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Sun AB, Li FH, Zhu L, Zeng XX, Zhu M, Lei QH, Liao YH. TRPC6 Knockout Alleviates Renal Fibrosis through PI3K/AKT/GSK3B Pathway. Curr Med Sci 2024; 44:589-602. [PMID: 38748370 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-024-2869-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Renal fibrosis is the ultimate pathway of various forms of acute and chronic kidney damage. Notably, the knockout of transient receptor potential channel 6 (TRPC6) has shown promise in alleviating renal fibrosis. However, the regulatory impact of TRPC6 on renal fibrosis remains unclear. METHODS In vivo, TRPC6 knockout (TRPC6-/-) mice and age-matched 129 SvEv (WT) mice underwent unilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion (uIR) injury surgery on the left renal pedicle or sham operation. Kidneys and serum were collected on days 7, 14, 21, and 28 after euthanasia. In vitro, primary tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) were isolated from TRPC6-/- and WT mice, followed by treatment with transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) for 72 h. The anti-fibrotic effect of TRPC6-/- and the underlying mechanisms were assessed through hematoxylin-eosin staining, Masson staining, immunostaining, qRT-PCR, and Western blotting. RESULTS Increased TRPC6 expression was observed in uIR mice and PTECs treated with TGFβ1. TRPC6-/- alleviated renal fibrosis by reducing the expression of fibrotic markers (Col-1, α-SMA, and vimentin), as well as decreasing the apoptosis and inflammation of PTECs during fibrotic progression both in vivo and in vitro. Additionally, we found that the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT)/glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3β) signaling pathway, a pivotal player in renal fibrosis, was down-regulated following TRPC6 deletion. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the ablation of TRPC6 may mitigate renal fibrosis by inhibiting the apoptosis and inflammation of PTECs through down-regulation of the PI3K/AKT/GSK3β pathway. Targeting TRPC6 could be a novel therapeutic strategy for preventing chronic kidney disease.
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- An-Bang Sun
- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
- National Basic Medical Teaching Demonstration Center, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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Becker S, Swoboda A, Siemer H, Schimmelpfennig S, Sargin S, Shahin V, Schwab A, Najder K. Membrane potential dynamics of C5a-stimulated neutrophil granulocytes. Pflugers Arch 2024; 476:1007-1018. [PMID: 38613695 PMCID: PMC11139730 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-024-02947-8] [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: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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Neutrophil granulocytes play a crucial role in host defense against invading pathogens and in inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to elucidate membrane potential dynamics during the initial phase of neutrophil activation and its relation to migration and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). We performed ROS production measurements of neutrophils from healthy C57BL/6J mice after TNFα-priming and/or C5a stimulation. The actin cytoskeleton was visualized with fluorescence microscopy. Furthermore, we combined migration assays and measurements of membrane potential dynamics after stimulating unprimed and/or TNFα-primed neutrophils with C5a. We show that C5a has a concentration-dependent effect on ROS production and chemokinetic migration. Chemokinetic migration and chemotaxis are impaired at C5a concentrations that induce ROS production. The actin cytoskeleton of unstimulated and of ROS-producing neutrophils is not distributed in a polarized way. Inhibition of the phagocytic NADPH oxidase NOX2 with diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) leads to a polarized distribution of the actin cytoskeleton and rescues chemokinetic migration of primed and C5a-stimulated neutrophils. Moreover, C5a evokes a pronounced depolarization of the cell membrane potential by 86.6 ± 4.2 mV starting from a resting membrane potential of -74.3 ± 0.7 mV. The C5a-induced depolarization occurs almost instantaneously (within less than one minute) in contrast to the more gradually developing depolarization induced by PMA (lag time of 3-4 min). This initial depolarization is accompanied by a decrease of the migration velocity. Collectively, our results show that stimulation with C5a evokes parallel changes in membrane potential dynamics, neutrophil ROS production and motility. Notably, the amplitude of membrane potential dynamics is comparable to that of excitable cells.
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- Stina Becker
- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Yan Q, Gao C, Li M, Lan R, Wei S, Fan R, Cheng W. TRP Ion Channels in Immune Cells and Their Implications for Inflammation. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2719. [PMID: 38473965 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052719] [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: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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The transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels act as cellular sensors and mediate a plethora of physiological processes, including somatosensation, proliferation, apoptosis, and metabolism. Under specific conditions, certain TRP channels are involved in inflammation and immune responses. Thus, focusing on the role of TRPs in immune system cells may contribute to resolving inflammation. In this review, we discuss the distribution of five subfamilies of mammalian TRP ion channels in immune system cells and how these ion channels function in inflammatory mechanisms. This review provides an overview of the current understanding of TRP ion channels in mediating inflammation and may offer potential avenues for therapeutic intervention.
