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Zheng X, Xue Q, Wang Y, Lu L, Pan Y, Xu J, Zhang J. A. officinarum Hance - P. cablin (Blanco) Benth drug pair improves oxidative stress, intracellular Ca 2+ concentrations and apoptosis by inhibiting the AGE/RAGE axis to ameliorate diabetic gastroparesis: In vitro and in vivo studies. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 324:117832. [PMID: 38280660 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.117832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
Abstract
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Alpinia officinarum Hance is a perennial natural medicine herbivorous plant, has been used in the management of treat stomach pain and diabetes, it is abundantly cultivated in Qiongzhong, Baisha and other places. P. cablin (Blanco) Benth, one of the most important traditional Chinese plants, which plays functions in antioxidant and gastrointestinal regulation, has been extensively planted in Hainan, Guangdong and other regions. AIM OF THE STUDY In this study, we investigated the role and underlying molecular mechanism of AP on diabetic gastroparesis (DGP) in vitro and in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) to identify active compounds in A. officinarum Hance-P. cablin (Blanco) Benth drug pair (AP). Molecular docking were utilized to explore the potential mechanism of AP treatment of DGP. In in vitro assays, gastric smooth muscle cells (GSMCs) were treated with 35 mM glucose to promote apoptosis and construct the DGP model, which was treated with different concentrations of AP. Furthermore, transfection technology was used to overexpress RAGE in GSMCs and elucidate the underlying mechanisms of alleviation of DGP by AP. RESULTS Using UPLC-MS/MS analysis, nine components of AP were identified. We found that AP effectively blocked the increase in apoptosis, oxidative stress, and intracellular Ca2+ concentrations. For in vivo experiments, mice were fed with a high-fat irregular diet to construct DGP model, and AP was co-administered via oral gavage daily to prevent the development of DGP. Compared with DGP mice, AP significantly decreased fasting blood glucose levels and increased gastric emptying levels. Consistent with in vitro experiments, AP also considerably decreased the increase in oxidative stress in DGP mice. Mechanistically, AP alleviates apoptosis and DGP by decreasing oxidative stress and intracellular Ca2+ concentrations via the inhibition of the AGE/RAGE axis. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, this study has established that AP can improve DGP, and the mechanism may be related to the inhibition the AGE/RAGE axis to mitigate apoptosis and DGP. To summarize, this study provides a novel supplementary strategy for DGP treatment.
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- Xiuwen Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou Key Laboratory of Li Nationality Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Department of Hainan Digestive Disease Center of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine of Ministry of Education, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou Key Laboratory of Li Nationality Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Department of Hainan Digestive Disease Center of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine of Ministry of Education, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou Key Laboratory of Li Nationality Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Department of Hainan Digestive Disease Center of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine of Ministry of Education, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou Key Laboratory of Li Nationality Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Department of Hainan Digestive Disease Center of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine of Ministry of Education, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou Key Laboratory of Li Nationality Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Department of Hainan Digestive Disease Center of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine of Ministry of Education, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou Key Laboratory of Li Nationality Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Department of Hainan Digestive Disease Center of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine of Ministry of Education, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of R & D on Tropical Herbs, Haikou Key Laboratory of Li Nationality Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Department of Hainan Digestive Disease Center of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Engineering Research Center of Tropical Medicine of Ministry of Education, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
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Souidi M, Resta J, Dridi H, Sleiman Y, Reiken S, Formoso K, Colombani S, Amédro P, Meyer P, Charrabi A, Vincenti M, Liu Y, Soni RK, Lezoualc'h F, Stéphane Blot D, Rivier F, Cazorla O, Parini A, Marks AR, Mialet‐Perez J, Lacampagne A, Meli AC. Ryanodine receptor dysfunction causes senescence and fibrosis in Duchenne dilated cardiomyopathy. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2024; 15:536-551. [PMID: 38221511 PMCID: PMC10995256 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness due to the absence of functional dystrophin. DMD patients also develop dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We have previously shown that DMD (mdx) mice and a canine DMD model (GRMD) exhibit abnormal intracellular calcium (Ca2+) cycling related to early-stage pathological remodelling of the ryanodine receptor intracellular calcium release channel (RyR2) on the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) contributing to age-dependent DCM. METHODS Here, we used hiPSC-CMs from DMD patients selected by Speckle-tracking echocardiography and canine DMD cardiac biopsies to assess key early-stage Duchenne DCM features. RESULTS Dystrophin deficiency was associated with RyR2 remodelling and SR Ca2+ leak (RyR2 Po of 0.03 ± 0.01 for HC vs. 0.16 ± 0.01 for DMD, P < 0.01), which led to early-stage defects including senescence. We observed higher levels of senescence markers including p15 (2.03 ± 0.75 for HC vs. 13.67 ± 5.49 for DMD, P < 0.05) and p16 (1.86 ± 0.83 for HC vs. 10.71 ± 3.00 for DMD, P < 0.01) in DMD hiPSC-CMs and in the canine DMD model. The fibrosis was increased in DMD hiPSC-CMs. We observed cardiac hypocontractility in DMD hiPSC-CMs. Stabilizing RyR2 pharmacologically by S107 prevented most of these pathological features, including the rescue of the contraction amplitude (1.65 ± 0.06 μm for DMD vs. 2.26 ± 0.08 μm for DMD + S107, P < 0.01). These data were confirmed by proteomic analyses, in particular ECM remodelling and fibrosis. CONCLUSIONS We identified key cellular damages that are established earlier than cardiac clinical pathology in DMD patients, with major perturbation of the cardiac ECC. Our results demonstrated that cardiac fibrosis and premature senescence are induced by RyR2 mediated SR Ca2+ leak in DMD cardiomyocytes. We revealed that RyR2 is an early biomarker of DMD-associated cardiac damages in DMD patients. The progressive and later DCM onset could be linked with the RyR2-mediated increased fibrosis and premature senescence, eventually causing cell death and further cardiac fibrosis in a vicious cycle leading to further hypocontractility as a major feature of DCM. The present study provides a novel understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of the DMD-induced DCM. By targeting RyR2 channels, it provides a potential pharmacological treatment.
