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Bolandghamat S, Behnam‐Rassouli M. Iron role paradox in nerve degeneration and regeneration. Physiol Rep 2024; 12:e15908. [PMID: 38176709 PMCID: PMC10766496 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15908] [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: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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Iron accumulates in the neural tissue during peripheral nerve degeneration. Some studies have already been suggested that iron facilitates Wallerian degeneration (WD) events such as Schwann cell de-differentiation. On the other hand, intracellular iron levels remain elevated during nerve regeneration and gradually decrease. Iron enhances Schwann cell differentiation and axonal outgrowth. Therefore, there seems to be a paradox in the role of iron during nerve degeneration and regeneration. We explain this contradiction by suggesting that the increase in intracellular iron concentration during peripheral nerve degeneration is likely to prepare neural cells for the initiation of regeneration. Changes in iron levels are the result of changes in the expression of iron homeostasis proteins. In this review, we will first discuss the changes in the iron/iron homeostasis protein levels during peripheral nerve degeneration and regeneration and then explain how iron is related to nerve regeneration. This data may help better understand the mechanisms of peripheral nerve repair and find a solution to prevent or slow the progression of peripheral neuropathies.
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- Samira Bolandghamat
- Department of Biology, Faculty of ScienceFerdowsi University of MashhadMashhadIran
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Pandamooz S, Jurek B, Dianatpour M, Haerteis S, Limm K, Oefner PJ, Dargahi L, Borhani-Haghighi A, Miyan JA, Salehi MS. The beneficial effects of chick embryo extract preconditioning on hair follicle stem cells: A promising strategy to generate Schwann cells. Cell Prolif 2023:e13397. [PMID: 36631409 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.13397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The beneficial effects of hair follicle stem cells in different animal models of nervous system conditions have been extensively studied. While chick embryo extract (CEE) has been used as a growth medium supplement for these stem cells, this is the first study to show the effect of CEE on them. The rat hair follicle stem cells were isolated and supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum plus 10% CEE. The migration rate, proliferative capacity and multipotency were evaluated along with morphometric alteration and differentiation direction. The proteome analysis of CEE content identified effective factors of CEE that probably regulate fate and function of stem cells. The CEE enhances the migration rate of stem cells from explanted bulges as well as their proliferation, likely due to activation of AP-1 and translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP) by thioredoxin found in CEE. The increased length of outgrowth may be the result of cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation triggered by active CamKII contained in CEE. Further, CEE supplementation upregulates the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor. The elevated expression of target genes and proteins may be due to CREB, AP-1 and c-Myc activation in these stem cells. Given the increased transcript levels of neurotrophins, VEGF, and the expression of PDGFR-α, S100B, MBP and SOX-10 protein, it is possible that CEE promotes the fate of these stem cells towards Schwann cells.
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- Sareh Pandamooz
- Stem Cells Technology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Research Group Neurobiology of Stress Resilience, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.,Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Stem Cells Technology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, Division of Neuroscience & Experimental Psychology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Clinical Neurology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Msheik Z, Durand S, Pinault E, Caillaud M, Vignaud L, Billet F, El Massry M, Desmouliere A. Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A and sciatic nerve crush rat models: insights from proteomics. Neural Regen Res 2022; 18:1354-1363. [PMID: 36453423 PMCID: PMC9838138 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.357911] [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] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The sensorimotor and histological aspects of peripheral neuropathies were already studied by our team in two rat models: the sciatic nerve crush and the Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A disease. In this study, we sought to highlight and compare the protein signature of these two pathological situations. Indeed, the identification of protein profiles in diseases can play an important role in the development of pharmacological targets. In fact, Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A rats develop motor impairments that are more severe in the hind limbs. Therefore, for the first time, protein expression in sciatic nerve of Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A rats was examined. First, distal sciatic nerves were collected from Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A and uninjured wild-type rats aged 3 months. After protein extraction, sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry was employed. 445 proteins mapped to Swiss-Prot or trEMBL Uniprot databases were identified and quantified. Of these, 153 proteins showed statistically significant differences between Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A and wild-type groups. The majority of these proteins were overexpressed in Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A. Hierarchical clustering and functional enrichment using Gene Ontology were used to group these proteins based on their biological effects concerning Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A pathophysiology. Second, proteomic characterization of wild-type rats subjected to sciatic nerve crush was performed sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. One month after injury, distal sciatic nerves were collected and analyzed as described above. Out of 459 identified proteins, 92 showed significant differences between sciatic nerve crush and the uninjured wild-type rats used in the first study. The results suggest that young adult Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A rats (3 months old) develop compensatory mechanisms at the level of redox balance, protein folding, myelination, and axonogenesis. These mechanisms seem insufficient to hurdle the progress of the disease. Notably, response to oxidative stress appears to be a significant feature of Charcot-Marie-Tooth-1A, potentially playing a role in the pathological process. In contrast to the first experiment, the majority of the proteins that differed from wild-type were downregulated in the sciatic nerve crush group. Functional enrichment suggested that neurogenesis, response to axon injury, and oxidative stress were important biological processes. Protein analysis revealed an imperfect repair at this time point after injury and identified several distinguishable proteins. In conclusion, we suggest that peripheral neuropathies, whether of a genetic or traumatic cause, share some common pathological pathways. This study may provide directions for better characterization of these models and/or identifying new specific therapeutic targets.
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- Zeina Msheik
- UR20218 NeurIT (NEURopathies périphériques et Innovation Thérapeutique), University of Limoges, Limoges, France
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- BISCEm (Biologie Intégrative Santé Chimie Environnement) Platform, US 42 Inserm/UAR 2015 CNRS, University of Limoges, Limoges, France,UMR 1308 Inserm/CHU–CAPTuR (Contrôle de l’Activation cellulaire, Progression Tumorale et Résistance thérapeutique), University of Limoges, Limoges, France
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- BISCEm (Biologie Intégrative Santé Chimie Environnement) Platform, US 42 Inserm/UAR 2015 CNRS, University of Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Inserm UMR1235–TENS (The Enteric Nervous System in Gut and Brain Diseases), University of Nantes, Nantes, France
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- UR20218 NeurIT (NEURopathies périphériques et Innovation Thérapeutique), University of Limoges, Limoges, France
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- UR20218 NeurIT (NEURopathies périphériques et Innovation Thérapeutique), University of Limoges, Limoges, France
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- UR20218 NeurIT (NEURopathies périphériques et Innovation Thérapeutique), University of Limoges, Limoges, France
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- UR20218 NeurIT (NEURopathies périphériques et Innovation Thérapeutique), University of Limoges, Limoges, France,Correspondence to: Alexis Desmoulière, .
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Proteomics reveals the key molecules involved in curcumin-induced protection against sciatic nerve injury in rats. Neuroscience 2022; 501:11-24. [PMID: 35870565 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We generated a rat model of sciatic nerve crush injury and characterized the effects of curcumin on sciatic nerve recovery by using behavioral experiments, hematoxylin-eosin staining, toluidine blue staining, and immunohistochemical. Proteomic analysis using tandem mass tagging was performed to determine differentially expressed proteins (DEPs), and GO and KEGG pathway analyses of overlapping DEPs was conducted, following which, qPCR, western blotting, and immunofluorescence were further performed to validate the proteins of interest. Finally, a Schwann cell injury model was used to verify the effect of curcumin on potential targets. The rat model was successful established and curcumin improved the sciatic nerve function index of rats with sciatic nerve injury (SNI) and increased the number and diameter of myelinated axons in the sciatic nerve. In the Sham group versus the Injured group and in the Injured group versus the Curcumin group, we identified a total of 4,175 proteins, of which 953 were DEPs, and 218 were known overlapping DEPs. Ten associated pathways, such as calcium signaling pathway, biosynthesis of antibiotics, and long-term potentiation, were identified. The 218 overlapping DEPs were primarily involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process, biological processes, cytoplasm cellular component, and protein binding molecular function based on GO annotation. Curcumin promoted increased expression of ApoD and inhibited the expression of Cyba in vivo and in vitro. These results indicated that curcumin promoted sciatic nerve repair through regulation of various proteins, targets, and pathways. Cyba and ApoD may be potential targets of curcumin in the treatment of SNI.
