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Sullivan JM, Bagnell AM, Alevy J, Avila EM, Mihaljević L, Saavedra-Rivera PC, Kong L, Huh JS, McCray BA, Aisenberg WH, Zuberi AR, Bogdanik L, Lutz CM, Qiu Z, Quinlan KA, Searson PC, Sumner CJ. Gain-of-function mutations of TRPV4 acting in endothelial cells drive blood-CNS barrier breakdown and motor neuron degeneration in mice. Sci Transl Med 2024; 16:eadk1358. [PMID: 38776392 PMCID: PMC11316273 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adk1358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
Blood-CNS barrier disruption is a hallmark of numerous neurological disorders, yet whether barrier breakdown is sufficient to trigger neurodegenerative disease remains unresolved. Therapeutic strategies to mitigate barrier hyperpermeability are also limited. Dominant missense mutations of the cation channel transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) cause forms of hereditary motor neuron disease. To gain insights into the cellular basis of these disorders, we generated knock-in mouse models of TRPV4 channelopathy by introducing two disease-causing mutations (R269C and R232C) into the endogenous mouse Trpv4 gene. TRPV4 mutant mice exhibited weakness, early lethality, and regional motor neuron loss. Genetic deletion of the mutant Trpv4 allele from endothelial cells (but not neurons, glia, or muscle) rescued these phenotypes. Symptomatic mutant mice exhibited focal disruptions of blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) integrity, associated with a gain of function of mutant TRPV4 channel activity in neural vascular endothelial cells (NVECs) and alterations of NVEC tight junction structure. Systemic administration of a TRPV4-specific antagonist abrogated channel-mediated BSCB impairments and provided a marked phenotypic rescue of symptomatic mutant mice. Together, our findings show that mutant TRPV4 channels can drive motor neuron degeneration in a non-cell autonomous manner by precipitating focal breakdown of the BSCB. Further, these data highlight the reversibility of TRPV4-mediated BSCB impairments and identify a potential therapeutic strategy for patients with TRPV4 mutations.
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- Jeremy M. Sullivan
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rhode Island; Kingston, RI 02881, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island; Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- George and Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rhode Island; Kingston, RI 02881, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island; Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Institute for Nanobiotechnology, Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Zhang Y, Xue J, Zhu W, Wang H, Xi P, Tian D. TRPV4 in adipose tissue ameliorates diet-induced obesity by promoting white adipocyte browning. Transl Res 2024; 266:16-31. [PMID: 37926276 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2023.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
The induction of adipocyte browning to increase energy expenditure is a promising strategy to combat obesity. Transient receptor potential channel V4 (TRPV4) functions as a nonselective cation channel in various cells and plays physiological roles in osmotic and thermal sensations. However, the function of TRPV4 in energy metabolism remains controversial. This study revealed the role of TRPV4 in adipose tissue in the development of obesity. Adipose-specific TRPV4 overexpression protected mice against diet-induced obesity (DIO) and promoted white fat browning. TRPV4 overexpression was also associated with decreased adipose inflammation and improved insulin sensitivity. Mechanistically, TRPV4 could directly promote white adipocyte browning via the AKT pathway. Consistently, adipose-specific TRPV4 knockout exacerbated DIO with impaired thermogenesis and activated inflammation. Corroborating our findings in mice, TRPV4 expression was low in the white adipose tissue of obese people. Our results positioned TRPV4 as a potential regulator of obesity and energy expenditure in mice and humans.
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- Yan Zhang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300203, China
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- Department of Pathology, Handan Central Hospital, Handan, Hebei 057150, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Third Hospital of Nanchang, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330008, China
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- Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300203, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300203, China; Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
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Benzi A, Heine M, Spinelli S, Salis A, Worthmann A, Diercks B, Astigiano C, Pérez Mato R, Memushaj A, Sturla L, Vellone V, Damonte G, Jaeckstein MY, Koch-Nolte F, Mittrücker HW, Guse AH, De Flora A, Heeren J, Bruzzone S. The TRPM2 ion channel regulates metabolic and thermogenic adaptations in adipose tissue of cold-exposed mice. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 14:1251351. [PMID: 38390373 PMCID: PMC10882718 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1251351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Introduction During thermogenesis, adipose tissue (AT) becomes more active and enhances oxidative metabolism. The promotion of this process in white AT (WAT) is called "browning" and, together with the brown AT (BAT) activation, is considered as a promising approach to counteract obesity and metabolic diseases. Transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily M, member 2 (TRPM2), is an ion channel that allows extracellular Ca2+ influx into the cytosol, and is gated by adenosine diphosphate ribose (ADPR), produced from NAD+ degradation. The aim of this study was to investigate the relevance of TRPM2 in the regulation of energy metabolism in BAT, WAT, and liver during thermogenesis. Methods Wild type (WT) and Trpm2-/- mice were exposed to 6°C and BAT, WAT and liver were collected to evaluate mRNA, protein levels and ADPR content. Furthermore, O2 consumption, CO2 production and energy expenditure were measured in these mice upon thermogenic stimulation. Finally, the effect of the pharmacological inhibition of TRPM2 was assessed in primary adipocytes, evaluating the response upon stimulation with the β-adrenergic receptor agonist CL316,243. Results Trpm2-/- mice displayed lower expression of browning markers in AT and lower energy expenditure in response to thermogenic stimulus, compared to WT animals. Trpm2 gene overexpression was observed in WAT, BAT and liver upon cold exposure. In addition, ADPR levels and mono/poly-ADPR hydrolases expression were higher in mice exposed to cold, compared to control mice, likely mediating ADPR generation. Discussion Our data indicate TRPM2 as a fundamental player in BAT activation and WAT browning. TRPM2 agonists may represent new pharmacological strategies to fight obesity.
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- Andrea Benzi
- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Nephrology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
- Pathology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine-Section of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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Tranter JD, Kumar A, Nair VK, Sah R. Mechanosensing in Metabolism. Compr Physiol 2023; 14:5269-5290. [PMID: 38158369 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c230005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Electrical mechanosensing is a process mediated by specialized ion channels, gated directly or indirectly by mechanical forces, which allows cells to detect and subsequently respond to mechanical stimuli. The activation of mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels, intrinsically gated by mechanical forces, or mechanoresponsive (MR) ion channels, indirectly gated by mechanical forces, results in electrical signaling across lipid bilayers, such as the plasma membrane. While the functions of mechanically gated channels within a sensory context (e.g., proprioception and touch) are well described, there is emerging data demonstrating functions beyond touch and proprioception, including mechanoregulation of intracellular signaling and cellular/systemic metabolism. Both MR and MS ion channel signaling have been shown to contribute to the regulation of metabolic dysfunction, including obesity, insulin resistance, impaired insulin secretion, and inflammation. This review summarizes our current understanding of the contributions of several MS/MR ion channels in cell types implicated in metabolic dysfunction, namely, adipocytes, pancreatic β-cells, hepatocytes, and skeletal muscle cells, and discusses MS/MR ion channels as possible therapeutic targets. © 2024 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 14:5269-5290, 2024.
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- John D Tranter
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- St. Louis VA Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Yamashita Y, Takeuchi T, Endo Y, Goto A, Uno M, Sakaki S, Yamaguchi Y, Takenaka H, Yamashita H. The effect of Dunaliella tertiolecta supplementation on diet-induced obesity in UCP1-deficient mice. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2023; 88:16-25. [PMID: 37777845 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbad138] [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: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
Abstract
We previously demonstrated that dietary supplementation with Dunaliella tertiolecta (DT) increases uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) expression in brown adipose tissue (BAT) and improves diet-induced obesity (DIO) in C57BL/6 J mice at thermoneutrality (30 °C). Here, we investigated whether DT improves DIO in a thermoneutral UCP1-deficient (KO) animal. KO mice were fed a high-fat diet supplemented with DT for 12 weeks. Compared to control group without DT, body weight was significantly reduced in DT group with no difference in food intake. Dunaliella tertiolecta-supplemented mice exhibited lower adiposity and well-maintained multilocular morphology in BAT, in which a significant increase in gene expression of PR domain containing 16 was detected in DT group compared to control group. Moreover, increase in UCP2 level and/or decrease in ribosomal protein S6 phosphorylation were detected in adipose tissues of DT group relative to control group. These results suggest that DT supplementation improves DIO by stimulating UCP1-independent energy dissipation at thermoneutrality.
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- Yukari Yamashita
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- MAC Gifu Research Institute, MicroAlgae Corporation , Gifu, Japan
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- MAC Gifu Research Institute, MicroAlgae Corporation , Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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Shu Y, Gumma N, Hassan F, Branch DA, Baer LA, Ostrowski MC, Stanford KI, Baskin KK, Mehta KD. Hepatic protein kinase Cbeta deficiency mitigates late-onset obesity. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104917. [PMID: 37315788 PMCID: PMC10393818 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104917] [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: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Although aging is associated with progressive adiposity and a decline in liver function, the underlying molecular mechanisms and metabolic interplay are incompletely understood. Here, we demonstrate that aging induces hepatic protein kinase Cbeta (PKCβ) expression, while hepatocyte PKCβ deficiency (PKCβHep-/-) in mice significantly attenuates obesity in aged mice fed a high-fat diet. Compared with control PKCβfl/fl mice, PKCβHep-/- mice showed elevated energy expenditure with augmentation of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production which was dependent on β3-adrenergic receptor signaling, thereby favoring negative energy balance. This effect was accompanied by induction of thermogenic genes in brown adipose tissue (BAT) and increased BAT respiratory capacity, as well as a shift to oxidative muscle fiber type with an improved mitochondrial function, thereby enhancing oxidative capacity of thermogenic tissues. Furthermore, in PKCβHep-/- mice, we determined that PKCβ overexpression in the liver mitigated elevated expression of thermogenic genes in BAT. In conclusion, our study thus establishes hepatocyte PKCβ induction as a critical component of pathophysiological energy metabolism by promoting progressive hepatic and extrahepatic metabolic derangements in energy homeostasis, contributing to late-onset obesity. These findings have potential implications for augmenting thermogenesis as a means of combating aging-induced obesity.
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- Yaoling Shu
- Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Holling Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Physiology & Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Division of Metabolic Syndrome, Instacare Therapeutics, Dublin, Ohio, USA.