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- Monia Souidi
- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
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- Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), INSERMUniversity of ToulouseToulouseFrance
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- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Clyde and Helen Wu Center for Molecular CardiologyColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsNew YorkNYUSA
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
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- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Clyde and Helen Wu Center for Molecular CardiologyColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsNew YorkNYUSA
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- Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), INSERMUniversity of ToulouseToulouseFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
- Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, M3C Regional Reference CHD Centre, Clinical Investigation CentreMontpellier University HospitalMontpellierFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases AOC, Clinical Investigation CentreMontpellier University HospitalMontpellierFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
- Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, M3C Regional Reference CHD Centre, Clinical Investigation CentreMontpellier University HospitalMontpellierFrance
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- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Clyde and Helen Wu Center for Molecular CardiologyColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsNew YorkNYUSA
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- Proteomics and Macromolecular Crystallography Shared ResourceHerbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer CenterNew YorkNYUSA
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- Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), INSERMUniversity of ToulouseToulouseFrance
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- IMRB ‐ Biology of the neuromuscular system, INSERM, UPEC, EFS, EnvAMaisons‐AlfortFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases AOC, Clinical Investigation CentreMontpellier University HospitalMontpellierFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
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- Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), INSERMUniversity of ToulouseToulouseFrance
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- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Clyde and Helen Wu Center for Molecular CardiologyColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsNew YorkNYUSA
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- Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), INSERMUniversity of ToulouseToulouseFrance
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MitoLab Team, UMR CNRS 6015, INSERM U1083, MitoVasc InstituteAngers UniversityAngersFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
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- PhyMedExpUniversity of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRSMontpellierFrance
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Dailianis S, Rouni M, Ainali NM, Vlastos D, Kyzas GZ, Lambropoulou DA, Bikiaris DN. New insights into the size-independent bioactive potential of pristine and UV-B aged polyethylene microplastics. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 918:170616. [PMID: 38311086 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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The present study investigates the morphological, physicochemical, and structural changes occurred by the UV-B aging process of low-density polyethylene microplastics (LDPE MPs), as well as the bioactive potential of both pristine and UVaged MPs towards healthy peripheral blood lymphocytes. Specifically, LDPE MPs (100-180 μm) prepared by mechanical milling of LDPE pellets, were UV-B irradiated for 120 days (wavelength 280 nm; temperature 25 °C; relative humidity 50 %) and further examined for alterations in their particle size and surface, their functional groups, thermal stability, and crystallinity (by means of SEM, FTIR spectroscopy, XRD patterns, and TGA measurements, respectively). In parallel, isolated human peripheral blood lymphocytes were treated with different concentrations (25-500 μg mL-1) of either pristine or aged MPs (UVfree and UV120d LDPE MPs) for assessing the cytogenotoxic (by means of trypan blue exclusion test and the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay using cytochalasin-B) and oxidative effects (using the DCFH-DA staining) in both cases. According to the results, UVfree and UV120d-LDPE MPs, with a size ranging from 100 to 180 μm, can differentially promote cytogenotoxic and oxidative alterations in human lymphocytes. In fact, UVfree LDPE MPs not being able to be internalized by cells due to their size, could indirectly promote the onset of mild oxidative and cytogenotoxic damage in human peripheral lymphocytes, via a dose-dependent but size-independent manner. The latter is more profound in case of the irregular-shaped UV120d-LDPE MPs, bearing improved dispersibility and sharp edges (by means of cracks and holes), as well as oxygen-containing and carbonyl groups. To our knowledge, the present findings provide new data regarding the bioactive behavior of pristine and UV-B aged LDPE MPs, at least in the in vitro biological model tested, thus giving new evidence for their size-independent and/or indirect mode of action.
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- Stefanos Dailianis
- Department of Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras, GR-26500, Rio, Patras, Greece.
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- Department of Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras, GR-26500, Rio, Patras, Greece
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- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras, GR-26500, Rio, Patras, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, International Hellenic University, GR-65404 Kavala, Greece
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- Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Shen Y, Kim IM, Tang Y. Decoding the Gene Regulatory Network of Muscle Stem Cells in Mouse Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Revelations from Single-Nuclei RNA Sequencing Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12463. [PMID: 37569835 PMCID: PMC10419276 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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The gene dystrophin is responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a grave X-linked recessive ailment that results in respiratory and cardiac failure. As the expression of dystrophin in muscle stem cells (MuSCs) is a topic of debate, there exists a limited understanding of its influence on the gene network of MuSCs. This study was conducted with the objective of investigating the effects of dystrophin on the regulatory network of genes in MuSCs. To comprehend the function of dystrophin in MuSCs from DMD, this investigation employed single-nuclei RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) to appraise the transcriptomic profile of MuSCs obtained from the skeletal muscles of dystrophin mutant mice (DMDmut) and wild-type control mice. The study revealed that the dystrophin mutation caused the disruption of several long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), leading to the inhibition of MEG3 and NEAT1 and the upregulation of GM48099, GM19951, and GM15564. The Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of biological processes (BP) indicated that the dystrophin mutation activated the cell adhesion pathway in MuSCs, inhibited the circulatory system process, and affected the regulation of binding. The study also revealed that the metabolic pathway activity of MuSCs was altered. The metabolic activities of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and glycolysis were elevated in MuSCs from DMDmut. In summary, this research offers novel insights into the disrupted gene regulatory program in MuSCs due to dystrophin mutation at the single-cell level.
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- Yan Shen
- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA;
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- Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA;
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Smith J, Barnett E, Rodger EJ, Chatterjee A, Subramaniam RM. Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: Genetics and Epigenetics. PET Clin 2023; 18:169-187. [PMID: 36858744 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2022.11.003] [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] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are a group of rare, heterogeneous tumors of neuroendocrine cell origin, affecting a range of different organs. The clinical management of NENs poses significant challenges, as tumors are often diagnosed at an advanced stage where overall survival remains poor with current treatment regimens. In addition, a host of complex and often unique molecular changes underpin the pathobiology of each NEN subtype. Exploitation of the unique genetic and epigenetic signatures driving each NEN subtype provides an opportunity to enhance the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of NEN in an emerging era of individualized medicine.
