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Garcia-Concejo A, Larhammar D. Protein kinase C family evolution in jawed vertebrates. Dev Biol 2021; 479:77-90. [PMID: 34329618 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Protein kinase C (PKC) was one of the first kinases identified in human cells. It is now known to constitute a family of kinases that respond to diacylglycerol, phosphatidylserine and for some family members, Ca2+. They have a plethora of different functions, such as cell cycle regulation, immune response and memory formation. In mammals, 12 PKC family members have been described, usually divided into 4 different subfamilies. We present here a comprehensive evolutionary analysis of the PKC genes in jawed vertebrates with special focus on the impact of the two tetraploidizations (1R and 2R) before the radiation of jawed vertebrates and the teleost tetraploidization (3R), as illuminated by synteny and paralogon analysis including many neighboring gene families. We conclude that the vertebrate predecessor had five PKC genes, as tunicates and lancelets still do, and that the PKC family should therefore ideally be organized into five subfamilies. The 1R and 2R events led to a total of 12 genes distributed among these five subfamilies. All 12 genes are still present in some of the major lineages of jawed vertebrates, including mammals, whereas birds and cartilaginous fishes have lost one member. The 3R event added another nine genes in teleosts, bringing the total to 21 genes. The zebrafish, a common experimental model animal, has retained 19. We have found no independent gene duplications. Thus, the genome doublings completely account for the complexity of this gene family in jawed vertebrates and have thereby had a huge impact on their evolution.
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- Adrian Garcia-Concejo
- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Pharmacology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 593, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Pharmacology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 593, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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Novais A, Chatzopoulou E, Chaussain C, Gorin C. The Potential of FGF-2 in Craniofacial Bone Tissue Engineering: A Review. Cells 2021; 10:932. [PMID: 33920587 PMCID: PMC8073160 DOI: 10.3390/cells10040932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 04/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bone is a hard-vascularized tissue, which renews itself continuously to adapt to the mechanical and metabolic demands of the body. The craniofacial area is prone to trauma and pathologies that often result in large bone damage, these leading to both aesthetic and functional complications for patients. The "gold standard" for treating these large defects is autologous bone grafting, which has some drawbacks including the requirement for a second surgical site with quantity of bone limitations, pain and other surgical complications. Indeed, tissue engineering combining a biomaterial with the appropriate cells and molecules of interest would allow a new therapeutic approach to treat large bone defects while avoiding complications associated with a second surgical site. This review first outlines the current knowledge of bone remodeling and the different signaling pathways involved seeking to improve our understanding of the roles of each to be able to stimulate or inhibit them. Secondly, it highlights the interesting characteristics of one growth factor in particular, FGF-2, and its role in bone homeostasis, before then analyzing its potential usefulness in craniofacial bone tissue engineering because of its proliferative, pro-angiogenic and pro-osteogenic effects depending on its spatial-temporal use, dose and mode of administration.
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- Anita Novais
- Pathologies, Imagerie et Biothérapies Orofaciales, Université de Paris, URP2496, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92120 Montrouge, France; (A.N.); (E.C.); (C.C.)
- AP-HP Département d’Odontologie, Services d’odontologie, GH Pitié Salpêtrière, Henri Mondor, Paris Nord, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris, France
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- Pathologies, Imagerie et Biothérapies Orofaciales, Université de Paris, URP2496, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92120 Montrouge, France; (A.N.); (E.C.); (C.C.)
- AP-HP Département d’Odontologie, Services d’odontologie, GH Pitié Salpêtrière, Henri Mondor, Paris Nord, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris, France
- Département de Parodontologie, Université de Paris, UFR Odontologie-Garancière, 75006 Paris, France
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- Pathologies, Imagerie et Biothérapies Orofaciales, Université de Paris, URP2496, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92120 Montrouge, France; (A.N.); (E.C.); (C.C.)