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Study on the role of calcium channel protein TRPV4 in the inflammatory pathway of type 2 diabetic adipose tissue based on gene databases. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 639:161-168. [PMID: 36495765 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.11.078] [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: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic inflammation of adipose tissue may be one of the key factors contributing to the development of insulin resistance in T2DM adipose tissue. Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 (TRPV4) can be involved in a variety of cellular inflammatory responses. In this study, we evaluated the role of TRPV4 channelin in the T2DM adipose tissue inflammatory pathway. METHODS Based on the gene expression profiling data of the public database, bioinformatics methods were used to screen the target gene population of the TRPV4 channel protein involved in the regulation of T2DM fat cells. A mature adipocyte model was constructed to verify the expression level of target genes and to evaluate the regulatory effect of TRPV4 channel inhibition on target genes of inflammation-related pathways. RESULTS In shTRPV4 adipocytes, 144 genes with downregulation expression were screened, a PPI network was constructed and a core module containing 15 genes was screened out, and the core genes were mainly enriched in the Toll-like receptor signaling pathway through enrichment analysis. Constructing a mature adipocyte model found that the TRPV4 inhibitor HC067047 inhibited the effect of upregulation of the expression level of the relevant gene in the signaling pathway. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the expression of highly expressed pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in T2DM adipose tissue decreases after inhibiting the expression of TRPV4 in adipocytes, suggesting that TRPV4 may become a potential drug target for the treatment of T2DM.
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Endo Y, Hashimoto M, Kusudo T, Okada T, Takeuchi T, Goto A, Yamashita H. CREG1 improves diet-induced obesity via uncoupling protein 1-dependent manner in mice. Genes Cells 2022; 27:202-213. [PMID: 35007381 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12920] [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: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Thermogenic brown and beige adipocytes express uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) and stimulate energy metabolism, protecting against obesity and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Cellular repressor of E1A-stimulated genes 1 (CREG1) can stimulate thermogenic fat formation, induce UCP1, and reduce diet-induced obesity (DIO) in mice at normal room temperature. In this study, we investigated the effect of CREG1 administration and the importance of UCP1 in DIO inhibition under thermoneutral conditions at 30°C, which attenuate thermogenic fat formation. Interestingly, subcutaneous administration of recombinant CREG1 protein via an osmotic pump in C57BL/6J mice for four weeks increased UCP1 expression in interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT), inhibited visceral white fat hypertrophy with partial browning, and reduced DIO compared with that in PBS-treated mice. The mRNA expression of energy metabolism-related genes was significantly increased in the IBAT of CREG1-treated mice compared to that in PBS-treated mice. In contrast, adipocyte-specific overexpression of CREG1 failed to improve DIO in UCP1-knockout mice at thermoneutrality. Our results indicate the therapeutic potential of CREG1 administration for obesity under thermogenic fat-attenuating conditions and highlight the indispensable role of UCP1 in the DIO-inhibitory effect of CREG1.
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- Yuki Endo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
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Hayakawa S, Tanaka T, Ogawa R, Ito S, Ueno S, Koyama H, Tomotaka O, Sagawa H, Tanaka T, Iwakura H, Takahashi H, Matsuo Y, Mitsui A, Kimura M, Takahashi S, Takiguchi S. Potential Role of TRPV4 in Stretch-Induced Ghrelin Secretion and Obesity. Int J Endocrinol 2022; 2022:7241275. [PMID: 36397882 PMCID: PMC9666045 DOI: 10.1155/2022/7241275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Obesity is an important health problem, which can be prevented through appetite control. Ghrelin is an appetite-stimulating hormone considered to promote obesity. Thus, we examined whether gastric stretching affects ghrelin secretion. We investigated the role of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) in gastric glands in the regulation of ghrelin secretion. TRPV4 immunostaining was performed in tissue samples from 57 patients who underwent gastrectomy. TRPV4 expression was compared between patients with (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30) and without (BMI <30) obesity. For in vitro experiments, we used MGN3-1 cells, a ghrelin-producing cell line derived from mice. To investigate the bioactivity of TRPV4, MGN3-1 cells were treated with TRPV4 agonists and antagonists, and changes in intracellular Ca2+ concentration were confirmed. The concentration of ghrelin in the cell supernatant was measured using the ELISA with and without 120% stretch stimulation. TRPV4 expression was significantly higher in patients with obesity than in those without at all sites, except the fornix. Immunostaining confirmed the expression of TRPV4 in MGN3-1 cells. TRPV4 agonist administration increased intracellular Ca2+ concentration and ghrelin secretion in MGN3-1 cells, whereas the administration of the agonist combined with the antagonist decreased intracellular Ca2+ concentration and ghrelin secretion. Ghrelin secretion significantly increased in response to a 120% stretch in MGN3-1 cells. However, secretion was not increased by stretch when cells were treated with a TRPV4 antagonist. TRPV4 regulates ghrelin secretion in response to stretch in the stomach, which may affect body weight.
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- Shunsuke Hayakawa
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Wakayama Medical University, Kimiidera, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Experimental Pathology and Tumor Biology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Kusudo T, Okada T, Hashimoto M, Takeuchi T, Endo Y, Niwa A, Yamashita H. CREG1 administration stimulates BAT thermogenesis and improves diet-induced obesity in mice. J Biochem 2021; 171:63-73. [PMID: 34647124 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvab106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Brown and beige adipocytes, which express thermogenic uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1), stimulate glucose and lipid metabolism, improving obesity and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Overexpression of cellular repressor of E1A-stimulated genes 1 (CREG1) promotes adipose tissue browning and inhibits diet-induced obesity (DIO) in mice. In this study, we investigated the effects of CREG1 administration on DIO inhibition and adipose browning. Subcutaneous administration of recombinant CREG1 protein to C57BL/6 mice stimulated UCP1 expression in interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) and improved DIO, glucose tolerance, and fatty liver compared with those in PBS-treated mice. Injection of Creg1-expressing adenovirus into inguinal white adipose tissue (IWAT) significantly increased browning and mRNA expression of beige adipocyte marker genes compared with that in mice injected with control virus. The effect of Creg1 induction on beige adipocyte differentiation was supported in primary culture using preadipocytes isolated from IWAT of Creg1-transgenic mice compared with that of wild-type mice. Our results indicate a therapeutic effect of CREG1 on obesity and its associated pathology and a potential of CREG1 to stimulate brown/beige adipocyte formation.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan
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Sánchez JC, Valencia-Vásquez A, García AM. Role of TRPV4 Channel in Human White Adipocytes Metabolic Activity. Endocrinol Metab (Seoul) 2021; 36:997-1006. [PMID: 34648704 PMCID: PMC8566118 DOI: 10.3803/enm.2021.1167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Intracellular calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis plays an essential role in adipocyte metabolism and its alteration is associated with obesity and related disorders. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channels are an important Ca2+ pathway in adipocytes and their activity is regulated by metabolic mediators such as insulin. In this study, we evaluated the role of TRPV4 channels in metabolic activity and adipokine secretion in human white adipocytes. METHODS Human white adipocytes were freshly cultured and the effects of the activation and inhibition of TRPV4 channels on lipolysis, glucose uptake, lactate production, and leptin and adiponectin secretion were evaluated. RESULTS Under basal and isoproterenol-stimulated conditions, TRPV4 activation by GSK1016709A decreased lipolysis whereas HC067047, an antagonist, increased lipolysis. The activation of TRPV4 resulted in increased glucose uptake and lactate production under both basal conditions and insulin-stimulated conditions; in contrast HC067047 decreased both parameters. Leptin production was increased, and adiponectin production was diminished by TRPV4 activation and its inhibition had the opposite effect. CONCLUSION Our results suggested that TRPV4 channels are metabolic mediators involved in proadipogenic processes and glucose metabolism in adipocyte biology. TRPV4 channels could be a potential pharmacological target to treat metabolic disorders.
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- Julio C Sánchez
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Technological University of Pereira, La Julita, Pereira, Colombia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Technological University of Pereira, La Julita, Pereira, Colombia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Technological University of Pereira, La Julita, Pereira, Colombia
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Sun W, Luo Y, Zhang F, Tang S, Zhu T. Involvement of TRP Channels in Adipocyte Thermogenesis: An Update. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:686173. [PMID: 34249940 PMCID: PMC8264417 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.686173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Obesity prevalence became a severe global health problem and it is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a major site of mammalian non-shivering thermogenesis or energy dissipation. Thus, modulation of BAT thermogenesis might be a promising application for body weight control and obesity prevention. TRP channels are non-selective calcium-permeable cation channels mainly located on the plasma membrane. As a research focus, TRP channels have been reported to be involved in the thermogenesis of adipose tissue, energy metabolism and body weight regulation. In this review, we will summarize and update the recent progress of the pathological/physiological involvement of TRP channels in adipocyte thermogenesis. Moreover, we will discuss the potential of TRP channels as future therapeutic targets for preventing and combating human obesity and related-metabolic disorders.
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- Wuping Sun
- Department of Pain Medicine and Shenzhen Municipal Key Laboratory for Pain Medicine, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Dupont C, Novak K, Denman K, Myers JH, Sullivan JM, Walker PV, Brown NL, Ladle DR, Bogdanik L, Lutz CM, A Voss A, Sumner CJ, Rich MM. TRPV4 Antagonism Prevents Mechanically Induced Myotonia. Ann Neurol 2020; 88:297-308. [PMID: 32418267 PMCID: PMC7657963 DOI: 10.1002/ana.25780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Myotonia is caused by involuntary firing of skeletal muscle action potentials and causes debilitating stiffness. Current treatments are insufficiently efficacious and associated with side effects. Myotonia can be triggered by voluntary movement (electrically induced myotonia) or percussion (mechanically induced myotonia). Whether distinct molecular mechanisms underlie these triggers is unknown. Our goal was to identify ion channels involved in mechanically induced myotonia and to evaluate block of the channels involved as a novel approach to therapy. METHODS We developed a novel system to enable study of mechanically induced myotonia using both genetic and pharmacologic mouse models of myotonia congenita. We extended ex vivo studies of excitability to in vivo studies of muscle stiffness. RESULTS As previous work suggests activation of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channels by mechanical stimuli in muscle, we examined the role of this cation channel. Mechanically induced myotonia was markedly suppressed in TRPV4-null muscles and in muscles treated with TRPV4 small molecule antagonists. The suppression of mechanically induced myotonia occurred without altering intrinsic muscle excitability, such that myotonia triggered by firing of action potentials (electrically induced myotonia) was unaffected. When injected intraperitoneally, TRPV4 antagonists lessened the severity of myotonia in vivo by approximately 80%. INTERPRETATION These data demonstrate that there are distinct molecular mechanisms triggering electrically induced and mechanically induced myotonia. Our data indicates that activation of TRPV4 during muscle contraction plays an important role in triggering myotonia in vivo. Elimination of mechanically induced myotonia by TRPV4 inhibition offers a new approach to treating myotonia. ANN NEUROL 2020;88:297-308.
