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Gessler L, Huraskin D, Eiber N, Hashemolhosseini S. The impact of canonical Wnt transcriptional repressors TLE3 and TLE4 on postsynaptic transcription at the neuromuscular junction. Front Mol Neurosci 2024; 17:1360368. [PMID: 38600964 PMCID: PMC11004254 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1360368] [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: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Here, we investigated the role of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway transcriptional regulators at the neuromuscular junction. Upon applying a denervation paradigm, the transcription levels of Ctnnb1, Tcf7l1, Tle1, Tle2, Tle3, and Tle4 were significantly downregulated. A significant decrease in canonical Wnt signaling activity was observed using the denervation paradigm in Axin2-lacZ reporter mice. Alterations in the transcriptional profile of the myogenic lineage in response to agrin (AGRN) suggested that TLE3 and TLE4, family members of groucho transducin-like enhancer of split 3 (TLE3), transcriptional repressors known to antagonize T cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor (TCF)-mediated target gene activation, could be important regulators of canonical Wnt signaling activity at the postsynapse. Knockouts of these genes using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in primary skeletal muscle stem cells, called satellite cells, led to decreased AGRN-dependent acetylcholine receptor (CHRN) clustering and reduced synaptic gene transcription upon differentiation of these cells. Overall, our findings demonstrate that TLE3 and TLE4 participate in diminishing canonical Wnt signaling activity, supporting transcription of synaptic genes and CHRN clustering at the neuromuscular junction.
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- Lea Gessler
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Muscle Research Center, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Lopes LO, Cury SS, de Moraes D, Oliveira JS, de Oliveira G, Cabral-Marques O, Fernandez GJ, Hirata MH, Wang DZ, Dal-Pai-Silva M, Carvalho RF, Freire PP. The Impact of miR-155-5p on Myotube Differentiation: Elucidating Molecular Targets in Skeletal Muscle Disorders. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1777. [PMID: 38339055 PMCID: PMC10855706 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031777] [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: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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MicroRNAs are small regulatory molecules that control gene expression. An emerging property of muscle miRNAs is the cooperative regulation of transcriptional and epitranscriptional events controlling muscle phenotype. miR-155 has been related to muscular dystrophy and muscle cell atrophy. However, the function of miR-155 and its molecular targets in muscular dystrophies remain poorly understood. Through in silico and in vitro approaches, we identify distinct transcriptional profiles induced by miR-155-5p in muscle cells. The treated myotubes changed the expression of 359 genes (166 upregulated and 193 downregulated). We reanalyzed muscle transcriptomic data from dystrophin-deficient patients and detected overlap with gene expression patterns in miR-155-treated myotubes. Our analysis indicated that miR-155 regulates a set of transcripts, including Aldh1l, Nek2, Bub1b, Ramp3, Slc16a4, Plce1, Dync1i1, and Nr1h3. Enrichment analysis demonstrates 20 targets involved in metabolism, cell cycle regulation, muscle cell maintenance, and the immune system. Moreover, digital cytometry confirmed a significant increase in M2 macrophages, indicating miR-155's effects on immune response in dystrophic muscles. We highlight a critical miR-155 associated with disease-related pathways in skeletal muscle disorders.
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- Letícia Oliveira Lopes
- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (O.C.-M.); (M.H.H.)
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
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- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (O.C.-M.); (M.H.H.)
- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
- Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy, and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
- Department of Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo 05403-010, Brazil
- Laboratory of Medical Investigation 29, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo 05403-010, Brazil
- Interunit Postgraduate Program on Bioinformatics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (IME), University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
- College of Medicine, University of Antioquia, UdeA, Medellín 53-108, Colombia
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- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (O.C.-M.); (M.H.H.)
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- Health Heart Institute, Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA;
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil; (L.O.L.); (S.S.C.); (D.d.M.); (J.S.O.); (G.d.O.); (G.J.F.); (M.D.-P.-S.)
- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; (O.C.-M.); (M.H.H.)
- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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Gessler L, Huraskin D, Jian Y, Eiber N, Hu Z, Prószyński T, Hashemolhosseini S. The YAP1/TAZ-TEAD transcriptional network regulates gene expression at neuromuscular junctions in skeletal muscle fibers. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:600-624. [PMID: 38048326 PMCID: PMC10810223 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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We examined YAP1/TAZ-TEAD signaling pathway activity at neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) of skeletal muscle fibers in adult mice. Our investigations revealed that muscle-specific knockouts of Yap1 or Taz, or both, demonstrate that these transcriptional coactivators regulate synaptic gene expression, the number and morphology of NMJs, and synaptic nuclei. Yap1 or Taz single knockout mice display reduced grip strength, fragmentation of NMJs, and accumulation of synaptic nuclei. Yap1/Taz muscle-specific double knockout mice do not survive beyond birth and possess almost no NMJs, the few detectable show severely impaired morphology and are organized in widened endplate bands; and with motor nerve endings being mostly absent. Myogenic gene expression is significantly impaired in the denervated muscles of knockout mice. We found that Tead1 and Tead4 transcription rates were increased upon incubation of control primary myotubes with AGRN-conditioned medium. Reduced AGRN-dependent acetylcholine receptor clustering and synaptic gene transcription were observed in differentiated primary Tead1 and Tead4 knockout myotubes. In silico analysis of previously reported genomic occupancy sites of TEAD1/4 revealed evolutionary conserved regions of potential TEAD binding motifs in key synaptic genes, the relevance of which was functionally confirmed by reporter assays. Collectively, our data suggest a role for YAP1/TAZ-TEAD1/TEAD4 signaling, particularly through TAZ-TEAD4, in regulating synaptic gene expression and acetylcholine receptor clustering at NMJs.
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- Lea Gessler
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Łukasiewicz Research Network-PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Muscle Research Center, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Navarro-Martínez A, Vicente-García C, Carvajal JJ. NMJ-related diseases beyond the congenital myasthenic syndromes. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1216726. [PMID: 37601107 PMCID: PMC10436495 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1216726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) are a special type of chemical synapse that transmits electrical stimuli from motor neurons (MNs) to their innervating skeletal muscle to induce a motor response. They are an ideal model for the study of synapses, given their manageable size and easy accessibility. Alterations in their morphology or function lead to neuromuscular disorders, such as the congenital myasthenic syndromes, which are caused by mutations in proteins located in the NMJ. In this review, we highlight novel potential candidate genes that may cause or modify NMJs-related pathologies in humans by exploring the phenotypes of hundreds of mouse models available in the literature. We also underscore the fact that NMJs may differ between species, muscles or even sexes. Hence the importance of choosing a good model organism for the study of NMJ-related diseases: only taking into account the specific features of the mammalian NMJ, experimental results would be efficiently translated to the clinic.
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, CSIC-UPO-JA, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
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Prömer J, Barresi C, Herbst R. From phosphorylation to phenotype - Recent key findings on kinase regulation, downstream signaling and disease surrounding the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK. Cell Signal 2023; 104:110584. [PMID: 36608736 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2022.110584] [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: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) is the key regulator of neuromuscular junction development. MuSK acts via several distinct pathways and is responsible for pre- and postsynaptic differentiation. MuSK is unique among receptor tyrosine kinases as activation and signaling are particularly tightly regulated. Initiation of kinase activity requires Agrin, a heparan sulphate proteoglycan derived from motor neurons, the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-4 (Lrp4) and the intracellular adaptor protein Dok-7. There is a great knowledge gap between MuSK activation and downstream signaling. Recent studies using omics techniques have addressed this knowledge gap, thereby greatly contributing to a better understanding of MuSK signaling. Impaired MuSK signaling causes severe muscle weakness as described in congenital myasthenic syndromes or myasthenia gravis but the underlying pathophysiology is often unclear. This review focuses on recent advances in deciphering MuSK activation and downstream signaling. We further highlight latest break-throughs in understanding and treatment of MuSK-related disorders and discuss the role of MuSK in non-muscle tissue.