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- Jim Smith
- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; Te Whatu Ora - Southern, Dunedin Public Hospital, 270 Great King Street, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; Department of Radiology, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Rd, BOX 3808, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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Jin Y, Shen Y, Kim IM, Weintraub NL, Hamrick M, Tang Y. Restoration of Dystrophin Expression in Mdx-Derived Muscle Progenitor Cells Using CRISPR/Cas9 System and Homology-Directed Repair Technology. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2587:455-464. [PMID: 36401043 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2772-3_23] [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: 11/19/2022]
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive myopathy caused by mutations in genes encoding dystrophin proteins that ultimately lead to depletion of myogenic progenitor cells (MPCs). Several approaches have been used to correctly express the dystrophin gene in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), including deletion of mutated exon 23 (ΔEx23) by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated gene 9 (Cas9)-mediated gene editing technology. However, this approach is labor-intensive due to individual colony picking and genotyping to verify allelic modification. Here, we present a protocol to restore the function of the dystrophin gene by using homology-directed repair (HDR)-based CRISPR/Cas9 and inducing myogenic program of reprogrammed iPSCs from Mdx mice by inducible muscle-specific transcription factor MyoD.
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- Yue Jin
- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
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Pioner JM, Santini L, Palandri C, Langione M, Grandinetti B, Querceto S, Martella D, Mazzantini C, Scellini B, Giammarino L, Lupi F, Mazzarotto F, Gowran A, Rovina D, Santoro R, Pompilio G, Tesi C, Parmeggiani C, Regnier M, Cerbai E, Mack DL, Poggesi C, Ferrantini C, Coppini R. Calcium handling maturation and adaptation to increased substrate stiffness in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes: The impact of full-length dystrophin deficiency. Front Physiol 2022; 13:1030920. [PMID: 36419836 PMCID: PMC9676373 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1030920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cardiomyocytes differentiated from human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSC- CMs) are a unique source for modelling inherited cardiomyopathies. In particular, the possibility of observing maturation processes in a simple culture dish opens novel perspectives in the study of early-disease defects caused by genetic mutations before the onset of clinical manifestations. For instance, calcium handling abnormalities are considered as a leading cause of cardiomyocyte dysfunction in several genetic-based dilated cardiomyopathies, including rare types such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)-associated cardiomyopathy. To better define the maturation of calcium handling we simultaneously measured action potential and calcium transients (Ca-Ts) using fluorescent indicators at specific time points. We combined micropatterned substrates with long-term cultures to improve maturation of hiPSC-CMs (60, 75 or 90 days post-differentiation). Control-(hiPSC)-CMs displayed increased maturation over time (90 vs 60 days), with longer action potential duration (APD), increased Ca-T amplitude, faster Ca-T rise (time to peak) and Ca-T decay (RT50). The progressively increased contribution of the SR to Ca release (estimated by post-rest potentiation or Caffeine-induced Ca-Ts) appeared as the main determinant of the progressive rise of Ca-T amplitude during maturation. As an example of severe cardiomyopathy with early onset, we compared hiPSC-CMs generated from a DMD patient (DMD-ΔExon50) and a CRISPR-Cas9 genome edited cell line isogenic to the healthy control with deletion of a G base at position 263 of the DMD gene (c.263delG-CMs). In DMD-hiPSC-CMs, changes of Ca-Ts during maturation were less pronounced: indeed, DMD cells at 90 days showed reduced Ca-T amplitude and faster Ca-T rise and RT50, as compared with control hiPSC-CMs. Caffeine-Ca-T was reduced in amplitude and had a slower time course, suggesting lower SR calcium content and NCX function in DMD vs control cells. Nonetheless, the inotropic and lusitropic responses to forskolin were preserved. CRISPR-induced c.263delG-CM line recapitulated the same developmental calcium handling alterations observed in DMD-CMs. We then tested the effects of micropatterned substrates with higher stiffness. In control hiPSC-CMs, higher stiffness leads to higher amplitude of Ca-T with faster decay kinetics. In hiPSC-CMs lacking full-length dystrophin, however, stiffer substrates did not modify Ca-Ts but only led to higher SR Ca content. These findings highlighted the inability of dystrophin-deficient cardiomyocytes to adjust their calcium homeostasis in response to increases of extracellular matrix stiffness, which suggests a mechanism occurring during the physiological and pathological development (i.e. fibrosis).
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Turin, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Unit of Vascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Vascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Vascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Vascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Pivato R, Klimovic S, Kabanov D, Sverák F, Pesl M, Pribyl J, Rotrekl V. hESC derived cardiomyocyte biosensor to detect the different types of arrhythmogenic properties of drugs. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1216:339959. [PMID: 35691674 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.339959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
Abstract
In the present work, we introduce a new cell-based biosensor for detecting arrhythmias based on a novel utilization of the combination of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) lateral force measurement as a nanosensor with a dual 3D cardiomyocyte syncytium. Two spontaneously coupled clusters of cardiomyocytes form this. The syncytium's functional contraction behavior was assessed using video sequences analyzed with Musclemotion ImageJ/Fiji software, and immunocytochemistry evaluated phenotype composition. The application of caffeine solution induced arrhythmia as a model drug, and its spontaneous resolution was monitored by AFM lateral force recording and interpretation and calcium fluorescence imaging as a reference method describing non-synchronized contractions of cardiomyocytes. The phenotypic analysis revealed the syncytium as a functional contractile and conduction cardiac behavior model. Calcium fluorescence imaging was used to validate that AFM fully enabled to discriminate cardiac arrhythmias in this in vitro cellular model. The described novel 3D hESCs-based cellular biosensor is suitable to detect arrhythmic events on the level of cardiac contractile and conduction tissue cellular model. The resulting biosensor allows for screening of arrhythmogenic properties of tailored drugs enabling its use in precision medicine.
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- Roberto Pivato
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarská 53, 65691, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarská 53, 65691, Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute for Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute for Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarská 53, 65691, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarská 53, 65691, Brno, Czech Republic; First Department of Internal Medicine - Cardioangiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarská 53, 65691, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute for Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center at St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarská 53, 65691, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Lange J, Gillham O, Alkharji R, Eaton S, Ferrari G, Madej M, Flower M, Tedesco FS, Muntoni F, Ferretti P. Dystrophin deficiency affects human astrocyte properties and response to damage. Glia 2022; 70:466-490. [PMID: 34773297 DOI: 10.1002/glia.24116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
In addition to progressive muscular degeneration due to dystrophin mutations, 1/3 of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients present cognitive deficits. However, there is currently an incomplete understanding about the function of the multiple dystrophin isoforms in human brains. Here, we tested the hypothesis that dystrophin deficiency affects glial function in DMD and could therefore contribute to neural impairment. We investigated human dystrophin isoform expression with development and differentiation and response to damage in human astrocytes from control and induced pluripotent stem cells from DMD patients. In control cells, short dystrophin isoforms were up-regulated with development and their expression levels changed differently upon neuronal and astrocytic differentiation, as well as in 2-dimensional versus 3-dimensional astrocyte cultures. All DMD-astrocytes tested displayed altered morphology, proliferative activity and AQP4 expression. Furthermore, they did not show any morphological change in response to inflammatory stimuli and their number was significantly lower as compared to stimulated healthy astrocytes. Finally, DMD-astrocytes appeared to be more sensitive than controls to oxidative damage as shown by their increased cell death. Behavioral and metabolic defects in DMD-astrocytes were consistent with gene pathway dysregulation shared by lines with different mutations as demonstrated by bulk RNA-seq analysis. Together, our DMD model provides evidence for altered astrocyte function in DMD suggesting that defective astrocyte responses may contribute to neural impairment and might provide additional potential therapeutic targets.
