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Holden K, Hartman AL. d-Leucine: Evaluation in an epilepsy model. Epilepsy Behav 2018; 78:202-209. [PMID: 29122492 PMCID: PMC5756680 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Current medicines do not provide sufficient seizure control for nearly one-third of patients with epilepsy. New options are needed to address this treatment gap. We recently found that the atypical amino acid d-leucine protected against acutely-induced seizures in mice, but its effect in chronic seizures has not been explored. We hypothesized that d-leucine would protect against spontaneous recurrent seizures. We also investigated whether mice lacking a previously-described d-leucine receptor (Tas1R2/R3) would be protected against acutely-induced seizures. METHODS Male FVB/NJ mice were subjected to kainic acid-induced status epilepticus and monitored by video-electroencephalography (EEG) (surgically implanted electrodes) for 4weeks before, during, and after treatment with d-leucine. Tas1R2/R3 knockout mice and controls underwent the maximal electroshock threshold (MES-T) and 6-Hz tests. RESULTS There was no difference in number of calendar days with seizures or seizure frequency with d-leucine treatment. In an exploratory analysis, mice treated with d-leucine had a lower number of dark cycles with seizures. Tas1R2/R3 knockout mice had elevated seizure thresholds in the MES-T test but not the 6-Hz test. CONCLUSIONS d-Leucine treatment was ineffective against chronic seizures after kainic acid-induced status epilepticus, but there was some efficacy during the dark cycle. Because d-leucine is highly concentrated in the pineal gland, these data suggest that d-leucine may be useful as a tool for studying circadian patterns in epilepsy. Deletion of the Tas1R2/R3 receptor protected against seizures in the MES-T test and, therefore, may be a novel target for treating seizures.
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- Kylie Holden
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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Green BG, Andrew K. Stimulus-Dependent Effects of Temperature on Bitter Taste in Humans. Chem Senses 2016; 42:153-160. [PMID: 28119357 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjw115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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This study investigated the effects of temperature on bitter taste in humans. The experiments were conducted within the context of current understanding of the neurobiology of bitter taste and recent evidence of stimulus-dependent effects of temperature on sweet taste. In the first experiment, the bitterness of caffeine and quinine sampled with the tongue tip was assessed at 4 different temperatures (10°, 21°, 30°, and 37 °C) following pre-exposure to the same solution or to water for 0, 3, or 10 s. The results showed that initial bitterness (0-s pre-exposure) followed an inverted U-shaped function of temperature for both stimuli, but the differences across temperature were statistically significant only for quinine. Conversely, temperature significantly affected adaptation to the bitterness of quinine but not caffeine. A second experiment used the same procedure to test 2 additional stimuli, naringin and denatonium benzoate. Temperature significantly affected the initial bitterness of both stimuli but had no effect on adaptation to either stimulus. These results confirm that like sweet taste, temperature affects bitter taste sensitivity and adaptation in stimulus-dependent ways. However, the thermal effect on quinine adaptation, which increased with warming, was opposite to what had been found previously for adaptation to sweetness. The implications of these results are discussed in relation to findings from prior studies of temperature and bitter taste in humans and the possible neurobiological mechanisms of gustatory thermal sensitivity.
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- Barry G Green
- The John B. Pierce Laboratory, 290 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, USA and .,Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- The John B. Pierce Laboratory, 290 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06519, USA and
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Malach E, Shaul ME, Peri I, Huang L, Spielman AI, Seger R, Naim M. Membrane-permeable tastants amplify β2-adrenergic receptor signaling and delay receptor desensitization via intracellular inhibition of GRK2's kinase activity. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1850:1375-88. [PMID: 25857770 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Amphipathic sweet and bitter tastants inhibit purified forms of the protein kinases GRK2, GRK5 and PKA activities. Here we tested whether membrane-permeable tastants may intracellularly interfere with GPCR desensitization at the whole cell context. METHODS β2AR-transfected cells and cells containing endogenous β2AR were preincubated with membrane-permeable or impermeable tastants and then stimulated with isoproterenol (ISO). cAMP formation, β2AR phosphorylation and β2AR internalization were monitored in response to ISO stimulation. IBMX and H89 inhibitors and GRK2 silencing were used to explore possible roles of PDE, PKA, and GRK2 in the tastants-mediated amplification of cAMP formation and the tastant delay of β2AR phosphorylation and internalization. RESULTS Membrane-permeable but not impermeable tastants amplified the ISO-stimulated cAMP formation in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Without ISO stimulation, amphipathic tastants, except caffeine, had no effect on cAMP formation. The amplification of ISO-stimulated cAMP formation by the amphipathic tastants was not affected by PDE and PKA activities, but was completely abolished by GRK2 silencing. Amphipathic tastants delayed the ISO-induced GRK-mediated phosphorylation of β2ARs and GRK2 silencing abolished it. Further, tastants also delayed the ISO-stimulated β2AR internalization. CONCLUSION Amphipathic tastants significantly amplify β2AR signaling and delay its desensitization via their intracellular inhibition of GRK2. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Commonly used amphipathic tastants may potentially affect similar GPCR pathways whose desensitization depends on GRK2's kinase activity. Because GRK2 also modulates phosphorylation of non-receptor components in multiple cellular pathways, these gut-absorbable tastants may permeate into various cells, and potentially affect GRK2-dependent phosphorylation processes in these cells as well.
