sensors". LRH-1 shares many target-genes with LXRs and has been considered for a long time as a real orphan nuclear receptor, but recent findings showed that phospholipids are ligands for this nuclear receptor. Acting in concert, LXRs and LRH-1 could thus be sensitive to slight modifications in cellular lipid balance, tightly maintaining their cellular concentrations. These last years, the use of transgenic mice clarified the roles of these nuclear receptors in many physiological functions. This review will be focused on the roles of LXRs and LRH-1 on female reproduction. Their contribution to ovarian endocrine and exocrine functions, as well as uterine and placental physiology will be discussed. The future challenge will thus be to target these nuclear receptors to prevent lipid-associated reproductive diseases in women.
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- Kevin Mouzat
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes, Hôpital Carémeau, Place du Pr. Robert Debré, F-30029 Nimes, France.
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Membrane cholesterol affects stimulus-activity coupling in type 1, but not type 2, CCK receptors: use of cell lines with elevated cholesterol. Lipids 2013; 48:231-44. [PMID: 23306829 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-012-3744-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The lipid microenvironment of membrane proteins can affect their structure, function, and regulation. We recently described differential effects of acute modification of membrane cholesterol on the function of type 1 and 2 cholecystokinin (CCK) receptors. We now explore the regulatory impact of chronic cholesterol modification on these receptors using novel receptor-bearing cell lines with elevated membrane cholesterol. Stable CCK1R and CCK2R expression was established in clonal lines of 25RA cells having gain-of-function in SCAP [sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP) cleavage-activating protein] and SRD15 cells having deficiencies in Insig-1 and Insig-2 enzymes affecting HMG CoA reductase and SREBP. Increased cholesterol in the plasma membrane of these cells was directly demonstrated, and receptor binding and signaling characteristics were shown to reflect predicted effects on receptor function. In both environments, both types of CCK receptors were internalized and recycled normally in response to agonist occupation. No differences in receptor distribution within the membrane were appreciated at the light microscopic level in these CHO-derived cell lines. Fluorescence anisotropy was studied for these receptors occupied by fluorescent agonist and antagonist, as well as when tagged with YFP. These studies demonstrated increased anisotropy of the agonist ligand occupying the active state of the CCK1R in a cholesterol-enriched environment, mimicking fluorescence of the uncoupled, inactive state of this receptor, while there was no effect of increasing cholesterol on fluorescence at the CCK2R. These cell lines should be quite useful for examining the functional characteristics of potential drugs that might be used in an abnormal lipid environment.
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Chin JR, Henry E, Holmgren CM, Varner MW, Branch DW. Maternal obesity and contraction strength in the first stage of labor. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012; 207:129.e1-6. [PMID: 22840723 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Revised: 04/22/2012] [Accepted: 06/18/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether maternal obesity is associated with cesarean delivery and decreased contraction strength in the first stage of labor. STUDY DESIGN We studied a retrospective cohort of women who delivered within a single healthcare system from 2007-2009; we included 5410 women with an intrauterine pressure catheter during the last 2 hours of the first stage of labor and who either had a vaginal delivery or cesarean delivery for dystocia. Logistic regression was used to determine how body mass index was associated with cesarean delivery or mean Montevideo units of ≥200. RESULTS Although obese women were at significantly greater odds of cesarean delivery than normal-weight women (odds ratio, 2.4; 95% confidence interval, 1.9-3.1), they were equally able to achieve Montevideo units of ≥200. Among women with a vaginal delivery, obese women had a longer first stage of labor compared with normal-weight women (597 vs 566 min; P = .003). CONCLUSION Obese women have longer labors but are equally able to achieve adequate Montevideo units as normal-weight women.
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Metz VV, Kojro E, Rat D, Postina R. Induction of RAGE shedding by activation of G protein-coupled receptors. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41823. [PMID: 22860017 PMCID: PMC3408481 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The multiligand Receptor for Advanced Glycation End products (RAGE) is involved in various pathophysiological processes, including diabetic inflammatory conditions and Alzheimes disease. Full-length RAGE, a cell surface-located type I membrane protein, can proteolytically be converted by metalloproteinases ADAM10 and MMP9 into a soluble RAGE form. Moreover, administration of recombinant soluble RAGE suppresses activation of cell surface-located RAGE by trapping RAGE ligands. Therefore stimulation of RAGE shedding might have a therapeutic value regarding inflammatory diseases. We aimed to investigate whether RAGE shedding is inducible via ligand-induced activation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). We chose three different GPCRs coupled to distinct signaling cascades: the V2 vasopressin receptor (V2R) activating adenylyl cyclase, the oxytocin receptor (OTR) linked to phospholipase Cβ, and the PACAP receptor (subtype PAC1) coupled to adenylyl cyclase, phospholipase Cβ, calcium signaling and MAP kinases. We generated HEK cell lines stably coexpressing an individual GPCR and full-length RAGE and then investigated GPCR ligand-induced activation of RAGE shedding. We found metalloproteinase-mediated RAGE shedding on the cell surface to be inducible via ligand-specific activation of all analyzed GPCRs. By using specific inhibitors we have identified Ca2+ signaling, PKCα/PKCβI, CaMKII, PI3 kinases and MAP kinases to be involved in PAC1 receptor-induced RAGE shedding. We detected an induction of calcium signaling in all our cell lines coexpressing RAGE and different GPCRs after agonist treatment. However, we did not disclose a contribution of adenylyl cyclase in RAGE shedding induction. Furthermore, by using a selective metalloproteinase inhibitor and siRNA-mediated knock-down approaches, we show that ADAM10 and/or MMP9 are playing important roles in constitutive and PACAP-induced RAGE shedding. We also found that treatment of mice with PACAP increases the amount of soluble RAGE in the mouse lung. Our findings suggest that pharmacological stimulation of RAGE shedding might open alternative treatment strategies for Alzheimeŕs disease and diabetes-induced inflammation.