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- Jakob Prömer
- Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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ElHady AK, El-Gamil DS, Abadi AH, Abdel-Halim M, Engel M. An overview of cdc2-like kinase 1 (Clk1) inhibitors and their therapeutic indications. Med Res Rev 2023; 43:343-398. [PMID: 36262046 DOI: 10.1002/med.21928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Over the past decade, Clk1 has been identified as a promising target for the treatment of various diseases, in which deregulated alternative splicing plays a role. First small molecules targeting Clk1 are in clinical trials for the treatment of solid cancer, where variants of oncogenic proteins derived from alternative splicing promote tumor progression. Since many infectious pathogens hi-jack the host cell's splicing machinery to ensure efficient replication, further indications in this area are under investigation, such as Influenza A, HIV-1 virus, and Trypanosoma infections, and more will likely be discovered in the future. In addition, Clk1 was found to contribute to the progression of Alzheimer's disease through causing an imbalance of tau splicing products. Interestingly, homozygous Clk1 knockout mice showed a rather mild phenotype, opposed to what might be expected in view of the profound role of Clk1 in alternative splicing. A major drawback of most Clk1 inhibitors is their insufficient selectivity; in particular, Dyrk kinases and haspin were frequently identified as off-targets, besides the other Clk isoforms. Only few inhibitors were shown to be selective over Dyrk1A and haspin, whereas no Clk1 inhibitor so far achieved selectivity over the Clk4 isoform. In this review, we carefully compiled all Clk1 inhibitors from the scientific literature and summarized their structure-activity relationships (SAR). In addition, we critically discuss the available selectivity data and describe the inhibitor's efficacy in cellular models, if reported. Thus, we provide a comprehensive overview on the current state of Clk1 drug discovery and highlight the most promising chemotypes.
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- Ahmed K ElHady
- Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire Hosted by Global Academic Foundation, New Administrative Capital, Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, German University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Gessler L, Kurtek C, Merholz M, Jian Y, Hashemolhosseini S. In Adult Skeletal Muscles, the Co-Receptors of Canonical Wnt Signaling, Lrp5 and Lrp6, Determine the Distribution and Size of Fiber Types, and Structure and Function of Neuromuscular Junctions. Cells 2022; 11:cells11243968. [PMID: 36552732 PMCID: PMC9777411 DOI: 10.3390/cells11243968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Canonical Wnt signaling is involved in skeletal muscle cell biology. The exact way in which this pathway exerts its contribution to myogenesis or neuromuscular junctions (NMJ) is a matter of debate. Next to the common co-receptors of canonical Wnt signaling, Lrp5 and Lrp6, the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK was reported to bind at NMJs WNT glycoproteins by its extracellular cysteine-rich domain. Previously, we reported canonical Wnt signaling being active in fast muscle fiber types. Here, we used conditional Lrp5 or Lrp6 knockout mice to investigate the role of these receptors in muscle cells. Conditional double knockout mice died around E13 likely due to ectopic expression of the Cre recombinase. Phenotypes of single conditional knockout mice point to a very divergent role for the two receptors. First, muscle fiber type distribution and size were changed. Second, canonical Wnt signaling reporter mice suggested less signaling activity in the absence of Lrps. Third, expression of several myogenic marker genes was changed. Fourth, NMJs were of fragmented phenotype. Fifth, recordings revealed impaired neuromuscular transmission. In sum, our data show fundamental differences in absence of each of the Lrp co-receptors and suggest a differentiated view of canonical Wnt signaling pathway involvement in adult skeletal muscle cells.
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- Lea Gessler
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Muscle Research Center, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-9131-85-24634
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In Skeletal Muscle Fibers, Protein Kinase Subunit CSNK2A1/CK2α Is Required for Proper Muscle Homeostasis and Structure and Function of Neuromuscular Junctions. Cells 2022; 11:cells11243962. [PMID: 36552726 PMCID: PMC9776919 DOI: 10.3390/cells11243962] [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: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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CSNK2 tetrameric holoenzyme is composed of two subunits with catalytic activity (CSNK2A1 and/or CSNK2A2) and two regulatory subunits (CSNK2B) and is involved in skeletal muscle homeostasis. Up-to-date, constitutive Csnk2a2 knockout mice demonstrated mild regenerative impairments in skeletal muscles, while conditional Csnk2b mice were linked to muscle weakness, impaired neuromuscular transmission, and metabolic and autophagic compromises. Here, for the first time, skeletal muscle-specific conditional Csnk2a1 mice were generated and characterized. The ablation of Csnk2a1 expression was ensured using a human skeletal actin-driven Cre reporter. In comparison with control mice, first, conditional knockout of CSNK2A1 resulted in age-dependent reduced grip strength. Muscle weakness was accompanied by impaired neuromuscular transmission. Second, the protein amount of other CSNK2 subunits was aberrantly changed. Third, the number of central nuclei in muscle fibers indicative of regeneration increased. Fourth, oxidative metabolism was impaired, reflected by an increase in cytochrome oxidase and accumulation of mitochondrial enzyme activity underneath the sarcolemma. Fifth, autophagic processes were stimulated. Sixth, NMJs were fragmented and accompanied by increased synaptic gene expression levels. Altogether, knockout of Csnk2a1 or Csnk2b results in diverse impairments of skeletal muscle biology.
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The Role of Protein Kinase CK2 in Development and Disease Progression: A Critical Review. J Dev Biol 2022; 10:jdb10030031. [PMID: 35997395 PMCID: PMC9397010 DOI: 10.3390/jdb10030031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Protein kinase CK2 (CK2) is a ubiquitous holoenzyme involved in a wide array of developmental processes. The involvement of CK2 in events such as neurogenesis, cardiogenesis, skeletogenesis, and spermatogenesis is essential for the viability of almost all organisms, and its role has been conserved throughout evolution. Further into adulthood, CK2 continues to function as a key regulator of pathways affecting crucial processes such as osteogenesis, adipogenesis, chondrogenesis, neuron differentiation, and the immune response. Due to its vast role in a multitude of pathways, aberrant functioning of this kinase leads to embryonic lethality and numerous diseases and disorders, including cancer and neurological disorders. As a result, CK2 is a popular target for interventions aiming to treat the aforementioned diseases. Specifically, two CK2 inhibitors, namely CX-4945 and CIBG-300, are in the early stages of clinical testing and exhibit promise for treating cancer and other disorders. Further, other researchers around the world are focusing on CK2 to treat bone disorders. This review summarizes the current understanding of CK2 in development, the structure of CK2, the targets and signaling pathways of CK2, the implication of CK2 in disease progression, and the recent therapeutics developed to inhibit the dysregulation of CK2 function in various diseases.
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Xing G, Jing H, Yu Z, Chen P, Wang H, Xiong WC, Mei L. Membraneless condensates by Rapsn phase separation as a platform for neuromuscular junction formation. Neuron 2021; 109:1963-1978.e5. [PMID: 34033754 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Our daily life depends on muscle contraction, a process that is controlled by the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). However, the mechanisms of NMJ assembly remain unclear. Here we show that Rapsn, a protein critical for NMJ formation, undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) and condensates into liquid-like assemblies. Such assemblies can recruit acetylcholine receptors (AChRs), cytoskeletal proteins, and signaling proteins for postsynaptic differentiation. Rapsn LLPS requires multivalent binding of tetratricopeptide repeats (TPRs) and is increased by Musk signaling. The capacity of Rapsn to condensate and co-condensate with interaction proteins is compromised by mutations of congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs). NMJ formation is impaired in mutant mice carrying a CMS-associated, LLPS-deficient mutation. These results reveal a critical role of Rapsn LLPS in forming a synaptic semi-membraneless compartment for NMJ formation.
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- Guanglin Xing
- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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A SARS-CoV-2 -human metalloproteome interaction map. J Inorg Biochem 2021; 219:111423. [PMID: 33813307 PMCID: PMC7955571 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The recent pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus resulted in the greatest global health crisis since the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. There is limited knowledge of whether SARS-CoV-2 is physically associated with human metalloproteins. Recently, high-confidence, experimentally supported protein-protein interactions between SARS-CoV-2 and human proteins were reported. In this work, 58 metalloproteins among these human targets have been identified by a structure-based approach. This study reveals that most human metalloproteins interact with the recently discovered SARS-CoV-2 orf8 protein, whose antibodies are one of the principal markers of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Furthermore, this work provides sufficient evidence to conclude that Zn2+ plays an important role in the interplay between the novel coronavirus and humans. First, the content of Zn-binding proteins in the involved human metalloproteome is significantly higher than that of the other metal ions. Second, a molecular linkage between the identified human Zn-binding proteome with underlying medical conditions, that might increase the risk of severe illness from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been found. Likely perturbations of host cellular metal homeostasis by SARS-CoV-2 infection are highlighted.
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Roles for receptor tyrosine kinases in tumor progression and implications for cancer treatment. Adv Cancer Res 2020; 147:1-57. [PMID: 32593398 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acr.2020.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Growth factors and their receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), a group of transmembrane molecules harboring cytoplasm-facing tyrosine-specific kinase functions, play essential roles in migration of multipotent cell populations and rapid proliferation of stem cells' descendants, transit amplifying cells, during embryogenesis and tissue repair. These intrinsic functions are aberrantly harnessed when cancer cells undergo intertwined phases of cell migration and proliferation during cancer progression. For example, by means of clonal expansion growth factors fixate the rarely occurring driver mutations, which initiate tumors. Likewise, autocrine and stromal growth factors propel angiogenesis and penetration into the newly sprouted vessels, which enable seeding micro-metastases at distant organs. We review genetic and other mechanisms that preempt ligand-mediated activation of RTKs, thereby supporting sustained cancer progression. The widespread occurrence of aberrant RTKs and downstream signaling pathways in cancer, identifies molecular targets suitable for pharmacological intervention. We list all clinically approved cancer drugs that specifically intercept oncogenic RTKs. These are mainly tyrosine kinase inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies, which can inhibit cancer but inevitably become progressively less effective due to adaptive rewiring processes or emergence of new mutations, processes we overview. Similarly important are patient treatments making use of radiation, chemotherapeutic agents and immune checkpoint inhibitors. The many interfaces linking RTK-targeted therapies and these systemic or local regimens are described in details because of the great promise offered by combining pharmacological modalities.