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- Jenny Lange
- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK
- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, UK
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- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
- NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, & Great Ormond Street Hospital Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Section, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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Klimovic S, Scurek M, Pesl M, Beckerova D, Jelinkova S, Urban T, Kabanov D, Starek Z, Bebarova M, Pribyl J, Rotrekl V, Brat K. Aminophylline Induces Two Types of Arrhythmic Events in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Front Pharmacol 2022; 12:789730. [PMID: 35111056 PMCID: PMC8802108 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.789730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiac side effects of some pulmonary drugs are observed in clinical practice. Aminophylline, a methylxanthine bronchodilator with documented proarrhythmic action, may serve as an example. Data on the action of aminophylline on cardiac cell electrophysiology and contractility are not available. Hence, this study was focused on the analysis of changes in the beat rate and contraction force of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) and HL-1 cardiomyocytes in the presence of increasing concentrations of aminophylline (10 µM-10 mM in hPSC-CM and 8-512 µM in HL-1 cardiomyocytes). Basic biomedical parameters, namely, the beat rate (BR) and contraction force, were assessed in hPSC-CMs using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The beat rate changes under aminophylline were also examined on the HL-1 cardiac muscle cell line via a multielectrode array (MEA). Additionally, calcium imaging was used to evaluate the effect of aminophylline on intracellular Ca2+ dynamics in HL-1 cardiomyocytes. The BR was significantly increased after the application of aminophylline both in hPSC-CMs (with 10 mM aminophylline) and in HL-1 cardiomyocytes (with 256 and 512 µM aminophylline) in comparison with controls. A significant increase in the contraction force was also observed in hPSC-CMs with 10 µM aminophylline (a similar trend was visible at higher concentrations as well). We demonstrated that all aminophylline concentrations significantly increased the frequency of rhythm irregularities (extreme interbeat intervals) both in hPSC-CMs and HL-1 cells. The occurrence of the calcium sparks in HL-1 cardiomyocytes was significantly increased with the presence of 512 µM aminophylline. We conclude that the observed aberrant cardiomyocyte response to aminophylline suggests an arrhythmogenic potential of the drug. The acquired data represent a missing link between the arrhythmic events related to the aminophylline/theophylline treatment in clinical practice and describe cellular mechanisms of methylxanthine arrhythmogenesis. An AFM combined with hPSC-CMs may serve as a robust platform for direct drug effect screening.
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- Simon Klimovic
- CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
- Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
- First Department of Internal Medicine—Cardioangiology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- First Department of Internal Medicine—Cardioangiology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
- First Department of Internal Medicine—Cardioangiology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
- Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
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Martins SG, Zilhão R, Thorsteinsdóttir S, Carlos AR. Linking Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage to Changes in the Expression of Extracellular Matrix Components. Front Genet 2021; 12:673002. [PMID: 34394183 PMCID: PMC8358603 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.673002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Cells are subjected to endogenous [e.g., reactive oxygen species (ROS), replication stress] and exogenous insults (e.g., UV light, ionizing radiation, and certain chemicals), which can affect the synthesis and/or stability of different macromolecules required for cell and tissue function. Oxidative stress, caused by excess ROS, and DNA damage, triggered in response to different sources, are countered and resolved by specific mechanisms, allowing the normal physiological equilibrium of cells and tissues to be restored. One process that is affected by oxidative stress and DNA damage is extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, which is a continuous and highly controlled mechanism that allows tissues to readjust in reaction to different challenges. The crosstalk between oxidative stress/DNA damage and ECM remodeling is not unidirectional. Quite on the contrary, mutations in ECM genes have a strong impact on tissue homeostasis and are characterized by increased oxidative stress and potentially also accumulation of DNA damage. In this review, we will discuss how oxidative stress and DNA damage affect the expression and deposition of ECM molecules and conversely how mutations in genes encoding ECM components trigger accumulation of oxidative stress and DNA damage. Both situations hamper the reestablishment of cell and tissue homeostasis, with negative impacts on tissue and organ function, which can be a driver for severe pathological conditions.
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- Susana G Martins
- Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Cellular pathology of the human heart in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD): lessons learned from in vitro modeling. Pflugers Arch 2021; 473:1099-1115. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-021-02589-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Jelinkova S, Sleiman Y, Fojtík P, Aimond F, Finan A, Hugon G, Scheuermann V, Beckerová D, Cazorla O, Vincenti M, Amedro P, Richard S, Jaros J, Dvorak P, Lacampagne A, Carnac G, Rotrekl V, Meli AC. Dystrophin Deficiency Causes Progressive Depletion of Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells in the Heart. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22095025. [PMID: 34068508 PMCID: PMC8125982 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22095025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating condition shortening the lifespan of young men. DMD patients suffer from age-related dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) that leads to heart failure. Several molecular mechanisms leading to cardiomyocyte death in DMD have been described. However, the pathological progression of DMD-associated DCM remains unclear. In skeletal muscle, a dramatic decrease in stem cells, so-called satellite cells, has been shown in DMD patients. Whether similar dysfunction occurs with cardiac muscle cardiovascular progenitor cells (CVPCs) in DMD remains to be explored. We hypothesized that the number of CVPCs decreases in the dystrophin-deficient heart with age and disease state, contributing to DCM progression. We used the dystrophin-deficient mouse model (mdx) to investigate age-dependent CVPC properties. Using quantitative PCR, flow cytometry, speckle tracking echocardiography, and immunofluorescence, we revealed that young mdx mice exhibit elevated CVPCs. We observed a rapid age-related CVPC depletion, coinciding with the progressive onset of cardiac dysfunction. Moreover, mdx CVPCs displayed increased DNA damage, suggesting impaired cardiac muscle homeostasis. Overall, our results identify the early recruitment of CVPCs in dystrophic hearts and their fast depletion with ageing. This latter depletion may participate in the fibrosis development and the acceleration onset of the cardiomyopathy.
