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Díaz Del Moral S, Barrena S, Hernández-Torres F, Aránega A, Villaescusa JM, Gómez Doblas JJ, Franco D, Jiménez-Navarro M, Muñoz-Chápuli R, Carmona R. Deletion of the Wilms' Tumor Suppressor Gene in the Cardiac Troponin-T Lineage Reveals Novel Functions of WT1 in Heart Development. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:683861. [PMID: 34368133 PMCID: PMC8339973 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.683861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Expression of Wilms’ tumor suppressor transcription factor (WT1) in the embryonic epicardium is essential for cardiac development, but its myocardial expression is little known. We have found that WT1 is expressed at low levels in 20–25% of the embryonic cardiomyocytes. Conditional ablation of WT1 using a cardiac troponin T driver (Tnnt2Cre) caused abnormal sinus venosus and atrium development, lack of pectinate muscles, thin ventricular myocardium and, in some cases, interventricular septum and cardiac wall defects, ventricular diverticula and aneurisms. Coronary development was normal and there was not embryonic lethality, although survival of adult mutant mice was reduced probably due to perinatal mortality. Adult mutant mice showed electrocardiographic anomalies, including increased RR and QRS intervals, and decreased PR intervals. RNASeq analysis identified differential expression of 137 genes in the E13.5 mutant heart as compared to controls. GO functional enrichment analysis suggested that both calcium ion regulation and modulation of potassium channels are deeply altered in the mutant myocardium. In summary, together with its essential function in the embryonic epicardium, myocardial WT1 expression is also required for normal cardiac development.
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- Department of Animal Biology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology III and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Medina Foundation, Technology Park of Health Sciences, Granada, Spain
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- Medina Foundation, Technology Park of Health Sciences, Granada, Spain.,Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Heart Area Clinical Management Unit, University Hosp tal Virgen de la Victoria, CIBERCV Enfermedades Cardiovasculares Health Institute Carlos III, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Heart Area Clinical Management Unit, University Hosp tal Virgen de la Victoria, CIBERCV Enfermedades Cardiovasculares Health Institute Carlos III, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Heart Area Clinical Management Unit, University Hosp tal Virgen de la Victoria, CIBERCV Enfermedades Cardiovasculares Health Institute Carlos III, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Animal Biology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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Piquereau J, Veksler V, Novotova M, Ventura-Clapier R. Energetic Interactions Between Subcellular Organelles in Striated Muscles. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:581045. [PMID: 33134298 PMCID: PMC7561670 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.581045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Adult striated muscle cells present highly organized structure with densely packed intracellular organelles and a very sparse cytosol accounting for only few percent of cell volume. These cells have a high and fluctuating energy demand that, in continuously working oxidative muscles, is fulfilled mainly by oxidative metabolism. ATP produced by mitochondria should be directed to the main energy consumers, ATPases of the excitation-contraction system; at the same time, ADP near ATPases should rapidly be eliminated. This is achieved by phosphotransfer kinases, the most important being creatine kinase (CK). Specific CK isoenzymes are located in mitochondria and in close proximity to ATPases, forming efficient energy shuttle between these structures. In addition to phosphotransfer kinases, ATP/ADP can be directly channeled between mitochondria co-localized with ATPases in a process called “direct adenine nucleotide channeling, DANC.” This process is highly plastic so that inactivation of the CK system increases the participation of DANC to energy supply owing to the rearrangement of cell structure. The machinery for DANC is built during postnatal development in parallel with the increase in mitochondrial mass, organization, and complexification of the cell structure. Disorganization of cell architecture remodels the mitochondrial network and decreases the efficacy of DANC, showing that this process is intimately linked to cardiomyocyte structure. Accordingly, in heart failure, disorganization of the cell structure along with decrease in mitochondrial mass reduces the efficacy of DANC and together with alteration of the CK shuttle participates in energetic deficiency contributing to contractile failure.