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Hashemolhosseini S. The role of protein kinase CK2 in skeletal muscle: Myogenesis, neuromuscular junctions, and rhabdomyosarcoma. Neurosci Lett 2020; 729:135001. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bashiri H, Rahmani H, Bashiri V, Módos D, Bender A. EMDIP: An Entropy Measure to Discover Important Proteins in PPI networks. Comput Biol Med 2020; 120:103740. [PMID: 32421645 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.103740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Discovering important proteins in Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) networks has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Most of the previous work applies different network centrality measures such as Closeness, Betweenness, PageRank and many others to discover the most influential proteins in PPI networks. Although entropy is a well-known graph-based method in computer science, according to our knowledge, it is not used in the biology domain for this purpose. In this paper, first, we annotate the human PPI network with available annotation data. Second, we introduce a new concept called annotation-context that describes each protein according to annotation data of its neighbors. Third, we apply an entropy measure to discover proteins with varied annotation-context. Empirical results indicate that our proposed method succeeded in (1) differentiating essential and non-essential proteins in PPI networks with annotation data; (2) outperforming centrality measures in the task of discovering essential nodes; (3) predicting new annotated proteins based on existing annotation data.
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- Hamid Bashiri
- School of Computer engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, 16846-13114, Iran
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- School of Computer engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, 16846-13114, Iran.
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- School of Computer engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, 16846-13114, Iran
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- Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Padilla-Benavides T, Haokip DT, Yoon Y, Reyes-Gutierrez P, Rivera-Pérez JA, Imbalzano AN. CK2-Dependent Phosphorylation of the Brg1 Chromatin Remodeling Enzyme Occurs during Mitosis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21030923. [PMID: 32019271 PMCID: PMC7036769 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Brg1 (Brahma-related gene 1) is one of two mutually exclusive ATPases that can act as the catalytic subunit of mammalian SWI/SNF (mSWI/SfigureNF) chromatin remodeling enzymes that facilitate utilization of the DNA in eukaryotic cells. Brg1 is a phospho-protein, and its activity is regulated by specific kinases and phosphatases. Previously, we showed that Brg1 interacts with and is phosphorylated by casein kinase 2 (CK2) in a manner that regulates myoblast proliferation. Here, we use biochemical and cell and molecular biology approaches to demonstrate that the Brg1-CK2 interaction occurred during mitosis in embryonic mouse somites and in primary myoblasts derived from satellite cells isolated from mouse skeletal muscle tissue. The interaction of CK2 with Brg1 and the incorporation of a number of other subunits into the mSWI/SNF enzyme complex were independent of CK2 enzymatic activity. CK2-mediated hyperphosphorylation of Brg1 was observed in mitotic cells derived from multiple cell types and organisms, suggesting functional conservation across tissues and species. The mitotically hyperphosphorylated form of Brg1 was localized with soluble chromatin, demonstrating that CK2-mediated phosphorylation of Brg1 is associated with specific partitioning of Brg1 within subcellular compartments. Thus, CK2 acts as a mitotic kinase that regulates Brg1 phosphorylation and subcellular localization.
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- Teresita Padilla-Benavides
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA; (T.P.-B.); (D.T.H.); (P.R.-G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA; (T.P.-B.); (D.T.H.); (P.R.-G.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genes and Development, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; (Y.Y.); (J.A.R.-P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA; (T.P.-B.); (D.T.H.); (P.R.-G.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genes and Development, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; (Y.Y.); (J.A.R.-P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA; (T.P.-B.); (D.T.H.); (P.R.-G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-508-856-1029
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Salizzato V, Zanin S, Borgo C, Lidron E, Salvi M, Rizzuto R, Pallafacchina G, Donella-Deana A. Protein kinase CK2 subunits exert specific and coordinated functions in skeletal muscle differentiation and fusogenic activity. FASEB J 2019; 33:10648-10667. [PMID: 31268746 PMCID: PMC6766657 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201801833rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is a tetrameric protein kinase composed of 2 catalytic (α and α') and 2 regulatory β subunits. Our study provides the first molecular and cellular characterization of the different CK2 subunits, highlighting their individual roles in skeletal muscle specification and differentiation. Analysis of C2C12 cell knockout for each CK2 subunit reveals that: 1) CK2β is mandatory for the expression of the muscle master regulator myogenic differentiation 1 in proliferating myoblasts, thus controlling both myogenic commitment and subsequent muscle-specific gene expression and myotube formation; 2) CK2α is involved in the activation of the muscle-specific gene program; and 3) CK2α' activity regulates myoblast fusion by mediating plasma membrane translocation of fusogenic proteins essential for membrane coalescence, like myomixer. Accordingly, CK2α' overexpression in C2C12 cells and in mouse regenerating muscle is sufficient to increase myofiber size and myonuclei content via enhanced satellite cell fusion. Consistent with these results, pharmacological inhibition of CK2 activity substantially blocks the expression of myogenic markers and muscle cell fusion both in vitro in C2C12 and primary myoblasts and in vivo in mouse regenerating muscle and zebrafish development. Overall, our work describes the specific and coordinated functions of CK2 subunits in orchestrating muscle differentiation and fusogenic activity, highlighting CK2 relevance in the physiopathology of skeletal muscle tissue.-Salizzato, V., Zanin, S., Borgo, C., Lidron, E., Salvi, M., Rizzuto, R., Pallafacchina, G., Donella-Deana, A. Protein kinase CK2 subunits exert specific and coordinated functions in skeletal muscle differentiation and fusogenic activity.
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- Valentina Salizzato
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Italian National Research Council (CNR) Neuroscience Institute, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Italian National Research Council (CNR) Neuroscience Institute, Padua, Italy
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Eiber N, Rehman M, Kravic B, Rudolf R, Sandri M, Hashemolhosseini S. Loss of Protein Kinase Csnk2b/CK2β at Neuromuscular Junctions Affects Morphology and Dynamics of Aggregated Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, Neuromuscular Transmission, and Synaptic Gene Expression. Cells 2019; 8:cells8080940. [PMID: 31434353 PMCID: PMC6721821 DOI: 10.3390/cells8080940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 07/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The protein kinase Csnk2/CK2 is important for cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. Previously, we showed that CK2 binds distinctive proteins at neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) of mice and phosphorylates some of them. CK2 likely stabilizes clustered nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs). In the absence of the β-subunit of CK2 in skeletal muscle fibers, mice develop an age-dependent decrease of grip strength accompanied by NMJ fragmentation and impairments of neuromuscular transmission. However, the precise role of CK2β regarding the clustering of AChRs and downstream signaling at NMJs is unknown. Here, we compared conditional CK2β-deficient mice with controls and found in the mutants (1) a lower decrement of endplate potentials after repetitive stimulation and decrements of nerve-evoked compound muscle action potentials decayed more rapidly after synaptic transmission was partially blocked, (2) that their muscle weakness was partially rescued by administration of an acetylcholine esterase inhibitor, (3) fragmented NMJs and impaired AChR clustering was detected in muscles and cultured muscle cells, (4) enlarged myonuclei, (5) impaired synaptic gene expression, and (6) a high turnover rate of their AChR clusters in vivo. Altogether, our data demonstrate a role for CK2 at the NMJ by maintaining a high density of AChRs and ensuring physiological synaptic gene expression.
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- Nane Eiber
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, |91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, |91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, |91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of molecular- and cellular biology, University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, |68163 Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Padova, 35122 Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, |91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Myasthenia Gravis: Pathogenic Effects of Autoantibodies on Neuromuscular Architecture. Cells 2019; 8:cells8070671. [PMID: 31269763 PMCID: PMC6678492 DOI: 10.3390/cells8070671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Autoantibodies target key molecules at the NMJ, such as the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR), muscle-specific kinase (MuSK), and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (Lrp4), that lead by a range of different pathogenic mechanisms to altered tissue architecture and reduced densities or functionality of AChRs, reduced neuromuscular transmission, and therefore a severe fatigable skeletal muscle weakness. In this review, we give an overview of the history and clinical aspects of MG, with a focus on the structure and function of myasthenic autoantigens at the NMJ and how they are affected by the autoantibodies' pathogenic mechanisms. Furthermore, we give a short overview of the cells that are implicated in the production of the autoantibodies and briefly discuss diagnostic challenges and treatment strategies.