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- Chris Dupont
- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
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Zaccor NW, Sumner CJ, Snyder SH. The nonselective cation channel TRPV4 inhibits angiotensin II receptors. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:9986-9997. [PMID: 32493776 PMCID: PMC7380189 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a ubiquitously expressed family of receptor proteins that regulate many physiological functions and other proteins. They act through two dissociable signaling pathways: the exchange of GDP to GTP by linked G-proteins and the recruitment of β-arrestins. GPCRs modulate several members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) channel family of nonselective cation channels. How TRP channels reciprocally regulate GPCR signaling is less well-explored. Here, using an array of biochemical approaches, including immunoprecipitation and fluorescence, calcium imaging, phosphate radiolabeling, and a β-arrestin-dependent luciferase assay, we characterize a GPCR-TRP channel pair, angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1R), and transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4), in primary murine choroid plexus epithelial cells and immortalized cell lines. We found that AT1R and TRPV4 are binding partners and that activation of AT1R by angiotensin II (ANGII) elicits β-arrestin-dependent inhibition and internalization of TRPV4. Activating TRPV4 with endogenous and synthetic agonists inhibited angiotensin II-mediated G-protein-associated second messenger accumulation, AT1R receptor phosphorylation, and β-arrestin recruitment. We also noted that TRPV4 inhibits AT1R phosphorylation by activating the calcium-activated phosphatase calcineurin in a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent manner, preventing β-arrestin recruitment and receptor internalization. These findings suggest that when TRP channels and GPCRs are co-expressed in the same tissues, many of these channels can inhibit GPCR desensitization.
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- Nicholas W Zaccor
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Hu W, Ding Y, Li Q, shi R, He Y. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 channels as therapeutic targets in diabetes and diabetes-related complications. J Diabetes Investig 2020; 11:757-769. [PMID: 32129549 PMCID: PMC7378409 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
With an estimated 425 million diabetes patients worldwide in 2019, type 2 diabetes has reached a pandemic proportion and represents a major unmet medical need. A key determinant of the development and progression of type 2 diabetes is pancreatic -cell dysfunction, including the loss of cell mass, the impairment of insulin biosynthesis and inadequate exocytosis. Recent studies have shown that transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4), a Ca2+ -permeable non-selective cation channel, is involved in -cell replication, insulin production and secretion. TRPV4 agonists have insulinotropic activity in pancreatic -cell lines, but the prolonged activation of TRPV4 leads to -cell dysfunction and death. In addition, TRPV4 is involved in a wide variety of pathophysiological activities, and has been reported to play an important role in diabetes-related complications, such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. In a rodent type 2 diabetes model, Trpv4 agonists promote vasodilation and improve cardiovascular function, whereas Trpv4 antagonists reduce high-fat diet-induced obesity, insulin resistance, diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy and neuropathy. These findings raise interest in using TRPV4 as a therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes. In this review, we intend to summarize the latest findings regarding the role of TRPV4 in diabetes as well as diabetes-related conditions, and to evaluate its potential as a therapeutic target for diabetes and diabetes-related diseases.
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- Wei Hu
- Department of Epidemiology and Medical StatisticsInstitute of Medical Systems BiologyGuangdong Medical UniversityDongguanChina
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical StatisticsInstitute of Medical Systems BiologyGuangdong Medical UniversityDongguanChina
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical StatisticsInstitute of Medical Systems BiologyGuangdong Medical UniversityDongguanChina
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical StatisticsInstitute of Medical Systems BiologyGuangdong Medical UniversityDongguanChina
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical StatisticsInstitute of Medical Systems BiologyGuangdong Medical UniversityDongguanChina
- Liaobu HospitalGuangdong Medical UniversityDongguanChina
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Yamashita Y, Takeuchi T, Endo Y, Goto A, Sakaki S, Yamaguchi Y, Takenaka H, Yamashita H. Dietary Supplementation with Dunaliella Tertiolecta Prevents Whitening of Brown Fat and Controls Diet-Induced Obesity at Thermoneutrality in Mice. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12061686. [PMID: 32516922 PMCID: PMC7352257 DOI: 10.3390/nu12061686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
We investigated the effect of evodiamine-containing microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta (DT) on the prevention of diet-induced obesity in a thermoneutral C57BL/6J male (30 °C). It attenuates the activity of brown adipose tissue (BAT), which accelerates diet-induced obesity. Nine-week-old mice were fed a high-fat diet supplemented with 10 g (Low group) or 25 g (High group) DT powder per kg food for 12 weeks. Compared to control mice without DT supplementation, body weight gain was significantly reduced in the High group with no difference in food intake. Tissue analyses indicated maintenance of multilocular morphology in BAT and reduced fat deposition in liver in DT-supplemented mice. Molecular analysis showed a significant decrease in mammalian target of rapamycin−ribosomal S6 protein kinase signaling pathway in white adipose tissue and upregulation in mRNA expression of brown fat-associated genes including fibroblast growth factor-21 (Fgf21) and uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp1) in BAT in the High group compared to the control. In the experiments using C3H10T1/2 adipocytes, DT extract upregulated mRNA expression of brown fat-associated genes in dose-dependent and time-dependent manners, accompanied by a significant increase in secreted FGF21 levels. Our data show the ability of DT as a nutraceutical to prevent brown fat attenuation and diet-induced obesity in vivo.
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- Yukari Yamashita
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan; (Y.Y.); (T.T.); (Y.E.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan; (Y.Y.); (T.T.); (Y.E.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan; (Y.Y.); (T.T.); (Y.E.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan; (Y.Y.); (T.T.); (Y.E.); (A.G.)
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- MAC Gifu Research Institute, MicroAlgae Corporation, 4-15 Akebono, Gifu 500-8148, Japan; (S.S.); (Y.Y.); (H.T.)
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- MAC Gifu Research Institute, MicroAlgae Corporation, 4-15 Akebono, Gifu 500-8148, Japan; (S.S.); (Y.Y.); (H.T.)
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- MAC Gifu Research Institute, MicroAlgae Corporation, 4-15 Akebono, Gifu 500-8148, Japan; (S.S.); (Y.Y.); (H.T.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan; (Y.Y.); (T.T.); (Y.E.); (A.G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel./Fax: +81-568-51-6017
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Kataoka N, Takeuchi T, Kusudo T, Li Y, Endo Y, Yamashita H. Lack of UCP1 stimulates fatty liver but mediates UCP1-independent action of beige fat to improve hyperlipidemia in Apoe knockout mice. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2020; 1866:165762. [PMID: 32179129 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Brown adipose tissue (BAT) plays a critical role in lipid metabolism and may protect from hyperlipidemia; however, its beneficial effect appears to depend on the ambient temperature of the environment. In this study, we investigated the effects of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) deficiency on lipid metabolism, including the pathophysiology of hyperlipidemia, in apolipoprotein E knockout (APOE-KO) mice at a normal (23 °C) and thermoneutral (30 °C) temperature. Unexpectedly, UCP1 deficiency caused improvements in hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and glucose metabolism, regardless of an increase in hepatic lipid deposition, in Ucp1/Apoe double-knockout (DKO) mice fed a high-fat diet at 23 °C, with BAT hyperplasia and robust browning of inguinal white adipose tissue (IWAT) observed. Proteomics and gene expression analyses revealed significant increases in many proteins involved in energy metabolism and strong upregulation of brown/beige adipocyte-related genes and fatty acid metabolism-related genes in browned IWAT, suggesting an induction of beige fat formation and stimulation of lipid metabolism in DKO mice at 23 °C. Conversely, mRNA levels of fatty acid oxidation-related genes decreased in the liver of DKO mice. The favorable phenotypic changes were lost at 30 °C, with BAT whitening and disappearance of IWAT browning, while fatty liver further deteriorated in DKO mice compared with that in APOE-KO mice. Finally, longevity analysis revealed a significant lifespan extension of DKO mice compared with that of APOE-KO mice at 23 °C. Irrespective of the fundamental role of UCP1 thermogenesis, our results highlight the importance of beige fat for the improvement of hyperlipidemia and longevity under the atherogenic status at normal room temperature.
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- Naoya Kataoka
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan; Department of Integrative Physiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan; Faculty of Human Science, Tezukayama Gakuin University, Sakai 590-0113, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan.
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González-García I, Milbank E, Martinez-Ordoñez A, Diéguez C, López M, Contreras C. HYPOTHesizing about central comBAT against obesity. J Physiol Biochem 2019; 76:193-211. [PMID: 31845114 DOI: 10.1007/s13105-019-00719-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The hypothalamus is a brain region in charge of many vital functions. Among them, BAT thermogenesis represents an essential physiological function to maintain body temperature. In the metabolic context, it has now been established that energy expenditure attributed to BAT function can contribute to the energy balance in a substantial extent. Thus, therapeutic interest in this regard has increased in the last years and some studies have shown that BAT function in humans can make a real contribution to improve diabetes and obesity-associated diseases. Nevertheless, how the hypothalamus controls BAT activity is still not fully understood. Despite the fact that much has been known about the mechanisms that regulate BAT activity in recent years, and that the central regulation of thermogenesis offers a very promising target, many questions remain still unsolved. Among them, the possible human application of knowledge obtained from rodent studies, and drug administration strategies able to specifically target the hypothalamus. Here, we review the current knowledge of homeostatic regulation of BAT, including the molecular insights of brown adipocytes, its central control, and its implication in the development of obesity.
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- Ismael González-García
- Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany.
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- CIMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CIMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CIMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CIMUS, University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Pharmacy School, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Dhakal S, Lee Y. Transient Receptor Potential Channels and Metabolism. Mol Cells 2019; 42:569-578. [PMID: 31446746 PMCID: PMC6715338 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2019.0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2019] [Revised: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are nonselective cationic channels, conserved among flies to humans. Most TRP channels have well known functions in chemosensation, thermosensation, and mechanosensation. In addition to being sensing environmental changes, many TRP channels are also internal sensors that help maintain homeostasis. Recent improvements to analytical methods for genomics and metabolomics allow us to investigate these channels in both mutant animals and humans. In this review, we discuss three aspects of TRP channels, which are their role in metabolism, their functional characteristics, and their role in metabolic syndrome. First, we introduce each TRP channel superfamily and their particular roles in metabolism. Second, we provide evidence for which metabolites TRP channels affect, such as lipids or glucose. Third, we discuss correlations between TRP channels and obesity, diabetes, and mucolipidosis. The cellular metabolism of TRP channels gives us possible therapeutic approaches for an effective prophylaxis of metabolic syndromes.