- AP-HP Département d’Odontologie, Services d’odontologie, GH Pitié Salpêtrière, Henri Mondor, Paris Nord, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris, France
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- Pathologies, Imagerie et Biothérapies Orofaciales, Université de Paris, URP2496, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92120 Montrouge, France; (A.N.); (E.C.); (C.C.)
- AP-HP Département d’Odontologie, Services d’odontologie, GH Pitié Salpêtrière, Henri Mondor, Paris Nord, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris, France
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The Classification of VACTERL Association into 3 Groups According to the Limb Defect. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2021; 9:e3360. [PMID: 33680640 PMCID: PMC7929542 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000003360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The VACTERL association (VA) is defined as the nonrandom co-occurrence of 6 anomalies: vertebral anomalies (V), Anal atresia (A), Cardiac defects (C), Tracheo-esophageal fistula (TE), Renal defects (R), and Limb anomalies (L). The current communication presents an argument that patients with VA should be classified into three district groups based on their limb defects: VACTERL1: patients with normal limbs; VACTERL2: patients with limb anomalies other than radial ray defects of the upper limbs; and VACTERL3: patients with radial ray defects of the upper limbs. The author will demonstrate that the rationale behind the L1-3 classification in patients in VA is based on the embryogenesis of the 6 affected anatomical areas in VA. The pathogenesis of VACTERL1 is secondary to perturbations of Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) interactions. SHH signaling is known to have a major role in the normal development of the vertebrae, ano-rectal area, heart, tracheo-esophageal area, and kidney. However, SHH is not involved in the development of the radial ray; hence, patients present with no limb defects. The pathogenesis of VACTERL2 is variable depending on the type of gene mutation. The pathogenesis of VACTERL3 is related to errors in a group of proteins (namely, the proteins of the TBX5-SALL4-SALL1 loop and the FGF8-FGF10 loop/ pathway). These proteins are essential for the normal development of the radial ray and they interact in the development of the other anatomical areas of VA including the heart and kidney. Hence, VACTERL3 patients present with radial ray deficiency.
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Lu W, Guo B, Wang X, Xu K, Qi P. The receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) mediating immune response in thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 85:61-70. [PMID: 29649551 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) is a intracellular receptor for the protein kinase C family which mediates various biological processes. Here, a novel RACK1 gene termed Mc-RACK1 was identified from thick shell mussel, Mytilus coruscus. Mc-RACK1 shared typical RACK1 domains containing WD repeats, PKC phosphorylation sites, N-myristoylation sites, PKC activation sites, TK phosphorylation site and WD motifs. Mc-RACK1 was constitutively expressed in all examined tissues, and its expression in gills, haemocytes and digestive glands were significantly up-regulated upon LPS challenge. Mc-RACK1 showed a significantly down-regulated expression in gills and haemocytes at the early phase upon copper exposure. Mc-RACK1 in haemocytes was silenced after receiving its dsRNA, meanwhile, the increases of SOD and CAT activity were investigated. Further, Mc-RACK1 could activate the NF-κB and ISRE reporter in HEK-293T cells. These suggested that Mc-RACK1 had a deeper involvement in mollusc immunity, and played an important role in antioxidant system.
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- Weixiao Lu
- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316021, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316004, China.
