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Fujii M, Bessho R, Akimoto T, Ishii Y. Cardioprotective effect of St. Thomas' Hospital No. 2 solution against age-related changes in aquaporin-7-deficient mice. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024; 72:368-375. [PMID: 37691043 PMCID: PMC11127861 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-023-01975-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate whether St. Thomas' Hospital No. 2 solution (STH2) is equally effective in both young and aged aquaporin-7-knockout (AQP7-KO) mice and the mechanisms by which the intra-myocardial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) content is altered during ischemia without aquaporin-7. METHODS In study 1, isolated hearts of male wild-type (WT) and AQP7-KO mice (< 12 weeks old) were Langendorff perfused with 5-min STH2 prior to a 20-min global ischemia (GI) or 25-min GI without STH2. Similarly, in Study 2, hearts from WT and AQP7-KO mice (≥ 24 weeks old) were subjected to 2-min STH2 infusion prior to GI. In study 3, intra-myocardial ATP content was compared before (sham) and after (control or STH2) ischemia in mature WT and AQP7-KO mice. RESULTS In study 1, troponin T levels (ng/g wet weight) of WT and AQP7-KO hearts were significantly lower in the STH2 groups (75.6 ± 45.9 and 80.2 ± 52.2, respectively) than in the GI groups (934.0 ± 341.1 and 1089.3 ± 182.5, respectively). In Study 2, troponin T levels in aged WT and AQP7-KO mice were 566.5 ± 550.0 and 547.8 ± 594.3, respectively (p = 0.9561). In Study 3, ATP levels (μmol/g protein) in the sham, control, and STH2 AQP7-KO mice groups were 4.45, 2.57, and 3.37, respectively(p = 0.0005). CONCLUSIONS The present study revealed the cardio-protective efficacy of STH2 in an experimental model of isolated AQP7-KO young and aged murine hearts. Further, STH2 preserved intra-myocardial ATP during ischemia with Krebs-Henseleit buffer perfusion in the Langendorff setting.
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- Masahiro Fujii
- Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1694, Japan.
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1694, Japan
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- Laboratory Animal Science, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan
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Tan Y, Martin TG, Harrison BC, Leinwand LA. Utility of the burmese Python as a model for studying plasticity of extreme physiological systems. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2023; 44:95-106. [PMID: 36316565 PMCID: PMC10149580 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-022-09632-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Non-traditional animal models present an opportunity to discover novel biology that has evolved to allow such animals to survive in extreme environments. One striking example is the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus), which exhibits extreme physiological adaptation in various metabolic organs after consuming a large meal following long periods of fasting. The response to such a large meal in pythons involves a dramatic surge in metabolic rate, lipid overload in plasma, and massive but reversible organ growth through the course of digestion. Multiple studies have reported the physiological responses in post-prandial pythons, while the specific molecular control of these processes is less well-studied. Investigating the mechanisms that coordinate organ growth and adaptive responses offers the opportunity to gain novel insight that may be able to treat various pathologies in humans. Here, we summarize past research on the post-prandial physiological changes in the Burmese python with a focus on the gastrointestinal tract, heart, and liver. Specifically, we address our recent molecular discoveries in the post-prandial python liver which demonstrate transient adaptations that may reveal new therapeutic targets. Lastly, we explore new biology of the aquaporin 7 gene that is potently upregulated in mammalian cardiac myocytes by circulating factors in post-prandial python plasma.
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- Yuxiao Tan
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder. 3415 Colorado Ave, UCB 596, 80309, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder. 3415 Colorado Ave, UCB 596, 80309, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder. 3415 Colorado Ave, UCB 596, 80309, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder. 3415 Colorado Ave, UCB 596, 80309, Boulder, CO, USA.
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Kong X, Sun H, Wei K, Meng L, Lv X, Liu C, Lin F, Gu X. WGCNA combined with machine learning algorithms for analyzing key genes and immune cell infiltration in heart failure due to ischemic cardiomyopathy. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1058834. [PMID: 37008314 PMCID: PMC10064046 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1058834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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BackgroundIschemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) induced heart failure (HF) is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. This study aimed to find candidate genes for ICM-HF and to identify relevant biomarkers by machine learning (ML).MethodsThe expression data of ICM-HF and normal samples were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between ICM-HF and normal group were identified. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment and gene ontology (GO) annotation analysis, protein–protein interaction (PPI) network, gene pathway enrichment analysis (GSEA), and single-sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA) were performed. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was applied to screen for disease-associated modules, and relevant genes were derived using four ML algorithms. The diagnostic values of candidate genes were assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. The immune cell infiltration analysis was performed between the ICM-HF and normal group. Validation was performed using another gene set.ResultsA total of 313 DEGs were identified between ICM-HF and normal group of GSE57345, which were mainly enriched in biological processes and pathways related to cell cycle regulation, lipid metabolism pathways, immune response pathways, and intrinsic organelle damage regulation. GSEA results showed positive correlations with pathways such as cholesterol metabolism in the ICM-HF group compared to normal group and lipid metabolism in adipocytes. GSEA results also showed a positive correlation with pathways such as cholesterol metabolism and a negative correlation with pathways such as lipolytic presentation in adipocytes compared to normal group. Combining multiple ML and cytohubba algorithms yielded 11 relevant genes. After validation using the GSE42955 validation sets, the 7 genes obtained by the machine learning algorithm were well verified. The immune cell infiltration analysis showed significant differences in mast cells, plasma cells, naive B cells, and NK cells.ConclusionCombined analysis using WGCNA and ML identified coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain containing 4 (CHCHD4), transmembrane protein 53 (TMEM53), acid phosphatase 3 (ACPP), aminoadipate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (AASDH), purinergic receptor P2Y1 (P2RY1), caspase 3 (CASP3) and aquaporin 7 (AQP7) as potential biomarkers of ICM-HF. ICM-HF may be closely related to pathways such as mitochondrial damage and disorders of lipid metabolism, while the infiltration of multiple immune cells was identified to play a critical role in the progression of the disease.
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- XiangJin Kong
- Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Correspondence: XingHua Gu
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Aquaporins and Ion Channels as Dual Targets in the Design of Novel Glioblastoma Therapeutics to Limit Invasiveness. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15030849. [PMID: 36765806 PMCID: PMC9913334 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Current therapies for Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) focus on eradicating primary tumors using radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgical resection, but have limited success in controlling the invasive spread of glioma cells into a healthy brain, the major factor driving short survival times for patients post-diagnosis. Transcriptomic analyses of GBM biopsies reveal clusters of membrane signaling proteins that in combination serve as robust prognostic indicators, including aquaporins and ion channels, which are upregulated in GBM and implicated in enhanced glioblastoma motility. Accumulating evidence supports our proposal that the concurrent pharmacological targeting of selected subclasses of aquaporins and ion channels could impede glioblastoma invasiveness by impairing key cellular motility pathways. Optimal sets of channels to be selected as targets for combined therapies could be tailored to the GBM cancer subtype, taking advantage of differences in patterns of expression between channels that are characteristic of GBM subtypes, as well as distinguishing them from non-cancerous brain cells such as neurons and glia. Focusing agents on a unique channel fingerprint in GBM would further allow combined agents to be administered at near threshold doses, potentially reducing off-target toxicity. Adjunct therapies which confine GBM tumors to their primary sites during clinical treatments would offer profound advantages for treatment efficacy.
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Fan L, Wu P, Li X, Tie L. Aquaporins in Cardiovascular System. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1398:125-135. [PMID: 36717490 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7415-1_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Recent studies have shown that aquaporins (AQPs) are involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and the development of related diseases, especially in cerebral ischemia, congestive heart failure, hypertension, and angiogenesis. Therefore, further studies are needed to elucidate the mechanism accounting for the association between AQPs and vascular function-related diseases, which may lead to novel approaches to the prevention and treatment of those diseases. Here we will discuss the expression and physiological roles of AQPs in vascular tissues and summarize recent progress in the research on AQPs related cardiovascular diseases.
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- Lu Fan
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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da Silva IV, Soveral G. Aquaporins in Obesity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1398:289-302. [PMID: 36717502 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7415-1_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Obesity is one of the most important metabolic disorders of this century and is associated with a cluster of the most dangerous cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as insulin resistance and diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, collectively named Metabolic Syndrome. The role of aquaporins (AQP) in glycerol metabolism facilitating glycerol release from the adipose tissue and distribution to various tissues and organs unveils these membrane channels as important players in lipid balance and energy homeostasis and points to their involvement in a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms including insulin resistance, obesity, and diabetes. This review summarizes the physiologic role of aquaglyceroporins in glycerol metabolism and lipid homeostasis, describing their specific tissue distribution, involvement in glycerol balance, and implication in obesity and fat-related metabolic complications. The development of specify pharmacologic modulators able to regulate aquaglyceroporins expression and function, in particular AQP7 in adipose tissue, might constitute a novel approach for controlling obesity and other metabolic disorders.