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- Jérôme Piquereau
- Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, UMR-S 1180, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, UMR-S 1180, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Department of Cellular Cardiology, Biomedical Research Center, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Piquereau J, Ventura-Clapier R. Maturation of Cardiac Energy Metabolism During Perinatal Development. Front Physiol 2018; 9:959. [PMID: 30072919 PMCID: PMC6060230 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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As one of the highest energy consumer organ in mammals, the heart has to be provided with a high amount of energy as soon as its first beats in utero. During the development of this organ, energy is produced within the cardiac muscle cell depending on substrate availability, oxygen pressure and cardiac workload that drastically change at birth. Thus, energy metabolism relying essentially on carbohydrates in fetal heart is very different from the adult one and birth is the trigger of a profound maturation which ensures the transition to a highly oxidative metabolism depending on lipid utilization. To face the substantial increase in cardiac workload resulting from the growth of the organism during the postnatal period, the heart not only develops its capacity for energy production but also undergoes a hypertrophic growth to adapt its contractile capacity to its new function. This leads to a profound cytoarchitectural remodeling of the cardiomyocyte which becomes a highly compartmentalized structure. As a consequence, within the mature cardiac muscle, energy transfer between energy producing and consuming compartments requires organized energy transfer systems that are established in the early postnatal life. This review aims at describing the major rearrangements of energy metabolism during the perinatal development.
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- Jérôme Piquereau
- Signalling and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology - UMR-S 1180, Université Paris-Sud, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Signalling and Cardiovascular Pathophysiology - UMR-S 1180, Université Paris-Sud, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Clowes C, Boylan MGS, Ridge LA, Barnes E, Wright JA, Hentges KE. The functional diversity of essential genes required for mammalian cardiac development. Genesis 2014; 52:713-37. [PMID: 24866031 PMCID: PMC4141749 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Genes required for an organism to develop to maturity (for which no other gene can compensate) are considered essential. The continuing functional annotation of the mouse genome has enabled the identification of many essential genes required for specific developmental processes including cardiac development. Patterns are now emerging regarding the functional nature of genes required at specific points throughout gestation. Essential genes required for development beyond cardiac progenitor cell migration and induction include a small and functionally homogenous group encoding transcription factors, ligands and receptors. Actions of core cardiogenic transcription factors from the Gata, Nkx, Mef, Hand, and Tbx families trigger a marked expansion in the functional diversity of essential genes from midgestation onwards. As the embryo grows in size and complexity, genes required to maintain a functional heartbeat and to provide muscular strength and regulate blood flow are well represented. These essential genes regulate further specialization and polarization of cell types along with proliferative, migratory, adhesive, contractile, and structural processes. The identification of patterns regarding the functional nature of essential genes across numerous developmental systems may aid prediction of further essential genes and those important to development and/or progression of disease. genesis 52:713–737, 2014.
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- Christopher Clowes
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Chang J, Oikawa S, Ichihara G, Nanpei Y, Hotta Y, Yamada Y, Tada-Oikawa S, Iwahashi H, Kitagawa E, Takeuchi I, Yuda M, Ichihara S. Altered gene and protein expression in liver of the obese spontaneously hypertensive/NDmcr-cp rat. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2012; 9:87. [PMID: 22998770 PMCID: PMC3565951 DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-9-87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED BACKGROUND It is difficult to study the mechanisms of the metabolic syndrome in humans due to the heterogeneous genetic background and lifestyle. The present study investigated changes in the gene and protein profiles in an animal model of the metabolic syndrome to identify the molecular targets associated with the pathogenesis and progression of obesity related to the metabolic syndrome. METHODS We extracted mRNAs and proteins from the liver tissues of 6- and 25-week-old spontaneously hypertensive/NIH -corpulent rat SHR/NDmcr-cp (CP), SHR/Lean (Lean) and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) and performed microarray analysis and two-dimensional difference in gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) linked to a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF MS). RESULTS The microarray analysis identified 25 significantly up-regulated genes (P < 0.01; log10 > 1) and 31 significantly down-regulated genes (P < 0.01; log10 < -1) in 6- and 25-week-old CP compared with WKY and Lean. Several of these genes are known to be involved in important biological processes such as electron transporter activity, electron transport, lipid metabolism, ion transport, transferase, and ion channel activity. MALDI-TOF/TOF MS identified 31 proteins with ±1.2 fold change (P < 0.05) in 6- and 25-week-old CP, compared with age-matched WKY and Lean. The up-regulated proteins are involved in metabolic processes, biological regulation, catalytic activity, and binding, while the down-regulated proteins are involved in endoplasmic reticulum stress-related unfolded protein response. CONCLUSION Genes with significant changes in their expression in transcriptomic analysis matched very few of the proteins identified in proteomics analysis. However, annotated functional classifications might provide an important reference resource to understand the pathogenesis of obesity associated with the metabolic syndrome.