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García-Aranda M, Redondo M. Targeting Protein Kinases to Enhance the Response to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Immunotherapy. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2296. [PMID: 31075880 PMCID: PMC6540309 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20092296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2019] [Revised: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The interaction between programmed cell death protein (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1) is one of the main pathways used by some tumors to escape the immune response. In recent years, immunotherapies based on the use of antibodies against PD-1/PD-L1 have been postulated as a great promise for cancer treatment, increasing total survival compared to standard therapy in different tumors. Despite the hopefulness of these results, a significant percentage of patients do not respond to such therapy or will end up evolving toward a progressive disease. Besides their role in PD-L1 expression, altered protein kinases in tumor cells can limit the effectiveness of PD-1/PD-L1 blocking therapies at different levels. In this review, we describe the role of kinases that appear most frequently altered in tumor cells and that can be an impediment for the success of immunotherapies as well as the potential utility of protein kinase inhibitors to enhance the response to such treatments.
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- Marilina García-Aranda
- Research Unit, Hospital Costa del Sol. Autovía A7, km 187. Marbella, 29603 Málaga, Spain.
- Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29010 Málaga, Spain.
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- Research Unit, Hospital Costa del Sol. Autovía A7, km 187. Marbella, 29603 Málaga, Spain.
- Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), 29010 Málaga, Spain.
- Departamento de Especialidades Quirúrgicas, Bioquímica e Inmunología, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Universitario de Teatinos, 29010 Málaga, Spain.
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Nakashima M, Tohyama J, Nakagawa E, Watanabe Y, Siew CG, Kwong CS, Yamoto K, Hiraide T, Fukuda T, Kaname T, Nakabayashi K, Hata K, Ogata T, Saitsu H, Matsumoto N. Identification of de novo CSNK2A1 and CSNK2B variants in cases of global developmental delay with seizures. J Hum Genet 2019; 64:313-322. [PMID: 30655572 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-018-0559-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is a serine threonine kinase ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cells and involved in various cellular processes. In recent studies, de novo variants in CSNK2A1 and CSNK2B, which encode the subunits of CK2, have been identified in individuals with intellectual disability syndrome. In this study, we describe four patients with neurodevelopmental disorders possessing de novo variants in CSNK2A1 or CSNK2B. Using whole-exome sequencing, we detected two de novo variants in CSNK2A1 in two unrelated Japanese patients, a novel variant c.571C>T, p.(Arg191*) and a recurrent variant c.593A>G, p.(Lys198Arg), and two novel de novo variants in CSNK2B in Japanese and Malaysian patients, c.494A>G, p.(His165Arg) and c.533_534insGT, p.(Pro179Tyrfs*49), respectively. All four patients showed mild to profound intellectual disabilities, developmental delays, and various types of seizures. This and previous studies have found a total of 20 CSNK2A1 variants in 28 individuals with syndromic intellectual disability. The hotspot variant c.593A>G, p.(Lys198Arg) was found in eight of 28 patients. Meanwhile, only five CSNK2B variants were identified in five individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. We reviewed the previous literature to verify the phenotypic spectrum of CSNK2A1- and CSNK2B-related syndromes.
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- Mitsuko Nakashima
- Department of Biochemistry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan. .,Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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- Department of Child Neurology, Nishi-Niigata Chuo National Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sarawak General Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Genome Medicine, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Maternal-Fetal Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Maternal-Fetal Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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Cescon M, Gregorio I, Eiber N, Borgia D, Fusto A, Sabatelli P, Scorzeto M, Megighian A, Pegoraro E, Hashemolhosseini S, Bonaldo P. Collagen VI is required for the structural and functional integrity of the neuromuscular junction. Acta Neuropathol 2018; 136:483-499. [PMID: 29752552 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-018-1860-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The synaptic cleft of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) consists of a highly specialized extracellular matrix (ECM) involved in synapse maturation, in the juxtaposition of pre- to post-synaptic areas, and in ensuring proper synaptic transmission. Key components of synaptic ECM, such as collagen IV, perlecan and biglycan, are binding partners of one of the most abundant ECM protein of skeletal muscle, collagen VI (ColVI), previously never linked to NMJ. Here, we demonstrate that ColVI is itself a component of this specialized ECM and that it is required for the structural and functional integrity of NMJs. In vivo, ColVI deficiency causes fragmentation of acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clusters, with abnormal expression of NMJ-enriched proteins and re-expression of fetal AChRγ subunit, both in Col6a1 null mice and in patients affected by Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD), the most severe form of ColVI-related myopathies. Ex vivo muscle preparations from ColVI null mice revealed altered neuromuscular transmission, with electrophysiological defects and decreased safety factor (i.e., the excess current generated in response to a nerve impulse over that required to reach the action potential threshold). Moreover, in vitro studies in differentiated C2C12 myotubes showed the ability of ColVI to induce AChR clustering and synaptic gene expression. These findings reveal a novel role for ColVI at the NMJ and point to the involvement of NMJ defects in the etiopathology of ColVI-related myopathies.
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Regulation of mammalian neuromuscular junction formation and maintenance by Wnt signaling. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Roy JP, Halford MM, Stacker SA. The biochemistry, signalling and disease relevance of RYK and other WNT-binding receptor tyrosine kinases. Growth Factors 2018; 36:15-40. [PMID: 29806777 DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2018.1472089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are a well-characterized family of growth factor receptors that have central roles in human disease and are frequently therapeutically targeted. The RYK, ROR, PTK7 and MuSK subfamilies make up an understudied subset of WNT-binding RTKs. Numerous developmental, stem cell and pathological roles of WNTs, in particular WNT5A, involve signalling via these WNT receptors. The WNT-binding RTKs have highly context-dependent signalling outputs and stimulate the β-catenin-dependent, planar cell polarity and/or WNT/Ca2+ pathways. RYK, ROR and PTK7 members have a pseudokinase domain in their intracellular regions. Alternative signalling mechanisms, including proteolytic cleavage and protein scaffolding functions, have been identified for these receptors. This review explores the structure, signalling, physiological and pathological roles of RYK, with particular attention paid to cancer and the possibility of therapeutically targeting RYK. The other WNT-binding RTKs are compared with RYK throughout to highlight the similarities and differences within this subset of WNT receptors.
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- James P Roy
- a Tumour Angiogenesis and Microenvironment Program , Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre , Melbourne , Australia
- b Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Australia
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- a Tumour Angiogenesis and Microenvironment Program , Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre , Melbourne , Australia
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- a Tumour Angiogenesis and Microenvironment Program , Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre , Melbourne , Australia
- b Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Australia
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Bahreinipour MA, Joukar S, Hovanloo F, Najafipour H, Naderi V, Rajiamirhasani A, Esmaeili-Mahani S. Mild aerobic training with blood flow restriction increases the hypertrophy index and MuSK in both slow and fast muscles of old rats: Role of PGC-1α. Life Sci 2018; 202:103-109. [PMID: 29604268 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2017] [Revised: 02/24/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS Existing evidence emphasize the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in sarcopenia which is revealed as loss of skeletal muscle mass and neuromuscular junction remodeling. We assessed the effect of low-intensity aerobic training along with blood flow restriction on muscle hypertrophy index, muscle-specific kinase (MuSK), a pivotal protein of the neuromuscular junction and Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) in aged male rats. MAIN METHODS Animals groups were control (CTL), sham (Sh), leg blood flow restriction (BFR), exercise (Ex), sham + exercise (Sh + Ex), and BFR plus exercise (BFR + Ex) groups. The exercise groups were trained with low intensity exercise for 10 weeks. 48 h after the last training session, animals were sacrificed under anesthesia. Soleus and EDL muscles were isolated, hypertrophy index was estimated and MuSK and PGC-1α were measured by western blot method. KEY FINDINGS Hypertrophy index enhanced in soleus and Extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of BFR + Ex group (P < 0.01 versus CTL and Sh groups, and P < 0.001 versus other groups). The MuSK protein of soleus and EDL muscles increased in BFR + Ex group (P < 0.01 and P < 0.001, respectively) in comparison with CTL and Sh groups. In BFR + Ex group, the PGC-1α protein increased in both soleus and EDL (P < 0.001 compared to other groups). Also the PGC-1α of soleus muscle was higher in Ex and Sh + Ex groups versus CTL and Sh groups (P < 0.05). SIGNIFICANCE Findings suggest that low endurance exercise plus BFR improves the MuSK and hypertrophy index of both slow and fast muscles of elderly rats probably through the rise of PGC-1α expression.