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Chronic pain susceptibility is associated with anhedonic behavior and alterations in the accumbal ubiquitin-proteasome system. Pain 2021; 162:1722-1731. [PMID: 33449505 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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ABSTRACT It remains unknown why on similar acute/subacute painful conditions, pain persists in some individuals while in others it resolves. Genetic factors, mood, and functional alterations, particularly involving the mesolimbic network, seem to be key. To explore potential susceptibility or resistance factors, we screened a large population of rats with a peripheral neuropathy and we isolated a small subset (<15%) that presented high thresholds (HTs) to mechanical allodynia (reduced pain manifestation). The phenotype was sustained over 12 weeks and was associated with higher hedonic behavior when compared with low-threshold (LT) subjects. The nucleus accumbens of HT and LT animals were isolated for proteomic analysis by Sequential Window Acquisition of All Theoretical Mass Spectra. Two hundred seventy-nine proteins displayed different expression between LT and HT animals or subjects. Among several protein families, the proteasome pathway repeatedly emerged in gene ontology enrichment and KEGG analyses. Several alpha and beta 20S proteasome subunits were increased in LT animals when compared with HT animals (eg, PSMα1, PSMα2, and PSMβ5). On the contrary, UBA6, an upstream ubiquitin-activating enzyme, was decreased in LT animals. Altogether these observations are consistent with an overactivation of the accumbal proteasome pathway in animals that manifest pain and depressive-like behaviors after a neuropathic injury. All the proteomic data are available through ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD022478.
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Schiapparelli LM, Shah SH, Ma Y, McClatchy DB, Sharma P, Li J, Yates JR, Goldberg JL, Cline HT. The Retinal Ganglion Cell Transportome Identifies Proteins Transported to Axons and Presynaptic Compartments in the Visual System In Vivo. Cell Rep 2020; 28:1935-1947.e5. [PMID: 31412257 PMCID: PMC6707540 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The brain processes information and generates cognitive and motor outputs through functions of spatially organized proteins in different types of neurons. More complete knowledge of proteins and their distributions within neuronal compartments in intact circuits would help in the understanding of brain function. We used unbiased in vivo protein labeling with intravitreal NHS-biotin for discovery and analysis of endogenous axonally transported proteins in the visual system using tandem mass spectrometric proteomics, biochemistry, and both light and electron microscopy. Purification and proteomic analysis of biotinylated peptides identified ~1,000 proteins transported from retinal ganglion cells into the optic nerve and ~575 biotinylated proteins recovered from presynaptic compartments of lateral geniculate nucleus and superior colliculus. Approximately 360 biotinylated proteins were differentially detected in the two retinal targets. This study characterizes axonally transported proteins in the healthy adult visual system by analyzing proteomes from multiple compartments of retinal ganglion cell projections in the intact brain. Axonal protein transport is essential for circuit function. Schiapparelli et al. use unbiased in vivo protein labeling and mass spectrometry to identify ~1,000 proteins in the “RGC axonal transportome.” About 350 retinal proteins are differentially transported to the lateral geniculate nucleus or the superior colliculus, indicating target-specific diversity in presynaptic protein content.
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- Lucio M Schiapparelli
- Department of Neuroscience and the Dorris Neuroscience Center, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and the Dorris Neuroscience Center, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program and Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Byers Eye Institute and Spencer Center for Vision Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and the Dorris Neuroscience Center, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and the Dorris Neuroscience Center, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Byers Eye Institute and Spencer Center for Vision Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and the Dorris Neuroscience Center, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Kiyoshi C, Tedeschi A. Axon growth and synaptic function: A balancing act for axonal regeneration and neuronal circuit formation in CNS trauma and disease. Dev Neurobiol 2020; 80:277-301. [PMID: 32902152 PMCID: PMC7754183 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Axons in the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS) fail to regenerate inside out due to intrinsic and extrinsic neuronal determinants. During CNS development, axon growth, synapse formation, and function are tightly regulated processes allowing immature neurons to effectively grow an axon, navigate toward target areas, form synaptic contacts and become part of information processing networks that control behavior in adulthood. Not only immature neurons are able to precisely control the expression of a plethora of genes necessary for axon extension and pathfinding, synapse formation and function, but also non-neuronal cells such as astrocytes and microglia actively participate in sculpting the nervous system through refinement, consolidation, and elimination of synaptic contacts. Recent evidence indicates that a balancing act between axon regeneration and synaptic function may be crucial for rebuilding functional neuronal circuits after CNS trauma and disease in adulthood. Here, we review the role of classical and new intrinsic and extrinsic neuronal determinants in the context of CNS development, injury, and disease. Moreover, we discuss strategies targeting neuronal and non-neuronal cell behaviors, either alone or in combination, to promote axon regeneration and neuronal circuit formation in adulthood.
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- Conrad Kiyoshi
- Department of Neuroscience, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Discovery Theme on Chronic Brain Injury, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Pellesi L, Guerzoni S, Baraldi C, Cainazzo MM, Pini LA, Bellei E. Identification of candidate proteomic markers in the serum of medication overuse headache patients: An exploratory study. Cephalalgia 2020; 40:1070-1078. [PMID: 32347744 DOI: 10.1177/0333102420921847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The pathophysiological mechanism of medication overuse headache is uncertain; no distinctive markers have been described right now. The aim of this study was to conduct proteomic analyses on serum samples from patients with medication overuse headache and healthy individuals. Specifically, mono- (SDS-PAGE) and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) followed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) were used to evaluate changes in serum proteins. MAIN FINDINGS By SDS-PAGE, four over-expressed bands were revealed in patients, compared to controls. 2-DE combined with LC-MS/MS analysis allowed confirmation of some proteins preliminarily detected by SDS-PAGE: Hemopexin, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein 1, apolipoprotein A4 and haptoglobin. Moreover, other differential proteins were isolated, mostly increased in MOH patients: Alpha-1-antitrypsin, immunoglobulin heavy constant alpha 1, retinol binding protein and transthyretin. Only one protein, immunoglobulin kappa constant, was decreased in the patients' group. CONCLUSIONS The investigation of the serum proteome can offer a better understanding about biological mechanisms underlying medication overuse headache. Specifically, medication overuse headache shares some serum biochemical markers with chronic pain conditions. Further studies might uncover the relevance of these proteins in medication overuse headache.
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- Lanfranco Pellesi
- Medical Toxicology, Headache and Drug Abuse Centre, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Medical Toxicology, Headache and Drug Abuse Centre, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Medical Toxicology, Headache and Drug Abuse Centre, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Medical Toxicology, Headache and Drug Abuse Centre, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Medical Toxicology, Headache and Drug Abuse Centre, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.,Center for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Science with Transplant Surgery, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine Relevance, Proteomic Lab, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Ding H, Yu J, Chang W, Liu F, He Z. Searching for differentially expressed proteins in spinal cord injury based on the proteomics analysis. Life Sci 2020; 242:117235. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.117235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Lind AL, Just D, Mikus M, Fredolini C, Ioannou M, Gerdle B, Ghafouri B, Bäckryd E, Tanum L, Gordh T, Månberg A. CSF levels of apolipoprotein C1 and autotaxin found to associate with neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia. J Pain Res 2019; 12:2875-2889. [PMID: 31686904 PMCID: PMC6800548 DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s215348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Objective Neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia are two common and poorly understood chronic pain conditions that lack satisfactory treatments, cause substantial suffering and societal costs. Today, there are no biological markers on which to base chronic pain diagnoses, treatment choices or to understand the pathophysiology of pain for the individual patient. This study aimed to investigate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein profiles potentially associated with fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain. Methods CSF samples were collected from 25 patients with neuropathic pain (two independent sets, n=14 patients for discovery, and n=11 for verification), 40 patients with fibromyalgia and 134 controls without neurological disease from two different populations. CSF protein profiling of 55 proteins was performed using antibody suspension bead array technology. Results We found increased levels of apolipoprotein C1 (APOC1) in CSF of neuropathic pain patients compared to controls and there was a trend for increased levels also in fibromyalgia patients. In addition, levels of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase family member 2 (ENPP2, also referred to as autotaxin) were increased in the CSF of fibromyalgia patients compared to all other groups including patients with neuropathic pain. Conclusion The increased levels of APOC1 and ENPP2 found in neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia patients may shed light on the underlying mechanisms of these conditions. Further investigation is required to elucidate their role in maintaining pain and other main symptoms of these disorders.
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- Anne-Li Lind
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, Deptartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, Deptartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, Deptartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, Deptartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Pain and Rehabilitation Center, and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Pain and Rehabilitation Center, and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Pain and Rehabilitation Center, and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of R&D in Mental Health, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, Deptartment of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries cause permanent disability. Although progress has been made in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the pathophysiological changes that affect both structure and function after injury to the brain or spinal cord, there are currently no cures for either condition. This may change with the development and application of multi-layer omics, new sophisticated bioinformatics tools, and cutting-edge imaging techniques. Already, these technical advances, when combined, are revealing an unprecedented number of novel cellular and molecular targets that could be manipulated alone or in combination to repair the injured central nervous system with precision. In this review, we highlight recent advances in applying these new technologies to the study of axon regeneration and rebuilding of injured neural circuitry. We then discuss the challenges ahead to translate results produced by these technologies into clinical application to help improve the lives of individuals who have a brain or spinal cord injury.