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- Einav Malach
- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Regulation, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
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Saputra D, Yoon JH, Park H, Heo Y, Yang H, Lee EJ, Lee S, Song CW, Lee K. Inhalation of carbon black nanoparticles aggravates pulmonary inflammation in mice. Toxicol Res 2014; 30:83-90. [PMID: 25071917 PMCID: PMC4112069 DOI: 10.5487/tr.2014.30.2.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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An increasing number of recent studies have focused on the impact of particulate matter on human health. As a model for atmospheric particulate inhalation, we investigated the effects of inhaled carbon black nanoparticles (CBNP) on mice with bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. The CNBPs were generated by a novel aerosolization process, and the mice were exposed to the aerosol for 4 hours. We found that CBNP inhalation exacerbated lung inflammation, as evidenced by histopathology analysis and by the expression levels of interleukin-6 protein, fibronectin, and interferon-γ mRNAs in lung tissues. Notably, fibronectin mRNA expression showed a statistically significant increase in expression after CBNP exposure. These data suggest that the concentration of CBNPs delivered (calculated to be 12.5 μg/m(3)) can aggravate lung inflammation in mice. Our results also suggest that the inhalation of ultrafine particles like PM 2.5 is an impactful environmental risk factor for humans, particularly in susceptible populations with predisposing lung conditions.
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- Devina Saputra
- Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea ; Toxicology and Pharmacology, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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- Institute for Occupational Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea
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- Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea
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- Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea
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- Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea
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- Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea
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- Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea
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- Inhalation Toxicology Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea ; Toxicology and Pharmacology, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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Robery S, Tyson R, Dinh C, Kuspa A, Noegel AA, Bretschneider T, Andrews PLR, Williams RSB. A novel human receptor involved in bitter tastant detection identified using Dictyostelium discoideum. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:5465-76. [PMID: 24006265 PMCID: PMC4376016 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.136440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Detection of substances tasting bitter to humans occurs in diverse organisms including the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. To establish a molecular mechanism for bitter tastant detection in Dictyostelium, we screened a mutant library for resistance to a commonly used bitter standard, phenylthiourea. This approach identified a G-protein-coupled receptor mutant, grlJ(-), which showed a significantly increased tolerance to phenylthiourea in growth, survival and movement. This mutant was not resistant to a structurally dissimilar potent bitter tastant, denatonium benzoate, suggesting it is not a target for at least one other bitter tastant. Analysis of the cell-signalling pathway involved in the detection of phenylthiourea showed dependence upon heterotrimeric G protein and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity, suggesting that this signalling pathway is responsible for the cellular effects of phenylthiourea. This is further supported by a phenylthiourea-dependent block in the transient cAMP-induced production of phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PIP3) in wild-type but not grlJ(-) cells. Finally, we have identified an uncharacterized human protein γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type B receptor subunit 1 isoform with weak homology to GrlJ that restored grlJ(-) sensitivity to phenylthiourea in cell movement and PIP3 regulation. Our results thus identify a novel pathway for the detection of the standard bitter tastant phenylthiourea in Dictyostelium and implicate a poorly characterized human protein in phenylthiourea-dependent cell responses.