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- Mohammad-Ali Bahreinipour
- Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Shahid Chamran, Kerman Branch, Technical and Vocational University (YVU), Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Cardiovascular Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Physical Education and Sport Science College, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Lei Li
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Kravic B, Harbauer AB, Romanello V, Simeone L, Vögtle FN, Kaiser T, Straubinger M, Huraskin D, Böttcher M, Cerqua C, Martin ED, Poveda-Huertes D, Buttgereit A, Rabalski AJ, Heuss D, Rudolf R, Friedrich O, Litchfield D, Marber M, Salviati L, Mougiakakos D, Neuhuber W, Sandri M, Meisinger C, Hashemolhosseini S. In mammalian skeletal muscle, phosphorylation of TOMM22 by protein kinase CSNK2/CK2 controls mitophagy. Autophagy 2018; 14:311-335. [PMID: 29165030 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1403716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In yeast, Tom22, the central component of the TOMM (translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane) receptor complex, is responsible for the recognition and translocation of synthesized mitochondrial precursor proteins, and its protein kinase CK2-dependent phosphorylation is mandatory for TOMM complex biogenesis and proper mitochondrial protein import. In mammals, the biological function of protein kinase CSNK2/CK2 remains vastly elusive and it is unknown whether CSNK2-dependent phosphorylation of TOMM protein subunits has a similar role as that in yeast. To address this issue, we used a skeletal muscle-specific Csnk2b/Ck2β-conditional knockout (cKO) mouse model. Phenotypically, these skeletal muscle Csnk2b cKO mice showed reduced muscle strength and abnormal metabolic activity of mainly oxidative muscle fibers, which point towards mitochondrial dysfunction. Enzymatically, active muscle lysates from skeletal muscle Csnk2b cKO mice phosphorylate murine TOMM22, the mammalian ortholog of yeast Tom22, to a lower extent than lysates prepared from controls. Mechanistically, CSNK2-mediated phosphorylation of TOMM22 changes its binding affinity for mitochondrial precursor proteins. However, in contrast to yeast, mitochondrial protein import seems not to be affected in vitro using mitochondria isolated from muscles of skeletal muscle Csnk2b cKO mice. PINK1, a mitochondrial health sensor that undergoes constitutive import under physiological conditions, accumulates within skeletal muscle Csnk2b cKO fibers and labels abnormal mitochondria for removal by mitophagy as demonstrated by the appearance of mitochondria-containing autophagosomes through electron microscopy. Mitophagy can be normalized by either introduction of a phosphomimetic TOMM22 mutant in cultured myotubes, or by in vivo electroporation of phosphomimetic Tomm22 into muscles of mice. Importantly, transfection of the phosphomimetic Tomm22 mutant in muscle cells with ablated Csnk2b restored their oxygen consumption rate comparable to wild-type levels. In sum, our data show that mammalian CSNK2-dependent phosphorylation of TOMM22 is a critical switch for mitophagy and reveal CSNK2-dependent physiological implications on metabolism, muscle integrity and behavior.
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- Bojana Kravic
- a Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- b Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Biology , University of Freiburg , Germany
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- c Department of Biomedical Science , University of Padova , Padova , Italy
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- a Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- l Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, BIOSS (Centre for Biological Signalling Studies), Faculty of Medicine , University of Freiburg , Germany
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- a Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- a Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- a Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- d Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- e Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health , University of Padova, IRP Città della Speranza , Padova , Italy
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- f King's College London BHF Centre of Research Excellence, The Rayne Institute , St Thomas' Hospital , London , United Kingdom
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- b Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Biology , University of Freiburg , Germany
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- g Institute of Medical Biotechnology , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- i Department of Neurology , University Hospital of Erlangen, Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- j University of Applied Sciences Mannheim , Mannheim , Germany
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- g Institute of Medical Biotechnology , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- f King's College London BHF Centre of Research Excellence, The Rayne Institute , St Thomas' Hospital , London , United Kingdom
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- e Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health , University of Padova, IRP Città della Speranza , Padova , Italy
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- d Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- k Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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- c Department of Biomedical Science , University of Padova , Padova , Italy
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- l Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, BIOSS (Centre for Biological Signalling Studies), Faculty of Medicine , University of Freiburg , Germany
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- a Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty , Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Erlangen , Germany
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Ohno K, Ohkawara B, Ito M. Agrin-LRP4-MuSK signaling as a therapeutic target for myasthenia gravis and other neuromuscular disorders. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2017; 21:949-958. [PMID: 28825343 DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2017.1369960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Signal transduction at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is compromised in a diverse array of diseases including myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, Isaacs' syndrome, congenital myasthenic syndromes, Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and sarcopenia. Except for sarcopenia, all are orphan diseases. In addition, the NMJ signal transduction is impaired by tetanus, botulinum, curare, α-bungarotoxin, conotoxins, organophosphate, sarin, VX, and soman to name a few. Areas covered: This review covers the agrin-LRP4-MuSK signaling pathway, which drives clustering of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) and ensures efficient signal transduction at the NMJ. We also address diseases caused by autoantibodies against the NMJ molecules and by germline mutations in genes encoding the NMJ molecules. Expert opinion: Representative small compounds to treat the defective NMJ signal transduction are cholinesterase inhibitors, which exert their effects by increasing the amount of acetylcholine at the synaptic space. Another possible therapeutic strategy to enhance the NMJ signal transduction is to increase the number of AChRs, but no currently available drug has this functionality.
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- Kinji Ohno
- a Division of Neurogenetics , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Japan
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- a Division of Neurogenetics , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Japan
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- a Division of Neurogenetics , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Japan
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Nuñez de Villavicencio-Diaz T, Rabalski AJ, Litchfield DW. Protein Kinase CK2: Intricate Relationships within Regulatory Cellular Networks. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2017; 10:ph10010027. [PMID: 28273877 PMCID: PMC5374431 DOI: 10.3390/ph10010027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2017] [Revised: 02/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Protein kinase CK2 is a small family of protein kinases that has been implicated in an expanding array of biological processes. While it is widely accepted that CK2 is a regulatory participant in a multitude of fundamental cellular processes, CK2 is often considered to be a constitutively active enzyme which raises questions about how it can be a regulatory participant in intricately controlled cellular processes. To resolve this apparent paradox, we have performed a systematic analysis of the published literature using text mining as well as mining of proteomic databases together with computational assembly of networks that involve CK2. These analyses reinforce the notion that CK2 is involved in a broad variety of biological processes and also reveal an extensive interplay between CK2 phosphorylation and other post-translational modifications. The interplay between CK2 and other post-translational modifications suggests that CK2 does have intricate roles in orchestrating cellular events. In this respect, phosphorylation of specific substrates by CK2 could be regulated by other post-translational modifications and CK2 could also have roles in modulating other post-translational modifications. Collectively, these observations suggest that the actions of CK2 are precisely coordinated with other constituents of regulatory cellular networks.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
- Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
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Borgo C, Franchin C, Scalco S, Bosello-Travain V, Donella-Deana A, Arrigoni G, Salvi M, Pinna LA. Generation and quantitative proteomics analysis of CK2α/α' (-/-) cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42409. [PMID: 28209983 PMCID: PMC5314375 DOI: 10.1038/srep42409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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CK2 is a ubiquitous, constitutively active, highly pleiotropic, acidophilic Ser/Thr protein kinase whose holoenzyme is composed of two catalytic (α and/or α’) subunits and a dimer of a non-catalytic β subunit. Abnormally high CK2 level/activity is often associated with malignancy and a variety of cancer cells have been shown to rely on it to escape apoptosis. To gain information about the actual “druggability” of CK2 and to dissect CK2 dependent cellular processes that are instrumental to the establishment and progression of neoplasia we have exploited the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology to generate viable clones of C2C12 myoblasts devoid of either both the CK2 catalytic subunits or its regulatory β-subunit. Suppression of both CK2 catalytic subunits promotes the disappearance of the β-subunit as well, through its accelerated proteasomal degradation. A quantitative proteomics analysis of CK2α/α’(−/−) versus wild type cells shows that knocking out both CK2 catalytic subunits causes a rearrangement of the proteomics profile, with substantially altered level ( > 50%) of 240 proteins, 126 of which are up-regulated, while the other are down-regulated. A functional analysis reveals that up- and down-regulated proteins tend to be segregated into distinct sub-cellular compartments and play different biological roles, consistent with a global rewiring underwent by the cell to cope with the lack of CK2.