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- Inês V da Silva
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Department Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Department Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Clinical value and molecular mechanism of AQGPs in different tumors. MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (NORTHWOOD, LONDON, ENGLAND) 2022; 39:174. [PMID: 35972604 PMCID: PMC9381609 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-022-01766-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aquaglyceroporins (AQGPs), including AQP3, AQP7, AQP9, and AQP10, are transmembrane channels that allow small solutes across biological membranes, such as water, glycerol, H2O2, and so on. Increasing evidence suggests that they play critical roles in cancer. Overexpression or knockdown of AQGPs can promote or inhibit cancer cell proliferation, migration, invasion, apoptosis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis, and the expression levels of AQGPs are closely linked to the prognosis of cancer patients. Here, we provide a comprehensive and detailed review to discuss the expression patterns of AQGPs in different cancers as well as the relationship between the expression patterns and prognosis. Then, we elaborate the relevance between AQGPs and malignant behaviors in cancer as well as the latent upstream regulators and downstream targets or signaling pathways of AQGPs. Finally, we summarize the potential clinical value in cancer treatment. This review will provide us with new ideas and thoughts for subsequent cancer therapy specifically targeting AQGPs.
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Shangzu Z, Dingxiong X, ChengJun M, Yan C, Yangyang L, Zhiwei L, Ting Z, Zhiming M, Yiming Z, Liying Z, Yongqi L. Aquaporins: Important players in the cardiovascular pathophysiology. Pharmacol Res 2022; 183:106363. [PMID: 35905892 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Aquaporin is a membrane channel protein widely expressed in body tissues, which can control the input and output of water in cells. AQPs are differentially expressed in different cardiovascular tissues and participate in water transmembrane transport, cell migration, metabolism, inflammatory response, etc. The aberrant expression of AQPs highly correlates with the onset of ischemic heart disease, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, heart failure, etc. Despite much attention to the regulatory role of AQPs in the cardiovascular system, the translation of AQPs into clinical application still faces many challenges, including clarification of the localization of AQPs in the cardiovascular system and mechanisms mediating cardiovascular pathophysiology, as well as the development of cardiovascular-specific AQPs modulators.Therefore, in this study, we comprehensively reviewed the critical roles of AQP family proteins in maintaining cardiovascular homeostasis and described the underlying mechanisms by which AQPs mediated the outcomes of cardiovascular diseases. Meanwhile, AQPs serve as important therapeutic targets, which provide a wide range of opportunities to investigate the mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases and the treatment of those diseases.
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- Zhang Shangzu
- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China
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- Gansu Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, LanZhou,China
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China; Gansu Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, LanZhou,China.
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- Gansu University of traditional Chinese Medicine, LanZhou, China; Provincial-Level Key Laboratory for Molecular Medicine of Major Diseases and the Prevention and Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine Research in Gansu Colleges and Universities Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Dunhuang Medicine and Transformation at Provincial and Ministerial Level, Lanzhou, China.
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The Effects of a Meldonium Pre-Treatment on the Course of the LPS-Induced Sepsis in Rats. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23042395. [PMID: 35216510 PMCID: PMC8924897 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A dysregulated and overwhelming response to an infection accompanied by the exaggerated pro-inflammatory state and metabolism disturbance leads to the fatal outcome in sepsis. Previously we showed that meldonium, an anti-ischemic drug clinically used to treat myocardial and cerebral ischemia, strongly increases mortality in faecal-induced peritonitis (FIP) in rats. We postulated that the same mechanism that is responsible for the otherwise strong anti-inflammatory effects of meldonium could be the culprit of the increased mortality. In the present study, we applied the LPS-induced model of sepsis to explore the presence of any differences from and/or similarities to the FIP model. When it comes to energy production, despite some shared similarities, it is evident that LPS and FIP models of sepsis differ greatly. A different profile of sympathoadrenal activation may account for this observation, as it was lacking in the FIP model, whereas in the LPS model it was strong enough to overcome the effects of meldonium. Therefore, choosing the appropriate model of sepsis induction is of great importance, especially if energy homeostasis is the main focus of the study. Even when differences in the experimental design of the two models are acknowledged, the role of different patterns of energy production cannot be excluded. On that account, our results draw attention to the importance of uninterrupted energy production in sepsis but also call for much-needed revisions of the current recommendations for its treatment.
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Pimpão C, Wragg D, da Silva IV, Casini A, Soveral G. Aquaglyceroporin Modulators as Emergent Pharmacological Molecules for Human Diseases. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:845237. [PMID: 35187089 PMCID: PMC8850838 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.845237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Aquaglyceroporins, a sub-class of aquaporins that facilitate the diffusion of water, glycerol and other small uncharged solutes across cell membranes, have been recognized for their important role in human physiology and their involvement in multiple disorders, mostly related to disturbed energy homeostasis. Aquaglyceroporins dysfunction in a variety of pathological conditions highlighted their targeting as novel therapeutic strategies, boosting the search for potent and selective modulators with pharmacological properties. The identification of selective inhibitors with potential clinical applications has been challenging, relying on accurate assays to measure membrane glycerol permeability and validate effective functional blockers. Additionally, biologicals such as hormones and natural compounds have been revealed as alternative strategies to modulate aquaglyceroporins via their gene and protein expression. This review summarizes the current knowledge of aquaglyceroporins’ involvement in several pathologies and the experimental approaches used to evaluate glycerol permeability and aquaglyceroporin modulation. In addition, we provide an update on aquaglyceroporins modulators reported to impact disease, unveiling aquaglyceroporin pharmacological targeting as a promising approach for innovative therapeutics.
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- Catarina Pimpão
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- *Correspondence: Angela Casini, ; Graça Soveral,
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Angela Casini, ; Graça Soveral,
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Park SH, Lu Y, Shao Y, Prophete C, Horton L, Sisco M, Lee HW, Kluz T, Sun H, Costa M, Zelikoff J, Chen LC, Gorr MW, Wold LE, Cohen MD. Longitudinal Impact of WTC Dust Inhalation on Rat Cardiac Tissue Transcriptomic Profiles. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19020919. [PMID: 35055737 PMCID: PMC8776213 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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First responders (FR) exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) Ground Zero air over the first week after the 9/11 disaster have an increased heart disease incidence compared to unexposed FR and the general population. To test if WTC dusts were causative agents, rats were exposed to WTC dusts (under isoflurane [ISO] anesthesia) 2 h/day on 2 consecutive days; controls received air/ISO or air only. Hearts were collected 1, 30, 240, and 360 d post-exposure, left ventricle total RNA was extracted, and transcription profiles were obtained. The data showed that differentially expressed genes (DEG) for WTC vs. ISO rats did not reach any significance with a false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.05 at days 1, 30, and 240, indicating that the dusts did not impart effects beyond any from ISO. However, at day 360, 14 DEG with a low FDR were identified, reflecting potential long-term effects from WTC dust alone, and the majority of these DEG have been implicated as having an impact on heart functions. Furthermore, the functional gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) data at day 360 showed that WTC dust could potentially impact the myocardial energy metabolism via PPAR signaling and heart valve development. This is the first study showing that WTC dust could significantly affect some genes that are associated with the heart/CV system, in the long term. Even > 20 years after the 9/11 disaster, this has potentially important implications for those FR exposed repeatedly at Ground Zero over the first week after the buildings collapsed.
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- Sung-Hyun Park
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Departments of Population Health & Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; (Y.L.); (Y.S.)
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- Departments of Population Health & Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; (Y.L.); (Y.S.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 13210, USA; (M.W.G.); (L.E.W.)
- College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 13210, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH 13210, USA; (M.W.G.); (L.E.W.)
- College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 13210, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA; (C.P.); (L.H.); (M.S.); (H.-W.L.); (T.K.); (H.S.); (M.C.); (J.Z.); (L.-C.C.); (M.D.C.)
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Ishihama S, Yoshida S, Yoshida T, Mori Y, Ouchi N, Eguchi S, Sakaguchi T, Tsuda T, Kato K, Shimizu Y, Ohashi K, Okumura T, Bando YK, Yagyu H, Wettschureck N, Kubota N, Offermanns S, Kadowaki T, Murohara T, Takefuji M. LPL/AQP7/GPD2 promotes glycerol metabolism under hypoxia and prevents cardiac dysfunction during ischemia. FASEB J 2021; 35:e22048. [PMID: 34807469 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100882r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In the heart, fatty acid is a major energy substrate to fuel contraction under aerobic conditions. Ischemia downregulates fatty acid metabolism to adapt to the limited oxygen supply, making glucose the preferred substrate. However, the mechanism underlying the myocardial metabolic shift during ischemia remains unknown. Here, we show that lipoprotein lipase (LPL) expression in cardiomyocytes, a principal enzyme that converts triglycerides to free fatty acids and glycerol, increases during myocardial infarction (MI). Cardiomyocyte-specific LPL deficiency enhanced cardiac dysfunction and apoptosis following MI. Deficiency of aquaporin 7 (AQP7), a glycerol channel in cardiomyocytes, increased the myocardial infarct size and apoptosis in response to ischemia. Ischemic conditions activated glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 2 (GPD2), which converts glycerol-3-phosphate into dihydroxyacetone phosphate to facilitate adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis from glycerol. Conversely, GPD2 deficiency exacerbated cardiac dysfunction after acute MI. Moreover, cardiomyocyte-specific LPL deficiency suppressed the effectiveness of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) agonist treatment for MI-induced cardiac dysfunction. These results suggest that LPL/AQP7/GPD2-mediated glycerol metabolism plays an important role in preventing myocardial ischemia-related damage.
