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Wan J, Cheng C, Li X, Zhu Y, Su H, Gong Y, Ding K, Gao X, Dang C, Li G, Jiang W, Yao LH. Lactate ameliorates palmitate-induced impairment of differentiative capacity in C2C12 cells through the activation of voltage-gated calcium channels. J Physiol Biochem 2024; 80:349-362. [PMID: 38372933 DOI: 10.1007/s13105-024-01009-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Palmitic acid (PA), a saturated fatty acid enriched in high-fat diet, has been implicated in the development of skeletal muscle regeneration dysfunction. This study aimed to examine the effects and mechanisms of lactate (Lac) treatment on PA-induced impairment of C2C12 cell differentiation capacity. Furthermore, the involvement of voltage-gated calcium channels in this context was examined. In this study, Lac could improve the PA-induced impairment of differentiative capacity in C2C12 cells by affecting Myf5, MyoD and MyoG. In addition, Lac increases the inward flow of Ca2+, and promotes the depolarization of the cell membrane potential, thereby activating voltage-gated calcium channels during C2C12 cell differentiation. The enchancement of Lac on myoblast differentiative capacity was abolished after the addition of efonidipine (voltage-gated calcium channel inhibitors). Therefore, voltage-gated calcium channels play an important role in improving PA-induced skeletal muscle regeneration disorders by exercising blood Lac. Our study showed that Lac could rescue the PA-induced impairment of differentiative capacity in C2C12 cells by affecting Myf5, MyoD and MyoG through the activation of voltage-gated calcium channels.
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- Juan Wan
- School of Sport Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Sport Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Sport Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China.
- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Sport Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China
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- School of Sport Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China.
- School of Life Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013, People's Republic of China.
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Cerchiara AG, Imbrici P, Quarta R, Cristiano E, Boccanegra B, Caputo E, Wells DJ, Cappellari O, De Luca A. Ion channels as biomarkers of altered myogenesis in myofiber precursors of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2024; 1534:130-144. [PMID: 38517756 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Myogenesis is essential for skeletal muscle formation, growth, and regeneration and can be altered in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an X-linked disorder due to the absence of the cytoskeletal protein dystrophin. Ion channels play a pivotal role in muscle differentiation and interact with the dystrophin complex. To investigate ion channel involvement in myogenesis in dystrophic settings, we performed electrophysiological characterization of two immortalized mouse cell lines, wild-type (WT) H2K-2B4 and the dystrophic (DYS) H2K-SF1, and measured gene expression of differentiation markers and ion channels. Inward and outward currents/density increased as differentiation progressed in both WT and DYS cells. However, day-11 DYS cells showed higher (27%) inward current density with an increased expression ratio of Scn5a/Scn4a and decreased (48%) barium-sensitive outward current compared to WT. Furthermore, day-11 DYS cells showed more positive resting membrane potential (+10 mV) and lower membrane capacitance (50%) compared to WT. DYS cells also had reduced Myog and Myf5 expression at days 6 and 11. Overall, ion channel profile and myogenesis appeared altered in DYS cells. These results are a first step in validating ion channels as potential drug targets to ameliorate muscle degeneration in DMD settings and as differentiation biomarkers in innovative platforms.
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Weiss N, Zamponi GW. The T-type calcium channelosome. Pflugers Arch 2024; 476:163-177. [PMID: 38036777 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-023-02891-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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T-type calcium channels perform crucial physiological roles across a wide spectrum of tissues, spanning both neuronal and non-neuronal system. For instance, they serve as pivotal regulators of neuronal excitability, contribute to cardiac pacemaking, and mediate the secretion of hormones. These functions significantly hinge upon the intricate interplay of T-type channels with interacting proteins that modulate their expression and function at the plasma membrane. In this review, we offer a panoramic exploration of the current knowledge surrounding these T-type channel interactors, and spotlight certain aspects of their potential for drug-based therapeutic intervention.
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- Norbert Weiss
- Department of Pathophysiology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Tomaz da Silva M, Joshi AS, Castillo MB, Koike TE, Roy A, Gunaratne PH, Kumar A. Fn14 promotes myoblast fusion during regenerative myogenesis. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202302312. [PMID: 37813488 PMCID: PMC10561765 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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Skeletal muscle regeneration involves coordinated activation of an array of signaling pathways. Fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 (Fn14) is a bona fide receptor for the TWEAK cytokine. Levels of Fn14 are increased in the skeletal muscle of mice after injury. However, the cell-autonomous role of Fn14 in muscle regeneration remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate that global deletion of the Fn14 receptor in mice attenuates muscle regeneration. Conditional ablation of Fn14 in myoblasts but not in differentiated myofibers of mice inhibits skeletal muscle regeneration. Fn14 promotes myoblast fusion without affecting the levels of myogenic regulatory factors in the regenerating muscle. Fn14 deletion in myoblasts hastens initial differentiation but impairs their fusion. The overexpression of Fn14 in myoblasts results in the formation of myotubes having an increased diameter after induction of differentiation. Ablation of Fn14 also reduces the levels of various components of canonical Wnt and calcium signaling both in vitro and in vivo. Forced activation of Wnt signaling rescues fusion defects in Fn14-deficient myoblast cultures. Collectively, our results demonstrate that Fn14-mediated signaling positively regulates myoblast fusion and skeletal muscle regeneration.
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- Meiricris Tomaz da Silva
- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- https://ror.org/048sx0r50 Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA
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Contreras E, Bhoi JD, Sonoda T, Birnbaumer L, Schmidt TM. Melanopsin activates divergent phototransduction pathways in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell subtypes. eLife 2023; 12:e80749. [PMID: 37937828 PMCID: PMC10712949 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023] Open
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Melanopsin signaling within intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC) subtypes impacts a broad range of behaviors from circadian photoentrainment to conscious visual perception. Yet, how melanopsin phototransduction within M1-M6 ipRGC subtypes impacts cellular signaling to drive diverse behaviors is still largely unresolved. The identity of the phototransduction channels in each subtype is key to understanding this central question but has remained controversial. In this study, we resolve two opposing models of M4 phototransduction, demonstrating that hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels are dispensable for this process and providing support for a pathway involving melanopsin-dependent potassium channel closure and canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channel opening. Surprisingly, we find that HCN channels are likewise dispensable for M2 phototransduction, contradicting the current model. We instead show that M2 phototransduction requires TRPC channels in conjunction with T-type voltage-gated calcium channels, identifying a novel melanopsin phototransduction target. Collectively, this work resolves key discrepancies in our understanding of ipRGC phototransduction pathways in multiple subtypes and adds to mounting evidence that ipRGC subtypes employ diverse phototransduction cascades to fine-tune cellular responses for downstream behaviors.
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- Ely Contreras
- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
- Northwestern University Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
- Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern UniversityChicagoUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
- Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern UniversityChicagoUnited States
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- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesDurhamUnited States
- Institute of Biomedical Research (BIOMED), Catholic University of ArgentinaBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
- Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoUnited States
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Sibgatullina G, Al Ebrahim R, Gilizhdinova K, Tokmakova A, Malomouzh A. Differentiation of Myoblasts in Culture: Focus on Serum and Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid. Cells Tissues Organs 2023; 213:203-212. [PMID: 36871556 DOI: 10.1159/000529839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
Abstract
There are many facts about the possible role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the development and differentiation of cells not only in nervous but also in muscle tissue. In the present study, a primary culture of rat skeletal muscle myocytes was used to evaluate the correlation between the content of GABA in the cytoplasm and the processes of myocyte division and their fusion into myotubes. The effect of exogenous GABA on the processes of culture development was also estimated. Since the classical protocol for working with myocyte cultures involves the use of fetal bovine serum (FBS) to stimulate cell division (growth medium) and horse serum (HS) to activate the differentiation process (differentiation medium), the studies were carried out both in the medium with FBS and with HS. It was found that cells grown in medium supplemented with FBS contain more GABA compared to cultures growing in medium supplemented with HS. Addition of exogeneous GABA leads to a decrease in the number of myotubes formed in both media, while the addition of an amino acid to the medium supplemented with HS had a more pronounced inhibitory effect. Thus, we have obtained data indicating that GABA is able to participate in the early stages of skeletal muscle myogenesis by modulating the fusion process.
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- Guzel Sibgatullina
- Laboratory of Biophysics of Synaptic Processes, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Biophysics of Synaptic Processes, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russian Federation
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A link between agrin signalling and Ca v3.2 at the neuromuscular junction in spinal muscular atrophy. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18960. [PMID: 36347955 PMCID: PMC9643518 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23703-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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SMN protein deficiency causes motoneuron disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMN-based therapies improve patient motor symptoms to variable degrees. An early hallmark of SMA is the perturbation of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), a synapse between a motoneuron and muscle cell. NMJ formation depends on acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clustering triggered by agrin and its co-receptors lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4) and transmembrane muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) signalling pathway. We have previously shown that flunarizine improves NMJs in SMA model mice, but the mechanisms remain elusive. We show here that flunarizine promotes AChR clustering in cell-autonomous, dose- and agrin-dependent manners in C2C12 myotubes. This is associated with an increase in protein levels of LRP4, integrin-beta-1 and alpha-dystroglycan, three agrin co-receptors. Furthermore, flunarizine enhances MuSK interaction with integrin-beta-1 and phosphotyrosines. Moreover, the drug acts on the expression and splicing of Agrn and Cacna1h genes in a muscle-specific manner. We reveal that the Cacna1h encoded protein Cav3.2 closely associates in vitro with the agrin co-receptor LRP4. In vivo, it is enriched nearby NMJs during neonatal development and the drug increases this immunolabelling in SMA muscles. Thus, flunarizine modulates key players of the NMJ and identifies Cav3.2 as a new protein involved in the NMJ biology.