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- Qiyue Yan
- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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Feng J, Yang L, Ran L, Qi X, Wang X, Zhang Y, Zou Z, Liu T, Wang X, Yu Y, Sun X, Zhou Q. Loss of TRPM8 Exacerbate Herpes Simplex Keratitis Infection in Mice by Promoting the Infiltration of CD11b+ Ly6G+ Cells and Increasing the Viral Load in the Cornea. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2023; 64:24. [PMID: 38117245 PMCID: PMC10741096 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.64.15.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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Purpose To reveal the role of transient receptor potential cation subfamily M member 8 (TRPM8) channels in herpes simplex keratitis (HSK). Methods HSK models were established using TRPM8 knockout (TRPM8-/-) mice and their wild-type (WT) littermates. The infected corneas were graded and harvested to evaluate the mRNA levels of inflammatory factors through quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), as well as the infiltration of inflammatory cells through immunofluorescence staining and flow cytometry. Viral titers were determined by plaque assay and absolute quantitative method. RNA-sequencing was conducted to elucidate the transcriptome of corneal epithelium in response to TRPM8 knockout after infection. The anti-inflammatory effect of TRPM8 agonist menthol was documented via subconjunctival administration. Results Compared to their wild-type counterparts, TRPM8-deficient mice exhibited exacerbated infection symptoms and thicker corneas in HSK models. Infection in TRPM8-deficient mice resulted in significant lymphocyte infiltration, primarily consisting of Ly6G+ CD11b+ cells. Additionally, TRPM8-deficient mice displayed increased levels of corneal viral titers after infection, along with decreased expression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs). Subconjunctival administration of menthol effectively alleviated infection-induced symptoms and Ly6G+ CD11b+ cell infiltration in herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)-treated mice. Conclusions TRPM8 promoted host resistance to HSV-1 infection by suppressing the accumulation of Ly6G+ CD11b+ cells and virus replication. These findings suggest that targeting TRPM8 could be valuable for therapeutic interventions against HSV-1 infections.
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- Jing Feng
- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
- Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Eye Institute of Shandong First Medical University, Qingdao, China
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‘t Hart DC, van der Vlag J, Nijenhuis T. A Putative Role for TRPC6 in Immune-Mediated Kidney Injury. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16419. [PMID: 38003608 PMCID: PMC10671681 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216419] [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: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Excessive activation of the immune system is the cause of a wide variety of renal diseases. However, the pathogenic mechanisms underlying the aberrant activation of the immune system in the kidneys often remain unknown. TRPC6, a member of the Ca2+-permeant family of TRPC channels, is important in glomerular epithelial cells or podocytes for the process of glomerular filtration. In addition, TRPC6 plays a crucial role in the development of kidney injuries by inducing podocyte injury. However, an increasing number of studies suggest that TRPC6 is also responsible for tightly regulating the immune cell functions. It remains elusive whether the role of TRPC6 in the immune system and the pathogenesis of renal inflammation are intertwined. In this review, we present an overview of the current knowledge of how TRPC6 coordinates the immune cell functions and propose the hypothesis that TRPC6 might play a pivotal role in the development of kidney injury via its role in the immune system.
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Iba M, Kim C, Kwon S, Szabo M, Horan-Portelance L, Peer CJ, Figg WD, Reed X, Ding J, Lee SJ, Rissman RA, Cookson MR, Overk C, Wrasidlo W, Masliah E. Inhibition of p38α MAPK restores neuronal p38γ MAPK and ameliorates synaptic degeneration in a mouse model of DLB/PD. Sci Transl Med 2023; 15:eabq6089. [PMID: 37163617 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abq6089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Alterations in the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Activation of the p38α MAPK isoform and mislocalization of the p38γ MAPK isoform are associated with neuroinflammation and synaptic degeneration in DLB and PD. Therefore, we hypothesized that p38α might be associated with neuronal p38γ distribution and synaptic dysfunction in these diseases. To test this hypothesis, we treated in vitro cellular and in vivo mouse models of DLB/PD with SKF-86002, a compound that attenuates inflammation by inhibiting p38α/β, and then investigated the effects of this compound on p38γ and neurodegenerative pathology. We found that inhibition of p38α reduced neuroinflammation and ameliorated synaptic, neurodegenerative, and motor behavioral deficits in transgenic mice overexpressing human α-synuclein. Moreover, treatment with SKF-86002 promoted the redistribution of p38γ to synapses and reduced the accumulation of α-synuclein in mice overexpressing human α-synuclein. Supporting the potential value of targeting p38 in DLB/PD, we found that SKF-86002 promoted the redistribution of p38γ in neurons differentiated from iPS cells derived from patients with familial PD (carrying the A53T α-synuclein mutation) and healthy controls. Treatment with SKF-86002 ameliorated α-synuclein-induced neurodegeneration in these neurons only when microglia were pretreated with this compound. However, direct treatment of neurons with SKF-86002 did not affect α-synuclein-induced neurotoxicity, suggesting that SKF-86002 treatment inhibits α-synuclein-induced neurotoxicity mediated by microglia. These findings provide a mechanistic connection between p38α and p38γ as well as a rationale for targeting this pathway in DLB/PD.
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- Michiyo Iba
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Molecular Neuropathology Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Molecular Neuropathology Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Molecular Neuropathology Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Molecular Neuropathology Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Molecular Neuropathology Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Cell Biology and Gene Expression Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Computational Biology Group, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, and Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Cell Biology and Gene Expression Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Molecular Neuropathology Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Division of Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Expression and functions of transient receptor potential channels in liver diseases. Acta Pharm Sin B 2023; 13:445-459. [PMID: 36873177 PMCID: PMC9978971 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Liver diseases constitute a major healthcare burden globally, including acute hepatic injury resulted from acetaminophen overdose, ischemia-reperfusion or hepatotropic viral infection and chronic hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease (ALD), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Attainable treatment strategies for most liver diseases remain inadequate, highlighting the importance of substantial pathogenesis. The transient receptor potential (TRP) channels represent a versatile signalling mechanism regulating fundamental physiological processes in the liver. It is not surprising that liver diseases become a newly explored field to enrich our knowledge of TRP channels. Here, we discuss recent findings revealing TRP functions across the fundamental pathological course from early hepatocellular injury caused by various insults, to inflammation, subsequent fibrosis and hepatoma. We also explore expression levels of TRPs in liver tissues of ALD, NAFLD and HCC patients from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) or The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and survival analysis estimated by Kaplan-Meier Plotter. At last, we address the therapeutical potential and challenges by pharmacologically targeting TRPs to treat liver diseases. The aim is to provide a better understanding of the implications of TRP channels in liver diseases, contributing to the discovery of novel therapeutic targets and efficient drugs.