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- Steven Robery
- Centre for Biomedical Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
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- Warwick Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Warwick Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
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- Centre for Biomedical Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
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Mubashshir MD, Ahmed F, Sumoona S, Ovais M. Analyzing the responses of saccharin in context with melatonin receptors on the melanophores of the fish Labeo rohita (Ham.). J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2012; 32:114-9. [PMID: 22404113 DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2012.660533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The hormone melatonin regulates the biological clock and assist in various other physiologies of vertebrates. Present work is intended to check the affinity of saccharin towards the melatonin receptors and the possible role of saccharin interference in the melatonin physiology. The present in vitro study is based on the working model of isolated scale melanophores in the dorso-lateral region of Labeo rohita. The pigment cells were incubated in the agonist and the antagonists within a limited time frame and subsequently their Melanophore Size Index (MSI) were calculated. The inferences were drafted through the observed signal transduction upshots in pigment translocations within the melanophores. Saccharin, in a wide dose range, has consistently induced a concentration-related aggregation similar to the aggregatory effect as shown by melatonin on the melanophores. Binding of saccharin with the receptors and eliciting its aggregatory effect is partially dependent on the release of neurotransmitters. The aggregatory effects were found to be significantly blocked by luzindole, K185, and prazosin, which are the potent melatonin receptor blockers, at the higher concentrations of saccharin. Hence, all the three subtypes of melatonin receptors viz. MT₁, MT₂, and MT₃ are participating in saccharin-mediated aggregations. Blocking by neomycin shows that Ca²⁺ ions are very crucial in dispensing the aggregatory effect of the sweetener. This research demands that an intensive and careful thorough study should be made about saccharin, specifically its effects upon melatonin physiology, before its unwarranted use as the food ingredients for human use.
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- M D Mubashshir
- Department of Biosciences, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India
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Stimulation of the extracellular Ca2+-sensing receptor by denatonium. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 416:433-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.11.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Mubashshir M, Ahmed F, Ovais M. Study of the effects of the casein derived bitter tastant on the melanophores in milieu with the melatonin receptors. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2011; 31:381-6. [PMID: 21929292 DOI: 10.3109/10799893.2011.610106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to ascertain whether the casein derived bitter tastant Cyclo (Leu-Trp) [CLT] has an affinity or not for the particular receptors of the pineal hormone, melatonin, on the melanophores of a major carp Labeo rohita (Ham.). The bitter tastant CLT, in the dose range of 3.34×10(-16) M to 3.34×10(-4) M, has induced an aggregatory effect but not in a dose dependent manner. Binding of CLT with the receptors may vary at different concentrations. Denervation of the melanophores has shown a complete inhibition of the CLT mediated aggregation. Prazosin has partially inhibited the aggregatory effect of CLT. Moreover, the bitter tastant's response is mediated through the α2 adrenoceptors only at particular dose ranges. The MT1 and MT2 melatonin receptor antagonist luzindole and the MT2 specific antagonist K185 have perfectly blocked the aggregatory effects of CLT. We have found that the CLT mediated aggregatory effect is dependent upon the release of neurotransmitters and the two subtypes of melatonin (MT) receptors (MT1 and MT2) possess a perfect affinity towards the bitter tastant CLT. Our study demands a need to further make a clinical research on the effects of bitter tastants on the physiology of the biological rhythm maintaining hormone melatonin.
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- Md Mubashshir
- Department of Biosciences, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, MP, India.
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Moodley Y, Ilancheran S, Samuel C, Vaghjiani V, Atienza D, Williams ED, Jenkin G, Wallace E, Trounson A, Manuelpillai U. Human amnion epithelial cell transplantation abrogates lung fibrosis and augments repair. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010; 182:643-51. [PMID: 20522792 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201001-0014oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Chronic lung disease characterized by loss of lung tissue, inflammation, and fibrosis represents a major global health burden. Cellular therapies that could restore pneumocytes and reduce inflammation and fibrosis would be a major advance in management. OBJECTIVES To determine whether human amnion epithelial cells (hAECs), isolated from term placenta and having stem cell-like and antiinflammatory properties, could adopt an alveolar epithelial phenotype and repair a murine model of bleomycin-induced lung injury. METHODS Primary hAECs were cultured in small airway growth medium to determine whether the cells could adopt an alveolar epithelial phenotype. Undifferentiated primary hAECs were also injected parenterally into SCID mice after bleomycin-induced lung injury and analyzed for production of surfactant protein (SP)-A, SP-B, SP-C, and SP-D. Mouse lungs were also analyzed for inflammation and collagen deposition. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS hAECs grown in small airway growth medium developed an alveolar epithelial phenotype with lamellar body formation, production of SPs A-D, and SP-D secretion. Although hAECs injected into mice lacked SPs, hAECs recovered from mouse lungs 2 weeks post-transplantation produced SPs. hAECs remained engrafted over the 4-week test period. hAEC administration reduced inflammation in association with decreased monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IL-1 and -6, and profibrotic transforming growth factor-beta in mouse lungs. In addition, lung collagen content was significantly reduced by hAEC treatment as a possible consequence of increased degradation by matrix metalloproteinase-2 and down-regulation of the tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase-1 and 2. CONCLUSIONS hAECs offer promise as a cellular therapy for alveolar restitution and to reduce lung inflammation and fibrosis.