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T-Type Calcium Channels: A Mixed Blessing. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23179894. [PMID: 36077291 PMCID: PMC9456242 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23179894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The role of T-type calcium channels is well established in excitable cells, where they preside over action potential generation, automaticity, and firing. They also contribute to intracellular calcium signaling, cell cycle progression, and cell fate; and, in this sense, they emerge as key regulators also in non-excitable cells. In particular, their expression may be considered a prognostic factor in cancer. Almost all cancer cells express T-type calcium channels to the point that it has been considered a pharmacological target; but, as the drugs used to reduce their expression are not completely selective, several complications develop, especially within the heart. T-type calcium channels are also involved in a specific side effect of several anticancer agents, that act on microtubule transport, increase the expression of the channel, and, thus, the excitability of sensory neurons, and make the patient more sensitive to pain. This review puts into context the relevance of T-type calcium channels in cancer and in chemotherapy side effects, considering also the cardiotoxicity induced by new classes of antineoplastic molecules.
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Qiu K, Wang Y, Xu D, He L, Zhang X, Yan E, Wang L, Yin J. Ryanodine receptor RyR1-mediated elevation of Ca 2+ concentration is required for the late stage of myogenic differentiation and fusion. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2022; 13:9. [PMID: 35144690 PMCID: PMC8832842 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-021-00668-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Cytosolic Ca2+ plays vital roles in myogenesis and muscle development. As a major Ca2+ release channel of endoplasmic reticulum (ER), ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1) key mutations are main causes of severe congenital myopathies. The role of RyR1 in myogenic differentiation has attracted intense research interest but remains unclear. Results In the present study, both RyR1-knockdown myoblasts and CRISPR/Cas9-based RyR1-knockout myoblasts were employed to explore the role of RyR1 in myogenic differentiation, myotube formation as well as the potential mechanism of RyR1-related myopathies. We observed that RyR1 expression was dramatically increased during the late stage of myogenic differentiation, accompanied by significantly elevated cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration. Inhibition of RyR1 by siRNA-mediated knockdown or chemical inhibitor, dantrolene, significantly reduced cytosolic Ca2+ and blocked multinucleated myotube formation. The elevation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration can effectively relieve myogenic differentiation stagnation by RyR1 inhibition, demonstrating that RyR1 modulates myogenic differentiation via regulation of Ca2+ release channel. However, RyR1-knockout-induced Ca2+ leakage led to the severe ER stress and excessive unfolded protein response, and drove myoblasts into apoptosis. Conclusions Therefore, we concluded that Ca2+ release mediated by dramatic increase in RyR1 expression is required for the late stage of myogenic differentiation and fusion. This study contributes to a novel understanding of the role of RyR1 in myogenic differentiation and related congenital myopathies, and provides a potential target for regulation of muscle characteristics and meat quality. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40104-021-00668-x.
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- Kai Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.,Risk Assessment Laboratory of Feed Derived Factors to Animal Product Quality Safety of Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs & National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Chapotte-Baldacci CA, Cognard C, Bois P, Chatelier A, Sebille S. Handling a mature calcium signature through optogenetics improves the differentiation of primary murine myotubes. Cell Calcium 2022; 103:102546. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Chen L, Hassani Nia F, Stauber T. Ion Channels and Transporters in Muscle Cell Differentiation. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:13615. [PMID: 34948411 PMCID: PMC8703453 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Investigations on ion channels in muscle tissues have mainly focused on physiological muscle function and related disorders, but emerging evidence supports a critical role of ion channels and transporters in developmental processes, such as controlling the myogenic commitment of stem cells. In this review, we provide an overview of ion channels and transporters that influence skeletal muscle myoblast differentiation, cardiac differentiation from pluripotent stem cells, as well as vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation. We highlight examples of model organisms or patients with mutations in ion channels. Furthermore, a potential underlying molecular mechanism involving hyperpolarization of the resting membrane potential and a series of calcium signaling is discussed.
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- Lingye Chen
- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany;
- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, 20457 Hamburg, Germany;
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany;
- Institute for Molecular Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, 20457 Hamburg, Germany;
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Perissinotti PP, Martínez-Hernández E, He Y, Koob MD, Piedras-Rentería ES. Genetic Deletion of KLHL1 Leads to Hyperexcitability in Hypothalamic POMC Neurons and Lack of Electrical Responses to Leptin. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:718464. [PMID: 34566565 PMCID: PMC8458657 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.718464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kelch-like 1 (KLHL1) is a neuronal actin-binding protein that modulates voltage-gated calcium channels. The KLHL1 knockout (KO) model displays altered calcium channel expression in various brain regions. We analyzed the electrical behavior of hypothalamic POMC (proopiomelanocortin) neurons and their response to leptin. Leptin's effects on POMC neurons include enhanced gene expression, activation of the ERK1/2 pathway and increased electrical excitability. The latter is initiated by activation of the Jak2-PI3K-PLC pathway, which activates TRPC1/5 (Transient Receptor Potential Cation) channels that in turn recruit T-type channel activity resulting in increased excitability. Here we report over-expression of CaV3.1 T-type channels in the hypothalamus of KLHL1 KO mice increased T-type current density and enhanced POMC neuron basal excitability, rendering them electrically unresponsive to leptin. Electrical sensitivity to leptin was restored by partial blockade of T-type channels. The overexpression of hypothalamic T-type channels in POMC neurons may partially contribute to the obese and abnormal feeding phenotypes observed in KLHL1 KO mice.
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- Paula P Perissinotti
- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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Perissinotti PP, Martínez-Hernández E, Piedras-Rentería ES. TRPC1/5-Ca V 3 Complex Mediates Leptin-Induced Excitability in Hypothalamic Neurons. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:679078. [PMID: 34177455 PMCID: PMC8226082 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.679078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Leptin regulates hypothalamic POMC+ (pro-opiomelanocortin) neurons by inducing TRPC (Transient Receptor Potential Cation) channel-mediate membrane depolarization. The role of TRPC channels in POMC neuron excitability is clearly established; however, it remains unknown whether their activity alone is sufficient to trigger excitability. Here we show that the right-shift voltage induced by the leptin-induced TRPC channel-mediated depolarization of the resting membrane potential brings T-type channels into the active window current range, resulting in an increase of the steady state T-type calcium current from 40 to 70% resulting in increased intrinsic excitability of POMC neurons. We assessed the role and timing of T-type channels on excitability and leptin-induced depolarization in vitro in cultured mouse POMC neurons. The involvement of TRPC channels in the leptin-induced excitability of POMC neurons was corroborated by using the TRPC channel inhibitor 2APB, which precluded the effect of leptin. We demonstrate T-type currents are indispensable for both processes, as treatment with NNC-55-0396 prevented the membrane depolarization and rheobase changes induced by leptin. Furthermore, co-immunoprecipitation experiments suggest that TRPC1/5 channels and CaV3.1 and CaV3.2 channels co-exist in complex. The functional relevance of this complex was corroborated using intracellular Ca2+ chelators; intracellular BAPTA (but not EGTA) application was sufficient to preclude POMC neuron excitability. However, leptin-induced depolarization still occurred in the presence of either BAPTA or EGTA suggesting that the calcium entry necessary to self-activate the TRPC1/5 complex is not blocked by the presence of BAPTA in hypothalamic neurons. Our study establishes T-type channels as integral part of the signaling cascade induced by leptin, modulating POMC neuron excitability. Leptin activation of TRPC channels existing in a macromolecular complex with T-type channels recruits the latter by locally induced membrane depolarization, further depolarizing POMC neurons, triggering action potentials and excitability.
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- Paula P Perissinotti
- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Physiology Department and Neuroscience Division of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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Adler D, Shapira Z, Weiss S, Shainberg A, Katz A. Weak Electromagnetic Fields Accelerate Fusion of Myoblasts. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094407. [PMID: 33922487 PMCID: PMC8122904 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Weak electromagnetic fields (WEF) alter Ca2+ handling in skeletal muscle myotubes. Owing to the involvement of Ca2+ in muscle development, we investigated whether WEF affects fusion of myoblasts in culture. Rat primary myoblast cultures were exposed to WEF (1.75 µT, 16 Hz) for up to six days. Under control conditions, cell fusion and creatine kinase (CK) activity increased in parallel and peaked at 4–6 days. WEF enhanced the extent of fusion after one and two days (by ~40%) vs. control, but not thereafter. Exposure to WEF also enhanced CK activity after two days (almost four-fold), but not afterwards. Incorporation of 3H-thymidine into DNA was enhanced by one-day exposure to WEF (~40%), indicating increased cell replication. Using the potentiometric fluorescent dye di-8-ANEPPS, we found that exposure of cells to 150 mM KCl resulted in depolarization of the cell membrane. However, prior exposure of cells to WEF for one day followed by addition of KCl resulted in hyperpolarization of the cell membrane. Acute exposure of cells to WEF also resulted in hyperpolarization of the cell membrane. Twenty-four hour incubation of myoblasts with gambogic acid, an inhibitor of the inward rectifying K+ channel 2.1 (Kir2.1), did not affect cell fusion, WEF-mediated acceleration of fusion or hyperpolarization. These data demonstrate that WEF accelerates fusion of myoblasts, resulting in myotube formation. The WEF effect is associated with hyperpolarization but WEF does not appear to mediate its effects on fusion by activating Kir2.1 channels.
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- Dana Adler
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel; (D.A.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Physics, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel; (Z.S.); (S.W.)
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- Department of Physics, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel; (Z.S.); (S.W.)
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel; (D.A.); (A.S.)
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- Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Box 5626, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Structure based analysis of K ATP channel with a DEND syndrome mutation in murine skeletal muscle. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6668. [PMID: 33758250 PMCID: PMC7988048 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86121-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Developmental delay, epilepsy, and neonatal diabetes (DEND) syndrome, the most severe end of neonatal diabetes mellitus, is caused by mutation in the ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel. In addition to diabetes, DEND patients present muscle weakness as one of the symptoms, and although the muscle weakness is considered to originate in the brain, the pathological effects of mutated KATP channels in skeletal muscle remain elusive. Here, we describe the local effects of the KATP channel on muscle by expressing the mutation present in the KATP channels of the DEND syndrome in the murine skeletal muscle cell line C2C12 in combination with computer simulation. The present study revealed that the DEND mutation can lead to a hyperpolarized state of the muscle cell membrane, and molecular dynamics simulations based on a recently reported high-resolution structure provide an explanation as to why the mutation reduces ATP sensitivity and reveal the changes in the local interactions between ATP molecules and the channel.