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- Verena V. Metz
- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Kim PY, Zhong M, Kim YS, Sanborn BM, Allen KGD. Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids alter oxytocin signaling and receptor density in cultured pregnant human myometrial smooth muscle cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41708. [PMID: 22848573 PMCID: PMC3406084 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Epidemiological studies and interventional clinical trials indicate that consumption of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC n-3 PUFA) such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) lengthen gestational duration. Although the mechanisms are not well understood, prostaglandins (PG) of the 2-series are known to play a role in the initiation and progress of labor. In animal studies, modest DHA provision has been shown to reduce placental and uterine PGE(2) and PGF(2α), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 expression, and placental collagenase activity. However, modulation of PG biosynthesis may not account for all the effects of LC n-3 PUFAs in labor. We investigated one potential PG-independent mechanism of LC PUFA action using cultured pregnant human myometrial smooth muscle cells. Our goal was to characterize the effect of LC PUFA treatment on oxytocin signaling, a potent uterotonic hormone involved in labor. The addition of 10 µM-100 µM DHA or arachidonic acid (AA) to the culture media for 48 h resulted in dose dependent enrichment of these fatty acids in membrane lipid. DHA and AA significantly inhibited phosphatidylinositol turnover and [Ca(2+)](i) mobilization with oxytocin stimulation compared to bovine serum albumin control and equimolar oleic acid. DHA and AA significantly reduced oxytocin receptor membrane concentration without altering binding affinity or rate of receptor internalization. These findings demonstrate a role for LC n-3 PUFAs in regulation of oxytocin signaling and provide new insight into additional mechanisms pertaining to reports of dietary fish and fish oil consumption prolonging gestation.
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- Paul Y. Kim
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Arrowsmith S, Robinson H, Noble K, Wray S. What do we know about what happens to myometrial function as women age? J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2012; 33:209-17. [PMID: 22644420 PMCID: PMC3413813 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-012-9300-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Much has been written about the effects of aging on reproductive function, especially female fertility. Much less is known about how aging may affect the contractility of the smooth muscle within the uterus, the myometrium. The myometrium is active through a woman’s entire life, not just during pregnancy. Here we will discuss briefly the contractile functions of the uterus and the changes it undergoes throughout the stages of a woman’s life from menstruation and the menopause, before evaluating the evidence for any changes in myometrial contractility and responses as women age, with a particular focus on women of advanced maternal age. We present original contractility analysis for the widest data set for human myometrium so far examined, and determine inherent spontaneous activity as well as responses to depolarisation and stimulation with oxytocin. Our data show that in the non-pregnant state there is a significant decrease in contractility for both spontaneous and depolarised-induced contractions, with age. We suggest that muscle atrophy and down regulation of Ca channels may account for this. Interestingly in pregnant myometrium we found a wide range of contractile ability between women and little evidence for decreased spontaneous activity between the ages of 25–40. Oxytocin responses appear to be more affected by aging, a finding that is consistent with previously reported clinical findings, and may partly be the result of membrane lipids such as cholesterol, increasing as women age. The marked differences between the age-related decline of force beyond age 30 in non-pregnant uterus, and the lack of difference in the pregnant state over this period, shows that the uterus retains its ability to respond to gestational hormones. The growth of the pregnant uterus and increase in content of myofibrillar proteins, may abolish any previous age-related force deficit. This finding is consistent with what is apparent for postmenopausal women in their 50s and 60s; that with the appropriate hormonal stimulation the uterus can allow an embryo to implant, and then without further intervention, carry the foetus to term. It is tempting therefore to speculate that unlike other well documented declines in female reproductive functions with age, the myometrium remains able to function into a woman’s 7th decade.
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- Sarah Arrowsmith
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
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Wiegand V, Gimpl G. Specification of the cholesterol interaction with the oxytocin receptor using a chimeric receptor approach. Eur J Pharmacol 2012; 676:12-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Revised: 11/14/2011] [Accepted: 11/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Potter RM, Harikumar KG, Wu SV, Miller LJ. Differential sensitivity of types 1 and 2 cholecystokinin receptors to membrane cholesterol. J Lipid Res 2011; 53:137-48. [PMID: 22021636 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m020065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Recent studies indicate that membrane cholesterol can associate with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and affect their function. Previously, we reported that manipulation of membrane cholesterol affects ligand binding and signal transduction of the type 1 cholecystokinin receptor (CCK1R), a Class A GPCR. We now demonstrate that the closely related type 2 cholecystokinin receptor (CCK2R) does not share this cholesterol sensitivity. The sequences of both receptors reveal almost identical cholesterol interaction motifs in analogous locations in transmembrane segments two, three, four, and five. The disparity in cholesterol sensitivity between these receptors, despite their close structural relationship, provides a unique opportunity to define the possible structural basis of cholesterol sensitivity of CCK1R. To evaluate the relative contributions of different regions of CCK1R to cholesterol sensitivity, we performed ligand binding studies and biological activity assays of wild-type and CCK2R/CCK1R chimeric receptor-bearing Chinese hamster ovary cells after manipulation of membrane cholesterol. We also extended these studies to site-directed mutations within the cholesterol interaction motifs. The results contribute to a better understanding of the structural requirements for cholesterol sensitivity in CCK1R and provides insight into the function of other cholesterol-sensitive Class A GPCRs.
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- Ross M Potter
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
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Recent studies suggest that cholesterol binding is widespread among GPCRs (G-protein-coupled receptors). In the present study, we analysed putative cholesterol-induced changes in the OTR [OT (oxytocin) receptor], a prototype of cholesterol-interacting GPCRs. For this purpose, we have created recombinant OTRs that are able to bind two small-sized fluorescence-labelled ligands simultaneously. An OTR antagonist was chosen as one of the ligands. To create a second ligand-binding site, a small-sized α-BTB (bungarotoxin binding) site was inserted at the N-terminus or within the third extracellular loop of the OTR. All receptor constructs were functionally active and bound both ligands with high affinity in the nanomolar range. Measurements of the quenching behaviour, fluorescence anisotropy and energy transfer of both receptor-bound ligands were performed to monitor receptor states at various cholesterol concentrations. The quenching studies suggested no major changes in the molecular environment of the fluorophores in response to cholesterol. The fluorescence anisotropy data indicated that cholesterol affects the dynamics or orientation of the antagonist. The energy transfer efficiency between both ligands clearly increased with increasing cholesterol. Overall, cholesterol induced both a changed orientation and a decreased distance of the receptor-bound ligands, suggesting a more compact receptor state in association with cholesterol.