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Jia Z, Wang M, Wang X, Wang L, Song L. The receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) functions in hematopoiesis through JNK activation in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 57:252-261. [PMID: 27542616 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.08.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) is a WD-domain repeating protein which involves in the mediation of various biological processes, including innate immune response. In the present study, a RACK1 (designed as EsRACK1) gene from Chinese mitten crab E. sinensis was cloned by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) technique. The full-length cDNA sequence of EsRACK1 was of 1117 bp with an open reading frame (ORF) of 957 bp encoding a polypeptide of 318 amino acids containing seven WD repeats. EsRACK1 shared 62%-99% similarities with previously identified RACK1s in amino acid sequence, and it was clustered with the RACK1 from Pacifastacus leniusculus in the phylogenetic tree. The mRNA transcripts of EsRACK1 were constitutively expressed in various tissues with the highest expression level in hepatopancreas. The expression of EsRACK1 mRNA in hemocytes were significantly up-regulated post the stimulations with Vibrio anguillarum and Pichia pastoris. After exposure to CdCl2 and pentachlorophenol, the transcripts of EsRACK1 in hemocytes were up-regulated at the late phase from 12 h. When EsRACK1 was knocked down by dsRNA based RNAi, the total hemocyte counts, new-born hemocytes and phosphorylation of JNK were all significantly decreased. In addition, EsRACK1 transcription and phosphorylation of JNK were both decreased in hematopoietic tissue post Aeromonas hydrophila challenge. All the results suggested that EsRACK1 was involved in the innate immune response of the crab and participated in the production of new-born hemocytes through activation of JNK.
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MESH Headings
- Aeromonas hydrophila/physiology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Arthropod Proteins/chemistry
- Arthropod Proteins/genetics
- Arthropod Proteins/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Brachyura/drug effects
- Brachyura/genetics
- Brachyura/immunology
- Brachyura/microbiology
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Hematopoiesis/drug effects
- Herbicides/toxicity
- Immunity, Innate
- Metals, Heavy/toxicity
- Phylogeny
- Pichia/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors for Activated C Kinase
- Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Tissue Distribution
- Up-Regulation
- Vibrio/physiology
- Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity
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- Zhihao Jia
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture & Stock Enhancement in North China's Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian 116023, China.
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Sun M, Li W, Blomqvist K, Das S, Hashem Y, Dvorin JD, Frank J. Dynamical features of the Plasmodium falciparum ribosome during translation. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:10515-24. [PMID: 26432834 PMCID: PMC4666399 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Plasmodium falciparum, the mosquito-transmitted Apicomplexan parasite, causes the most severe form of human malaria. In the asexual blood-stage, the parasite resides within erythrocytes where it proliferates, multiplies and finally spreads to new erythrocytes. Development of drugs targeting the ribosome, the site of protein synthesis, requires specific knowledge of its structure and work cycle, and, critically, the ways they differ from those in the human host. Here, we present five cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reconstructions of ribosomes purified from P. falciparum blood-stage schizonts at sub-nanometer resolution. Atomic models were built from these density maps by flexible fitting. Significantly, our study has taken advantage of new capabilities of cryo-EM, in visualizing several structures co-existing in the sample at once, at a resolution sufficient for building atomic models. We have discovered structural and dynamic features that differentiate the ribosomes of P. falciparum from those of mammalian system. Prompted by the absence of RACK1 on the ribosome in our and an earlier study we confirmed that RACK1 does not specifically co-purify with the 80S fraction in schizonts. More extensive studies, using cryo-EM methodology, of translation in the parasite will provide structural knowledge that may lead to development of novel anti-malarials.
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- Ming Sun
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67084, France
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Sakurai T, Tsuchida M, Lampe PD, Murakami M. Cardiomyocyte FGF signaling is required for Cx43 phosphorylation and cardiac gap junction maintenance. Exp Cell Res 2013; 319:2152-65. [PMID: 23742896 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cardiac remodeling resulting from impairment of myocardial integrity leads to heart failure, through still incompletely understood mechanisms. The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) system has been implicated in tissue maintenance, but its role in the adult heart is not well defined. We hypothesized that the FGF system plays a role in the maintenance of cardiac homeostasis, and the impairment of cardiomyocyte FGF signaling leads to pathological cardiac remodeling. We showed that FGF signaling is required for connexin 43 (Cx43) localization at cell-cell contacts in isolated cardiomyocytes and COS7 cells. Lack of FGF signaling led to decreased Cx43 phosphorylation at serines 325/328/330 (S325/328/330), sites known to be important for assembly of gap junctions. Cx43 instability induced by FGF inhibition was restored by the Cx43 S325/328/330 phospho-mimetic mutant, suggesting FGF-dependent phosphorylation of these sites. Consistent with these in vitro findings, cardiomyocyte-specific inhibition of FGF signaling in adult mice demonstrated mislocalization of Cx43 at intercalated discs, whereas localization of N-cadherin and desmoplakin was not affected. This led to premature death resulting from impaired cardiac remodeling. We conclude that cardiomyocyte FGF signaling is essential for cardiomyocyte homeostasis through phosphorylation of Cx43 at S325/328/330 residues which are important for the maintenance of gap junction.