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Rivero-Echeto MC, Perissinotti PP, González-Inchauspe C, Kargieman L, Bisagno V, Urbano FJ. Simultaneous administration of cocaine and caffeine dysregulates HCN and T-type channels. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2021; 238:787-810. [PMID: 33241481 PMCID: PMC7688300 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-020-05731-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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RATIONALE The abuse of psychostimulants has adverse consequences on the physiology of the central nervous system. In Argentina, and other South American countries, coca paste or "PACO" (cocaine and caffeine are its major components) is massively consumed with deleterious clinical consequences for the health and well-being of the general population. A scant number of studies have addressed the consequences of stimulant combination of cocaine and caffeine on the physiology of the somatosensory thalamocortical (ThCo) system. OBJECTIVES Our aim was to study ion conductances that have important implications regulating sleep-wake states 24-h after an acute or chronic binge-like administration of a cocaine and caffeine mixture following previously analyzed pasta base samples ("PACO"-like binge") using mice. METHODS We randomly injected (i.p.) male C57BL/6JFcen mice with a binge-like psychostimulants regimen during either 1 day (acute) or 1 day on/1 day off during 13 days for a total of 7 binges (chronic). Single-cell patch-clamp recordings of VB neurons were performed in thalamocortical slices 24 h after the last psychostimulant injection. We also recorded EEG/EMG from mice 24 h after being systemically treated with chronic administration of cocaine + caffeine versus saline, vehicle. RESULTS Our results showed notorious changes in the intrinsic properties of the VB nucleus neurons that persist after 24-h of either acute or chronic binge administrations of combined cocaine and caffeine ("PACO"-like binge). Functional dysregulation of HCN (hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated) and T-type VGC (voltage-gated calcium) channels was described 24-h after acute/chronic "PACO"-like administrations. Furthermore, intracellular basal [Ca2+] disturbances resulted a key factor that modulated the availability and the activation of T-type channels, altering T-type "window currents." As a result, all these changes ultimately shaped the low-threshold spikes (LTS)-associated Ca2+ transients, regulated the membrane excitability, and altered sleep-wake transitions. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that deleterious consequences of stimulants cocaine and caffeine combination on the thalamocortical physiology as a whole might be related to potential neurotoxic effects of soaring intracellular [Ca2+].
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- María Celeste Rivero-Echeto
- grid.7345.50000 0001 0056 1981CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- grid.7345.50000 0001 0056 1981CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- grid.7345.50000 0001 0056 1981CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- grid.7345.50000 0001 0056 1981CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- grid.7345.50000 0001 0056 1981CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas (ININFA), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- grid.7345.50000 0001 0056 1981CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina ,grid.7345.50000 0001 0056 1981Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular “Dr. Héctor Maldonado”, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina ,grid.7345.50000 0001 0056 1981IFIBYNE (UBA-CONICET), Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Yuan C, Arora A, Garofalo AM, Grange RW. Potential cross-talk between muscle and tendon in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Connect Tissue Res 2021; 62:40-52. [PMID: 32867551 DOI: 10.1080/03008207.2020.1810247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To describe potential signaling (cross-talk) between dystrophic skeletal muscle and tendon in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Review of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and associated literature relevant to muscle-tendon cross-talk. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Duchenne muscular dystrophy results from the absence of the protein dystrophin and the associated dystrophin - glycoprotein complex, which are thought to provide both structural support and signaling functions for the muscle fiber. In addition, there are other potential signal pathways that could represent cross-talk between muscle and tendon, particularly at the myotendinous junction. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is characterized by multiple pathophysiologic mechanisms. Herein, we explore three of these: (1) the extracellular matrix, fibrosis, and fat deposition; (2) satellite cells; and (3) tensegrity. A key signaling protein that emerged in each was transforming growth factor - beta one (TGF-β1).].
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- Claire Yuan
- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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Iseki Y, Ono Y, Hibi C, Tanaka S, Takeshita S, Maejima Y, Kurokawa J, Murakawa M, Shimomura K, Sakamoto K. Opening of Intermediate Conductance Ca 2+-Activated K + Channels in C2C12 Skeletal Muscle Cells Increases the Myotube Diameter via the Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Pathway. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2020; 376:454-462. [PMID: 33376149 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.120.000290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The activation of potassium channels and the ensuing hyperpolarization in skeletal myoblasts are essential for myogenic differentiation. However, the effects of K+ channel opening in myoblasts on skeletal muscle mass are unclear. Our previous study revealed that pharmacological activation of intermediate conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (IKCa channels) increases myotube formation. In this study, we investigated the effects of 5,6-dichloro-1-ethyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-one (DCEBIO), a Ca2+-activated K+ channel opener, on the mass of skeletal muscle. Application of DCEBIO to C2C12 cells during myogenesis increased the diameter of C2C12 myotubes in a concentration-dependent manner. This DCEBIO-induced hypertrophy was abolished by gene silencing of IKCa channels. However, it was resistant to 1 µM but sensitive to 10 µM TRAM-34, a specific IKCa channel blocker. Furthermore, DCEBIO reduced the mitochondrial membrane potential by opening IKCa channels. Therefore, DCEBIO should increase myotube mass by opening of IKCa channels distributed in mitochondria. Pharmacological studies revealed that mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mitoROS), Akt, and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) are involved in DCEBIO-induced myotube hypertrophy. An additional study demonstrated that DCEBIO-induced muscle hypertrophic effects are only observed when applied in the early stage of myogenic differentiation. In an in vitro myotube inflammatory atrophy experiment, DCEBIO attenuated the reduction of myotube diameter induced by endotoxin. Thus, we concluded that DCEBIO increases muscle mass by activating the IKCa channel/mitoROS/Akt/mTOR pathway. Our study suggests the potential of DCEBIO in the treatment of muscle wasting diseases. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Our study shows that 5,6-dichloro-1-ethyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-one (DCEBIO), a small molecule opener of Ca2+-activated K+ channel, increased muscle diameter via the mitochondrial reactive oxygen species/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin pathway. And DCEBIO overwhelms C2C12 myotube atrophy induced by endotoxin challenge. Our report should inform novel role of K+ channel in muscle development and novel usage of K+ channel opener such as for the treatment of muscle wasting diseases.
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- Yuzo Iseki
- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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- Departments of Bioregulation and Pharmacological Medicine (Y.I., Y.O., S.T., Y.M., K.Sh., K.Sa.) and Anesthesiology (Y.I., M.M.), Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan; Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); and Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (C.H., S.T., J.K., K.Sa.)
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Chen L, König B, Stauber T. LRRC8 channel activation and reduction in cytosolic chloride concentration during early differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 532:482-488. [PMID: 32892951 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.08.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Leucine-rich repeat containing family 8 (LRRC8) proteins form the volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC). Recently, they were shown to be required for normal differentiation and fusion of C2C12 myoblasts, by promoting membrane hyperpolarization and intracellular Ca2+ signals. However, the mechanism by which they are involved remained obscure. Here, using a FRET-based sensor for VRAC activity, we show temporary activation of VRAC within the first 2 h of myogenic differentiation. During this period, we also observed a significant decrease in the intracellular Cl- concentration that was abolished by the VRAC inhibitor carbenoxolone. However, lowering the intracellular Cl- concentration by extracellular Cl- depletion did not promote differentiation as judged by the percentage of myogenin-positive nuclei or total myogenin levels in C2C12 cells. Instead, it inhibited myosin expression and myotube formation. Together, these data suggest that VRAC is activated and mediates Cl- efflux early on during myogenic differentiation, and a moderate intracellular Cl- concentration is necessary for myoblast fusion.
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- Lingye Chen
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195, Berlin, Germany; Department of Human Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, 20457, Hamburg, Germany.
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Non-Mendelian inheritance during inbreeding of Ca v3.2 and Ca v2.3 deficient mice. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15993. [PMID: 33009476 PMCID: PMC7532468 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72912-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The mating of 77 heterozygous pairs (Cav3.2[+|-] x Cav3.2[+|-]) revealed a significant deviation of genotype distribution from Mendelian inheritance in weaned pups. The mating of 14 pairs (Cav3.2[-|-] female x Cav3.2[+|-] male) and 8 pairs (Cav3.2[+|-] female x Cav3.2[-|-] male) confirmed the significant reduction of deficient homozygous Cav3.2[-|-] pups, leading to the conclusion that prenatal lethality may occur, when one or both alleles, encoding the Cav3.2T-type Ca2+ channel, are missing. Also, the mating of 63 heterozygous pairs (Cav2.3[+|-] x Cav2.3[+|-]) revealed a significant deviation of genotype distribution from Mendelian inheritance in weaned pups, but only for heterozygous male mice, leading to the conclusion that compensation may only occur for Cav2.3[-|-] male mice lacking both alleles of the R-type Ca2+ channel. During the mating of heterozygous parents, the number of female mice within the weaned population does not deviate from the expected Mendelian inheritance. During prenatal development, both, T- and R-type Ca2+ currents are higher expressed in some tissues than postnatally. It will be discussed that the function of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels during prenatal development must be investigated in more detail, not least to understand devastative diseases like developmental epileptic encephalopathies (DEE).
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Modified parylene-N films as chemical microenvironments for differentiation and spheroid formation of osteoblast cells. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15219. [PMID: 32938961 PMCID: PMC7495472 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71322-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In this work, the influence of parylene N film on the spheroid formation of osteoblast-like cells (MG-63) was determined and compared with that of high-hydrophilicity microenvironments, such as hydrophilic culture matrix and ultraviolet-treated parylene N film. To elucidate the change in cell properties due to the microenvironment of parylene N film, global gene expression profiles of MG-63 cells on parylene N film were analyzed. We confirmed the upregulated expression of osteoblast differentiation- and proliferation-related genes, such as Runx2, ALPL, and BGLAP and MKi67 and PCNA, respectively, using the real-time polymerase chain reaction. In addition, the differentiation and proliferation of osteoblast cells cultured on parylene N film were validated using immunostaining. Finally, the formation of spheroids and regulation of differentiation in human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on parylene N film was demonstrated. The results of this study confirm that the microenvironment with the controlled hydrophobic property of parylene N film could effectively trigger the bone differentiation and maintains the proliferation of MSCs, similar to MG-63 cells without any scaffold structures or physical treatments.