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- Andrea Tedeschi
- Department of Neuroscience and Discovery Themes Initiative, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
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- Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
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Caillaud M, Richard L, Vallat JM, Desmoulière A, Billet F. Peripheral nerve regeneration and intraneural revascularization. Neural Regen Res 2019; 14:24-33. [PMID: 30531065 PMCID: PMC6263011 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.243699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Peripheral nerves are particularly vulnerable to injuries and are involved in numerous pathologies for which specific treatments are lacking. This review summarizes the pathophysiological features of the most common traumatic nerve injury in humans and the different animal models used in nerve regeneration studies. The current knowledge concerning Wallerian degeneration and nerve regrowth is then described. Finally, the involvement of intraneural vascularization in these processes is addressed. As intraneural vascularization has been poorly studied, histological experiments were carried out from rat sciatic nerves damaged by a glycerol injection. The results, taken together with the data from literature, suggest that revascularization plays an important role in peripheral nerve regeneration and must therefore be studied more carefully.
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- Martial Caillaud
- University of Limoges, Myelin Maintenance and Peripheral Neuropathies, Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Limoges, France
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- University Hospital of Limoges, Department of Neurology, "Reference Center for Rare Peripheral Neuropathies", Department of Neurology, Limoges, France
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- University Hospital of Limoges, Department of Neurology, "Reference Center for Rare Peripheral Neuropathies", Department of Neurology, Limoges, France
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- University of Limoges, Myelin Maintenance and Peripheral Neuropathies, Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Limoges, France
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- University of Limoges, Myelin Maintenance and Peripheral Neuropathies, Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, Limoges, France
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Aiki H, Wada T, Iba K, Oki G, Sohma H, Yamashita T, Kokai Y. Proteomics analysis of site- and stage-specific protein expression after peripheral nerve injury. J Orthop Sci 2018; 23:1070-1078. [PMID: 30100211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jos.2018.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The peripheral nervous system has greater regenerative potential than the CNS. This fact suggests the existence of molecules that act as key factors in nerve regeneration during molecular changes in the peripheral nervous system. METHODS The right sciatic nerve of female Sprague-Dawley rats was exposed and transected at the mid-thigh level. Animals were sacrificed at 5, 10 or 35 days after nerve transection. Proximal and distal nerve segments (1-cm in length) were dissected. We then sought to observe overall molecular changes after peripheral nerve injury using a proteomic approach. For an overview of the identified proteins, each protein was classified according to its biological and molecular functions. We identified a number of proteins showing site- and stage-specific patterns of expression. RESULTS Both proximal and distal molecular changes at 5, 10 and 35 days after nerve transection were investigated, and a total of 2353 proteins were identified. Among the various expression patterns observed, aFGF and GAP-43 were found to increase in the proximal stump at 10 days after transection, and PN-1, RPL9 and prosaposin increased in the distal stump at 5 days after transection. Among these proteins, aFGF, GAP-43, PN-1 and prosaposin were found to be associated with nerve regeneration. CONCLUSION We demonstrated that aFGF, GAP-43, PN-1 and prosaposin expression increased at specific stages and in specific sites, such as the proximal or distal stump, after nerve transection by comprehensive measurement using proteomics analysis. We believe that these specific expression patterns might play important roles during regeneration after nerve injury.
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- Hikono Aiki
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saiseikai Otaru Hospital, Otaru, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Educational Development, Sapporo Medical University Center for Medical Education, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Translatome Regulation in Neuronal Injury and Axon Regrowth. eNeuro 2018; 5:eN-NWR-0276-17. [PMID: 29756027 PMCID: PMC5944006 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0276-17.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Revised: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Transcriptional events leading to outgrowth of neuronal axons have been intensively studied, but the role of translational regulation in this process is not well understood. Here, we use translatome analyses by ribosome pull-down and protein synthesis characterization by metabolic isotopic labeling to study nerve injury and axon outgrowth proteomes in rodent dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) and sensory neurons. We identify over 1600 gene products that are primarily translationally regulated in DRG neurons after nerve injury, many of which contain a 5'UTR cytosine-enriched regulator of translation (CERT) motif, implicating the translation initiation factor Eif4e in the injury response. We further identified approximately 200 proteins that undergo robust de novo synthesis in the initial stages of axon growth. ApoE is one of the highly synthesized proteins in neurons, and its receptor binding inhibition or knockout affects axon outgrowth. These findings provide a resource for future analyses of the role of translational regulation in neuronal injury responses and axon extension.
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Vergara D, Romano A, Stanca E, La Pesa V, Aloisi L, De Domenico S, Franck J, Cicalini I, Giudetti A, Storelli E, Pieragostino D, Fournier I, Sannino A, Salzet M, Cerri F, Quattrini A, Maffia M. Proteomic expression profile of injured rat peripheral nerves revealed biological networks and processes associated with nerve regeneration. J Cell Physiol 2018; 233:6207-6223. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Daniele Vergara
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and TechnologiesUniversity of SalentoLecceItaly
- Laboratory of Clinical Proteomic“Giovanni Paolo II” HospitalASL‐LecceLecceItaly
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology and Division of NeuroscienceIRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and TechnologiesUniversity of SalentoLecceItaly
- Laboratory of Clinical Proteomic“Giovanni Paolo II” HospitalASL‐LecceLecceItaly
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology and Division of NeuroscienceIRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology and Division of NeuroscienceIRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Université de Lille, InsermU‐1192−Laboratoire ProtéomiqueRéponse Inflammatoire et Spectrométrie de Masse‐PRISMLilleFrance
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- Analitical Biochemistry and Proteomics UnitResearch Center on Aging (Ce.S.I)University “G. d'Annunzio” of Chieti‐PescaraChietiItaly
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and TechnologiesUniversity of SalentoLecceItaly
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology and Division of NeuroscienceIRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
- Department of Innovation EngineeringUniversity of SalentoLecceItaly
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- Analitical Biochemistry and Proteomics UnitResearch Center on Aging (Ce.S.I)University “G. d'Annunzio” of Chieti‐PescaraChietiItaly
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- Université de Lille, InsermU‐1192−Laboratoire ProtéomiqueRéponse Inflammatoire et Spectrométrie de Masse‐PRISMLilleFrance
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- Université de Lille, InsermU‐1192−Laboratoire ProtéomiqueRéponse Inflammatoire et Spectrométrie de Masse‐PRISMLilleFrance
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology and Division of NeuroscienceIRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Neuropathology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology and Division of NeuroscienceIRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilanItaly
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and TechnologiesUniversity of SalentoLecceItaly
- Laboratory of Clinical Proteomic“Giovanni Paolo II” HospitalASL‐LecceLecceItaly
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Lim TKY, Anderson KM, Hari P, Di Falco M, Reihsen TE, Wilcox GL, Belani KG, LaBoissiere S, Pinto MR, Beebe DS, Kehl LJ, Stone LS. Evidence for a Role of Nerve Injury in Painful Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: A Cross-Sectional Proteomic Analysis of Human Cerebrospinal Fluid. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2017; 18:1253-1269. [PMID: 28652204 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Intervertebral disc degeneration (DD) is a cause of low back pain (LBP) in some individuals. However, although >30% of adults have DD, LBP only develops in a subset of individuals. To gain insight into the mechanisms underlying nonpainful versus painful DD, human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was examined using differential expression shotgun proteomic techniques comparing healthy control participants, subjects with nonpainful DD, and patients with painful DD scheduled for spinal fusion surgery. Eighty-eight proteins were detected, 27 of which were differentially expressed. Proteins associated with DD tended to be related to inflammation (eg, cystatin C) regardless of pain status. In contrast, most differentially expressed proteins in DD-associated chronic LBP patients were linked to nerve injury (eg, hemopexin). Cystatin C and hemopexin were selected for further examination using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in a larger cohort. While cystatin C correlated with DD severity but not pain or disability, hemopexin correlated with pain intensity, physical disability, and DD severity. This study shows that CSF can be used to study mechanisms underlying painful DD in humans, and suggests that while painful DD is associated with nerve injury, inflammation itself is not sufficient to develop LBP. PERSPECTIVE CSF was examined for differential protein expression in healthy control participants, pain-free adults with asymptomatic intervertebral DD, and LBP patients with painful intervertebral DD. While DD was related to inflammation regardless of pain status, painful degeneration was associated with markers linked to nerve injury.
