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Pasquier N, Jaulin F, Peglion F. Inverted apicobasal polarity in health and disease. J Cell Sci 2024; 137:jcs261659. [PMID: 38465512 PMCID: PMC10984280 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.261659] [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] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Apicobasal epithelial polarity controls the functional properties of most organs. Thus, there has been extensive research on the molecular intricacies governing the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity. Whereas loss of apicobasal polarity is a well-documented phenomenon associated with multiple diseases, less is known regarding another type of apicobasal polarity alteration - the inversion of polarity. In this Review, we provide a unifying definition of inverted polarity and discuss multiple scenarios in mammalian systems and human health and disease in which apical and basolateral membrane domains are interchanged. This includes mammalian embryo implantation, monogenic diseases and dissemination of cancer cell clusters. For each example, the functional consequences of polarity inversion are assessed, revealing shared outcomes, including modifications in immune surveillance, altered drug sensitivity and changes in adhesions to neighboring cells. Finally, we highlight the molecular alterations associated with inverted apicobasal polarity and provide a molecular framework to connect these changes with the core cell polarity machinery and to explain roles of polarity inversion in health and disease. Based on the current state of the field, failure to respond to extracellular matrix (ECM) cues, increased cellular contractility and membrane trafficking defects are likely to account for most cases of inverted apicobasal polarity.
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- Nicolas Pasquier
- Collective Invasion Team, Inserm U-1279, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif F-94805, France
- Cell Adhesion and Cancer lab, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Collective Invasion Team, Inserm U-1279, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif F-94805, France
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- Collective Invasion Team, Inserm U-1279, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif F-94805, France
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Taraz T, Asri N, Nazemalhosseini‐Mojarad E, Forouzesh F, Rezaei‐Tavirani M, Rostami‐Nejad M. Intestinal mRNA expression analysis of polarity-related genes identified the discriminatory ability of CRB3 as a diagnostic marker for celiac disease. Immun Inflamm Dis 2024; 12:e1186. [PMID: 38353316 PMCID: PMC10865414 DOI: 10.1002/iid3.1186] [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: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by an abnormal immune response to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. It is well established that the integrity of epithelial tight junctions (TJs) and adherens junctions (AJs) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of CD. These junctional complexes contribute to the apical-basal polarity of the intestinal epithelial cells, which is crucial for their proper functioning. METHODS Sixty CD subjects, and 50 controls were enrolled in the current study. Mucosal samples were obtained from the distal duodenum, total RNA was extracted and complementary DNA was synthesized. The relative expression levels of the desired genes were evaluated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction based on ΔΔCt method. The gene-gene interaction network was also constructed using GeneMANIA. RESULTS CRB3 (p = .0005), LKB1 (p < .0001), and SCRIB (p = .0005) had lower expression in CD patients compared to controls, while PRKCZ expression did not differ between groups (p > .05). CRB3 represented a significant diagnostic value for differentiating CD patients from the control group (p = .02). CONCLUSION The aim of the current study was to evaluate the changes in the mRNA expression levels of SCRIB, PRKCZ, LKB1, and CRB3 genes in the small intestinal biopsy samples of CD patients in comparison to the healthy control subjects. Our data uncover the importance of polarity-related genes (especially CRB3) in CD pahtomechanism, that may facilitate the planning of the future studies looking for finding innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for CD.
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- Tannaz Taraz
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical SciencesIslamic Azad UniversityTehranIran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver DiseasesShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver DiseasesShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical SciencesIslamic Azad UniversityTehranIran
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- Proteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical SciencesShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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- Celiac Disease and Gluten Related Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver DiseasesShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesTehranIran
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Thottacherry JJ, Chen J, Johnston DS. Apical-basal polarity in the gut. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023; 150-151:15-22. [PMID: 36670034 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Apical-Basal polarity is a fundamental property of all epithelial cells that underlies both their form and function. The gut is made up of a single layer of intestinal epithelial cells, with distinct apical, lateral and basal domains. Occluding junctions at the apical side of the lateral domains create a barrier between the gut lumen and the body, which is crucial for tissue homeostasis, protection against gastrointestinal pathogens and for the maintenance of the immune response. Apical-basal polarity in most epithelia is established by conserved polarity factors, but recent evidence suggests that the gut epithelium in at least some organisms polarises by novel mechanisms. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in understanding polarity factors by focussing on work in C. elegans, Drosophila, Zebrafish and Mouse.
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- Joseph Jose Thottacherry
- The Gurdon Institute and the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, United Kingdom
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- The Gurdon Institute and the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, United Kingdom
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- The Gurdon Institute and the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, United Kingdom.