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- Jie Chang
- Graduate School of Regional Innovation Studies, Mie University, 1577 Kurimamachiya-cho, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
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Millott R, Dudek E, Michalak M. The endoplasmic reticulum in cardiovascular health and disease. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2012; 90:1209-17. [PMID: 22897133 DOI: 10.1139/y2012-058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum has an intricate network of pathways built to deal with the secretory and integral membrane protein synthesis demands of the cell, as well as adaptive responses set up for the endoplasmic reticulum to rely on when stressed. These pathways are both essential and complex, and because of these 2 factors, several situations can lead to a dysfunctional endoplasmic reticulum and result in a dysfunctional cell with the potential to contribute to the progression of disease. The endoplasmic reticulum has been implicated in several metabolic, neurodegenerative, inflammatory, autoimmune, and renal diseases and disorders, and in particular, cardiovascular diseases. The role of the endoplasmic reticulum in cardiovascular disease shows how the change in function of a particular microscopic organelle can lead to macroscopic changes in the form of disease.
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- Robyn Millott
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Li HD, Liu WX, Michalak M. Enhanced clathrin-dependent endocytosis in the absence of calnexin. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21678. [PMID: 21747946 PMCID: PMC3128601 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Calnexin, together with calreticulin, constitute the calnexin/calreticulin cycle. Calnexin is a type I endoplasmic reticulum integral membrane protein and molecular chaperone responsible for the folding and quality control of newly-synthesized (glyco)proteins. The endoplasmic reticulum luminal domain of calnexin is responsible for lectin-like activity and interaction with nascent polypeptide chains. The role of the C-terminal, cytoplasmic portion of calnexin is not clear. Methodology/Principal Findings Using yeast two hybrid screen and immunoprecipitation techniques, we showed that the Src homology 3-domain growth factor receptor-bound 2-like (Endophilin) interacting protein 1 (SGIP1), a neuronal specific regulator of endocytosis, forms complexes with the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of calnexin. The calnexin cytoplasmic C-tail interacts with SGIP1 C-terminal domains containing the adaptor complexes medium subunit (Adap-Comp-Sub) region. Calnexin-deficient cells have enhanced clathrin-dependent endocytosis in neuronal cells and mouse neuronal system. This is reversed by expression of full length calnexin or calnexin C-tail. Conclusions/Significance We show that the effects of SGIP1 and calnexin C-tail on clathrin-dependent endocytosis are due to modulation of the internalization of the receptor-ligand complexes. Enhanced clathrin-dependent endocytosis in the absence of calnexin may contribute to the neurological phenotype of calnexin-deficient mice.