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- Takashi Sakurai
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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Tatzuke Y, Sunanaga T, Fujiwara S, Kawamura K. RACK1 regulates mesenchymal cell recruitment during sexual and asexual reproduction of budding tunicates. Dev Biol 2012; 368:393-403. [PMID: 22698545 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A homolog of receptor for activated protein kinase C1 (RACK1) was cloned from the budding tunicate Polyandrocarpa misakiensis. By RT-PCR and in situ hybridization analyses, PmRACK1 showed biphasic gene expression during asexual and sexual reproduction. In developing buds, the signal was exclusively observed in the multipotent atrial epithelium and undifferentiated mesenchymal cells that contributed to morphogenesis by the mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET). In juvenile zooids, the signal was first observable in germline precursor cells that arose as mesenchymal cell aggregated in the ventral hemocoel. In mature zooids, the germinal epithelium in the ovary and the pharynx were the most heavily stained parts. GFP reporter assay indicated that the ovarian expression of PmRACK1 was constitutive from germline precursor cells to oocytes. To elucidate the in vivo function of PmRACK1, RNA interference was challenged. When growing buds were incubated with 5 nmol/mL siRNA, most mesenchymal cells remained round and appeared to have no interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM), causing lower activity of MET without any apparent effects on cell proliferation. The resultant zooids became growth-deficient. The dwarf zooids did not form buds or mature gonads. Prior to RNAi, buds were treated with human BMP4 that could induce PmRACK1 expression, which resulted in MET activity. We conclude that in P. misakiensis, PmRACK1 plays roles in mesenchymal cell recruitment during formation of somatic and gonad tissues, which contributes to zooidal growth and sexual and asexual reproduction.
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- Yuki Tatzuke
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
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Brennan D, Chen X, Cheng L, Mahoney M, Riobo NA. Noncanonical Hedgehog signaling. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2012; 88:55-72. [PMID: 22391299 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394622-5.00003-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The notion of noncanonical hedgehog (Hh) signaling in mammals has started to receive support from numerous observations. By noncanonical, we refer to all those cellular and tissue responses to any of the Hh isoforms that are independent of transcriptional changes mediated by the Gli family of transcription factors. In this chapter, we discuss the most recent findings that suggest that Patched1 can regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis independently of Smoothened (Smo) and Gli and the reports that Smo modulates actin cytoskeleton-dependent processes such as fibroblast migration, endothelial cell tubulogenesis, axonal extension, and neurite formation by diverse mechanisms that exclude any involvement of Gli-dependent transcription. We also acknowledge the existence of less stronger evidence of noncanonical signaling in Drosophila.