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Perrin L, Matic Vignjevic D. The emerging roles of the cytoskeleton in intestinal epithelium homeostasis. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023:S1084-9521(23)00071-X. [PMID: 36948998 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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The intestinal epithelium must absorb many nutrients and water while forming a barrier that is impermeable to pathogens present in the external environment. Concurrently to fulfill this dual role, the intestinal epithelium is challenged by a rapid renewal of cells and forces resulting from digestion. Hence, intestinal homeostasis requires precise control of tissue integrity, tissue renewal, cell polarity, and force generation/transmission. In this review, we highlight the contribution of the cell cytoskeleton- actin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments- to intestinal epithelium homeostasis. With a focus on enterocytes, we first discuss the role of these networks in the formation and maintenance of cell-cell and cell-matrix junctions. Then, we cover their role in intracellular trafficking related to the apicobasal polarity of enterocytes. Finally, we report on the cytoskeletal changes that occur during tissue renewal. In conclusion, the importance of the cytoskeleton in maintaining intestinal homeostasis is emerging, and we think this field will keep evolving.
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- Louisiane Perrin
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 144, F-75005 Paris, France.
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Pickett MA, Sallee MD, Cote L, Naturale VF, Akpinaroglu D, Lee J, Shen K, Feldman JL. Separable mechanisms drive local and global polarity establishment in the Caenorhabditiselegans intestinal epithelium. Development 2022; 149:dev200325. [PMID: 36264257 PMCID: PMC9845746 DOI: 10.1242/dev.200325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Apico-basolateral polarization is essential for epithelial cells to function as selective barriers and transporters, and to provide mechanical resilience to organs. Epithelial polarity is established locally, within individual cells to establish distinct apical, junctional and basolateral domains, and globally, within a tissue where cells coordinately orient their apico-basolateral axes. Using live imaging of endogenously tagged proteins and tissue-specific protein depletion in the Caenorhabditiselegans embryonic intestine, we found that local and global polarity establishment are temporally and genetically separable. Local polarity is initiated prior to global polarity and is robust to perturbation. PAR-3 is required for global polarization across the intestine but local polarity can arise in its absence, as small groups of cells eventually established polarized domains in PAR-3-depleted intestines in a HMR-1 (E-cadherin)-dependent manner. Despite the role of PAR-3 in localizing PKC-3 to the apical surface, we additionally found that PAR-3 and PKC-3/aPKC have distinct roles in the establishment and maintenance of local and global polarity. Taken together, our results indicate that different mechanisms are required for local and global polarity establishment in vivo.
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- Melissa A. Pickett
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95112, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Gao H, Wang B, Chen R, Jin Z, Ren L, Yang J, Wang W, Zheng N, Lin R. Effects of hydrogen peroxide on endothelial function in three-dimensional hydrogel vascular model and regulation mechanism of polar protein Par3. Biomed Mater 2022; 17. [PMID: 35901804 DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/ac8538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures better reflect the function of endothelial cells (ECs) than two-dimensional (2D) cultures. In recent years, studies have found that ECs cultured in a 3D luminal structure can mimic the biological characteristics and phenotypes of vascular ECs, thus making it more suitable for endothelial dysfunction research. In this study, we used a 3D model and 2D tissue culture polystyrene (TCP) to investigate the effects of cell polarity on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced endothelial dysfunction and its related mechanisms. We observed the cell morphology, oxidative stress, and barrier and endothelial function of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in 3D and 2D cultures. We then used Illumina to detect the differentially expressed genes in the 3D-cultured HUVEC with and without H2O2 stimulation, using ClusterProfiler for Gene Ontology (GO) function enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes. Finally, we explored the role and mechanism of polar protein partitioning defective protein 3 (Par3) in the regulation of ECs. ECs were inoculated into the 3D hydrogel channel; after stimulation with H2O2, the morphology of HUVECs changed, the boundary was blurred, the expression of intercellular junction proteins decreased, and the barrier function of the EC layer was damaged. 3D culture increased the oxidative stress response of cells stimulated by H2O2 compared to 2D TCPs. The polarity-related protein Par3 and cell division control protein 42 (CDC42) were screened using bioinformatics analysis, and western blotting was used to verify the results. Par3 knockdown significantly suppressed claudin1 (CLDN1) and vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin). These results suggest that the polar protein Par3 can protect H2O2-induced vascular ECs from damage by regulating CLDN1 and VE-cadherin.