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- Sohta Ishihama
- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Oztopuz O, Coskun O, Buyuk B. Alterations in aquaporin gene expression level on cyclophosphamide-induced cardiac injury and possible protective role of Ganoderma lucidum. Biologia (Bratisl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-021-00817-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Powell DR, Revelli JP, Doree DD, DaCosta CM, Desai U, Shadoan MK, Rodriguez L, Mullens M, Yang QM, Ding ZM, Kirkpatrick LL, Vogel P, Zambrowicz B, Sands AT, Platt KA, Hansen GM, Brommage R. High-Throughput Screening of Mouse Gene Knockouts Identifies Established and Novel High Body Fat Phenotypes. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes 2021; 14:3753-3785. [PMID: 34483672 PMCID: PMC8409770 DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s322083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Obesity is a major public health problem. Understanding which genes contribute to obesity may better predict individual risk and allow development of new therapies. Because obesity of a mouse gene knockout (KO) line predicts an association of the orthologous human gene with obesity, we reviewed data from the Lexicon Genome5000TM high throughput phenotypic screen (HTS) of mouse gene KOs to identify KO lines with high body fat. MATERIALS AND METHODS KO lines were generated using homologous recombination or gene trapping technologies. HTS body composition analyses were performed on adult wild-type and homozygous KO littermate mice from 3758 druggable mouse genes having a human ortholog. Body composition was measured by either DXA or QMR on chow-fed cohorts from all 3758 KO lines and was measured by QMR on independent high fat diet-fed cohorts from 2488 of these KO lines. Where possible, comparisons were made to HTS data from the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC). RESULTS Body fat data are presented for 75 KO lines. Of 46 KO lines where independent external published and/or IMPC KO lines are reported as obese, 43 had increased body fat. For the remaining 29 novel high body fat KO lines, Ksr2 and G2e3 are supported by data from additional independent KO cohorts, 6 (Asnsd1, Srpk2, Dpp8, Cxxc4, Tenm3 and Kiss1) are supported by data from additional internal cohorts, and the remaining 21 including Tle4, Ak5, Ntm, Tusc3, Ankk1, Mfap3l, Prok2 and Prokr2 were studied with HTS cohorts only. CONCLUSION These data support the finding of high body fat in 43 independent external published and/or IMPC KO lines. A novel obese phenotype was identified in 29 additional KO lines, with 27 still lacking the external confirmation now provided for Ksr2 and G2e3 KO mice. Undoubtedly, many mammalian obesity genes remain to be identified and characterized.
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- David R Powell
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Information Technology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
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- Department of Information Technology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
- Department of Information Technology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
- Department of Information Technology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, Tx, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, The Woodlands, TX, USA
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Zhang L, Yao D, Xia Y, Zhou F, Zhang Q, Wang Q, Qin A, Zhao J, Li D, Li Y, Zhou L, Cao Y. The structural basis for glycerol permeation by human AQP7. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2021; 66:1550-1558. [PMID: 36654284 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Human glycerol channel aquaporin 7 (AQP7) conducts glycerol release from adipocyte and enters the cells in pancreatic islets, muscles, and kidney tubules, and thus regulates glycerol metabolism in those tissues. Compared with other human aquaglyceroporins, AQP7 shows a less conserved "NPA" motif in the center cavity and a pair of aromatic residues at Ar/R selectivity filter. To understand the structural basis for the glycerol conductance, we crystallized the human AQP7 and determined the structure at 3.7 Å. A substrate binding pocket was found near the Ar/R filter where a glycerol molecule is bound and stabilized by R229. Glycerol uptake assay on human AQP7 as well as AQP3 and AQP10 demonstrated strong glycerol transportation activities at the physiological condition. The human AQP7 structure, in combination with the molecular dynamics simulation thereon, reveals a fully closed conformation with its permeation pathway strictly confined by the Ar/R filter at the exoplasmic side and the gate at the cytoplasmic side, and the binding of glycerol at the Ar/R filter plays a critical role in controlling the glycerol flux by driving the dislocation of the residues at narrowest parts of glycerol pathway in AQP7.
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- Li Zhang
- CAS Center for Excellence on Molecular Cell Science, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Precision Medicine, The Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200125, China; iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Precision Medicine, The Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200125, China; Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence on Molecular Cell Science, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence on Molecular Cell Science, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Institute of Precision Medicine, The Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200125, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence on Molecular Cell Science, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Institute of Precision Medicine, The Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200125, China; Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China.
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Tardelli M, Stulnig TM. Aquaporin regulation in metabolic organs. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2021; 112:71-93. [PMID: 32061350 DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2019.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of 13 small trans-membrane proteins, which facilitate shuttling of glycerol, water and urea. The peculiar role of AQPs in glycerol transport makes them attractive targets in metabolic organs since glycerol represents the backbone of triglyceride synthesis. Importantly, AQPs are known to be regulated by various nuclear receptors which in turn govern lipid and glucose metabolism as well as inflammatory cascades. Here, we review the role of AQPs regulation in metabolic organs exploring their physiological impact in health and disease.
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- Matteo Tardelli
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Cornell Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States; Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Yu P, Liu M, Zhang B, Yu Y, Su E, Xie S, Zhang L, Yang X, Jiang H, Chen R, Zou Y, Ge J. Cardiomyocyte-restricted high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) deletion leads to small heart and glycolipid metabolic disorder through GR/PGC-1α signalling. Cell Death Discov 2020; 6:106. [PMID: 33101708 PMCID: PMC7575537 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-020-00340-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cardiac growth and remodelling are key biological processes influencing the physiological performance of the heart, and a previous study showed a critical role for intracellular HMGB1 in vitro. However, the in vivo study, which used conditional Hmgb1 ablation, did not show a significant effect on cellular or organic function. We have demonstrated the extracellular effect of HMGB1 as a pro-inflammatory molecule on cardiac remodelling. In this study, we found that HMGB1 deletion by cTnT-Cre in mouse hearts altered glucocorticoid receptor (GR) function and glycolipid metabolism, eventually leading to growth retardation, small heart and heart failure. The subcellular morphology did not show a significant change caused by HMGB1 knockout. The heart showed significant elevation of glycolysis, free fatty acid deposition and related enzyme changes. Transcriptomic analysis revealed a list of differentially expressed genes that coincide with glucocorticoid receptor function in neonatal mice and a significant increase in inflammatory genes in adult mice. Cardiac HMGB1 knockout led to a series of changes in PGC-1α, UCP3 and GyK, which were the cause of metabolic changes and further impacted cardiac function. Ckmm-Cre Hmgb1fl/fl mice did not show a specific phenotype, which was consistent with the reported negative result of cardiomyocyte-specific Hmgb1 deletion via MHC-Cre. We concluded that HMGB1 plays essential roles in maintaining normal cardiac growth, and different phenotype from cardiac-specific HMGB1-deficient mice may be caused by the cross with mice of different Cre strains.
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- Peng Yu
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fudan Institute of Metabolic Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Practice, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of General Practice, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai Clinical Bioinformatics Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Adiponectin Stimulates Exosome Release to Enhance Mesenchymal Stem-Cell-Driven Therapy of Heart Failure in Mice. Mol Ther 2020; 28:2203-2219. [PMID: 32652045 PMCID: PMC7351027 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2020.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are cultured adult stem cells that originally reside in virtually all tissues, and the gain of MSCs by transplantation has become the leading form of cell therapy in various diseases. However, there is limited knowledge on the alteration of its efficacy by factors in recipients. Here, we report that the cardioprotective properties of intravenously injected MSCs in a mouse model of pressure-overload heart failure largely depend on circulating adiponectin, an adipocyte-secreted factor. The injected MSCs exert their function through exosomes, extracellular vesicles of endosome origin. Adiponectin stimulated exosome biogenesis and secretion through binding to T-cadherin, a unique glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cadherin, on MSCs. A pharmacological or adenovirus-mediated genetic increase in plasma adiponectin enhanced the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs. Our findings provide novel insights into the importance of adiponectin in mesenchymal-progenitor-mediated organ protections.
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Cataldo I, Maggio A, Gena P, de Bari O, Tamma G, Portincasa P, Calamita G. Modulation of Aquaporins by Dietary Patterns and Plant Bioactive Compounds. Curr Med Chem 2019; 26:3457-3470. [PMID: 28545373 DOI: 10.2174/0929867324666170523123010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Healthful dietary patterns and bioactive compounds supplementation can be adopted as simple and easy intervention to prevent, attenuate or cure clinical disorders, especially when it comes to degenerative and chronic diseases. In the recent years, a growing body of evidence indicates Aquaporins (AQPs), a family of membrane channel proteins widely expressed in the human body, among the targets underlying the beneficial action played by some food nutrients and phytochemical compounds. Here, we provide an overview of what is known regarding the AQP modulation exerted by healthful dietary patterns and plant polyphenols.