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- Yuben Moodley
- F.R.A.C.P. School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, 50 Murray Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia.
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Meyerhof W, Batram C, Kuhn C, Brockhoff A, Chudoba E, Bufe B, Appendino G, Behrens M. The Molecular Receptive Ranges of Human TAS2R Bitter Taste Receptors. Chem Senses 2009; 35:157-70. [DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 757] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Plonka PM, Passeron T, Brenner M, Tobin DJ, Shibahara S, Thomas A, Slominski A, Kadekaro AL, Hershkovitz D, Peters E, Nordlund JJ, Abdel-Malek Z, Takeda K, Paus R, Ortonne JP, Hearing VJ, Schallreuter KU. What are melanocytes really doing all day long...? Exp Dermatol 2009; 18:799-819. [PMID: 19659579 PMCID: PMC2792575 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00912.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Everyone knows and seems to agree that melanocytes are there to generate melanin - an intriguing, but underestimated multipurpose molecule that is capable of doing far more than providing pigment and UV protection to skin (1). What about the cell that generates melanin, then? Is this dendritic, neural crest-derived cell still serving useful (or even important) functions when no-one looks at the pigmentation of our skin and its appendages and when there is essentially no UV exposure? In other words, what do epidermal and hair follicle melanocytes do in their spare time - at night, under your bedcover? How much of the full portfolio of physiological melanocyte functions in mammalian skin has really been elucidated already? Does the presence or absence of melanocytes matter for normal epidermal and/or hair follicle functions (beyond pigmentation and UV protection), and for skin immune responses? Do melanocytes even deserve as much credit for UV protection as conventional wisdom attributes to them? In which interactions do these promiscuous cells engage with their immediate epithelial environment and who is controlling whom? What lessons might be distilled from looking at lower vertebrate melanophores and at extracutaneous melanocytes in the endeavour to reveal the 'secret identity' of melanocytes? The current Controversies feature explores these far too infrequently posed, biologically and clinically important questions. Complementing a companion viewpoint essay on malignant melanocytes (2), this critical re-examination of melanocyte biology provides a cornucopia of old, but under-appreciated concepts and novel ideas on the slowly emerging complexity of physiological melanocyte functions, and delineates important, thought-provoking questions that remain to be definitively answered by future research.
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- P M Plonka
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, PL-30-387 Kraków, Poland.
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Pulmonary fibrosis and architectural remodeling of tissues can severely disrupt lung function, often with fatal consequences. The etiology of pulmonary fibrotic diseases is varied, with an array of triggers including allergens, chemicals, radiation and environmental particles. However, the cause of one of the most common pulmonary fibrotic conditions, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), is still unclear. This review examines common mechanisms of pulmonary wound-healing responses following lung injury, and highlights the pathogenesis of some of the most widespread pulmonary fibrotic diseases. A three phase model of wound repair is reviewed that includes; (1) injury; (2) inflammation; and (3) repair. In most pulmonary fibrotic conditions dysregulation at one or more of these phases has been reported. Chronic inflammation can lead to an imbalance in the production of chemokines, cytokines, growth factors, and disrupt cellular recruitment. These changes coupled with excessive pro-fibrotic IL-13 and/or TGFbeta1 production can turn a well-controlled healing response into a pathogenic fibrotic response. Endogenous regulatory mechanisms are discussed including novel areas of therapeutic intervention. Restoring homeostasis to these dysregulated healing responses, or simply neutralizing the key pro-fibrotic mediators may prevent or slow the progression of pulmonary fibrosis.