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- Tony K Y Lim
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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- Program in Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Genome Quebec, McGill University Innovation Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Genome Quebec, McGill University Innovation Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minnesota Head & Neck Pain Clinic, St. Paul, Minnesota
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Serum protein changes in a rat model of chronic pain show a correlation between animal and humans. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41723. [PMID: 28145509 PMCID: PMC5286399 DOI: 10.1038/srep41723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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In previous works we showed the overexpression of some proteins in biological fluids from patients suffering chronic pain. In this proteomic study we analysed serum from a rat model of neuropathic pain obtained by the chronic constriction injury (CCI) of sciatic nerve, at two time intervals, 2 and 5 weeks after the insult, to find proteins involved in the expression or mediation of pain. Sham-operated and CCI rats were treated with saline or indomethacin. Two weeks after ligation, we identified three serum proteins overexpressed in CCI rats, two of which, alpha-1-macroglobulin and vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP), remained increased 5 weeks post-surgery; at this time interval, we found increased levels of further proteins, namely apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1), apolipoprotein E (APOE), prostaglandin-H2 D-isomerase (PTGDS) and transthyretin (TTR), that overlap the overexpressed proteins found in humans. Indomethacin treatment reversed the effects of ligation. The qPCR analysis showed that transcript levels of APOA1, APOE, PTGDS and VDBP were overexpressed in the lumbar spinal cord (origin of sciatic nerve), but not in the striatum (an unrelated brain region), of CCI rats treated with saline 5 weeks after surgery, demonstrating that the lumbar spinal cord is a possible source of these proteins.
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Kuter K, Kratochwil M, Marx SH, Hartwig S, Lehr S, Sugawa MD, Dencher NA. Native DIGE proteomic analysis of mitochondria from substantia nigra and striatum during neuronal degeneration and its compensation in an animal model of early Parkinson's disease. Arch Physiol Biochem 2016; 122:238-256. [PMID: 27467289 DOI: 10.1080/13813455.2016.1197948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cause of Parkinson's disease (PD) is still not understood. Motor symptoms are not observed at early stages of disease due to compensatory processes. Dysfunction of mitochondria was indicated already at preclinical PD. Selective toxin 6-OHDA was applied to kill dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra and disturb neuronal transmission in striatum. Early phase of active degeneration and later stage, when surviving cells adapted to function normally, were analysed. 2D BN/SDS difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) of mitochondrial proteome enabled to point out crucial processes involved at both time-points in dopaminergic structures. Marker proteins such as DPYSL2, HSP60, ATP1A3, EAAT2 indicated structural remodelling, cytoskeleton rearrangement, organelle trafficking, axon outgrowth and regeneration. Adaptations in dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission, recycling of synaptic vesicles, along with enlargement of mitochondria mass were proposed as causative for compensation. Changed expression of carbohydrates metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation proteins were described, including their protein-protein interactions and supercomplex assembly.
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- Katarzyna Kuter
- a Department of Neuropsychopharmacology , Polish Academy of Sciences , Kraków , Poland
- b Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
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- b Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
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- b Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
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- c Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research , Düsseldorf , Germany
- d German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) , München, Neuherberg , Germany , and
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- c Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research , Düsseldorf , Germany
- d German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) , München, Neuherberg , Germany , and
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- b Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
- e Clinical Neurobiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin , Berlin , Germany
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- b Physical Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt , Darmstadt , Germany
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Weiss T, Taschner-Mandl S, Bileck A, Slany A, Kromp F, Rifatbegovic F, Frech C, Windhager R, Kitzinger H, Tzou CH, Ambros PF, Gerner C, Ambros IM. Proteomics and transcriptomics of peripheral nerve tissue and cells unravel new aspects of the human Schwann cell repair phenotype. Glia 2016; 64:2133-2153. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.23045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Tamara Weiss
- Children's Cancer Research Institute; Vienna Austria
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry; University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry; University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Children's Cancer Research Institute; Vienna Austria
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Children's Cancer Research Institute; Vienna Austria
- Department of Pediatrics; Medical University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry; University of Vienna; Vienna Austria
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Aghanasir F, Aghaei H, Imani Fooladi AA, Ebrahimi M, Bagherpour G, Nourani MR. Expression of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in peripheral nerve repair. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2016; 36:429-34. [PMID: 27087673 DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2015.1132238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Trauma is one of the causes of peripheral nerve injuries. Free radicals increase after tissue damage. Free radicals are usually scavenged and detoxified by antioxidants. In this study, we assessed the antioxidative role of the NGAL molecule in sciatic nerve repair in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sciatic nerves of 40 rats were crushed and the total mRNA of samples from day 1 and 3 and week 1, 3, 5 post injury was extracted. The expression of the NGAL gene was confirmed by RT-PCR. For immunohistochemistry analysis, the samples were fixed in paraformaldehyde and cut in 20 micrometer slices by cryostat. RESULTS The expression of NGAL significantly upregulated in day 1, 3 and week 1 following the crushing of sciatic nerves in comparison with the intact nerves. Immunohistochemistry results also confirmed the protein expression of this gene. DISCUSSION The NGAL molecule showed upregulation in the degeneration process after nerve injury, so it may play an important role in nerve repair.
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- Fatemeh Aghanasir
- a Department of Physiology and Biophysics , Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- b Department of Physiology , Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- c Applied Microbiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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- d Organ Anatomy Department, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan
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- e Department of Medical Biotechnology , Pasteur Institute of Iran , Tehran , Iran
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- f Tissue Engineering Division, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran , and.,g Genomics Division, Systems Biology Institute, Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran
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Gardner LA, Levin MC. Importance of Apolipoprotein A-I in Multiple Sclerosis. Front Pharmacol 2015; 6:278. [PMID: 26635608 PMCID: PMC4654019 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Jean-Martin Charcot has first described multiple sclerosis (MS) as a disease of the central nervous system (CNS) over a century ago. MS remains incurable today, and treatment options are limited to disease modifying drugs. Over the years, significant advances in understanding disease pathology have been made in autoimmune and neurodegenerative components. Despite the fact that brain is the most lipid rich organ in human body, the importance of lipid metabolism has not been extensively studied in this disorder. In MS, the CNS is under attack by a person's own immune system. Autoantigens and autoantibodies are known to cause devastation of myelin through up regulation of T-cells and cytokines, which penetrate through the blood-brain barrier to cause inflammation and myelin destruction. The anti-inflammatory role of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) has been implicated in a plethora of biological processes: vasodilation, immunity to infection, oxidation, inflammation, and apoptosis. However, it is not known what role HDL plays in neurological function and myelin repair in MS. Understanding of lipid metabolism in the CNS and in the periphery might unveil new therapeutic targets and explain the partial success of some existing MS therapies.
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- Lidia A. Gardner
- Research Service, VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Research Service, VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Neuroscience Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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Gomez-Sanchez JA, Carty L, Iruarrizaga-Lejarreta M, Palomo-Irigoyen M, Varela-Rey M, Griffith M, Hantke J, Macias-Camara N, Azkargorta M, Aurrekoetxea I, De Juan VG, Jefferies HBJ, Aspichueta P, Elortza F, Aransay AM, Martínez-Chantar ML, Baas F, Mato JM, Mirsky R, Woodhoo A, Jessen KR. Schwann cell autophagy, myelinophagy, initiates myelin clearance from injured nerves. J Cell Biol 2015; 210:153-68. [PMID: 26150392 PMCID: PMC4494002 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201503019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Although Schwann cell myelin breakdown is the universal outcome of a remarkably wide range of conditions that cause disease or injury to peripheral nerves, the cellular and molecular mechanisms that make Schwann cell-mediated myelin digestion possible have not been established. We report that Schwann cells degrade myelin after injury by a novel form of selective autophagy, myelinophagy. Autophagy was up-regulated by myelinating Schwann cells after nerve injury, myelin debris was present in autophagosomes, and pharmacological and genetic inhibition of autophagy impaired myelin clearance. Myelinophagy was positively regulated by the Schwann cell JNK/c-Jun pathway, a central regulator of the Schwann cell reprogramming induced by nerve injury. We also present evidence that myelinophagy is defective in the injured central nervous system. These results reveal an important role for inductive autophagy during Wallerian degeneration, and point to potential mechanistic targets for accelerating myelin clearance and improving demyelinating disease.