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Li S, Hao M, Li B, Chen M, Chen J, Tang J, Hong S, Min J, Hu M, Hong L. CACNA1H downregulation induces skeletal muscle atrophy involving endoplasmic reticulum stress activation and autophagy flux blockade. Cell Death Dis 2020; 11:279. [PMID: 32332705 PMCID: PMC7181873 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-2484-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Multiple vaginal delivery (MVD) is an important factor for pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function decline and pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD). PFD is common in middle-aged and elderly women, but its pathogenesis is not clear. In this study, we found that the expression of CACNA1H was lower in the PFM of old mice after MVD compared with old or adult mice. In in-vitro studies, we found that treatment with the T-type Ca2+ channel (T-channel) inhibitor NNC-55 or downregulation of the CACNA1H gene by siRNA intervention promoted myotube atrophy and apoptosis. Mechanistically, we revealed that NNC-55 increased the expression of GRP78 and DDIT3 in myotubes, indicating endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) activation, and that the IRE1 and PERK pathways might be involved in this effect. NNC-55 induced the formation of autophagosomes but inhibited autophagy flux. Moreover, rapamycin, an autophagy activator, did not rescue myotube atrophy or apoptosis induced by NNC-55, and the autophagy inhibitors 3-MA and HCQ accelerated this damage. Further studies showed that the ERS inhibitors 4-PBA and TUDAC relieved NNC-55-induced damage and autophagy flux blockade. Finally, we found multisite muscle atrophy and decreased muscle function in Cacna1h−/− (TH-null) mice, as well as increased autophagy inhibition and apoptotic signals in the PFM of old WT mice after MVD and TH-null mice. Taken together, our results suggest that MVD-associated PFD is partially attributed to CACNA1H downregulation-induced PFM atrophy and that ERS is a potential therapeutic target for this disease.
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- Suting Li
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
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Carter MT, McMillan HJ, Tomin A, Weiss N. Compound heterozygous CACNA1H mutations associated with severe congenital amyotrophy. Channels (Austin) 2020; 13:153-161. [PMID: 31070086 PMCID: PMC6527065 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2019.1614415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Neuromuscular disorders encompass a wide range of conditions often associated with a genetic component. In the present study, we report a patient with severe infantile-onset amyotrophy in whom two compound heterozygous variants in the gene CACNA1H encoding for Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels were identified. Functional analysis of Cav3.2 variants revealed several alterations of the gating properties of the channel that were in general consistent with a loss-of-channel function. Taken together, these findings suggest that severe congenital amyoplasia may be related to CACNA1H and would represent a new phenotype associated with mutations in this gene.
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- Melissa T Carter
- a Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
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- a Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
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- b Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Prague , Czech Republic
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- b Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Czech Academy of Sciences , Prague , Czech Republic
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Ca 2+ Channels Mediate Bidirectional Signaling between Sarcolemma and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Muscle Cells. Cells 2019; 9:cells9010055. [PMID: 31878335 PMCID: PMC7016941 DOI: 10.3390/cells9010055] [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] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The skeletal muscle and myocardial cells present highly specialized structures; for example, the close interaction between the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and mitochondria—responsible for excitation-metabolism coupling—and the junction that connects the SR with T-tubules, critical for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling. The mechanisms that underlie EC coupling in these two cell types, however, are fundamentally distinct. They involve the differential expression of Ca2+ channel subtypes: CaV1.1 and RyR1 (skeletal), vs. CaV1.2 and RyR2 (cardiac). The CaV channels transform action potentials into elevations of cytosolic Ca2+, by activating RyRs and thus promoting SR Ca2+ release. The high levels of Ca2+, in turn, stimulate not only the contractile machinery but also the generation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS). This forward signaling is reciprocally regulated by the following feedback mechanisms: Ca2+-dependent inactivation (of Ca2+ channels), the recruitment of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity, and oxidative changes in ion channels and transporters. Here, we summarize both well-established concepts and recent advances that have contributed to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in this bidirectional signaling.
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Dumenieu M, Senkov O, Mironov A, Bourinet E, Kreutz MR, Dityatev A, Heine M, Bikbaev A, Lopez-Rojas J. The Low-Threshold Calcium Channel Cav3.2 Mediates Burst Firing of Mature Dentate Granule Cells. Cereb Cortex 2019; 28:2594-2609. [PMID: 29790938 PMCID: PMC5998957 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mature granule cells are poorly excitable neurons that were recently shown to fire action potentials, preferentially in bursts. It is believed that the particularly pronounced short-term facilitation of mossy fiber synapses makes granule cell bursting a very effective means of properly transferring information to CA3. However, the mechanism underlying the unique bursting behavior of mature granule cells is currently unknown. Here, we show that Cav3.2 T-type channels at the axon initial segment are responsible for burst firing of mature granule cells in rats and mice. Accordingly, Cav3.2 knockout mice fire tonic spikes and exhibit impaired bursting, synaptic plasticity and dentate-to-CA3 communication. The data show that Cav3.2 channels are strong modulators of bursting and can be considered a critical molecular switch that enables effective information transfer from mature granule cells to the CA3 pyramids.
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- Mael Dumenieu
- Research Group Neuroplasticity, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neuroplasticity Group, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neuroplasticity Group, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.,Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.,Privolzhsky Research Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Calcium Channel Dynamics & Nociception Group, Institute of Functional Genomics, Montpellier, France
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- Research Group Neuroplasticity, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, Magdeburg, Germany.,Leibniz Group "Dendritic Organelles and Synaptic Function," University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH), Hamburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neuroplasticity Group, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), Magdeburg, Germany.,Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Group Molecular Physiology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Group Molecular Physiology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Group Neuroplasticity, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, Magdeburg, Germany
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L-type voltage-gated Ca 2+ channel Ca V1.2 regulates chondrogenesis during limb development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:21592-21601. [PMID: 31591237 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1908981116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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All cells, including nonexcitable cells, maintain a discrete transmembrane potential (V mem), and have the capacity to modulate V mem and respond to their own and neighbors' changes in V mem Spatiotemporal variations have been described in developing embryonic tissues and in some cases have been implicated in influencing developmental processes. Yet, how such changes in V mem are converted into intracellular inputs that in turn regulate developmental gene expression and coordinate patterned tissue formation, has remained elusive. Here we document that the V mem of limb mesenchyme switches from a hyperpolarized to depolarized state during early chondrocyte differentiation. This change in V mem increases intracellular Ca2+ signaling through Ca2+ influx, via CaV1.2, 1 of L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs). We find that CaV1.2 activity is essential for chondrogenesis in the developing limbs. Pharmacological inhibition by an L-type VGCC specific blocker, or limb-specific deletion of CaV1.2, down-regulates expression of genes essential for chondrocyte differentiation, including Sox9, Col2a1, and Agc1, and thus disturbs proper cartilage formation. The Ca2+-dependent transcription factor NFATc1, which is a known major transducer of intracellular Ca2+ signaling, partly rescues Sox9 expression. These data reveal instructive roles of CaV1.2 in limb development, and more generally expand our understanding of how modulation of membrane potential is used as a mechanism of developmental regulation.
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Chen L, Becker TM, Koch U, Stauber T. The LRRC8/VRAC anion channel facilitates myogenic differentiation of murine myoblasts by promoting membrane hyperpolarization. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:14279-14288. [PMID: 31387946 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.008840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle myoblast differentiation involves elaborate signaling networks, including the activity of various ion channels and transporters. Several K+ and Ca2+ channels have been shown to affect myogenesis, but little is known about roles of Cl- channels in the associated processes. Here, we report that the leucine-rich repeat containing family 8 (LRRC8)/volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC) promotes mouse myoblast differentiation. All LRRC8 subunits of heteromeric VRAC were expressed during myotube formation of murine C2C12 myoblasts. Pharmacological VRAC inhibitors, siRNA-mediated knockdown of the essential VRAC subunit LRRC8A, or VRAC activity-suppressing overexpression of LRRC8A effectively reduced the expression of the myogenic transcription factor myogenin and suppressed myoblast fusion while not affecting myoblast proliferation. We found that inhibiting VRAC impairs plasma membrane hyperpolarization early during differentiation. At later times (more than 6 h after inducing differentiation), VRAC inhibition no longer suppressed myoblast differentiation, suggesting that VRAC acts upstream of K+ channel activation. Consequently, VRAC inhibition prevented the increase of intracellular steady-state Ca2+ levels that normally occurs during myogenesis. Our results may explain the mechanism for the thinning of skeletal muscle bundles observed in LRRC8A-deficient mice and highlight the importance of the LRRC8/VRAC anion channel in cell differentiation.
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- Lingye Chen
- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Hydroxycobalamin Reveals the Involvement of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Hypoxic Responses of Rat Carotid Body Chemoreceptor Cells. Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:antiox8030062. [PMID: 30871199 PMCID: PMC6466535 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8030062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Carotid body (CB) chemoreceptor cells sense arterial blood PO2, generating a neurosecretory response proportional to the intensity of hypoxia. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a physiological gaseous messenger that is proposed to act as an oxygen sensor in CBs, although this concept remains controversial. In the present study we have used the H2S scavenger and vitamin B12 analog hydroxycobalamin (Cbl) as a new tool to investigate the involvement of endogenous H2S in CB oxygen sensing. We observed that the slow-release sulfide donor GYY4137 elicited catecholamine release from isolated whole carotid bodies, and that Cbl prevented this response. Cbl also abolished the rise in [Ca2+]i evoked by 50 µM NaHS in enzymatically dispersed CB glomus cells. Moreover, Cbl markedly inhibited the catecholamine release and [Ca2+]i rise caused by hypoxia in isolated CBs and dispersed glomus cells, respectively, whereas it did not alter these responses when they were evoked by high [K+]e. The L-type Ca2+ channel blocker nifedipine slightly inhibited the rise in CB chemoreceptor cells [Ca2+]i elicited by sulfide, whilst causing a somewhat larger attenuation of the hypoxia-induced Ca2+ signal. We conclude that Cbl is a useful and specific tool for studying the function of H2S in cells. Based on its effects on the CB chemoreceptor cells we propose that endogenous H2S is an amplifier of the hypoxic transduction cascade which acts mainly by stimulating non-L-type Ca2+ channels.
