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O'Farrell F, Aleyakpo B, Mustafa R, Jiang X, Pinto RC, Elliott P, Tzoulaki I, Dehghan A, Loh SHY, Barclay JW, Martins LM, Pazoki R. Evidence for involvement of the alcohol consumption WDPCP gene in lipid metabolism, and liver cirrhosis. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20616. [PMID: 37996473 PMCID: PMC10667215 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47371-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Biological pathways between alcohol consumption and alcohol liver disease (ALD) are not fully understood. We selected genes with known effect on (1) alcohol consumption, (2) liver function, and (3) gene expression. Expression of the orthologs of these genes in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster was suppressed using mutations and/or RNA interference (RNAi). In humans, association analysis, pathway analysis, and Mendelian randomization analysis were performed to identify metabolic changes due to alcohol consumption. In C. elegans, we found a reduction in locomotion rate after exposure to ethanol for RNAi knockdown of ACTR1B and MAPT. In Drosophila, we observed (1) a change in sedative effect of ethanol for RNAi knockdown of WDPCP, TENM2, GPN1, ARPC1B, and SCN8A, (2) a reduction in ethanol consumption for RNAi knockdown of TENM2, (3) a reduction in triradylglycerols (TAG) levels for RNAi knockdown of WDPCP, TENM2, and GPN1. In human, we observed (1) a link between alcohol consumption and several metabolites including TAG, (2) an enrichment of the candidate (alcohol-associated) metabolites within the linoleic acid (LNA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) metabolism pathways, (3) a causal link between gene expression of WDPCP to liver fibrosis and liver cirrhosis. Our results imply that WDPCP might be involved in ALD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Felix O'Farrell
- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research Group, Division of Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University, London, UB8 3PH, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research Group, Division of Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University, London, UB8 3PH, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, W12 0NN, UK
- National Institute for Health Research, Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Health Data Research UK at Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- Centre for Systems Biology, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Cell Signalling, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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- MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge, Gleeson Building, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research Group, Division of Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University, London, UB8 3PH, UK.
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University, London, UB8 3PH, UK.
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Zhang T, Li J, Sun Z, Tu B, Wang W, Luo G, He Y, Jiang S, Fan C. Human osteoprogenitor cells obtained from traumatic heterotopic ossification samples showed enhanced osteogenic differentiation potential and ERK/Hedgehog signaling than that from normal bone. IUBMB Life 2022; 74:1081-1093. [PMID: 35964153 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2670] [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: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Traumatic heterotopic ossification (HO) refers to the abnormal ectopic osteogenesis following trauma, causing limb dysfunction and seriously lowering the life quality of patients. Aberrant osteogenic behavior of progenitor cells that ectopically accumulated within the soft tissues are believed to be responsible for HO formation. However, the detailed mechanism still remained to be clarified. Here in this study, we successfully isolated osteoprogenitors from human heterotopic ossification tissues (HO-ops) and identified their stemness and multi-directional differentiation potential. Using alkaline phosphatase staining together with alizarin red staining, we confirmed that the HO-ops in the heterotopic ossified tissues gained greater osteogenic potential than the normal human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (HBMSCs). RT-qPCR also indicated that HO-ops obtained more gene transcriptions of critical osteogenic determinators than HBMSCs. In addition, through Western blot, we proved that ERK signaling pathway and Hedgehog signaling pathway were significantly activated in the HO-ops. When U0126 and cyclopamine were used to inhibit ERK and hedgehog signaling respectively, the osteogenic potential of HO-ops decreased significantly. The hedgehog signaling and ERK signaling also showed cross-talk in HO-ops during osteogenic differentiation in HO-ops during osteogenic differentiation. The elevated ERK and hedgehog signaling was further confirmed in the human traumatic HO sample sections by immunohistochemical staining. In sum, our results showed that the activation of ERK and Hedgehog signaling pathway jointly enhanced the osteogenic potential of HO-ops to induce the formation of traumatic HO, which provides novel insights into the molecular basis of HO formation and offers promising targets for future therapeutic strategy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Tongtong Zhang
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Orthopaedic Material Innovation and Tissue Regeneration, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.,Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Orthopaedic Material Innovation and Tissue Regeneration, Shanghai, China
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Martín-Salazar JE, Valverde D. CPLANE Complex and Ciliopathies. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12060847. [PMID: 35740972 PMCID: PMC9221175 DOI: 10.3390/biom12060847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Primary cilia are non-motile organelles associated with the cell cycle, which can be found in most vertebrate cell types. Cilia formation occurs through a process called ciliogenesis, which involves several mechanisms including planar cell polarity (PCP) and the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway. Some gene complexes, such as BBSome or CPLANE (ciliogenesis and planar polarity effector), have been linked to ciliogenesis. CPLANE complex is composed of INTU, FUZ and WDPCP, which bind to JBTS17 and RSG1 for cilia formation. Defects in these genes have been linked to a malfunction of intraflagellar transport and defects in the planar cell polarity, as well as defective activation of the Hedgehog signalling pathway. These faults lead to defective cilium formation, resulting in ciliopathies, including orofacial-digital syndrome (OFDS) and Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). Considering the close relationship, between the CPLANE complex and cilium formation, it can be expected that defects in the genes that encode subunits of the CPLANE complex may be related to other ciliopathies.
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- CINBIO, Biomedical Research Centre, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain;
- Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS-GS), 36310 Vigo, Spain
- Correspondence:
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