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- Jose A Gomez-Sanchez
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England, UK
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England, UK
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain ProteoRed-ISCIII
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940 Leioa, Spain Biocruces Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- The Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratory, London WC2A 3LY, England, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940 Leioa, Spain Biocruces Health Research Institute, 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain ProteoRed-ISCIII
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Genome Analysis, Academic Medical Centre, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England, UK
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- CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England, UK
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3, 4-dihydroxyl-phenyl lactic acid restores NADH dehydrogenase 1 α subunit 10 to ameliorate cardiac reperfusion injury. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10739. [PMID: 26030156 PMCID: PMC5377067 DOI: 10.1038/srep10739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The present study aimed to detect the role of 3, 4-dihydroxyl-phenyl lactic acid (DLA) during ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) induced myocardial injury with emphasis on the underlying mechanism of DLA antioxidant. Male Spragu-Dawley (SD) rats were subjected to left descending artery occlusion followed by reperfusion. Treatment with DLA ameliorated myocardial structure and function disorder, blunted the impairment of Complex I activity and mitochondrial function after I/R. The results of 2-D fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis revealed that DLA prevented the decrease in NDUFA10 expression, one of the subunits of Complex I. To find the target of DLA, the binding affinity of Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) to DLA and DLA derivatives with replaced two phenolic hydroxyls was detected using surface plasmon resonance and bilayer interferometry. The results showed that DLA could activate SIRT1 after I/R probably by binding to this protein, depending on phenolic hydroxyl. Moreover, the importance of SIRT1 to DLA effectiveness was confirmed through siRNA transfection in vitro. These results demonstrated that DLA was able to prevent I/R induced decrease in NDUFA10 expression, improve Complex I activity and mitochondrial function, eventually attenuate cardiac structure and function injury after I/R, which was possibly related to its ability of binding to and activating SIRT1.
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Proteomic identification of altered cerebral proteins in the complex regional pain syndrome animal model. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:498410. [PMID: 25313364 PMCID: PMC4182003 DOI: 10.1155/2014/498410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a rare but debilitating pain disorder. Although the exact pathophysiology of CRPS is not fully understood, central and peripheral mechanisms might be involved in the development of this disorder. To reveal the central mechanism of CRPS, we conducted a proteomic analysis of rat cerebrum using the chronic postischemia pain (CPIP) model, a novel experimental model of CRPS. MATERIALS AND METHODS After generating the CPIP animal model, we performed a proteomic analysis of the rat cerebrum using a multidimensional protein identification technology, and screened the proteins differentially expressed between the CPIP and control groups. Results. A total of 155 proteins were differentially expressed between the CPIP and control groups: 125 increased and 30 decreased; expressions of proteins related to cell signaling, synaptic plasticity, regulation of cell proliferation, and cytoskeletal formation were increased in the CPIP group. However, proenkephalin A, cereblon, and neuroserpin were decreased in CPIP group. CONCLUSION Altered expression of cerebral proteins in the CPIP model indicates cerebral involvement in the pathogenesis of CRPS. Further study is required to elucidate the roles of these proteins in the development and maintenance of CRPS.
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Norcini M, Sideris A, Martin Hernandez LA, Zhang J, Blanck TJJ, Recio-Pinto E. An approach to identify microRNAs involved in neuropathic pain following a peripheral nerve injury. Front Neurosci 2014; 8:266. [PMID: 25221468 PMCID: PMC4148822 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Peripheral nerve injury alters the expression of hundreds of proteins in dorsal root ganglia (DRG). Targeting some of these proteins has led to successful treatments for acute pain, but not for sustained post-operative neuropathic pain. The latter may require targeting multiple proteins. Since a single microRNA (miR) can affect the expression of multiple proteins, here, we describe an approach to identify chronic neuropathic pain-relevant miRs. We used two variants of the spared nerve injury (SNI): Sural-SNI and Tibial-SNI and found distinct pain phenotypes between the two. Both models induced strong mechanical allodynia, but only Sural-SNI rats maintained strong mechanical and cold allodynia, as previously reported. In contrast, we found that Tibial-SNI rats recovered from mechanical allodynia and never developed cold allodynia. Since both models involve nerve injury, we increased the probability of identifying differentially regulated miRs that correlated with the quality and magnitude of neuropathic pain and decreased the probability of detecting miRs that are solely involved in neuronal regeneration. We found seven such miRs in L3-L5 DRG. The expression of these miRs increased in Tibial-SNI. These miRs displayed a lower level of expression in Sural-SNI, with four having levels lower than those in sham animals. Bioinformatic analysis of how these miRs could affect the expression of some ion channels supports the view that, following a peripheral nerve injury, the increase of the seven miRs may contribute to the recovery from neuropathic pain while the decrease of four of them may contribute to the development of chronic neuropathic pain. The approach used resulted in the identification of a small number of potentially neuropathic pain relevant miRs. Additional studies are required to investigate whether manipulating the expression of the identified miRs in primary sensory neurons can prevent or ameliorate chronic neuropathic pain following peripheral nerve injuries.
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- Monica Norcini
- Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY, USA ; Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY, USA ; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY, USA
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Savastano LE, Laurito SR, Fitt MR, Rasmussen JA, Gonzalez Polo V, Patterson SI. Sciatic nerve injury: A simple and subtle model for investigating many aspects of nervous system damage and recovery. J Neurosci Methods 2014; 227:166-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Revised: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Ferraz Franco C, Santos R, Varela Coelho A. Proteolytic events are relevant cellular responses during nervous system regeneration of the starfish Marthasterias glacialis. J Proteomics 2014; 99:1-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Niederberger E, Kühlein H, Geisslinger G. Update on the pathobiology of neuropathic pain. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 5:799-818. [DOI: 10.1586/14789450.5.6.799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The extensive lengths of neuronal processes necessitate efficient mechanisms for communication with the cell body. Neuronal regeneration after nerve injury requires new transcription; thus, long-distance retrograde signalling from axonal lesion sites to the soma and nucleus is required. In recent years, considerable progress has been made in elucidating the mechanistic basis of this system. This has included the discovery of a priming role for early calcium waves; confirmation of central roles for mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling effectors, the importin family of nucleocytoplasmic transport factors and molecular motors such as dynein; and demonstration of the importance of local translation as a key regulatory mechanism. These recent findings provide a coherent mechanistic framework for axon-soma communication in the injured nerve and shed light on the integration of cytoplasmic and nuclear transport in all eukaryotic cells.
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- Ida Rishal
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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Tannemaat MR, Verhaagen J, Malessy M. The application of viral vectors to enhance regeneration after peripheral nerve repair. Neurol Res 2013; 30:1039-46. [DOI: 10.1179/174313208x362514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Bryan DJ, Litchfield CR, Manchio JV, Logvinenko T, Holway AH, Austin J, Summerhayes IC, Rieger-Christ KM. Spatiotemporal expression profiling of proteins in rat sciatic nerve regeneration using reverse phase protein arrays. Proteome Sci 2012; 10:9. [PMID: 22325251 PMCID: PMC3295716 DOI: 10.1186/1477-5956-10-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Protein expression profiles throughout 28 days of peripheral nerve regeneration were characterized using an established rat sciatic nerve transection injury model. Reverse phase protein microarrays were used to identify the spatial and temporal expression profile of multiple proteins implicated in peripheral nerve regeneration including growth factors, extracellular matrix proteins, and proteins involved in adhesion and migration. This high-throughput approach enabled the simultaneous analysis of 3,360 samples on a nitrocellulose-coated slide. Results The extracellular matrix proteins collagen I and III, laminin gamma-1, fibronectin, nidogen and versican displayed an early increase in protein levels in the guide and proximal sections of the regenerating nerve with levels at or above the baseline expression of intact nerve by the end of the 28 day experimental course. The 28 day protein levels were also at or above baseline in the distal segment however an early increase was only noted for laminin, nidogen, and fibronectin. While the level of epidermal growth factor, ciliary neurotrophic factor and fibroblast growth factor-1 and -2 increased throughout the experimental course in the proximal and distal segments, nerve growth factor only increased in the distal segment and fibroblast growth factor-1 and -2 and nerve growth factor were the only proteins in that group to show an early increase in the guide contents. As expected, several proteins involved in cell adhesion and motility; namely focal adhesion kinase, N-cadherin and β-catenin increased earlier in the proximal and distal segments than in the guide contents reflecting the relatively acellular matrix of the early regenerate. Conclusions In this study we identified changes in expression of multiple proteins over time linked to regeneration of the rat sciatic nerve both demonstrating the utility of reverse phase protein arrays in nerve regeneration research and revealing a detailed, composite spatiotemporal expression profile of peripheral nerve regeneration.
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- David J Bryan
- Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
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- Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
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- Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.,Department Surgery, Section of General Surgery, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ian C. Summerhayes Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.,Aushon BioSystems Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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- Aushon BioSystems Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ian C. Summerhayes Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ian C. Summerhayes Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
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Daly W, Yao L, Zeugolis D, Windebank A, Pandit A. A biomaterials approach to peripheral nerve regeneration: bridging the peripheral nerve gap and enhancing functional recovery. J R Soc Interface 2011; 9:202-21. [PMID: 22090283 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 387] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Microsurgical techniques for the treatment of large peripheral nerve injuries (such as the gold standard autograft) and its main clinically approved alternative--hollow nerve guidance conduits (NGCs)--have a number of limitations that need to be addressed. NGCs, in particular, are limited to treating a relatively short nerve gap (4 cm in length) and are often associated with poor functional recovery. Recent advances in biomaterials and tissue engineering approaches are seeking to overcome the limitations associated with these treatment methods. This review critically discusses the advances in biomaterial-based NGCs, their limitations and where future improvements may be required. Recent developments include the incorporation of topographical guidance features and/or intraluminal structures, which attempt to guide Schwann cell (SC) migration and axonal regrowth towards their distal targets. The use of such strategies requires consideration of the size and distribution of these topographical features, as well as a suitable surface for cell-material interactions. Likewise, cellular and molecular-based therapies are being considered for the creation of a more conductive nerve microenvironment. For example, hurdles associated with the short half-lives and low stability of molecular therapies are being surmounted through the use of controlled delivery systems. Similarly, cells (SCs, stem cells and genetically modified cells) are being delivered with biomaterial matrices in attempts to control their dispersion and to facilitate their incorporation within the host regeneration process. Despite recent advances in peripheral nerve repair, there are a number of key factors that need to be considered in order for these new technologies to reach the clinic.
