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Hofbrucker-MacKenzie SA, Seemann E, Westermann M, Qualmann B, Kessels MM. Long-term depression in neurons involves temporal and ultra-structural dynamics of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate relying on PIP5K, PTEN and PLC. Commun Biol 2023; 6:366. [PMID: 37012315 PMCID: PMC10070498 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04726-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Synaptic plasticity involves proper establishment and rearrangement of structural and functional microdomains. Yet, visualization of the underlying lipid cues proved challenging. Applying a combination of rapid cryofixation, membrane freeze-fracturing, immunogold labeling and electron microscopy, we visualize and quantitatively determine the changes and the distribution of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) in the plasma membrane of dendritic spines and subareas thereof at ultra-high resolution. These efforts unravel distinct phases of PIP2 signals during induction of long-term depression (LTD). During the first minutes PIP2 rapidly increases in a PIP5K-dependent manner forming nanoclusters. PTEN contributes to a second phase of PIP2 accumulation. The transiently increased PIP2 signals are restricted to upper and middle spine heads. Finally, PLC-dependent PIP2 degradation provides timely termination of PIP2 cues during LTD induction. Together, this work unravels the spatial and temporal cues set by PIP2 during different phases after LTD induction and dissects the molecular mechanisms underlying the observed PIP2 dynamics.
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- Sarah A Hofbrucker-MacKenzie
- Institute of Biochemistry I, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Center for Electron Microscopy, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry I, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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The distribution of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in the budding yeast plasma membrane. Histochem Cell Biol 2021; 156:109-121. [PMID: 34052862 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-021-01989-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2) is generated through phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns(4)P) by Mss4p, the only PtdIns phosphate 5-kinase in yeast cells. PtdIns(4,5)P2 is involved in various kinds of yeast functions. PtdIns(4)P is not only the immediate precursor of PtdIns(4,5)P2, but also an essential signaling molecule in the plasma membrane, Golgi, and endosomal system. To analyze the distribution of PtdIns(4,5)P2 and PtdIns(4)P in the yeast plasma membrane at a nanoscale level, we employed a freeze-fracture electron microscopy (EM) method that physically immobilizes lipid molecules in situ. It has been reported that the plasma membrane of budding yeast can be divided into three distinct areas: furrowed, hexagonal, and undifferentiated flat. Previously, using the freeze-fracture EM method, we determined that PtdIns(4)P is localized in the undifferentiated flat area, avoiding the furrowed and hexagonal areas of the plasma membrane. In the present study, we found that PtdIns(4,5)P2 was localized in the cytoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane, and concentrated in the furrowed area. There are three types of PtdIns 4-kinases which are encoded by stt4, pik1, and lsb6. The labeling density of PtdIns(4)P in the plasma membrane significantly decreased in both pik1ts and stt4ts mutants. However, the labeling densities of PtdIns(4,5)P2 in the plasma membrane of both the pik1ts and stt4ts mutants were comparable to that of the wild type yeast. These results suggest that PtdIns(4)P produced by either Pik1p or Stt4p is immediately phosphorylated by Mss4p and converted to PtdIns(4,5)P2 at the plasma membrane.
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Polarized PtdIns(4,5)P 2 distribution mediated by a voltage-sensing phosphatase (VSP) regulates sperm motility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:26020-26028. [PMID: 31776261 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1916867116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The voltage-sensing phosphatase (VSP) is a unique protein that shows voltage-dependent phosphoinositide phosphatase activity. Here we report that VSP is activated in mice sperm flagellum and generates a unique subcellular distribution pattern of PtdIns(4,5)P2 Sperm from VSP-/- mice show more Ca2+ influx upon capacitation than VSP+/- mice and abnormal circular motion. VSP-deficient sperm showed enhanced activity of Slo3, a PtdIns(4,5)P2-sensitive K+ channel, which selectively localizes to the principal piece of the flagellum and indirectly enhances Ca2+ influx. Most interestingly, freeze-fracture electron microscopy analysis indicates that normal sperm have much less PtdIns(4,5)P2 in the principal piece than in the midpiece of the flagellum, and this polarized PtdIns(4,5)P2 distribution disappeared in VSP-deficient sperm. Thus, VSP appears to optimize PtdIns(4,5)P2 distribution of the principal piece. These results imply that flagellar PtdIns(4,5)P2 distribution plays important roles in ion channel regulation as well as sperm motility.