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Reiss K, Cornelsen I, Husmann M, Gimpl G, Bhakdi S. Unsaturated fatty acids drive disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM)-dependent cell adhesion, proliferation, and migration by modulating membrane fluidity. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:26931-42. [PMID: 21642425 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.243485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The disintegrin-metalloproteinases ADAM10 and ADAM17 mediate the release of several cell signaling molecules and cell adhesion molecules such as vascular endothelial cadherin or L-selectin affecting endothelial permeability and leukocyte transmigration. Dysregulation of ADAM activity may contribute to the pathogenesis of vascular diseases, but the mechanisms underlying the control of ADAM functions are still incompletely understood. Atherosclerosis is characterized by lipid plaque formation and local accumulation of unsaturated free fatty acids (FFA). Here, we show that unsaturated FFA increase ADAM-mediated substrate cleavage. We demonstrate that these alterations are not due to genuine changes in enzyme activity, but correlate with changes in membrane fluidity as revealed by measurement of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene fluorescence anisotropy and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analyses. ELISA and immunoblot experiments conducted with granulocytes, endothelial cells, and keratinocytes revealed rapid increase of ectodomain shedding of ADAM10 and ADAM17 substrates upon membrane fluidization. Large amounts of unsaturated FFA may be liberated from cholesteryl esters in LDL that is entrapped in atherosclerotic lesions. Incubation of cells with thus modified LDL resulted in rapid cleavage of ADAM substrates with corresponding functional consequences on cell proliferation, cell migration, and endothelial permeability, events of high significance in atherogenesis. We propose that FFA represent critical regulators of ADAM function that may assume relevance in many biological settings through their influence on mobility of enzyme and substrate in lipid bilayers.
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- Karina Reiss
- Department of Dermatology, Christian-Albrecht University Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany.
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Davis TL, Bott RC, Slough TL, Bruemmer JE, Niswender GD. Progesterone inhibits oxytocin- and prostaglandin F2alpha-stimulated increases in intracellular calcium concentrations in small and large ovine luteal cells. Biol Reprod 2010; 82:282-8. [PMID: 19812299 PMCID: PMC2809223 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.079970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 07/25/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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There is increasing evidence that the corpus luteum has an important role in regulating its own demise. A series of experiments was performed to study the effects of luteal concentrations of progesterone on the functions of steroidogenic luteal cells. In the first experiment, steroidogenic small luteal cells (SLCs) were separated from endothelial cells, and it was determined that it was the SLCs that contained receptors for oxytocin. Treatment with progesterone (95 muM) for as little as 1 h decreased (P < 0.05) the percentage of SLCs responding to oxytocin (10 muM) with an increase in intracellular concentrations of calcium, and this effect continued for the duration of the experiment. In a second experiment, the response to oxytocin was increased (P < 0.05) by 3 h (but not 1 h) following progesterone removal, with a further increase by 16 h. The ability of 1 muM prostaglandin F(2 alpha) (PGF(2 alpha)) to increase intracellular concentrations of calcium was also decreased (P < 0.05) by progesterone treatment. By 3 h following removal of progesterone, the percentage of steroidogenic large luteal cells (LLCs) responding to PGF(2 alpha) was increased and not different from that observed in cells 16 h after progesterone removal. Finally, cyclodextrins (methyl-beta cyclodextrin [M beta CD]) were used to remove cholesterol from the plasma membrane of luteal cells, and M beta CD loaded with cholesterol was used to put cholesterol back into the plasma membrane of progesterone-treated cells. Treatment with M beta CD reduced (P < 0.05) the responsiveness of SLCs to oxytocin and LLCs to PGF(2 alpha). Use of cholesterol-loaded M beta CD returned the responsiveness of both SLCs and LLCs treated with progesterone to that observed in vehicle (no progesterone)-treated controls. In summary, intraluteal concentrations of progesterone inhibit the ability of oxytocin to increase intracellular concentrations of calcium in SLCs and the ability of PGF(2 alpha) to increase intracellular concentrations of calcium in LLCs. The highest concentration of progesterone appears to act by influencing cholesterol content of the luteal cell membranes.
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- Tracy L Davis
- Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
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We have recently shown that an entire oxytocin (OT) system, a peptide and its cognate receptors, is synthesized in the heart. In fetal and newborn hearts, OT exists in its extended three-amino acid form, OT-Gly-Lys-Arg (OT-GKR). OT translocates glucose transporter type 4 to the plasma membrane in human endothelial cells. Therefore, we hypothesized that the cardiac OT/OT-GKR system may be involved in the regulation of myocardial glucose uptake in physiological conditions and during metabolic stress such as hypoxia. Primary cultures of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (CM) and cardiac progenitor cells expressing ATP-binding cassette efflux transporter G2 transporter (stem cell marker) were studied. OT (10 nm) increased basal glucose uptake in CM to 4.0 +/- 0.2 fmol/mg protein, with OT-GKR (10 nm) elevating it to 5.3 +/- 0.4 fmol/mg protein (P < 0.001) in comparison with 2.2 fmol/mg in control cells. OT had a moderate synergistic effect with 0.1 mm 2,4-dinitrophenol, augmenting basal glucose uptake to 5.5 +/- 0.5 fmol/mg. OT-GKR (10 nm) was even more potent in combination with 2,4-dinitrophenol, increasing glucose uptake to 9.0 +/- 1.0 fmol/mg. Wortmannin (0.1 microm), an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase, significantly suppressed the effect of OT and insulin (10 nm) (P < 0.001), indicating common pathways. Our data suggest that OT and OT-GKR influence glucose uptake in neonatal rat CM and may thus play a role in the maintenance of cardiac function and cell survival during metabolic stress.