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- Donna Brennan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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El-Zaatari M, Zavros Y, Tessier A, Waghray M, Lentz S, Gumucio D, Todisco A, Merchant JL. Intracellular calcium release and protein kinase C activation stimulate sonic hedgehog gene expression during gastric acid secretion. Gastroenterology 2010; 139:2061-2071.e2. [PMID: 20816837 PMCID: PMC2997213 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Revised: 08/21/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Hypochlorhydria during Helicobacter pylori infection inhibits gastric Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) expression. We investigated whether acid-secretory mechanisms regulate Shh gene expression through intracellular calcium (Ca2(+)(i))-dependent protein kinase C (PKC) or cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) activation. METHODS We blocked Hedgehog signaling by transgenically overexpressing a secreted form of the Hedgehog interacting protein-1, a natural inhibitor of hedgehog ligands, which induced hypochlorhydria. Gadolinium, ethylene glycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) + 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA), PKC-overexpressing adenoviruses, and PKC inhibitors were used to modulate Ca(2+)(i)-release, PKC activity, and Shh gene expression in primary gastric cell, organ, and AGS cell line cultures. PKA hyperactivity was induced in the H(+)/K(+)-β-cholera-toxin-overexpressing mice. RESULTS Mice that expressed secreted hedgehog-interacting protein-1 had lower levels of gastric acid (hypochlorhydria), reduced production of somatostatin, and increased gastrin gene expression. Hypochlorhydria in these mice repressed Shh gene expression, similar to the levels obtained with omeprazole treatment of wild-type mice. However, Shh expression also was repressed in the hyperchlorhydric H(+)/K(+)-β-cholera-toxin model with increased cAMP, suggesting that the regulation of Shh was not solely acid-dependent, but pertained to specific acid-stimulatory signaling pathways. Based on previous reports that Ca(2+)(i) release also stimulates acid secretion in parietal cells, we showed that gadolinium-, thapsigargin-, and carbachol-mediated release of Ca(2+)(i) induced Shh expression. Ca(2+)-chelation with BAPTA + EGTA reduced Shh expression. Overexpression of PKC-α, -β, and -δ (but not PKC-ϵ) induced an Shh gene expression. In addition, phorbol esters induced a Shh-regulated reporter gene. CONCLUSIONS Secretagogues that stimulate gastric acid secretion induce Shh gene expression through increased Ca(2+)(i)-release and PKC activation. Shh might be the ligand transducing changes in gastric acidity to the regulation of G-cell secretion of gastrin.
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- Mohamad El-Zaatari
- Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,Correspondence: Juanita L. Merchant, M.D., Ph.D., 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB, Rm. 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, Phone: (734) 647-2944, Fax: (734) 736-4686,
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Waghray M, Zavros Y, Saqui-Salces M, El-Zaatari M, Alamelumangapuram CB, Todisco A, Eaton KA, Merchant JL. Interleukin-1beta promotes gastric atrophy through suppression of Sonic Hedgehog. Gastroenterology 2010; 138:562-72, 572.e1-2. [PMID: 19883649 PMCID: PMC2895809 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2009] [Revised: 09/03/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS In both human subjects and rodent models, Helicobacter infection leads to a decrease in Shh expression in the stomach. Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) is highly expressed in the gastric corpus and its loss correlates with gastric atrophy. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that proinflammatory cytokines induce gastric atrophy by inhibiting Shh expression. METHODS Shh-LacZ reporter mice were infected with Helicobacter felis for 3 and 8 weeks. Changes in Shh expression were monitored using beta-galactosidase staining and immunohistochemistry. Gastric acidity was measured after infection, and interleukin (IL)-1beta was quantified by quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Mice were injected with either IL-1beta or omeprazole before measuring Shh mRNA expression and acid secretion. Organ cultures of gastric glands from wild-type or IL-1R1 null mice were treated with IL-1beta then Shh expression was measured. Primary canine parietal or mucous cells were treated with IL-1beta. Shh protein was determined by immunoblot analysis. Changes in intracellular calcium were measured by Fura-2. RESULTS All major cell lineages of the corpus including surface pit, mucous neck, zymogenic, and parietal cells expressed Shh. Helicobacter infection reduced gastric acidity and inhibited Shh expression in parietal cells by 3 weeks. IL-1beta produced during Helicobacter infection inhibited gastric acid, intracellular calcium, and Shh expression through the IL-1 receptor. Suppression of parietal cell Shh expression by IL-1beta and omeprazole was additive. IL-1beta did not suppress Shh expression in primary gastric mucous cells. CONCLUSIONS IL-1beta suppresses Shh gene expression in parietal cells by inhibiting acid secretion and subsequently the release of intracellular calcium.