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- Hongqian Gao
- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061,Shaanxi, P. R. China, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, CHINA
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061,Shaanxi, P. R. China, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, CHINA
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- Mechanical and electrical engineering department, Tangshan university, Mechanical and electrical engineering department, Tangshan university, Tang Shan 063000, Hebei, P. R. China, Tangshan, 063000, CHINA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061,Shaanxi, P. R. China, Xi'an, 710061, CHINA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061,Shaanxi, P. R. China, Xi'an, 710061, CHINA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061,Shaanxi, P. R. China, Xi'an, 710061, CHINA
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Department of Medical Laboratory Animal Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, CHINA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061,Shaanxi, P. R. China, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, CHINA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061,Shaanxi, P. R. China, Xi'an, 710061, CHINA
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Duclaux-Loras R, Lebreton C, Berthelet J, Charbit-Henrion F, Nicolle O, Revenu de Courtils C, Waich S, Valovka T, Khiat A, Rabant M, Racine C, Guerrera IC, Baptista J, Mahe MM, Hess MW, Durel B, Lefort N, Banal C, Parisot M, Talbotec C, Lacaille F, Ecochard-Dugelay E, Demir AM, Vogel GF, Faivre L, Rodrigues A, Fowler D, Janecke AR, Müller T, Huber LA, Rodrigues-Lima F, Ruemmele FM, Uhlig HH, Del Bene F, Michaux G, Cerf-Bensussan N, Parlato M. UNC45A deficiency causes microvillus inclusion disease-like phenotype by impairing myosin VB-dependent apical trafficking. J Clin Invest 2022; 132:154997. [PMID: 35575086 PMCID: PMC9106349 DOI: 10.1172/jci154997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Variants in the UNC45A cochaperone have been recently associated with a syndrome combining diarrhea, cholestasis, deafness, and bone fragility. Yet the mechanism underlying intestinal failure in UNC45A deficiency remains unclear. Here, biallelic variants in UNC45A were identified by next-generation sequencing in 6 patients with congenital diarrhea. Corroborating in silico prediction, variants either abolished UNC45A expression or altered protein conformation. Myosin VB was identified by mass spectrometry as client of the UNC45A chaperone and was found misfolded in UNC45AKO Caco-2 cells. In keeping with impaired myosin VB function, UNC45AKO Caco-2 cells showed abnormal epithelial morphogenesis that was restored by full-length UNC45A, but not by mutant alleles. Patients and UNC45AKO 3D organoids displayed altered luminal development and microvillus inclusions, while 2D cultures revealed Rab11 and apical transporter mislocalization as well as sparse and disorganized microvilli. All those features resembled the subcellular abnormalities observed in duodenal biopsies from patients with microvillus inclusion disease. Finally, microvillus inclusions and shortened microvilli were evidenced in enterocytes from unc45a-deficient zebrafish. Taken together, our results provide evidence that UNC45A plays an essential role in epithelial morphogenesis through its cochaperone function of myosin VB and that UNC45A loss causes a variant of microvillus inclusion disease.
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- Rémi Duclaux-Loras
- Université Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Intestinal Immunity, INSERM, UMR1163, Paris, France
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Necker–Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Intestinal Immunity, INSERM, UMR1163, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Intestinal Immunity, INSERM, UMR1163, Paris, France
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Necker–Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Université de Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR)–UMR 6290, Rennes, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U934, CNRS UMR3215, Paris, France
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- Universitätsklinik für Pädiatrie I and
- Institute of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Universitätsklinik für Pädiatrie I and
- Institute of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Université Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Intestinal Immunity, INSERM, UMR1163, Paris, France
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- Department of Pathology, Assistance Publique–Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs, Fédération Hospitalo–Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, and Equipe GAD, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM LNC UMR 1231, Dijon, France
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- Proteomics Platform 3P5-Necker, Université Paris Descartes-Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris, France
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- Peninsula Medical School, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Université de Nantes, INSERM, TENS, The Enteric Nervous System in Gut and Brain Diseases, IMAD, Nantes, France
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- Institut für Histologie und Embryologie Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Cell Imaging Platform, INSERM-US24-CNRS UMS 3633 Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- iPS Core Facility, Imagine Institute, INSERM U1163, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- iPS Core Facility, Imagine Institute, INSERM U1163, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Genomics Core Facility, Institut Imagine–Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker, INSERM U1163 et INSERM US24/CNRS UMS3633, Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cite University, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Necker–Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Necker–Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Ankara Child Health and Diseases, Training and Research Hospital, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Universitätsklinik für Pädiatrie I and
- Institute of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Assistance Publique–Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Hopital Necker–Enfants Malades, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Translational Gastroenterology Unit and Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U934, CNRS UMR3215, Paris, France
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- Université de Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes (IGDR)–UMR 6290, Rennes, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Intestinal Immunity, INSERM, UMR1163, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Intestinal Immunity, INSERM, UMR1163, Paris, France
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Nassari S, Lacarrière-Keïta C, Lévesque D, Boisvert FM, Jean S. Rab21 in enterocytes participates in intestinal epithelium maintenance. Mol Biol Cell 2022; 33:ar32. [PMID: 35171715 PMCID: PMC9250356 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e21-03-0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Membrane trafficking is defined as the vesicular transport of proteins into, out of, and throughout the cell. In intestinal enterocytes, defects in endocytic/recycling pathways result in impaired function and are linked to diseases. However, how these trafficking pathways regulate intestinal tissue homeostasis is poorly understood. Using the Drosophila intestine as an in vivo system, we investigated enterocyte-specific functions for the early endosomal machinery. We focused on Rab21, which regulates specific steps in early endosomal trafficking. Depletion of Rab21 in enterocytes led to abnormalities in intestinal morphology, with deregulated cellular equilibrium associated with a gain in mitotic cells and increased cell death. Increases in apoptosis and Yorkie signaling were responsible for compensatory proliferation and tissue inflammation. Using an RNAi screen, we identified regulators of autophagy and membrane trafficking that phenocopied Rab21 knockdown. We further showed that Rab21 knockdown-induced hyperplasia was rescued by inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling. Moreover, quantitative proteomics identified proteins affected by Rab21 depletion. Of these, we validated changes in apolipoprotein ApoLpp and the trehalose transporter Tret1-1, indicating roles for enterocyte Rab21 in lipid and carbohydrate homeostasis, respectively. Our data shed light on an important role for early endosomal trafficking, and Rab21, in enterocyte-mediated intestinal epithelium maintenance. [Media: see text] [Media: see text].