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Yoshida A, Hayashi H, Tanabe K, Fujita A. Segregation of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate into distinct microdomains on the endosome membrane. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017. [PMID: 28648675 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns(4)P) is the immediate precursor of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2), which is located on the cytoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane and has been reported to possess multiple cellular functions. Although PtdIns(4)P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 have been reported to localize to multiple intracellular compartments and to each function as regulatory molecules, their generation, regulation and functions in most intracellular compartments are not well-defined. To analyze PtdIns(4)P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 distributions, at a nanoscale, we employed an electron microscopy technique that specifically labels PtdIns(4)P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 on the freeze-fracture replica of intracellular biological membranes. This method minimizes the possibility of artificial perturbation, because molecules in the membrane are physically immobilized in situ. Using this technique, we found that PtdIns(4)P was localized to the cytoplasmic leaflet of Golgi apparatus and vesicular-shaped structures. The PtdIns(4,5)P2 labeling was observed in the cytoplasmic leaflet of the mitochondrial inner membrane and vesicular-shaped structures. Double labeling of PtdIns(4)P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 with endosome markers illustrated that PtdIns(4)P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 were mainly localized to the late endosome/lysosome and early endosome, respectively. PtdIns(4)P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 were colocalized in some endosomes, with the two phospholipids separated into distinct microdomains on the same endosomes. This is the first report showing, at a nanoscale, segregation of PtdIns(4)P- and PtdIns(4,5)P2-enriched microdomains in the endosome, of likely importance for endosome functionality.
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- Akane Yoshida
- Field of Veterinary Pathobiology, Basic Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-21-24, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Field of Veterinary Pathobiology, Basic Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-21-24, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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- Field of Veterinary Pathobiology, Basic Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-21-24, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
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Collins MD, Gordon SE. Short-chain phosphoinositide partitioning into plasma membrane models. Biophys J 2014; 105:2485-94. [PMID: 24314079 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Revised: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Phosphoinositides are vital for many cellular signaling processes, and therefore a number of approaches to manipulating phosphoinositide levels in cells or excised patches of cell membranes have been developed. Among the most common is the use of "short-chain" phosphoinositides, usually dioctanoyl phosphoinositol phosphates. We use isothermal titration calorimetry to determine partitioning of the most abundant phosphoinositol phosphates, PI(4)P and PI(4,5)P2 into models of the intracellular and extracellular facing leaflets of neuronal plasma membranes. We show that phosphoinositide mole fractions in the lipid membrane reach physiological levels at equilibrium with reasonable solution concentrations. Finally we explore the consequences of our results for cellular electrophysiology. In particular, we find that TRPV1 is more selective for PI(4,5)P2 than PI(4)P and activated by extremely low membrane mole fractions of PIPs. We conclude by discussing how the logic of our work extends to other experiments with short-chain phosphoinositides. For delayed rectifier K(+) channels, consideration of the membrane mole fraction of PI(4,5)P2 lipids with different acyl chain lengths suggests a different mechanism for PI(4,5)P2 regulation than previously proposed. Inward rectifier K(+) channels apparent lack of selectivity for certain short-chain PIPs may require reinterpretation in view of the PIPs different membrane partitioning.