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Woo J, Kim HJ, Nam YR, Kim YK, Lee EJ, Choi I, Kim SJ, Lee W, Nam JH. Mitochondrial dysfunction reduces the activity of KIR2.1 K + channel in myoblasts via impaired oxidative phosphorylation. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2018; 22:697-703. [PMID: 30402030 PMCID: PMC6205933 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2018.22.6.697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Myoblast fusion depends on mitochondrial integrity and intracellular Ca2+ signaling regulated by various ion channels. In this study, we investigated the ionic currents associated with [Ca2+]i regulation in normal and mitochondrial DNA-depleted (ρ0) L6 myoblasts. The ρ0 myoblasts showed impaired myotube formation. The inwardly rectifying K+ current (IKir) was largely decreased with reduced expression of KIR2.1, whereas the voltage-operated Ca2+ channel and Ca2+-activated K+ channel currents were intact. Sustained inhibition of mitochondrial electron transport by antimycin A treatment (24 h) also decreased the IKir. The ρ0 myoblasts showed depolarized resting membrane potential and higher basal [Ca2+]i. Our results demonstrated the specific downregulation of IKir by dysfunctional mitochondria. The resultant depolarization and altered Ca2+ signaling might be associated with impaired myoblast fusion in ρ0 myoblasts.
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- JooHan Woo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju 38066, Korea.,Channelopathy Research Center (CRC), Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju 38066, Korea.,Channelopathy Research Center (CRC), Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju 38066, Korea
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Channelopathy Research Center (CRC), Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Korea.,Department of Biochemistry, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju 38066, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju 38066, Korea.,Channelopathy Research Center (CRC), Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Korea
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Sakamoto K. [A Cellular Pharmacological Approach to the Development of Drugs to Treat Muscle Wasting]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2018; 138:1271-1275. [PMID: 30270271 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.18-00091-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Skeletal muscle atrophy reduces quality of life and increases mortality. However, there are few available drugs for the treatment of muscle atrophy. Recently, cell signaling pathways involved in skeletal muscle atrophy or hypertrophy have been determined. To develop drugs for skeletal muscle atrophy, we have studied compounds which modulate pathways of myogenic differentiation, a pivotal step for the maintenance of skeletal muscle mass. First, we examined a K+ channel opener on myogenic differentiation, since hyperpolarization is a trigger for skeletal muscle differentiation. 5,6-Dichloro-1-ethyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-benzimidazol-2-one (DCEBIO), an opener of the small/intermediate conductance Ca2+ activated K+ (SKCa/IKCa) channels, increases myogenic differentiation in C2C12 mouse skeletal myoblasts. This effect was inhibited by TRAM-34, an IKCa channel blocker. This suggests that K+ channels in skeletal muscle stem cells are potential targets for an anti-muscle atrophy drug. Next, we searched for drugs which prevent sepsis-induced muscle atrophy. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an inducer of sepsis, attenuates myogenic differentiation in C2C12 myoblasts. LPS also increases the protein expression of myostatin and activates NFκB during differentiation. The TLR4 signal inhibitor TAK-242, and an anti-TNFα neutralizing antibody, reduce these inflammatory responses. Our data suggest that LPS inhibits myogenic differentiation via the NFκB/TNFα pathway. This pathway may be involved in the development of muscle wasting caused by sepsis.
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- Kazuho Sakamoto
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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Lee EJ, Nam JH, Choi I. Fibromodulin modulates myoblast differentiation by controlling calcium channel. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 503:580-585. [PMID: 29913145 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Fibromodulin (FMOD) is a proteoglycan present in extracellular matrix (ECM). Based on our previous findings that FMOD controls myoblast differentiation by regulating the gene expressions of collagen type I alpha 1 (COL1α1) and integral membrane protein 2 A (Itm2a), we undertook this study to investigate relationships between FMOD and calcium channels and to understand further the mechanism by which they control myoblast differentiation. Gene expression studies and luciferase reporter assays showed FMOD affected calcium channel gene expressions by regulating calcium channel gene promoter, and patch-clamp experiments showed both L- and T-type calcium channel currents were almost undetectable in FMOD knocked down cells. In addition, gene knock-down studies demonstrated the COL1α1 and Itm2a genes both regulate the expressions of calcium channel genes. Studies using a cardiotoxin-induced mouse muscle injury model demonstrated calcium channels play important roles in the regeneration of muscle tissue, possibly by promoting the differentiation of muscle stem cells (MSCs). Summarizing, the study demonstrates ECM components secreted by myoblasts during differentiation provide an essential environment for muscle differentiation and regeneration.
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- Eun Ju Lee
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Dongguk University, College of Medicine, Gyeongju, 38067, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea.
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Disturbed Ca 2+ Homeostasis in Muscle-Wasting Disorders. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1088:307-326. [PMID: 30390258 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1435-3_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ca2+ is essential for proper structure and function of skeletal muscle. It not only activates contraction and force development but also participates in multiple signaling pathways. Low levels of Ca2+ restrain muscle regeneration by limiting the fusion of satellite cells. Ironically, sustained elevations of Ca2+ also result in muscle degeneration as this ion promotes high rates of protein breakdown. Moreover, transforming growth factors (TGFs) which are well known for controlling muscle growth also regulate Ca2+ channels. Thus, therapies focused on changing levels of Ca2+ and TGFs are promising for treating muscle-wasting disorders. Three principal systems govern the homeostasis of Ca2+, namely, excitation-contraction (EC) coupling, excitation-coupled Ca2+ entry (ECCE), and store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). Accordingly, alterations in these systems can lead to weakness and atrophy in many hereditary diseases, such as Brody disease, central core disease (CCD), tubular aggregate myopathy (TAM), myotonic dystrophy type 1 (MD1), oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Here, the interrelationship between all these molecules and processes is reviewed.
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Choi JY, Hwang CY, Lee B, Lee SM, Bahn YJ, Lee KP, Kang M, Kim YS, Woo SH, Lim JY, Kim E, Kwon KS. Age-associated repression of type 1 inositol 1, 4, 5-triphosphate receptor impairs muscle regeneration. Aging (Albany NY) 2017; 8:2062-2080. [PMID: 27658230 PMCID: PMC5076452 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Skeletal muscle mass and power decrease with age, leading to impairment of mobility and metabolism in the elderly. Ca2+ signaling is crucial for myoblast differentiation as well as muscle contraction through activation of transcription factors and Ca2+-dependent kinases and phosphatases. Ca2+ channels, such as dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR), two-pore channel (TPC) and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor (ITPR), function to maintain Ca2+ homeostasis in myoblasts. Here, we observed a significant decrease in expression of type 1 IP3 receptor (ITPR1), but not types 2 and 3, in aged mice skeletal muscle and isolated myoblasts, compared with those of young mice. ITPR1 knockdown using shRNA-expressing viruses in C2C12 myoblasts and tibialis anterior muscle of mice inhibited myotube formation and muscle regeneration after injury, respectively, a typical phenotype of aged muscle. This aging phenotype was associated with repression of muscle-specific genes and activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-Ras-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway. ERK inhibition by U0126 not only induced recovery of myotube formation in old myoblasts but also facilitated muscle regeneration after injury in aged muscle. The conserved decline in ITPR1 expression in aged human skeletal muscle suggests utility as a potential therapeutic target for sarcopenia, which can be treated using ERK inhibition strategies.
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- Jeong Yi Choi
- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.,College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.,Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.,Department of Functional Genomics, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of New Drug Discovery & Development, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34143, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of New Drug Discovery & Development, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34143, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34143, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do 13620, Republic of Korea
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- College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.,Department of Functional Genomics, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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Di Filippo ES, Mancinelli R, Marrone M, Doria C, Verratti V, Toniolo L, Dantas JL, Fulle S, Pietrangelo T. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves skeletal muscle regeneration through satellite cell fusion with myofibers in healthy elderly subjects. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 123:501-512. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00855.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to determine whether neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) affects skeletal muscle regeneration through a reduction of oxidative status in satellite cells of healthy elderly subjects. Satellite cells from the vastus lateralis skeletal muscle of 12 healthy elderly subjects before and after 8 wk of NMES were allowed to proliferate to provide myogenic populations of adult stem cells [myogenic precursor cells (MPCs)]. These MPCs were then investigated in terms of their proliferation, their basal cytoplasmic free Ca2+concentrations, and their expression of myogenic regulatory factors ( PAX3, PAX7, MYF5, MYOD, and MYOG) and micro-RNAs (miR-1, miR-133a/b, and miR-206). The oxidative status of these MPCs was evaluated through superoxide anion production and superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities. On dissected single skeletal myofibers, the nuclei were counted to determine the myonuclear density, the fiber phenotype, cross-sectional area, and tension developed. The MPCs obtained after NMES showed increased proliferation rates along with increased cytoplasmic free Ca2+concentrations and gene expression of MYOD and MYOG on MPCs. Muscle-specific miR-1, miR-133a/b, and miR-206 were upregulated. This NMES significantly reduced superoxide anion production, along with a trend to reduction of superoxide dismutase activity. The NMES-dependent stimulation of muscle regeneration enhanced satellite cell fusion with mature skeletal fibers. NMES improved the regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle in elderly subjects. Accordingly, the skeletal muscle strength and mobility of NMES-stimulated elderly subjects significantly improved. NMES may thus be further considered for clinical or ageing populations.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) effect on skeletal muscle regeneration was assessed in healthy elderly subjects for the first time. NMES improved the regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle through increased myogenic precursor cell proliferation and fusion with mature myofibers. The increased cytoplasmic free Ca2+concentration along with MYOD, MYOG, and micro-RNA upregulation could be related to reduced O2·−production, which, in turn, favors myogenic regeneration. Accordingly, the skeletal muscle strength of NMES-stimulated lower limbs of healthy elderly subjects improved along with their mobility.