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MESH Headings
- Aging/genetics
- Aging/pathology
- Animals
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/genetics
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/metabolism
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/pathology
- Cardiovascular System/metabolism
- Cardiovascular System/pathology
- DNA Damage/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dystrophin/deficiency
- Dystrophin/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation/genetics
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred mdx/genetics
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/genetics
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/metabolism
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/pathology
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Myocardium/pathology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/genetics
- Stem Cells/metabolism
- Stem Cells/pathology
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- Sarka Jelinkova
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic; (S.J.); (P.F.); (D.B.); (P.D.)
- ICRC, St Anne’s University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 65691 Brno, Czech Republic;
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic; (S.J.); (P.F.); (D.B.); (P.D.)
- ICRC, St Anne’s University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 65691 Brno, Czech Republic;
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic; (S.J.); (P.F.); (D.B.); (P.D.)
- ICRC, St Anne’s University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 65691 Brno, Czech Republic;
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology Department, M3C Regional Reference CHD Center, CHU Montpellier, 371 Avenue du Doyen Giraud, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology Department, M3C Regional Reference CHD Center, CHU Montpellier, 371 Avenue du Doyen Giraud, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- ICRC, St Anne’s University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 65691 Brno, Czech Republic;
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A1, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic; (S.J.); (P.F.); (D.B.); (P.D.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A3, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic; (S.J.); (P.F.); (D.B.); (P.D.)
- ICRC, St Anne’s University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 65691 Brno, Czech Republic;
- Correspondence: (V.R.); (A.C.M.); Tel.: +420-549-498-002 (V.R.); +33-4-67-41-52-44 (A.C.M.); Fax: +420-549-491-327 (V.R.); +33-4-67-41-52-42 (A.C.M.)
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, 34295 Montpellier, France; (Y.S.); (F.A.); (A.F.); (G.H.); (V.S.); (O.C.); (M.V.); (P.A.); (S.R.); (A.L.); (G.C.)
- Correspondence: (V.R.); (A.C.M.); Tel.: +420-549-498-002 (V.R.); +33-4-67-41-52-44 (A.C.M.); Fax: +420-549-491-327 (V.R.); +33-4-67-41-52-42 (A.C.M.)
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Panovský R, Pešl M, Máchal J, Holeček T, Feitová V, Juříková L, Masárová L, Pešlová E, Opatřil L, Mojica-Pisciotti ML, Kincl V. Quantitative assessment of left ventricular longitudinal function and myocardial deformation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021; 16:57. [PMID: 33516230 PMCID: PMC7847593 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-021-01704-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) manifests in males mainly by skeletal muscle impairment, but also by cardiac dysfunction. The assessment of the early phases of cardiac involvement using echocardiography is often very difficult to perform in these patients. The aim of the study was to use cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) strain analysis and mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) in the detection of early left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in DMD patients.
Methods and results In total, 51 male DMD patients and 18 matched controls were examined by CMR. MAPSE measurement and functional analysis using feature tracking (FT) were performed. Three groups of patients were evaluated: A/ patients with LGE and LV EF < 50% (n = 8), B/ patients with LGE and LVEF ≥ 50% (n = 13), and C/ patients without LGE and LVEF ≥ 50% (n = 30). MAPSE and global LV strains of the 3 DMD groups were compared to controls (n = 18).
Groups A and B had significantly reduced values of MAPSE, global longitudinal strain (GLS), global circumferential strain (GCS), and global radial strain (GRS) in comparison to controls (p < 0.05). The values of MAPSE (11.6 ± 1.9 v 13.7 ± 2.7 mm) and GCS (− 26.2 ± 4.2 v − 30.0 ± 5.1%) were significantly reduced in group C compared to the controls (p < 0.05). Conclusion DMD patients had decreased LV systolic function measured by MAPSE and global LV strain even in the case of normal LV EF and the absence of LGE. FT and MAPSE measurement provide sensitive assessment of early cardiac involvement in DMD patients.
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- Roman Panovský
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic. .,1St Department of Internal Medicine/Cardioangiology, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,1St Department of Internal Medicine/Cardioangiology, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Medical Imaging, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Medical Imaging, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,1St Department of Internal Medicine/Cardioangiology, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- First Department of Neurology, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,1St Department of Internal Medicine/Cardioangiology, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,1St Department of Internal Medicine/Cardioangiology, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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Fojtík P, Beckerová D, Holomková K, Šenfluk M, Rotrekl V. Both Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 and MAPK Signaling Pathway Attenuate PI3K/AKT via Suppression of Reactive Oxygen Species in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 8:607444. [PMID: 33553145 PMCID: PMC7859355 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.607444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Mild hypoxia (5% O2) as well as FGFR1-induced activation of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/AKT) and MAPK signaling pathways markedly support pluripotency in human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). This study demonstrates that the pluripotency-promoting PI3K/AKT signaling pathway is surprisingly attenuated in mild hypoxia compared to the 21% O2 environment. Hypoxia is known to be associated with lower levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are recognized as intracellular second messengers capable of upregulating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Our data denote that ROS downregulation results in pluripotency upregulation and PI3K/AKT attenuation in a hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1)-dependent manner in hPSCs. Using specific MAPK inhibitors, we show that the MAPK pathway also downregulates ROS and therefore attenuates the PI3K/AKT signaling—this represents a novel interaction between these signaling pathways. This inhibition of ROS initiated by MEK1/2–ERK1/2 may serve as a negative feedback loop from the MAPK pathway toward FGFR1 and PI3K/AKT activation. We further describe the molecular mechanism resulting in PI3K/AKT upregulation in hPSCs—ROS inhibit the PI3K's primary antagonist PTEN and upregulate FGFR1 phosphorylation. These novel regulatory circuits utilizing ROS as second messengers may contribute to the development of enhanced cultivation and differentiation protocols for hPSCs. Since the PI3K/AKT pathway often undergoes an oncogenic transformation, our data could also provide new insights into the regulation of cancer stem cell signaling.