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- Sonya Nassari
- Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Rue Jean Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Rue Jean Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Rue Jean Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Rue Jean Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec J1E 4K8, Canada
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- Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, 3201 Rue Jean Mignault, Sherbrooke, Québec J1E 4K8, Canada
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Goulet O, Pigneur B, Charbit-Henrion F. Congenital enteropathies involving defects in enterocyte structure or differentiation. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2022; 56-57:101784. [PMID: 35331396 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2021.101784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Congenital enteropathies (CE) are a group of rare inherited diseases with a typical onset early in life. They involve defects in enterocyte structure or differentiation. They can cause a severe condition of intestinal failure (IF). The diagnostic approach is based first on clinical presentation (consanguinity, prenatal expression, polyhydramnios, early neonatal onset, aspect of stools, persistence at bowel rest, associated extra-digestive manifestations….) and histo-pathological analyses. These rare intestinal diseases cause protracted diarrhea that might resolve, for a few, with a dietetic approach. However, protracted or permanent IF may require long term parenteral nutrition and, in limited cases, intestinal transplantation. With the progresses in both clinical nutrition and genetics, many of these CE are nowadays associated with recognized gene mutations. It improved our knowledge and the understanding in the patho-physiology of these diseases, thus, leading potentially to therapeutic perspectives. These review cover most of the early onset CE and excludes the immune related diarrhea.
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- Olivier Goulet
- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, University Paris-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149, Rue de Sèvres, 75743, PARIS Cedex 15, France.
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- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, University Paris-Centre, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149, Rue de Sèvres, 75743, PARIS Cedex 15, France
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- Department of Genetics, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149, Rue de Sèvres, 75743, PARIS Cedex 15, France
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Bandyopadhyay S, Bonder E, Gao N. Tight Junction Proteins Join the Local Force for Bulk Endocytosis and Microvillus Inclusion. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021; 12:348-349. [PMID: 33757764 PMCID: PMC8257456 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2021.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- Correspondence Address correspondence to: Nan Gao, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102.
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Recruitment of Polarity Complexes and Tight Junction Proteins to the Site of Apical Bulk Endocytosis. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021; 12:59-80. [PMID: 33548596 PMCID: PMC8082271 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2021.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS The molecular motor, Myosin Vb (MYO5B), is well documented for its role in trafficking cargo to the apical membrane of epithelial cells. Despite its involvement in regulating apical proteins, the role of MYO5B in cell polarity is less clear. Inactivating mutations in MYO5B result in microvillus inclusion disease (MVID), a disorder characterized by loss of key apical transporters and the presence of intracellular inclusions in enterocytes. We previously identified that inclusions in Myo5b knockout (KO) mice form from invagination of the apical brush border via apical bulk endocytosis. Herein, we sought to elucidate the role of polarity complexes and tight junction proteins during the formation of inclusions. METHODS Intestinal tissue from neonatal control and Myo5b KO littermates was analyzed by immunofluorescence to determine the localization of polarity complexes and tight junction proteins. RESULTS Proteins that make up the apical polarity complexes-Crumbs3 and Pars complexes-were associated with inclusions in Myo5b KO mice. In addition, tight junction proteins were observed to be concentrated over inclusions that were present at the apical membrane of Myo5b-deficient enterocytes in vivo and in vitro. Our mouse findings are complemented by immunostaining in a large animal swine model of MVID genetically engineered to express a human MVID-associated mutation that shows an accumulation of Claudin-2 over forming inclusions. The findings from our swine model of MVID suggest that a similar mechanism of tight junction accumulation occurs in patients with MVID. CONCLUSIONS These data show that apical bulk endocytosis involves the altered localization of apical polarity proteins and tight junction proteins after loss of Myo5b.
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Zhang X, Bandyopadhyay S, Araujo LP, Tong K, Flores J, Laubitz D, Zhao Y, Yap G, Wang J, Zou Q, Ferraris R, Zhang L, Hu W, Bonder EM, Kiela PR, Coffey R, Verzi MP, Ivanov II, Gao N. Elevating EGFR-MAPK program by a nonconventional Cdc42 enhances intestinal epithelial survival and regeneration. JCI Insight 2020; 5:135923. [PMID: 32686657 PMCID: PMC7455142 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.135923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The regulatory mechanisms enabling the intestinal epithelium to maintain a high degree of regenerative capacity during mucosal injury remain unclear. Ex vivo survival and clonogenicity of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) strictly required growth response mediated by cell division control 42 (Cdc42) and Cdc42-deficient enteroids to undergo rapid apoptosis. Mechanistically, Cdc42 engaging with EGFR was required for EGF-stimulated, receptor-mediated endocytosis and sufficient to promote MAPK signaling. Proteomics and kinase analysis revealed that a physiologically, but nonconventionally, spliced Cdc42 variant 2 (V2) exhibited stronger MAPK-activating capability. Human CDC42-V2 is transcriptionally elevated in some colon tumor tissues. Accordingly, mice engineered to overexpress Cdc42-V2 in intestinal epithelium showed elevated MAPK signaling, enhanced regeneration, and reduced mucosal damage in response to irradiation. Overproducing Cdc42-V2 specifically in mouse ISCs enhanced intestinal regeneration following injury. Thus, the intrinsic Cdc42-MAPK program is required for intestinal epithelial regeneration, and elevating this signaling cascade is capable of initiating protection from genotoxic injury.