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- Hao-Dong Li
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Faustino RS, Chiriac A, Niederlander NJ, Nelson TJ, Behfar A, Mishra PK, Macura S, Michalak M, Terzic A, Perez-Terzic C. Decoded calreticulin-deficient embryonic stem cell transcriptome resolves latent cardiophenotype. Stem Cells 2010; 28:1281-91. [PMID: 20506533 DOI: 10.1002/stem.447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Genomic perturbations that challenge normal signaling at the pluripotent stage may trigger unforeseen ontogenic aberrancies. Anticipatory systems biology identification of transcriptome landscapes that underlie latent phenotypes would offer molecular diagnosis before the onset of symptoms. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of calreticulin-deficient embryonic stem cell transcriptomes on molecular functions and physiological systems. Bioinformatic surveillance of calreticulin-null stem cells, a monogenic insult model, diagnosed a disruption in transcriptome dynamics, which re-prioritized essential cellular functions. Calreticulin-calibrated signaling axes were uncovered, and network-wide cartography of undifferentiated stem cell transcripts suggested cardiac manifestations. Calreticulin-deficient stem cell-derived cardiac cells verified disorganized sarcomerogenesis, mitochondrial paucity, and cytoarchitectural aberrations to validate calreticulin-dependent network forecasts. Furthermore, magnetic resonance imaging and histopathology detected a ventricular septal defect, revealing organogenic manifestation of calreticulin deletion. Thus, bioinformatic deciphering of a primordial calreticulin-deficient transcriptome decoded at the pluripotent stem cell stage a reconfigured multifunctional molecular registry to anticipate predifferentiation susceptibility toward abnormal cardiophenotype.
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- Randolph S Faustino
- Marriott Heart Disease Research Program, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Machida M, Takagaki Y, Matsuoka R, Kawaguchi N. Proteomic comparison of spherical aggregates and adherent cells of cardiac stem cells. Int J Cardiol 2010; 153:296-305. [PMID: 20864193 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2010] [Revised: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 08/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previously published papers showed that cardiac stem cells (CSCs) form (cardio)sphere. However, recent studies questioned the significance of the sphere-formation as one of the characteristics of CSCs. We isolated c-kit-positive cardiac stem cells, cultured as bulk (CSC-BC) and characterized them previously. Among them, CSC-BC21 formed an extraordinary number of spheres. Using a clone derived from this bulk culture, we investigated the effect of sphere-formation on differentiation and performed proteomics analysis comparing two statuses, cardiosphere and dish substrate attachment. METHODS We performed sphere-forming assay to compare the sphere-forming ability among CSC-BCs. The cloned cells from CSC-BC21, which had distinct sphere-forming ability, were cultured in a differentiation medium (DM) to induce cardiac myocyte differentiation. We performed RT-PCR analysis to investigate if cardiosphere-formation affects cardiac myocyte gene expression level. Furthermore, proteome analysis was performed to compare floating cardiosphere (flCS) and dish-attached cardiosphere-derived cells (daCS). RESULTS One of the cloned cells, CSC-21E expressed higher troponin I message than CSC-BC21. Moreover, the message level of troponin I was enhanced when they had experienced cardiosphere prior to the treatment of myocyte differentiation medium. The change from flCS to daCS accompanied up-regulation of chaperones and down regulation of glycolytic and other metabolic enzymes. Calreticulin and Hsp 90 were among the up-regulated chaperons. Calreticulin is known to be an essential component of cardiogenesis. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the switch from aggregated sphere to the cell attachment, is important for advancing the cardiac cell differentiation.
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- Mitsuyo Machida
- International Research and Educational Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
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Ca2+ is a universal signalling molecule that affects a variety of cellular processes including cardiac development. The majority of intracellular Ca2+ is stored in the endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum of muscle and non-muscle cells. Calreticulin is a well studied Ca2+-buffering protein in the endoplasmic reticulum, and calreticulin deficiency is embryonic lethal due to impaired cardiac development. Despite calsequestrin being the most abundant Ca2+-buffering protein in the sarcoplasmic reticulum, viability is maintained in embryos without calsequestrin and normal Ca2+ release and contractile function is observed. The Ca2+ homeostasis regulated by the endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum is critical for the development and proper function of the heart.
