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Gałgańska H, Jarmuszkiewicz W, Gałgański Ł. Carbon dioxide and MAPK signalling: towards therapy for inflammation. Cell Commun Signal 2023; 21:280. [PMID: 37817178 PMCID: PMC10566067 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-023-01306-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Inflammation, although necessary to fight infections, becomes a threat when it exceeds the capability of the immune system to control it. In addition, inflammation is a cause and/or symptom of many different disorders, including metabolic, neurodegenerative, autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases. Comorbidities and advanced age are typical predictors of more severe cases of seasonal viral infection, with COVID-19 a clear example. The primary importance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in the course of COVID-19 is evident in the mechanisms by which cells are infected with SARS-CoV-2; the cytokine storm that profoundly worsens a patient's condition; the pathogenesis of diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, and hypertension, that contribute to a worsened prognosis; and post-COVID-19 complications, such as brain fog and thrombosis. An increasing number of reports have revealed that MAPKs are regulated by carbon dioxide (CO2); hence, we reviewed the literature to identify associations between CO2 and MAPKs and possible therapeutic benefits resulting from the elevation of CO2 levels. CO2 regulates key processes leading to and resulting from inflammation, and the therapeutic effects of CO2 (or bicarbonate, HCO3-) have been documented in all of the abovementioned comorbidities and complications of COVID-19 in which MAPKs play roles. The overlapping MAPK and CO2 signalling pathways in the contexts of allergy, apoptosis and cell survival, pulmonary oedema (alveolar fluid resorption), and mechanical ventilation-induced responses in lungs and related to mitochondria are also discussed. Video Abstract.
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- Hanna Gałgańska
- Faculty of Biology, Molecular Biology Techniques Laboratory, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614, Poznan, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Bioenergetics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614, Poznan, Poland
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Bioenergetics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.
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Shi C, Wang C, Zeng L, Peng Y, Li Y, Hao H, Zheng Y, Chen C, Chen H, Zhang J, Xiang M, Huang Y, Li H. Triphenyl phosphate induced reproductive toxicity through the JNK signaling pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 446:130643. [PMID: 36586333 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Triphenyl phosphate (TPHP) is a widely used aryl organophosphate flame retardant (OPFR) that has attracted attention due to its frequent detection in the environment and living organisms. To date, the reproductive toxicity of TPHP has been investigated in organisms, but its molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is the ideal animal for the study of reproductive toxicity following environmental pollutants, with short generation times, intact reproductive structures, and hermaphroditic fertilization. This study aimed to explore the reproductive dysfunction and molecular mechanisms induced by TPHP exposure in C. elegans. Specifically, exposure to TPHP resulted in a reduction in the number of eggs laid and developing embryos in utero, an increase in the number of apoptotic gonadal cells, and germ cell cycle arrest. The JNK signaling pathway is a potential pathway inducing reproductive toxicity following TPHP exposure based on transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq). Moreover, TPHP exposure induced down-regulation of vhp-1 and kgb-2 gene transcription levels, and the knockout of vhp-1 and kgb-2 in the mutant strains exhibited more severe toxicity in apoptotic gonad cells, embryos, and eggs developing in utero, suggesting that vhp-1 and kgb-2 genes play a crucial role in TPHP-induced reproductive toxicity. Our data provide convergent evidence showing that TPHP exposure results in reproductive dysfunction through the JNK signaling pathway and improve our understanding of the ecotoxicity and toxicological mechanisms of aryl-OPFRs.
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- Chongli Shi
- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Biomedical Nanotechnology Center, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, School of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences. Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Rouka E, Gourgoulianni N, Lüpold S, Hatzoglou C, Gourgoulianis KI, Zarogiannis SG. Prediction and enrichment analyses of the Homo sapiens-Drosophila melanogaster COPD-related orthologs. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2021; 322:R77-R82. [PMID: 34877887 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00092.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The significant similarities in airway epithelial cells between mammals and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster have rendered the latter an important model organism for studies of chronic inflammatory lung diseases. Focusing on the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), we here mapped human gene orthologs associated with this disease in D. melanogaster to identify functionally equivalent genes for immediate, further screening with the fruit fly model. The DIOPT-DIST tool was accessed for the prediction of the COPD-associated orthologs between humans and Drosophila. Enrichment analyses with respect to pathways of the retrieved functional homologs were performed using the ToppFun and FlyMine tools, identifying 73 unique human genes as well as 438 fruit fly genes. The ToppFun analysis verified that the human gene list is associated with COPD phenotypes. Further, the FlyMine investigation highlighted that the Drosophila genes are functionally connected mainly with the 'ABC-family proteins mediated transport' and the 'beta-catenin independent WNT signaling pathway'. These results suggest an evolutionarily conserved role towards responses to inhaled toxicants and CO2 in both species. We reason that the predicted orthologous genes should be further studied in the Drosophila models of cigarette smoke-induced COPD.
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- Erasmia Rouka
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, BIOPOLIS, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, BIOPOLIS, Larissa, Greece.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, BIOPOLIS, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, BIOPOLIS, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, BIOPOLIS, Larissa, Greece.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, BIOPOLIS, Larissa, Greece
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Kryvenko V, Vadász I. Mechanisms of Hypercapnia-Induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Dysfunction. Front Physiol 2021; 12:735580. [PMID: 34867444 PMCID: PMC8640499 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.735580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Protein transcription, translation, and folding occur continuously in every living cell and are essential for physiological functions. About one-third of all proteins of the cellular proteome interacts with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The ER is a large, dynamic cellular organelle that orchestrates synthesis, folding, and structural maturation of proteins, regulation of lipid metabolism and additionally functions as a calcium store. Recent evidence suggests that both acute and chronic hypercapnia (elevated levels of CO2) impair ER function by different mechanisms, leading to adaptive and maladaptive regulation of protein folding and maturation. In order to cope with ER stress, cells activate unfolded protein response (UPR) pathways. Initially, during the adaptive phase of ER stress, the UPR mainly functions to restore ER protein-folding homeostasis by decreasing protein synthesis and translation and by activation of ER-associated degradation (ERAD) and autophagy. However, if the initial UPR attempts for alleviating ER stress fail, a maladaptive response is triggered. In this review, we discuss the distinct mechanisms by which elevated CO2 levels affect these molecular pathways in the setting of acute and chronic pulmonary diseases associated with hypercapnia.
