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Kenny FN, Marcotti S, De Freitas DB, Drudi EM, Leech V, Bell RE, Easton J, Díaz-de-la-Loza MDC, Fleck R, Allison L, Philippeos C, Manhart A, Shaw TJ, Stramer BM. Autocrine IL-6 drives cell and extracellular matrix anisotropy in scar fibroblasts. Matrix Biol 2023; 123:1-16. [PMID: 37660739 PMCID: PMC10878985 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2023.08.004] [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: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Fibrosis is associated with dramatic changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) architecture of unknown etiology. Here we exploit keloid scars as a paradigm to understand fibrotic ECM organization. We reveal that keloid patient fibroblasts uniquely produce a globally aligned ECM network in 2-D culture as observed in scar tissue. ECM anisotropy develops after rapid initiation of a fibroblast supracellular actin network, suggesting that cell alignment initiates ECM patterning. Keloid fibroblasts produce elevated levels of IL-6, and autocrine IL-6 production is both necessary and sufficient to induce cell and ECM alignment, as evidenced by ligand stimulation of normal dermal fibroblasts and treatment of keloid fibroblasts with the function blocking IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody, tocilizumab. Downstream of IL-6, supracellular organization of keloid fibroblasts is controlled by activation of cell-cell adhesion. Adhesion formation inhibits contact-induced cellular overlap leading to nematic organization of cells and an alignment of focal adhesions. Keloid fibroblasts placed on isotropic ECM align the pre-existing matrix, suggesting that focal adhesion alignment leads to active anisotropic remodeling. These results show that IL-6-induced fibroblast cooperativity can control the development of a nematic ECM, highlighting both IL-6 signaling and cell-cell adhesions as potential therapeutic targets to inhibit this common feature of fibrosis.
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- Fiona N Kenny
- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Biology & Cancer Immunology, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mathematics, University College London, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Biology & Cancer Immunology, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Biology & Cancer Immunology, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Ultrastructure Imaging, King's College London, UK
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- Centre for Ultrastructure Imaging, King's College London, UK
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- Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mathematics, University College London, UK; Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Inflammation Biology & Cancer Immunology, Department of Inflammation Biology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK.
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Felice P, D’Amico E, Pierfelice TV, Petrini M, Barausse C, Karaban M, Barone A, Iezzi G. Osteoblasts and Fibroblasts Interaction with a Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix Membrane. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043649. [PMID: 36835067 PMCID: PMC9964429 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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The use of collagen membranes has remained the gold standard in GTR/GBR. In this study, the features and the biological activities of an acellular porcine dermis collagen matrix membrane applicable during dental surgery were investigated, and also by applying hydration with NaCl. Thus, two tested membranes were distinguished, the H-Membrane and Membrane, compared to the control cell culture plastic. The characterization was performed by SEM and histological analyses. In contrast, the biocompatibility was investigated on HGF and HOB cells at 3, 7, and 14 days by MTT for proliferation study; by SEM and histology for cell interaction study; and by RT-PCR for function-related genes study. In HOBs seeded on membranes, mineralization functions by ALP assay and Alizarin Red staining were also investigated. Results indicated that the tested membranes, especially when hydrated, can promote the proliferation and attachment of cells at each time. Furthermore, membranes significantly increased ALP and mineralization activities in HOBs as well as the osteoblastic-related genes ALP and OCN. Similarly, membranes significantly increased ECM-related and MMP8 gene expression in HGFs. In conclusion, the tested acellular porcine dermis collagen matrix membrane, mainly when it is hydrated, behaved as a suitable microenvironment for oral cells.
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- Pietro Felice
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Postgraduate School of Oral Surgery, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41121 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Oral Surgery and Implantology, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Complex Unit of Stomatology and Oral Surgery, Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathologies and of the Critical Needs, School of Dentistry, University of Pisa, University-Hospital of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0871-3554083
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Yang HY, Liang ZH, Xie JL, Wu Q, Qin YY, Zhang SY, Tang GD. Gelsolin impairs barrier function in pancreatic ductal epithelial cells by actin filament depolymerization in hypertriglyceridemia‑induced pancreatitis in vitro. Exp Ther Med 2022; 23:290. [PMID: 35317441 PMCID: PMC8908475 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2022.11219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Gelsolin (GSN) is a calcium-regulated actin-binding protein that can sever actin filaments. Notably, actin dynamics affect the structure and function of epithelial barriers. The present study investigated the role of GSN in the barrier function of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells (PDECs) in hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis (HTGP). The human PDEC cell line HPDE6-C7 underwent GSN knockdown and was treated with caerulein (CAE) + triglycerides (TG). Intracellular calcium levels and the actin filament network were analyzed under a fluorescence microscope. The expression levels of GSN, E-cadherin, nectin-2, ZO-1 and occludin were evaluated by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting. Ultrastructural changes in tight junctions were observed by transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, the permeability of PDECs was analyzed by fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran fluorescence. The results revealed that CAE + TG increased intracellular calcium levels, actin filament depolymerization and GSN expression, and increased PDEC permeability by decreasing the expression levels of E-cadherin, nectin-2, ZO-1 and occludin compared with the control. Moreover, changes in these markers, with the exception of intracellular calcium levels, were reversed by silencing GSN. In conclusion, GSN may disrupt barrier function in PDECs by causing actin filament depolymerization in HTGP in vitro.