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- Maria Florian
- Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôtel-Dieu, Pavillon Masson, 3850 Saint-Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Cholesterol is a major constituent of the plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells. It regulates the physical state of the phospholipid bilayer and is crucially involved in the formation of membrane microdomains. Cholesterol also affects the activity of several membrane proteins, and is the precursor for steroid hormones and bile acids. Here, methods are described that are used to explore the binding and/or interaction of proteins to cholesterol. For this purpose, a variety of cholesterol probes bearing radio-, spin-, photoaffinity- or fluorescent labels are currently available. Examples of proven cholesterol binding molecules are polyene compounds, cholesterol-dependent cytolysins, enzymes accepting cholesterol as substrate, and proteins with cholesterol binding motifs. Main topics of this report are the localization of candidate membrane proteins in cholesterol-rich microdomains, the issue of specificity of cholesterol- protein interactions, and applications of the various cholesterol probes for these studies.
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- Gerald Gimpl
- Institut für Biochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Johann-Joachim-Becherweg 30, Mainz, Germany.
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Lopez A, Salomé L. Membrane functional organisation and dynamic of mu-opioid receptors. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 66:2093-108. [PMID: 19300905 PMCID: PMC11115522 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2008] [Revised: 02/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The activation and signalling activity of the membrane mu-opioid receptor (MOP-R) involve interactions among the receptor, G-proteins, effectors and many other membrane or cytosolic proteins. Decades of investigation have led to identification of the main biochemical processes, but the mechanisms governing the successive protein-protein interactions have yet to be established. We will need to unravel the dynamic membrane organisation of this complex and multifaceted molecular machinery if we are to understand these mechanisms. Here, we review and discuss advances in our understanding of the signalling mechanism of MOP-R resulting from biochemical or biophysical studies of the organisation of this receptor in the plasma membrane.
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- André Lopez
- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, France
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, 31077 Toulouse, France
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McIntosh AL, Atshaves BP, Huang H, Gallegos AM, Kier AB, Schroeder F. Fluorescence techniques using dehydroergosterol to study cholesterol trafficking. Lipids 2008; 43:1185-208. [PMID: 18536950 PMCID: PMC2606672 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-008-3194-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cholesterol itself has very few structural/chemical features suitable for real-time imaging in living cells. Thus, the advent of dehydroergosterol [ergosta-5,7,9(11),22-tetraen-3beta-ol, DHE] the fluorescent sterol most structurally and functionally similar to cholesterol to date, has proven to be a major asset for real-time probing/elucidating the sterol environment and intracellular sterol trafficking in living organisms. DHE is a naturally occurring, fluorescent sterol analog that faithfully mimics many of the properties of cholesterol. Because these properties are very sensitive to sterol structure and degradation, such studies require the use of extremely pure (>98%) quantities of fluorescent sterol. DHE is readily bound by cholesterol-binding proteins, is incorporated into lipoproteins (from the diet of animals or by exchange in vitro), and for real-time imaging studies is easily incorporated into cultured cells where it co-distributes with endogenous sterol. Incorporation from an ethanolic stock solution to cell culture media is effective, but this process forms an aqueous dispersion of DHE crystals which can result in endocytic cellular uptake and distribution into lysosomes which is problematic in imaging DHE at the plasma membrane of living cells. In contrast, monomeric DHE can be incorporated from unilamellar vesicles by exchange/fusion with the plasma membrane or from DHE-methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (DHE-MbetaCD) complexes by exchange with the plasma membrane. Both of the latter techniques can deliver large quantities of monomeric DHE with significant distribution into the plasma membrane. The properties and behavior of DHE in protein-binding, lipoproteins, model membranes, biological membranes, lipid rafts/caveolae, and real-time imaging in living cells indicate that this naturally occurring fluorescent sterol is a useful mimic for probing the properties of cholesterol in these systems.
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- Avery L. McIntosh
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Texas A&M University, TVMC College Station, TX 77843-4466
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Texas A&M University, TVMC College Station, TX 77843-4466
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Texas A&M University, TVMC College Station, TX 77843-4466
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- Department of Pathobiology Texas A&M University, TVMC College Station, TX 77843-4467
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- Department of Pathobiology Texas A&M University, TVMC College Station, TX 77843-4467
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology Texas A&M University, TVMC College Station, TX 77843-4466
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Orcel H, Albizu L, Perkovska S, Durroux T, Mendre C, Ansanay H, Mouillac B, Rabié A. Differential coupling of the vasopressin V1b receptor through compartmentalization within the plasma membrane. Mol Pharmacol 2008; 75:637-47. [PMID: 19047484 DOI: 10.1124/mol.108.049031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We show here that the rat vasopressin V(1b) receptor simultaneously activates both the G(q/11)-inositol phosphate (IP) and G(s)-cAMP pathways when transiently expressed in Chinese hamster ovary, human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293, and COS-7 cells and stimulated with arginine-vasopressin. Higher concentrations of the hormone, however, were needed to trigger the cAMP pathway. The nonmammalian analog arginine-vasotocin and the selective V(1b) agonist d[Cha(4)]vasopressin also activated the cAMP and IP pathways, although d[Cha(4)]-vasopressin elicited the two responses with equivalent potencies. We determined that the V(1b) receptor is present as a homodimer at the plasma membrane. Treatment of V(1b)-transfected HEK-293 cells with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, a drug known to dissociate cholesterol-rich domains of the plasma membrane, shifted the EC(50) of the vasopressin-induced cAMP accumulation to lower concentrations and, remarkably, increased the hormone efficacy related to the activation of this second messenger system. In parallel, the vasopressin-mediated activation of the IP pathway was slightly reduced without modification of its EC(50). These results suggest that, as with many other G protein-coupled receptors, when transfected in heterologous cell systems, the V(1b) receptor forms dimers that signal differentially through the G(q/11) and G(s) proteins depending on the nature of the ligand as well as on its localization within specialized compartments of the plasma membrane. The present study thus illustrates how signal transduction associated with the activation of a G protein-coupled receptor can be versatile and highly dependent on both the cell context and the chemical nature of the extracellular signaling messenger.