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- Vitalii Kryvenko
- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany.,Institute for Lung Health (ILH), Giessen, Germany
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Baloğlu E, Mairbäurl H. In Search of a Sensor: How Does CO 2 Regulate Alveolar Ion Transport? Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2021; 65:571-572. [PMID: 34348088 PMCID: PMC8641802 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2021-0270ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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- Emel Baloğlu
- Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology , Istanbul, Turkey
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- University Hospital Heidelberg, 27178, Translational Pneumology and Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC) German Center for Lung Research (DZL) Im Neuenheimer Feld 156, Heidelberg, Germany;
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Gabrielli NM, Mazzocchi LC, Kryvenko V, Tello K, Herold S, Morty RE, Grimminger F, Dada LA, Seeger W, Sznajder JI, Vadász I. TRAF2 Is a Novel Ubiquitin E3 Ligase for the Na,K-ATPase β-Subunit That Drives Alveolar Epithelial Dysfunction in Hypercapnia. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:689983. [PMID: 34277634 PMCID: PMC8283768 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.689983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several acute and chronic lung diseases are associated with alveolar hypoventilation leading to accumulation of CO2 (hypercapnia). The β-subunit of the Na,K-ATPase plays a pivotal role in maintaining epithelial integrity by functioning as a cell adhesion molecule and regulating cell surface stability of the catalytic α-subunit of the transporter, thereby, maintaining optimal alveolar fluid balance. Here, we identified the E3 ubiquitin ligase for the Na,K-ATPase β-subunit, which promoted polyubiquitination, subsequent endocytosis and proteasomal degradation of the protein upon exposure of alveolar epithelial cells to elevated CO2 levels, thus impairing alveolar integrity. Ubiquitination of the Na,K-ATPase β-subunit required lysine 5 and 7 and mutating these residues (but not other lysines) prevented trafficking of Na,K-ATPase from the plasma membrane and stabilized the protein upon hypercapnia. Furthermore, ubiquitination of the Na,K-ATPase β-subunit was dependent on prior phosphorylation at serine 11 by protein kinase C (PKC)-ζ. Using a protein microarray, we identified the tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) as the E3 ligase driving ubiquitination of the Na,K-ATPase β-subunit upon hypercapnia. Of note, prevention of Na,K-ATPase β-subunit ubiquitination was necessary and sufficient to restore the formation of cell-cell junctions under hypercapnic conditions. These results suggest that a hypercapnic environment in the lung may lead to persistent epithelial dysfunction in affected patients. As such, the identification of the E3 ligase for the Na,K-ATPase may provide a novel therapeutic target, to be employed in patients with acute or chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure, aiming to restore alveolar epithelial integrity.
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- Nieves M. Gabrielli
- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
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- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
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- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
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- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
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- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
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- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
- Department of Lung Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
- Institute for Lung Health (ILH), Giessen, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
- Department of Lung Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
- Institute for Lung Health (ILH), Giessen, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Giessen, Germany
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
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Kryvenko V, Wessendorf M, Tello K, Herold S, Morty RE, Seeger W, Vadász I. Hypercapnia-induces IRE1α-driven Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation of the Na,K-ATPase β-subunit. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2021; 65:615-629. [PMID: 34192507 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2021-0114oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is often associated with elevated levels of CO2 (hypercapnia) and impaired alveolar fluid clearance. Misfolding of the Na,K-ATPase (NKA), a key molecule involved in both alveolar epithelial barrier tightness and in resolution of alveolar edema, in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) may decrease plasma membrane (PM) abundance of the transporter. Here, we investigated how hypercapnia affects the NKA β-subunit (NKA-β) in the ER. Exposing murine precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) and human alveolar epithelial A549 cells to elevated CO2 levels led to a rapid decrease of NKA-β abundance in the ER and at the cell surface. Knockdown of ER alpha-mannosidase I (MAN1B1) and ER degradation enhancing alpha-mannosidase like protein 1 by siRNA or treatment with the MAN1B1 inhibitor, kifunensine rescued loss of NKA-β in the ER, suggesting ER-associated degradation (ERAD) of the enzyme. Furthermore, hypercapnia activated the unfolded protein response (UPR) by promoting phosphorylation of inositol-requiring enzyme 1α (IRE1α) and treatment with a siRNA against IRE1α prevented the decrease of NKA-β in the ER. Of note, the hypercapnia-induced phosphorylation of IRE1α was triggered by a Ca2+-dependent mechanism. Additionally, inhibition of the inositol trisphosphate receptor decreased phosphorylation levels of IRE1α in PCLS and A549 cells, suggesting that Ca2+ efflux from the ER might be responsible for IRE1α activation and ERAD of NKA-β. In conclusion, here we provide evidence that hypercapnia attenuates maturation of the regulatory subunit of NKA by activating IRE1α and promoting ERAD, which may contribute to impaired alveolar epithelial integrity in patients with ARDS and hypercapnia.
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- Vitalii Kryvenko
- Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, Giessen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Department of Lung Development and Remodeling, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, Giessen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Department of Lung Development and Remodeling, Bad Nauheim, Germany.,Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, Giessen, Germany;
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Kryvenko V, Vagin O, Dada LA, Sznajder JI, Vadász I. Maturation of the Na,K-ATPase in the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Health and Disease. J Membr Biol 2021; 254:447-457. [PMID: 34114062 PMCID: PMC8192048 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-021-00184-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Abstract The Na,K-ATPase establishes the electrochemical gradient of cells by driving an active exchange of Na+ and K+ ions while consuming ATP. The minimal functional transporter consists of a catalytic α-subunit and a β-subunit with chaperon activity. The Na,K-ATPase also functions as a cell adhesion molecule and participates in various intracellular signaling pathways. The maturation and trafficking of the Na,K-ATPase include co- and post-translational processing of the enzyme in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus and subsequent delivery to the plasma membrane (PM). The ER folding of the enzyme is considered as the rate-limiting step in the membrane delivery of the protein. It has been demonstrated that only assembled Na,K-ATPase α:β-complexes may exit the organelle, whereas unassembled, misfolded or unfolded subunits are retained in the ER and are subsequently degraded. Loss of function of the Na,K-ATPase has been associated with lung, heart, kidney and neurological disorders. Recently, it has been shown that ER dysfunction, in particular, alterations in the homeostasis of the organelle, as well as impaired ER-resident chaperone activity may impede folding of Na,K-ATPase subunits, thus decreasing the abundance and function of the enzyme at the PM. Here, we summarize our current understanding on maturation and subsequent processing of the Na,K-ATPase in the ER under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Graphic Abstract ![]()
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- Vitalii Kryvenko
- Department of Internal Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Giessen, Germany. .,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany.