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- Hui-Ying Yang
- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, P.R. China
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Krajnik A, Brazzo JA, Vaidyanathan K, Das T, Redondo-Muñoz J, Bae Y. Phosphoinositide Signaling and Mechanotransduction in Cardiovascular Biology and Disease. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:595849. [PMID: 33381504 PMCID: PMC7767973 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.595849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Phosphoinositides, which are membrane-bound phospholipids, are critical signaling molecules located at the interface between the extracellular matrix, cell membrane, and cytoskeleton. Phosphoinositides are essential regulators of many biological and cellular processes, including but not limited to cell migration, proliferation, survival, and differentiation, as well as cytoskeletal rearrangements and actin dynamics. Over the years, a multitude of studies have uniquely implicated phosphoinositide signaling as being crucial in cardiovascular biology and a dominant force in the development of cardiovascular disease and its progression. Independently, the cellular transduction of mechanical forces or mechanotransduction in cardiovascular cells is widely accepted to be critical to their homeostasis and can drive aberrant cellular phenotypes and resultant cardiovascular disease. Given the versatility and diversity of phosphoinositide signaling in the cardiovascular system and the dominant regulation of cardiovascular cell functions by mechanotransduction, the molecular mechanistic overlap and extent to which these two major signaling modalities converge in cardiovascular cells remain unclear. In this review, we discuss and synthesize recent findings that rightfully connect phosphoinositide signaling to cellular mechanotransduction in the context of cardiovascular biology and disease, and we specifically focus on phosphatidylinositol-4,5-phosphate, phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase, phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-phosphate, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Throughout the review, we discuss how specific phosphoinositide subspecies have been shown to mediate biomechanically sensitive cytoskeletal remodeling in cardiovascular cells. Additionally, we discuss the direct interaction of phosphoinositides with mechanically sensitive membrane-bound ion channels in response to mechanical stimuli. Furthermore, we explore the role of phosphoinositide subspecies in association with critical downstream effectors of mechanical signaling in cardiovascular biology and disease.
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- Amanda Krajnik
- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Madrid, Spain.,Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, United States
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Patel VB, Zhabyeyev P, Chen X, Wang F, Paul M, Fan D, McLean BA, Basu R, Zhang P, Shah S, Dawson JF, Pyle WG, Hazra M, Kassiri Z, Hazra S, Vanhaesebroeck B, McCulloch CA, Oudit GY. PI3Kα-regulated gelsolin activity is a critical determinant of cardiac cytoskeletal remodeling and heart disease. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5390. [PMID: 30568254 PMCID: PMC6300608 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07812-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Biomechanical stress and cytoskeletal remodeling are key determinants of cellular homeostasis and tissue responses to mechanical stimuli and injury. Here we document the increased activity of gelsolin, an actin filament severing and capping protein, in failing human hearts. Deletion of gelsolin prevents biomechanical stress-induced adverse cytoskeletal remodeling and heart failure in mice. We show that phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-triphosphate (PIP3) lipid suppresses gelsolin actin-severing and capping activities. Accordingly, loss of PI3Kα, the key PIP3-producing enzyme in the heart, increases gelsolin-mediated actin-severing activities in the myocardium in vivo, resulting in dilated cardiomyopathy in response to pressure-overload. Mechanical stretching of adult PI3Kα-deficient cardiomyocytes disrupts the actin cytoskeleton, which is prevented by reconstituting cells with PIP3. The actin severing and capping activities of recombinant gelsolin are effectively suppressed by PIP3. Our data identify the role of gelsolin-driven cytoskeletal remodeling in heart failure in which PI3Kα/PIP3 act as negative regulators of gelsolin activity.
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- Vaibhav B Patel
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, HMRB-71, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
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- Department of Biotechnology, North Orissa University, Baripada, 757003, Odisha, India
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- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, HMRC-407, 116 St 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, HMRC-407, 116 St 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, HMRC-407, 116 St 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, HMRC-407, 116 St 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
- Centre of Cardiovascular Investigations, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Centre of Cardiovascular Investigations, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, 249404, Uttarakhand, India
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- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, HMRC-407, 116 St 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
- Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, England, UK
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- Matrix Dynamics Group, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E2, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, 2C2, 8440-112 St, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada.
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, HMRC-407, 116 St 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada.