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- Petr Fojtík
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
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Mornet D. [Pluripotent stem cells lacking dystrophin transformed into cardiomyocytes]. Med Sci (Paris) 2021; 36 Hors série n° 2:55. [PMID: 33427638 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2020238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Dominique Mornet
- Ancien DR2CNRS, PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, Inserm, CNRS, Montpellier 34295 Cedex 5, France
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Kincl V, Panovský R, Pešl M, Máchal J, Juříková L, Haberlová J, Masárová L. Echocardiographic signs of subclinical cardiac function impairment in Duchenne dystrophy gene carriers. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20794. [PMID: 33247228 PMCID: PMC7695725 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77882-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
To assess subclinical cardiac function impairment in Duchenne dystrophy (DMD) female carriers. Forty-four female subjects proved as DMD carriers underwent echocardiographic examination including tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) of mitral and tricuspid annulus. Seventeen age-matched healthy female subjects served as controls. A significant differences in peak systolic annular velocity (Sa) between carriers and controls were found for lateral and septal part of the mitral annulus and for tricuspid annulus (0.09 vs. 0.11 m/s, p < 0.001, 0.08 vs. 0.09 m/s, p < 0.01 and 0.13 vs. 0.14 m/s, p = 0.02 respectively). There was also difference in early diastolic velocity (Ea) of the septal part of the mitral annulus (0.11 vs. 0.13 m/s, p = 0.03). The subclinical deterioration of systolic function is presented even in asymptomatic DMD female carriers.
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- Vladimír Kincl
- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Anne's University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. .,International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Anne's University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Anne's University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.,Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Brno, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, St. Anne's University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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Draicchio F, van Vliet S, Ancu O, Paluska SA, Wilund KR, Mickute M, Sathyapalan T, Renshaw D, Watt P, Sylow L, Burd NA, Mackenzie RW. Integrin-associated ILK and PINCH1 protein content are reduced in skeletal muscle of maintenance haemodialysis patients. J Physiol 2020; 598:5701-5716. [PMID: 32969494 DOI: 10.1113/jp280441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Patients with renal failure undergoing maintenance haemodialysis are associated with insulin resistance and protein metabolism dysfunction. Novel research suggests that disruption to the transmembrane protein linkage between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix in skeletal muscle may contribute to reduced amino acid metabolism and insulin resistance in haemodialysis. ILK, PINCH1 and pFAKTyr397 were significantly decreased in haemodialysis compared to controls, whereas Rac1 and Akt2 showed no different between groups. Rac1 deletion in the Rac1 knockout model did not alter the expression of integrin-associated proteins. Phenylalanine kinetics were reduced in the haemodialysis group at 30 and 60 min post meal ingestion compared to controls; both groups showed similar levels of insulin sensitivity and β-cell function. Key proteins in the integrin-cytoskeleton linkage are reduced in haemodialysis patients, suggesting for the first time that integrin-associated proteins dysfunction may contribute to reduced phenylalanine flux without affecting insulin resistance in haemodialysis patients. ABSTRACT Muscle atrophy, insulin resistance and reduced muscle phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Akt signalling are common characteristics of patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis (MHD). Disruption to the transmembrane protein linkage between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix in skeletal muscle may contribute to reduced amino acid metabolism and insulin resistance in MHD patients. Eight MHD patients (age: 56 ± 5 years: body mass index: 32 ± 2 kg m-2 ) and non-diseased controls (age: 50 ± 2 years: body mass index: 31 ± 1 kg m-2 ) received primed continuous l-[ring-2 H5 ]phenylalanine before consuming a mixed meal. Phenylalanine metabolism was determined using two-compartment modelling. Muscle biopsies were collected prior to the meal and at 300 min postprandially. In a separate experiment, skeletal muscle tissue from muscle-specific Rac1 knockout (Rac1 mKO) was harvested to investigate whether Rac1 depletion disrupted the cytoskeleton-integrin linkage, allowing for cross-model examination of proteins of interest. ILK, PINCH1 and pFAKTyr397 were significantly lower in MHD (P < 0.01). Rac1 and Akt showed no difference between groups for the human trial. Rac1 deletion in the Rac1 mKO model did not alter the expression of integrin-associated proteins. Phenylalanine rates of appearance and disappearance, as well as metabolic clearance rates, were lower in the MHD group at 30 and 60 min post meal ingestion compared to controls (P < 0.05). Both groups showed similar levels of insulin sensitivity and β-cell function. Key proteins in the integrin-cytoskeleton linkage are reduced in MHD patients, suggesting for the first time that integrin-associated proteins dysfunction may contribute to reduced phenylalanine flux without affecting insulin resistance in haemodialysis patients.
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- Fulvia Draicchio
- Department of Life Sciences, Sport and Exercise Science Research Center, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Sport and Exercise Science Research Center, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Leicester Diabetes Center, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
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- Sport and Exercise Science and Sports Medicine research and enterprise group, Welkin Laboratories, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, UK
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- Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sport, August Krogh Bygningen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Sport and Exercise Science Research Center, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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Pioner JM, Guan X, Klaiman JM, Racca AW, Pabon L, Muskheli V, Macadangdang J, Ferrantini C, Hoopmann MR, Moritz RL, Kim DH, Tesi C, Poggesi C, Murry CE, Childers MK, Mack DL, Regnier M. Absence of full-length dystrophin impairs normal maturation and contraction of cardiomyocytes derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Cardiovasc Res 2020; 116:368-382. [PMID: 31049579 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvz109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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AIMS Heart failure invariably affects patients with various forms of muscular dystrophy (MD), but the onset and molecular sequelae of altered structure and function resulting from full-length dystrophin (Dp427) deficiency in MD heart tissue are poorly understood. To better understand the role of dystrophin in cardiomyocyte development and the earliest phase of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cardiomyopathy, we studied human cardiomyocytes differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC-CMs) obtained from the urine of a DMD patient. METHODS AND RESULTS The contractile properties of patient-specific hiPSC-CMs, with no detectable dystrophin (DMD-CMs with a deletion of exon 50), were compared to CMs containing a CRISPR-Cas9 mediated deletion of a single G base at position 263 of the dystrophin gene (c.263delG-CMs) isogenic to the parental line of hiPSC-CMs from a healthy individual. We hypothesized that the absence of a dystrophin-actin linkage would adversely affect myofibril and cardiomyocyte structure and function. Cardiomyocyte maturation was driven by culturing long-term (80-100 days) on a nanopatterned surface, which resulted in hiPSC-CMs with adult-like dimensions and aligned myofibrils. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that lack of Dp427 results in reduced myofibril contractile tension, slower relaxation kinetics, and to Ca2+ handling abnormalities, similar to DMD cells, suggesting either retarded or altered maturation of cardiomyocyte structures associated with these functions. This study offers new insights into the functional consequences of Dp427 deficiency at an early stage of cardiomyocyte development in both patient-derived and CRISPR-generated models of dystrophin deficiency.