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Phelan DE, Mota C, Lai C, Kierans SJ, Cummins EP. Carbon dioxide-dependent signal transduction in mammalian systems. Interface Focus 2021; 11:20200033. [PMID: 33633832 PMCID: PMC7898142 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2020.0033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a fundamental physiological gas known to profoundly influence the behaviour and health of millions of species within the plant and animal kingdoms in particular. A recent Royal Society meeting on the topic of 'Carbon dioxide detection in biological systems' was extremely revealing in terms of the multitude of roles that different levels of CO2 play in influencing plants and animals alike. While outstanding research has been performed by leading researchers in the area of plant biology, neuronal sensing, cell signalling, gas transport, inflammation, lung function and clinical medicine, there is still much to be learned about CO2-dependent sensing and signalling. Notably, while several key signal transduction pathways and nodes of activity have been identified in plants and animals respectively, the precise wiring and sensitivity of these pathways to CO2 remains to be fully elucidated. In this article, we will give an overview of the literature relating to CO2-dependent signal transduction in mammalian systems. We will highlight the main signal transduction hubs through which CO2-dependent signalling is elicited with a view to better understanding the complex physiological response to CO2 in mammalian systems. The main topics of discussion in this article relate to how changes in CO2 influence cellular function through modulation of signal transduction networks influenced by pH, mitochondrial function, adenylate cyclase, calcium, transcriptional regulators, the adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase pathway and direct CO2-dependent protein modifications. While each of these topics will be discussed independently, there is evidence of significant cross-talk between these signal transduction pathways as they respond to changes in CO2. In considering these core hubs of CO2-dependent signal transduction, we hope to delineate common elements and identify areas in which future research could be best directed.
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- D. E. Phelan
- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Kryvenko V, Vadász I. Molecular mechanisms of Na,K-ATPase dysregulation driving alveolar epithelial barrier failure in severe COVID-19. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2021; 320:L1186-L1193. [PMID: 33689516 PMCID: PMC8238442 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00056.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
A significant number of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that is associated with a poor outcome. The molecular mechanisms driving failure of the alveolar barrier upon severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remain incompletely understood. The Na,K-ATPase is an adhesion molecule and a plasma membrane transporter that is critically required for proper alveolar epithelial function by both promoting barrier integrity and resolution of excess alveolar fluid, thus enabling appropriate gas exchange. However, numerous SARS-CoV-2-mediated and COVID-19-related signals directly or indirectly impair the function of the Na,K-ATPase, thereby potentially contributing to disease progression. In this Perspective, we highlight some of the putative mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-driven dysfunction of the Na,K-ATPase, focusing on expression, maturation, and trafficking of the transporter. A therapeutic mean to selectively inhibit the maladaptive signals that impair the Na,K-ATPase upon SARS-CoV-2 infection might be effective in reestablishing the alveolar epithelial barrier and promoting alveolar fluid clearance and thus advantageous in patients with COVID-19-associated ARDS.
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- Vitalii Kryvenko
- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany.,The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Giessen, Germany
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Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2), a primary product of oxidative metabolism, can be sensed by eukaryotic cells eliciting unique responses via specific signalling pathways. Severe lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are associated with hypoventilation that can lead to the elevation of CO2 levels in lung tissues and the bloodstream (hypercapnia). However, the pathophysiological effects of hypercapnia on the lungs and specific lung cells are incompletely understood. We have recently reported using combined unbiased molecular approaches with studies in mice and cell culture systems on the mechanisms by which hypercapnia alters airway smooth muscle contractility. In this review, we provide a pathophysiological and mechanistic perspective on the effects of hypercapnia on the lung airways and discuss the recent understanding of high CO2 modulation of the airway contractility.
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- Masahiko Shigemura
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Shigemura M, Welch LC, Sznajder JI. Hypercapnia Regulates Gene Expression and Tissue Function. Front Physiol 2020; 11:598122. [PMID: 33329047 PMCID: PMC7715027 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.598122] [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: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced in eukaryotic cells primarily during aerobic respiration, resulting in higher CO2 levels in mammalian tissues than those in the atmosphere. CO2 like other gaseous molecules such as oxygen and nitric oxide, is sensed by cells and contributes to cellular and organismal physiology. In humans, elevation of CO2 levels in tissues and the bloodstream (hypercapnia) occurs during impaired alveolar gas exchange in patients with severe acute and chronic lung diseases. Advances in understanding of the biology of high CO2 effects reveal that the changes in CO2 levels are sensed in cells resulting in specific tissue responses. There is accumulating evidence on the transcriptional response to elevated CO2 levels that alters gene expression and activates signaling pathways with consequences for cellular and tissue functions. The nature of hypercapnia-responsive transcriptional regulation is an emerging area of research, as the responses to hypercapnia in different cell types, tissues, and species are not fully understood. Here, we review the current understanding of hypercapnia effects on gene transcription and consequent cellular and tissue functions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Masahiko Shigemura
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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Bharat A, Angulo M, Sun H, Akbarpour M, Alberro A, Cheng Y, Shigemura M, Berdnikovs S, Welch LC, Kanter JA, Budinger GRS, Lecuona E, Sznajder JI. High CO 2 Levels Impair Lung Wound Healing. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2020; 63:244-254. [PMID: 32275835 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0354oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Delayed lung repair leads to alveolopleural fistulae, which are a major cause of morbidity after lung resections. We have reported that intrapleural hypercapnia is associated with delayed lung repair after lung resection. Here, we provide new evidence that hypercapnia delays wound closure of both large airway and alveolar epithelial cell monolayers because of inhibition of epithelial cell migration. Cell migration and airway epithelial wound closure were dependent on Rac1-GTPase activation, which was suppressed by hypercapnia directly through the upregulation of AMP kinase and indirectly through inhibition of injury-induced NF-κB-mediated CXCL12 (pleural CXC motif chemokine 12) release, respectively. Both these pathways were independently suppressed, because dominant negative AMP kinase rescued the effects of hypercapnia on Rac1-GTPase in uninjured resting cells, whereas proteasomal inhibition reversed the NF-κB-mediated CXCL12 release during injury. Constitutive overexpression of Rac1-GTPase rescued the effects of hypercapnia on both pathways as well as on wound healing. Similarly, exogenous recombinant CXCL12 reversed the effects of hypercapnia through Rac1-GTPase activation by its receptor, CXCR4. Moreover, CXCL12 transgenic murine recipients of orthotopic tracheal transplantation were protected from hypercapnia-induced inhibition of tracheal epithelial cell migration and wound repair. In patients undergoing lobectomy, we found inverse correlation between intrapleural carbon dioxide and pleural CXCL12 levels as well as between CXCL12 levels and alveolopleural leak. Accordingly, we provide first evidence that high carbon dioxide levels impair lung repair by inhibiting epithelial cell migration through two distinct pathways, which can be restored by recombinant CXCL12.
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- Ankit Bharat
- Division of Thoracic Surgery.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and.,Pathophysiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay; and
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and.,Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Giessen, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and
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Hypercapnia: An Aggravating Factor in Asthma. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9103207. [PMID: 33027886 PMCID: PMC7599850 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9103207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disorder with relatively good outcomes in the majority of patients with appropriate maintenance therapy. However, in a small minority, patients can experience severe asthma with respiratory failure and hypercapnia, necessitating intensive care unit admission. Hypercapnia occurs due to alveolar hypoventilation and insufficient removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the blood. Although mild hypercapnia is generally well tolerated in patients with asthma, there is accumulating evidence that elevated levels of CO2 can act as a gaso-signaling molecule, triggering deleterious effects in various organs such as the lung, skeletal muscles and the innate immune system. Here, we review recent advances on pathophysiological response to hypercapnia and discuss potential detrimental effects of hypercapnia in patients with asthma.