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Richerioux N, Blondeau C, Wiedemann A, Rémy S, Vautherot JF, Denesvre C. Rho-ROCK and Rac-PAK signaling pathways have opposing effects on the cell-to-cell spread of Marek's Disease Virus. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44072. [PMID: 22952878 PMCID: PMC3428312 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Marek's Disease Virus (MDV) is an avian alpha-herpesvirus that only spreads from cell-to-cell in cell culture. While its cell-to-cell spread has been shown to be dependent on actin filament dynamics, the mechanisms regulating this spread remain largely unknown. Using a recombinant BAC20 virus expressing an EGFPVP22 tegument protein, we found that the actin cytoskeleton arrangements and cell-cell contacts differ in the center and periphery of MDV infection plaques, with cells in the latter areas showing stress fibers and rare cellular projections. Using specific inhibitors and activators, we determined that Rho-ROCK pathway, known to regulate stress fiber formation, and Rac-PAK, known to promote lamellipodia formation and destabilize stress fibers, had strong contrasting effects on MDV cell-to-cell spread in primary chicken embryo skin cells (CESCs). Inhibition of Rho and its ROCKs effectors led to reduced plaque sizes whereas inhibition of Rac or its group I-PAKs effectors had the adverse effect. Importantly, we observed that the shape of MDV plaques is related to the semi-ordered arrangement of the elongated cells, at the monolayer level in the vicinity of the plaques. Inhibition of Rho-ROCK signaling also resulted in a perturbation of the cell arrangement and a rounding of plaques. These opposing effects of Rho and Rac pathways in MDV cell-to-cell spread were validated for two parental MDV recombinant viruses with different ex vivo spread efficiencies. Finally, we demonstrated that Rho/Rac pathways have opposing effects on the accumulation of N-cadherin at cell-cell contact regions between CESCs, and defined these contacts as adherens junctions. Considering the importance of adherens junctions in HSV-1 cell-to-cell spread in some cell types, this result makes of adherens junctions maintenance one potential and attractive hypothesis to explain the Rho/Rac effects on MDV cell-to-cell spread. Our study provides the first evidence that MDV cell-to-cell spread is regulated by Rho/Rac signaling.
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- Nicolas Richerioux
- INRA, UMR1282, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, ISP, BIOVA team, Nouzilly, France
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Lin YC, Kramer CM, Chen CS, Reich DH. Probing cellular traction forces with magnetic nanowires and microfabricated force sensor arrays. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 23:075101. [PMID: 22260885 PMCID: PMC3376533 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/7/075101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In this paper, the use of magnetic nanowires for the study of cellular response to force is demonstrated. High-aspect ratio Ni rods with diameter 300 nm and lengths up to 20 μm were bound to or internalized by pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (SMCs) cultured on arrays of flexible micropost force sensors. Forces and torques were applied to the cells by driving the nanowires with AC magnetic fields in the frequency range 0.1-10 Hz, and the changes in cellular contractile forces were recorded with the microposts. These local stimulations yield global force reinforcement of the cells' traction forces, but this contractile reinforcement can be effectively suppressed upon addition of a calcium channel blocker, ruthenium red, suggesting the role of calcium channels in the mechanical response. The responsiveness of the SMCs to actuation depends on the frequency of the applied stimulation. These results show that the combination of magnetic nanoparticles and micropatterned, flexible substrates can provide new approaches to the study of cellular mechanotransduction.
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- Yi-Chia Lin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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Koh SWM. Corneal endothelial autocrine trophic factor VIP in a mechanism-based strategy to enhance human donor cornea preservation for transplantation. Exp Eye Res 2011; 95:48-53. [PMID: 22036689 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) are identified as autocrines of human corneal endothelial (CE) cells working in concert to maintain the differentiated state and promote the survival of the corneal endothelium. From VIP gene knockdown study, endogenous VIP is shown to maintain the level of the differentiation marker, the adhesion molecule N-cadherin, CE cell size, shape, and retention, in situ in the human donor corneoscleral explants. Exogenous VIP protects the corneal endothelium against the killing effect of oxidative stress, in part by upholding ATP levels in CE cells dying of oxidative stress-induced injury, allowing them to die of an apoptotic death instead of an acute necrotic one. The switch from the acute necrosis to the programmed cell death (apoptosis) may have allowed the injured CE cell to be rescued by the VIP-upregulated pathways, including those of Bcl-2 and N-cadherin, and resulted in long-term CE cell survival. The endogenous VIP in CE cells is upregulated by CNTF, which is released by CE cells surviving the oxidative stress. The CNTF receptor (CNTFRα) is expressed in CE cells in human donor corneoscleral explant and gradually becomes lost during corneal storage. VIP treatment (10(-8) M, 37 °C, 30 min) prior to storage of freshly dissected human donor corneoscleral explants increases their CE cell CNTFRα level and responsiveness to CNTF in upregulating the gap junctional protein connexin-43 expression. VIP treatment of both fresh and preserved corneoscleral explants reduces CE damage in the corneoscleral explants and in the corneal buttons trephined from them. CE cell loss is a critical risk factor in corneal graft failure at any time in the life of the graft, which can be as late as 5-10 years after an initially successful transplant. A new procedure, Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK), which is superior to the traditional full thickness transplantation in many aspects, nevertheless subjects the corneal endothelium to extensive mechanical forces, resulting in even more pronounced CE cell loss than the traditional technique. Whereas it is known that cells transduce mechanical stress through N-cadherin, stimulation of the N-cadherin pathway increases the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 expression. Since N-cadherin and Bcl-2 in the corneal endothelium are both upregulated by VIP, we aim to strengthen the CE sheet by VIP treatments of the corneoscleral explants for full thickness traditional corneal transplantation and pre-cut corneas for DSAEK.