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- Subash Dhakal
- Department of Bio and Fermentation Convergence Technology, Kookmin University, BK21 PLUS Project, Seoul 02707,
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- Department of Bio and Fermentation Convergence Technology, Kookmin University, BK21 PLUS Project, Seoul 02707,
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Hypothalamic TRPV4 channels participate in the medial preoptic activation of warmth-defence responses in Wistar male rats. Pflugers Arch 2019; 471:1191-1203. [PMID: 31428866 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-019-02303-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Recently, we have described, in non-genetically modified rats, that peripheral transient receptor potential vanilloid-4 (TRPV4) channels are activated and trigger warmth-defence responses at ambient temperatures of 26-30 °C. Evidence points to the presence of TRPV4 in the medial preoptic area, a region described to be involved in the activation of thermoeffector pathways, including those involved in heat loss. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that TRPV4 in the medial preoptic area modulates thermoregulation under warm conditions. To this end, under two ambient temperatures (21 and 28 °C), body temperature was measured in rats following blockade of preoptic TRPV4 with two antagonists, HC-067047 and GSK 2193874. Oxygen consumption, heat loss index and preferred ambient temperature were also determined in order to assess thermoeffector activity. Antagonism of central TRPV4 caused an increase in body temperature in rats exposed to 28 °C, but not in those exposed to 21 °C. The body temperature increase at 28 °C was accompanied by an increase in oxygen consumption and an earlier reduction of the heat loss index. In behavioural experiments, control animals previously exposed to warm ambient temperatures (28-30 °C) for 2 h selected colder temperatures in a thermogradient compared to those injected with HC-067047. Our results support the idea that preoptic TRPV4 modulates thermoregulation in a warm environment by activating both autonomic and behavioural heat loss responses. Thus, according to the present study and to that published recently by our group, the activation of warmth-defence responses by TRPV4 seems to be dependent on the activity of both peripheral and central channels.
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Hashimoto M, Kusudo T, Takeuchi T, Kataoka N, Mukai T, Yamashita H. CREG1 stimulates brown adipocyte formation and ameliorates diet-induced obesity in mice. FASEB J 2019; 33:8069-8082. [PMID: 30917000 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201802147rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Increased formation of brown and beige adipocytes is critical for adaptive thermogenesis to maintain homeothermy in cold or to circumvent diet-induced obesity (DIO). Cellular repressor of adenovirus early region 1A-stimulated genes 1 (CREG1) exhibits the ability to stimulate brown adipogenesis, including the induction of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), in vitro. Thus, we aimed to clarify whether CREG1 promotes brown adipocyte formation and inhibits DIO at the whole-animal level. In mouse brown adipose tissue (BAT), CREG1 expression was markedly increased in cold but was decreased under thermoneutrality, suggesting CREG1 involvement in BAT thermogenesis. Moreover, in BAT and white adipose tissue, expression of UCP1 and fibroblast growth factor-21 and browning were both significantly higher in adipocyte P2-Creg1-transgenic (Tg) mice than in wild-type (WT) littermates. Following stimulation with a β3-adrenergic agonist, energy consumption was elevated in the Tg mice, which showed increased resistance to DIO and improvement of obesity-associated complications including fatty liver relative to WT mice. The CREG1 stimulatory effect on brown adipogenesis was confirmed in Tg-BAT primary cultures. It was also found that CREG1 binds to retinoid X receptor α, which interacts with thyroid hormone receptor for brown adipogenesis. Our findings demonstrate that CREG1 stimulates brown adipocyte formation and browning, ameliorating obesity and its related pathology in vivo.-Hashimoto, M., Kusudo, T., Takeuchi, T., Kataoka, N., Mukai, T., Yamashita, H. CREG1 stimulates brown adipocyte formation and ameliorates diet-induced obesity in mice.
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- Michihiro Hashimoto
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan.,Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Tezukayama Gakuin University, Sakai, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan.,Department of Integrative Physiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Tezukayama Gakuin University, Sakai, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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Gao P, Yan Z, Zhu Z. The role of adipose TRP channels in the pathogenesis of obesity. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:12483-12497. [PMID: 30618095 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Peng Gao
- Department of Hypertension and Endocrinology Center for Hypertension and Metabolic Diseases, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Hypertension Chongqing China
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- Department of Hypertension and Endocrinology Center for Hypertension and Metabolic Diseases, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Hypertension Chongqing China
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- Department of Hypertension and Endocrinology Center for Hypertension and Metabolic Diseases, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Hypertension Chongqing China
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TRPC channels in exercise-mimetic therapy. Pflugers Arch 2018; 471:507-517. [PMID: 30298191 PMCID: PMC6515694 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-018-2211-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Physical exercise yields beneficial effects on all types of muscle cells, which are essential for the maintenance of cardiovascular homeostasis and good blood circulation. Daily moderate exercise increases systemic antioxidative capacity, which can lead to the prevention of the onset and progression of oxidative stress-related diseases. Therefore, exercise is now widely accepted as one of the best therapeutic strategies for the treatment of ischemic (hypoxic) diseases. Canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) proteins are non-selective cation channels activated by mechanical stress and/or stimulation of phospholipase C-coupled surface receptors. TRPC channels, especially diacylglycerol-activated TRPC channels (TRPC3 and TRPC6; TRPC3/6), play a key role in the development of cardiovascular remodeling. We have recently found that physical interaction between TRPC3 and NADPH oxidase (Nox) 2 under hypoxic stress promotes Nox2-dependent reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and mediates rodent cardiac plasticity, and inhibition of the TRPC3-Nox2 protein complex results in enhancement of myocardial compliance and flexibility similar to that observed in exercise-treated hearts. In this review, we describe current understanding of the roles of TRPC channels in striated muscle (patho)physiology and propose that targeting TRPC-based protein complexes could be a new strategy to imitate exercise therapy.
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Bishnoi M, Khare P, Brown L, Panchal SK. Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels: a metabolic TR(i)P to obesity prevention and therapy. Obes Rev 2018; 19:1269-1292. [PMID: 29797770 DOI: 10.1111/obr.12703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cellular transport of ions, especially by ion channels, regulates physiological function. The transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, with 30 identified so far, are cation channels with high calcium permeability. These ion channels are present in metabolically active tissues including adipose tissue, liver, gastrointestinal tract, brain (hypothalamus), pancreas and skeletal muscle, which suggests a potential role in metabolic disorders including obesity. TRP channels have potentially important roles in adipogenesis, obesity development and its prevention and therapy because of their physiological properties including calcium permeability, thermosensation and taste perception, involvement in cell metabolic signalling and hormone release. This wide range of actions means that organ-specific actions are unlikely, thus increasing the possibility of adverse effects. Delineation of responses to TRP channels has been limited by the poor selectivity of available agonists and antagonists. Food constituents that can modulate TRP channels are of interest in controlling metabolic status. TRP vanilloid 1 channels modulated by capsaicin have been the most studied, suggesting that this may be the first target for effective pharmacological modulation in obesity. This review shows that most of the TRP channels are potential targets to reduce metabolic disorders through a range of mechanisms.
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- M Bishnoi
- Department of Food and Nutritional Biotechnology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India.,Functional Foods Research Group, Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Food and Nutritional Biotechnology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India
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- Functional Foods Research Group, Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.,School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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- Functional Foods Research Group, Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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Cao S, Anishkin A, Zinkevich NS, Nishijima Y, Korishettar A, Wang Z, Fang J, Wilcox DA, Zhang DX. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) activation by arachidonic acid requires protein kinase A-mediated phosphorylation. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:5307-5322. [PMID: 29462784 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.811075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is a Ca2+-permeable channel of the transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily activated by diverse stimuli, including warm temperature, mechanical forces, and lipid mediators such as arachidonic acid (AA) and its metabolites. This activation is tightly regulated by protein phosphorylation carried out by various serine/threonine or tyrosine kinases. It remains poorly understood how phosphorylation differentially regulates TRPV4 activation in response to different stimuli. We investigated how TRPV4 activation by AA, an important signaling process in the dilation of coronary arterioles, is affected by protein kinase A (PKA)-mediated phosphorylation at Ser-824. Wildtype and mutant TRPV4 channels were expressed in human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAECs). AA-induced TRPV4 activation was blunted in the S824A mutant but was enhanced in the phosphomimetic S824E mutant, whereas the channel activation by the synthetic agonist GSK1016790A was not affected. The low level of basal phosphorylation at Ser-824 was robustly increased by the redox signaling molecule hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The H2O2-induced phosphorylation was accompanied by an enhanced channel activation by AA, and this enhanced response was largely abolished by PKA inhibition or S824A mutation. We further identified a potential structural context dependence of Ser-824 phosphorylation-mediated TRPV4 regulation involving an interplay between AA binding and the possible phosphorylation-induced rearrangements of the C-terminal helix bearing Ser-824. These results provide insight into how phosphorylation specifically regulates TRPV4 activation. Redox-mediated TRPV4 phosphorylation may contribute to pathologies associated with enhanced TRPV4 activity in endothelial and other systems.
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- Sheng Cao
- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center.,Department of Health and Medicine, Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186, and
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- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226.,Children's Research Institute, The Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226.,Children's Research Institute, The Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
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- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center,
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Uchida K, Dezaki K, Yoneshiro T, Watanabe T, Yamazaki J, Saito M, Yada T, Tominaga M, Iwasaki Y. Involvement of thermosensitive TRP channels in energy metabolism. J Physiol Sci 2017; 67:549-560. [PMID: 28656459 PMCID: PMC10717017 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-017-0552-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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To date, 11 thermosensitive transient receptor potential (thermo-TRP) channels have been identified. Recent studies have characterized the mechanism of thermosensing by thermo-TRPs and the physiological role of thermo-TRPs in energy metabolism. In this review, we highlight the role of various thermo-TRPs in energy metabolism and hormone secretion. In the pancreas, TRPM2 and other TRPs regulate insulin secretion. TRPV2 expressed in brown adipocytes contributes to differentiation and/or thermogenesis. Sensory nerves that express TRPV1 promote increased energy expenditure by activating sympathetic nerves and adrenaline secretion. Here, we first show that capsaicin-induced adrenaline secretion is completely impaired in TRPV1 knockout mice. The thermogenic effects of TRPV1 agonists are attributable to brown adipose tissue (BAT) activation in mice and humans. Moreover, TRPA1- and TRPM8-expressing sensory nerves also contribute to potentiation of BAT thermogenesis and energy expenditure in mice. Together, thermo-TRPs are promising targets for combating obesity and metabolic disorders.
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- Kunitoshi Uchida
- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Biosciences (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.
- Department of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (The University of Advanced Studies), 38 Nishigounaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan.
- Department of Physiological Science and Molecular Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan.