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Kryvenko V, Wessendorf M, Morty RE, Herold S, Seeger W, Vagin O, Dada LA, Sznajder JI, Vadász I. Hypercapnia Impairs Na,K-ATPase Function by Inducing Endoplasmic Reticulum Retention of the β-Subunit of the Enzyme in Alveolar Epithelial Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E1467. [PMID: 32098115 PMCID: PMC7073107 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21041467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Alveolar edema, impaired alveolar fluid clearance, and elevated CO2 levels (hypercapnia) are hallmarks of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This study investigated how hypercapnia affects maturation of the Na,K-ATPase (NKA), a key membrane transporter, and a cell adhesion molecule involved in the resolution of alveolar edema in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Exposure of human alveolar epithelial cells to elevated CO2 concentrations caused a significant retention of NKA-β in the ER and, thus, decreased levels of the transporter in the Golgi apparatus. These effects were associated with a marked reduction of the plasma membrane (PM) abundance of the NKA-α/β complex as well as a decreased total and ouabain-sensitive ATPase activity. Furthermore, our study revealed that the ER-retained NKA-β subunits were only partially assembled with NKA α-subunits, which suggests that hypercapnia modifies the ER folding environment. Moreover, we observed that elevated CO2 levels decreased intracellular ATP production and increased ER protein and, particularly, NKA-β oxidation. Treatment with α-ketoglutaric acid (α-KG), which is a metabolite that has been shown to increase ATP levels and rescue mitochondrial function in hypercapnia-exposed cells, attenuated the deleterious effects of elevated CO2 concentrations and restored NKA PM abundance and function. Taken together, our findings provide new insights into the regulation of NKA in alveolar epithelial cells by elevated CO2 levels, which may lead to the development of new therapeutic approaches for patients with ARDS and hypercapnia.
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- Vitalii Kryvenko
- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 35392 Giessen, Germany; (V.K.); (M.W.); (R.E.M.); (S.H.); (W.S.)
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 35392 Giessen, Germany; (V.K.); (M.W.); (R.E.M.); (S.H.); (W.S.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 35392 Giessen, Germany; (V.K.); (M.W.); (R.E.M.); (S.H.); (W.S.)
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Department of Lung Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 35392 Giessen, Germany; (V.K.); (M.W.); (R.E.M.); (S.H.); (W.S.)
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 35392 Giessen, Germany; (V.K.); (M.W.); (R.E.M.); (S.H.); (W.S.)
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Department of Lung Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
- Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; (L.A.D.); (J.I.S.)
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; (L.A.D.); (J.I.S.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 35392 Giessen, Germany; (V.K.); (M.W.); (R.E.M.); (S.H.); (W.S.)
- The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Shigemura M, Lecuona E, Angulo M, Dada LA, Edwards MB, Welch LC, Casalino-Matsuda SM, Sporn PHS, Vadász I, Helenius IT, Nader GA, Gruenbaum Y, Sharabi K, Cummins E, Taylor C, Bharat A, Gottardi CJ, Beitel GJ, Kaminski N, Budinger GRS, Berdnikovs S, Sznajder JI. Elevated CO 2 regulates the Wnt signaling pathway in mammals, Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18251. [PMID: 31796806 PMCID: PMC6890671 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54683-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is sensed by cells and can trigger signals to modify gene expression in different tissues leading to changes in organismal functions. Despite accumulating evidence that several pathways in various organisms are responsive to CO2 elevation (hypercapnia), it has yet to be elucidated how hypercapnia activates genes and signaling pathways, or whether they interact, are integrated, or are conserved across species. Here, we performed a large-scale transcriptomic study to explore the interaction/integration/conservation of hypercapnia-induced genomic responses in mammals (mice and humans) as well as invertebrates (Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster). We found that hypercapnia activated genes that regulate Wnt signaling in mouse lungs and skeletal muscles in vivo and in several cell lines of different tissue origin. Hypercapnia-responsive Wnt pathway homologues were similarly observed in secondary analysis of available transcriptomic datasets of hypercapnia in a human bronchial cell line, flies and nematodes. Our data suggest the evolutionarily conserved role of high CO2 in regulating Wnt pathway genes.
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- Masahiko Shigemura
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Pathophysiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- Medical Service, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research, and The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute, Giessen, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, Systems Biology Ireland and the Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, Systems Biology Ireland and the Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important sensory cue for many animals, including both parasitic and free-living nematodes. Many nematodes show context-dependent, experience-dependent and/or life-stage-dependent behavioural responses to CO2, suggesting that CO2 plays crucial roles throughout the nematode life cycle in multiple ethological contexts. Nematodes also show a wide range of physiological responses to CO2. Here, we review the diverse responses of parasitic and free-living nematodes to CO2. We also discuss the molecular, cellular and neural circuit mechanisms that mediate CO2 detection in nematodes, and that drive context-dependent and experience-dependent responses of nematodes to CO2.
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Fergie N, Todd N, McClements L, McAuley D, O’Kane C, Krasnodembskaya A. Hypercapnic acidosis induces mitochondrial dysfunction and impairs the ability of mesenchymal stem cells to promote distal lung epithelial repair. FASEB J 2019; 33:5585-5598. [PMID: 30649987 PMCID: PMC6436662 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201802056r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a devastating disorder characterized by diffuse inflammation and edema formation. The main management strategy, low tidal volume ventilation, can be associated with the development of hypercapnic acidosis (HCA). Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a promising therapeutic candidate currently in early-phase clinical trials. The effects of HCA on the alveolar epithelium and capillary endothelium are not well established. The therapeutic efficacy of MSCs has never been reported in HCA. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of HCA on inflammatory response and reparative potential of the primary human small airway epithelial and lung microvasculature endothelial cells as well as on the capacity of bone marrow-derived MSCs to promote wound healing in vitro. We demonstrate that HCA attenuates the inflammatory response and reparative potential of primary human small airway epithelium and capillary endothelium and induces mitochondrial dysfunction. It was found that MSCs promote lung epithelial wound repair via the transfer of functional mitochondria; however, this proreparative effect of MSCs was lost in the setting of HCA. Therefore, HCA may adversely impact recovery from ARDS at the cellular level, whereas MSCs may not be therapeutically beneficial in patients with ARDS who develop HCA.-Fergie, N., Todd, N., McClements, L., McAuley, D., O'Kane, C., Krasnodembskaya, A. Hypercapnic acidosis induces mitochondrial dysfunction and impairs the ability of mesenchymal stem cells to promote distal lung epithelial repair.