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- Shay-Whey Margaret Koh
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Niessen CM, Leckband D, Yap AS. Tissue organization by cadherin adhesion molecules: dynamic molecular and cellular mechanisms of morphogenetic regulation. Physiol Rev 2011; 91:691-731. [PMID: 21527735 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00004.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This review addresses the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cadherin-based tissue morphogenesis. Tissue physiology is profoundly influenced by the distinctive organizations of cells in organs and tissues. In metazoa, adhesion receptors of the classical cadherin family play important roles in establishing and maintaining such tissue organization. Indeed, it is apparent that cadherins participate in a range of morphogenetic events that range from support of tissue integrity to dynamic cellular rearrangements. A comprehensive understanding of cadherin-based morphogenesis must then define the molecular and cellular mechanisms that support these distinct cadherin biologies. Here we focus on four key mechanistic elements: the molecular basis for adhesion through cadherin ectodomains, the regulation of cadherin expression at the cell surface, cooperation between cadherins and the actin cytoskeleton, and regulation by cell signaling. We discuss current progress and outline issues for further research in these fields.
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- Carien M Niessen
- Department of Dermatology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Zhang Y, Kanter EM, Yamada KA. Remodeling of cardiac fibroblasts following myocardial infarction results in increased gap junction intercellular communication. Cardiovasc Pathol 2010; 19:e233-40. [PMID: 20093048 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2009] [Revised: 11/15/2009] [Accepted: 12/15/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We have recently shown that native murine ventricular fibroblasts express both connexin43 (Cx43) and Cx45, and that the level of Cx43 expression influences intercellular coupling and cell proliferation. Relatively little is known, however, about how myocardial infarction (MI) influences expression of Cx43, or how altered Cx43 expression may affect fibroblast function post-MI. Fibroblasts are critical for infarct healing and post-infarct ventricular remodeling. They can couple electrically with cardiac myocytes and influence myocardial activation patterns. Thus, Cx43 remodeling and the level of intercellular communication in fibroblasts expressed in the infarcted heart were the subject of the present investigation. METHODS Fibroblasts were isolated from both infarct scar and remote, noninfarcted regions of murine hearts 6 d after coronary ligation. Expression levels of Cx43, α-smooth muscle actin and N-cadherin were quantified by immunoblotting. Gap junctional intercellular communication was quantified by Lucifer yellow dye transfer. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Fibroblasts isolated from infarcted hearts exhibited marked up-regulation of Cx43 protein expression and enhanced intercellular coupling. Exogenous administration of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) to fibroblast cultures from normal, non-operated hearts produced comparable up-regulation of Cx43, suggesting that increased intercellular communication between fibroblasts in infarct and peri-infarct regions may be secondary to activation of a TGF-β pathway. Unlike cardiac myocytes that down-regulate Cx43, presumably to limit intercellular transmission of biochemical mediators of ischemic injury, fibroblasts may up-regulate Cx43 to maintain electrical and metabolic coupling at a time when intercellular communication is compromised.
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- Yan Zhang
- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division and the Center for Cardiovascular Research), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Out, in and back again: PtdIns(4,5)P(2) regulates cadherin trafficking in epithelial morphogenesis. Biochem J 2009; 418:247-60. [PMID: 19196245 DOI: 10.1042/bj20081844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The morphogenesis of epithelial cells in the tissue microenvironment depends on the regulation of the forces and structures that keep cells in contact with their neighbours. The formation of cell-cell contacts is integral to the establishment and maintenance of epithelial morphogenesis. In epithelial tissues, the misregulation of the signalling pathways that control epithelial polarization induces migratory and invasive cellular phenotypes. Many cellular processes influence cadherin targeting and function, including exocytosis, endocytosis and recycling. However, the localized generation of the lipid messenger PtdIns(4,5)P(2) is emerging as a fundamental signal controlling all of these processes. The PtdIns(4,5)P(2)-generating enzymes, PIPKs (phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinases) are therefore integral to these pathways. By the spatial and temporal targeting of PIPKs via the actions of its functional protein associates, PtdIns(4,5)P(2) is generated at discrete cellular locales to provide the cadherin-trafficking machinery with its required lipid messenger. In the present review, we discuss the involvement of PtdIns(4,5)P(2) and the PIPKs in the regulation of the E-cadherin (epithelial cadherin) exocytic and endocytic machinery, the modulation of actin structures at sites of adhesion, and the direction of cellular pathways which determine the fate of E-cadherin and cell-cell junctions. Recent work is also described that has defined phosphoinositide-mediated E-cadherin regulatory pathways by the use of organismal models.