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- Marcus D Collins
- University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Seattle, WA
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Senning EN, Collins MD, Stratiievska A, Ufret-Vincenty CA, Gordon SE. Regulation of TRPV1 ion channel by phosphoinositide (4,5)-bisphosphate: the role of membrane asymmetry. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:10999-11006. [PMID: 24599956 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.553180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Membrane asymmetry is essential for generating second messengers that act in the cytosol and for trafficking of membrane proteins and membrane lipids, but the role of asymmetry in regulating membrane protein function remains unclear. Here we show that the signaling lipid phosphoinositide 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) has opposite effects on the function of TRPV1 ion channels depending on which leaflet of the cell membrane it resides in. We observed potentiation of capsaicin-activated TRPV1 currents by PI(4,5)P2 in the intracellular leaflet of the plasma membrane but inhibition of capsaicin-activated currents when PI(4,5)P2 was in both leaflets of the membrane, although much higher concentrations of PI(4,5)P2 in the extracellular leaflet were required for inhibition compared with the concentrations of PI(4,5)P2 in the intracellular leaflet that produced activation. Patch clamp fluorometry using a synthetic PI(4,5)P2 whose fluorescence reports its concentration in the membrane indicates that PI(4,5)P2 must incorporate into the extracellular leaflet for its inhibitory effects to be observed. The asymmetry-dependent effect of PI(4,5)P2 may resolve the long standing controversy about whether PI(4,5)P2 is an activator or inhibitor of TRPV1. Our results also underscore the importance of membrane asymmetry and the need to consider its influence when studying membrane proteins reconstituted into synthetic bilayers.
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- Eric N Senning
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195-7290 and
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195-7290 and
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195-7290 and; Laboratory of Biophysics of Ion Channels, Department of General Physiology of the Nervous System, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, International Center for Molecular Physiology, 01024 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195-7290 and
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195-7290 and.
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Takatori S, Mesman R, Fujimoto T. Microscopic methods to observe the distribution of lipids in the cellular membrane. Biochemistry 2014; 53:639-53. [PMID: 24460209 DOI: 10.1021/bi401598v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Membrane lipids not only provide the structural framework of cellular membranes but also influence protein functions in several different ways. In comparison to proteins, however, relatively little is known about distribution of membrane lipids because of the insufficiency of microscopic methods. The difficulty in studying lipid distribution results from several factors, including their unresponsiveness to chemical fixation, fast translational movement, small molecular size, and high packing density. In this Current Topic, we consider the major microscopic methods and discuss whether and to what degree of precision these methods can reveal membrane lipid distribution in situ. We highlight two fixation methods, chemical and physical, and compare the theoretical limitations to their spatial resolution. Recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of each method should help researchers interpret their microscopic results and increase our understanding of the physiological functions of lipids.
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- Sho Takatori
- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Phosphoinositides (PIs) make up only a small fraction of cellular phospholipids, yet they control almost all aspects of a cell's life and death. These lipids gained tremendous research interest as plasma membrane signaling molecules when discovered in the 1970s and 1980s. Research in the last 15 years has added a wide range of biological processes regulated by PIs, turning these lipids into one of the most universal signaling entities in eukaryotic cells. PIs control organelle biology by regulating vesicular trafficking, but they also modulate lipid distribution and metabolism via their close relationship with lipid transfer proteins. PIs regulate ion channels, pumps, and transporters and control both endocytic and exocytic processes. The nuclear phosphoinositides have grown from being an epiphenomenon to a research area of its own. As expected from such pleiotropic regulators, derangements of phosphoinositide metabolism are responsible for a number of human diseases ranging from rare genetic disorders to the most common ones such as cancer, obesity, and diabetes. Moreover, it is increasingly evident that a number of infectious agents hijack the PI regulatory systems of host cells for their intracellular movements, replication, and assembly. As a result, PI converting enzymes began to be noticed by pharmaceutical companies as potential therapeutic targets. This review is an attempt to give an overview of this enormous research field focusing on major developments in diverse areas of basic science linked to cellular physiology and disease.