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- Nicola Fergie
- Centre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Morales Quinteros L, Bringué Roque J, Kaufman D, Artigas Raventós A. Importance of carbon dioxide in the critical patient: Implications at the cellular and clinical levels. Med Intensiva 2018; 43:234-242. [PMID: 29486904 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2018.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Important recent insights have emerged regarding the cellular and molecular role of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the effects of hypercapnia. The latter may have beneficial effects in patients with acute lung injury, affording reductions in pulmonary inflammation, lessened oxidative alveolar damage, and the regulation of innate immunity and host defenses by inhibiting the expression of inflammatory cytokines. However, other studies suggest that CO2 can have deleterious effects upon the lung, reducing alveolar wound repair in lung injury, decreasing the rate of reabsorption of alveolar fluid, and inhibiting alveolar cell proliferation. Clearly, hypercapnia has both beneficial and harmful consequences, and it is important to determine the net effect under specific conditions. The purpose of this review is to describe the immunological and physiological effects of carbon dioxide, considering their potential consequences in patients with acute respiratory failure.
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, Estados Unidos
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Sagrat Cor, Barcelona, España; Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Barcelona, España; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, España
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Kikuchi R, Tsuji T, Watanabe O, Yamaguchi K, Furukawa K, Nakamura H, Aoshiba K. Hypercapnia Accelerates Adipogenesis: A Novel Role of High CO 2 in Exacerbating Obesity. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2017; 57:570-580. [PMID: 28613919 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2016-0278oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), which manifest as intermittent hypercapnia and sustained plus intermittent hypercapnia, respectively. In this study, we investigated whether CO2 affects adipocyte differentiation (adipogenesis) and maturation (hypertrophy). Human visceral or subcutaneous preadipocytes were grown to confluence and then induced to differentiate to adipocytes under hypocapnia, normocapnia, and hypercapnia with or without hypoxia. Adipogenesis was also induced under intermittent or sustained hypercapnia. Differentiated adipocytes were maintained to maturity under normocapnia or hypercapnia. Our main findings are as follows: (1) hypercapnia accelerated adipogenesis in visceral and subcutaneous preadipocytes, whereas hypocapnia inhibited adipogenesis; (2) hypercapnia did not affect adipocyte hypertrophy; (3) hypercapnia-accelerated adipogenesis was independent of extracellular acidosis, oxygen concentration, or either intermittent or sustained exposure to high CO2; and (4) the mechanisms underlying hypercapnia-accelerated adipogenesis involved increased production of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) via soluble adenylyl cyclase, leading to the activation of protein kinase A and exchanger protein directly activated by cAMP, which, in turn, activated proadipogenic transcription factors, such as cAMP response element binding protein, CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ. This study reveals a novel role of high CO2 in promoting adipogenesis, which provides mechanistic clues to a pathoetiological interaction between OSA/OHS and obesity. Our data suggest a vicious cycle of disease progression via the following mechanism: OSA/OHS → hypoventilation → hypercapnia → increased adipogenesis → increased fat mass → exacerbated OSA/OHS.
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- Ryota Kikuchi
- 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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- 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
- 2 Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Geriatrics and
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- 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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- 3 Comprehensive Medical Center of Sleep Disorders, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan; and
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- 4 Department of Chest Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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- 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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- 1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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Vadász I, Sznajder JI. Gas Exchange Disturbances Regulate Alveolar Fluid Clearance during Acute Lung Injury. Front Immunol 2017; 8:757. [PMID: 28725223 PMCID: PMC5495863 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Disruption of the alveolar-capillary barrier and accumulation of pulmonary edema, if not resolved, result in poor alveolar gas exchange leading to hypoxia and hypercapnia, which are hallmarks of acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Alveolar fluid clearance (AFC) is a major function of the alveolar epithelium and is mediated by the concerted action of apically-located Na+ channels [epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC)] and the basolateral Na,K-ATPase driving vectorial Na+ transport. Importantly, those patients with ARDS who cannot clear alveolar edema efficiently have worse outcomes. While hypoxia can be improved in most cases by O2 supplementation and mechanical ventilation, the use of lung protective ventilation settings can lead to further CO2 retention. Whether the increase in CO2 concentrations has deleterious or beneficial effects have been a topic of significant controversy. Of note, both low O2 and elevated CO2 levels are sensed by the alveolar epithelium and by distinct and specific molecular mechanisms impair the function of the Na,K-ATPase and ENaC thereby inhibiting AFC and leading to persistence of alveolar edema. This review discusses recent discoveries on the sensing and signaling events initiated by hypoxia and hypercapnia and the relevance of these results in identification of potential novel therapeutic targets in the treatment of ARDS.
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- István Vadász
- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Giessen, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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Gwoździńska P, Buchbinder BA, Mayer K, Herold S, Morty RE, Seeger W, Vadász I. Hypercapnia Impairs ENaC Cell Surface Stability by Promoting Phosphorylation, Polyubiquitination and Endocytosis of β-ENaC in a Human Alveolar Epithelial Cell Line. Front Immunol 2017; 8:591. [PMID: 28588583 PMCID: PMC5440515 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Acute lung injury is associated with formation of pulmonary edema leading to impaired gas exchange. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) require mechanical ventilation to improve oxygenation; however, the use of relatively low tidal volumes (to minimize further injury of the lung) often leads to further accumulation of carbon dioxide (hypercapnia). Hypercapnia has been shown to impair alveolar fluid clearance (AFC), thereby causing retention of pulmonary edema, and may lead to worse outcomes; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood. AFC is critically dependent on the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), which drives the vectorial transport of Na+ across the alveolar epithelium. Thus, in the current study, we investigated the mechanisms by which hypercapnia effects ENaC cell surface stability in alveolar epithelial cells (AECs). Elevated CO2 levels led to polyubiquitination of β-ENaC and subsequent endocytosis of the α/β-ENaC complex in AECs, which were prevented by silencing the E3 ubiquitin ligase, Nedd4-2. Hypercapnia-induced ubiquitination and cell surface retrieval of ENaC were critically dependent on phosphorylation of the Thr615 residue of β-ENaC, which was mediated by the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2. Furthermore, activation of ERK1/2 led to subsequent activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)1/2 that in turn phosphorylated Nedd4-2 at the Thr899 residue. Importantly, mutation of Thr899 to Ala markedly inhibited the CO2-induced polyubiquitination of β-ENaC and restored cell surface stability of the ENaC complex, highlighting the critical role of Nedd4-2 phosphorylation status in targeting ENaC. Collectively, our data suggest that elevated CO2 levels promote activation of the ERK/AMPK/JNK axis in a human AEC line, in which ERK1/2 phosphorylates β-ENaC whereas JNK mediates phosphorylation of Nedd4-2, thereby facilitating the channel-ligase interaction. The hypercapnia-induced ENaC dysfunction may contribute to impaired alveolar edema clearance and thus, interfering with these molecular mechanisms may improve alveolar fluid balance and lead to better outcomes in patients with ARDS.