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- W Daly
- Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB), National University of Ireland, Newcastle Road, Dangan, Galway, Republic of Ireland
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Expression of Wnt9, TCTP, and Bmp1/Tll in sea cucumber visceral regeneration. Gene Expr Patterns 2011; 12:24-35. [PMID: 22079950 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Revised: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We employ non-radioactive in situ hybridization techniques, which combine good tissue morphology preservation with high sensitivity of transcript detection, to map gene expression in the regenerating digestive tube of the sea cucumber Holothuriaglaberrima. We investigated localization of transcripts of Wnt9, TCTP, and Bmp1/Tll, the genes that have been previously known to be implicated in embryogenesis and cancer. The choice was determined by our long-term goal of trying to understand how the developmental regulatory pathways known to be involved in tumor development can be activated in post-traumatic regeneration without leading to malignant growth. The gene expression data combined with the available morphological information highlight the gut mesothelium (the outer layer of the digestive tube) as a highly dynamic tissue, whose cells undergo remarkable changes in their phenotype and gene expression in response to injury. This reversible transition of the gut mesothelium from a complex specialized tissue to a simple epithelium composed of rapidly proliferating multipotent cells seems to depend on the expression of genes from multiple developmental/cancer-related pathways.
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Strickland IT, Richards L, Holmes FE, Wynick D, Uney JB, Wong LF. Axotomy-induced miR-21 promotes axon growth in adult dorsal root ganglion neurons. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23423. [PMID: 21853131 PMCID: PMC3154476 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 07/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Following injury, dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons undergo transcriptional changes so as to adopt phenotypic changes that promote cell survival and axonal regeneration. Here we used a microarray approach to profile changes in a population of small noncoding RNAs known as microRNAs (miRNAs) in the L4 and L5 DRG following sciatic nerve transection. Results showed that 20 miRNA transcripts displayed a significant change in expression levels, with 8 miRNAs transcripts being altered by more than 1.5-fold. Using quantitative reverse transcription PCR, we demonstrated that one of these miRNAs, miR-21, was upregulated by 7-fold in the DRG at 7 days post-axotomy. In dissociated adult rat DRG neurons lentiviral vector-mediated overexpression of miR-21 promoted neurite outgrowth on a reduced laminin substrate. miR-21 directly downregulated expression of Sprouty2 protein, as confirmed by Western blot analysis and 3' untranslated region (UTR) luciferase assays. Our data show that miR-21 is an axotomy-induced miRNA that enhances axon growth, and suggest that miRNAs are important players in regulating growth pathways following peripheral nerve injury.
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- Iain T. Strickland
- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Vasileiou I, Giaginis C, Klonaris C, Theocharis S. Insight into pain-inducing and -related gene expression: a challenge for development of novel targeted therapeutic approaches. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2011; 25:48-62. [PMID: 20070377 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2009.00809.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The multidimensional issue of pain in relation to the need for efficient treatment has been the focus of extensive research. Gaining insight into the molecular mechanisms of pain and identifying specific genes and proteins as possible drug targets is strongly required considering that not all patients can be adequately treated with the currently available drugs. This up-to-date review aimed to summarize the findings of recent proteomic and genomic approaches in different types of pain to comment on their potential role in pain signaling pathways and to evaluate their possible contribution to the development of novel and possibly more targeted pain therapeutic strategies. Although pain treatment strategies have been greatly improved during the past century, no ideal targeted pain treatment has been developed. The development of modern and accurate platforms of technology for the study of genetics and physiology of pain has led to the identification of an increased number of altered genes and proteins that are involved in pain-related pathways. Through genomics and proteomics, pain-related genes and proteins, respectively, may be identified as diagnostic markers or drug targets improving therapeutic strategies. Furthermore, such molecular mediators of pain may reveal novel strategies for individualized pain management. The utilization of unique experimental approaches (through specific animal models) as well as powered genetic association studies conducted on appropriate populations is more than essential.
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- Ioanna Vasileiou
- Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Siebert H, Kahle PJ, Kramer ML, Isik T, Schlüter OM, Schulz-Schaeffer WJ, Brück W. Over-expression of alpha-synuclein in the nervous system enhances axonal degeneration after peripheral nerve lesion in a transgenic mouse strain. J Neurochem 2010; 114:1007-18. [PMID: 20524960 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06832.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Wallerian degeneration in peripheral nerves occurs after a traumatic insult when the distal nerve part degenerates while peripheral macrophages enter the nerve stump and remove the accruing debris by phagozytosis. We used an experimental model to investigate the effect of either the absence or over-expression of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) after transecting the sciatic nerves of mice. alpha-Synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies and its aggregation results in a premature destruction of nerve cells. It has also been found present in different peripheral nerves but its role in the axon remains still unclear. Following sciatic nerve transection in different mouse strains, we investigated the numbers of invading macrophages, the amounts of remaining myelin and axons 6 days after injury. All mice showed clear signs of Wallerian degeneration, but transgenic mice expressing human wild-type alpha-syn showed lower numbers of invading macrophages, less preserved myelin and significantly lower numbers of preserved axons in comparison with either knockout mice or a mouse strain with a spontaneous deletion of alpha-syn. The use of protein aggregation filtration blots and paraffin-embedded tissue blots displayed depositions of alpha-syn aggregates within sciatic nerve axons of transgenic mice. Thicker myelin sheaths and higher numbers of mitochondria were detected in old alpha-syn transgenic mice. In a human sural nerve, alpha-syn could also be identified within axons. Thus, alpha-syn and its aggregates are not only a component of Lewy bodies and synapses but also of axons and these aggregates might interfere with axonal transport. alpha-Synuclein transgenic mice represent an appropriate model for investigations on axonal transport in neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Heike Siebert
- Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Centre Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
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Sun F, Cavalli V. Neuroproteomics approaches to decipher neuronal regeneration and degeneration. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 9:963-75. [PMID: 20019051 PMCID: PMC2871427 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.r900003-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2009] [Revised: 12/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Given the complexity of brain and nerve tissues, systematic approaches are essential to understand normal physiological conditions and functional alterations in neurological diseases. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics is increasingly used in neurosciences to determine both basic and clinical differential protein expression, protein-protein interactions, and post-translational modifications. Proteomics approaches are especially useful to understand the mechanisms of nerve regeneration and degeneration because changes in axons following injury or in disease states often occur without the contribution of transcriptional events in the cell body. Indeed, the current understanding of axonal function in health and disease emphasizes the role of proteolysis, local axonal protein synthesis, and a broad range of post-translational modifications. Deciphering how axons regenerate and degenerate has thus become a postgenomics problem, which depends in part on proteomics approaches. This review focuses on recent proteomics approaches designed to uncover the mechanisms and molecules involved in neuronal regeneration and degeneration. It emerges that the principal degenerative mechanisms converge to oxidative stress, dysfunctions of axonal transport, mitochondria, chaperones, and the ubiquitin-proteasome systems. The mechanisms regulating nerve regeneration also impinge on axonal transport, cytoskeleton, and chaperones in addition to changes in signaling pathways. We also discuss the major challenges to proteomics work in the nervous system given the complex organization of the brain and nerve tissue at the anatomical, cellular, and subcellular levels.
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- Faneng Sun
- From the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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- From the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Michaelevski I, Medzihradszky KF, Lynn A, Burlingame AL, Fainzilber M. Axonal transport proteomics reveals mobilization of translation machinery to the lesion site in injured sciatic nerve. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009; 9:976-87. [PMID: 19955087 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m900369-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Investigations of the molecular mechanisms underlying responses to nerve injury have highlighted the importance of axonal transport systems. To obtain a comprehensive view of the protein ensembles associated with axonal transport in injured axons, we analyzed the protein compositions of axoplasm concentrated at ligatures following crush injury of rat sciatic nerve. LC-MS/MS analyses of iTRAQ-labeled peptides from axoplasm distal and proximal to the ligation sites revealed protein ensembles transported in both anterograde and retrograde directions. Variability of replicates did not allow straightforward assignment of proteins to functional transport categories; hence, we performed principal component analysis and factor analysis with subsequent clustering to determine the most prominent injury-related transported proteins. This strategy circumvented experimental variability and allowed the extraction of biologically meaningful information from the quantitative neuroproteomics experiments. 299 proteins were highlighted by principal component analysis and factor analysis, 145 of which correlate with retrograde and 154 of which correlate with anterograde transport after injury. The analyses reveal extensive changes in both anterograde and retrograde transport proteomes in injured peripheral axons and emphasize the importance of RNA binding and translational machineries in the axonal response to injury.