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- Ester Sara Di Filippo
- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; and
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; and
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; and
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- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; and
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; and
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- Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Interuniversity Institute of Myology, Italy
- Laboratory of Functional Evaluation, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy; and
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Tanaka S, Ono Y, Sakamoto K. DCEBIO facilitates myogenic differentiation via intermediate conductance Ca 2+ activated K + channel activation in C2C12 myoblasts. J Pharmacol Sci 2017; 133:276-279. [PMID: 28302447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2017.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Membrane hyperpolarization is suggested to be a trigger for skeletal muscle differentiation. We investigated whether DCEBIO, an opener of the small/intermediate conductance Ca2+ activated K+ (SKCa/IKCa) channels, increase myogenic differentiation in C2C12 skeletal myoblasts. DCEBIO significantly increased myotube formation, protein expression level of myosin heavy chain II, and mRNA expression level of myogenin in C2C12 myoblasts cultured in differentiation medium. DCEBIO induced myotube formation and hyperpolarization were reduced by the IKCa channel blocker TRAM-34, but not by the SKCa channel blocker apamin. These findings show that DCEBIO increases myogenic differentiation by activating IKCa channels.
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- Shoko Tanaka
- Department of Pharmacology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan; Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
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Cazade M, Bidaud I, Lory P, Chemin J. Activity-dependent regulation of T-type calcium channels by submembrane calcium ions. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28109159 PMCID: PMC5308894 DOI: 10.7554/elife.22331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels are involved in numerous physiological functions and various mechanisms finely tune their activity, including the Ca2+ ion itself. This is well exemplified by the Ca2+-dependent inactivation of L-type Ca2+ channels, whose alteration contributes to the dramatic disease Timothy Syndrome. For T-type Ca2+ channels, a long-held view is that they are not regulated by intracellular Ca2+. Here we challenge this notion by using dedicated electrophysiological protocols on both native and expressed T-type Ca2+ channels. We demonstrate that a rise in submembrane Ca2+ induces a large decrease in T-type current amplitude due to a hyperpolarizing shift in the steady-state inactivation. Activation of most representative Ca2+-permeable ionotropic receptors similarly regulate T-type current properties. Altogether, our data clearly establish that Ca2+ entry exerts a feedback control on T-type channel activity, by modulating the channel availability, a mechanism that critically links cellular properties of T-type Ca2+ channels to their physiological roles. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22331.001 Neurons, muscle cells and many other types of cells use electrical signals to exchange information and coordinate their behavior. Proteins known as calcium channels sit in the membrane that surrounds the cell and can generate electrical signals by allowing calcium ions to cross the membrane and enter the cell during electrical activities. Although calcium ions are needed to generate these electrical signals, and for many other processes in cells, if the levels of calcium ions inside cells become too high they can be harmful and cause disease. Cells have a “feedback” mechanism that prevents calcium ion levels from becoming too high. This mechanism relies on the calcium ions that are already in the cell being able to close the calcium channels. This feedback mechanism has been extensively studied in two types of calcium channel, but it is not known whether a third group of channels – known as Cav3 channels – are also regulated in this way. Cav3 channels are important in electrical signaling in neurons and have been linked with epilepsy, chronic pain and various other conditions in humans. Cazade et al. investigated whether calcium ions can regulate the activity of human Cav3 channels. The experiments show that these channels are indeed regulated by calcium ions, but using a distinct mechanism to other types of calcium channels. For the Cav3 channels, calcium ions alter the gating properties of the channels so that they are less easily activated . As a result, fewer Cav3 channels are “available” to provide calcium ions with a route into the cell. The next steps following on from this work will be to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying this new feedback mechanism. Another challenge will be to find out what role this calcium ion-driven feedback plays in neurological disorders that are linked with altered Cav3 channel activity. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22331.002
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- Magali Cazade
- IGF, CNRS, INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,LabEx 'Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics', Montpellier, France
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- IGF, CNRS, INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,LabEx 'Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics', Montpellier, France
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- IGF, CNRS, INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,LabEx 'Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics', Montpellier, France
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- IGF, CNRS, INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,LabEx 'Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics', Montpellier, France
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Hasselhof V, Sperling A, Buttler K, Ströbel P, Becker J, Aung T, Felmerer G, Wilting J. Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Human Dermal Lymphatic Collectors. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164964. [PMID: 27764183 PMCID: PMC5072738 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Millions of patients suffer from lymphedema worldwide. Supporting the contractility of lymphatic collectors is an attractive target for pharmacological therapy of lymphedema. However, lymphatics have mostly been studied in animals, while the cellular and molecular characteristics of human lymphatic collectors are largely unknown. We studied epifascial lymphatic collectors of the thigh, which were isolated for autologous transplantations. Our immunohistological studies identify additional markers for LECs (vimentin, CCBE1). We show and confirm differences between initial and collecting lymphatics concerning the markers ESAM1, D2-40 and LYVE-1. Our transmission electron microscopic studies reveal two types of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in the media of the collectors with dark and light cytoplasm. We observed vasa vasorum in the media of the largest collectors, as well as interstitial Cajal-like cells, which are highly ramified cells with long processes, caveolae, and lacking a basal lamina. They are in close contact with SMCs, which possess multiple caveolae at the contact sites. Immunohistologically we identified such cells with antibodies against vimentin and PDGFRα, but not CD34 and cKIT. With Next Generation Sequencing we searched for highly expressed genes in the media of lymphatic collectors, and found therapeutic targets, suitable for acceleration of lymphatic contractility, such as neuropeptide Y receptors 1, and 5; tachykinin receptors 1, and 2; purinergic receptors P2RX1, and 6, P2RY12, 13, and 14; 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors HTR2B, and 3C; and adrenoceptors α2A,B,C. Our studies represent the first comprehensive characterization of human epifascial lymphatic collectors, as a prerequisite for diagnosis and therapy.
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- Viktoria Hasselhof
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medical School Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medical School Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medical School Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medical School Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Center of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University Medical School Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Tajhya RB, Hu X, Tanner MR, Huq R, Kongchan N, Neilson JR, Rodney GG, Horrigan FT, Timchenko LT, Beeton C. Functional KCa1.1 channels are crucial for regulating the proliferation, migration and differentiation of human primary skeletal myoblasts. Cell Death Dis 2016; 7:e2426. [PMID: 27763639 PMCID: PMC5133989 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2016.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Myoblasts are mononucleated precursors of myofibers; they persist in mature skeletal muscles for growth and regeneration post injury. During myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a complex autosomal-dominant neuromuscular disease, the differentiation of skeletal myoblasts into functional myotubes is impaired, resulting in muscle wasting and weakness. The mechanisms leading to this altered differentiation are not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that the calcium- and voltage-dependent potassium channel, KCa1.1 (BK, Slo1, KCNMA1), regulates myoblast proliferation, migration, and fusion. We also show a loss of plasma membrane expression of the pore-forming α subunit of KCa1.1 in DM1 myoblasts. Inhibiting the function of KCa1.1 in healthy myoblasts induced an increase in cytosolic calcium levels and altered nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) levels without affecting cell survival. In these normal cells, KCa1.1 block resulted in enhanced proliferation and decreased matrix metalloproteinase secretion, migration, and myotube fusion, phenotypes all observed in DM1 myoblasts and associated with disease pathogenesis. In contrast, introducing functional KCa1.1 α-subunits into DM1 myoblasts normalized their proliferation and rescued expression of the late myogenic marker Mef2. Our results identify KCa1.1 channels as crucial regulators of skeletal myogenesis and suggest these channels as novel therapeutic targets in DM1.
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- Rajeev B Tajhya
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Graduate Program in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Graduate Program in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Center for Drug Discovery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Center for Drug Discovery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Biology of Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Mikkelsen MF, Björling K, Jensen LJ. Age-dependent impact of Ca V 3.2 T-type calcium channel deletion on myogenic tone and flow-mediated vasodilatation in small arteries. J Physiol 2016; 594:5881-5898. [PMID: 26752249 PMCID: PMC5063926 DOI: 10.1113/jp271470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Blood pressure and flow exert mechanical forces on the walls of small arteries, which are detected by the endothelial and smooth muscle cells, and lead to regulation of the diameter (basal tone) of an artery. CaV 3.2 T-type calcium channels are expressed in the wall of small arteries, although their function remains poorly understood because of the low specificity of T-type blockers. We used mice deficient in CaV 3.2 channels to study their role in pressure- and flow-dependent tone regulation and the possible impact of ageing on this role. In young mice, CaV 3.2 channels oppose pressure-induced vasoconstriction and participate in endothelium-dependent, flow-mediated dilatation. These effects were not seen in mature adult mice. The results of the present study demonstrate an age-dependent impact of CaV 3.2 T-type calcium channel deletion in rodents and suggest that the loss of CaV 3.2 channel function leads to more constricted arteries, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. ABSTRACT The myogenic response and flow-mediated vasodilatation are important regulators of local blood perfusion and total peripheral resistance, and are known to entail a calcium influx into vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs), respectively. CaV 3.2 T-type calcium channels are expressed in both VSMCs and ECs of small arteries. The T-type channels are important drug targets but, as a result of the lack of specific antagonists, our understanding of the role of CaV 3.2 channels in vasomotor tone at various ages is scarce. We evaluated the myogenic response, flow-mediated vasodilatation, structural remodelling and mRNA + protein expression in small mesenteric arteries from CaV 3.2 knockout (CaV 3.2KO) vs. wild-type mice at a young vs. mature adult age. In young mice only, deletion of CaV 3.2 led to an enhanced myogenic response and a ∼50% reduction of flow-mediated vasodilatation. Ni2+ had both CaV 3.2-dependent and independent effects. No changes in mRNA expression of several important K+ and Ca2+ channel genes were induced by CaV 3.2KO However, the expression of the other T-type channel isoform (CaV 3.1) was reduced at the mRNA and protein level in mature adult compared to young wild-type arteries. The results of the present study demonstrate the important roles of the CaV 3.2 T-type calcium channels in myogenic tone and flow-mediated vasodilatation that disappear with ageing. Because increased arterial tone is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, we conclude that CaV 3.2 channels, by modulating pressure- and flow-mediated vasomotor responses to prevent excess arterial tone, protect against cardiovascular disease.