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Niu M, Zhao F, Chen R, Li P, Bi L. The transient receptor potential channels in rheumatoid arthritis: Need to pay more attention. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1127277. [PMID: 36926330 PMCID: PMC10013686 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1127277] [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: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the augment of vascular permeability, increased inflammatory cells infiltration, dysregulated immune cells activation, pannus formation and unbearable pain hyperalgesia. Ca2+ affect almost every aspect of cellular functions, involving cell migration, signal transduction, proliferation, and apoptosis. Transient receptor potential channels (TRPs) as a type of non-selective permeable cation channels, can regulate Ca2+ entry and intracellular Ca2+ signal in cells including immune cells and neurons. Researches have demonstrated that TRPs in the mechanisms of inflammatory diseases have achieved rapid progress, while the roles of TRPs in RA pathogenesis and pain hyperalgesia are still not well understood. To solve this problem, this review presents the evidence of TRPs on vascular endothelial cells in joint swelling, neutrophils activation and their trans-endothelial migration, as well as their bridging role in the reactive oxygen species/TRPs/Ca2+/peptidyl arginine deiminases networks in accelerating citrullinated proteins formation. It also points out the distinct functions of TRPs subfamilies expressed in the nervous systems of joints in cold hyperalgesia and neuro-inflammation mutually influenced inflammatory pain in RA. Thus, more attention could be paid on the impact of TRPs in RA and TRPs are useful in researches on the molecular mechanisms of anti-inflammation and analgesic therapeutic strategies.
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- Mengwen Niu
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Cardiology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Yan P, Ke B, Fang X. Ion channels as a therapeutic target for renal fibrosis. Front Physiol 2022; 13:1019028. [PMID: 36277193 PMCID: PMC9581181 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1019028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Renal ion channel transport and electrolyte disturbances play an important role in the process of functional impairment and fibrosis in the kidney. It is well known that there are limited effective drugs for the treatment of renal fibrosis, and since a large number of ion channels are involved in the renal fibrosis process, understanding the mechanisms of ion channel transport and the complex network of signaling cascades between them is essential to identify potential therapeutic approaches to slow down renal fibrosis. This review summarizes the current work of ion channels in renal fibrosis. We pay close attention to the effect of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), transmembrane Member 16A (TMEM16A) and other Cl− channel mediated signaling pathways and ion concentrations on fibrosis, as well as the various complex mechanisms for the action of Ca2+ handling channels including Ca2+-release-activated Ca2+ channel (CRAC), purinergic receptor, and transient receptor potential (TRP) channels. Furthermore, we also focus on the contribution of Na+ transport such as epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), Na+, K+-ATPase, Na+-H+ exchangers, and K+ channels like Ca2+-activated K+ channels, voltage-dependent K+ channel, ATP-sensitive K+ channels on renal fibrosis. Proposed potential therapeutic approaches through further dissection of these mechanisms may provide new therapeutic opportunities to reduce the burden of chronic kidney disease.
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Audero MM, Prevarskaya N, Fiorio Pla A. Ca2+ Signalling and Hypoxia/Acidic Tumour Microenvironment Interplay in Tumour Progression. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23137377. [PMID: 35806388 PMCID: PMC9266881 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Solid tumours are characterised by an altered microenvironment (TME) from the physicochemical point of view, displaying a highly hypoxic and acidic interstitial fluid. Hypoxia results from uncontrolled proliferation, aberrant vascularization and altered cancer cell metabolism. Tumour cellular apparatus adapts to hypoxia by altering its metabolism and behaviour, increasing its migratory and metastatic abilities by the acquisition of a mesenchymal phenotype and selection of aggressive tumour cell clones. Extracellular acidosis is considered a cancer hallmark, acting as a driver of cancer aggressiveness by promoting tumour metastasis and chemoresistance via the selection of more aggressive cell phenotypes, although the underlying mechanism is still not clear. In this context, Ca2+ channels represent good target candidates due to their ability to integrate signals from the TME. Ca2+ channels are pH and hypoxia sensors and alterations in Ca2+ homeostasis in cancer progression and vascularization have been extensively reported. In the present review, we present an up-to-date and critical view on Ca2+ permeable ion channels, with a major focus on TRPs, SOCs and PIEZO channels, which are modulated by tumour hypoxia and acidosis, as well as the consequent role of the altered Ca2+ signals on cancer progression hallmarks. We believe that a deeper comprehension of the Ca2+ signalling and acidic pH/hypoxia interplay will break new ground for the discovery of alternative and attractive therapeutic targets.
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- Madelaine Magalì Audero
- U1003—PHYCEL—Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Inserm, University of Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, 59000 Lille, France; (M.M.A.); (N.P.)
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Angiogenesis, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italy
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- U1003—PHYCEL—Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Inserm, University of Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, 59000 Lille, France; (M.M.A.); (N.P.)
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- U1003—PHYCEL—Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Inserm, University of Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, 59000 Lille, France; (M.M.A.); (N.P.)