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- Christian Borgo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy.,Proteomics Center, University of Padova and Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, via G. Orus 2/B, Padova, Italy
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- Proteomics Center, University of Padova and Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, via G. Orus 2/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy.,Proteomics Center, University of Padova and Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, via G. Orus 2/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy.,CNR Institute of Neurosciences, Via U. Bassi 58/B, Padova, Italy
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Eiber N, Simeone L, Hashemolhosseini S. Ablation of Protein Kinase CK2β in Skeletal Muscle Fibers Interferes with Their Oxidative Capacity. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2017; 10:ph10010013. [PMID: 28106831 PMCID: PMC5374417 DOI: 10.3390/ph10010013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The tetrameric protein kinase CK2 was identified playing a role at neuromuscular junctions by studying CK2β-deficient muscle fibers in mice, and in cultured immortalized C2C12 muscle cells after individual knockdown of CK2α and CK2β subunits. In muscle cells, CK2 activity appeared to be at least required for regular aggregation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which serves as a hallmark for the presence of a postsynaptic apparatus. Here, we set out to determine whether any other feature accompanies CK2β-deficient muscle fibers. Hind limb muscles gastrocnemius, plantaris, and soleus of adult wildtype and CK2β-deficient mice were dissected, cross-sectioned, and stained histochemically by Gomori trichrome and for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) enzymatic activities. A reduction of oxidative enzymatic activity was determined for CK2β-deficient muscle fibers in comparison with wildtype controls. Importantly, the CK2β-deficient fibers, muscle fibers that typically exhibit high NADH dehydrogenase and SDH activities, like slow-type fibers, showed a marked reduction in these activities. Altogether, our data indicate additional impairments in the absence of CK2β in skeletal muscle fibers, pointing to an eventual mitochondrial myopathy.
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- Nane Eiber
- Institute of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Fahrstrasse 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Fahrstrasse 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Fahrstrasse 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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MuSK Kinase Activity is Modulated By A Serine Phosphorylation Site in The Kinase Loop. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33583. [PMID: 27666825 PMCID: PMC5035991 DOI: 10.1038/srep33583] [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] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) forms when a motor neuron contacts a muscle fibre. A reciprocal exchange of signals initiates a cascade of signalling events that result in pre- and postsynaptic differentiation. At the centre of these signalling events stands muscle specific kinase (MuSK). MuSK activation, kinase activity and subsequent downstream signalling are crucial for NMJ formation as well as maintenance. Therefore MuSK kinase activity is tightly regulated to ensure proper NMJ development. We have identified a novel serine phosphorylation site at position 751 in MuSK that is increasingly phosphorylated upon agrin stimulation. S751 is also phosphorylated in muscle tissue and its phosphorylation depends on MuSK kinase activity. A phosphomimetic mutant of S751 increases MuSK kinase activity in response to non-saturating agrin concentrations . In addition, basal MuSK and AChR phosphorylation as well as AChR cluster size are increased. We believe that the phosphorylation of S751 provides a novel mechanism to relief the autoinhibition of the MuSK activation loop. Such a lower autoinhibition could foster or stabilize MuSK kinase activation, especially during stages when no or low level of agrin are present. Phosphorylation of S751 might therefore represent a novel mechanism to modulate MuSK kinase activity during prepatterning or NMJ maintenance.
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Huraskin D, Eiber N, Reichel M, Zidek LM, Kravic B, Bernkopf D, von Maltzahn J, Behrens J, Hashemolhosseini S. Wnt/β-catenin signaling via Axin2 is required for myogenesis and, together with YAP/Taz and Tead1, active in IIa/IIx muscle fibers. Development 2016; 143:3128-42. [DOI: 10.1242/dev.139907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling plays an important role in myogenic differentiation, but its physiological role in muscle fibers remains elusive. Here, we studied activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in adult muscle fibers and muscle stem cells in an Axin2 reporter mouse. Axin2 is a negative regulator and a target of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. In adult muscle fibers, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is only detectable in a subset of fast fibers that have a significantly smaller diameter than other fast fibers. In the same fibers, immunofluorescence staining for YAP/Taz and Tead1 was detected. Wnt/β-catenin signaling was absent in quiescent and activated satellite cells. Upon injury, Wnt/β-catenin signaling was detected in muscle fibers with centrally located nuclei. During differentiation of myoblasts expression of Axin2, but not of Axin1, increased together with Tead1 target gene expression. Furthermore, absence of Axin1 and Axin2 interfered with myoblast proliferation and myotube formation, respectively. Treatment with the canonical Wnt3a ligand also inhibited myotube formation. Wnt3a activated TOPflash and Tead1 reporter activity, whereas neither reporter was activated in the presence of Dkk1, an inhibitor of canonical Wnt signaling. We propose that Axin2-dependent Wnt/β-catenin signaling is involved in myotube formation and, together with YAP/Taz/Tead1, associated with reduced muscle fiber diameter of a subset of fast fibers.
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- Danyil Huraskin
- Institute of Biochemistry, Fahrstrasse 17, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91054, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Fahrstrasse 17, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91054, Germany
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- Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center of Molecular Medicine, Glückstrasse 6, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91054, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research/Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Beutenbergstrasse 11, Jena D-07745, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Fahrstrasse 17, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91054, Germany
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- Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center of Molecular Medicine, Glückstrasse 6, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91054, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research/Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Beutenbergstrasse 11, Jena D-07745, Germany
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- Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center of Molecular Medicine, Glückstrasse 6, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91054, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Fahrstrasse 17, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen D-91054, Germany
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Kravic B, Huraskin D, Frick AD, Jung J, Redai V, Palmisano R, Marchetto S, Borg JP, Mei L, Hashemolhosseini S. LAP proteins are localized at the post-synaptic membrane of neuromuscular junctions and appear to modulate synaptic morphology and transmission. J Neurochem 2016; 139:381-395. [PMID: 27321929 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Erbin, Lano, Scribble, and Densin-180 belong to LAP (leucine-rich repeats and PDZ domain) adaptor proteins involved in cell signaling pathways. Previously, we identified Erbin, Lano, and Scribble, but not Densin-180, in muscle cells, where they are involved in regulating the aggregation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in vitro. Here, we analyzed their cellular localization at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in skeletal muscles of mice. Erbin, Lano, and Scribble were significantly accumulated at NMJs and localized in different synaptic cells. Moreover, we used mouse mutants to analyze the role of Erbin at the NMJ. We used two Erbin mutant mouse strains that either completely lack Erbin protein (Erbinnull/null ) or express a truncated Erbin mutant where the carboxy-terminal PDZ domain is replaced by β-galactosidase (ErbinΔC/ΔC ) thereby abolishing its interaction with ErbB receptor tyrosine kinases. Neither the lack of the PDZ domain of Erbin, nor its complete absence interfered with the general localization of LAP proteins at NMJs, but Lano and Scribble transcript levels were up-regulated in homozygous Erbin-null muscles. Furthermore, grip strength was reduced and neural transmission impaired in homozygous aged Erbin-null but not Erbin-ΔC mice. Erbin-null skeletal muscles did not reveal any conspicuous impairment of the muscle fiber. Localization of other NMJ marker proteins was not affected either. Quantitative 3D morphometry showed that NMJs of Erbin-null muscles were significantly smaller and fragmented in the soleus. We speculate that Erbin, Lano, and Scribble act at the post-synaptic membrane of NMJs in a concerted fashion to regulate nicotinic acetylcholine receptors cluster morphology and neural transmission. Cover Image for this issue: doi: 10.1111/jnc.13340.
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- Bojana Kravic
- Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Optical Imaging Center Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- CRCM, Cell Polarity, Cell signaling and Cancer "Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer", Inserm, U1068, Marseille, France.,Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France.,Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.,CNRS, UMR7258, Marseille, France
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- CRCM, Cell Polarity, Cell signaling and Cancer "Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer", Inserm, U1068, Marseille, France.,Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France.,Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.,CNRS, UMR7258, Marseille, France
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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- Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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R-spondin 2 promotes acetylcholine receptor clustering at the neuromuscular junction via Lgr5. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28512. [PMID: 27328992 PMCID: PMC4916433 DOI: 10.1038/srep28512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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At the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clustering is mediated by spinal motor neuron (SMN)-derived agrin and its receptors on the muscle, the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 (LRP4) and muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK). Additionally, AChR clustering is mediated by the components of the Wnt pathway. Laser capture microdissection of SMNs revealed that a secreted activator of Wnt signaling, R-spondin 2 (Rspo2), is highly expressed in SMNs. We found that Rspo2 is enriched at the NMJ, and that Rspo2 induces MuSK phosphorylation and AChR clustering. Rspo2 requires Wnt ligands, but not agrin, for promoting AChR clustering in cultured myotubes. Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5 (Lgr5), an Rspo2 receptor, is also accumulated at the NMJ, and is associated with MuSK via LRP4. Lgr5 is required for Rspo2-mediated AChR clustering in myotubes. In Rspo2-knockout mice, the number and density of AChRs at the NMJ are reduced. The Rspo2-knockout diaphragm has an altered ultrastructure with widened synaptic clefts and sparse synaptic vesicles. Frequency of miniature endplate currents is markedly reduced in Rspo2-knockout mice. To conclude, we demonstrate that Rspo2 and its receptor Lgr5 are Wnt-dependent and agrin-independent regulators of AChR clustering at the NMJ.