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- Izhak Michaelevski
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
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Honoré B. The rapidly expanding CREC protein family: members, localization, function, and role in disease. Bioessays 2009; 31:262-77. [PMID: 19260022 DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Although many aspects of the physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms remain unknown, recent advances in our knowledge suggest that the CREC proteins are promising disease biomarkers or targets for therapeutic intervention in a variety of diseases. The CREC family of low affinity, Ca2+-binding, multiple EF-hand proteins are encoded by five genes, RCN1, RCN2, RCN3, SDF4, and CALU, resulting in reticulocalbin, ER Ca2+-binding protein of 55 kDa (ERC-55), reticulocalbin-3, Ca2+-binding protein of 45 kDa (Cab45), and calumenin. Alternative splicing increases the number of gene products. The proteins are localized in the cytosol, in various parts of the secretory pathway, secreted to the extracellular space or localized on the cell surface. The emerging functions appear to be highly diverse. The proteins interact with several different ligands. Rather well-described functions are attached to calumenin with the inhibition of several proteins in the endoplasmic or sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane, the vitamin K(1) 2,3-epoxide reductase, the gamma-carboxylase, the ryanodine receptor, and the Ca2+-transporting ATPase. Other functions concern participation in the secretory process, chaperone activity, signal transduction as well as participation in a large variety of disease processes.
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- Bent Honoré
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Lu A, Wiśniewski JR, Mann M. Comparative proteomic profiling of membrane proteins in rat cerebellum, spinal cord, and sciatic nerve. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:2418-25. [PMID: 19290618 DOI: 10.1021/pr8010364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Proteomics is an increasingly powerful technology that can provide in-depth insights into entire proteomes and their variation upon disease. Large-scale proteomics today enables identification and measurement of changes of thousands of proteins from minute amount of tissues. Here, we provide a proteomic profile of three distinct parts of the murine nerve system: cerebellum, spinal cord, and sciatic nerve. We focus on membrane proteins as the key regulators of neural transmission and memory. Rat tissues were homogenized and extracted to remove nonmembrane proteins and the resulting membranes were solubilized with detergents. Proteins were fractionated by size exclusion chromatography, depleted for detergents, digested and analyzed by LC-MS/MS using the LTQ-Orbitrap instrument. With the application of stringent identification criteria, in total, 4124 proteins were identified. Of these proteins, 3528, 3290, and 1649 were mapped to cerebellum, spinal cord, and sciatic nerve, respectively, allowing in-depth mapping of neurotransmitter receptors, ion channels, and transporter proteins. This work is the most in-depth proteomic analysis of nerve tissues to date and provides the first unbiased insights into the proteomes of anatomically and functionally distinct parts of the membrane proteome of the central and peripheral nerve systems. The methods applied here can be directly applied to studying nerve systems and their disorders.
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- Aiping Lu
- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Checińska A, Giaccone G, Rodriguez JA, Kruyt FAE, Jimenez CR. Comparative proteomics analysis of caspase-9-protein complexes in untreated and cytochrome c/dATP stimulated lysates of NSCLC cells. J Proteomics 2008; 72:575-85. [PMID: 19118655 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2008.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2008] [Revised: 10/29/2008] [Accepted: 11/23/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Apoptosis is a process of cellular suicide executed by caspases. Impaired activation of caspase-9 may contribute to chemoresistance in cancer. Activation of caspase-9 occurs after binding to Apaf-1 and formation of the apoptosome in the presence of cytochrome c/(d)ATP. We used a proteomics approach to identify proteins in caspase-9-protein complexes in extracts derived from NSCLC cells with(out) cytochrome c/dATP. Using co-immunoprecipitation, one-dimensional gel electrophoresis and tandem mass spectrometry, 38 proteins were identified of which 24 differential interactors. The differential interactors can be functionally assigned to cytoskeletal (re)organization and cell motility, catalytic activity, and transcriptional processes and apoptosis. The interaction of caspase-9 with Apaf-1 was confirmed and acetylserotonin-O-methyltransferase-like protein was identified as a candidate substrate of caspase-9. Novel interactors were found including galectin-3, swiprosin-1 and the membrane-cytoskeleton linkers Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin. Co-immunoprecipitation and Western blot experiments confirmed the interaction of caspase-9 with several identified binding partners. A large number of cytoskeletal proteins associated with unprocessed caspase-9 may indicate a scaffold function of this structure and/or may act as caspase substrates during apoptosis. Together, our results indicate that proteomic analysis of the caspase-9-associated protein complexes is a powerful exploratory approach to identify novel caspase substrates and/or regulators of caspase-9-dependent apoptosis.
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- Agnieszka Checińska
- Department of Medical Oncology, VUMC-Cancer Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Tsai MC, Shen LF, Kuo HS, Cheng H, Chak KF. Involvement of acidic fibroblast growth factor in spinal cord injury repair processes revealed by a proteomics approach. Mol Cell Proteomics 2008; 7:1668-87. [PMID: 18482974 PMCID: PMC2556019 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m800076-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2008] [Revised: 05/14/2008] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF; also known as FGF-1) is a potent neurotrophic factor that affects neuronal survival in the injured spinal cord. However, the pathological changes that occur with spinal cord injury (SCI) and the attribution to aFGF of a neuroprotective effect during SCI are still elusive. In this study, we demonstrated that rat SCI, when treated with aFGF, showed significant functional recovery as indicated by the Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan locomotor rating scale and the combined behavior score (p < 0.01-0.001). Furthermore proteomics and bioinformatics approaches were adapted to investigate changes in the global protein profile of the damaged spinal cord tissue when experimental rats were treated either with or without aFGF at 24 h after injury. We found that 51 protein spots, resolvable by two-dimensional PAGE, had significant differential expression. Using hierarchical clustering analysis, these proteins were categorized into five major expression patterns. Noticeably proteins involved in the process of secondary injury, such as astrocyte activation (glial fibrillary acidic protein), inflammation (S100B), and scar formation (keratan sulfate proteoglycan lumican), which lead to the blocking of injured spinal cord regeneration, were down-regulated in the contusive spinal cord after treatment with aFGF. We propose that aFGF might initiate a series of biological processes to prevent or attenuate secondary injury and that this, in turn, leads to an improvement in functional recovery. Moreover the quantitative expression level of these proteins was verified by quantitative real time PCR. Furthermore we identified various potential neuroprotective protein factors that are induced by aFGF and may be involved in the spinal cord repair processes of SCI rats. Thus, our results could have a remarkable impact on clinical developments in the area of spinal cord injury therapy.
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- Ming-Chu Tsai
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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Zhang Y, Wang YH, Zhang XH, Ge HY, Arendt-Nielsen L, Shao JM, Yue SW. Proteomic analysis of differential proteins related to the neuropathic pain and neuroprotection in the dorsal root ganglion following its chronic compression in rats. Exp Brain Res 2008; 189:199-209. [PMID: 18493752 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1419-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The aim of the study was to identify the differential protein expressions related to neuropathic pain and neuroprotection in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) following chronic compression of DRG (CCD) in rats. We conducted a proteomics study of L(4) and L(5) DRG after CCD for 28 days. A total of 98 protein spots were detected with significant changes in their expression levels after CCD and 15 protein spots were identified by the matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) analysis. Of these proteins, annexin A2, protein kinase C epsilon (PKCepsilon), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases (GAPDH), and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) were up-regulated significantly compared with the normal control. These four proteins and p11, which was annexin A2 light chain, were further examined by Western blotting. The results of Western blotting and the proteomic analysis showed consistent data. Moreover, real-time quantitative RT-PCR experiments indicated that CCD-induced increase in protein levels was associated with an up-regulation of annexin A2 and PKCepsilon gene expression. In conclusion, this study highlights the molecular process in DRG underlying neuropathic pain. CCD is associated with the up-regulation of annexin A2 and PKCepsilon and their related genes. The up-regulation of GAPDH and HSP70 suggests that there exist concurrent processes of nervous injury and neuroprotection in the course of neuropathic pain.