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- Xiao Zhang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Life Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Life Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Division of Life Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Life Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Life Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center of Princeton, Plainsboro, New Jersey, USA
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Life Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, and Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Division of Life Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Life Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Bidaud-Meynard A, Nicolle O, Heck M, Le Cunff Y, Michaux G. A V0-ATPase-dependent apical trafficking pathway maintains the polarity of the intestinal absorptive membrane. Development 2019; 146:dev174508. [PMID: 31110027 PMCID: PMC7376742 DOI: 10.1242/dev.174508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Intestine function relies on the strong polarity of intestinal epithelial cells and the array of microvilli forming a brush border at their luminal pole. Combining a genetic RNA interference (RNAi) screen with in vivo super-resolution imaging in the Caenorhabditiselegans intestine, we found that the V0 sector of the vacuolar ATPase (V0-ATPase) controls a late apical trafficking step, involving Ras-related protein 11 (RAB-11)+ endosomes and the N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-attachment protein receptor (SNARE) synaptosome-associated protein 29 (SNAP-29), and is necessary to maintain the polarized localization of both apical polarity modules and brush border proteins. We show that the V0-ATPase pathway also genetically interacts with glycosphingolipids and clathrin in enterocyte polarity maintenance. Finally, we demonstrate that silencing of the V0-ATPase fully recapitulates the severe structural, polarity and trafficking defects observed in enterocytes from individuals with microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) and use this new in vivo MVID model to follow the dynamics of microvillus inclusions. Thus, we describe a new function for V0-ATPase in apical trafficking and epithelial polarity maintenance and the promising use of the C. elegans intestine as an in vivo model to better understand the molecular mechanisms of rare genetic enteropathies.
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- Aurélien Bidaud-Meynard
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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Engevik AC, Kaji I, Engevik MA, Meyer AR, Weis VG, Goldstein A, Hess MW, Müller T, Koepsell H, Dudeja PK, Tyska M, Huber LA, Shub MD, Ameen N, Goldenring JR. Loss of MYO5B Leads to Reductions in Na + Absorption With Maintenance of CFTR-Dependent Cl - Secretion in Enterocytes. Gastroenterology 2018; 155:1883-1897.e10. [PMID: 30144427 PMCID: PMC6279525 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Inactivating mutations in MYO5B cause microvillus inclusion disease (MVID), but the physiological cause of the diarrhea associated with this disease is unclear. We investigated whether loss of MYO5B results in aberrant expression of apical enterocyte transporters. METHODS We studied alterations in apical membrane transporters in MYO5B-knockout mice, as well as mice with tamoxifen-inducible, intestine-specific disruption of Myo5b (VilCreERT2;Myo5bflox/flox mice) or those not given tamoxifen (controls). Intestinal tissues were collected from mice and analyzed by immunostaining, immunoelectron microscopy, or cultured enteroids were derived. Functions of brush border transporters in intestinal mucosa were measured in Ussing chambers. We obtained duodenal biopsy specimens from individuals with MVID and individuals without MVID (controls) and compared transporter distribution by immunocytochemistry. RESULTS Compared to intestinal tissues from littermate controls, intestinal tissues from MYO5B-knockout mice had decreased apical localization of SLC9A3 (also called NHE3), SLC5A1 (also called SGLT1), aquaporin (AQP) 7, and sucrase isomaltase, and subapical localization of intestinal alkaline phosphatase and CDC42. However, CFTR was present on apical membranes of enterocytes from MYO5B knockout and control mice. Intestinal biopsies from patients with MVID had subapical localization of NHE3, SGLT1, and AQP7, but maintained apical CFTR. After tamoxifen administration, VilCreERT2;Myo5bflox/flox mice lost apical NHE3, SGLT1, DRA, and AQP7, similar to germline MYO5B knockout mice. Intestinal tissues from VilCreERT2;Myo5bflox/flox mice had increased CFTR in crypts and CFTR localized to the apical membranes of enterocytes. Intestinal mucosa from VilCreERT2;Myo5bflox/flox mice given tamoxifen did not have an intestinal barrier defect, based on Ussing chamber analysis, but did have decreased SGLT1 activity and increased CFTR activity. CONCLUSIONS Although trafficking of many apical transporters is regulated by MYO5B, trafficking of CFTR is largely independent of MYO5B. Decreased apical localization of NHE3, SGLT1, DRA, and AQP7 might be responsible for dysfunctional water absorption in enterocytes of patients with MVID. Maintenance of apical CFTR might exacerbate water loss by active secretion of chloride into the intestinal lumen.