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- Miriam F Mikkelsen
- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Afzali AM, Ruck T, Herrmann AM, Iking J, Sommer C, Kleinschnitz C, Preuβe C, Stenzel W, Budde T, Wiendl H, Bittner S, Meuth SG. The potassium channels TASK2 and TREK1 regulate functional differentiation of murine skeletal muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2016; 311:C583-C595. [PMID: 27488672 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00363.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Two-pore domain potassium (K2P) channels influence basic cellular parameters such as resting membrane potential, cellular excitability, or intracellular Ca2+-concentration [Ca2+]i While the physiological importance of K2P channels in different organ systems (e.g., heart, central nervous system, or immune system) has become increasingly clear over the last decade, their expression profile and functional role in skeletal muscle cells (SkMC) remain largely unknown. The mouse SkMC cell line C2C12, wild-type mouse muscle tissue, and primary mouse muscle cells (PMMs) were analyzed using quantitative PCR, Western blotting, and immunohistochemical stainings as well as functional analysis including patch-clamp measurements and Ca2+ imaging. Mouse SkMC express TWIK-related acid-sensitive K+ channel (TASK) 2, TWIK-related K+ channel (TREK) 1, TREK2, and TWIK-related arachidonic acid stimulated K+ channel (TRAAK). Except TASK2 all mentioned channels were upregulated in vitro during differentiation from myoblasts to myotubes. TASK2 and TREK1 were also functionally expressed and upregulated in PMMs isolated from mouse muscle tissue. Inhibition of TASK2 and TREK1 during differentiation revealed a morphological impairment of myoblast fusion accompanied by a downregulation of maturation markers. TASK2 and TREK1 blockade led to a decreased K+ outward current and a decrease of ACh-dependent Ca2+ influx in C2C12 cells as potential underlying mechanisms. K2P-channel expression was also detected in human muscle tissue by immunohistochemistry pointing towards possible relevance for human muscle cell maturation and function. In conclusion, our findings for the first time demonstrate the functional expression of TASK2 and TREK1 in muscle cells with implications for differentiation processes warranting further investigations in physiologic and pathophysiologic scenarios.
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- Ali M Afzali
- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany;
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, University of Münster, Münster, Germany; and
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Leem YE, Jeong HJ, Kim HJ, Koh J, Kang K, Bae GU, Cho H, Kang JS. Cdo Regulates Surface Expression of Kir2.1 K+ Channel in Myoblast Differentiation. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158707. [PMID: 27380411 PMCID: PMC4933383 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A potassium channel Kir2.1-associated membrane hyperpolarization is required for myogenic differentiation. However the molecular regulatory mechanisms modulating Kir2.1 channel activities in early stage of myogenesis are largely unknown. A cell surface protein, Cdo functions as a component of multiprotein cell surface complexes to promote myogenesis. In this study, we report that Cdo forms a complex with Kir2.1 during myogenic differentiation, and is required for the channel activity by enhancing the surface expression of Kir2.1 in the early stage of differentiation. The expression of a constitutively active form of the upstream kinase for p38MAPK, MKK6(EE) can restore Kir2.1 activities in Cdo-depleted C2C12 cells, while the treatment with a p38MAPK inhibitor, SB203580 exhibits a similar effect of Cdo depletion on Kir2.1 surface expression. Furthermore, Cdo-/- primary myoblasts, which display a defective differentiation program, exhibit a defective Kir2.1 activity. Taken together, our results suggest that a promyogenic Cdo signaling is critical for Kir2.1 activities in the induction of myogenic differentiation.
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- Young-Eun Leem
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center for Cell Fate Control, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (JSK); (HC)
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (JSK); (HC)
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Endostatin is protective against monocrotaline-induced right heart disease through the inhibition of T-type Ca(2+) channel. Pflugers Arch 2016; 468:1259-1270. [PMID: 27023352 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1810-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2015] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Endostatin (ES), a C-terminal fragment of collagen XVIIIα1, has a potent anti-angiogenic effect. ES prevents tumor proliferation through inhibiting T-type Ca(2+) channel. T-type Ca(2+) channel is re-expressed during heart diseases including monocrotaline (MCT)-induced right heart failure. The present study aimed to clarify the effects of ES on T-type Ca(2+) channel and pathogenesis of MCT-induced right ventricular disease. MCT or saline was injected intraperitoneally to rats. After cardiomyocytes were isolated from right ventricles (RVs), T-type Ca(2+) channel current (I CaT) was measured by a patch-clamp method. After ES small interfering RNA (siRNA) or control siRNA (20 μg) was administrated for 1 week via the right jugular vein 1 week after MCT injection, echocardiography and histological analysis were done. I CaT was significantly increased in RV from MCT-injected rats, and ES significantly inhibited it. The survival rate of ES siRNA-administrated MCT rats (MCT ES si group) was decreased. In echocardiography, although ES siRNA did not affect pulmonary arterial pressure, RV systolic function was impaired in MCT ES si group compared with control siRNA-administrated MCT rats (MCT cont si group). In the histological analysis of RV, ES expression was increased in MCT cont si group, and ES siRNA inhibited it. Furthermore, although MCT cont si group showed only cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, MCT ES si group showed notable enlargement of intercellular spaces. The present study for the first time revealed that ES inhibits T-type Ca(2+) channel activity in RV from MCT-injected rats. ES gene knockdown deteriorates MCT-induced right heart disease. ES is thus cardioprotective possibly through inhibiting T-type Ca(2+) channel activity.
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Kurosaka M, Ogura Y, Funabashi T, Akema T. Involvement of Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) in Myoblast Fusion. J Cell Physiol 2016; 231:2275-85. [PMID: 26892397 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
The mechanisms that underlie the complex process of muscle regeneration after injury remain unknown. Transient receptor potential cation channel vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is expressed in several cell types, including skeletal muscle, and is activated by high temperature and by certain molecules secreted during tissue inflammation. Severe inflammation and local temperature perturbations are induced during muscle regeneration, which suggests that TRPV1 might be activated and involved in the process. The aim of this study, was to clarify the role of TRPV1 in the myogenic potential of satellite cells responsible for muscle regeneration. We found that mRNA and protein levels of TRPV1 increased during regeneration after cardiotoxin (CTX)-induced muscle injury in mice. Using isolated mouse satellite cells (i.e., myoblasts), we observed that activation of TRPV1 by its agonist capsaicin (CAP) augmented myogenin protein levels. Whereas CAP did not alter myoblast proliferation, it facilitated myoblast fusion (evaluated using myonucleii number per myotube and fusion index). In contrast, suppression of TRPV1 by siRNA impaired myoblast fusion. Using mice, we also demonstrated that intramuscular injection of CAP facilitated muscle repair after CTX-induced muscle injury. Moreover, we showed that these roles of TRPV1 might be mediated by interleukin-4 and calcium signaling during myoblast fusion. Collectively, these results suggest that TRPV1 underlies normal myogenesis through promotion of myoblast fusion. J. Cell. Physiol. 231: 2275-2285, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Mitsutoshi Kurosaka
- Department of Physiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Holmes WW, Keyser BM, Paradiso DC, Ray R, Andres DK, Benton BJ, Rothwell CC, Hoard-Fruchey HM, Dillman JF, Sciuto AM, Anderson DR. Conceptual approaches for treatment of phosgene inhalation-induced lung injury. Toxicol Lett 2015; 244:8-20. [PMID: 26562770 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Toxic industrial chemicals are used throughout the world to produce everyday products such as household and commercial cleaners, disinfectants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, paper, and fertilizers. These chemicals are produced, stored, and transported in large quantities, which poses a threat to the local civilian population in cases of accidental or intentional release. Several of these chemicals have no known medical countermeasures for their toxic effects. Phosgene is a highly toxic industrial chemical which was used as a chemical warfare agent in WWI. Exposure to phosgene causes latent, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema which can result in respiratory failure and death. The mechanisms of phosgene-induced pulmonary injury are not fully identified, and currently there is no efficacious countermeasure. Here, we provide a proposed mechanism of phosgene-induced lung injury based on the literature and from studies conducted in our lab, as well as provide results from studies designed to evaluate survival efficacy of potential therapies following whole-body phosgene exposure in mice. Several therapies were able to significantly increase 24h survival following an LCt50-70 exposure to phosgene; however, no treatment was able to fully protect against phosgene-induced mortality. These studies provide evidence that mortality following phosgene toxicity can be mitigated by neuro- and calcium-regulators, antioxidants, phosphodiesterase and endothelin receptor antagonists, angiotensin converting enzymes, and transient receptor potential cation channel inhibitors. However, because the mechanism of phosgene toxicity is multifaceted, we conclude that a single therapeutic is unlikely to be sufficient to ameliorate the multitude of direct and secondary toxic effects caused by phosgene inhalation.
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- Wesley W Holmes
- Analytical Toxicology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States.
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- Research Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Analytical Toxicology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Research Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Research Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Research Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Research Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Research Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Research Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Analytical Toxicology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States
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- Analytical Toxicology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, 2900 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5400, United States.