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- Paulina Gwoździńska
- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany
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Shigemura M, Lecuona E, Sznajder JI. Effects of hypercapnia on the lung. J Physiol 2017; 595:2431-2437. [PMID: 28044311 DOI: 10.1113/jp273781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Gases are sensed by lung cells and can activate specific intracellular signalling pathways, and thus have physiological and pathophysiological effects. Carbon dioxide (CO2 ), a primary product of oxidative metabolism, can be sensed by eukaryotic cells eliciting specific responses via recently identified signalling pathways. However, the physiological and pathophysiological effects of high CO2 (hypercapnia) on the lungs and specific lung cells, which are the primary site of CO2 elimination, are incompletely understood. In this review, we provide a physiological and mechanistic perspective on the effects of hypercapnia on the lungs and discuss the recent understanding of CO2 modulation of the alveolar epithelial function (lung oedema clearance), epithelial cell repair, innate immunity and airway function.
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- Masahiko Shigemura
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Severe hypercapnia and outcome of mechanically ventilated patients with moderate or severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Med 2017; 43:200-208. [PMID: 28108768 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4611-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To analyze the relationship between hypercapnia developing within the first 48 h after the start of mechanical ventilation and outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed a secondary analysis of three prospective non-interventional cohort studies focusing on ARDS patients from 927 intensive care units (ICUs) in 40 countries. These patients received mechanical ventilation for more than 12 h during 1-month periods in 1998, 2004, and 2010. We used multivariable logistic regression and a propensity score analysis to examine the association between hypercapnia and ICU mortality. MAIN OUTCOMES We included 1899 patients with ARDS in this study. The relationship between maximum PaCO2 in the first 48 h and mortality suggests higher mortality at or above PaCO2 of ≥50 mmHg. Patients with severe hypercapnia (PaCO2 ≥50 mmHg) had higher complication rates, more organ failures, and worse outcomes. After adjusting for age, SAPS II score, respiratory rate, positive end-expiratory pressure, PaO2/FiO2 ratio, driving pressure, pressure/volume limitation strategy (PLS), corrected minute ventilation, and presence of acidosis, severe hypercapnia was associated with increased risk of ICU mortality [odds ratio (OR) 1.93, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.32 to 2.81; p = 0.001]. In patients with severe hypercapnia matched for all other variables, ventilation with PLS was associated with higher ICU mortality (OR 1.58, CI 95% 1.04-2.41; p = 0.032). CONCLUSIONS Severe hypercapnia appears to be independently associated with higher ICU mortality in patients with ARDS. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov identifier, NCT01093482.
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Marudhupandiyan S, Balamurugan K. Intrinsic JNK-MAPK pathway involvement requires daf-16-mediated immune response during Shigella flexneri infection in C. elegans. Immunol Res 2016; 65:609-621. [DOI: 10.1007/s12026-016-8879-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Selfridge AC, Cavadas MAS, Scholz CC, Campbell EL, Welch LC, Lecuona E, Colgan SP, Barrett KE, Sporn PHS, Sznajder JI, Cummins EP, Taylor CT. Hypercapnia Suppresses the HIF-dependent Adaptive Response to Hypoxia. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:11800-8. [PMID: 27044749 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.713941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Molecular oxygen and carbon dioxide are the primary gaseous substrate and product of oxidative metabolism, respectively. Hypoxia (low oxygen) and hypercapnia (high carbon dioxide) are co-incidental features of the tissue microenvironment in a range of pathophysiologic states, including acute and chronic respiratory diseases. The hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is the master regulator of the transcriptional response to hypoxia; however, little is known about the impact of hypercapnia on gene transcription. Because of the relationship between hypoxia and hypercapnia, we investigated the effect of hypercapnia on the HIF pathway. Hypercapnia suppressed HIF-α protein stability and HIF target gene expression both in mice and cultured cells in a manner that was at least in part independent of the canonical O2-dependent HIF degradation pathway. The suppressive effects of hypercapnia on HIF-α protein stability could be mimicked by reducing intracellular pH at a constant level of partial pressure of CO2 Bafilomycin A1, a specific inhibitor of vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase that blocks lysosomal degradation, prevented the hypercapnic suppression of HIF-α protein. Based on these results, we hypothesize that hypercapnia counter-regulates activation of the HIF pathway by reducing intracellular pH and promoting lysosomal degradation of HIF-α subunits. Therefore, hypercapnia may play a key role in the pathophysiology of diseases where HIF is implicated.
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- Conway Institute, and Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- From the School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, and Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, the Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- the University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado 80045
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- the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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- the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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- the University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado 80045
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- From the School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, and
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- the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and the Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612
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- the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and
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- From the School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, and
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- From the School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, and Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland,
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Uyhelji HA, Cheng C, Besansky NJ. Transcriptomic differences between euryhaline and stenohaline malaria vector sibling species in response to salinity stress. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:2210-25. [PMID: 26945667 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Evolution of osmoregulatory systems is a key factor in the transition of species between fresh- and saltwater habitats. Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles merus are stenohaline and euryhaline malaria vector mosquitoes belonging to a larger group of sibling species, the Anopheles gambiae complex, which radiated in Africa within the last 2 million years. Comparative ecological genomics of these vector species can provide insight into the mechanisms that permitted the rapid radiation of this species complex into habitats of contrasting salinity. Here, we use RNA-Seq to investigate gene expression differences between An. coluzzii and An. merus after briefly exposing both young and old larval instars of each species to either saltwater (SW) or freshwater (FW). Our study aims to identify candidate genes and pathways responsible for the greater SW tolerance of An. merus. Our results are congruent with the ability of gene induction to mediate salinity tolerance, with both species showing increasing amounts of differential gene expression between SW and FW as salt concentrations increase. Besides ion transporters such as AgAE2 that may serve as effectors for osmoregulation, we also find mitogen-activated protein kinases that may serve in a phosphorylation signalling pathway responding to salinity, and report potential cross-talk between the mosquito immune response and osmoregulation. This study provides a key step towards applying the growing molecular knowledge of these malaria vectors to improve understanding of their ecological tolerances and habitat occupancy.
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- Hilary A Uyhelji
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.,Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.,Functional Genomics Team, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, OK, 73169, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.,Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.,Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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Andrusiak MG, Jin Y. Context Specificity of Stress-activated Mitogen-activated Protein (MAP) Kinase Signaling: The Story as Told by Caenorhabditis elegans. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:7796-804. [PMID: 26907690 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r115.711101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Stress-associated p38 and JNK mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling cascades trigger specific cellular responses and are involved in multiple disease states. At the root of MAP kinase signaling complexity is the differential use of common components on a context-specific basis. The roundwormCaenorhabditis eleganswas developed as a system to study genes required for development and nervous system function. The powerful genetics ofC. elegansin combination with molecular and cellular dissections has led to a greater understanding of how p38 and JNK signaling affects many biological processes under normal and stress conditions. This review focuses on the studies revealing context specificity of different stress-activated MAPK components inC. elegans.