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Follonier L, Schaub S, Meister JJ, Hinz B. Myofibroblast communication is controlled by intercellular mechanical coupling. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:3305-16. [PMID: 18827018 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.024521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Neoformation of intercellular adherens junctions accompanies the differentiation of fibroblasts into contractile myofibroblasts, a key event during development of fibrosis and in wound healing. We have previously shown that intercellular mechanical coupling of stress fibres via adherens junctions improves contraction of collagen gels by myofibroblasts. By assessing spontaneous intracellular Ca2+ oscillations, we here test whether adherens junctions mechanically coordinate myofibroblast activities. Periodic Ca2+ oscillations are synchronised between physically contacting myofibroblasts and become desynchronised upon dissociation of adherens junctions with function-blocking peptides. Similar uncoupling is obtained by inhibiting myofibroblast contraction using myosin inhibitors and by blocking mechanosensitive ion channels using Gd3+ and GSMTx4. By contrast, gap junction uncouplers do not affect myofibroblast coordination. We propose the following model of mechanical coupling for myofibroblasts: individual cell contraction is transmitted via adherens junctions and leads to the opening of mechanosensitive ion channels in adjacent cells. The resulting Ca2+ influx induces a contraction that can feed back on the first cell and/or stimulate other contacting cells. This mechanism could improve the remodelling of cell-dense tissue by coordinating the activity of myofibroblasts.
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- Lysianne Follonier
- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment SG-AA-B143, Station 15, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Stortelers C, Kerkhoven R, Moolenaar WH. Multiple actions of lysophosphatidic acid on fibroblasts revealed by transcriptional profiling. BMC Genomics 2008; 9:387. [PMID: 18702810 PMCID: PMC2536681 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2008] [Accepted: 08/14/2008] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Background Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a lipid mediator that acts through specific G protein-coupled receptors to stimulate the proliferation, migration and survival of many cell types. LPA signaling has been implicated in development, wound healing and cancer. While LPA signaling pathways have been studied extensively, it remains unknown how LPA affects global gene expression in its target cells. Results We have examined the temporal program of global gene expression in quiescent mouse embryonic fibroblasts stimulated with LPA using 32 k oligonucleotide microarrays. In addition to genes involved in growth stimulation and cytoskeletal reorganization, LPA induced many genes that encode secreted factors, including chemokines, growth factors, cytokines, pro-angiogenic and pro-fibrotic factors, components of the plasminogen activator system and metalloproteases. Strikingly, epidermal growth factor induced a broadly overlapping expression pattern, but some 7% of the genes (105 out of 1508 transcripts) showed differential regulation by LPA. The subset of LPA-specific genes was enriched for those associated with cytoskeletal remodeling, in keeping with LPA's ability to regulate cell shape and motility. Conclusion This study highlights the importance of LPA in programming fibroblasts not only to proliferate and migrate but also to produce many paracrine mediators of tissue remodeling, angiogenesis, inflammation and tumor progression. Furthermore, our results show that G protein-coupled receptors and receptor tyrosine kinases can signal independently to regulate broadly overlapping sets of genes in the same cell type.
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- Catelijne Stortelers
- Division of Cellular Biochemistry and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Koh SWM, Chandrasekara K, Abbondandolo CJ, Coll TJ, Rutzen AR. VIP and VIP gene silencing modulation of differentiation marker N-cadherin and cell shape of corneal endothelium in human corneas ex vivo. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008; 49:3491-8. [PMID: 18441300 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is expressed by corneal endothelial (CE) cells and is present in the aqueous humor, which bathes CE cells in vivo. This study demonstrated the role of CE cell VIP in maintaining the expression level of a CE differentiation marker, N-cadherin, and the hexagonal cell shape. METHODS To determine the most effective VIP concentration, bovine corneoscleral explants were treated with 0 (control) and 10(-12) to 10(-6) M VIP. Paired human corneas (nine donors) from an eye bank were used as control; the other corneas were treated with VIP. To silence endogenous VIP, paired fresh human donor corneas (from seven cadavers) were transduced with VIP shRNA or the control lentiviral particles and then bisected/quartered for quantitative analysis by semiquantitative RT-PCR (for mRNA) and Western blot analysis/immunocytochemistry (for protein), whereas alizarin red S staining revealed CE cell shape. RESULTS VIP concentration dependently increased bovine CE cell N-cadherin mRNA levels, with the maximal effect observed between 10(-10) (1.47 +/- 0.06-fold; P = 0.002) and 10(-8) M VIP (1.48 +/- 0.18-fold; P = 0.012). VIP (10(-8) M) treatment increased N-cadherin protein levels in bovine and human CE cells to 1.98 +/- 0.28-fold (P = 0.005) and 1.17 +/- 0.10 (range, 0.91-1.87)-fold (P = 0.050) of their respective controls. VIP antagonist (SN)VIPhyb diminished the VIP effect. VIP silencing resulted in deterioration of the hexagonal cell shape and decreased levels of VIP protein and mRNA, N-cadherin (but not connexin-43) mRNA and protein, and the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 protein. CONCLUSIONS Through its autocrine VIP, CE cells play an active role in maintaining the differentiated state and suppressing apoptosis in the corneal endothelium in situ.