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Angiogenesis, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, 10123 Turin, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0116704660
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Oster L, Schröder J, Rugi M, Schimmelpfennig S, Sargin S, Schwab A, Najder K. Extracellular pH Controls Chemotaxis of Neutrophil Granulocytes by Regulating Leukotriene B 4 Production and Cdc42 Signaling. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2022; 209:136-144. [PMID: 35715008 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Neutrophil granulocytes are the first and robust responders to the chemotactic molecules released from an inflamed acidic tissue. The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of microenvironmental pH in neutrophil chemotaxis. To this end, we used neutrophils from male C57BL/6J mice and combined live cell imaging chemotaxis assays with measurements of the intracellular pH (pHi) in varied extracellular pH (pHe). Observational studies were complemented by biochemical analyses of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) production and activation of the Cdc42 Rho GTPase. Our data show that pHi of neutrophils dose-dependently adapts to a given pH of the extracellular milieu. Neutrophil chemotaxis toward C5a has an optimum at pHi ∼7.1, and its pHi dependency is almost parallel to that of LTB4 production. Consequently, a shallow pHe gradient, resembling that encountered by neutrophils during extravasation from a blood vessel (pH ∼7.4) into the interstitium (pH ∼7.2), favors chemotaxis of stimulated neutrophils. Lowering pHe below pH 6.8, predominantly affects neutrophil chemotaxis, although the velocity is largely maintained. Inhibition of the Na+/H+ exchanger 1 (NHE1) with cariporide drastically attenuates neutrophil chemotaxis at the optimal pHi irrespective of the high LTB4 production. Neutrophil migration and chemotaxis are almost completely abrogated by inhibiting LTB4 production or blocking its receptor (BLT1). The abundance of the active GTP-bound form of Cdc42 is strongly reduced by NHE1 inhibition or pHe 6.5. In conclusion, we propose that the pH dependence of neutrophil chemotaxis toward C5a is caused by a pHi-dependent production of LTB4 and activation of Cdc42. Moreover, it requires the activity of NHE1.
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- Leonie Oster
- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany
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In Vivo Inhibition of TRPC6 by SH045 Attenuates Renal Fibrosis in a New Zealand Obese (NZO) Mouse Model of Metabolic Syndrome. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23126870. [PMID: 35743312 PMCID: PMC9224794 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Metabolic syndrome is a significant worldwide public health challenge and is inextricably linked to adverse renal and cardiovascular outcomes. The inhibition of the transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily C member 6 (TRPC6) has been found to ameliorate renal outcomes in the unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) of accelerated renal fibrosis. Therefore, the pharmacological inhibition of TPRC6 could be a promising therapeutic intervention in the progressive tubulo-interstitial fibrosis in hypertension and metabolic syndrome. In the present study, we hypothesized that the novel selective TRPC6 inhibitor SH045 (larixyl N-methylcarbamate) ameliorates UUO-accelerated renal fibrosis in a New Zealand obese (NZO) mouse model, which is a polygenic model of metabolic syndrome. The in vivo inhibition of TRPC6 by SH045 markedly decreased the mRNA expression of pro-fibrotic markers (Col1α1, Col3α1, Col4α1, Acta2, Ccn2, Fn1) and chemokines (Cxcl1, Ccl5, Ccr2) in UUO kidneys of NZO mice compared to kidneys of vehicle-treated animals. Renal expressions of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) were diminished in SH045- versus vehicle-treated UUO mice. Furthermore, renal inflammatory cell infiltration (F4/80+ and CD4+) and tubulointerstitial fibrosis (Sirius red and fibronectin staining) were ameliorated in SH045-treated NZO mice. We conclude that the pharmacological inhibition of TRPC6 might be a promising antifibrotic therapeutic method to treat progressive tubulo-interstitial fibrosis in hypertension and metabolic syndrome.
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Ramkumar V, Sheth S, Dhukhwa A, Al Aameri R, Rybak L, Mukherjea D. Transient Receptor Potential Channels and Auditory Functions. Antioxid Redox Signal 2022; 36:1158-1170. [PMID: 34465184 PMCID: PMC9221156 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2021.0191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Significance: Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are cation-gated channels that serve as detectors of various sensory modalities, such as pain, heat, cold, and taste. These channels are expressed in the inner ear, suggesting that they could also contribute to the perception of sound. This review provides more details on the different types of TRP channels that have been identified in the cochlea to date, focusing on their cochlear distribution, regulation, and potential contributions to auditory functions. Recent Advances: To date, the effect of TRP channels on normal cochlear physiology in mammals is still unclear. These channels contribute, to a limited extent, to normal cochlear physiology such as the hair cell mechanoelectrical transduction channel and strial functions. More detailed information on a number of these channels in the cochlea awaits future studies. Several laboratories focusing on TRPV1 channels have shown that they are responsive to cochlear stressors, such as ototoxic drugs and noise, and regulate cytoprotective and/or cell death pathways. TRPV1 expression in the cochlea is under control of oxidative stress (produced primarily by NOX3 NADPH oxidase) as well as STAT1 and STAT3 transcription factors, which differentially modulate inflammatory and apoptotic signals in the cochlea. Inhibition of oxidative stress or inflammation reduces the expression of TRPV1 channels and protects against cochlear damage and hearing loss. Critical Issues: TRPV1 channels are activated by both capsaicin and cisplatin, which produce differential effects on the inner ear. How these differential actions are produced is yet to be determined. It is clear that TRPV1 is an essential component of cisplatin ototoxicity as knockdown of these channels protects against hearing loss. In contrast, activation of TRPV1 by capsaicin protected against subsequent hearing loss induced by cisplatin. The cellular targets that are influenced by these two drugs to account for their differential profiles need to be fully elucidated. Furthermore, the potential involvement of different TRP channels present in the cochlea in regulating cisplatin ototoxicity needs to be determined. Future Directions: TRPV1 has been shown to mediate the entry of aminoglycosides into the hair cells. Thus, novel otoprotective strategies could involve designing drugs to inhibit entry of aminoglycosides and possibly other ototoxins into cochlear hair cells. TRP channels, including TRPV1, are expressed on circulating and resident immune cells. These receptors modulate immune cell functions. However, whether they are activated by cochlear stressors to initiate cochlear inflammation and ototoxicity needs to be determined. A better understanding of the function and regulation of these TRP channels in the cochlea could enable development of novel treatments for treating hearing loss. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 36, 1158-1170.