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- Ilaria Cataldo
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Clinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Medical School, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Clinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Medical School, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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Nakamura Y, Kita S, Tanaka Y, Fukuda S, Obata Y, Okita T, Kawachi Y, Tsugawa-Shimizu Y, Fujishima Y, Nishizawa H, Miyagawa S, Sawa Y, Sehara-Fujisawa A, Maeda N, Shimomura I. A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 12 prevents heart failure by regulating cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 318:H238-H251. [PMID: 31774689 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00496.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM)12 is considered to promote cardiac dysfunction based on the finding that a small-molecule ADAM12 inhibitor, KB-R7785, ameliorated cardiac function in a transverse aortic constriction (TAC) model by inhibiting the proteolytic activation of heparin-binding-EGF signaling. However, this compound has poor selectivity for ADAM12, and the role of ADAM12 in cardiac dysfunction has not yet been investigated using genetic loss-of-function mice. We revealed that ADAM12 knockout mice showed significantly more advanced cardiac hypertrophy and higher mortality rates than wild-type mice 4 wk after TAC surgery. An ADAM12 deficiency resulted in significantly more expanded cardiac fibrosis accompanied by increased collagen-related gene expression in failing hearts. The results of a genome-wide transcriptional analysis suggested a strongly enhanced focal adhesion- and fibrosis-related signaling pathway in ADAM12 knockout hearts. The loss of ADAM12 increased the abundance of the integrinβ1 subunit and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β receptor types I and III, and this was followed by the phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase, Akt, mammalian target of rapamycin, ERK, and Smad2/3 in the heart, which resulted in cardiac dysfunction. The present results revealed that the loss of ADAM12 enhanced focal adhesion and canonical TGF-β signaling by regulating the abundance of the integrinβ1 and TGF-β receptors.NEW & NOTEWORTHY In contrast to a long-believed cardio-damaging role of a disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM)12, cardiac hypertrophy was more severe, cardiac function was lower, and mortality was higher in ADAM12 knockout mice than in wild-type mice after transverse aortic constriction surgery. The loss of ADAM12 enhanced focal adhesion- and fibrosis-related signaling pathways in the heart, which may compromise cardiac function. These results provide insights for the development of novel therapeutics that target ADAM12 to treat heart failure.
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- Yuto Nakamura
- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Tokyo New Drug Laboratories, Kowa Company, Limited, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Adipose Management, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Medical Center for Translational Research, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Growth Regulation, Institute for Frontier 11 Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Metabolism and Atherosclerosis, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Fujii M, Ota K, Bessho R. Cardioprotective effect of hyperkalemic cardioplegia in an aquaporin 7-deficient murine heart. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 68:578-584. [PMID: 31707553 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-019-01243-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hyperkalemic cardioplegia using St. Thomas' Hospital solution No. 2 (STH2) is commonly used to protect the myocardium during surgery. Mice deficient in the myocyte channel aquaporin 7 (AQP7) show significantly reduced glycerol and ATP contents and develop obesity; however, the influence of AQP7 on cardioplegia effectiveness remains unclear. METHODS After determining the influence of ischemic duration on cardiac function, isolated hearts of male wild-type (WT) and AQP7-knockout (KO) mice (> 13 weeks old) were aerobically Langendorff-perfused with bicarbonate buffer, and randomly allocated to the control group (25 min of global ischemia) and STH2 group (5 min of STH2 infusion before 20 min of global ischemia, followed by 60 min of reperfusion). RESULTS Final recovery of left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP) of WT and AQP7-KO hearts in the control group was 24.5 ± 12.4% and 20.6 ± 8.4%, respectively, which were significantly lower than those of the STH2 group (96.4 ± 12.7% and 92.9 ± 27.6%). Troponin T levels of WT and AQP-KO hearts significantly decreased in the STH2 groups (142.9 ± 27.2 and 219.9 ± 197.3) compared to those of the control (1725.0 ± 768.6 and 1710 ± 819.9). CONCLUSIONS AQP7 was not involved in the protective efficacy of STH2 in this mouse model, suggesting its clinical utility even in complications of metabolic disease.
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- Masahiro Fujii
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1694, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1694, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, 1715 Kamagari, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1694, Japan
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Verkerk AO, Lodder EM, Wilders R. Aquaporin Channels in the Heart-Physiology and Pathophysiology. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20082039. [PMID: 31027200 PMCID: PMC6514906 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20082039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mammalian aquaporins (AQPs) are transmembrane channels expressed in a large variety of cells and tissues throughout the body. They are known as water channels, but they also facilitate the transport of small solutes, gasses, and monovalent cations. To date, 13 different AQPs, encoded by the genes AQP0–AQP12, have been identified in mammals, which regulate various important biological functions in kidney, brain, lung, digestive system, eye, and skin. Consequently, dysfunction of AQPs is involved in a wide variety of disorders. AQPs are also present in the heart, even with a specific distribution pattern in cardiomyocytes, but whether their presence is essential for proper (electro)physiological cardiac function has not intensively been studied. This review summarizes recent findings and highlights the involvement of AQPs in normal and pathological cardiac function. We conclude that AQPs are at least implicated in proper cardiac water homeostasis and energy balance as well as heart failure and arsenic cardiotoxicity. However, this review also demonstrates that many effects of cardiac AQPs, especially on excitation-contraction coupling processes, are virtually unexplored.
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- Arie O Verkerk
- Department of Medical Biology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Biology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Sonntag Y, Gena P, Maggio A, Singh T, Artner I, Oklinski MK, Johanson U, Kjellbom P, Nieland JD, Nielsen S, Calamita G, Rützler M. Identification and characterization of potent and selective aquaporin-3 and aquaporin-7 inhibitors. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:7377-7387. [PMID: 30862673 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.006083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The aquaglyceroporins are a subfamily of aquaporins that conduct both water and glycerol. Aquaporin-3 (AQP3) has an important physiological function in renal water reabsorption, and AQP3-mediated hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) permeability can enhance cytokine signaling in several cell types. The related aquaglyceroporin AQP7 is required for dendritic cell chemokine responses and antigen uptake. Selective small-molecule inhibitors are desirable tools for investigating the biological and pathological roles of these and other AQP isoforms. Here, using a calcein fluorescence quenching assay, we screened a library of 7360 drug-like small molecules for inhibition of mouse AQP3 water permeability. Hit confirmation and expansion with commercially available substances identified the ortho-chloride-containing compound DFP00173, which inhibited mouse and human AQP3 with an IC50 of ∼0.1-0.4 μm but had low efficacy toward mouse AQP7 and AQP9. Surprisingly, inhibitor specificity testing revealed that the methylurea-linked compound Z433927330, a partial AQP3 inhibitor (IC50, ∼0.7-0.9 μm), is a potent and efficacious inhibitor of mouse AQP7 water permeability (IC50, ∼0.2 μm). Stopped-flow light scattering measurements confirmed that DFP00173 and Z433927330 inhibit AQP3 glycerol permeability in human erythrocytes. Moreover, DFP00173, Z433927330, and the previously identified AQP9 inhibitor RF03176 blocked aquaglyceroporin H2O2 permeability. Molecular docking to AQP3, AQP7, and AQP9 homology models suggested interactions between these inhibitors and aquaglyceroporins at similar binding sites. DFP00173 and Z433927330 constitute selective and potent AQP3 and AQP7 inhibitors, respectively, and contribute to a set of isoform-specific aquaglyceroporin inhibitors that will facilitate the evaluation of these AQP isoforms as drug targets.
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- Yonathan Sonntag
- From the Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- the Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro," 70125 Bari, Italy
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- the Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro," 70125 Bari, Italy
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- the Stem Cell Center, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden, and
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- the Stem Cell Center, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden, and
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- the Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- From the Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- From the Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- the Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- the Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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- the Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro," 70125 Bari, Italy
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- the Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
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Low temperature-induced variation in plasma biochemical indices and aquaglyceroporin gene expression in the large yellow croaker Larimichthys crocea. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2717. [PMID: 30804360 PMCID: PMC6389880 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37274-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Low temperature influences multiple physiological processes in fish. To explore the adaptability of the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) to low temperature, the concentrations of glycerol, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and triglycerides (TG) in plasma, as well as the expression levels of metabolism-related genes aqp7 and aqp10, were measured after exposure to low temperature stress and during subsequent rewarming. In addition, tissue samples from the intestine and liver were histologically analyzed. We found that the concentrations of plasma glycerol, BUN, and TG, decreased under low temperature stress, suggesting the metabolism of fat and protein slowed at low temperature. The expression levels of aqp7 and aqp10 mRNA were also downregulated under exposure to low temperature. Interestingly, above plasma indices and gene expression returned to basic levels within 24 h after rewarming. Furthermore, the liver and the intestine were damaged under continuous low temperature stress, whereas they were repaired upon rewarming. From the above results, we concluded that aqp7 and aqp10 genes were sensitive to low temperature, and that the decrease in their expression levels at low temperature might reduce energy consumption by L. crocea. However, the adaptation to low temperature was limited because the key metabolic tissues were damaged under continuous exposure to low temperature. Interestingly, the metabolism of L. crocea was basically back to normal within 24 h of rewarming, showing that it has high capacity of self-recovery.
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Contractile function of the excised hagfish heart during anoxia exposure. J Comp Physiol B 2019; 189:199-211. [PMID: 30725175 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-019-01208-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Pacific hagfish, Eptatretus stoutii, can recover from 36 h of anoxia and their systemic hearts continue to work throughout the exposure. Recent work demonstrates that glycogen stores are utilized in the E. stoutii heart during anoxia but that these are not sufficient to support the measured rate of ATP production. One metabolic fuel that could supplement glycogen during anoxia is glycerol. This substrate can be derived from lipid stores, stored in the heart, or delivered via the blood. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of glycerol on the contractile function of the excised E. stoutii heart during anoxia exposure. When excised hearts, perfused with metabolite free saline (mf-saline), were exposed to anoxia for 12 h, there was no difference in heart rate, pressure generation (max-dP), rate of contraction (max-dP/dtsys), or rate of relaxation (max-dP/dtdia) compared to hearts perfused with mf-saline in normoxia. However, hearts perfused with saline containing glycerol (gly-saline) in anoxia had higher max-dP, max-dP/dtsys, and max-dP/dtdia than hearts perfused with mf-saline in anoxia. Tissue levels of glycerol increased when hearts were perfused with gly-saline in normoxia, but not when perfused with gly-saline in anoxia. Anoxia exposure did not affect the activities of triglyceride lipase, glycerol kinase, or glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. This study suggests that glycerol stimulates cardiac function in the hagfish but that it is not derived from stored lipids. How glycerol may stimulate contraction is not known. This could be as an energy substrate, as an allosteric factor, or a combination of the two.