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- Shay-Whey M Koh
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
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Pittet P, Lee K, Kulik AJ, Meister JJ, Hinz B. Fibrogenic fibroblasts increase intercellular adhesion strength by reinforcing individual OB-cadherin bonds. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:877-86. [PMID: 18303045 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.024877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We have previously shown that the switch from N-cadherin to OB-cadherin expression increases intercellular adhesion between fibroblasts during their transition from a migratory to a fibrogenic phenotype. Using atomic force microscopy we here show that part of this stronger adhesion is accomplished because OB-cadherin bonds resist approximately twofold higher forces compared with N-cadherin junctions. By assessing the adhesion force between recombinant cadherin dimers and between native cadherins in the membrane of spread fibroblasts, we demonstrate that cadherin bonds are reinforced over time with two distinct force increments. By modulating the degree of lateral cadherin diffusion and F-actin organization we can attribute the resulting three force states to the single-molecule bond rather than to cadherin cluster formation. Notably, association with actin filaments enhances cadherin adhesion strength on the single-molecule level up to threefold; actin depolymerization reduces single-bond strength to the level of cadherin constructs missing the cytoplasmic domain. Hence, fibroblasts reinforce intercellular contacts by: (1) switching from N- to OB-cadherin expression; (2) increasing the strength of single-molecule bonds in three distinct steps; and (3) actin-promoted intrinsic activation of cadherin extracellular binding. We propose that this plasticity adapts fibroblast adhesions to the changing mechanical microenvironment of tissue under remodeling.
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- Philippe Pittet
- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Institute of Physics of the Complex Matter, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Gragnani A, Giannoccaro FB, Sobral CS, Moraes AAF, França JP, Ferreira AT, Ferreira LM. Dimethylaminoethanol affects the viability of human cultured fibroblasts. Aesthetic Plast Surg 2007; 31:711-8. [PMID: 17940822 DOI: 10.1007/s00266-006-0208-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND In clinical practice, dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) has been used in the fight against wrinkles and flaccidity in the cervicofacial region. The firming action of DMAE is explained by the fact that its molecule, considered to be a precursor of acetylcholine, alters muscle contraction. However, no experimental studies have confirmed this theory. Because the actual mechanism of DMAE action was not defined and there were no references in the literature regarding its direct action on fibroblasts, this study was performed to evaluate the direct action of DMAE on cultured human fibroblasts. METHODS Human fibroblasts obtained from discarded fragments of total skin from patients undergoing plastic or reconstructive surgical procedures performed within the Plastic Surgery Division at the Federal University of São Paulo were used for this study. The explant technique was used. The culture medium was supplemented with different concentrations of DMAE on the fourth cell passage, and the cell proliferation rate, cytosolic calcium levels, and cell cycle were evaluated. Statistical analysis was performed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by a Newman-Keuls test for multiple comparisons. RESULTS A decrease in fibroblast proliferation was associated with an increase in DMAE concentration. A longer treatment time with trypsin was required for the groups treated with DMAE in a dose-dependent manner. In the presence of DMAE, cytosolic calcium increased in a dose-dependent manner. Apoptosis also increased in groups treated with DMAE. CONCLUSION Dimethylaminoethanol reduced the proliferation of fibroblasts, increased cytosolic calcium, and changed the cell cycle, causing an increase in apoptosis in cultured human fibroblasts.
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- Alfredo Gragnani
- Plastic Surgery Division of Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Pedro de Toledo, 781, 4 Andar Fundos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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El Sayegh TY, Arora PD, Ling K, Laschinger C, Janmey PA, Anderson RA, McCulloch CA. Phosphatidylinositol-4,5 bisphosphate produced by PIP5KIgamma regulates gelsolin, actin assembly, and adhesion strength of N-cadherin junctions. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:3026-38. [PMID: 17538019 PMCID: PMC1949369 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-12-1159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Phosphoinositides regulate several actin-binding proteins but their role at intercellular adhesions has not been defined. We found that phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) was generated at sites of N-cadherin-mediated intercellular adhesion and was a critical regulator of intercellular adhesion strength. Immunostaining for PI(4,5)P2 or transfection with GFP-PH-PLCdelta showed that PI(4,5)P2 was enriched at sites of N-cadherin adhesions and this enrichment required activated Rac1. Isoform-specific immunostaining for type I phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5 kinase (PIP5KI) showed that PIP5KIgamma was spatially associated with N-cadherin-Fc beads. Association of PIP5KIgamma with N-cadherin adhesions was in part dependent on the activation of RhoA. Transfection with catalytically inactive PIP5KIgamma blocked the enrichment of PI(4,5)P2 around beads. Catalytically inactive PIP5KIgamma or a cell-permeant peptide that mimics and competes for the PI(4,5)P2-binding region of the actin-binding protein gelsolin inhibited incorporation of actin monomers in response to N-cadherin ligation and reduced intercellular adhesion strength by more than twofold. Gelsolin null fibroblasts transfected with a gelsolin severing mutant containing an intact PI(4,5)P2 binding region, demonstrated intercellular adhesion strength similar to wild-type transfected controls. We conclude that PIP5KIgamma-mediated generation of PI(4,5)P2 at sites of N-cadherin contacts regulates intercellular adhesion strength, an effect due in part to PI(4,5)P2-mediated regulation of gelsolin.