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- From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Helenius IT, Nair A, Bittar HET, Sznajder JI, Sporn PHS, Beitel GJ. Focused Screening Identifies Evoxine as a Small Molecule That Counteracts CO2-Induced Immune Suppression. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 21:363-71. [PMID: 26701099 DOI: 10.1177/1087057115624091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Patients with severe lung disease may develop hypercapnia, elevation of the levels of CO2 in the lungs and blood, which is associated with increased risk of death, often from infection. To identify compounds that ameliorate the adverse effects of hypercapnia, we performed a focused screen of 8832 compounds using a CO2-responsive luciferase reporter in Drosophila S2* cells. We found that evoxine, a plant alkaloid, counteracts the CO2-induced transcriptional suppression of antimicrobial peptides in S2* cells. Strikingly, evoxine also inhibits hypercapnic suppression of interleukin-6 and the chemokine CCL2 expression in human THP-1 macrophages. Evoxine's effects are selective, since it does not prevent hypercapnic inhibition of phagocytosis by THP-1 cells or CO2-induced activation of AMPK in rat ATII pulmonary epithelial cells. The results suggest that hypercapnia suppresses innate immune gene expression by definable pathways that are evolutionarily conserved and demonstrate for the first time that specific CO2 effects can be targeted pharmacologically.
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- Iiro Taneli Helenius
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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Helenius IT, Haake RJ, Kwon YJ, Hu JA, Krupinski T, Casalino-Matsuda SM, Sporn PHS, Sznajder JI, Beitel GJ. Identification of Drosophila Zfh2 as a Mediator of Hypercapnic Immune Regulation by a Genome-Wide RNA Interference Screen. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 196:655-667. [PMID: 26643480 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hypercapnia, elevated partial pressure of CO2 in blood and tissue, develops in many patients with chronic severe obstructive pulmonary disease and other advanced lung disorders. Patients with advanced disease frequently develop bacterial lung infections, and hypercapnia is a risk factor for mortality in such individuals. We previously demonstrated that hypercapnia suppresses induction of NF-κB-regulated innate immune response genes required for host defense in human, mouse, and Drosophila cells, and it increases mortality from bacterial infections in both mice and Drosophila. However, the molecular mediators of hypercapnic immune suppression are undefined. In this study, we report a genome-wide RNA interference screen in Drosophila S2* cells stimulated with bacterial peptidoglycan. The screen identified 16 genes with human orthologs whose knockdown reduced hypercapnic suppression of the gene encoding the antimicrobial peptide Diptericin (Dipt), but did not increase Dipt mRNA levels in air. In vivo tests of one of the strongest screen hits, zinc finger homeodomain 2 (Zfh2; mammalian orthologs ZFHX3/ATBF1 and ZFHX4), demonstrate that reducing zfh2 function using a mutation or RNA interference improves survival of flies exposed to elevated CO2 and infected with Staphylococcus aureus. Tissue-specific knockdown of zfh2 in the fat body, the major immune and metabolic organ of the fly, mitigates hypercapnia-induced reductions in Dipt and other antimicrobial peptides and improves resistance of CO2-exposed flies to infection. Zfh2 mutations also partially rescue hypercapnia-induced delays in egg hatching, suggesting that Zfh2's role in mediating responses to hypercapnia extends beyond the immune system. Taken together, to our knowledge, these results identify Zfh2 as the first in vivo mediator of hypercapnic immune suppression.
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- Iiro Taneli Helenius
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.,Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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High CO2 Leads to Na,K-ATPase Endocytosis via c-Jun Amino-Terminal Kinase-Induced LMO7b Phosphorylation. Mol Cell Biol 2015; 35:3962-73. [PMID: 26370512 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00813-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) plays a role in inflammation, proliferation, apoptosis, and cell adhesion and cell migration by phosphorylating paxillin and β-catenin. JNK phosphorylation downstream of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation is required for high CO2 (hypercapnia)-induced Na,K-ATPase endocytosis in alveolar epithelial cells. Here, we provide evidence that during hypercapnia, JNK promotes the phosphorylation of LMO7b, a scaffolding protein, in vitro and in intact cells. LMO7b phosphorylation was blocked by exposing the cells to the JNK inhibitor SP600125 and by infecting cells with dominant-negative JNK or AMPK adenovirus. The knockdown of the endogenous LMO7b or overexpression of mutated LMO7b with alanine substitutions of five potential JNK phosphorylation sites (LMO7b-5SA) or only Ser-1295 rescued both LMO7b phosphorylation and the hypercapnia-induced Na,K-ATPase endocytosis. Moreover, high CO2 promoted the colocalization and interaction of LMO7b and the Na,K-ATPase α1 subunit at the plasma membrane, which were prevented by SP600125 or by transfecting cells with LMO7b-5SA. Collectively, our data suggest that hypercapnia leads to JNK-induced LMO7b phosphorylation at Ser-1295, which facilitates the interaction of LMO7b with Na,K-ATPase at the plasma membrane promoting the endocytosis of Na,K-ATPase in alveolar epithelial cells.
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Sharabi K, Charar C, Friedman N, Mizrahi I, Zaslaver A, Sznajder JI, Gruenbaum Y. The response to high CO2 levels requires the neuropeptide secretion component HID-1 to promote pumping inhibition. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004529. [PMID: 25101962 PMCID: PMC4125093 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a key molecule in many biological processes; however, mechanisms by which organisms sense and respond to high CO2 levels remain largely unknown. Here we report that acute CO2 exposure leads to a rapid cessation in the contraction of the pharynx muscles in Caenorhabditis elegans. To uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying this response, we performed a forward genetic screen and found that hid-1, a key component in neuropeptide signaling, regulates this inhibition in muscle contraction. Surprisingly, we found that this hid-1-mediated pathway is independent of any previously known pathways controlling CO2 avoidance and oxygen sensing. In addition, animals with mutations in unc-31 and egl-21 (neuropeptide secretion and maturation components) show impaired inhibition of muscle contraction following acute exposure to high CO2 levels, in further support of our findings. Interestingly, the observed response in the pharynx muscle requires the BAG neurons, which also mediate CO2 avoidance. This novel hid-1-mediated pathway sheds new light on the physiological effects of high CO2 levels on animals at the organism-wide level.
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- Kfir Sharabi
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Nearly all animals are capable of sensing changes in environmental oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, which can signal the presence of food, pathogens, conspecifics, predators, or hosts. The free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a powerful model system for the study of gas sensing. C. elegans detects changes in O2 and CO2 levels and integrates information about ambient gas levels with other internal and external cues to generate context-appropriate behavioral responses. Due to its small nervous system and amenability to genetic and genomic analyses, the functional properties of its gas-sensing microcircuits can be dissected with single-cell resolution, and signaling molecules and natural genetic variations that modulate gas responses can be identified. Here, we discuss the neural basis of gas sensing in C. elegans, and highlight changes in gas-evoked behaviors in the context of other sensory cues and natural genetic variations. We also discuss gas sensing in other free-living nematodes and parasitic nematodes, focusing on how gas-sensing behavior has evolved to mediate species-specific behavioral requirements.