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Molecular Basis of Aquaporin-7 Permeability Regulation by pH. Cells 2018; 7:cells7110207. [PMID: 30423801 PMCID: PMC6262577 DOI: 10.3390/cells7110207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The aquaglyceroporin AQP7, a family member of aquaporin membrane channels, facilitates the permeation of water and glycerol through cell membranes and is crucial for body lipid and energy homeostasis. Regulation of glycerol permeability via AQP7 is considered a promising therapeutic strategy towards fat-related metabolic complications. Here, we used a yeast aqy-null strain for heterologous expression and functional analysis of human AQP7 and investigated its regulation by pH. Using a combination of in vitro and in silico approaches, we found that AQP7 changes from fully permeable to virtually closed at acidic pH, and that Tyr135 and His165 facing the extracellular environment are crucial residues for channel permeability. Moreover, instead of reducing the pore size, the protonation of key residues changes AQP7’s protein surface electrostatic charges, which, in turn, may decrease glycerol’s binding affinity to the pore, resulting in decreased permeability. In addition, since some pH-sensitive residues are located at the monomer-monomer interface, decreased permeability may result from cooperativity between AQP7’s monomers. Considering the importance of glycerol permeation via AQP7 in multiple pathophysiological conditions, this mechanism of hAQP7 pH-regulation may help the design of selective modulators targeting aquaglyceroporin-related disorders.
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Oikonomou E, Kostopoulou E, Rojas-Gil AP, Georgiou G, Spiliotis BE. Adipocyte aquaporin 7 (AQP7) expression in lean children and children with obesity. Possible involvement in molecular mechanisms of childhood obesity. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2018; 31:1081-1089. [PMID: 30226208 DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2018-0281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Background Aquaporin 7 (AQP7), a water/glycerol transporting protein, regulates adipocyte glycerol efflux and influences lipid and glucose homeostasis. Altered AQP7 expression in adults leads to impaired glycerol dynamics, adipocyte hypertrophy and it predisposes them to obesity and diabetes. To assess its possible involvement in childhood obesity, this study investigated the expression of adipocyte AQP7 in cultured adipocytes of children. Methods Primary in vitro differentiated adipocyte cultures were developed from surgical biopsies of subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue from 61 (46 prepubertal, 15 pubertal) lean children (body mass index [BMI] <85%) and 41 (22 prepubertal, 19 pubertal) children with obesity (BMI >95%). AQP7 expression was studied by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western immunoblotting and insulin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results AQP7 messenger RNA (mRNA) was increased in the younger obese prepubertal (YOP) children but decreased in the obese adolescents (OA) (p=0.014) who also had increased insulin and homeostatic model assessment - insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Lean pubertal (LP) children and YOP had increased 41 kDa AQP7 protein expression (p=0.001 and p=0.005, respectively). The OA who expressed 34 kDa AQP7 had lower triglyceride (TG) levels than those who did not express it (p=0.013). In the lean children, TG were negatively correlated with 34 kDa AQP7 (p=0.033). Conclusions The lower AQP7 mRNA expression in the OA may reflect a predisposition to adipocyte hypertrophy and metabolic dysfunction, as in the adults, whereas the YOP may be protected from this. The increased 41 kDa AQP7 protein expression in the LP may reflect the increased energy requirements of puberty for glycerol while in the YOP it may also be protective against the development of adipocyte hypertrophy.
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- Eleni Oikonomou
- Research Laboratory of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
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- Research Laboratory of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
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- Research Laboratory of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece.,Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Lakonias, Greece
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- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Karamandaneio Children's Hospital, Patras, Greece
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- Research Laboratory of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
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Lebeck J, Søndergaard E, Nielsen S. Increased AQP7 abundance in skeletal muscle from obese men with type 2 diabetes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2018; 315:E367-E373. [PMID: 29783856 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00468.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Aquaglyceroporin 7 (AQP7) facilitates the transport of glycerol across cell membranes. In mice, fasting and refeeding regulate adipose tissue AQP7 abundance, and a role in controlling triglyceride accumulation in adipose tissue has been proposed. AQP7 is also expressed in skeletal muscle, where its function remains to be determined. Here, the abundance of AQP7 in abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and skeletal muscle was evaluated in the overnight fasted and postprandial state in eight lean and eight obese men with type 2 diabetes (T2D). A biopsy from SAT and muscle was collected after an overnight fast and 2 h after ingestion of a low-fat test meal. Palmitate turnover was evaluated using a [9,10-3H] palmitate dilution technique. Tissue samples were analyzed by immunoblotting. Meal intake did not affect AQP7 expression in SAT or skeletal muscle. No association between the SAT AQP7 abundance and palmitate turnover was found. SAT AQP7 abundance was similar in lean and obese T2D men, whereas muscle AQP7 abundance was more than fourfold higher in obese T2D men. In conclusion, meal intake did not affect AQP7 protein abundance in SAT or skeletal muscle. In addition, SAT AQP7 expression does not appear to be involved in the regulation of adipose tissue lipolysis. However, in contrast to SAT AQP7, skeletal muscle AQP7 protein abundance is markedly increased in obese T2D men, potentially contributing to the excess lipid accumulation in skeletal muscle in type 2 diabetes.
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- Janne Lebeck
- The Danish Diabetes Academy, Odense University Hospital , Odense , Denmark
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 3, Aarhus , Denmark
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- The Danish Diabetes Academy, Odense University Hospital , Odense , Denmark
- Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital , Aarhus , Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital , Aarhus , Denmark
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da Silva IV, Rodrigues JS, Rebelo I, Miranda JPG, Soveral G. Revisiting the metabolic syndrome: the emerging role of aquaglyceroporins. Cell Mol Life Sci 2018; 75:1973-1988. [PMID: 29464285 PMCID: PMC11105723 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-018-2781-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The metabolic syndrome (MetS) includes a group of medical conditions such as insulin resistance (IR), dyslipidemia and hypertension, all associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Increased visceral and ectopic fat deposition are also key features in the development of IR and MetS, with pathophysiological sequels on adipose tissue, liver and muscle. The recent recognition of aquaporins (AQPs) involvement in adipose tissue homeostasis has opened new perspectives for research in this field. The members of the aquaglyceroporin subfamily are specific glycerol channels implicated in energy metabolism by facilitating glycerol outflow from adipose tissue and its systemic distribution and uptake by liver and muscle, unveiling these membrane channels as key players in lipid balance and energy homeostasis. Being involved in a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms including IR and obesity, AQPs are considered promising drug targets that may prompt novel therapeutic approaches for metabolic disorders such as MetS. This review addresses the interplay between adipose tissue, liver and muscle, which is the basis of the metabolic syndrome, and highlights the involvement of aquaglyceroporins in obesity and related pathologies and how their regulation in different organs contributes to the features of the metabolic syndrome.
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- Inês Vieira da Silva
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
- Department of Biochemistry and Human Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
- Department of Toxicological and Bromatological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
- Department of Toxicological and Bromatological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Department of Biochemistry and Human Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Iena FM, Lebeck J. Implications of Aquaglyceroporin 7 in Energy Metabolism. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19010154. [PMID: 29300344 PMCID: PMC5796103 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The aquaglyceroporin AQP7 is a pore-forming transmembrane protein that facilitates the transport of glycerol across cell membranes. Glycerol is utilized both in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. It is primarily stored in white adipose tissue as part of the triglyceride molecules. During states with increased lipolysis, such as fasting and diabetes, glycerol is released from adipose tissue and metabolized in other tissues. AQP7 is expressed in adipose tissue where it facilitates the efflux of glycerol, and AQP7 deficiency has been linked to increased glycerol kinase activity and triglyceride accumulation in adipose tissue, leading to obesity and secondary development of insulin resistance. However, AQP7 is also expressed in a wide range of other tissues, including kidney, muscle, pancreatic β-cells and liver, where AQP7 also holds the potential to influence whole body energy metabolism. The aim of the review is to summarize the current knowledge on AQP7 in adipose tissue, as well as AQP7 expressed in other tissues where AQP7 might play a significant role in modulating whole body energy metabolism.
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- Francesco Maria Iena
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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Crisóstomo L, Alves MG, Calamita G, Sousa M, Oliveira PF. Glycerol and testicular activity: the good, the bad and the ugly. Mol Hum Reprod 2017; 23:725-737. [DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gax049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Luís Crisóstomo
- Department of Microscopy, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Microscopy, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Microscopy, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Centre for Reproductive Genetics Professor Alberto Barros, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Microscopy, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Bari, Italy
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Sutka M, Amodeo G, Ozu M. Plant and animal aquaporins crosstalk: what can be revealed from distinct perspectives. Biophys Rev 2017; 9:545-562. [PMID: 28871493 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-017-0313-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Aquaporins (AQPs) can be revisited from a distinct and complementary perspective: the outcome from analyzing them from both plant and animal studies. (1) The approach in the study. Diversity found in both kingdoms contrasts with the limited number of crystal structures determined within each group. While the structure of almost half of mammal AQPs was resolved, only a few were resolved in plants. Strikingly, the animal structures resolved are mainly derived from the AQP2-lineage, due to their important roles in water homeostasis regulation in humans. The difference could be attributed to the approach: relevance in animal research is emphasized on pathology and in consequence drug screening that can lead to potential inhibitors, enhancers and/or regulators. By contrast, studies on plants have been mainly focused on the physiological role that AQPs play in growth, development and stress tolerance. (2) The transport capacity. Besides the well-described AQPs with high water transport capacity, large amount of evidence confirms that certain plant AQPs can carry a large list of small solutes. So far, animal AQP list is more restricted. In both kingdoms, there is a great amount of evidence on gas transport, although there is still an unsolved controversy around gas translocation as well as the role of the central pore of the tetramer. (3) More roles than expected. We found it remarkable that the view of AQPs as specific channels has evolved first toward simple transporters to molecules that can experience conformational changes triggered by biochemical and/or mechanical signals, turning them also into signaling components and/or behave as osmosensor molecules.