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Editors T. Muscle Decline in Aging and Neuromuscular Disorders - Mechanisms and Countermeasures: Terme Euganee, Padova (Italy), April 13-16, 2016. Eur J Transl Myol 2016; 26:5904. [PMID: 27054021 PMCID: PMC4821223 DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2016.5904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Herrmann D, Straubinger M, Hashemolhosseini S. Protein kinase CK2 interacts at the neuromuscular synapse with Rapsyn, Rac1, 14-3-3γ, and Dok-7 proteins and phosphorylates the latter two. J Biol Chem 2015. [PMID: 26198629 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.647610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Previously, we demonstrated that the protein kinase CK2 associates with and phosphorylates the receptor tyrosine kinase MuSK (muscle specific receptor tyrosine kinase) at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), thereby preventing fragmentation of the NMJs (Cheusova, T., Khan, M. A., Schubert, S. W., Gavin, A. C., Buchou, T., Jacob, G., Sticht, H., Allende, J., Boldyreff, B., Brenner, H. R., and Hashemolhosseini, S. (2006) Genes Dev. 20, 1800-1816). Here, we asked whether CK2 interacts with other proteins involved in processes at the NMJ, which would be consistent with the previous observation that CK2 appears enriched at the NMJ. We identified the following proteins to interact with protein kinase CK2: (a) the α and β subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors with weak interaction, (b) dishevelled (Dsh), and (c) another four proteins, Rapsyn, Rac1, 14-3-3γ, and Dok-7, with strong interaction. CK2 phosphorylated 14-3-3γ at serine residue 235 and Dok-7 at several serine residues but does not phosphorylate Rapsyn or Rac1. Furthermore, phosphomimetic Dok-7 mutants aggregated nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in C2C12 myotubes with significantly higher frequency than wild type Dok-7. Additionally, we mapped the interacting epitopes of all four binding partners to CK2 and thereby gained insights into the potential role of the CK2/Rapsyn interaction.
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- Dustin Herrmann
- From the Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fahrstrasse 17, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- From the Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fahrstrasse 17, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- From the Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fahrstrasse 17, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Barik A, Zhang B, Sohal GS, Xiong WC, Mei L. Crosstalk between Agrin and Wnt signaling pathways in development of vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Dev Neurobiol 2014; 74:828-38. [PMID: 24838312 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a cholinergic synapse where motor neurons elicit muscle contraction. Agrin and its coreceptors LRP4 and MuSK are critical for vertebrate NMJ formation. This paper reviews recent evidence for Wnts and Wnt signaling molecules in NMJ formation including a possible retrograde mechanism by muscle β-catenin. We also present data that Wnt3a, 7a, 8a and 10b could inhibit agrin-mediated AChR clustering. Together with the stimulating effect of Wnt9a, 9b, 10b, 11 and 16 on AChR clustering in the absence of agrin, these results suggest diverse roles for Wnt ligands in NMJ development.
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- Arnab Barik
- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, 30912
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Bulat V, Rast M, Pielage J. Presynaptic CK2 promotes synapse organization and stability by targeting Ankyrin2. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 204:77-94. [PMID: 24395637 PMCID: PMC3882785 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201305134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phosphorylation of synaptic cytoskeletal components by casein kinase 2 promotes the development and maintenance of synaptic connections. The precise regulation of synapse maintenance is critical to the development and function of neuronal circuits. Using an in vivo RNAi screen targeting the Drosophila kinome and phosphatome, we identify 11 kinases and phosphatases controlling synapse stability by regulating cytoskeletal, phospholipid, or metabolic signaling. We focus on casein kinase 2 (CK2) and demonstrate that the regulatory (β) and catalytic (α) subunits of CK2 are essential for synapse maintenance. CK2α kinase activity is required in the presynaptic motoneuron, and its interaction with CK2β, mediated cooperatively by two N-terminal residues of CK2α, is essential for CK2 holoenzyme complex stability and function in vivo. Using genetic and biochemical approaches we identify Ankyrin2 as a key presynaptic target of CK2 to maintain synapse stability. In addition, CK2 activity controls the subcellular organization of individual synaptic release sites within the presynaptic nerve terminal. Our study identifies phosphorylation of structural synaptic components as a compelling mechanism to actively control the development and longevity of synaptic connections.
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- Victoria Bulat
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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Bracken J, Ghanem T, Kasem A, Jiang WG, Mokbel K. Evidence for Tumour Suppressor Function of DOK7 in Human Breast Cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4236/jct.2014.51009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Locascio LE, Donoghue DJ. KIDs rule: regulatory phosphorylation of RTKs. Trends Biochem Sci 2013; 38:75-84. [PMID: 23312584 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are mediators of multiple cell signaling networks linked to cell growth and differentiation. In general, they exhibit similar overall structure with a ligand-binding extracellular domain and a conserved intracellular tyrosine kinase domain. In many RTKs, the kinase domain is interrupted by a sequence known as the kinase insert domain (KID). In addition to phosphorylation sites within the kinase domain, regulatory phosphorylation also occurs within the KID of several RTKs important in human health and disease. Phosphorylation of specific Tyr or Ser residues within the KID of some RTKs triggers distinct cellular signaling outcomes. Here, we review the functionality of KIDs throughout all RTK families, and provide justification for further study of this often-overlooked domain.
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- Lauren E Locascio
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0367, USA
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Singhal N, Martin PT. Role of extracellular matrix proteins and their receptors in the development of the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Dev Neurobiol 2012; 71:982-1005. [PMID: 21766463 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The vertebrate neuromuscular junction (NMJ) remains the best-studied model for understanding the mechanisms involved in synaptogenesis, due to its relatively large size, its simplicity of patterning, and its unparalleled experimental accessibility. During neuromuscular development, each skeletal myofiber secretes and deposits around its extracellular surface an assemblage of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins that ultimately form a basal lamina. This is also the case at the NMJ, where the motor nerve contributes additional factors. Before most of the current molecular components were known, it was clear that the synaptic ECM of adult skeletal muscles was unique in composition and contained factors sufficient to induce the differentiation of both pre- and postsynaptic membranes. Biochemical, genetic, and microscopy studies have confirmed that agrin, laminin (221, 421, and 521), collagen IV (α3-α6), collagen XIII, perlecan, and the ColQ-bound form of acetylcholinesterase are all synaptic ECM proteins with important roles in neuromuscular development. The roles of their many potential receptors and/or binding proteins have been more difficult to assess at the genetic level due to the complexity of membrane interactions with these large proteins, but roles for MuSK-LRP4 in agrin signaling and for integrins, dystroglycan, and voltage-gated calcium channels in laminin-dependent phenotypes have been identified. Synaptic ECM proteins and their receptors are involved in almost all aspects of synaptic development, including synaptic initiation, topography, ultrastructure, maturation, stability, and transmission.
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- Neha Singhal
- Center for Gene Therapy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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Molecular mechanisms underlying maturation and maintenance of the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Trends Neurosci 2012; 35:441-53. [PMID: 22633140 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Revised: 04/09/2012] [Accepted: 04/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The vertebrate neuromuscular junction (NMJ), a peripheral synapse formed between motoneuron and skeletal muscle, is characterized by a protracted postnatal period of maturation and life-long maintenance. In neuromuscular disorders such as congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs), disruptions of NMJ maturation and/or maintenance are frequently observed. In particular, defective neuromuscular transmission associated with structural and molecular abnormalities at the pre- and postsynaptic membranes, as well as at the synaptic cleft, has been reported in these patients. Here, we review recent advances in the understanding of molecular and cellular events that mediate NMJ maturation and maintenance. The underlying regulatory mechanisms, including key molecular regulators at the presynaptic nerve terminal, synaptic cleft, and postsynaptic muscle membrane, are discussed.
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Barik A, Xiong WC, Mei L. MuSK: A Kinase Critical for the Formation and Maintenance of the Neuromuscular Junction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-824-5_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Ghazanfari N, Fernandez KJ, Murata Y, Morsch M, Ngo ST, Reddel SW, Noakes PG, Phillips WD. Muscle specific kinase: organiser of synaptic membrane domains. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 43:295-8. [PMID: 20974278 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Muscle Specific Kinase (MuSK) is a transmembrane tyrosine kinase vital for forming and maintaining the mammalian neuromuscular junction (NMJ: the synapse between motor nerve and skeletal muscle). MuSK expression switches on during skeletal muscle differentiation. MuSK then becomes restricted to the postsynaptic membrane of the NMJ, where it functions to cluster acetylcholine receptors (AChRs). The expression, activation and turnover of MuSK are each regulated by signals from the motor nerve terminal. MuSK forms the core of an emerging signalling complex that can be acutely activated by neural agrin (N-agrin), a heparin sulfate proteoglycan secreted from the nerve terminal. MuSK activation initiates complex intracellular signalling events that coordinate the local synthesis and assembly of synaptic proteins. The importance of MuSK as a synapse organiser is highlighted by cases of autoimmune myasthenia gravis in which MuSK autoantibodies can deplete MuSK from the postsynaptic membrane, leading to complete disassembly of the adult NMJ.