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- Hélène Orcel
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5203, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France
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McIntosh AL, Atshaves BP, Gallegos AM, Storey SM, Reibenspies JH, Kier AB, Meyer E, Schroeder F. Structure of dehydroergosterol monohydrate and interaction with sterol carrier protein-2. Lipids 2008; 43:1165-84. [PMID: 19020914 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-008-3267-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Dehydroergosterol [ergosta-5,7,9(11),22-tetraen-3beta-ol] is a naturally-occurring, fluorescent sterol utilized extensively to probe membrane cholesterol distribution, cholesterol-protein interactions, and intracellular cholesterol transport both in vitro and in vivo. In aqueous solutions, the low solubility of dehydroergosterol results in the formation of monohydrate crystals similar to cholesterol. Low temperature X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that dehydroergosterol monohydrate crystallizes in the space group P2(1) with four molecules in the unit cell and monoclinic crystal parameters a = 9.975(1) A, b = 7.4731(9) A, c = 34.054(4) A, and beta = 92.970(2) degrees somewhat similar to ergosterol monohydrate. The molecular arrangement is in a slightly closer packed bilayer structure resembling cholesterol monohydrate. Since dehydroergosterol fluorescence emission undergoes a quantum yield enhancement and red-shift of its maximum wavelength when crystallized, formation or disruption of microcrystals was monitored with high sensitivity using cuvette-based spectroscopy and multi-photon laser scanning imaging microscopy. This manuscript reports on the dynamical effect of sterol carrier protein-2 (SCP-2) interacting between aqueous dispersions of dehydroergosterol monohydrate microcrystal donors and acceptors consisting not only of model membranes but also vesicles derived from plasma membranes isolated by biochemical fractionation and affinity purification from Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Furthermore, this study provides real-time measurements of the effect of increased SCP-2 levels on the rate of disappearance of dehydroergosterol microcrystals in living cells.
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- Avery L McIntosh
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, TVMC, College Station, TX 77843-4466, USA
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Gaibelet G, Millot C, Lebrun C, Ravault S, Sauliere A, Andre A, Lagane B, Lopez A. Cholesterol content drives distinct pharmacological behaviours of micro-opioid receptor in different microdomains of the CHO plasma membrane. Mol Membr Biol 2008; 25:423-35. [PMID: 18651319 DOI: 10.1080/09687680802203380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cholesterol in the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells contributes to modulating the functions and signalling pathways of numerous transmembrane proteins, including G protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs). We have previously shown that the function of the human micro-opioid receptor (hMOR) expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is modulated by sterols including cholesterol. Here, we investigated the effects of cholesterol content on hMOR pharmacology and on hMOR partitioning in cholesterol-poor and -rich domains in eukaryotic mammalian cells (CHO). We show that cholesterol is required for the stabilization of a receptor conformation with high agonist affinity and for triggering G-protein activation after agonist binding to the receptor. Biochemical analysis of untreated and cholesterol-depleted membranes in cells expressing hMOR indicated that the receptor is only present in cholesterol poor domains, in the basal state. After agonist binding to untreated CHO membranes, two distinct populations of receptor were found in cholesterol-rich and -poor domains. Cholesterol depletion or treatment of CHO membranes with the G-protein-decoupling agent GppNHp prevented the redistribution, indicating that receptor activated states localized into cholesterol-rich domains. Pharmacological data and biochemical analysis indicate that distinct activated conformations of hMOR exist in CHO plasma membrane and correspond to microdomains differing by thickness and proportions of lipid components, including cholesterol.
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- G Gaibelet
- Université de Toulouse, Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, Toulouse, France
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Zhong M, Murtazina DA, Phillips J, Ku CY, Sanborn BM. Multiple signals regulate phospholipase CBeta3 in human myometrial cells. Biol Reprod 2008; 78:1007-17. [PMID: 18322273 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.064485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Phospholipase CB3 (PLCB3) serine(1105) (S(1105)), a substrate for multiple protein kinases, represents a potential point of convergence of several signaling pathways in the myometrium. To explore this hypothesis, the regulation of PLCB3-S(1105) phosphorylation (P-S(1105)) was studied in immortalized and primary human myometrial cells. 8-[4-chlorophenylthio] (CPT)-cAMP and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CALCA) transiently increased P-S(1105). Relaxin also stimulated P-S(1105); this effect was partially blocked by the protein kinase A (PRKA) inhibitor, Rp-8-CPT-cAMPS. Oxytocin, which stimulates Galphaq-mediated pathways, also rapidly increased P-S(1105), as did prostaglandin F2alpha and ATP. Oxytocin-stimulated phosphorylation was blocked by protein kinase C (PRKC) inhibitor Go6976 and by pretreatment overnight with a phorbol ester. Cypermethrin, a PP2B phosphatase inhibitor, but not okadaic acid, a PP1/PP2A inhibitor, prolonged the effect of CALCA on P-S(1105), whereas the reverse was the case for the oxytocin-stimulated increase in P-S(1105). PLCB3 was the predominant PLC isoform expressed in the myometrial cells and PLCB3 short hairpin RNA constructs significantly attenuated oxytocin-stimulated increases in intracellular calcium. oxytocin-induced phosphatidylinositol (PI) turnover was inhibited by CPT-cAMP and okadaic acid, but was enhanced by pretreatment with Go6976. CPT-cAMP inhibited oxytocin-stimulated PI turnover in the presence of overexpressed PLCB3, but not overexpressed PLCB3-S(1105)A. These data demonstrate that both negative crosstalk from the cAMP/PRKA pathway and a negative feedback loop in the oxytocin/G protein/PLCB pathway involving PRKC operate in myometrial cells and suggest that different protein phosphatases predominate in mediating P-S(1105) dephosphorylation in these pathways. The integration of multiple signal components at the level of PLCB3 may be important to its function in the myometrium.