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- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Physiology, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 320-0498, Japan
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- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, 35 Medical Center Way, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0669, USA
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- Faculty of Future Industry, Happy Science University, 4427-1 Hitotsumatsu-hei, Chosei-mura, Chiba, 299-4325, Japan
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- Department of Physiological Science and Molecular Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 814-0193, Japan
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- Hokkaido University, Kita18-Nishi9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0818, Japan
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- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Physiology, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 320-0498, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Biosciences (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
- Department of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (The University of Advanced Studies), 38 Nishigounaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan
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- Division of Integrative Physiology, Department of Physiology, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 320-0498, Japan.
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Sun W, Li C, Zhang Y, Jiang C, Zhai M, Zhou Q, Xiao L, Deng Q. Gene expression changes of thermo-sensitive transient receptor potential channels in obese mice. Cell Biol Int 2017; 41:908-913. [PMID: 28464448 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Adipose tissues play key roles in energy homeostasis. Brown adipocytes and beige adipocytes in white adipose tissue (WAT) share the similar characters of thermogenesis, both of them could be potential targets for obesity management. Several thermo-sensitive transient receptor potential channels (thermoTRPs) are shown to be involved in adipocyte biology. However, the expression pattern of thermoTRPs in adipose tissues from obese mice is still unknown. The mRNA expression of thermoTRPs in subcutaneous WAT (sWAT) and interscapular brown adipose tissue (iBAT) from lean and obese mice were measured using reverse transcriptase-quantitative PCRs (RT-qPCR). The results demonstrated that all 10 thermoTRPs are expressed in both iBAT and sWAT, and without significant difference in the mRNA expression level of thermoTRPs between these two tissues. Moreover, Trpv1 and Trpv3 mRNA expression levels in both iBAT and sWAT were significantly decreased in high fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mice and db/db (leptin receptor deficient) mice. Trpm2 mRNA expression level was significantly decreased only in sWAT from HFD-induced obese mice and db/db mice. On the other hand, Trpv2 and Trpv4 mRNA expression levels in iBAT and sWAT were significantly increased in HFD-induced obese mice and db/db mice. Taken together, we conclude that all 10 thermoTRPs are expressed in iBAT and sWAT. And several thermoTRPs differentially expressed in adipose tissues from HFD-induced obese mice and db/db mice, suggesting a potential involvement in anti-obesity regulations.
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- Wuping Sun
- Department of Pain Medicine and Shenzhen Municipal Key Laboratory for Pain Medicine, The Affiliated Nanshan People's Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Municipal Sixth People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Plant, School of Basic Medicine; Laboratory of Chinese Herbal Pharmacology, Oncology Center, Renmin Hospital; Hubei Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, 442000, China
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Plant, School of Basic Medicine; Laboratory of Chinese Herbal Pharmacology, Oncology Center, Renmin Hospital; Hubei Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, 442000, China
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- Department of Pain Medicine and Shenzhen Municipal Key Laboratory for Pain Medicine, The Affiliated Nanshan People's Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Municipal Sixth People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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- Department of Pain Medicine and Shenzhen Municipal Key Laboratory for Pain Medicine, The Affiliated Nanshan People's Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Municipal Sixth People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Department of Pain Medicine and Shenzhen Municipal Key Laboratory for Pain Medicine, The Affiliated Nanshan People's Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Municipal Sixth People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Municipal Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infection, The Affiliated Nanshan People's Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Municipal Sixth People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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White JPM, Cibelli M, Urban L, Nilius B, McGeown JG, Nagy I. TRPV4: Molecular Conductor of a Diverse Orchestra. Physiol Rev 2017; 96:911-73. [PMID: 27252279 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00016.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 (TRPV4) is a calcium-permeable nonselective cation channel, originally described in 2000 by research teams led by Schultz (Nat Cell Biol 2: 695-702, 2000) and Liedtke (Cell 103: 525-535, 2000). TRPV4 is now recognized as being a polymodal ionotropic receptor that is activated by a disparate array of stimuli, ranging from hypotonicity to heat and acidic pH. Importantly, this ion channel is constitutively expressed and capable of spontaneous activity in the absence of agonist stimulation, which suggests that it serves important physiological functions, as does its widespread dissemination throughout the body and its capacity to interact with other proteins. Not surprisingly, therefore, it has emerged more recently that TRPV4 fulfills a great number of important physiological roles and that various disease states are attributable to the absence, or abnormal functioning, of this ion channel. Here, we review the known characteristics of this ion channel's structure, localization and function, including its activators, and examine its functional importance in health and disease.
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- John P M White
- Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Section, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anaesthetics, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Academic Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Preclinical Secondary Pharmacology, Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Section, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anaesthetics, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Academic Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Preclinical Secondary Pharmacology, Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Section, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anaesthetics, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Academic Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Preclinical Secondary Pharmacology, Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Section, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anaesthetics, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Academic Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Preclinical Secondary Pharmacology, Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Section, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anaesthetics, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Academic Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Preclinical Secondary Pharmacology, Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Section, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anaesthetics, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Academic Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Preclinical Secondary Pharmacology, Preclinical Safety, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Goralczyk A, van Vijven M, Koch M, Badowski C, Yassin MS, Toh SA, Shabbir A, Franco-Obregón A, Raghunath M. TRP channels in brown and white adipogenesis from human progenitors: new therapeutic targets and the caveats associated with the common antibiotic, streptomycin. FASEB J 2017; 31:3251-3266. [PMID: 28416581 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201601081rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are polymodal cell sensors responding to diverse stimuli and widely implicated in the developmental programs of numerous tissues. The evidence for an involvement of TRP family members in adipogenesis, however, is scant. We present the first comprehensive expression profile of all known 27 human TRP genes in mesenchymal progenitors cells during white or brown adipogenesis. Using positive trilineage differentiation as an exclusion criterion, TRP polycystic (P)3, and TPR melastatin (M)8 were found to be uniquely adipospecific. Knockdown of TRPP3 repressed the expression of the brown fat signature genes uncoupling protein (UCP)-1 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator (PGC)-1α as well as attenuated forskolin-stimulated uncoupled respiration. However, indices of generalized adipogenesis, such as lipid droplet morphology and fatty acid binding protein (FAPB)-4 expression, were not affected, indicating a principal mitochondrial role of TRPP3. Conversely, activating TRPM8 with menthol up-regulated UCP-1 expression and augmented uncoupled respiration predominantly in white adipocytes (browning), whereas streptomycin antagonized TRPM8-mediated calcium entry, downregulated UCP-1 expression, and mitigated uncoupled respiration; menthol was less capable of augmenting uncoupled respiration (thermogenesis) in brown adipocytes. TRPP3 and TRPM8 hence appear to be involved in the priming of mitochondria to perform uncoupled respiration downstream of adenylate cyclase. Our results also underscore the developmental caveats of using antibiotics in adipogenic studies.-Goralczyk, A., van Vijven, M., Koch, M., Badowski, C., Yassin, M. S., Toh, S.-A., Shabbir, A., Franco-Obregón, A., Raghunath, M. TRP channels in brown and white adipogenesis from human progenitors: new therapeutic targets and the caveats associated with the common antibiotic, streptomycin.
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- Anna Goralczyk
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Life Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Life Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.,Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Life Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Biology, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
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- Institute of Medical Biology, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore.,Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore.,Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore; and
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- Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore; and .,BioIonic Currents Electromagnetic Pulsing Systems Laboratory, Department of Surgery, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore .,Life Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Center for Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering, Competence Center for Tissue Engineering (TEDD), Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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Nguyen QT, Jacobsen TD, Chahine NO. Effects of Inflammation on Multiscale Biomechanical Properties of Cartilaginous Cells and Tissues. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2017; 3:2644-2656. [PMID: 29152560 PMCID: PMC5686563 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
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Cells
within cartilaginous tissues are mechanosensitive and thus
require mechanical loading for regulation of tissue homeostasis and
metabolism. Mechanical loading plays critical roles in cell differentiation,
proliferation, biosynthesis, and homeostasis. Inflammation is an important
event occurring during multiple processes, such as aging, injury,
and disease. Inflammation has significant effects on biological processes
as well as mechanical function of cells and tissues. These effects
are highly dependent on cell/tissue type, timing, and magnitude. In
this review, we summarize key findings pertaining to effects of inflammation
on multiscale mechanical properties at subcellular, cellular, and
tissue level in cartilaginous tissues, including alterations in mechanotransduction
and mechanosensitivity. The emphasis is on articular cartilage and
the intervertebral disc, which are impacted by inflammatory insults
during degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis, joint pain,
and back pain. To recapitulate the pro-inflammatory cascades that
occur in vivo, different inflammatory stimuli have been used for in
vitro and in situ studies, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF),
various interleukins (IL), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Therefore,
this review will focus on the effects of these stimuli because they
are the best studied pro-inflammatory cytokines in cartilaginous tissues.
Understanding the current state of the field of inflammation and cell/tissue
biomechanics may potentially identify future directions for novel
and translational therapeutics with multiscale biomechanical considerations.
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- Q T Nguyen
- Bioengineering-Biomechanics Laboratory The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health System, Manhasset, New York 11030, United States
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- Bioengineering-Biomechanics Laboratory The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health System, Manhasset, New York 11030, United States.,Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York 11549, United States
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- Bioengineering-Biomechanics Laboratory The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health System, Manhasset, New York 11030, United States.,Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York 11549, United States
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O'Conor CJ, Ramalingam S, Zelenski NA, Benefield HC, Rigo I, Little D, Wu CL, Chen D, Liedtke W, McNulty AL, Guilak F. Cartilage-Specific Knockout of the Mechanosensory Ion Channel TRPV4 Decreases Age-Related Osteoarthritis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29053. [PMID: 27388701 PMCID: PMC4937413 DOI: 10.1038/srep29053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive degenerative disease of articular cartilage and surrounding tissues, and is associated with both advanced age and joint injury. Biomechanical factors play a critical role in the onset and progression of OA, yet the mechanisms through which physiologic or pathologic mechanical signals are transduced into a cellular response are not well understood. Defining the role of mechanosensory pathways in cartilage during OA pathogenesis may yield novel strategies or targets for the treatment of OA. The transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) ion channel transduces mechanical loading of articular cartilage via the generation of intracellular calcium ion transients. Using tissue-specific, inducible Trpv4 gene-targeted mice, we demonstrate that loss of TRPV4-mediated cartilage mechanotransduction in adulthood reduces the severity of aging-associated OA. However, loss of chondrocyte TRPV4 did not prevent OA development following destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM). These results highlight potentially distinct roles of TRPV4-mediated cartilage mechanotransduction in age-related and post-traumatic OA, and point to a novel disease-modifying strategy to therapeutically target the TRPV4-mediated mechanotransduction pathway for the treatment of aging-associated OA.