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- Moira Sutka
- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires e Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Universidad de Buenos Aires y Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires e Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Universidad de Buenos Aires y Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires e Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Universidad de Buenos Aires y Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Glycerol is synthesized and secreted by adipocytes to dispose of excess glucose, via glycerogenesis and increased acyl-glycerol turnover. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8983. [PMID: 28827624 PMCID: PMC5567128 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09450-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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White adipose tissue (WAT) produces large amounts of lactate and glycerol from glucose. We used mature epididymal adipocytes to analyse the relative importance of glycolytic versus lipogenic glycerol in adipocytes devoid of external stimuli. Cells were incubated (24/48 h) with 7/14 mM glucose; half of the wells contained 14C-glucose. We analysed glucose label fate, medium metabolites, and the expression of key genes coding for proteins controlling glycerol metabolism. The effects of initial glucose levels were small, but time of incubation increased cell activity and modified its metabolic focus. The massive efflux of lactate was uniform with time and unrelated to glucose concentration; however, glycerol-3P synthesis was higher in the second day of incubation, being largely incorporated into the glycerides-glycerol fraction. Glycerophosphatase expression was not affected by incubation. The stimulation of glycerogenic enzymes’ expression was mirrored in lipases. The result was a shift from medium glycolytic to lipolytic glycerol released as a consequence of increased triacylglycerol turnover, in which most fatty acids were recycled. Production of glycerol seems to be an important primary function of adipocytes, maintained both by glycerogenesis and acyl-glycerol turnover. Production of 3C fragments may also contribute to convert excess glucose into smaller, more readily usable, 3C metabolites.
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Hendgen-Cotta UB, Esfeld S, Coman C, Ahrends R, Klein-Hitpass L, Flögel U, Rassaf T, Totzeck M. A novel physiological role for cardiac myoglobin in lipid metabolism. Sci Rep 2017; 7:43219. [PMID: 28230173 PMCID: PMC5322402 DOI: 10.1038/srep43219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Continuous contractile activity of the heart is essential and the required energy is mostly provided by fatty acid (FA) oxidation. Myocardial lipid accumulation can lead to pathological responses, however the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. The role of myoglobin in dioxygen binding in cardiomyocytes and oxidative skeletal muscle has widely been appreciated. Our recent work established myoglobin as a protector of cardiac function in hypoxia and disease states. We here unravel a novel role of cardiac myoglobin in governing FA metabolism to ensure the physiological energy production through β-oxidation, preventing myocardial lipid accumulation and preserving cardiac functions. In vivo1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy unveils a 3-fold higher deposition of lipids in mouse hearts lacking myoglobin, which was associated with depressed cardiac function compared to wild-type hearts as assessed by echocardiography. Mass spectrometry reveals a marked increase in tissue triglycerides with preferential incorporation of palmitic and oleic acids. Phospholipid levels as well as the metabolome, transcriptome and proteome related to FA metabolism tend to be unaffected by myoglobin ablation. Our results reveal a physiological role of myoglobin in FA metabolism with the lipid accumulation-suppressing effects of myoglobin preventing cardiac lipotoxicity.
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- Ulrike B Hendgen-Cotta
- University Hospital Essen, Medical Faculty, West German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Department of Angiology, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- University Hospital Essen, Medical Faculty, West German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Department of Angiology, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS e.V. Otto-Hahn-Str. 6b, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS e.V. Otto-Hahn-Str. 6b, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- University Hospital Essen, Institute of Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, Virchowstr. 173, 45122 Essen, Germany
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- University Hospital Düsseldorf, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- University Hospital Essen, Medical Faculty, West German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Department of Angiology, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- University Hospital Essen, Medical Faculty, West German Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Cardiology and Department of Angiology, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
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Obesity is one of the most important metabolic disorders of this century and is associated with a cluster of the most dangerous cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as insulin resistance and diabetes , dyslipidemia and hypertension , collectively named Metabolic Syndrome. The role of aquaporins in glycerol metabolism facilitating glycerol release from the adipose tissue and distribution to various tissues and organs, unveils these membrane channels as important players in lipid balance and energy homeostasis and points to their involvement in a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms including insulin resistance, obesity and diabetes.This review summarizes the physiologic role of aquaglyceroporins in glycerol metabolism and lipid homeostasis, describing their specific tissue distribution, their involvement in glycerol balance and their implication in obesity and fat-related metabolic complications. The development of specify pharmacologic modulators able to regulate aquaglyceroporins expression and function , in particular AQP7 in adipose tissue, might constitute a novel approach for controlling obesity and other metabolic disorders.
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- Inês Vieira da Silva
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, 1649-003, Portugal
- Department of Bioquimica e Biologia Humana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, 1649-003, Portugal.
- Department of Bioquimica e Biologia Humana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Tie L, Wang D, Shi Y, Li X. Aquaporins in Cardiovascular System. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 969:105-113. [PMID: 28258568 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-1057-0_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Recent studies have shown that some aquaporins (AQPs ), including AQP1, AQP4, AQP7 and AQP9, are expressed in endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells and heart of cardiovascular system. These AQPs are involved in the cardiovascular function and in pathological process of related diseases, such as cerebral ischemia , congestion heart failure , hypertension and angiogenesis. Therefore, it is important to understand the accurate association between AQPs and cardiovascular system, which may provide novel approaches to prevent and treat related diseases. Here we will discuss the expression and physiological function of AQPs in cardiovascular system and summarize recent researches on AQPs related cardiovascular diseases.
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- Lu Tie
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, and Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Cossette SM, Bhute VJ, Bao X, Harmann LM, Horswill MA, Sinha I, Gastonguay A, Pooya S, Bordas M, Kumar SN, Mirza SP, Palecek SP, Strande JL, Ramchandran R. Sucrose Nonfermenting-Related Kinase Enzyme-Mediated Rho-Associated Kinase Signaling is Responsible for Cardiac Function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 9:474-486. [PMID: 27780848 DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.116.001515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac metabolism is critical for the functioning of the heart, and disturbance in this homeostasis is likely to influence cardiac disorders or cardiomyopathy. Our laboratory has previously shown that SNRK (sucrose nonfermenting related kinase) enzyme, which belongs to the AMPK (adenosine monophosphate-activated kinase) family, was essential for cardiac metabolism in mammals. Snrk global homozygous knockout (KO) mice die at postnatal day 0, and conditional deletion of Snrk in cardiomyocytes (Snrk cmcKO) leads to cardiac failure and death by 8 to 10 months. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed additional cardiac functional studies using echocardiography and identified further cardiac functional deficits in Snrk cmcKO mice. Nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomics analysis identified key metabolic pathway deficits in SNRK knockdown cardiomyocytes in vitro. Specifically, metabolites involved in lipid metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation are altered, and perturbations in these pathways can result in cardiac function deficits and heart failure. A phosphopeptide-based proteomic screen identified ROCK (Rho-associated kinase) as a putative substrate for SNRK, and mass spec-based fragment analysis confirmed key amino acid residues on ROCK that are phosphorylated by SNRK. Western blot analysis on heart lysates from Snrk cmcKO adult mice and SNRK knockdown cardiomyocytes showed increased ROCK activity. In addition, in vivo inhibition of ROCK partially rescued the in vivo Snrk cmcKO cardiac function deficits. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, our data suggest that SNRK in cardiomyocytes is responsible for maintaining cardiac metabolic homeostasis, which is mediated in part by ROCK, and alteration of this homeostasis influences cardiac function in the adult heart.
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- Stephanie M Cossette
- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.)
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- From the Department of Pediatrics (S.M.C., A.G., S. Pooya, M.B., R.R.), OBGYN, Developmental Vascular Biology Program, Children's Research Institute (R.R.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (L.M.H.), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Cardiovascular Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (J.L.S.), and Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology (S.N.K.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (V.J.B., X.B., S. Palecek), Morgridge Institute for Research (M.A.H.), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Marginalen Bank, Stockholm, Sweden (I.S.); Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (S.P.M.).