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- J Manuel Pioner
- Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Div. of Physiology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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- Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Div. of Physiology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Div. of Physiology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Div. of Physiology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.,Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.,Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Passarelli C, Selvatici R, Carrieri A, Di Raimo FR, Falzarano MS, Fortunato F, Rossi R, Straub V, Bushby K, Reza M, Zharaieva I, D'Amico A, Bertini E, Merlini L, Sabatelli P, Borgiani P, Novelli G, Messina S, Pane M, Mercuri E, Claustres M, Tuffery-Giraud S, Aartsma-Rus A, Spitali P, T'Hoen PAC, Lochmüller H, Strandberg K, Al-Khalili C, Kotelnikova E, Lebowitz M, Schwartz E, Muntoni F, Scapoli C, Ferlini A. Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor SF10A (TNFRSF10A) SNPs Correlate With Corticosteroid Response in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Front Genet 2020; 11:605. [PMID: 32719714 PMCID: PMC7350910 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare and severe X-linked muscular dystrophy in which the standard of care with variable outcome, also due to different drug response, is chronic off-label treatment with corticosteroids (CS). In order to search for SNP biomarkers for corticosteroid responsiveness, we genotyped variants across 205 DMD-related genes in patients with differential response to steroid treatment. Methods and Findings We enrolled a total of 228 DMD patients with identified dystrophin mutations, 78 of these patients have been under corticosteroid treatment for at least 5 years. DMD patients were defined as high responders (HR) if they had maintained the ability to walk after 15 years of age and low responders (LR) for those who had lost ambulation before the age of 10 despite corticosteroid therapy. Based on interactome mapping, we prioritized 205 genes and sequenced them in 21 DMD patients (discovery cohort or DiC = 21). We identified 43 SNPs that discriminate between HR and LR. Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components (DAPC) prioritized 2 response-associated SNPs in the TNFRSF10A gene. Validation of this genotype was done in two additional larger cohorts composed of 46 DMD patients on corticosteroid therapy (validation cohorts or VaC1), and 150 non ambulant DMD patients and never treated with corticosteroids (VaC2). SNP analysis in all validation cohorts (N = 207) showed that the CT haplotype is significantly associated with HR DMDs confirming the discovery results. Conclusion We have shown that TNFRSF10A CT haplotype correlates with corticosteroid response in DMD patients and propose it as an exploratory CS response biomarker.
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- Chiara Passarelli
- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.,U.O.C. Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Paediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Center, University College London Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Medicine and Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Paediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Molecular Medicine and Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Paediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Rizzoli & Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
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- Genetics Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Genetics Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.,Istituto Neuromed, IRCCS, Pozzilli, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Nemo Sud Clinical Center, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Paediatric Neurology Unit, Centro Clinico Nemo, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Paediatric Neurology Unit, Centro Clinico Nemo, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Rare Diseases, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Rare Diseases, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.,Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.,Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG), Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Systems Biology, School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Systems Biology, School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Center, University College London Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom.,NIH Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Great Ormond Street Hospital Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.,Dubowitz Neuromuscular Center, University College London Institute of Child Health & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Jelinkova S, Vilotic A, Pribyl J, Aimond F, Salykin A, Acimovic I, Pesl M, Caluori G, Klimovic S, Urban T, Dobrovolna H, Soska V, Skladal P, Lacampagne A, Dvorak P, Meli AC, Rotrekl V. DMD Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiac Cells Recapitulate in vitro Human Cardiac Pathophysiology. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:535. [PMID: 32656189 PMCID: PMC7325914 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe genetic disorder characterized by the lack of functional dystrophin. DMD is associated with progressive dilated cardiomyopathy, eventually leading to heart failure as the main cause of death in DMD patients. Although several molecular mechanisms leading to the DMD cardiomyocyte (DMD-CM) death were described, mostly in mouse model, no suitable human CM model was until recently available together with proper clarification of the DMD-CM phenotype and delay in cardiac symptoms manifestation. We obtained several independent dystrophin-deficient human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) lines from DMD patients and CRISPR/Cas9-generated DMD gene mutation. We differentiated DMD-hPSC into cardiac cells (CC) creating a human DMD-CC disease model. We observed that mutation-carrying cells were less prone to differentiate into CCs. DMD-CCs demonstrated an enhanced cell death rate in time. Furthermore, ion channel expression was altered in terms of potassium (Kir2.1 overexpression) and calcium handling (dihydropyridine receptor overexpression). DMD-CCs exhibited increased time of calcium transient rising compared to aged-matched control, suggesting mishandling of calcium release. We observed mechanical impairment (hypocontractility), bradycardia, increased heart rate variability, and blunted β-adrenergic response connected with remodeling of β-adrenergic receptors expression in DMD-CCs. Overall, these results indicated that our DMD-CC models are functionally affected by dystrophin-deficiency associated and recapitulate functional defects and cardiac wasting observed in the disease. It offers an accurate tool to study human cardiomyopathy progression and test therapies in vitro.
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- Sarka Jelinkova
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,International Clinical Research Center ICRC, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,International Clinical Research Center ICRC, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia.,First Department of Internal Medicine-Cardioangiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- International Clinical Research Center ICRC, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia.,First Department of Internal Medicine-Cardioangiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, St. Anne's University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, St. Anne's University Hospital of Brno, Brno, Czechia.,Second Clinic of Internal Medicine, Masaryk University of Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- First Department of Internal Medicine-Cardioangiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,International Clinical Research Center ICRC, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.,International Clinical Research Center ICRC, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
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N-Acetylcysteine Reduces Skeletal Muscles Oxidative Stress and Improves Grip Strength in Dysferlin-Deficient Bla/J Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21124293. [PMID: 32560255 PMCID: PMC7352960 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Dysferlinopathy is an autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy resulting from mutations in the dysferlin gene. Absence of dysferlin in the sarcolemma and progressive muscle wasting are hallmarks of this disease. Signs of oxidative stress have been observed in skeletal muscles of dysferlinopathy patients, as well as in dysferlin-deficient mice. However, the contribution of the redox imbalance to this pathology and the efficacy of antioxidant therapy remain unclear. Here, we evaluated the effect of 10 weeks diet supplementation with the antioxidant agent N-acetylcysteine (NAC, 1%) on measurements of oxidative damage, antioxidant enzymes, grip strength and body mass in 6 months-old dysferlin-deficient Bla/J mice and wild-type (WT) C57 BL/6 mice. We found that quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles of Bla/J mice exhibit high levels of lipid peroxidation, protein carbonyls and superoxide dismutase and catalase activities, which were significantly reduced by NAC supplementation. By using the Kondziela’s inverted screen test, we further demonstrated that NAC improved grip strength in dysferlin deficient animals, as compared with non-treated Bla/J mice, without affecting body mass. Together, these results indicate that this antioxidant agent improves skeletal muscle oxidative balance, as well as muscle strength and/or resistance to fatigue in dysferlin-deficient animals.