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- Christopher J O'Conor
- Department of Pathology &Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA.,UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA.,Shriners Hospitals for Children - St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Rush University, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA.,Shriners Hospitals for Children - St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.,UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Janoschek R, Bae-Gartz I, Vohlen C, Alcázar MAA, Dinger K, Appel S, Dötsch J, Hucklenbruch-Rother E. Dietary intervention in obese dams protects male offspring from WAT induction of TRPV4, adiposity, and hyperinsulinemia. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2016; 24:1266-73. [PMID: 27106804 DOI: 10.1002/oby.21486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE One major risk factor for childhood overweight is maternal obesity. The underlying molecular mechanisms are ill-defined, and effective prevention strategies are missing. METHODS Diet-induced obese mouse dams were changed to standard chow during pregnancy and lactation as an intervention against predisposition for obesity and metabolic sequelea in the offspring. Expression of adipokines and TRPV4, a regulator of adipose oxidative metabolism, inflammation, and energy homeostasis, in offspring's white adipose tissue (WAT) was assessed. RESULTS Pathological effects on offspring's body weight, fat content, and serum insulin were fully reversed in intervention offspring on postnatal day 21. In WAT, a sixfold increase of Trpv4 mRNA expression in offspring consuming high-fat-containing diet was found, which was completely blunted in the intervention group. Simultaneously, WAT adipokine, interleukin-6, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ mRNA and UCP1 protein expression were largely returned to control levels in intervention offspring. CONCLUSIONS Improvement of maternal nutrition offers a powerful strategy to improve offspring's metabolic health. Targeting TRPV4-linked aspects of WAT metabolic function during early development might be a promising approach to prevent long-term adverse metabolic effects of maternal high-fat nutrition.
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- Ruth Janoschek
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Vasconcelos LHC, Souza ILL, Pinheiro LS, Silva BA. Ion Channels in Obesity: Pathophysiology and Potential Therapeutic Targets. Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:58. [PMID: 27065858 PMCID: PMC4811910 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Obesity is a multifactorial disease related to metabolic disorders and associated with genetic determinants. Currently, ion channels activity has been linked to many of these disorders, in addition to the central regulation of food intake, energetic balance, hormone release and response, as well as the adipocyte cell proliferation. Therefore, the objective of this work is to review the current knowledge about the influence of ion channels in obesity development. This review used different sources of literature (Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science) to assess the role of ion channels in the pathophysiology of obesity. Ion channels present diverse key functions, such as the maintenance of physiological homeostasis and cell proliferation. Cell biology and pharmacological experimental evidences demonstrate that proliferating cells exhibit ion channel expression, conductance, and electrical properties different from the resting cells. Thereby, a large variety of ion channels has been identified in the pathogenesis of obesity such as potassium, sodium, calcium and chloride channels, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and transient receptor potential channels. The fundamental involvement of these channels on the generation of obesity leads to the progress in the knowledge about the mechanisms responsible for the obesity pathophysiology, consequently emerging as new targets for pharmacological modulation.
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- Luiz H C Vasconcelos
- Laboratório de Farmacologia Funcional Prof. George Thomas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos Bioativos, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia Funcional Prof. George Thomas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos Bioativos, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia Funcional Prof. George Thomas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos Bioativos, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Paraíba João Pessoa, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia Funcional Prof. George Thomas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos Bioativos, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da ParaíbaJoão Pessoa, Brazil; Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da ParaíbaJoão Pessoa, Brazil
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Vandal M, White PJ, Tournissac M, Tremblay C, St-Amour I, Drouin-Ouellet J, Bousquet M, Traversy MT, Planel E, Marette A, Calon F. Impaired thermoregulation and beneficial effects of thermoneutrality in the 3×Tg-AD model of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2016; 43:47-57. [PMID: 27255814 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2015] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The sharp rise in the incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) at an old age coincides with a reduction in energy metabolism and core body temperature. We found that the triple-transgenic mouse model of AD (3×Tg-AD) spontaneously develops a lower basal body temperature and is more vulnerable to a cold environment compared with age-matched controls. This was despite higher nonshivering thermogenic activity, as evidenced by brown adipose tissue norepinephrine content and uncoupling protein 1 expression. A 24-hour exposure to cold (4 °C) aggravated key neuropathologic markers of AD such as: tau phosphorylation, soluble amyloid beta concentrations, and synaptic protein loss in the cortex of 3×Tg-AD mice. Strikingly, raising the body temperature of aged 3×Tg-AD mice via exposure to a thermoneutral environment improved memory function and reduced amyloid and synaptic pathologies within a week. Our results suggest the presence of a vicious cycle between impaired thermoregulation and AD-like neuropathology, and it is proposed that correcting thermoregulatory deficits might be therapeutic in AD.
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- Milene Vandal
- Faculté de pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Axe Neurosciences, Centre de recherche du CHU-Q (Pavillon CHUL), Québec, Québec, Canada; Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA; Faculté de medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Institut universitaire de pneumologie et de cardiologie de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Faculté de pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Axe Neurosciences, Centre de recherche du CHU-Q (Pavillon CHUL), Québec, Québec, Canada; Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Axe Neurosciences, Centre de recherche du CHU-Q (Pavillon CHUL), Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Faculté de pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Axe Neurosciences, Centre de recherche du CHU-Q (Pavillon CHUL), Québec, Québec, Canada; Département de Recherche et Développement, Héma-Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Faculté de medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Faculté de pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Axe Neurosciences, Centre de recherche du CHU-Q (Pavillon CHUL), Québec, Québec, Canada; Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Faculté de pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Axe Neurosciences, Centre de recherche du CHU-Q (Pavillon CHUL), Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Axe Neurosciences, Centre de recherche du CHU-Q (Pavillon CHUL), Québec, Québec, Canada; Faculté de medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Faculté de medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Institut universitaire de pneumologie et de cardiologie de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Faculté de pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada; Axe Neurosciences, Centre de recherche du CHU-Q (Pavillon CHUL), Québec, Québec, Canada; Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
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Sun W, Uchida K, Suzuki Y, Zhou Y, Kim M, Takayama Y, Takahashi N, Goto T, Wakabayashi S, Kawada T, Iwata Y, Tominaga M. Lack of TRPV2 impairs thermogenesis in mouse brown adipose tissue. EMBO Rep 2016; 17:383-99. [PMID: 26882545 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201540819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Brown adipose tissue (BAT), a major site for mammalian non-shivering thermogenesis, could be a target for prevention and treatment of human obesity. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 (TRPV2), a Ca(2+)-permeable non-selective cation channel, plays vital roles in the regulation of various cellular functions. Here, we show that TRPV2 is expressed in brown adipocytes and that mRNA levels of thermogenic genes are reduced in both cultured brown adipocytes and BAT from TRPV2 knockout (TRPV2KO) mice. The induction of thermogenic genes in response to β-adrenergic receptor stimulation is also decreased in TRPV2KO brown adipocytes and suppressed by reduced intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations in wild-type brown adipocytes. In addition, TRPV2KO mice have more white adipose tissue and larger brown adipocytes and show cold intolerance, and lower BAT temperature increases in response to β-adrenergic receptor stimulation. Furthermore, TRPV2KO mice have increased body weight and fat upon high-fat-diet treatment. Based on these findings, we conclude that TRPV2 has a role in BAT thermogenesis and could be a target for human obesity therapy.
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- Wuping Sun
- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), Okazaki, Japan Department of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), Okazaki, Japan Department of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), Okazaki, Japan Department of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), Okazaki, Japan Department of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), Okazaki, Japan Department of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Japan
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Ikari A, Fujii N, Hahakabe S, Hayashi H, Yamaguchi M, Yamazaki Y, Endo S, Matsunaga T, Sugatani J. Hyperosmolarity-Induced Down-Regulation of Claudin-2 Mediated by Decrease in PKCβ-Dependent GATA-2 in MDCK Cells. J Cell Physiol 2015; 230:2776-87. [PMID: 25825272 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hyperosmolarity decreases claudin-2 expression in renal tubular epithelial cells, but the molecular mechanism remains undefined. Here, we found that the hyperosmolarity-induced decrease in claudin-2 expression is inhibited by Go6983, a non-selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, and PKCβ specific inhibitor in Madin-Darby canine kidney II cells. Hyperosmolarity increased intracellular free Ca(2+) concentration and phosphorylated PKCβ level, which were inhibited by RN-1734, an antagonist of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 channel. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, a PKC activator, decreased claudin-2 expression. These results indicate hyperosmolarity decreases claudin-2 expression mediated by the activation of RN-1734-sensitive channel and PKCβ. Hyperosmolarity decreased promoter activity of claudin-2, which was inhibited by Go6983 and PKCβ inhibitor similar to those in real-time PCR and Western blotting. The effect of hyperosmolarity on promoter activity was not observed in the construct of -469/-6, a deletion mutant. Claudin-2 has hyperosmolarity-sensitive region in its promoter, which includes GATA binding site. Hyperosmolarity decreased the nuclear level of GATA-2, which was inhibited by Go6983 and PKCβ inhibitor. Mutation of GATA binding site decreased the basal promoter activity and inhibited the effect of hyperosmolarity. In contrast, the hyperosmolarity-induced decrease in reporter activity and claudin-2 expression were rescued by over-expression of wild type GATA-2. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay showed that GATA-2 bound to promoter region of claudin-2. These results suggest that hyperosmolarity decreases the expression level of claudin-2 via a decrease in PKCβ-dependent GATA-2 transcriptional activity in renal tubular epithelial cells.