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Neves DG, Retes PL, Rocha RR, Ferreira LG, Naves LP, Alvarenga RR, Fassani EJ, Pereira LJ, Sousa RV, Zangeronimo MG. Effects ofin ovofeeding with glycerol for broilers. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2016; 101:434-440. [DOI: 10.1111/jpn.12578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- D. G. Neves
- Animal Science Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Veterinary Medicine Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Animal Science Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Veterinary Medicine Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Faculty of Agronomy; University of José do Rosário Vellano/Fundação de Ensino e Tecnologia de Alfenas (UNIFENAS/FETA); Alfenas-MG Brazil
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- Animal Science Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Animal Science Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Veterinary Medicine Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Veterinary Medicine Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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- Veterinary Medicine Department; Federal University of Lavras; Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil
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Palabiyik O, Karaca A, Taştekin E, Yamasan BE, Tokuç B, Sipahi T, Vardar SA. The Effect of a High-Protein Diet and Exercise on Cardiac AQP7 and GLUT4 Gene Expression. Biochem Genet 2016; 54:731-45. [PMID: 27294385 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-016-9753-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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High-protein (HP) diets are commonly consumed by athletes despite their potential health hazard, which is postulated to enforce a negative effect on bone and renal health. However, its effects on heart have not been known yet. Aquaporin-7 (AQP7) is an aquaglyceroporin that facilitates glycerol and water transport. Glycerol is an important cardiac energy production substrate, especially during exercise, in conjunction with fatty acids and glucose. Glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) is an insulin-sensitive glucose transporter in heart. We aimed to investigate the effect of HPD on AQP7 and GLUT4 levels in the rat heart subjected to exercise. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into control (n = 12), exercise (E) training (n = 10), HPD (n = 12), and HPD-E training (n = 9) groups. The HPD groups were fed a 45 % protein-containing diet 5 weeks. The HPD-E and E groups were performed the treadmill exercise during the 5-week study period. Real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry techniques were used to determine the gene expression and localization of AQP7 and GLUT4 in heart tissue. Results of relative gene expression were calculated by the 'Pfaffl' mathematical method using the REST program. Differences in AQP7 and GLUT4 gene expression were expressed as fold change compared to the control group. Heart weight/tibia ratio and ventricular wall thickness were evaluated as markers of cardiac hypertrophy. Further, serum glucose, glycerol, and insulin levels were also measured. AQP7 gene expression was found to be increased in the E (3.47-fold, p < 0.001), HPD (5.59-fold, p < 0.001), and HPD-E (3.87-fold, p < 0.001) groups compared to the control group. AQP7 protein expression was also increased in the HPD and HPD-E groups (p < 0.001). Additionally, cardiac mRNA expression levels of GLUT4 showed a significant increase in the E (2.16-fold, p < 0.003), HPD (7.14-fold, p < 0.001), and HPD-E (3.43-fold, p < 0.001) groups compared to the control group. GLUT4 protein expression was significantly increased in the E, HPD, and HPD-E groups compared to the control group (p = 0.024, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001, respectively). Furthermore, Serum glucose levels were significantly different between groups (p < 0.005). This difference was observed between the HPD groups and normal-protein diet groups (C and E). Serum insulin levels were higher for HPD groups compared with the normal-protein diet groups (p < 0.001), whereas no differences were observed between the exercise and sedentary groups (p = 0.111). Serum glycerol levels were significantly increased in the HPD groups compared with control and E groups (p < 0.05 and p < 0.05, respectively). Consumption of HPD supplementation caused the increased effects on AQP7 and GLUT4 expression in rat heart.
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- Orkide Palabiyik
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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High fructose diet suppresses exercise-induced increase in AQP7 expression in the in vivo rat heart. Anatol J Cardiol 2016; 16:916-922. [PMID: 27182614 PMCID: PMC5324910 DOI: 10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2016.6958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Objective: Cardiac uptake of fructose is thought to be mediated by glucose transporter 5 (GLUT5), whereas the uptake of glycerol is facilitated by aquaporin 7 (AQP7). We aimed to investigate the effect of a high-fructose diet (HFD) on GLUT5 and AQP7 levels in the rat heart subjected to exercise. Methods: Male Sprague–Dawley rats were allocated to control (C; n=11), exercise (E; n=10), HFD (n=12), and HFD plus exercise (HFD-E; n=12) groups. HFD was started 28 days before euthanasia. From day 24 to 27, rats were subjected to moderate exercise, followed by vigorous exercise on day 28 (groups E and HFD-E). Cardiac GLUT5 and AQP7 mRNA levels were determined using RT-PCR. The protein contents of GLUT5 and AQP7 were immunohistochemically assessed. Paired-t, ANOVA with Bonferroni, Kruskal–Wallis, and Bonferroni-corrected Mann–Whitney U tests were used for statistical analysis. Results: GLUT5 mRNA expression and protein content did not differ between the groups. AQP7 mRNA levels significantly increased (4.8-fold) in group E compared with in group C (p<0.001). Compared with group C, no significant change was observed in AQP7 mRNA levels in groups HFD and HFD-E. The AQP7 staining score in group E was significantly higher than that in groups C (p<0.001), E (p<0.001), and HFD-E (p<0.001). Conclusion: Our study indicates that exercise enhances cardiac AQP7 mRNA expression and protein content. However, HFD prevents the exercise-induced increase in cardiac AQP7 expression. This inhibitory effect may be related to the competition between fructose and glycerol as energy substrates in the rat heart subjected to 5 days of physical exercise. (Anatol J Cardiol 2016; 16: 916-22)
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Prieto-Martínez N, Vilagran I, Morató R, Rodríguez-Gil JE, Yeste M, Bonet S. Aquaporins 7 and 11 in boar spermatozoa: detection, localisation and relationship with sperm quality. Reprod Fertil Dev 2016; 28:663-72. [DOI: 10.1071/rd14237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are integral membrane water channels that allow transport of water and small solutes across cell membranes. Although water permeability is known to play a critical role in mammalian cells, including spermatozoa, little is known about their localisation in boar spermatozoa. Two aquaporins, AQP7 and AQP11, in boar spermatozoa were identified by western blotting and localised through immunocytochemistry analyses. Western blot results showed that boar spermatozoa expressed AQP7 (25 kDa) and AQP11 (50 kDa). Immunocytochemistry analyses demonstrated that AQP7 was localised in the connecting piece of boar spermatozoa, while AQP11 was found in the head and mid-piece and diffuse labelling was also seen along the tail. Despite differences in AQP7 and AQP11 content between boar ejaculates, these differences were not found to be correlated with sperm quality in the case of AQP7. Conversely, AQP11 content showed a significant correlation (P < 0.05) with sperm membrane integrity and fluidity and sperm motility. In conclusion, boar spermatozoa express AQP7 and AQP11, and the amounts of AQP11 but not those of AQP7 are correlated with sperm motility and membrane integrity.
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Laforenza U, Bottino C, Gastaldi G. Mammalian aquaglyceroporin function in metabolism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1858:1-11. [PMID: 26456554 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Aquaglyceroporins are integral membrane proteins that are permeable to glycerol as well as water. The movement of glycerol from a tissue/organ to the plasma and vice versa requires the presence of different aquaglyceroporins that can regulate the entrance or the exit of glycerol across the plasma membrane. Actually, different aquaglyceroporins have been discovered in the adipose tissue, small intestine, liver, kidney, heart, skeletal muscle, endocrine pancreas and capillary endothelium, and their differential expression could be related to obesity and the type 2 diabetes. Here we describe the expression and function of different aquaglyceroporins in physiological condition and in obesity and type 2 diabetes, suggesting they are potential therapeutic targets for metabolic disorders.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy
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Méndez-Giménez L, Rodríguez A, Balaguer I, Frühbeck G. Role of aquaglyceroporins and caveolins in energy and metabolic homeostasis. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2014; 397:78-92. [PMID: 25008241 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 06/25/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Aquaglyceroporins and caveolins are submicroscopic integral membrane proteins that are particularly abundant in many mammalian cells. Aquaglyceroporins (AQP3, AQP7, AQP9 and AQP10) encompass a subfamily of aquaporins that allow the movement of water, but also of small solutes, such as glycerol, across cell membranes. Glycerol constitutes an important metabolite as a substrate for de novo synthesis of triacylglycerols and glucose as well as an energy substrate to produce ATP via the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. In this sense, the control of glycerol influx/efflux in metabolic organs by aquaglyceroporins plays a crucial role with the dysregulation of these glycerol channels being associated with metabolic diseases, such as obesity, insulin resistance, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiac hypertrophy. On the other hand, caveolae have emerged as relevant plasma membrane sensors implicated in a wide range of cellular functions, including endocytosis, apoptosis, cholesterol homeostasis, proliferation and signal transduction. Caveolae-coating proteins, namely caveolins and cavins, can act as scaffolding proteins within caveolae by concentrating signaling molecules involved in free fatty acid and cholesterol uptake, proliferation, insulin signaling or vasorelaxation, among others. The importance of caveolae in whole-body homeostasis is highlighted by the link between homozygous mutations in genes encoding caveolins and cavins with metabolic diseases, such as lipodystrophy, dyslipidemia, muscular dystrophy and insulin resistance in rodents and humans. The present review focuses on the role of aquaglyceroporins and caveolins on lipid and glucose metabolism, insulin secretion and signaling, energy production and cardiovascular homeostasis, outlining their potential relevance in the development and treatment of metabolic diseases.
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- Leire Méndez-Giménez
- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Pamplona, Spain
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- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Pamplona, Spain.
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- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
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Madeira A, de Almeida A, de Graaf C, Camps M, Zorzano A, Moura TF, Casini A, Soveral G. A gold coordination compound as a chemical probe to unravel aquaporin-7 function. Chembiochem 2014; 15:1487-94. [PMID: 24891084 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are membrane water/glycerol channels that are involved in many physiological functions. Aquaporin-based modulators are predicted to have potential utility in the treatment of several diseases, as well as chemical tools to assess AQPs function in biological systems. We recently reported gold(III) compounds as human AQP3 inhibitors, with Auphen as the most potent of the series. In this work, we assessed the modulation of aquaporin-7 (AQP7) expressed in an adipocyte cell model and show that Auphen significantly inhibits mouse and human AQP7. By homology modeling and molecular docking it was possible to identify the thioether groups of methionine residues, in particular Met47, as likely candidates for binding to the gold(III) complex. Our data point to Auphen as a useful chemical tool to detect AQP7 function. It might constitute a basis to develop inhibitors with improved affinity towards different aquaglyceroporin isoforms.