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- Dukgyu Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2H7
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Kraus A, Groenendyk J, Bedard K, Baldwin TA, Krause KH, Dubois-Dauphin M, Dyck J, Rosenbaum EE, Korngut L, Colley NJ, Gosgnach S, Zochodne D, Todd K, Agellon LB, Michalak M. Calnexin deficiency leads to dysmyelination. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:18928-38. [PMID: 20400506 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.107201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Calnexin is a molecular chaperone and a component of the quality control of the secretory pathway. We have generated calnexin gene-deficient mice (cnx(-/-)) and showed that calnexin deficiency leads to myelinopathy. Calnexin-deficient mice were viable with no discernible effects on other systems, including immune function, and instead they demonstrated dysmyelination as documented by reduced conductive velocity of nerve fibers and electron microscopy analysis of sciatic nerve and spinal cord. Myelin of the peripheral and central nervous systems of cnx(-/-) mice was disorganized and decompacted. There were no abnormalities in neuronal growth, no loss of neuronal fibers, and no change in fictive locomotor pattern in the absence of calnexin. This work reveals a previously unrecognized and important function of calnexin in myelination and provides new insights into the mechanisms responsible for myelin diseases.
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- Allison Kraus
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Sedan O, Dolnikov K, Zeevi-Levin N, Fleishmann N, Spiegel I, Berdichevski S, Amit M, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Binah O. Human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes can mobilize 1,4,5-inositol trisphosphate-operated [Ca2+]i stores. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010; 1188:68-77. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Prins D, Michalak M. Endoplasmic reticulum proteins in cardiac development and dysfunction. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2010; 87:419-25. [PMID: 19526035 DOI: 10.1139/y09-032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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An understanding of cardiac pathologies and the molecular mechanisms thereof is essential for the development of therapies for cardiovascular disease, a common cause of death in Western societies. Investigations into heart diseases have shown that the endoplasmic reticulum and its diverse functions may lie at the center of many cardiac pathologies. Animal models have demonstrated that in numerous cases, faulty endoplasmic reticulum activity is manifested in defective cardiogenesis or impaired heart function. These findings suggest that the endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes may represent functionally independent organelles responsible for specialized functions in the heart. This review addresses the molecular pathways linking endoplasmic reticulum function and malfunction with impaired cardiac phenotypes. The endoplasmic reticulum affects cardiac development and function through Ca2+-dependent pathways, its catalytic role in the proper folding and targeting of membrane-bound and secretory proteins, and its response to cellular stress events, particularly hypoxic conditions. These pathways present potential novel targets for treatment of cardiac disease.
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- Daniel Prins
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S7, Canada
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Coe H, Jung J, Groenendyk J, Prins D, Michalak M. ERp57 modulates STAT3 signaling from the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:6725-38. [PMID: 20022947 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.054015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ERp57 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident thiol disulfide oxidoreductase. Using the gene trap technique, we created a ERp57-deficient mouse model. Targeted deletion of the Pdia3 gene, which encodes ERp57, in mice is embryonic lethal at embryonic day (E) 13.5. Beta-galactosidase reporter gene analysis revealed that ERp57 is expressed early on during blastocyst formation with the highest expression in the inner cell mass. In early stages of mouse embryonic development (E11.5) there is a relatively low level of expression of ERp57. As the embryos developed, ERp57 became highly expressed in both the brain and the lungs (E15.5 and E18.5). The absence of ERp57 has no impact on ER morphology; expression of ER-associated chaperones and folding enzymes, ER stress, or apoptosis. ERp57 has been reported to interact with STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription)-DNA complexes. We show here that STAT3-dependent signaling is increased in the absence of ERp57 and this can be rescued by expression of ER-targeted ERp57 but not by cytoplasmic-targeted protein, indicating that ERp57 affects STAT3 signaling from the lumen of the ER. ERp57 effects on STAT3 signaling are enhanced by ER luminal complex formation between ERp57 and calreticulin. In conclusion, we show that ERp57 deficiency in mouse is embryonic lethal at E13.5 and ERp57-dependent modulation of STAT3 signaling may contribute to this phenotype.