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The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a major public health problem and a leading source of morbidity in intensive care units. Lung tissue in patients with ARDS is characterized by inflammation, with exuberant neutrophil infiltration, activation, and degranulation that is thought to initiate tissue injury through the release of proteases and oxygen radicals. Treatment of ARDS is supportive primarily because the underlying pathophysiology is poorly understood. This gap in knowledge must be addressed to identify urgently needed therapies. Recent research efforts in anti-inflammatory drug development have focused on identifying common control points in multiple signaling pathways. The protein kinase C (PKC) serine-threonine kinases are master regulators of proinflammatory signaling hubs, making them attractive therapeutic targets. Pharmacological inhibition of broad-spectrum PKC activity and, more importantly, of specific PKC isoforms (as well as deletion of PKCs in mice) exerts protective effects in various experimental models of lung injury. Furthermore, PKC isoforms have been implicated in inflammatory processes that may be involved in the pathophysiologic changes that result in ARDS, including activation of innate immune and endothelial cells, neutrophil trafficking to the lung, regulation of alveolar epithelial barrier functions, and control of neutrophil proinflammatory and prosurvival signaling. This review focuses on the mechanistic involvement of PKC isoforms in the pathogenesis of ARDS and highlights the potential of developing new therapeutic paradigms based on the selective inhibition (or activation) of specific PKC isoforms.
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Gates KL, Howell HA, Nair A, Vohwinkel CU, Welch LC, Beitel GJ, Hauser AR, Sznajder JI, Sporn PHS. Hypercapnia impairs lung neutrophil function and increases mortality in murine pseudomonas pneumonia. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2013; 49:821-8. [PMID: 23777386 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2012-0487oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Hypercapnia, an elevation of the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in blood and tissues, is a marker of poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other pulmonary disorders. We previously reported that hypercapnia inhibits the expression of TNF and IL-6 and phagocytosis in macrophages in vitro. In the present study, we determined the effects of normoxic hypercapnia (10% CO2, 21% O2, and 69% N2) on outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in BALB/c mice and on pulmonary neutrophil function. We found that the mortality of P. aeruginosa pneumonia was increased in 10% CO2-exposed compared with air-exposed mice. Hypercapnia increased pneumonia mortality similarly in mice with acute and chronic respiratory acidosis, indicating an effect unrelated to the degree of acidosis. Exposure to 10% CO2 increased the burden of P. aeruginosa in the lungs, spleen, and liver, but did not alter lung injury attributable to pneumonia. Hypercapnia did not reduce pulmonary neutrophil recruitment during infection, but alveolar neutrophils from 10% CO2-exposed mice phagocytosed fewer bacteria and produced less H2O2 than neutrophils from air-exposed mice. Secretion of IL-6 and TNF in the lungs of 10% CO2-exposed mice was decreased 7 hours, but not 15 hours, after the onset of pneumonia, indicating that hypercapnia inhibited the early cytokine response to infection. The increase in pneumonia mortality caused by elevated CO2 was reversible when hypercapnic mice were returned to breathing air before or immediately after infection. These results suggest that hypercapnia may increase the susceptibility to and/or worsen the outcome of lung infections in patients with severe lung disease.
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- Khalilah L Gates
- 1 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine
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Grzesik BA, Vohwinkel CU, Morty RE, Mayer K, Herold S, Seeger W, Vadász I. Efficient gene delivery to primary alveolar epithelial cells by nucleofection. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 305:L786-94. [PMID: 24077946 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00191.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Primary alveolar epithelial cells play a pivotal role in lung research, particularly when focusing on gas exchange, barrier function, and transepithelial transport processes. However, efficient transfection of primary alveolar epithelial cells continues to be a major challenge. In the present study, we applied nucleofection, a novel method of gene and oligonucleotide delivery to the nucleus of cells by electroporation, to achieve highly efficient transfection of primary alveolar epithelial type II (ATII) cells. To quantify the amount of ATII cells effectively transfected, we applied a plasmid expressing GFP and assessed the amount of GFP-expressing cells by flow cytometry. Analysis of the nucleofected ATII cells revealed a concentration-dependent transfection efficiency of up to 50% when using 3-8 μg plasmid DNA without affecting cell viability. Nucleofection of cultured A549 and H441 cells yielded similar transfection rates. Importantly, nucleofection of ATII cells did not interfere with the integrity of ATII monolayers even with use of relatively high concentrations of plasmid DNA. In subsequent studies, we also efficiently delivered small interfering RNAs to ATII cells by nucleofection, thereby silencing Akt and the multiligand receptor megalin, which has been recently shown to play a key role in removal of excess protein from the alveolar space, and effectively inhibited megalin-driven uptake and transcellular transport of albumin in ATII cells. Thus we report successful transfection of primary rat alveolar epithelial cells with both plasmids and oligonucleotides via nucleofection with high viability and consistently good transfection rates without impairing key physiological properties of the cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benno A Grzesik
- Dept. of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig Univ., Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Cummins EP, Selfridge AC, Sporn PH, Sznajder JI, Taylor CT. Carbon dioxide-sensing in organisms and its implications for human disease. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 71:831-45. [PMID: 24045706 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1470-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The capacity of organisms to sense changes in the levels of internal and external gases and to respond accordingly is central to a range of physiologic and pathophysiologic processes. Carbon dioxide, a primary product of oxidative metabolism is one such gas that can be sensed by both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and in response to altered levels, elicit the activation of multiple adaptive pathways. The outcomes of activating CO2-sensitive pathways in various species include increased virulence of fungal and bacterial pathogens, prey-seeking behavior in insects as well as taste perception, lung function, and the control of immunity in mammals. In this review, we discuss what is known about the mechanisms underpinning CO2 sensing across a range of species and consider the implications of this for physiology, disease progression, and the possibility of developing new therapeutics for inflammatory and infectious disease.
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- Eoin P Cummins
- School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Herold S, Gabrielli NM, Vadász I. Novel concepts of acute lung injury and alveolar-capillary barrier dysfunction. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 305:L665-81. [PMID: 24039257 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00232.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In this review we summarize recent major advances in our understanding on the molecular mechanisms, mediators, and biomarkers of acute lung injury (ALI) and alveolar-capillary barrier dysfunction, highlighting the role of immune cells, inflammatory and noninflammatory signaling events, mechanical noxae, and the affected cellular and molecular entities and functions. Furthermore, we address novel aspects of resolution and repair of ALI, as well as putative candidates for treatment of ALI, including pharmacological and cellular therapeutic means.
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- Susanne Herold
- Dept. of Internal Medicine, Justus Liebig Univ., Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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