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- Amy C Engevik
- Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Julius-von-Sachs-Institute, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago and the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter and Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; Austrian Drug Screening Institute, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Phoenix Children's Hospital and the Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Mosa MH, Nicolle O, Maschalidi S, Sepulveda FE, Bidaud-Meynard A, Menche C, Michels BE, Michaux G, de Saint Basile G, Farin HF. Dynamic Formation of Microvillus Inclusions During Enterocyte Differentiation in Munc18-2-Deficient Intestinal Organoids. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018; 6:477-493.e1. [PMID: 30364784 PMCID: PMC6198061 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a congenital intestinal malabsorption disorder caused by defective apical vesicular transport. Existing cellular models do not fully recapitulate this heterogeneous pathology. The aim of this study was to characterize 3-dimensional intestinal organoids that continuously generate polarized absorptive cells as an accessible and relevant model to investigate MVID. METHODS Intestinal organoids from Munc18-2/Stxbp2-null mice that are deficient for apical vesicular transport were subjected to enterocyte-specific differentiation protocols. Lentiviral rescue experiments were performed using human MUNC18-2 variants. Apical trafficking and microvillus formation were characterized by confocal and transmission electron microscopy. Spinning disc time-lapse microscopy was used to document the lifecycle of microvillus inclusions. RESULTS Loss of Munc18-2/Stxbp2 recapitulated the pathologic features observed in patients with MUNC18-2 deficiency. The defects were fully restored by transgenic wild-type human MUNC18-2 protein, but not the patient variant (P477L). Importantly, we discovered that the MVID phenotype was correlated with the degree of enterocyte differentiation: secretory vesicles accumulated already in crypt progenitors, while differentiated enterocytes showed an apical tubulovesicular network and enlarged lysosomes. Upon prolonged enterocyte differentiation, cytoplasmic F-actin-positive foci were observed that further progressed into classic microvillus inclusions. Time-lapse microscopy showed their dynamic formation by intracellular maturation or invagination of the apical or basolateral plasma membrane. CONCLUSIONS We show that prolonged enterocyte-specific differentiation is required to recapitulate the entire spectrum of MVID. Primary organoids can provide a powerful model for this heterogeneous pathology. Formation of microvillus inclusions from multiple membrane sources showed an unexpected dynamic of the enterocyte brush border.
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Key Words
- 3D, 3-dimensional
- Apical Vesicular Transport
- Brush Border Formation
- DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
- Disease Modeling
- EGFP, enhanced green fluorescent protein
- FHL5, familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5
- IWP-2, inhibitor of WNT production-2
- KO, knock-out
- MVID, microvillus inclusion disease
- MVIs, microvillus inclusions
- Microvillus Atrophy
- PBS, phosphate-buffered saline
- STXBP2, syntaxin binding protein 2
- Stx3, syntaxin 3
- TEM, transmission electron microscopy
- VPA, valproic acid
- WT, wild-type
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- Mohammed H. Mosa
- German Cancer Consortium (Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung), Heidelberg, Germany,Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Rennes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes UMR6290, Rennes, France
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- INSERM UMR1163, Laboratory of Normal and Pathological Homeostasis of the Immune System, Paris, France,Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes University–Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR1163, Laboratory of Normal and Pathological Homeostasis of the Immune System, Paris, France,Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes University–Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- University Rennes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes UMR6290, Rennes, France
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- Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- German Cancer Consortium (Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung), Heidelberg, Germany,Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum), Heidelberg, Germany,Faculty of Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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- University Rennes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes UMR6290, Rennes, France,Correspondence Address correspondence to: Grégoire Michaux, PhD, University Rennes, Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Rennes, France.
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- INSERM UMR1163, Laboratory of Normal and Pathological Homeostasis of the Immune System, Paris, France,Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes University–Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France,Centre d’Etudes des Déficites Immunitaires, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France,Geneviève de Saint Basile, MD, PhD, INSERM, Paris, France.
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- German Cancer Consortium (Deutsches Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung), Heidelberg, Germany,Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum), Heidelberg, Germany,Henner F. Farin, PhD, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Schneeberger K, Roth S, Nieuwenhuis EES, Middendorp S. Intestinal epithelial cell polarity defects in disease: lessons from microvillus inclusion disease. Dis Model Mech 2018; 11:11/2/dmm031088. [PMID: 29590640 PMCID: PMC5894939 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.031088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The intestinal epithelium is a highly organized tissue. The establishment of epithelial cell polarity, with distinct apical and basolateral plasma membrane domains, is pivotal for both barrier formation and for the uptake and vectorial transport of nutrients. The establishment of cell polarity requires a specialized subcellular machinery to transport and recycle proteins to their appropriate location. In order to understand and treat polarity-associated diseases, it is necessary to understand epithelial cell-specific trafficking mechanisms. In this Review, we focus on cell polarity in the adult mammalian intestine. We discuss how intestinal epithelial polarity is established and maintained, and how disturbances in the trafficking machinery can lead to a polarity-associated disorder, microvillus inclusion disease (MVID). Furthermore, we discuss the recent developments in studying MVID, including the creation of genetically manipulated cell lines, mouse models and intestinal organoids, and their uses in basic and applied research. Summary: Microvillus inclusion disease serves as a useful model to enhance our understanding of the intestinal trafficking and polarity machinery in health and disease.