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- Vickram Ramkumar
- Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Larkin University College of Pharmacy, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA.,Department of Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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Dieterich P, Lindemann O, Moskopp ML, Tauzin S, Huttenlocher A, Klages R, Chechkin A, Schwab A. Anomalous diffusion and asymmetric tempering memory in neutrophil chemotaxis. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1010089. [PMID: 35584137 PMCID: PMC9154114 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The motility of neutrophils and their ability to sense and to react to chemoattractants in their environment are of central importance for the innate immunity. Neutrophils are guided towards sites of inflammation following the activation of G-protein coupled chemoattractant receptors such as CXCR2 whose signaling strongly depends on the activity of Ca2+ permeable TRPC6 channels. It is the aim of this study to analyze data sets obtained in vitro (murine neutrophils) and in vivo (zebrafish neutrophils) with a stochastic mathematical model to gain deeper insight into the underlying mechanisms. The model is based on the analysis of trajectories of individual neutrophils. Bayesian data analysis, including the covariances of positions for fractional Brownian motion as well as for exponentially and power-law tempered model variants, allows the estimation of parameters and model selection. Our model-based analysis reveals that wildtype neutrophils show pure superdiffusive fractional Brownian motion. This so-called anomalous dynamics is characterized by temporal long-range correlations for the movement into the direction of the chemotactic CXCL1 gradient. Pure superdiffusion is absent vertically to this gradient. This points to an asymmetric 'memory' of the migratory machinery, which is found both in vitro and in vivo. CXCR2 blockade and TRPC6-knockout cause tempering of temporal correlations in the chemotactic gradient. This can be interpreted as a progressive loss of memory, which leads to a marked reduction of chemotaxis and search efficiency of neutrophils. In summary, our findings indicate that spatially differential regulation of anomalous dynamics appears to play a central role in guiding efficient chemotactic behavior.
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- Institut für Physiologie II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Physiologie, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, United States of America
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- Huttenlocher Lab, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Max Planck Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Faculty of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Hugo Steinhaus Center, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, NSC KIPT, Kharkov, Ukraine
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- Institut für Physiologie II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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Zheng Z, Tsvetkov D, Bartolomaeus TUP, Erdogan C, Krügel U, Schleifenbaum J, Schaefer M, Nürnberg B, Chai X, Ludwig FA, N'diaye G, Köhler MB, Wu K, Gollasch M, Markó L. Role of TRPC6 in kidney damage after acute ischemic kidney injury. Sci Rep 2022; 12:3038. [PMID: 35194063 PMCID: PMC8864023 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06703-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential channel subfamily C, member 6 (TRPC6), a non-selective cation channel that controls influx of Ca2+ and other monovalent cations into cells, is widely expressed in the kidney. TRPC6 gene variations have been linked to chronic kidney disease but its role in acute kidney injury (AKI) is unknown. Here we aimed to investigate the putative role of TRPC6 channels in AKI. We used Trpc6-/- mice and pharmacological blockade (SH045 and BI-749327), to evaluate short-term AKI outcomes. Here, we demonstrate that neither Trpc6 deficiency nor pharmacological inhibition of TRPC6 influences the short-term outcomes of AKI. Serum markers, renal expression of epithelial damage markers, tubular injury, and renal inflammatory response assessed by the histological analysis were similar in wild-type mice compared to Trpc6-/- mice as well as in vehicle-treated versus SH045- or BI-749327-treated mice. In addition, we also found no effect of TRPC6 modulation on renal arterial myogenic tone by using blockers to perfuse isolated kidneys. Therefore, we conclude that TRPC6 does not play a role in the acute phase of AKI. Our results may have clinical implications for safety and health of humans with TRPC6 gene variations, with respect to mutated TRPC6 channels in the response of the kidney to acute ischemic stimuli.