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- Yang Zhang
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Qilu Hospital, Medical School of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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Lara-Ramírez R, Segura-Anaya E, Martínez-Gómez A, Dent M. Expression of interleukin-6 receptor α in normal and injured rat sciatic nerve. Neuroscience 2008; 152:601-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2007] [Revised: 01/02/2008] [Accepted: 01/09/2008] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Enhanced transmission at a spinal synapse triggered in vivo by an injury signal independent of altered synaptic activity. J Neurosci 2007; 27:12851-9. [PMID: 18032657 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1997-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Peripheral nerve crush initiates a robust increase in transmission strength at spinal synapses made by axotomized group IA primary sensory neurons. To study the injury signal that initiates synaptic enhancement in vivo, we designed experiments to manipulate the enlargement of EPSPs produced in spinal motoneurons (MNs) by IA afferents 3 d after nerve crush in anesthetized adult rats. If nerve crush initiates IA EPSP enlargement as proposed by reducing impulse-evoked transmission in crushed IA afferents, then restoring synaptic activity should eliminate enlargement. Daily electrical stimulation of the nerve proximal to the crush site did, in fact, eliminate enlargement but was, surprisingly, just as effective when the action potentials evoked in crushed afferents were prevented from propagating into the spinal cord. Consistent with its independence from altered synaptic activity, we found that IA EPSP enlargement was also eliminated by colchicine blockade of axon transport in the crushed nerve. Together with the observation that colchicine treatment of intact nerves had no short-term effect on IA EPSPs, we conclude that enhancement of IA-MN transmission is initiated by some yet to be identified positive injury signal generated independent of altered synaptic activity. The results establish a new set of criteria that constrain candidate signaling molecules in vivo to ones that develop quickly at the peripheral injury site, move centrally by axon transport, and initiate enhanced transmission at the central synapses of crushed primary sensory afferents through a mechanism that can be modulated by action potential activity restricted to the axons of crushed afferents.
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Glanzer JG, Enose Y, Wang T, Kadiu I, Gong N, Rozek W, Liu J, Schlautman JD, Ciborowski PS, Thomas MP, Gendelman HE. Genomic and proteomic microglial profiling: pathways for neuroprotective inflammatory responses following nerve fragment clearance and activation. J Neurochem 2007; 102:627-45. [PMID: 17442053 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04568.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Microglia, a primary immune effector cell of the central nervous system (CNS) affects homeostatic, neuroprotective, regenerative and degenerative outcomes in health and disease. Despite these broad neuroimmune activities linked to specific environmental cues, a precise cellular genetic profile for microglia in the context of disease and repair has not been elucidated. To this end we used nucleic acid microarrays, proteomics, immunochemical and histochemical tests to profile microglia in neuroprotective immune responses. Optic and sciatic nerve (ON and SN) fragments were used to stimulate microglia in order to reflect immune consequences of nervous system injury. Lipopolysaccharide and latex beads-induced microglial activation served as positive controls. Cytosolic and secreted proteins were profiled by surface enhanced laser desorption ionization-time of flight (SELDI-TOF) ProteinChip, 1D and 2D difference gel electrophoresis. Proteins were identified by peptide sequencing with tandem mass spectrometry, ELISA and western blot tests. Temporal expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, antioxidants, neurotrophins, and lysosomal enzyme expression provided, for the first time, a unique profile of secreted microglia proteins with neuroregulatory functions. Most importantly, this molecular and biochemical signature supports a broad range of microglial functions for debris clearance and promotion of neural repair after injury.
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- Jason G Glanzer
- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5880, USA
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Komori N, Takemori N, Kim HK, Singh A, Hwang SH, Foreman RD, Chung K, Chung JM, Matsumoto H. Proteomics study of neuropathic and nonneuropathic dorsal root ganglia: altered protein regulation following segmental spinal nerve ligation injury. Physiol Genomics 2007; 29:215-30. [PMID: 17213366 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00255.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Peripheral nerve injury is often followed by the development of severe neuropathic pain. Nerve degeneration accompanied by inflammatory mediators is thought to play a role in generation of neuropathic pain. Neuronal cell death follows axonal degeneration, devastating a vast number of molecules in injured neurons and the neighboring cells. Because we have little understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal cell death triggered by nerve injury, we conducted a proteomics study of rat 4th and 5th lumbar (L4 and L5) dorsal root ganglion (DRG) after L5 spinal nerve ligation. DRG proteins were displayed on two-dimensional gels and analyzed through quantitative densitometry, statistical validation of the quantitative data, and peptide mass fingerprinting for protein identification. Among approximately 1,300 protein spots detected on each gel, we discovered 67 proteins that were tightly regulated by nerve ligation. We find that the injury to primary sensory neurons turned on multiple cellular mechanisms critical for the structural and functional integrity of neurons and for the defense against oxidative damage. Our data indicate that the regulation of metabolic enzymes was carefully orchestrated to meet the altered energy requirement of the DRG cells. Our data also demonstrate that ligation of the L5 spinal nerve led to the upregulation in the L4 DRG of the proteins that are highly expressed in embryonic sensory neurons. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying neuropathic pain, we need to comprehend such dynamic aspect of protein modulations that follow nerve injury.
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- Naoka Komori
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA.
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Qualtieri A, Le Pera M, Urso E, Bono F, Valentino P, Scornaienchi MC, Quattrone A. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of peripheral nerve proteins: Optimized sample preparation. J Neurosci Methods 2007; 159:125-33. [PMID: 16919754 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.07.003] [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] [Received: 04/20/2006] [Revised: 07/06/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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For proteomic analysis, sample preparation plays a crucial role in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE), since, very often, each tissue or cell culture requires specific treatments. In the present paper, we report a sample preparation procedure suitable for 2DE that was done on peripheral nerve using bovine sciatic nerves and human sural nerve biopsies. We obtained an appreciable reduction of tissue heterogeneity using protein extracts obtained from nerve-fiber bundles instead of the entire nerve. In addition, we optimized 2DE protein separation using a combination of CHAPS, Triton X-100, and SB3-10 detergents in an isoelectric-focusing (IEF) buffer. The reported experimental procedures appear to be essential for 2DE separation of peripheral nerve proteins for the establishment of a reference map.
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- Antonio Qualtieri
- Institute of Neurological Sciences, National Research Council (CNR), Contrada Burga, 87050 Mangone, Cosenza, Italy.
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Meunier B, Dumas E, Piec I, Béchet D, Hébraud M, Hocquette JF. Assessment of Hierarchical Clustering Methodologies for Proteomic Data Mining. J Proteome Res 2006; 6:358-66. [PMID: 17203979 DOI: 10.1021/pr060343h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hierarchical clustering methodology is a powerful data mining approach for a first exploration of proteomic data. It enables samples or proteins to be grouped blindly according to their expression profiles. Nevertheless, the clustering results depend on parameters such as data preprocessing, between-profile similarity measurement, and the dendrogram construction procedure. We assessed several clustering strategies by calculating the F-measure, a widely used quality metric. The combination, on logged matrix, of Pearson correlation and Ward's methods for data aggregation is among the best clustering strategies, at least with the data sets we studied. This study was carried out using PermutMatrix, a freely available software derived from transcriptomics.
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- Bruno Meunier
- UR 1213, Unité de Recherches sur les Herbivores, Equipe Croissance et Métabolisme du Muscle, INRA de Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, F-63122 [corrected] Saint-Genès Champanelle, France.
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DeBruin LS, Haines JD, Bienzle D, Harauz G. Partitioning of myelin basic protein into membrane microdomains in a spontaneously demyelinating mouse model for multiple sclerosisThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled CSBMCB — Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease. Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 84:993-1005. [PMID: 17215885 DOI: 10.1139/o06-180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We have characterized the lipid rafts in myelin from a spontaneously demyelinating mouse line (ND4), and from control mice (CD1 background), as a function of age and severity of disease. Myelin was isolated from the brains of CD1 and ND4 mice at various ages, and cold lysed with 1.5% CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulphonate). The lysate was separated by low-speed centrifugation into supernatant and pellet fractions, which were characterized by Western blotting for myelin basic protein (MBP) isoforms and their post-translationally modified variants. We found that, with maturation and with disease progression, there was a specific redistribution of the 14–21.5 kDa MBP isoforms (classic exon-II-containing vs exon-II-lacking) and phosphorylated forms into the supernatant and pellet. Further fractionation of the supernatant to yield detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs), representing coalesced lipid rafts, showed these to be highly enriched in exon-II-lacking MBP isoforms, and deficient in methylated MBP variants, in mice of both genotypes. The DRMs from the ND4 mice appeared to be enriched in MBP phosphorylated by MAP kinase at Thr95 (murine 18.5 kDa numbering). These studies indicate that different splice isoforms and post-translationally modified charge variants of MBP are targeted to different microdomains in the myelin membrane, implying multifunctionality of this protein family in myelin maintenance.
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- Lillian S DeBruin
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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