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- T Y El Sayegh
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Group in Matrix Dynamics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3E2.
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Wuchter P, Boda-Heggemann J, Straub BK, Grund C, Kuhn C, Krause U, Seckinger A, Peitsch WK, Spring H, Ho AD, Franke WW. Processus and recessus adhaerentes: giant adherens cell junction systems connect and attract human mesenchymal stem cells. Cell Tissue Res 2007; 328:499-514. [PMID: 17372769 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0379-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2006] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Substrate-adherent cultured cells derived from human bone marrow or umbilical cord blood ("mesenchymal stem cells") are of special interest for regenerative medicine. We report that such cells, which can display considerable heterogeneity with respect to their cytoskeletal protein complement, are often interconnected by special tentacle-like cell processes contacting one or several other cells. These processus adhaerentes, studded with many (usually small) puncta adhaerentia and varying greatly in length (up to more than 400 microm long), either contact each other in the intercellular space ("ET touches") or insert in a tight-fitting manner into deep plasma membrane invaginations (recessus adhaerentes), thus forming a novel kind of long (up to 50 microm) continuous cuff-like junction (manubria adhaerentia). The cell processes contain an actin microfilament core that is stabilized with ezrin, alpha-actinin, and myosin and accompanied by microtubules, and their adhering junctions are characterized by a molecular complement comprising the transmembrane glycoproteins N-cadherin and cadherin-11, in combination with the cytoplasmic plaque proteins alpha- and beta-catenin, together with p120(ctn), plakoglobin, and afadin. The processes are also highly dynamic and rapidly foreshorten as cell colonies approach a denser state of cell packing. These structures are obviously able to establish cell-cell connections, even over long distances, and can form deep-rooted and tight cell-cell adhesions. The possible relationship to similar cell processes in the embryonic primary mesenchyme and their potential in cell sorting and tissue formation processes in the body are discussed.
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- Patrick Wuchter
- Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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El Sayegh TY, Kapus A, McCulloch CA. Beyond the epithelium: Cadherin function in fibrous connective tissues. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:167-74. [PMID: 17217950 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2006] [Revised: 12/04/2006] [Accepted: 12/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In fibrous connective tissues, fibroblasts are organized into syncytia, cellular networks that enable matrix remodeling and that are interconnected by intercellular adherens junctions (AJs). The AJs of fibroblasts are mediated by N-cadherin, a broadly expressed classical cadherin that is critically involved in developmental processes, wound healing and several diseases of mesenchymal tissues. In contrast to E-cadherin-dependent junctions of epithelia, the formation of AJs in fibrous connective tissues is relatively uncharacterized. Work over the last several years has documented an expanding list of molecules which function to regulate N-cadherin mediated junctions such as: Fer, PTP1B, cortactin, calcium, gelsolin, PIP5KIgamma, PIP2, and the Rho family of GTPases. We present an overview on the regulation of N-cadherin-mediated junction formation that highlights recent molecular advances in the field and rationalizes the roles of N-cadherin in connective tissue function.
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- T Y El Sayegh
- CIHR Group in Matrix Dynamics, University of Toronto, Room 243, Fitzgerald Building, 150 College Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3E2.
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Mège RM, Gavard J, Lambert M. Regulation of cell–cell junctions by the cytoskeleton. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2006; 18:541-8. [PMID: 16905303 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2006.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2006] [Accepted: 08/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A major form of animal cell-cell adhesion results from the dynamic association of cadherin molecules, cytosolic catenins and actin microfilaments. Cadherins dynamically regulate the cytoskeleton. In turn, the actin cytoskeleton contributes to cadherin molecule oligomerization at cell contacts and to cell reshaping in response to environmental changes. Over the past two years, this evolutionarily conserved adhesion system has been intensively revisited in both its structural and functional aspects; this is illustrated by the remarkable progress in the determination of physical parameters of cadherin bonds (including force measurement) and the new insights into the role of alpha-catenin and the regulation of actin dynamics at cadherin contacts. Other recent studies uncover the important contribution of acto-myosin, microtubules and cell tension to adherens junction formation, cell differentiation and tissue reshaping/remodeling. An open challenge is now to integrate these new data with the diversity of cadherin adhesive complexes.
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- René-Marc Mège
- INSERM, U 706, Institut du Fer à Moulin, 75005 Paris, France.