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- Kerstin Schneeberger
- Division of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands .,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Dhekne HS, Pylypenko O, Overeem AW, Zibouche M, Ferreira RJ, van der Velde KJ, Rings EHHM, Posovszky C, van der Sluijs P, Swertz MA, Houdusse A, van IJzendoorn SCD. MYO5B, STX3, and STXBP2 mutations reveal a common disease mechanism that unifies a subset of congenital diarrheal disorders: A mutation update. Hum Mutat 2018; 39:333-344. [PMID: 29266534 PMCID: PMC5838515 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a rare but fatal autosomal recessive congenital diarrheal disorder caused by MYO5B mutations. In 2013, we launched an open‐access registry for MVID patients and their MYO5B mutations (www.mvid-central.org). Since then, additional unique MYO5B mutations have been identified in MVID patients, but also in non‐MVID patients. Animal models have been generated that formally prove the causality between MYO5B and MVID. Importantly, mutations in two other genes, STXBP2 and STX3, have since been associated with variants of MVID, shedding new light on the pathogenesis of this congenital diarrheal disorder. Here, we review these additional genes and their mutations. Furthermore, we discuss recent data from cell studies that indicate that the three genes are functionally linked and, therefore, may constitute a common disease mechanism that unifies a subset of phenotypically linked congenital diarrheal disorders. We present new data based on patient material to support this. To congregate existing and future information on MVID geno‐/phenotypes, we have updated and expanded the MVID registry to include all currently known MVID‐associated gene mutations, their demonstrated or predicted functional consequences, and associated clinical information.
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- Herschel S Dhekne
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Structural Motility, Institute Curie, Centre de Reserche, Paris, France
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Genomics Coordination Center, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands,Cellular Protein Chemistry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Genomics Coordination Center, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Structural Motility, Institute Curie, Centre de Reserche, Paris, France
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Engevik AC, Goldenring JR. Trafficking Ion Transporters to the Apical Membrane of Polarized Intestinal Enterocytes. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2018; 10:cshperspect.a027979. [PMID: 28264818 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a027979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Epithelial cells lining the gastrointestinal tract require distinct apical and basolateral domains to function properly. Trafficking and insertion of enzymes and transporters into the apical brush border of intestinal epithelial cells is essential for effective digestion and absorption of nutrients. Specific critical ion transporters are delivered to the apical brush border to facilitate fluid and electrolyte uptake. Maintenance of these apical transporters requires both targeted delivery and regulated membrane recycling. Examination of altered apical trafficking in patients with Microvillus Inclusion disease caused by inactivating mutations in MYO5B has led to insights into the regulation of apical trafficking by elements of the apical recycling system. Modeling of MYO5B loss in cell culture and animal models has led to recognition of Rab11a and Rab8a as critical regulators of apical brush border function. All of these studies show the importance of apical membrane trafficking dynamics in maintenance of polarized epithelial cell function.
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- Amy Christine Engevik
- Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.,Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.,Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.,Nashville VA Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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Cheng Y, Liang H, Cai NL, Guo L, Huang YG, Song YZ. [Clinical features and MYO5B mutations of a family affected by microvillus inclusion disease]. ZHONGGUO DANG DAI ER KE ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS 2017; 19:968-974. [PMID: 28899465 PMCID: PMC7403068 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by biallelic mutations in the MYO5B or STX3 gene. Refractory diarrhea and malabsorption are the main clinical manifestations. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features and MYO5B gene mutations of an infant with MVID. A 21-day-old female infant was referred to the hospital with the complaint of diarrhea for 20 days. On physical examination, growth retardation of the body weight and length was found along with moderately jaundiced skin and sclera. Breath sounds were clear in the two lungs and the heart sounds were normal. The abdomen was distended and the veins in the abdominal wall were observed. The liver and spleen were not palpable. Biochemical analysis revealed raised serum total bile acids, bilirubin, transaminases and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase while decreased levels of serum sodium, chloride, phosphate and magnesium. Blood gas analysis indicated metabolic acidosis. The preliminary diagnosis was congenital diarrhea, and thus parenteral nutrition was given along with other symptomatic and supportive measures. However, diarrhea, metabolic acidosis and electrolyte disturbance were intractable, and the cholestatic indices, including transaminases, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, bilirubin and total bile acids, remained at increased levels. One month later, the patient was discharged and then lost contact. On genetic analysis, the infant was proved to be a compound heterozygote of the c.310+2Tdup and c.1966C>T(p.R656C) variants of the gene MYO5B, with c.310+2Tdup being a novel splice-site mutation. MVID was thus definitely diagnosed.
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- Ying Cheng
- Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
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Klunder LJ, Faber KN, Dijkstra G, van IJzendoorn SCD. Mechanisms of Cell Polarity-Controlled Epithelial Homeostasis and Immunity in the Intestine. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2017; 9:cshperspect.a027888. [PMID: 28213466 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a027888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Intestinal epithelial cell polarity is instrumental to maintain epithelial homeostasis and balance communications between the gut lumen and bodily tissue, thereby controlling the defense against gastrointestinal pathogens and maintenance of immune tolerance to commensal bacteria. In this review, we highlight recent advances with regard to the molecular mechanisms of cell polarity-controlled epithelial homeostasis and immunity in the human intestine.