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Pioner JM, Fornaro A, Coppini R, Ceschia N, Sacconi L, Donati MA, Favilli S, Poggesi C, Olivotto I, Ferrantini C. Advances in Stem Cell Modeling of Dystrophin-Associated Disease: Implications for the Wider World of Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Front Physiol 2020; 11:368. [PMID: 32477154 PMCID: PMC7235370 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00368] [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: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is mostly caused by mutations in genes encoding cytoskeletal and sarcomeric proteins. In the pediatric population, DCM is the predominant type of primitive myocardial disease. A severe form of DCM is associated with mutations in the DMD gene encoding dystrophin, which are the cause of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). DMD-associated cardiomyopathy is still poorly understood and orphan of a specific therapy. In the last 5 years, a rise of interest in disease models using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) has led to more than 50 original studies on DCM models. In this review paper, we provide a comprehensive overview on the advances in DMD cardiomyopathy disease modeling and highlight the most remarkable findings obtained from cardiomyocytes differentiated from hiPSCs of DMD patients. We will also describe how hiPSCs based studies have contributed to the identification of specific myocardial disease mechanisms that may be relevant in the pathogenesis of DCM, representing novel potential therapeutic targets.
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- Josè Manuel Pioner
- Division of Physiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Department of NeuroFarBa, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Cardiomyopathy Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- LENS, Università degli Studi di Firenze and National Institute of Optics (INO-CNR), Florence, Italy
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- Pediatric Cardiology, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Cardiomyopathy Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Pesl M, Jelinkova S, Caluori G, Holicka M, Krejci J, Nemec P, Kohutova A, Zampachova V, Dvorak P, Rotrekl V. Cardiovascular progenitor cells and tissue plasticity are reduced in a myocardium affected by Becker muscular dystrophy. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020; 15:65. [PMID: 32138751 PMCID: PMC7057505 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-019-1257-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Abstract We describe the association of Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) derived heart failure with the impairment of tissue homeostasis and remodeling capabilities of the affected heart tissue. We report that BMD heart failure is associated with a significantly decreased number of cardiovascular progenitor cells, reduced cardiac fibroblast migration, and ex vivo survival. Background Becker muscular dystrophy belongs to a class of genetically inherited dystrophin deficiencies. It affects male patients and results in progressive skeletal muscle degeneration and dilated cardiomyopathy leading to heart failure. It is a relatively mild form of dystrophin deficiency, which allows patients to be on a heart transplant list. In this unique situation, the explanted heart is a rare opportunity to study the degenerative process of dystrophin-deficient cardiac tissue. Heart tissue was excised, dissociated, and analyzed. The fractional content of c-kit+/CD45− cardiovascular progenitor cells (CVPCs) and cardiac fibroblast migration were compared to control samples of atrial tissue. Control tissue was obtained from the hearts of healthy organ donor’s during heart transplantation procedures. Results We report significantly decreased CVPCs (c-kit+/CD45−) throughout the heart tissue of a BMD patient, and reduced numbers of phase-bright cells presenting c-kit positivity in the dystrophin-deficient cultured explants. In addition, ex vivo CVPCs survival and cardiac fibroblasts migration were significantly reduced, suggesting reduced homeostatic support and irreversible tissue remodeling. Conclusions Our findings associate genetically derived heart failure in a dystrophin-deficient patient with decreased c-kit+/CD45− CVPCs and their resilience, possibly hinting at a lack of cardioprotective capability and/or reduced homeostatic support. This also correlates with reduced plasticity of the explanted cardiac tissue, related to the process of irreversible remodeling in the BMD patient’s heart.
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- Martin Pesl
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic.,International Clinical Research Center, (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic.,1st Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic.,International Clinical Research Center, (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic.,Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC MU), Nanobiotechnology, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Brno, Jihlavska 20, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic
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- 1st Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, St. Anne's University Hospital and Masaryk University, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic
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- Center for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic.,International Clinical Research Center, (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic
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- 1st Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic. .,International Clinical Research Center, (ICRC), St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, Brno, 65691, Czech Republic.
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Valenti MT, Serena M, Carbonare LD, Zipeto D. CRISPR/Cas system: An emerging technology in stem cell research. World J Stem Cells 2019; 11:937-956. [PMID: 31768221 PMCID: PMC6851009 DOI: 10.4252/wjsc.v11.i11.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The identification of new and even more precise technologies for modifying and manipulating the genome has been a challenge since the discovery of the DNA double helix. The ability to modify selectively specific genes provides a powerful tool for characterizing gene functions, performing gene therapy, correcting specific genetic mutations, eradicating diseases, engineering cells and organisms to achieve new and different functions and obtaining transgenic animals as models for studying specific diseases. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 technology has recently revolutionized genome engineering. The application of this new technology to stem cell research allows disease models to be developed to explore new therapeutic tools. The possibility of translating new systems of molecular knowledge to clinical research is particularly appealing for addressing degenerative diseases. In this review, we describe several applications of CRISPR/Cas9 to stem cells related to degenerative diseases. In addition, we address the challenges and future perspectives regarding the use of CRISPR/Cas9 as an important technology in the medical sciences.
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- Maria Teresa Valenti
- Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine D, University of Verona, Verona 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine D, University of Verona, Verona 37134, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Verona 37134, Italy
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Generation of two Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell lines DMD02 and DMD03 (MUNIi001-A and MUNIi003-A). Stem Cell Res 2019; 40:101562. [DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2019.101562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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