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- Miao Zhong
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Charalambous C, Gsandtner I, Keuerleber S, Milan-Lobo L, Kudlacek O, Freissmuth M, Zezula J. Restricted collision coupling of the A2A receptor revisited: evidence for physical separation of two signaling cascades. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:9276-88. [PMID: 18218631 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m706275200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The A(2A)-adenosine receptor is a prototypical G(s) protein-coupled receptor but stimulates MAPK/ERK in a G(s)-independent way. The A(2A) receptor has long been known to undergo restricted collision coupling with G(s); the mechanistic basis for this mode of coupling has remained elusive. Here we visualized agonist-induced changes in mobility of the yellow fluorescent protein-tagged receptor by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching microscopy. Stimulation with a specific A(2A) receptor agonist did not affect receptor mobility. In contrast, stimulation with dopamine decreased the mobility of the D(2) receptor. When coexpressed in the same cell, the A(2A) receptor precluded the agonist-induced change in D(2) receptor mobility. Thus, the A(2A) receptor did not only undergo restricted collision coupling, but it also restricted the mobility of the D(2) receptor. Restricted mobility was not due to tethering to the actin cytoskeleton but was, in part, related to the cholesterol content of the membrane. Depletion of cholesterol increased receptor mobility but blunted activation of adenylyl cyclase, which was accounted for by impaired formation of the ternary complex of agonist, receptor, and G protein. These observations support the conclusion that the A(2A) receptor engages G(s) and thus signals to adenylyl cyclase in cholesterol-rich domains of the membrane. In contrast, stimulation of MAPK by the A(2A) receptor was not impaired. These findings are consistent with a model where the recruitment of these two pathways occurs in physically segregated membrane microdomains. Thus, the A(2A) receptor is the first example of a G protein-coupled receptor documented to select signaling pathways in a manner dependent on the lipid microenvironment of the membrane.
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- Christoforos Charalambous
- Institute of Pharmacology, Center of Biomolecular Medicine and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 13a, Vienna, Austria
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Kendrick A, Quenby S, Wray S. Contractility and calcium signaling of human myometrium are profoundly affected by cholesterol manipulation: implications for labor? Reprod Sci 2007; 14:456-66. [PMID: 17913965 DOI: 10.1177/1933719107306229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The authors elucidate cholesterol's effect on human uterine contractility and calcium signaling to test the hypotheses that elevation of cholesterol decreases uterine activity and that oxytocin cannot augment contraction when cholesterol is elevated. The effects of cholesterol extraction with methyl beta-cyclodextrin and enrichment with low-density lipoproteins and cholesterol on contractile activity and intracellular calcium signaling in spontaneous or oxytocin-stimulated myometrium are determined. Force occurring spontaneously and with oxytocin is significantly increased by cholesterol extraction. Cholesterol enrichment profoundly inhibits force production in a dose-dependent manner and could reverse the effects of cholesterol extraction. Qualitatively similar results are found for nonpregnant and pregnant laboring and non-laboring myometrium. These contractile changes are related to changes in intracellular Ca2+ . Thus, elevated cholesterol is deleterious to contractility and Ca2+ signaling in human myometrium. Cholesterol may contribute to uterine quiescence but could cause difficulties in labor in obese/dyslipidemic women, consistent with their increased cesarean delivery rates.
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Storey SM, Gallegos AM, Atshaves BP, McIntosh AL, Martin GG, Parr RD, Landrock KK, Kier AB, Ball JM, Schroeder F. Selective cholesterol dynamics between lipoproteins and caveolae/lipid rafts. Biochemistry 2007; 46:13891-906. [PMID: 17990854 DOI: 10.1021/bi700690s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Although low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-mediated cholesterol uptake through clathrin-coated pits is now well understood, the molecular details and organizing principles for selective cholesterol uptake/efflux (reverse cholesterol transport, RCT) from peripheral cells remain to be resolved. It is not yet completely clear whether RCT between serum lipoproteins and the plasma membrane occurs primarily through lipid rafts/caveolae or from non-raft domains. To begin to address these issues, lipid raft/caveolae-, caveolae-, and non-raft-enriched fractions were resolved from purified plasma membranes isolated from L-cell fibroblasts and MDCK cells by detergent-free affinity chromatography and compared with detergent-resistant membranes isolated from the same cells. Fluorescent sterol exchange assays between lipoproteins (VLDL, LDL, HDL, apoA1) and these enriched domains provided new insights into supporting the role of lipid rafts/caveolae and caveolae in plasma membrane/lipoprotein cholesterol dynamics: (i) lipids known to be translocated through caveolae were detected (cholesteryl ester, triacylglycerol) and/or enriched (cholesterol, phospholipid) in lipid raft/caveolae fractions; (ii) lipoprotein-mediated sterol uptake/efflux from lipid rafts/caveolae and caveolae was rapid and lipoprotein specific, whereas that from non-rafts was very slow and independent of lipoprotein class; and (iii) the rate and lipoprotein specificity of sterol efflux from lipid rafts/caveolae or caveolae to lipoprotein acceptors in vitro was slower and differed in specificity from that in intact cells-consistent with intracellular factors contributing significantly to cholesterol dynamics between the plasma membrane and lipoproteins.