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- Zhihuang Zheng
- Department of Nephrology/Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Nephrology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology/Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. .,Department of Geriatrics, University of Greifswald, University District Hospital Wolgast, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.,Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Rudolf Boehm Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Rudolf Boehm Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, Experimental Therapy and Toxicology and Interfaculty Center of Pharmacogenomics and Drug Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Rudolf Boehm Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiopharmaceuticals, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Leipzig, Germany
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.,Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.,Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology/Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. .,Department of Geriatrics, University of Greifswald, University District Hospital Wolgast, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. .,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. .,Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Jain PP, Lai N, Xiong M, Chen J, Babicheva A, Zhao T, Parmisano S, Zhao M, Paquin C, Matti M, Powers R, Balistrieri A, Kim NH, Valdez-Jasso D, Thistlethwaite PA, Shyy JYJ, Wang J, Garcia JGN, Makino A, Yuan JXJ. TRPC6, a therapeutic target for pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2021; 321:L1161-L1182. [PMID: 34704831 PMCID: PMC8715021 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00159.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a fatal and progressive disease. Sustained vasoconstriction due to pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell (PASMC) contraction and concentric arterial remodeling due partially to PASMC proliferation are the major causes for increased pulmonary vascular resistance and increased pulmonary arterial pressure in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) including PAH and PH due to respiratory diseases or hypoxemia. We and others observed upregulation of TRPC6 channels in PASMCs from patients with PAH. A rise in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]cyt) in PASMC triggers PASMC contraction and vasoconstriction, while Ca2+-dependent activation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is a pivotal signaling cascade for cell proliferation and gene expression. Despite evidence supporting a pathological role of TRPC6, no selective and orally bioavailable TRPC6 antagonist has yet been developed and tested for treatment of PAH or PH. In this study, we sought to investigate whether block of receptor-operated Ca2+ channels using a nonselective blocker of cation channels, 2-aminoethyl diphenylborinate (2-APB, administered intraperitoneally) and a selective blocker of TRPC6, BI-749327 (administered orally) can reverse established PH in mice. The results from the study show that intrapulmonary application of 2-APB (40 µM) or BI-749327 (3-10 µM) significantly and reversibly inhibited acute alveolar hypoxia-induced pulmonary vasoconstriction. Intraperitoneal injection of 2-APB (1 mg/kg per day) significantly attenuated the development of PH and partially reversed established PH in mice. Oral gavage of BI-749327 (30 mg/kg, every day, for 2 wk) reversed established PH by ∼50% via regression of pulmonary vascular remodeling. Furthermore, 2-APB and BI-749327 both significantly inhibited PDGF- and serum-mediated phosphorylation of AKT and mTOR in PASMC. In summary, the receptor-operated and mechanosensitive TRPC6 channel is a good target for developing novel treatment for PAH/PH. BI-749327, a selective TRPC6 blocker, is potentially a novel and effective drug for treating PAH and PH due to respiratory diseases or hypoxemia.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Boron Compounds/pharmacology
- Calcium Signaling
- Cells, Cultured
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Humans
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/drug therapy
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/metabolism
- Hypertension, Pulmonary/pathology
- Mice
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Pulmonary Artery/drug effects
- Pulmonary Artery/metabolism
- Pulmonary Artery/pathology
- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- TRPC6 Cation Channel/antagonists & inhibitors
- TRPC6 Cation Channel/genetics
- TRPC6 Cation Channel/metabolism
- Vasoconstriction
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- Pritesh P Jain
- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medicine and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medicine and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medicine and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Medicine and First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Section of Physiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Canales Coutiño B, Mayor R. Reprint of: Mechanosensitive ion channels in cell migration. Cells Dev 2021; 168:203730. [PMID: 34456177 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdev.2021.203730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cellular processes are initiated and regulated by different stimuli, including mechanical forces. Cell membrane mechanosensors represent the first step towards the conversion of mechanical stimuli to a biochemical or electrical response. Mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels form a growing family of ion gating channels that respond to direct physical force or plasma membrane deformations. A number of calcium (Ca2+) permeable MS channels are known to regulate the initiation, direction, and persistence of cell migration during development and tumour progression. While the evidence that links individual MS ion channels to cell migration is growing, a unified analysis of the molecular mechanisms regulated downstream of MS ion channel activation is lacking. In this review, we describe the MS ion channel families known to regulate cell migration. We discuss the molecular mechanisms that act downstream of MS ion channels with an emphasis on Ca2+ mediated processes. Finally, we propose the future directions and impact of MS ion channel activity in the field of cell migration.
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- Brenda Canales Coutiño
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Canales Coutiño B, Mayor R. Mechanosensitive ion channels in cell migration. Cells Dev 2021; 166:203683. [PMID: 33994356 PMCID: PMC8240554 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdev.2021.203683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cellular processes are initiated and regulated by different stimuli, including mechanical forces. Cell membrane mechanosensors represent the first step towards the conversion of mechanical stimuli to a biochemical or electrical response. Mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels form a growing family of ion gating channels that respond to direct physical force or plasma membrane deformations. A number of calcium (Ca2+) permeable MS channels are known to regulate the initiation, direction, and persistence of cell migration during development and tumour progression. While the evidence that links individual MS ion channels to cell migration is growing, a unified analysis of the molecular mechanisms regulated downstream of MS ion channel activation is lacking. In this review, we describe the MS ion channel families known to regulate cell migration. We discuss the molecular mechanisms that act downstream of MS ion channels with an emphasis on Ca2+ mediated processes. Finally, we propose the future directions and impact of MS ion channel activity in the field of cell migration.
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- Brenda Canales Coutiño
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Mesquita G, Prevarskaya N, Schwab A, Lehen’kyi V. Role of the TRP Channels in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Development and Progression. Cells 2021; 10:cells10051021. [PMID: 33925979 PMCID: PMC8145744 DOI: 10.3390/cells10051021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The transient receptor potential channels (TRPs) have been related to several different physiologies that range from a role in sensory physiology (including thermo- and osmosensation) to a role in some pathologies like cancer. The great diversity of functions performed by these channels is represented by nine sub-families that constitute the TRP channel superfamily. From the mid-2000s, several reports have shown the potential role of the TRP channels in cancers of multiple origin. The pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide. Its prevalence is predicted to rise further. Disappointingly, the treatments currently used are ineffective. There is an urgency to find new ways to counter this disease and one of the answers may lie in the ion channels belonging to the superfamily of TRP channels. In this review, we analyse the existing knowledge on the role of TRP channels in the development and progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The functions of these channels in other cancers are also considered. This might be of interest for an extrapolation to the pancreatic cancer in an attempt to identify potential therapeutic interventions.