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- Meghna Waghray
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB 2051, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA
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Merchant JL, Saqui-Salces M, El-Zaatari M. Hedgehog signaling in gastric physiology and cancer. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2010; 96:133-56. [PMID: 21075343 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-381280-3.00006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The Hedgehog family of ligands was originally identified in mutagenesis screens of Drosophila embryos. Hedgehog signaling in multiple tissues is important during embryonic development. A common theme regarding Hedgehog expression in adult tissues is that tissue injury reactivates the developmental pattern of expression. In most instances, this appears to be important to initiate tissue repair. In the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, where epithelial cells are constantly replenished from progenitor populations, Hedgehog signaling also appears to be essential for regeneration. By contrast, reactivated Hedgehog signaling in adult tissues does not automatically predispose the tissue to transformation, but instead requires sustained tissue injury in the form of chronic inflammation. In this chapter, we review what is known about Hedgehog ligands and signaling during development of relevant organs, and discuss how the patterns of Hedgehog regulation are recapitulated in the GI tract during embryogenesis, adult homeostasis, and neoplastic transformation.
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- Juanita L Merchant
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Offen N, Meyer A, Begemann G. Identification of novel genes involved in the development of the sword and gonopodium in swordtail fish. Dev Dyn 2009; 238:1674-87. [PMID: 19479949 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Nils Offen
- Department of Biology, Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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The receptor for activated C-kinase (RACK1), a conserved protein implicated in numerous signaling pathways, is a stoichiometric component of eukaryotic ribosomes located on the head of the 40S ribosomal subunit. To test the hypothesis that ribosome association is central to the function of RACK1 in vivo, we determined the 2.1-A crystal structure of RACK1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Asc1p) and used it to design eight mutant versions of RACK1 to assess roles in ribosome binding and in vivo function. Conserved charged amino acids on one side of the beta-propeller structure were found to confer most of the 40S subunit binding affinity, whereas an adjacent conserved and structured loop had little effect on RACK1-ribosome association. Yeast mutations that confer moderate to strong defects in ribosome binding mimic some phenotypes of a RACK1 deletion strain, including increased sensitivity to drugs affecting cell wall biosynthesis and translation elongation. Furthermore, disruption of RACK1's position at the 40S ribosomal subunit results in the failure of the mRNA binding protein Scp160 to associate with actively translating ribosomes. These results provide the first direct evidence that RACK1 functions from the ribosome, implying a physical link between the eukaryotic ribosome and cell signaling pathways in vivo.
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Huang X, Zhang W, Li X, Zhang X, Li B, Mao B, Zhang H. Developmental expression of amphioxus RACK1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 50:329-34. [PMID: 17609889 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0025-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 01/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Vertebrate RACK1 plays a key role in embryonic development. This paper described the cloning, phylogenetic analysis and developmental expression of AmphiRACK1, the RACK1 homologous gene in amphioxus. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that amphioxus RACK1 was located at the base of vertebrate clade. AmphiRACK1 expression in lithium-treated embryos was also examined. During embryonic development, AmphiRACK1 was expressed strongly in cerebral vesicles, neural tubes and somites. In lithium-treated embryos, the segmental expression of AmphiRACK1 in somites became blurry and decreased. Its expression in cerebral vesicles and neural tubes was also weaker or disappeared. In the adult animal, AmphiRACK1 transcripts were detected in the epithelium of midgut diverticulus and gut, wheel organ, gill blood vessels and testis.