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Emmez H, Kardes O, Dogulu F, Kurt G, Memis L, Baykaner MK. ROLE OF ANTIFIBROTIC CYTOKINE INTERFERON-γ IN THE PREVENTION OF POSTLAMINECTOMY PERIDURAL FIBROSIS IN RATS. Neurosurgery 2008; 62:1351-7; discussion 1357-8. [DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000333307.02802.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Riera CE, Vogel H, Simon SA, le Coutre J. Artificial sweeteners and salts producing a metallic taste sensation activate TRPV1 receptors. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R626-34. [PMID: 17567713 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00286.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Throughout the world many people use artificial sweeteners (AS) for the purpose of reducing caloric intake. The most prominently used of these molecules include saccharin, aspartame (Nutrasweet), acesulfame-K, and cyclamate. Despite the caloric advantage they provide, one key concern in their use is their aversive aftertaste that has been characterized on a sensory level as bitter and/or metallic. Recently, it has been shown that the activation of particular T2R bitter taste receptors is partially involved with the bitter aftertaste sensation of saccharin and acesulfame-K. To more fully understand the biology behind these phenomena we have addressed the question of whether AS could stimulate transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) receptors, as these receptors are activated by a large range of structurally different chemicals. Moreover, TRPV1 receptors and/or their variants are found in taste receptor cells and in nerve terminals throughout the oral cavity. Hence, TRPV1 activation could be involved in the AS aftertaste or even contribute to the poorly understood metallic taste sensation. Using Ca(2+) imaging on TRPV1 receptors heterologously expressed in the human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells and on dissociated primary sensory neurons, we find that in both systems, AS activate TRPV1 receptors, and, moreover, they sensitize these channels to acid and heat. We also found that TRPV1 receptors are activated by CuSO(4), ZnSO(4), and FeSO(4), three salts known to produce a metallic taste sensation. In summary, our results identify a novel group of compounds that activate TRPV1 and, consequently, provide a molecular mechanism that may account for off tastes of sweeteners and metallic tasting salts.
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- Céline E Riera
- Nestlé Research Center, P.O. Box 44, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
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Golan-Gerstl R, Wallach-Dayan SB, Amir G, Breuer R. Epithelial cell apoptosis by fas ligand-positive myofibroblasts in lung fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006; 36:270-5. [PMID: 16990614 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2006-0133oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The Fas/Fas ligand (FasL) apoptotic pathway has been shown to be involved in bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis. We examined the hypothesis that myofibroblasts from fibrotic lungs possess a cytotoxic phenotype that causes apoptosis of epithelial cells via the Fas/FasL pathway. We show in vivo epithelial cell apoptosis and associated upregulation of Fas and apoptotic Fas pathway genes in epithelial cells of lungs with bleomycin-induced fibrosis. In addition, we show that FasL surface molecules are overexpressed on alpha-SMA-positive cells in mice with bleomycin-induced fibrosis, and in humans with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. This enables the molecules to kill Fas-positive epithelial cells. In contrast, FasL-deficient myofibroblasts lose this myofibroblast cytotoxic phenotype, both in vivo and in vitro. In vivo, there was no bleomycin-induced epithelial cell apoptosis, as assessed by specific M30 staining in chimeric FasL-deficient mice that lacked FasL-positive myofibroblasts. In vitro, FasL-positive, but not FasL-negative myofibroblasts, induce mouse lung epithelial cell apoptosis. Thus myofibroblast cytotoxicity may underlie the absence of re-epithelialization, resulting in persistent lung fibrosis.
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- Regina Golan-Gerstl
- Lung Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Zubare-Samuelov M, Shaul ME, Peri I, Aliluiko A, Tirosh O, Naim M. Inhibition of signal termination-related kinases by membrane-permeant bitter and sweet tastants: potential role in taste signal termination. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C483-92. [PMID: 15829560 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00547.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sweet and bitter taste sensations are believed to be initiated by the tastant-stimulated T1R and T2R G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) subfamilies, respectively, which occur in taste cells. Although such tastants, with their significantly diverse chemical structures (e.g., sugar and nonsugar sweeteners), may share the same or similar T1Rs, some nonsugar sweeteners and many bitter tastants are amphipathic and produce a significant delay in taste termination (lingering aftertaste). We report that such tastants may permeate rat taste bud cells rapidly in vivo and inhibit known signal termination-related kinases in vitro, such as GPCR kinase (GRK)2, GRK5, and PKA. GRK5 and perhaps GRK2 and GRK6 are present in taste cells. A new hypothesis is proposed in which membrane-permeant tastants not only interact with taste GPCRs but also interact intracellularly with the receptors' downstream shutoff components to inhibit signal termination.
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Affiliation(s)
- Meirav Zubare-Samuelov
- Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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