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- Nazanin Ghazanfari
- Physiology and Bosch Institute, Anderson Stuart Bldg (F13), The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Identification of Erbin interlinking MuSK and ErbB2 and its impact on acetylcholine receptor aggregation at the neuromuscular junction. J Neurosci 2010; 30:6620-34. [PMID: 20463225 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5778-09.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Erbin, a binding partner of ErbB2, was identified as the first member of the LAP family of proteins. Erbin was shown at postsynaptic membranes of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) or in cultured C2C12 myotubes (1) to be concentrated, (2) to regulate the Ras-Raf-Mek pathway, and (3) to inhibit TGF-beta signaling. In the CNS, Erbin interacts with PSD-95. Furthermore, agrin-MuSK signaling initiates formation of AChR aggregates at the postsynaptic membrane. In search of proteins interacting with MuSK, we identified Erbin as a MuSK binding protein. We verified the interaction of MuSK with Erbin, or both concomitantly with ErbB2 by coimmunoprecipitation, and we mapped the interacting epitopes between Erbin and MuSK. We demonstrated elevated mRNA levels of Erbin at synaptic nuclei and colocalized Erbin and MuSK at postsynaptic membranes. We identified several Erbin isoforms at the NMJ, all of which contained the MuSK binding domain. By knocking down Erbin, we observed agrin-dependent AChR aggregates on murine primary skeletal myotubes and C2C12 cells, and in the absence of agrin, microclusters, both of significantly lower density. Complementary, AChR-epsilon-reporter expression was reduced in myotubes overexpressing Erbin. We show that myotubes also express other LAP protein family members, namely Scribble and Lano, and that both affect physical dimensions of agrin-dependent AChR aggregates and density of microclusters formed in the absence of agrin. Moreover, MuSK-Erbin-ErbB2 signaling influences TGF-beta signaling. Our data define the requirement of Erbin on the cross talk between agrin and neuregulin signaling pathways at the NMJ.
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Lenardon MD, Milne SA, Mora-Montes HM, Kaffarnik FAR, Peck SC, Brown AJP, Munro CA, Gow NAR. Phosphorylation regulates polarisation of chitin synthesis in Candida albicans. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:2199-206. [PMID: 20530569 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.060210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ability to undergo polarised cell growth is fundamental to the development of almost all walled organisms. Fungi are characterised by yeasts and moulds, and both cellular forms have been studied extensively as tractable models of cell polarity. Chitin is a hallmark component of fungal cell walls. Chitin synthesis is essential for growth, viability and rescue from many conditions that impair cell-wall integrity. In the polymorphic human pathogen Candida albicans, chitin synthase 3 (Chs3) synthesises the majority of chitin in the cell wall and is localised at the tips of growing buds and hyphae, and at the septum. An analysis of the C. albicans phospho-proteome revealed that Chs3 can be phosphorylated at Ser139. Mutation of this site showed that both phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are required for the correct localisation and function of Chs3. The kinase Pkc1 was not required to target Chs3 to sites of polarised growth. This is the first report demonstrating an essential role for chitin synthase phosphorylation in the polarised biosynthesis of fungal cell walls and suggests a new mechanism for the regulation of this class of glycosyl-transferase enzyme.
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- Megan D Lenardon
- School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK
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Wu H, Xiong WC, Mei L. To build a synapse: signaling pathways in neuromuscular junction assembly. Development 2010; 137:1017-33. [PMID: 20215342 DOI: 10.1242/dev.038711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 379] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Synapses, as fundamental units of the neural circuitry, enable complex behaviors. The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a synapse type that forms between motoneurons and skeletal muscle fibers and that exhibits a high degree of subcellular specialization. Aided by genetic techniques and suitable animal models, studies in the past decade have brought significant progress in identifying NMJ components and assembly mechanisms. This review highlights recent advances in the study of NMJ development, focusing on signaling pathways that are activated by diffusible cues, which shed light on synaptogenesis in the brain and contribute to a better understanding of muscular dystrophy.
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- Haitao Wu
- Program of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Nam S, Min K, Hwang H, Lee HO, Lee JH, Yoon J, Lee H, Park S, Lee J. Control of rapsyn stability by the CUL-3-containing E3 ligase complex. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:8195-206. [PMID: 19158078 PMCID: PMC3282941 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m808230200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Revised: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rapsyn is a postsynaptic protein required for clustering of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) at the neuromuscular junction. Here we report the mechanism for posttranslational control of rapsyn protein stability. We confirmed that C18H9.7-encoded RPY-1 is a rapsyn homolog in Caenorhabditis elegans by showing that human rapsyn rescued rpy-1 mutant phenotypes in nematodes, as determined by levamisole assays and micropost array behavioral assays. We found that RPY-1 was degraded in the absence of functional UNC-29, a non-alpha subunit of the receptor, in an allele-specific manner, but not in the absence of other receptor subunits. The cytoplasmic loop of UNC-29 was found to be critical for RPY-1 stability. Through RNA interference screening, we found that UBC-1, UBC-12, NEDD-8, and RBX-1 were required for degradation of RPY-1. We identified cullin (CUL)-3 as a component of E3 ligase and KEL-8 as the substrate adaptor of RPY-1. Mammalian rapsyn was ubiquitinated by the CUL3/KLHL8-containing E3 ligase in vitro, and the knockdown of KLHL-8, a mammalian KEL-8 homolog, inhibited rapsyn ubiquitination in vivo, implying evolutionary conservation of the rapsyn stability control machinery. kel-8 suppression and rpy-1 overexpression in C. elegans produced a phenotype similar to that of a loss-of-function mutation of rpy-1, suggesting that control of rapsyn abundance is important for proper function of the receptor. Our results suggest a link between the control of rapsyn abundance and congenital myasthenic syndromes.
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- Seunghee Nam
- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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- Research Center for
Cellulomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, School of Biological
Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea, the
Division of Nano Sciences (BK21),
Ewha Womans University, 120-750 Seoul, Korea,
Protein Network Research Center,
Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon, 120-749 Seoul,
Korea
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The heparan sulfate proteoglycan agrin is best known for its essential role during formation, maintenance and regeneration of the neuromuscular junction. Mutations in agrin-interacting proteins are the genetic basis for a number of neuromuscular disorders. However, agrin is widely expressed in many tissues including neurons and glial cells of the brain, where its precise function is much less understood. Fewer synapses develop in brains that lack agrin, consistent with a function of agrin during CNS synaptogenesis. Recently, a specific transmembrane form of agrin (TM-agrin) was identified that is concentrated at that interneuronal synapses in the brain. Clustering or overexpression of TM-agrin leads to the formation of filopodia-like processes, which might be precursors for CNS synapses. Agrin is subject to defined and activity-dependent proteolytic cleavage by neurotrypsin at synapses and dysregulation of agrin processing might contribute to the development of mental retardation. This review summarizes what is known about the role of agrin during synapse formation at the neuromuscular junction and in the developing CNS and will discuss additional functions of agrin in the adult CNS, in particular during BBB formation, during recovery after traumatic brain injury and in the etiology of diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and mental retardation.
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- Stephan Kröger
- Department of Physiological Genomics, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Schillerstrasse 46, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Physiological Genomics, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Schillerstrasse 46, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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Zhang B, Luo S, Wang Q, Suzuki T, Xiong WC, Mei L. LRP4 serves as a coreceptor of agrin. Neuron 2008; 60:285-97. [PMID: 18957220 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 408] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Revised: 10/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Neuromuscular junction (NMJ) formation requires agrin, a factor released from motoneurons, and MuSK, a transmembrane tyrosine kinase that is activated by agrin. However, how signal is transduced from agrin to MuSK remains unclear. We report that LRP4, a low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)-related protein, is expressed specifically in myotubes and binds to neuronal agrin. Its expression enables agrin binding and MuSK signaling in cells that otherwise do not respond to agrin. Suppression of LRP4 expression in muscle cells attenuates agrin binding, agrin-induced MuSK tyrosine phosphorylation, and AChR clustering. LRP4 also forms a complex with MuSK in a manner that is stimulated by agrin. Finally, we showed that LRP4 becomes tyrosine-phosphorylated in agrin-stimulated muscle cells. These observations indicate that LRP4 is a coreceptor of agrin that is necessary for MuSK signaling and AChR clustering and identify a potential target protein whose mutation and/or autoimmunization may cause muscular dystrophies.
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- Bin Zhang
- Program of Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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