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- XiangWei Huang
- Institute of Developmental Biology, College of Life Science, China
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Agam K, Frechter S, Minke B. Activation of the Drosophila TRP and TRPL channels requires both Ca2+ and protein dephosphorylation. Cell Calcium 2004; 35:87-105. [PMID: 14706283 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2003.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) proteins constitute a large and diverse family of channel proteins, which is conserved through evolution. TRP channel proteins have critical functions in many tissues and cell types, but their gating mechanism is an enigma. In the present study patch-clamp whole-cell recordings was applied to measure the TRP- and TRP-like (TRPL)-dependent currents in isolated Drosophila ommatidia. Also, voltage responses to light and to metabolic stress were recorded from the eye in vivo. We report new insight into the gating of the Drosophila light-sensitive TRP and TRPL channels, by which both Ca2+ and protein dephosphorylation are required for channel activation. ATP depletion or inhibition of protein kinase C activated the TRP channels, while photo-release of caged ATP or application of phorbol ester antagonized channels openings in the dark. Furthermore, Mg(2+)-dependent stable phosphorylation event by ATPgammaS or protein phosphatase inhibition by calyculin A abolished activation of the TRP and TRPL channels. While a high reduction of cellular Ca2+ abolished channel activation, subsequent application of Ca2+ combined with ATP depletion induced a robust dark current that was reminiscent of light responses. The results suggest that the combined action of Ca2+ and protein dephosphorylation activate the TRP and TRPL channels, while protein phosphorylation by PKC antagonized channels openings.
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- Keren Agam
- Department of Physiology, The Kühne Minerva Center for Studies of Visual Transduction, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Russell C. The roles of Hedgehogs and Fibroblast Growth Factors in eye development and retinal cell rescue. Vision Res 2003; 43:899-912. [PMID: 12668059 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6989(02)00416-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Knowledge of normal eye development is crucial for the development of retinal rescue strategies. I shall focus on two signalling pathways that affect retinal development. Fibroblast growth factors function in retinal cell proliferation, retinal ganglion cell axon guidance and target recognition, craniofacial patterning and lens induction. Hedgehog proteins are required for progression of the neurogenic wave, cell proliferation, photoreceptor differentiation, retinal ganglion cell axon growth and craniofacial patterning. These signalling pathways have pleiotropic effects, can interact and have the potential to be used therapeutically. The zebrafish model organism may be well suited to studying how signalling pathways interact.
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- Claire Russell
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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McCahill A, Warwicker J, Bolger GB, Houslay MD, Yarwood SJ. The RACK1 scaffold protein: a dynamic cog in cell response mechanisms. Mol Pharmacol 2002; 62:1261-73. [PMID: 12435793 DOI: 10.1124/mol.62.6.1261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Angela McCahill
- Molecular Pharmacology Group, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Wilkie AOM, Patey SJ, Kan SH, van den Ouweland AMW, Hamel BCJ. FGFs, their receptors, and human limb malformations: clinical and molecular correlations. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 112:266-78. [PMID: 12357470 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) comprise a family of 22 distinct proteins with pleiotropic signaling functions in development and homeostasis. These functions are mediated principally by four fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs), members of the receptor tyrosine kinase family, with heparin glycosaminoglycan as an important cofactor. Developmental studies in chick and mouse highlight the critical role of FGF-receptor signaling in multiple phases of limb development, including the positioning of the limb buds, the maintenance of limb bud outgrowth, the detailed patterning of the limb elements, and the growth of the long bones. Corroborating these important roles, mutations of two members of the FGFR family (FGFR1 and FGFR2) are associated with human disorders of limb patterning; in addition, mutations of FGFR3 and FGF23 affect growth of the limb bones. Analysis of FGFR2 mutations in particular reveals a complex pattern of genotype/phenotype correlation, which will be reviewed in detail. Circumstantial evidence suggests that the more severe patterning abnormalities are mediated by illegitimate paracrine signaling in the mesoderm, mediated by FGF10 or by a related FGF, and this is beginning to gain some experimental support. A further test of this hypothesis is provided by a unique family segregating two FGFR2 mutations in cis (S252L; A315S), in which severe syndactyly occurs in the absence of the craniosynostosis that typically accompanies FGFR2 mutations.
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- Andrew O M Wilkie
- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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