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- Gonçalo Mesquita
- Laboratory of Cell Physiology, INSERM U1003, Laboratory of Excellence Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technologies, University of Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; (G.M.); (N.P.)
- PHYCELL—Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, INSERM U1003, University of Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany;
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- Laboratory of Cell Physiology, INSERM U1003, Laboratory of Excellence Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technologies, University of Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; (G.M.); (N.P.)
- PHYCELL—Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, INSERM U1003, University of Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany;
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- Laboratory of Cell Physiology, INSERM U1003, Laboratory of Excellence Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technologies, University of Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; (G.M.); (N.P.)
- PHYCELL—Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, INSERM U1003, University of Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-(0)-3-20-33-70-78; Fax: +33-(0)-3-20-43-40-66
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Chen X, Liu Y, Dolin H, Liu J, Jiang Y, Pan ZK. Pinaverium Bromide Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Excessive Systemic Inflammation via Inhibiting Neutrophil Priming. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 206:1858-1865. [PMID: 33771933 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1900975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dominant infiltration of neutrophils is a hallmark of many inflammatory diseases, especially in septic shock. IL-1β as one of the most early released proinflammatory cytokine in neutrophil, plays a pivotal role in the progress of sepsis. In this study, we built a high-throughput-compatible drug screen assay platform based on our newly constructed reporter C57BL/6 mice, pIL1-DsRed, expressing the DsRed gene under the control of the IL-1β promoter. After screening 1200 U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved compounds, we found that pinaverium bromide (PVB) significantly suppressed the DsRed expression of primed neutrophil and improved the survival rate of mice given LPS in an endotoxin challenge analogous to sepsis, regardless of whether PVB was administered before or after LPS. PVB also protected the liver and lung from LPS-induced damage and reduced organ-specific inflammatory responses. PVB decreased the production of IL-1β, IL-6, and CXCL1 mRNA in the lungs of LPS-treated mice and decreased the serum levels of liver transaminases (alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase) at multiple time points and doses tested. PVB can significantly suppress primed neutrophil-specific respiratory bursts and migration as well. Lastly, PVB affected neutrophils' gene expression and phenotypic changes during neutrophil priming. PVB downregulated GM-CSF-induced expression of CD54 and dectin-2 (markers of fully primed neutrophils) at both mRNA and protein levels during late-phase neutrophil priming. In summary, we demonstrated that PVB can be used as a potential therapeutic agent for sepsis by inhibiting neutrophil priming.
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- Xiaohuan Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; and.,Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43614
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; and
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; and
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43614
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Kim EY, Dryer SE. Effects of TRPC6 Inactivation on Glomerulosclerosis and Renal Fibrosis in Aging Rats. Cells 2021; 10:cells10040856. [PMID: 33918778 PMCID: PMC8070418 DOI: 10.3390/cells10040856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Canonical transient receptor potential 6 (TRPC6) channels have been implicated in familial and acquired forms of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in patients and animal models, as well as in renal fibrosis following ureteral obstruction in mice. Aging also evokes declines in renal function owing to effects on almost every renal compartment in humans and rodents. Here, we have examined the role of TRPC6 in driving inflammation and fibrosis during aging in Sprague-Dawley rats. This was assessed in rats with non-functional TRPC6 channels owing to CRISPR-Cas9 deletion of a portion of the ankyrin repeat domain required for the assembly of functional TRPC6 channels (Trpc6del/del rats). Wild-type littermates (Trpc6wt/wt rats) were used as controls. Animals were evaluated at 2 months and 12 months of age. There was no sign of kidney disease at 2 months of age, regardless of genotype. However, by 12 months of age, all rats examined showed declines in renal function associated with albuminuria, azotemia and increased urine excretion of β2-microglobulin, a marker for proximal tubule pathology. These changes were equally severe in Trpc6wt/wt and Trpc6del/del rats. We also observed age-related increases in renal cortical expression of markers of fibrosis (α-smooth muscle actin and vimentin) and inflammation (NLRP3 and pro-IL-1β), and there was no detectable protective effect of TRPC6 inactivation. Tubulointerstitial fibrosis assessed from histology also appeared equally severe in Trpc6wt/wt and Trpc6del/del rats. By contrast, glomerular pathology, blindly scored from histological sections, suggested a significant protective effect of TRPC6 inactivation, but only within the glomerular compartment.