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- Tamas Balla
- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Muroyama A, Lechler T. Polarity and stratification of the epidermis. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2012; 23:890-6. [PMID: 22960184 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Polarity is a fundamental property of epithelial cells. In this review, we discuss our current knowledge of the polarity of a stratified epithelium, the epidermis, focusing on similarities and differences with simple epithelial models. We highlight how the differences in tissue architecture and physiology result in alterations in some aspects of cell polarity. In addition, we discuss one of the most prominent uses for cell polarity in the epidermis-orienting the mitotic spindle to drive the stratification and differentiation of this tissue during development.
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- Andrew Muroyama
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, USA
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Mashukova A, Forteza R, Wald FA, Salas PJ. PDK1 in apical signaling endosomes participates in the rescue of the polarity complex atypical PKC by intermediate filaments in intestinal epithelia. Mol Biol Cell 2012; 23:1664-74. [PMID: 22398726 PMCID: PMC3338434 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-12-0988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The polarity complex atypical PKC (aPKC) is rescued from degradation on intermediate filaments by Hsp70 chaperoning. The results indicate that PDK1 participates in the rescue mechanism and is localized to apical endosomes. Inhibition of dynamin-dependent endocytosis greatly decreases the steady-state levels of aPKC and Akt in their active conformation. Phosphorylation of the activation domain of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms is essential to start a conformational change that results in an active catalytic domain. This activation is necessary not only for newly synthesized molecules, but also for kinase molecules that become dephosphorylated and need to be refolded and rephosphorylated. This “rescue” mechanism is responsible for the maintenance of the steady-state levels of atypical PKC (aPKC [PKCι/λ and ζ]) and is blocked in inflammation. Although there is consensus that phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) is the activating kinase for newly synthesized molecules, it is unclear what kinase performs that function during the rescue and where the rescue takes place. To identify the activating kinase during the rescue mechanism, we inhibited protein synthesis and analyzed the stability of the remaining aPKC pool. PDK1 knockdown and two different PDK1 inhibitors—BX-912 and a specific pseudosubstrate peptide—destabilized PKCι. PDK1 coimmunoprecipitated with PKCι in cells without protein synthesis, confirming that the interaction is direct. In addition, we showed that PDK1 aids the rescue of aPKC in in vitro rephosphorylation assays using immunodepletion and rescue with recombinant protein. Surprisingly, we found that in Caco-2 epithelial cells and intestinal crypt enterocytes PDK1 distributes to an apical membrane compartment comprising plasma membrane and apical endosomes, which, in turn, are in close contact with intermediate filaments. PDK1 comigrated with the Rab11 compartment and, to some extent, with the transferrin compartment in sucrose gradients. PDK1, pT555-aPKC, and pAkt were dependent on dynamin activity. These results highlight a novel signaling function of apical endosomes in polarized cells.
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- Anastasia Mashukova
- Department of Cell Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Eritja N, Mirantes C, Llobet D, Masip G, Matias-Guiu X, Dolcet X. ERα-mediated repression of pro-inflammatory cytokine expression by glucocorticoids reveals a crucial role for TNFα and IL1α in lumen formation and maintenance. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:1929-44. [PMID: 22328525 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.095067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Most glandular tissues comprise polarized epithelial cells organized around a single central lumen. Although there is active research investigating the molecular networks involved in the regulation of lumenogenesis, little is known about the extracellular factors that influence lumen formation and maintenance. Using a three-dimensional culture system of epithelial endometrial cells, we have revealed a new role for pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNFα and IL1α in the formation and, more importantly, maintenance of a single central lumen. We also studied the mechanism by which glucocorticoids repress TNFα and IL1α expression. Interestingly, regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine expression and subsequent lumen formation is mediated by estrogen receptor α (ERα) but not by the glucocorticoid receptor. Finally, we investigated the signaling pathways involved in the regulation of lumen formation by pro-inflammatory cytokines. Our results demonstrate that activation of the ERK/MAPK signaling pathway, but not the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, is important for the formation and maintenance of a single central lumen. In summary, our results suggest a novel role for ERα-regulated pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in lumen formation and maintenance.
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- Nuria Eritja
- Oncologic Pathology Group, Departamento de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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