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- Stephen M Storey
- Department of Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, TVMC College Station, Texas 77843-4467, USA
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Schroeder F, Atshaves BP, McIntosh AL, Gallegos AM, Storey SM, Parr RD, Jefferson JR, Ball JM, Kier AB. Sterol carrier protein-2: new roles in regulating lipid rafts and signaling. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2007; 1771:700-18. [PMID: 17543577 PMCID: PMC1989133 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2007.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Revised: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 04/03/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Sterol carrier protein-2 (SCP-2) was independently discovered as a soluble protein that binds and transfers cholesterol as well as phospholipids (nonspecific lipid transfer protein, nsLTP) in vitro. Physiological functions of this protein are only now beginning to be resolved. The gene encoding SCP-2 also encodes sterol carrier protein-x (SCP-x) arising from an alternate transcription site. In vitro and in vivo SCP-x serves as a peroxisomal 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase in oxidation of branched-chain lipids (cholesterol to form bile acids; branched-chain fatty acid for detoxification). While peroxisomal SCP-2 facilitates branched-chain lipid oxidation, the role(s) of extraperoxisomal (up to 50% of total) are less clear. Studies using transfected fibroblasts overexpressing SCP-2 and hepatocytes from SCP-2/SCP-x gene-ablated mice reveal that SCP-2 selectively remodels the lipid composition, structure, and function of lipid rafts/caveolae. Studies of purified SCP-2 and in cells show that SCP-2 has high affinity for and selectively transfers many lipid species involved in intracellular signaling: fatty acids, fatty acyl CoAs, lysophosphatidic acid, phosphatidylinositols, and sphingolipids (sphingomyelin, ceramide, mono-di-and multi-hexosylceramides, gangliosides). SCP-2 selectively redistributes these signaling lipids between lipid rafts/caveolae and intracellular sites. These findings suggest SCP-2 serves not only in cholesterol and phospholipid transfer, but also in regulating multiple lipid signaling pathways in lipid raft/caveolae microdomains of the plasma membrane.
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- Friedhelm Schroeder
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, TVMC, College Station, TX 77843-4466, USA.
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Sanborn BM. Hormonal signaling and signal pathway crosstalk in the control of myometrial calcium dynamics. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2007; 18:305-14. [PMID: 17627855 PMCID: PMC2000447 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 05/03/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Understanding the basis for the control of myometrial contractant and relaxant signaling pathways is important to understanding how to manage myometrial contractions. Signaling pathways are influenced by the level of expression of the signals and signal pathway components, the location of these components in the appropriate subcellular environment, and covalent modification. Crosstalk between these pathways regulates the effectiveness of signal transduction and represents an important way by which hormones can regulate phenotype. This review deals primarily with signaling pathways that control Ca2+ entry and intracellular release, as well as the interplay between these pathways.
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- Barbara M Sanborn
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1680, USA.
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Kalipatnapu S, Chattopadhyay A, Pucadyil T. Membrane Organization and Dynamics of the Serotonin 1A Receptor Monitored Using Fluorescence Microscopic Approaches. Front Neurosci 2007. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420005752.ch3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Kim M, Christofi FL, Xue J, Robinson JM, Cooke HJ. Mechanically evoked 5-hydroxytryptamine release is mediated by caveolin-associated cholesterol rich membrane domains. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2007; 19:309-17. [PMID: 17391247 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.00912.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) from enterochromaffin cells activates neural reflexes that govern intestinal motility and secretion. Mechanical stimulation of human enterochromaffin cell-derived BON cells activates a G alpha q-signalling pathway coupled to 5-HT release. Molecular mechanisms identifying elements of mechanosensory transduction are unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the role of caveolin and caveolin-associated cholesterol rich microdomains in mechanically stimulated 5-HT release from BON cells. Caveolin-1 transcripts and immunofluorescence were found in BON cells. In the static state, caveolins-1 and -2 co-precipitated with G alpha q in cholesterol rich cell fractions, but not with G alpha s, G alpha i/o and G beta. Mechanical stimulation transiently uncoupled G alpha q from caveolin-1 and increased 5-HT release. Disassembly of caveolin-associated membrane microdomains by filipin or by cholesterol depletion with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin decreased mechanically evoked 5-HT release. These results suggest that caveolin and caveolin-associated cholesterol rich membrane microdomains are key regulators in mechanically evoked 5-HT release from enterochromaffin cells.
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- M Kim
- Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to elucidate the reason for the high rate of caesarean section in obese women. We examined the following hypotheses: (1) obese women have a high incidence of complications related to poor uterine contractility--caesarean section for dysfunctional labour and postpartum haemorrhage. 2) The myometrium from obese women has less ability to contract in vitro. DESIGN First, a clinical retrospective analysis of data from 3913 completed singleton pregnancies was performed. Secondly, in a prospective study the force, frequency and intracellular [Ca(2+)] flux of spontaneously contracting myometrium were related to the maternal body mass index. SETTING Liverpool Women's Hospital and University of Liverpool. POPULATION The clinical study involved all women who delivered in one hospital in 2002. The in vitro study myometrial biopsies were obtained from 73 women who had elective caesarean section at term. RESULTS Maternal obesity carried significant risk of caesarean section in labour that was highest for delay in the first stage of labour (OR 3.54). The increased risk of caesarean section in obese women largely occurred in women with normal- and not with high-birthweight infants. Obese women delivering vaginally had increased risk of prolonged first stage of labour and excessive blood loss. Myometrium from obese women contracted with less force and frequency and had less [Ca(2+)] flux than that from normal-weight women. CONCLUSIONS We suggest that these findings indicate that obesity may impair the ability of the uterus to contract in labour.
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- J Zhang
- Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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McIntosh AL, Atshaves BP, Huang H, Gallegos AM, Kier AB, Schroeder F, Xu H, Zhang W, Wang S, Liu JC. Multiphoton laser-scanning microscopy and spatial analysis of dehydroergosterol distributions on plasma membrane of living cells. Methods Mol Biol 2007; 398:85-105. [PMID: 18214376 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-513-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Multiphoton laser-scanning microscopy (MPLSM) imaging in combination with advanced image analysis techniques provides unique opportunities to visualize the arrangement of cholesterol in the plasma membrane (PM) of living cells. MPLSM makes possible the use of a naturally occurring sterol, dehydroergosterol (DHE), for observing sterol-enriched areas of the PM. Pure DHE has properties similar to cholesterol as observed in model and cellular membranes but with a conjugated double-bond system that fluoresces at ultraviolet wavelengths. MPLSM enables the excitation of DHE at infrared wavelengths that many laser-scanning microscopy systems are able to transmit effectively and that are less harmful to the cell. Thus, with the incorporation of DHE into living cells and the advent of MPLSM, real-time images of the cellular distribution of DHE can be obtained. In juxtaposition, notably the application of newly advanced techniques in image analysis, aids not only the identification and segmentation of sterol-rich regions of the PM of cells, but also the elucidation of the statistical nature of the observed patterns. In studies involving murine L-cell (Larpt-+K-) fibroblasts, DHE is shown to exhibit strong cluster patterns within the PM.