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- Helen Coe
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Papp S, Dziak E, Opas M. Embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyogenesis: a novel role for calreticulin as a regulator. Stem Cells 2009; 27:1507-15. [PMID: 19544459 DOI: 10.1002/stem.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A role for calreticulin, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident, Ca(2+)-binding chaperone, has recently emerged in the context of cardiomyogenesis. We previously proposed calreticulin to be a novel cardiac fetal gene, because calreticulin knockout causes embryonic lethality in mice as a result of cardiac defects, it is transiently activated during heart development, and heart-targeted overexpression of constitutively active calcineurin in calreticulin-null mice rescues the lethal phenotype. Calreticulin affects Ca(2+) homeostasis and expression of adhesion-related genes. Using cardiomyocytes derived from both calreticulin-null and wild-type embryonic stem (ES) cells, we show here that cardiomyogenesis from calreticulin-null ES cells is accelerated but deregulated, such that the myofibrils of calreticulin-null cardiomyocytes become disorganized and disintegrate with time in culture. We have previously shown that the disorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in calreticulin-null cells may be explained, at least in part, by the downregulation of adhesion proteins, implying that calreticulin ablation causes adhesion-related defects. Here, upon examination of adhesion proteins, we found that vinculin is downregulated in calreticulin-null cardiomyocytes. We also found c-Src activity to be higher in calreticulin-null cardiomyocytes than in wild-type cardiomyocytes, and c-Src activity is affected by both calreticulin and [Ca(2+)]. Finally, we show that calreticulin and calsequestrin, the major Ca(2+) storage proteins of the ER and sarcoplasmic reticulum, respectively, exhibit alternate distributions. This suggests that calreticulin may have a housekeeping role to play in mature cardiomyocytes as well as during cardiomyogenesis. We propose here that calreticulin, an ER Ca(2+) storage protein, is a crucial regulator of cardiomyogenesis whose presence is required for controlled cardiomyocyte development from ES cells.
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- Sylvia Papp
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Transcriptional control of the calreticulin gene in health and disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41:531-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2008] [Revised: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Michalak M, Groenendyk J, Szabo E, Gold L, Opas M. Calreticulin, a multi-process calcium-buffering chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum. Biochem J 2009; 417:651-666. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20081847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 528] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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Calreticulin is an ER (endoplasmic reticulum) luminal Ca2+-buffering chaperone. The protein is involved in regulation of intracellular Ca2+ homoeostasis and ER Ca2+ capacity. The protein impacts on store-operated Ca2+ influx and influences Ca2+-dependent transcriptional pathways during embryonic development. Calreticulin is also involved in the folding of newly synthesized proteins and glycoproteins and, together with calnexin (an integral ER membrane chaperone similar to calreticulin) and ERp57 [ER protein of 57 kDa; a PDI (protein disulfide-isomerase)-like ER-resident protein], constitutes the ‘calreticulin/calnexin cycle’ that is responsible for folding and quality control of newly synthesized glycoproteins. In recent years, calreticulin has been implicated to play a role in many biological systems, including functions inside and outside the ER, indicating that the protein is a multi-process molecule. Regulation of Ca2+ homoeostasis and ER Ca2+ buffering by calreticulin might be the key to explain its multi-process property.