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- Ana Madeira
- Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa (Portugal); Dept. Bioquimica e Biologia Humana, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa (Portugal)
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Rutkovskiy A, Mariero LH, Vaage J. Deletion of the aquaporin-4 gene alters expression and phosphorylation of protective kinases in the mouse heart. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2014; 74:500-5. [PMID: 24792367 DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2014.905698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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AIM Aquaporins are channel-forming proteins highly permeable to water and some small molecular solutes. We have previously shown that aquaporin-4 knockout mice have increased tolerance to ischemia. However, the mechanism of cardioprotection was unclear. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of aquaporin-4 deletion on baseline expression and phosphorylation of some cardioprotective protein kinases. METHODS Proteins were extracted from hearts of aquaporin-4 knockout mice and littermate wild-type controls and analyzed with Western blot. Samples were taken from young (≤ 6 months of age), and old (≥ 1 year) mice. RESULTS Western blots showed three different isoforms of aquaporin-4 in wild types, likely representing M1, M23, and Mz. Total AMP-dependent kinase expression was decreased in aquaporin-4 knockout hearts by 18 ± 13% (p = 0.02), while the expression of Akt kinase, extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2, protein kinase C-epsilon, mitogen-associated kinase P38 and C-Jun N-terminal kinase was unchanged. The phosphorylation of Akt kinase was reduced in hearts from knockout mice by 41 ± 16% (p = 0.01). No other alterations in phosphorylation were found. These effects were only detected in young mice. CONCLUSION Deletion of the aquaporin-4 gene decreased AMP-dependent kinase expression and Akt kinase phosphorylation in the heart. These changes may influence energy metabolism and endogenous cardioprotection.
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- Arkady Rutkovskiy
- Department of Emergency and Intensive Care at the Institute of Clinical Medicine , Norway
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Obesity and secondary development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) are major health care problems throughout the developed world. Accumulating evidence suggest that glycerol metabolism contributes to the pathophysiology of obesity and T2D. Glycerol is a small molecule that serves as an important intermediate between carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. It is stored primarily in adipose tissue as the backbone of triglyceride (TG) and during states of metabolic stress, such as fasting and diabetes, it is released for metabolism in other tissues. In the liver, glycerol serves as a gluconeogenic precursor and it is used for the esterification of free fatty acid into TGs. Aquaporin 7 (AQP7) in adipose tissue and AQP9 in the liver are transmembrane proteins that belong to the subset of AQPs called aquaglyceroporins. AQP7 facilitates the efflux of glycerol from adipose tissue and AQP7 deficiency has been linked to TG accumulation in adipose tissue and adult onset obesity. On the other hand, AQP9 expressed in liver facilitates the hepatic uptake of glycerol and thereby the availability of glycerol for de novo synthesis of glucose and TG that both are involved in the pathophysiology of diabetes. The aim of this review was to summarize the current knowledge on the role of the two glycerol channels in controlling glycerol metabolism in adipose tissue and liver.
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- Janne Lebeck
- The Danish Diabetes Academy, Odense, Denmark Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 3, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of membrane water channels that basically function as regulators of intracellular and intercellular water flow. To date, thirteen aquaporins have been characterized. They are distributed wildly in specific cell types in multiple organs and tissues. Each AQP channel consists of six membrane-spanning alpha-helices that have a central water-transporting pore. Four AQP monomers assemble to form tetramers, which are the functional units in the membrane. Some of AQPs also transport urea, glycerol, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, and gas molecules. AQP-mediated osmotic water transport across epithelial plasma membranes facilitates transcellular fluid transport and thus water reabsorption. AQP-mediated urea and glycerol transport is involved in energy metabolism and epidermal hydration. AQP-mediated CO2 and NH3 transport across membrane maintains intracellular acid-base homeostasis. AQPs are also involved in the pathophysiology of a wide range of human diseases (including water disbalance in kidney and brain, neuroinflammatory disease, obesity, and cancer). Further work is required to determine whether aquaporins are viable therapeutic targets or reliable diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
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DeGNServer: deciphering genome-scale gene networks through high performance reverse engineering analysis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:856325. [PMID: 24328032 PMCID: PMC3847961 DOI: 10.1155/2013/856325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Analysis of genome-scale gene networks (GNs) using large-scale gene expression data provides unprecedented opportunities to uncover gene interactions and regulatory networks involved in various biological processes and developmental programs, leading to accelerated discovery of novel knowledge of various biological processes, pathways and systems. The widely used context likelihood of relatedness (CLR) method based on the mutual information (MI) for scoring the similarity of gene pairs is one of the accurate methods currently available for inferring GNs. However, the MI-based reverse engineering method can achieve satisfactory performance only when sample size exceeds one hundred. This in turn limits their applications for GN construction from expression data set with small sample size. We developed a high performance web server, DeGNServer, to reverse engineering and decipher genome-scale networks. It extended the CLR method by integration of different correlation methods that are suitable for analyzing data sets ranging from moderate to large scale such as expression profiles with tens to hundreds of microarray hybridizations, and implemented all analysis algorithms using parallel computing techniques to infer gene-gene association at extraordinary speed. In addition, we integrated the SNBuilder and GeNa algorithms for subnetwork extraction and functional module discovery. DeGNServer is publicly and freely available online.
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Aquaporins are a group of proteins with high-selective permeability for water. A subgroup called aquaglyceroporins is also permeable to glycerol, urea and a few other solutes. Aquaporin function has mainly been studied in the brain, kidney, glands and skeletal muscle, while the information about aquaporins in the heart is still scarce. The current review explores the recent advances in this field, bringing aquaporins into focus in the context of myocardial ischemia, reperfusion, and blood osmolarity disturbances. Since the amount of data on aquaporins in the heart is still limited, examples and comparisons from better-studied areas of aquaporin biology have been used. The human heart expresses aquaporin-1, -3, -4 and -7 at the protein level. The potential roles of aquaporins in the heart are discussed, and some general phenomena that the myocardial aquaporins share with aquaporins in other organs are elaborated. Cardiac aquaporin-1 is mostly distributed in the microvasculature. Its main role is transcellular water flux across the endothelial membranes. Aquaporin-4 is expressed in myocytes, both in cardiac and in skeletal muscle. In addition to water flux, its function is connected to the calcium signaling machinery. It may play a role in ischemia-reperfusion injury. Aquaglyceroporins, especially aquaporin-7, may serve as a novel pathway for nutrient delivery into the heart. They also mediate toxicity of various poisons. Aquaporins cannot influence permeability by gating, therefore, their function is regulated by changes of expression-on the levels of transcription, translation (by microRNAs), post-translational modification, membrane trafficking, ubiquitination and subsequent degradation. Studies using mice genetically deficient for aquaporins have shown rather modest changes in the heart. However, they might still prove to be attractive targets for therapy directed to reduce myocardial edema and injury caused by ischemia and reperfusion.
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Genetic deletion of aquaporin-1 results in microcardia and low blood pressure in mouse with intact nitric oxide-dependent relaxation, but enhanced prostanoids-dependent relaxation. Pflugers Arch 2013; 466:237-51. [PMID: 23873354 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1325-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2013] [Revised: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The water channels, aquaporins (AQPs) are key mediators of transcellular fluid transport. However, their expression and role in cardiac tissue is poorly characterized. Particularly, AQP1 was suggested to transport other molecules (nitric oxide (NO), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)) with potential major bearing on cardiovascular physiology. We therefore examined the expression of all AQPs and the phenotype of AQP1 knockout mice (vs. wild-type littermates) under implanted telemetry in vivo, as well as endothelium-dependent relaxation in isolated aortas and resistance vessels ex vivo. Four aquaporins were expressed in wild-type heart tissue (AQP1, AQP7, AQP4, AQP8) and two aquaporins in aortic and mesenteric vessels (AQP1-AQP7). AQP1 was expressed in endothelial as well as cardiac and vascular muscle cells and co-segregated with caveolin-1. AQP1 knockout (KO) mice exhibited a prominent microcardia and decreased myocyte transverse dimensions despite no change in capillary density. Both male and female AQP1 KO mice had lower mean BP, which was not attributable to altered water balance or autonomic dysfunction (from baroreflex and frequency analysis of BP and HR variability). NO-dependent BP variability was unperturbed. Accordingly, endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDH(F)) or NO-dependent relaxation were unchanged in aorta or resistance vessels ex vivo. However, AQP1 KO mesenteric vessels exhibited an increase in endothelial prostanoids-dependent relaxation, together with increased expression of COX-2. This enhanced relaxation was abrogated by COX inhibition. We conclude that AQP1 does not regulate the endothelial EDH or NO-dependent relaxation ex vivo or in vivo, but its deletion decreases baseline BP together with increased prostanoids-dependent relaxation in resistance vessels. Strikingly, this was associated with microcardia, unrelated to perturbed angiogenesis. This may raise interest for new inhibitors of AQP1 and their use to treat hypertrophic cardiac remodeling.
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