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- Leon J Klunder
- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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New Insights and Perspectives in Congenital Diarrheal Disorders. CURRENT PEDIATRICS REPORTS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s40124-017-0136-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vogel GF, Hess MW, Pfaller K, Huber LA, Janecke AR, Müller T. Towards understanding microvillus inclusion disease. Mol Cell Pediatr 2016; 3:3. [PMID: 26830108 PMCID: PMC4733813 DOI: 10.1186/s40348-016-0031-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is characterised by onset of intractable life-threatening watery diarrhoea during infancy. Transmission electron microscopy demonstrates shortening or absence of apical microvilli, pathognomonic microvillus inclusions in mature enterocytes and subapical accumulation of periodic acid-Schiff-positive granules or vesicles confirming diagnosis. Mutations in MYO5B have been found to cause MVID. In two patients with MVID, whole-exome sequencing of DNA revealed homozygous truncating mutations in STX3. Mutations in these genes disrupt trafficking between apical cargo vesicles and the apical plasma membrane. Thus, disturbed delivery of certain brush border membrane proteins is a common defect in MVID.
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- Georg F Vogel
- Department of Paediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Paediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Paediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Román-Fernández A, Bryant DM. Complex Polarity: Building Multicellular Tissues Through Apical Membrane Traffic. Traffic 2016; 17:1244-1261. [PMID: 27281121 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The formation of distinct subdomains of the cell surface is crucial for multicellular organism development. The most striking example of this is apical-basal polarization. What is much less appreciated is that underpinning an asymmetric cell surface is an equally dramatic intracellular endosome rearrangement. Here, we review the interplay between classical cell polarity proteins and membrane trafficking pathways, and discuss how this marriage gives rise to cell polarization. We focus on those mechanisms that regulate apical polarization, as this is providing a number of insights into how membrane traffic and polarity are regulated at the tissue level.
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- Alvaro Román-Fernández
- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK.,Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK.,Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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Kravtsov DV, Ahsan MK, Kumari V, van Ijzendoorn SCD, Reyes-Mugica M, Kumar A, Gujral T, Dudeja PK, Ameen NA. Identification of intestinal ion transport defects in microvillus inclusion disease. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2016; 311:G142-55. [PMID: 27229121 PMCID: PMC4967175 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00041.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Loss of function mutations in the actin motor myosin Vb (Myo5b) lead to microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) and death in newborns and children. MVID results in secretory diarrhea, brush border (BB) defects, villus atrophy, and microvillus inclusions (MVIs) in enterocytes. How loss of Myo5b results in increased stool loss of chloride (Cl(-)) and sodium (Na(+)) is unknown. The present study used Myo5b loss-of-function human MVID intestine, polarized intestinal cell models of secretory crypt (T84) and villus resembling (CaCo2BBe, C2BBe) enterocytes lacking Myo5b in conjunction with immunofluorescence confocal stimulated emission depletion (gSTED) imaging, immunohistochemical staining, transmission electron microscopy, shRNA silencing, immunoblots, and electrophysiological approaches to examine the distribution, expression, and function of the major BB ion transporters NHE3 (Na(+)), CFTR (Cl(-)), and SLC26A3 (DRA) (Cl(-)/HCO3 (-)) that control intestinal fluid transport. We hypothesized that enterocyte maturation defects lead villus atrophy with immature secretory cryptlike enterocytes in the MVID epithelium. We investigated the role of Myo5b in enterocyte maturation. NHE3 and DRA localization and function were markedly reduced on the BB membrane of human MVID enterocytes and Myo5bKD C2BBe cells, while CFTR localization was preserved. Forskolin-stimulated CFTR ion transport in Myo5bKD T84 cells resembled that of control. Loss of Myo5b led to YAP1 nuclear retention, retarded enterocyte maturation, and a cryptlike phenotype. We conclude that preservation of functional CFTR in immature enterocytes, reduced functional expression of NHE3, and DRA contribute to Cl(-) and Na(+) stool loss in MVID diarrhea.
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- Dmitri V. Kravtsov
- 1Department of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut;
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- 1Department of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut;
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- 1Department of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut;
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- 2Department of Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;
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- 4Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois and Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; and
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- 4Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois and Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; and
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- 4Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois and Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; and
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- 1Department of Pediatrics/Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; ,5Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Zhang X, Gao N. RAB and RHO GTPases regulate intestinal crypt cell homeostasis and enterocyte function. Small GTPases 2016; 7:59-64. [PMID: 27142493 DOI: 10.1080/21541248.2016.1159274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Recent human and mouse genetic studies have highlighted important contributions of several small GTPases, in particular Rab8a, (1) Cdc42, (2-4) and Rab11a, (5-8) to the proper morphogenesis and function of the mature intestinal epithelia. Additional insights about the involvement of these factors in maintaining intestinal stem cell homeostasis have also been obtained. (9,10) These studies suggest a conserved vesicular and membrane trafficking program utilized by the gastrointestinal tissue to support the rapid epithelial cell turnover and the highly sophisticated physiology of mature epithelial cells.
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- Xiao Zhang
- a Department of Biological Sciences , Rutgers University , Newark , NJ , USA
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- a Department of Biological Sciences , Rutgers University , Newark , NJ , USA
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