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- Marek Michalak
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H7
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H7
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- Laboratory of Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Medicine and Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, U.S.A
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- Laboratory of Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
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Thielmann Y, Weiergräber OH, Mohrlüder J, Willbold D. Structural framework of the GABARAP-calreticulin interface - implications for substrate binding to endoplasmic reticulum chaperones. FEBS J 2009; 276:1140-52. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Calreticulin regulates insulin receptor expression and its downstream PI3 Kinase/Akt signalling pathway. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:2344-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2008] [Revised: 08/27/2008] [Accepted: 08/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Grespin ME, Bonamy GMC, Roggero VR, Cameron NG, Adam LE, Atchison AP, Fratto VM, Allison LA. Thyroid hormone receptor alpha1 follows a cooperative CRM1/calreticulin-mediated nuclear export pathway. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:25576-25588. [PMID: 18641393 PMCID: PMC2533095 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710482200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2007] [Revised: 06/09/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The thyroid hormone receptor alpha1 (TRalpha) exhibits a dual role as an activator or repressor of its target genes in response to thyroid hormone (T(3)). Previously, we have shown that TRalpha, formerly thought to reside solely in the nucleus bound to DNA, actually shuttles rapidly between the nucleus and cytoplasm. An important aspect of the shuttling activity of TRalpha is its ability to exit the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex. TRalpha export is not sensitive to treatment with the CRM1-specific inhibitor leptomycin B (LMB) in heterokaryon assays, suggesting a role for an export receptor other than CRM1. Here, we have used a combined approach of in vivo fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments, in vitro permeabilized cell nuclear export assays, and glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays to investigate the export pathway used by TRalpha. We show that, in addition to shuttling in heterokaryons, TRalpha shuttles rapidly in an unfused monokaryon system as well. Furthermore, our data show that TRalpha directly interacts with calreticulin, and point to the intriguing possibility that TRalpha follows a cooperative export pathway in which both calreticulin and CRM1 play a role in facilitating efficient translocation of TRalpha from the nucleus to cytoplasm.
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- Matthew E Grespin
- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187.
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Papp S, Zhang X, Szabo E, Michalak M, Opas M. Expression of endoplasmic reticulum chaperones in cardiac development. Open Cardiovasc Med J 2008; 2:31-5. [PMID: 18949096 PMCID: PMC2570582 DOI: 10.2174/1874192400802010031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2008] [Revised: 05/02/2008] [Accepted: 05/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To determine if cardiogenesis causes endoplasmic reticulum stress, we examined chaperone expression. Many cardiac pathologies cause activation of the fetal gene program, and we asked the reverse: could activation of the fetal gene program during development induce endoplasmic reticulum stress/chaperones? We found stress related chaperones were more abundant in embryonic compared to adult hearts, indicating endoplasmic reticulum stress during normal cardiac development. To determine the degree of stress, we investigated endoplasmic reticulum stress pathways during cardiogenesis. We detected higher levels of ATF6alpha, caspase 7 and 12 in adult hearts. Thus, during embryonic development, there is large protein synthetic load but there is no endoplasmic reticulum stress. In adult hearts, chaperones are less abundant but there are increased levels of ATF6alpha and ER stress-activated caspases. Thus, protein synthesis during embryonic development does not seem to be as intense a stress as is required for apoptosis that is found during postnatal remodelling.
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- Sylvia Papp
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Uvarov AV, Mesaeli N. Enhanced ubiquitin-proteasome activity in calreticulin deficient cells: a compensatory mechanism for cell survival. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:1237-47. [PMID: 18405668 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Revised: 03/02/2008] [Accepted: 03/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Calreticulin is a lectin chaperone essential for intracellular calcium homeostasis. Deletion of calreticulin gene compromises the overall quality control within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leading to activation of the unfolded protein response. However, the ER structure of calreticulin deficient cells (crt-/-) is not altered due to accumulation of misfolded proteins. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine whether the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is activated in crt-/- cells as a compensatory mechanism for cell survival. Here we show a significant increase in the expression of genes involved in ER associated degradation and activation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in crt-/- cells. We also demonstrated that the ubiquitination of two proteins processed in ER, connexin 43 and A1AT NHK (alpha1-antitrypsin mutant) are increased in crt-/- cells. Furthermore, we showed that the increased proteasome activity in the crt-/- cells could be rescued upon re-introduction of calreticulin or calsequestrin (a muscle calcium binding protein). We also illustrated that increased cytosolic Ca2+ enhances the proteasome activity. Interestingly, suppression of calnexin function using siRNA further elevated the proteasome activity in crt-/- cells. This is the first report to show that loss of calreticulin function enhances the ubiquitin-proteasome activity which could function as a compensatory mechanism for cell survival.
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- Anton V Uvarov
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
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