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- Akira Ikari
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu, Japan
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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Sánchez JC, Rivera RA, Muñoz LV. TRPV4 Channels in Human White Adipocytes: Electrophysiological Characterization and Regulation by Insulin. J Cell Physiol 2015; 231:954-63. [PMID: 26381274 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Intracellular calcium homeostasis in adipocytes is important for the regulation of several functions and is involved in pathological changes in obesity and other associated diseases. Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channels are an important route for calcium entry that operates in a variety of cells and intervenes in a number of functions. In this study, the expression and operation of TRPV4 channels in human cultured adipocytes was evaluated using RT-PCR, Western blotting, the whole-cell patch-clamp technique and fluorescence measurements to characterize these channels and determine intracellular calcium responses. Both the hypoosmolarity and 4alpha-phorbol-didecanoate (4αPDD), a specific TRPV4 agonist, induced a similar HC-067047-sensitive current, which was predominantly inward, and an intracellular Ca(2+) concentration increase, which was exclusively dependent on extracellular calcium, and membrane depolarization. The current had a reverse potential of +31 ± 6 mV and exhibited preferential permeability to Ca(2+) . Insulin, which regulates metabolic homeostasis in adipocytes, attenuated the TRPV4-mediated effects. These results confirm the function of TRPV4 in human cultured adipocytes and its regulation by insulin. J. Cell. Physiol. 231: 954-963, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
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- Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
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- Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
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Vizin RCL, Scarpellini CDS, Ishikawa DT, Correa GM, de Souza CO, Gargaglioni LH, Carrettiero DC, Bícego KC, Almeida MC. TRPV4 activates autonomic and behavioural warmth-defence responses in Wistar rats. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2015; 214:275-89. [PMID: 25739906 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM In this study, we aimed at investigating the involvement of the warmth-sensitive channel - TRPV4 (in vitro sensitive to temperatures in the range of approx. 24-34 °C) - on the thermoregulatory mechanisms in rats. METHODS We treated rats with a chemical selective agonist (RN-1747) and two antagonists (RN-1734 and HC-067047) of the TRPV4 channel and measured core body temperature, metabolism, heat loss index and preferred ambient temperature. RESULTS Our data revealed that chemical activation of TRPV4 channels by topical application of RN-1747 on the skin leads to hypothermia and this effect was blocked by the pre-treatment with the selective antagonist of this channel. Intracerebroventricular treatment with RN-1747 did not cause hypothermia, indicating that the observed response was indeed due to activation of TRPV4 channels in the periphery. Intravenous blockade of this channel with HC-067047 caused an increase in core body temperature at ambient temperature of 26 and 30 °C, but not at 22 and 32 °C. At 26 °C, HC-067047-induced hyperthermia was accompanied by increase in oxygen consumption (an index of thermogenesis), while chemical stimulation of TRPV4 increased tail heat loss, indicating that these two autonomic thermoeffectors in the rat are modulated through TRPV4 channels. Furthermore, rats chemically stimulated with TRPV4 agonist choose colder ambient temperatures and cold-seeking behaviour after thermal stimulation (28-31 °C) was inhibited by TRPV4 antagonist. CONCLUSION Our results suggest, for the first time, that TRPV4 channel is involved in the recruitment of behavioural and autonomic warmth-defence responses to regulate core body temperature.
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- R. C. L. Vizin
- Graduate Program on Neuroscience and Cognition; Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC); São Bernardo do Campo SP Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology; College of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; São Paulo State University; Jaboticabal SP Brazil
- Joint UFSCar-UNESP Graduate Program of Physiological Sciences; Sao Carlos SP Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT - Fisiologia Comparada); Jaboticabal SP Brazil
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- Graduate Program on Neuroscience and Cognition; Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC); São Bernardo do Campo SP Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology; College of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; São Paulo State University; Jaboticabal SP Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT - Fisiologia Comparada); Jaboticabal SP Brazil
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- Graduate Program on Neuroscience and Cognition; Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC); São Bernardo do Campo SP Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology; College of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; São Paulo State University; Jaboticabal SP Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT - Fisiologia Comparada); Jaboticabal SP Brazil
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- Graduate Program on Neuroscience and Cognition; Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC); São Bernardo do Campo SP Brazil
- Natural and Humanities Science Center; Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC); São Bernardo do Campo SP Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology; College of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; São Paulo State University; Jaboticabal SP Brazil
- National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT - Fisiologia Comparada); Jaboticabal SP Brazil
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- Graduate Program on Neuroscience and Cognition; Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC); São Bernardo do Campo SP Brazil
- Natural and Humanities Science Center; Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC); São Bernardo do Campo SP Brazil
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Wang H, Siemens J. TRP ion channels in thermosensation, thermoregulation and metabolism. Temperature (Austin) 2015; 2:178-87. [PMID: 27227022 PMCID: PMC4843888 DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2015.1040604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In humans, the TRP superfamily of cation channels includes 27 related molecules that respond to a remarkable variety of chemical and physical stimuli. While physiological roles for many TRP channels remain unknown, over the past years several have been shown to function as molecular sensors in organisms ranging from yeast to humans. In particular, TRP channels are now known to constitute important components of sensory systems, where they participate in the detection or transduction of osmotic, mechanical, thermal, or chemosensory stimuli. We here summarize our current understanding of the role individual members of this versatile receptor family play in thermosensation and thermoregulation, and also touch upon their immerging role in metabolic control.
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- Department of Pharmacology; University of Heidelberg ; Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology; University of Heidelberg ; Heidelberg, Germany
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Lee E, Jung DY, Kim JH, Patel PR, Hu X, Lee Y, Azuma Y, Wang HF, Tsitsilianos N, Shafiq U, Kwon JY, Lee HJ, Lee KW, Kim JK. Transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 channel regulates diet-induced obesity, insulin resistance, and leptin resistance. FASEB J 2015; 29:3182-92. [PMID: 25888600 DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-268300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Insulin resistance is a major characteristic of obesity and type 2 diabetes, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Recent studies have shown a metabolic role of capsaicin that may be mediated via the transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) channel. In this study, TRPV1 knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) mice (as controls) were fed a high-fat diet (HFD), and metabolic studies were performed to measure insulin and leptin action. The TRPV1 KO mice became more obese than the WT mice after HFD, partly attributed to altered energy balance and leptin resistance in the KO mice. The hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp experiment showed that the TRPV1 KO mice were more insulin resistant after HFD because of the ∼40% reduction in glucose metabolism in the white and brown adipose tissue, compared with that in the WT mice. Leptin treatment failed to suppress food intake, and leptin-mediated hypothalamic signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-3 activity was blunted in the TRPV1 KO mice. We also found that the TRPV1 KO mice were more obese and insulin resistant than the WT mice at 9 mo of age. Taken together, these results indicate that lacking TRPV1 exacerbates the obesity and insulin resistance associated with an HFD and aging, and our findings further suggest that TRPV1 has a major role in regulating glucose metabolism and hypothalamic leptin's effects in obesity.
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- Eunjung Lee
- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- *Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; World Class University Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Traditional Alcoholic Beverage Research Team, Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam, Republic of Korea; and Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Duan DM, Wu S, Hsu LA, Teng MS, Lin JF, Sun YC, Cheng CF, Ko YL. Associations between TRPV4 genotypes and body mass index in Taiwanese subjects. Mol Genet Genomics 2015; 290:1357-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-015-0996-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/17/2015] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Kaneko Y, Szallasi A. Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels: a clinical perspective. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:2474-507. [PMID: 24102319 PMCID: PMC4008995 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Revised: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are important mediators of sensory signals with marked effects on cellular functions and signalling pathways. Indeed, mutations in genes encoding TRP channels are the cause of several inherited diseases in humans (the so-called 'TRP channelopathies') that affect the cardiovascular, renal, skeletal and nervous systems. TRP channels are also promising targets for drug discovery. The initial focus of research was on TRP channels that are expressed on nociceptive neurons. Indeed, a number of potent, small-molecule TRPV1, TRPV3 and TRPA1 antagonists have already entered clinical trials as novel analgesic agents. There has been a recent upsurge in the amount of work that expands TRP channel drug discovery efforts into new disease areas such as asthma, cancer, anxiety, cardiac hypertrophy, as well as obesity and metabolic disorders. A better understanding of TRP channel functions in health and disease should lead to the discovery of first-in-class drugs for these intractable diseases. With this review, we hope to capture the current state of this rapidly expanding and changing field.
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- Yosuke Kaneko
- Discovery Research Alliance, Ono Pharmaceutical Co. LtdOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch, NJ, USA
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Zorrilla EP, Conti B. Interleukin-18 null mutation increases weight and food intake and reduces energy expenditure and lipid substrate utilization in high-fat diet fed mice. Brain Behav Immun 2014; 37:45-53. [PMID: 24316258 PMCID: PMC4219830 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2013.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Revised: 12/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-18 (IL-18) putatively modulates food intake and energy metabolism, but the effects of IL-18 in high-fat diet fed animals are unknown. Whether IL-18 alters basal metabolic rate or metabolic processes of living is unknown. Here, we tested the hypothesis that IL-18 modulates weight gain, energy intake, whole-body energy expenditure, and utilization of lipid as a fuel substrate in high-fat diet fed mice. METHODS Food intake, whole-body metabolism, and motor activity of IL-18 knockout mice were compared to those of wildtype littermates; anorectic effects of intracerebroventricular IL-18 administration were compared between IL-18 receptor knockout, IL-18/IL-18R knockout and wildtype mice. RESULTS Chow-reared IL-18 knockout mice were overweight at 6 months of age and then gained excess weight on both low-fat and high-fat diets, ate more high-fat diet, and showed reduced whole-body energy expenditure and increased respiratory exchange ratios. Reductions in energy expenditure of IL-18 knockout mice were seen across fasting vs. feeding conditions, low- vs. high-fat diets, high vs. low levels of physical activity and times of day, suggesting actions on basal metabolic rate. The circadian amplitude of energy expenditure, but not respiratory exchange ratio, food intake, or motor activity, also was blunted in IL-18 knockout mice. Central IL-18 administration reduced high-fat diet intake in wildtype mice, but not in mice lacking the IL-18 receptor. CONCLUSION The loss-of-function results support the hypothesis that endogenous IL-18 suppresses appetite and promote energy expenditure and lipid fuel substrate utilization not only during sickness, but also in healthy adults consuming high-fat diets.
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- Eric P. Zorrilla
- Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, California, 92037, USA,Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, California, 92037, USA
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- Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, California, 92037, USA
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Petzke KJ, Freudenberg A, Klaus S. Beyond the role of dietary protein and amino acids in the prevention of diet-induced obesity. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:1374-91. [PMID: 24447927 PMCID: PMC3907874 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15011374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Revised: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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High-protein diets have been shown to prevent the development of diet-induced obesity and can improve associated metabolic disorders in mice. Dietary leucine supplementation can partially mimic this effect. However, the molecular mechanisms triggering these preventive effects remain to be satisfactorily explained. Here we review studies showing a connection between high protein or total amino nitrogen intake and obligatory water intake. High amino nitrogen intake may possibly lower lipid storage, and prevent insulin resistance. Suggestions are made for further systematical studies to explore the relationship between water consumption, satiety, and energy expenditure. Moreover, these examinations should better distinguish between leucine-specific and unspecific effects. Research in this field can provide important information to justify dietary recommendations and strategies in promoting long-term weight loss and may help to reduce health problems associated with the comorbidities of obesity.
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- Klaus J Petzke
- German Institute of Human Nutrition in Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, Nuthetal 14558, Germany.
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- German Institute of Human Nutrition in Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, Nuthetal 14558, Germany.
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- German Institute of Human Nutrition in Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, Nuthetal 14558, Germany.