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- Avery L McIntosh
- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A & M University, College Station 77843, USA
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Mouzat K, Prod'Homme M, Volle DH, Sion B, Déchelotte P, Gauthier K, Vanacker JM, Lobaccaro JMA. Oxysterol nuclear receptor LXRbeta regulates cholesterol homeostasis and contractile function in mouse uterus. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:4693-4701. [PMID: 17166844 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m606718200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The uterus is an organ where lipid distribution plays a critical role for its function. Here we show that nuclear receptor for oxysterols LXRbeta prevents accumulation of cholesteryl esters in mouse myometrium by controlling expression of genes involved in cholesterol efflux and storage (abca1 and abcg1). Upon treatment with an LXR agonist that mimics activation by oxysterols, expression of these target genes was increased in wild-type mice, whereas under basal conditions, lxralpha;beta(-/-) mice exhibited a marked decrease in abcg1 accumulation. This change resulted in a phenotype of cholesteryl ester accumulation. Besides, a defect of contractile activity induced by oxytocin or PGF2alpha was observed in mice lacking LXRbeta. These results imply that LXRbeta provides a safety valve to limit cholesteryl ester levels as a basal protective mechanism in the uterus against cholesterol accumulation and is necessary for a correct induction of contractions.
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- Kevin Mouzat
- UMR CNRS 6547, "LXRs, Oxysterols, and Steroidogenic Tissues," and Research Center for Human Nutrition, 63177 Aubie`re, France
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- UMR CNRS 6547, "LXRs, Oxysterols, and Steroidogenic Tissues," and Research Center for Human Nutrition, 63177 Aubie`re, France
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- UMR CNRS 6547, "LXRs, Oxysterols, and Steroidogenic Tissues," and Research Center for Human Nutrition, 63177 Aubie`re, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement et de la Reproduction, Université d'Auvergne, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôtel Dieu, Boulevard Léon Malfreyt, 63058 Clermont-Ferrand, France, and
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- UMR CNRS 6547, "LXRs, Oxysterols, and Steroidogenic Tissues," and Research Center for Human Nutrition, 63177 Aubie`re, France.
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Gallegos AM, Storey SM, Kier AB, Schroeder F, Ball JM. Structure and cholesterol dynamics of caveolae/raft and nonraft plasma membrane domains. Biochemistry 2006; 45:12100-16. [PMID: 17002310 DOI: 10.1021/bi0602720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Despite recognition that the plasma membrane (PM) is comprised of lipid raft domains that are key organizing sites of multiple signaling pathways and other cell functions, limited information is available regarding the structure and function in sterol dynamics of these microdomains. To begin to resolve these issues, MDCK membranes were subfractionated by three different techniques to produce (i) detergent-resistant membranes (DRM) and detergent-soluble membranes (DSM), (ii) nondetergent caveolae/rafts (NDCR), and (iii) nondetergent, affinity-purified caveolae/rafts (ACR) and noncaveolae/nonrafts (NR). ACR exhibited the least cross contamination with other PM domains or intracellular membranes, in marked contrast to DRM that contained the highest level of cross contaminants. Spectral properties of dehydroergosterol (DHE), a naturally occurring fluorescent sterol, showed that ACR, NDCR, and NR did not contain crystalline sterol, consistent with the lack of crystalline sterol in PM of intact cells. In contrast, DRM contained significant levels of crystalline sterol. Fluorescence polarization of membrane probes showed that ACR were the least fluid and had the highest transbilayer fluidity gradient, the most liquid ordered phase, and the sterol dynamics most responsive to sterol carrier protein-2 (SCP-2). In contrast, DRM had structural properties similar to those of NR, anomalous (very fast) spontaneous sterol dynamics, and sterol dynamics that were unresponsive to SCP-2. Differences between the structural and functional properties of DRM and those of the nondetergent preparations (ACR and NDCR) were not due to the presence of detergent. A nondetergent, affinity-purified (ACR) lipid domain fraction isolated from MDCK cells for the first time revealed unique structural (noncrystalline sterol, liquid-ordered, high transbilayer fluidity gradient) and functional (cholesterol dynamics) properties of lipid rafts as compared to nonrafts (NR). In summary, this study showed membrane microdomains (rafts/caveolae) isolated by three different methodologies have unique structural, functional, and organizational characteristics.
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- Adalberto M Gallegos
- Department of Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, TVMC, College Station, Texas 77843-4467, USA
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Reversi A, Rimoldi V, Brambillasca S, Chini B. Effects of cholesterol manipulation on the signaling of the human oxytocin receptor. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 291:R861-9. [PMID: 16966388 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00333.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have recently shown that oxytocin inhibits cell growth when the vast majority of oxytocin receptors (OTRs) are excluded from detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs; the biochemical counterpart of lipid rafts), but has a strong mitogenic effect when the receptors are targeted to these plasma membrane domains upon fusion with caveolin-2, a resident raft protein. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the manipulation of total cell cholesterol can influence OTR localization and signaling. Our data indicate that cholesterol depletion in HEK-293 cells does not affect the signaling events mediated by the OTRs located outside DRMs. When treated with 2 mM methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD), the receptors remained outside and continued to inhibit cell growth. On the contrary, the MbetaCD treatment of cells expressing receptors fused to caveolin-2 led to their redistribution outside DRMs, and converted the receptor-mediated proliferative effect into cell growth inhibition. These data indicate that 1) once released from DRMs, the receptors fused to caveolin-2 signal exactly as wild-type OTRs and 2) their DRM location is responsible for the specific OTR signaling leading to cell proliferation. Finally, we evaluated whether cholesterol loading could force the OTRs into lipid rafts and change their signaling, but, after cell treatment with an MbetaCD/cholesterol complex, receptor stimulation continued to lead to cell growth inhibition, thus indicating that increasing cell cholesterol levels is not sufficient per se to affect OTR signaling.
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- Alessandra Reversi
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Milan, Italy
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