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Ferjani I, Fattoum A, Maciver S, Bénistant C, Chahinian A, Manai M, Benyamin Y, Roustan C. A direct interaction with calponin inhibits the actin-nucleating activity of gelsolin. Biochem J 2006; 396:461-8. [PMID: 16536729 PMCID: PMC1482823 DOI: 10.1042/bj20051690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2005] [Revised: 03/02/2006] [Accepted: 03/15/2006] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Gelsolin and calponin are well-characterized cytoskeletal proteins that are abundant and widely expressed in vertebrate tissues. It is also becoming apparent, however, that they are involved in cell signalling. In the present study, we show that gelsolin and calponin interact directly to form a high-affinity (K(d)=16 nM) 1:1 complex, by the use of fluorescent probes attached to both proteins, by affinity chromatography and by immunoprecipitation. These methods show that gelsolin can form high-affinity complexes with two calponin isoforms (basic h1 and acidic h3). They also show that gelsolin binds calponin through regions that have been identified previously as being calponin's actin-binding sites. Moreover, gelsolin does not interact with calponin while calponin is bound to F-actin. Reciprocal experiments to find calponin-binding sites on gelsolin show that these are in both the N- and C-terminal halves of gelsolin. Calponin has minimal effects on actin severing by gelsolin. In contrast, calponin markedly affects the nucleation activity of gelsolin. The maximum inhibition of nucleation by gelsolin was 50%, which was achieved with a ratio of two calponins for every gelsolin. Thus the interaction of calponin with gelsolin may play a regulatory role in the formation of actin filaments through modulation of gelsolin's actin-binding function and through the prevention of calponin's actin-binding activities.
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- Imen Ferjani
- *UMR 5539 (CNRS) Laboratoire de Motilité Cellulaire (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Université de Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, CC107, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- †Unité de Biochimie et Biololgie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire 2092 El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- ‡School of Biomedical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Division of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, Scotland
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- §Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, FRE 2593 (CNRS), 1919 rte de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- ‡School of Biomedical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Division of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, Scotland
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- *UMR 5539 (CNRS) Laboratoire de Motilité Cellulaire (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Université de Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, CC107, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- †Unité de Biochimie et Biololgie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire 2092 El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- *UMR 5539 (CNRS) Laboratoire de Motilité Cellulaire (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Université de Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, CC107, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- *UMR 5539 (CNRS) Laboratoire de Motilité Cellulaire (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Université de Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, CC107, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Tanaka H, Shirkoohi R, Nakagawa K, Qiao H, Fujita H, Okada F, Hamada JI, Kuzumaki S, Takimoto M, Kuzumaki N. siRNA gelsolin knockdown induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition with a cadherin switch in human mammary epithelial cells. Int J Cancer 2006; 118:1680-91. [PMID: 16217750 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) describes a process occurring during development and oncogenesis by which epithelial cells obtain fibroblast-like properties and show reduced cell adhesion and increased motility. In this report, we demonstrated typical EMT in human mammary epithelial MCF10A small interfering (si)RNA gelsolin-knockdown cells. EMT was characterized by fibroblastic morphology, loss of contact inhibition and focus formation in monolayer growth, enhanced motility and invasiveness in vitro, increased actin filaments, overexpression of RAC, activation of both extracellular signal-regulated kinase and AKT, inactivation of glycogen synthase kinase-3, conversion of cadherin from the E- to N-type and induction of the transcription factor Snail. These results suggested that gelsolin functions as a switch that controls E- and N-cadherin conversion via Snail, and demonstrated that its knockdown leads to EMT in human mammary epithelial cells and possibly to the development of human mammary tumors.
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- Hiroki Tanaka
- Division of Cancer Gene Regulation, Research Section of Disease Control, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0815, Japan
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El Sayegh TY, Arora PD, Fan L, Laschinger CA, Greer PA, McCulloch CA, Kapus A. Phosphorylation of N-cadherin-associated cortactin by Fer kinase regulates N-cadherin mobility and intercellular adhesion strength. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:5514-27. [PMID: 16176974 PMCID: PMC1289398 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-05-0410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cortactin regulates the strength of nascent N-cadherin-mediated intercellular adhesions through a tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent mechanism. Currently, the functional significance of cortactin phosphorylation and the kinases responsible for the regulation of adhesion strength are not defined. We show that the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Fer phosphorylates cadherin-associated cortactin and that this process is involved in mediating intercellular adhesion strength. In wild-type fibroblasts N-cadherin ligation-induced transient phosphorylation of Fer, indicating that junction formation activates Fer kinase. Tyrosine phosphorylation of cortactin after N-cadherin ligation was strongly reduced in fibroblasts expressing only catalytically inactive Fer (D743R), compared with wild-type cells. In wild-type cells, N-cadherin-coated bead pull-off assays induced fourfold greater endogenous N-cadherin association than in D743R cells. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching showed that GFP-N-cadherin mobility at nascent contacts was 50% faster in wild-type than D743R cells. In shear wash-off assays, nascent intercellular adhesion strength was twofold higher in wild-type than D743R cells. Cortactin recruitment to adhesions was independent of Fer kinase activity, but was impacted by N-cadherin ligation-provoked Rac activation. We conclude that N-cadherin ligation induces Rac-dependent cortactin recruitment and Fer-dependent cortactin phosphorylation, which in turn promotes enhanced mobilization and interaction of surface expressed N-cadherin in contacting cells.
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- Tarek Y El Sayegh
- CIHR Group in Matrix Dynamics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2, Canada
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