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Nishijima Y, Zheng X, Lund H, Suzuki M, Mattson DL, Zhang DX. Characterization of blood pressure and endothelial function in TRPV4-deficient mice with l-NAME- and angiotensin II-induced hypertension. Physiol Rep 2014; 2:e00199. [PMID: 24744878 PMCID: PMC3967682 DOI: 10.1002/phy2.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 (TRPV4) is an endothelial Ca2+ entry channel contributing to endothelium‐mediated dilation in conduit and resistance arteries. We investigated the role of TRPV4 in the regulation of blood pressure and endothelial function under hypertensive conditions. TRPV4‐deficient (TRPV4−/−) and wild‐type (WT) control mice were given l‐NAME (0.5 g/L) in drinking water for 7 days or subcutaneously infused with angiotensin (Ang) II (600 ng/kg per minute) for 14 days, and blood pressure measured by radiotelemetry. TRPV4−/− mice had a lower baseline mean arterial pressure (MAP) (12‐h daytime MAP, 94 ± 2 vs. 99 ± 2 mmHg in WT controls). l‐NAME treatment induced a slightly greater increase in MAP in TRPV4−/− mice (day 7, 13 ± 4%) compared to WT controls (6 ± 2%), but Ang II‐induced increases in MAP were similar in TRPV4−/− and WT mice (day 14, 53 ± 6% and 37 ± 11%, respectively, P < 0.05). Chronic infusion of WT mice with Ang II reduced both acetylcholine (ACh)‐induced dilation (dilation to 10−5 mol/L ACh, 71 ± 5% vs. 92 ± 2% of controls) and the TRPV4 agonist GSK1016790A‐induced dilation of small mesenteric arteries (10−8 mol/L GSK1016790A, 14 ± 5% vs. 77 ± 7% of controls). However, Ang II treatment did not affect ACh dilation in TRPV4−/− mice. Mechanistically, Ang II did not significantly alter either TRPV4 total protein expression in mesenteric arteries or TRPV4 agonist‐induced Ca2+ response in mesenteric endothelial cells in situ. These results suggest that TRPV4 channels play a minor role in blood pressure regulation in l‐NAME‐ but not Ang II‐induced hypertension, but may be importantly involved in Ang II‐induced endothelial dysfunction. We investigated the role of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 4 (TRPV4) in regulating vascular tone in vivo under normal conditions and in response to hypertensive challenges. Our results indicate that TRPV4 channels may play a complex role in the control of vascular tone and endothelial function under stress.
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- Yoshinori Nishijima
- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pharmacology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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The widely distributed TRPV4 cationic channel participates in the transduction of both physical (osmotic, mechanical, and heat) and chemical (endogenous, plant-derived, and synthetic ligands) stimuli. In this chapter we will review TRPV4 expression, biophysics, structure, regulation, and interacting partners as well as physiological and pathological insights obtained in TRPV4 animal models and human genetic studies.
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Yoneshiro T, Saito M. Transient receptor potential activated brown fat thermogenesis as a target of food ingredients for obesity management. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2013; 16:625-31. [PMID: 24100669 DOI: 10.1097/mco.0b013e3283653ee1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Cold exposure activates brown adipose tissue (BAT), the major site of sympathetically activated nonshivering thermognenesis, via transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. Capsaicin and its nonpungent analogue (capsinoids) are agonists for a vanilloid subtype one of TRP, and have the potential to increase whole-body energy expenditure and reduce body fat. This article reviews the regulatory roles of BAT for energy expenditure and body fat in humans, particularly focusing on food ingredients activating the TRP-BAT axis. RECENT FINDINGS Acute cold exposure increased energy expenditure in humans with metabolically active BAT, but not those without it. Quite similar responses were found after a single oral ingestion of either capsinoids or an alcohol extract of Guinea pepper seeds, indicating that these food ingredients activate BAT and thereby increase energy expenditure. When individuals without active BAT were exposed to cold every day for 6 weeks, BAT was recruited in association with increased energy expenditure and decreased body fat. A 6-week daily ingestion of capsinoids mimicked the effects of repeated cold exposure. These findings indicate that human BAT can be reactivated/recruited, thereby increasing energy expenditure and decreasing body fat. SUMMARY Human BAT recruited by prolonged ingestion of a vanilloid subtype one of TRP agonists increases energy expenditure and decreases body fat. In addition to capsinoids, there are numerous food ingredients acting as TRP agonists, which are expected to activate BAT and so be useful for the prevention of obesity in daily life.
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- Takeshi Yoneshiro
- aDepartment of Anatomy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine bDepartment of Nutrition, Tenshi College, Sapporo, Japan
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Ota H, Katanosaka K, Murase S, Kashio M, Tominaga M, Mizumura K. TRPV1 and TRPV4 play pivotal roles in delayed onset muscle soreness. PLoS One 2013; 8:e65751. [PMID: 23799042 PMCID: PMC3684597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Unaccustomed strenuous exercise that includes lengthening contraction (LC) often causes tenderness and movement related pain after some delay (delayed-onset muscle soreness, DOMS). We previously demonstrated that nerve growth factor (NGF) and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) are up-regulated in exercised muscle through up-regulation of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, and they sensitized nociceptors resulting in mechanical hyperalgesia. There is also a study showing that transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are involved in DOMS. Here we examined whether and how TRPV1 and/or TRPV4 are involved in DOMS. We firstly evaluated a method to measure the mechanical withdrawal threshold of the deep tissues in wild-type (WT) mice with a modified Randall-Selitto apparatus. WT, TRPV1−/− and TRPV4−/− mice were then subjected to LC. Another group of mice received injection of murine NGF-2.5S or GDNF to the lateral gastrocnemius (LGC) muscle. Before and after these treatments the mechanical withdrawal threshold of LGC was evaluated. The change in expression of NGF, GDNF and COX-2 mRNA in the muscle was examined using real-time RT-PCR. In WT mice, mechanical hyperalgesia was observed 6–24 h after LC and 1–24 h after NGF and GDNF injection. LC induced mechanical hyperalgesia neither in TRPV1−/− nor in TRPV4−/− mice. NGF injection induced mechanical hyperalgesia in WT and TRPV4−/− mice but not in TRPV1−/− mice. GDNF injection induced mechanical hyperalgesia in WT but neither in TRPV1−/− nor in TRPV4−/− mice. Expression of NGF and COX-2 mRNA was significantly increased 3 h after LC in all genotypes. However, GDNF mRNA did not increase in TRPV4−/− mice. These results suggest that TRPV1 contributes to DOMS downstream (possibly at nociceptors) of NGF and GDNF, while TRPV4 is located downstream of GDNF and possibly also in the process of GDNF up-regulation.
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- Hiroki Ota
- Department of Neural Regulation, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience II, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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Bishnoi M, Kondepudi KK, Baboota RK, Dubey R, Boparai RK. Role of transient receptor potential channels in adipocyte biology. Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab 2013; 8:173-182. [PMID: 30736177 DOI: 10.1586/eem.13.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The transient receptor potential (TRP) channel superfamily is a family of 28 nonselective cation channels expressed on the plasma membrane with a high permeability to calcium. Role of TRP channels, especially TRP vanilloid 1, TRP ankyrin 1 and TRP melastatin 8, is widely documented in nociception. During the last few years, there has been a consistent increase in reports indicating the presence and significance of these channels in different tissues including bladder, skin, respiratory system and brain. Based on calcium permeability of these channels and the much published role of calcium and its signaling in adipogenesis, there is a potential for importance of these ion channels in adipocyte biology. This review provides insight into the involvement of TRP channels in adipocyte differentiation, obesity and associated complications. Furthermore, the authors will focus to evaluate these channels as potential therapeutic targets for the management of obesity.
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- Mahendra Bishnoi
- a National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), C-127, Industrial Area, Phase VIII, SAS Nagar, Punjab 160071, India
- c National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), C-127, Industrial Area, Phase VIII, SAS Nagar, Punjab 160071, India.
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- a National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), C-127, Industrial Area, Phase VIII, SAS Nagar, Punjab 160071, India
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- a National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), C-127, Industrial Area, Phase VIII, SAS Nagar, Punjab 160071, India
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- a National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), C-127, Industrial Area, Phase VIII, SAS Nagar, Punjab 160071, India
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Kaßmann M, Harteneck C, Zhu Z, Nürnberg B, Tepel M, Gollasch M. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1), TRPV4, and the kidney. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2013; 207:546-64. [PMID: 23253200 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent preclinical data indicate that activators of transient receptor potential channels of the vanilloid receptor subtype 1 (TRPV1) may improve the outcome of ischaemic acute kidney injury (AKI). The underlying mechanisms are unclear, but may involve TRPV1 channels in dorsal root ganglion neurones that innervate the kidney. Recent data identified TRPV4, together with TRPV1, to serve as major calcium influx channels in endothelial cells. In these cells, gating of individual TRPV4 channels within a four-channel cluster provides elementary calcium influx (calcium sparklets) to open calcium-activated potassium channels and promote vasodilation. The TRPV receptors can also form heteromers that exhibit unique conductance and gating properties, further increasing their spatio-functional diversity. This review summarizes data on electrophysiological properties of TRPV1/4 and their modulation by endogenous channel agonists such as 20-HETE, phospholipase C and phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI3 kinase). We review important roles of TRPV1 and TRPV4 in kidney physiology and renal ischaemia reperfusion injury; further studies are warranted to address renoprotective mechanism of vanilloid receptors in ischaemic AKI including the role of the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 in primary sensory nerves and/or endothelium. Particular attention should be paid to understand the kidneys' ability to respond to ischaemic stimuli after catheter-based renal denervation therapy in man, whereas the discovery of novel pharmacological TRPV modulators may be a successful strategy for better treatment of acute or chronic kidney failure.
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- Charité University Medicine, Section Nephrology/Intensive Care, Campus Virchow, and Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC); Berlin; Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle & Klinische Pharmakologie & Toxikologie and Interfaculty Center of Pharmacogenomics and Pharmaceutical Research (ICePhA); Eberhard-Karls-Universität; Tübingen; Germany
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- Department of Hypertension and Endocrinology, Center for Hypertension and Metabolic Diseases; Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing Institute of Hypertension; Chongqing; China
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- Institut für Experimentelle & Klinische Pharmakologie & Toxikologie and Interfaculty Center of Pharmacogenomics and Pharmaceutical Research (ICePhA); Eberhard-Karls-Universität; Tübingen; Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, and University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Clinical Research; Odense University Hospital; Odense; Denmark
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- Charité University Medicine, Section Nephrology/Intensive Care, Campus Virchow, and Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC); Berlin; Germany
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