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Nakanishi K, Kakiguchi K, Yonemura S, Nakano A, Morishima N. Transient Ca2+ depletion from the endoplasmic reticulum is critical for skeletal myoblast differentiation. FASEB J 2015; 29:2137-49. [PMID: 25678623 DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-261529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is a cellular condition in which unfolded proteins accumulate in the ER because of various but specific causes. Physiologic ER stress occurs transiently during myoblast differentiation, and although its cause remains unknown, it plays a critical role in myofiber formation. To examine the mechanism underlying ER stress, we monitored ER morphology during differentiation of murine myoblasts. Novel ER-derived structures transiently appeared prior to myoblast fusion both in vitro and in vivo. Electron microscopy studies revealed that these structures consisted of pseudoconcentric ER cisternae with narrow lumens. Similar structures specifically formed by pharmacologically induced ER Ca(2+) depletion, and inhibition of ER Ca(2+) efflux channels in differentiating myoblasts considerably suppressed ER-specific deformation and ER stress signaling. Thus, we named the novel structures stress-activated response to Ca(2+) depletion (SARC) bodies. Prior to SARC body formation, stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1), an ER Ca(2+) sensor protein, formed ER Ca(2+) depletion-specific clusters. Furthermore, myoblast differentiation manifested by myoblast fusion did not proceed under the same conditions as inhibition of ER Ca(2+) depletion. Altogether, these observations suggest that ER Ca(2+) depletion is a prerequisite for myoblast fusion, causing both physiologic ER stress signaling and SARC body formation.
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- Keiko Nakanishi
- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- *Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan; Electron Microscope Laboratory, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Tomasova L, Pavlovicova M, Malekova L, Misak A, Kristek F, Grman M, Cacanyiova S, Tomasek M, Tomaskova Z, Perry A, Wood ME, Lacinova L, Ondrias K, Whiteman M. Effects of AP39, a novel triphenylphosphonium derivatised anethole dithiolethione hydrogen sulfide donor, on rat haemodynamic parameters and chloride and calcium Cav3 and RyR2 channels. Nitric Oxide 2014; 46:131-44. [PMID: 25555533 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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H2S donor molecules have the potential to be viable therapeutic agents. The aim of this current study was (i) to investigate the effects of a novel triphenylphosphonium derivatised dithiolethione (AP39), in the presence and absence of reduced nitric oxide bioavailability and (ii) to determine the effects of AP39 on myocardial membrane channels; CaV3, RyR2 and Cl(-). Normotensive, L-NAME- or phenylephrine-treated rats were administered Na2S, AP39 or control compounds (AP219 and ADT-OH) (0.25-1 µmol kg(-1)i.v.) and haemodynamic parameters measured. The involvement of membrane channels T-type Ca(2+) channels CaV3.1, CaV3.2 and CaV3.3 as well as Ca(2+) ryanodine (RyR2) and Cl(-) single channels derived from rat heart sarcoplasmic reticulum were also investigated. In anaesthetised Wistar rats, AP39 (0.25-1 µmol kg(-1) i.v) transiently decreased blood pressure, heart rate and pulse wave velocity, whereas AP219 and ADT-OH and Na2S had no significant effect. In L-NAME treated rats, AP39 significantly lowered systolic blood pressure for a prolonged period, decreased heart rate and arterial stiffness. In electrophysiological studies, AP39 significantly inhibited Ca(2+) current through all three CaV3 channels. AP39 decreased RyR2 channels activity and increased conductance and mean open time of Cl(-) channels. This study suggests that AP39 may offer a novel therapeutic opportunity in conditions whereby (•)NO and H2S bioavailability are deficient such as hypertension, and that CaV3, RyR2 and Cl(-) cardiac membrane channels might be involved in its biological actions.
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- Lenka Tomasova
- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia; Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia; Center for Molecular Medicine, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Masilamani TJ, Loiselle JJ, Sutherland LC. Assessment of reference genes for real-time quantitative PCR gene expression normalization during C2C12 and H9c2 skeletal muscle differentiation. Mol Biotechnol 2014; 56:329-39. [PMID: 24146429 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-013-9712-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Skeletal muscle differentiation occurs during muscle development and regeneration. To initiate and maintain the differentiated state, a multitude of gene expression changes occur. Accurate assessment of these differentiation-related gene expression changes requires good quality template, but more specifically, appropriate internal controls for normalization. Two cell line-based models used for in vitro analyses of muscle differentiation incorporate mouse C2C12 and rat H9c2 cells. In this study, we set out to identify the most appropriate controls for mRNA expression normalization during C2C12 and H9c2 differentiation. We assessed the expression profiles of Actb, Gapdh, Hprt, Rps12 and Tbp during C2C12 differentiation and of Gapdh and Rps12 during H9c2 differentiation. Using NormFinder, we validated the stability of the genes individually and of the geometric mean generated from different gene combinations. We verified our results using Myogenin. Our study demonstrates that using the geometric mean of a combination of specific reference genes for normalization provides a platform for more precise test gene expression assessment during myoblast differentiation than using the absolute expression value of an individual gene and reinforces the necessity of reference gene validation.
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- Twinkle J Masilamani
- Biomolecular Sciences Program, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada,
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Son YK, Hong DH, Li H, Kim DJ, Na SH, Park H, Jung WK, Choi IW, Park WS. Ca2+ channel inhibitor NNC 55-0396 inhibits voltage-dependent K+ channels in rabbit coronary arterial smooth muscle cells. J Pharmacol Sci 2014; 125:312-9. [PMID: 24989838 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.14054fp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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We demonstrated the inhibitory effect of NNC 55-0396, a T-type Ca(2+) channel inhibitor, on voltage-dependent K(+) (K(V)) channels in freshly isolated rabbit coronary arterial smooth muscle cells. NNC 55-0396 decreased the amplitude of K(V) currents in a concentration-dependent manner, with an IC(50) of 0.080 μM and a Hill coefficient of 0.76.NNC 55-0396 did not affect steady-state activation and inactivation curves, indicating that the compound does not affect the voltage sensitivity of K(V) channel gating. Both the K(V) currents and the inhibitory effect of NNC 55-0396 on K(V) channels were not altered by depletion of extracellular Ca(2+) or intracellular ATP, suggesting that the inhibitory effect of NNC 55-0396 is independent of Ca(2+)-channel activity and phosphorylation-dependent signaling cascades. From these results, we concluded that NNC 55-0396 dosedependently inhibits K(V) currents, independently of Ca(2+)-channel activity and intracellular signaling cascades.
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- Youn Kyoung Son
- Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Physiology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Korea
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The endocannabinoid 2-AG controls skeletal muscle cell differentiation via CB1 receptor-dependent inhibition of Kv7 channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E2472-81. [PMID: 24927567 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406728111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Little is known of the involvement of endocannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors in skeletal muscle cell differentiation. We report that, due to changes in the expression of genes involved in its metabolism, the levels of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) are decreased both during myotube formation in vitro from murine C2C12 myoblasts and during mouse muscle growth in vivo. The endocannabinoid, as well as the CB1 agonist arachidonoyl-2-chloroethylamide, prevent myotube formation in a manner antagonized by CB1 knockdown and by CB1 antagonists, which, per se, instead stimulate differentiation. Importantly, 2-AG also inhibits differentiation of primary human satellite cells. Muscle fascicles from CB1 knockout embryos contain more muscle fibers, and postnatal mice show muscle fibers of an increased diameter relative to wild-type littermates. Inhibition of Kv7.4 channel activity, which plays a permissive role in myogenesis and depends on phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), underlies the effects of 2-AG. We find that CB1 stimulation reduces both total and Kv7.4-bound PIP2 levels in C2C12 cells and inhibits Kv7.4 currents in transfected CHO cells. We suggest that 2-AG is an endogenous repressor of myoblast differentiation via CB1-mediated inhibition of Kv7.4 channels.
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Ciechonska M, Key T, Duncan R. Efficient reovirus- and measles virus-mediated pore expansion during syncytium formation is dependent on annexin A1 and intracellular calcium. J Virol 2014; 88:6137-47. [PMID: 24648446 PMCID: PMC4093853 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00121-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Orthoreovirus fusion-associated small transmembrane (FAST) proteins are dedicated cell-cell fusogens responsible for multinucleated syncytium formation and are virulence determinants of the fusogenic reoviruses. While numerous studies on the FAST proteins and enveloped-virus fusogens have delineated steps involved in membrane fusion and pore formation, little is known about the mechanics of pore expansion needed for syncytiogenesis. We now report that RNA interference (RNAi) knockdown of annexin A1 (AX1) expression dramatically reduced both reptilian reovirus p14 and measles virus F and H protein-mediated pore expansion during syncytiogenesis but had no effect on pore formation. A similar effect was obtained by chelating intracellular calcium, which dramatically decreased syncytiogenesis in the absence of detectable effects on p14-induced pore formation. Coimmunoprecipitation revealed calcium-dependent interaction between AX1 and p14 or measles virus F and H proteins, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) demonstrated calcium-dependent p14-AX1 interactions in cellulo. Furthermore, antibody inhibition of extracellular AX1 had no effect on p14-induced syncytium formation but did impair cell-cell fusion mediated by the endogenous muscle cell fusion machinery in C2C12 mouse myoblasts. AX1 can therefore exert diverse, fusogen-specific effects on cell-cell fusion, functioning as an extracellular mediator of differentiation-dependent membrane fusion or as an intracellular promoter of postfusion pore expansion and syncytium formation following virus-mediated cell-cell fusion. IMPORTANCE Numerous enveloped viruses and nonenveloped fusogenic orthoreoviruses encode membrane fusion proteins that induce syncytium formation, which has been linked to viral pathogenicity. Considerable insights into the mechanisms of membrane fusion have been obtained, but processes that drive postfusion expansion of fusion pores to generate syncytia are poorly understood. This study identifies intracellular calcium and annexin A1 (AX1) as key factors required for efficient pore expansion during syncytium formation mediated by the reptilian reovirus p14 and measles virus F and H fusion protein complexes. Involvement of intracellular AX1 in syncytiogenesis directly correlates with a requirement for intracellular calcium in p14-AX1 interactions and pore expansion but not membrane fusion and pore formation. This is the first demonstration that intracellular AX1 is involved in pore expansion, which suggests that the AX1 pathway may be a common host cell response needed to resolve virus-induced cell-cell fusion pores.
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- Marta Ciechonska
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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