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- Eun Young Kim
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA;
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA;
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Houston College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77204, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-713-743-2697
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Hofschröer V, Najder K, Rugi M, Bouazzi R, Cozzolino M, Arcangeli A, Panyi G, Schwab A. Ion Channels Orchestrate Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Progression and Therapy. Front Pharmacol 2021; 11:586599. [PMID: 33841132 PMCID: PMC8025202 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.586599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a devastating disease with a dismal prognosis. Therapeutic interventions are largely ineffective. A better understanding of the pathophysiology is required. Ion channels contribute substantially to the "hallmarks of cancer." Their expression is dysregulated in cancer, and they are "misused" to drive cancer progression, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Ion channels are located in the cell membrane at the interface between the intracellular and extracellular space. They sense and modify the tumor microenvironment which in itself is a driver of PDAC aggressiveness. Ion channels detect, for example, locally altered proton and electrolyte concentrations or mechanical stimuli and transduce signals triggered by these microenvironmental cues through association with intracellular signaling cascades. While these concepts have been firmly established for other cancers, evidence has emerged only recently that ion channels are drivers of PDAC aggressiveness. Particularly, they appear to contribute to two of the characteristic PDAC features: the massive fibrosis of the tumor stroma (desmoplasia) and the efficient immune evasion. Our critical review of the literature clearly shows that there is still a remarkable lack of knowledge with respect to the contribution of ion channels to these two typical PDAC properties. Yet, we can draw parallels from ion channel research in other fibrotic and inflammatory diseases. Evidence is accumulating that pancreatic stellate cells express the same "profibrotic" ion channels. Similarly, it is at least in part known which major ion channels are expressed in those innate and adaptive immune cells that populate the PDAC microenvironment. We explore potential therapeutic avenues derived thereof. Since drugs targeting PDAC-relevant ion channels are already in clinical use, we propose to repurpose those in PDAC. The quest for ion channel targets is both motivated and complicated by the fact that some of the relevant channels, for example, KCa3.1, are functionally expressed in the cancer, stroma, and immune cells. Only in vivo studies will reveal which arm of the balance we should put our weights on when developing channel-targeting PDAC therapies. The time is up to explore the efficacy of ion channel targeting in (transgenic) murine PDAC models before launching clinical trials with repurposed drugs.
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Najder K, Rugi M, Lebel M, Schröder J, Oster L, Schimmelpfennig S, Sargin S, Pethő Z, Bulk E, Schwab A. Role of the Intracellular Sodium Homeostasis in Chemotaxis of Activated Murine Neutrophils. Front Immunol 2020; 11:2124. [PMID: 33013896 PMCID: PMC7506047 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The importance of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in neutrophil function has been intensely studied. However, the role of the intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) which is closely linked to the intracellular Ca2+ regulation has been largely overlooked. The [Na+]i is regulated by Na+ transport proteins such as the Na+/Ca2+-exchanger (NCX1), Na+/K+-ATPase, and Na+-permeable, transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2) channel. Stimulating with either N-formylmethionine-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLF) or complement protein C5a causes distinct changes of the [Na+]i. fMLF induces a sustained increase of [Na+]i, surprisingly, reaching higher values in TRPM2-/- neutrophils. This outcome is unexpected and remains unexplained. In both genotypes, C5a elicits only a transient rise of the [Na+]i. The difference in [Na+]i measured at t = 10 min after stimulation is inversely related to neutrophil chemotaxis. Neutrophil chemotaxis is more efficient in C5a than in an fMLF gradient. Moreover, lowering the extracellular Na+ concentration from 140 to 72 mM improves chemotaxis of WT but not of TRPM2-/- neutrophils. Increasing the [Na+]i by inhibiting the Na+/K+-ATPase results in disrupted chemotaxis. This is most likely due to the impact of the altered Na+ homeostasis and presumably NCX1 function whose expression was shown by means of qPCR and which critically relies on proper extra- to intracellular Na+ concentration gradients. Increasing the [Na+]i by a few mmol/l may suffice to switch its transport mode from forward (Ca2+-efflux) to reverse (Ca2+-influx) mode. The role of NCX1 in neutrophil chemotaxis is corroborated by its blocker, which also causes a complete inhibition of chemotaxis.
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- Karolina Najder
- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
- University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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Pethő Z, Najder K, Carvalho T, McMorrow R, Todesca LM, Rugi M, Bulk E, Chan A, Löwik CWGM, Reshkin SJ, Schwab A. pH-Channeling in Cancer: How pH-Dependence of Cation Channels Shapes Cancer Pathophysiology. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2484. [PMID: 32887220 PMCID: PMC7565548 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Tissue acidosis plays a pivotal role in tumor progression: in particular, interstitial acidosis promotes tumor cell invasion, and is a major contributor to the dysregulation of tumor immunity and tumor stromal cells. The cell membrane and integral membrane proteins commonly act as important sensors and transducers of altered pH. Cell adhesion molecules and cation channels are prominent membrane proteins, the majority of which is regulated by protons. The pathophysiological consequences of proton-sensitive ion channel function in cancer, however, are scarcely considered in the literature. Thus, the main focus of this review is to highlight possible events in tumor progression and tumor immunity where the pH sensitivity of cation channels could be of great importance.
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- Zoltán Pethő
- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48147 Münster, Germany; (K.N.); (L.M.T.); (M.R.); (E.B.); (A.S.)
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48147 Münster, Germany; (K.N.); (L.M.T.); (M.R.); (E.B.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 90126 Bari, Italy; (T.C.); (S.J.R.)
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, 3035 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (R.M.); (C.W.G.M.L.)
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48147 Münster, Germany; (K.N.); (L.M.T.); (M.R.); (E.B.); (A.S.)
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48147 Münster, Germany; (K.N.); (L.M.T.); (M.R.); (E.B.); (A.S.)
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48147 Münster, Germany; (K.N.); (L.M.T.); (M.R.); (E.B.); (A.S.)
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- Percuros B.V., 2333 CL Leiden, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, 3035 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (R.M.); (C.W.G.M.L.)
- Department of Oncology CHUV, UNIL and Ludwig Cancer Center, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 90126 Bari, Italy; (T.C.); (S.J.R.)
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48147 Münster, Germany; (K.N.); (L.M.T.); (M.R.); (E.B.); (A.S.)
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Poplimont H, Georgantzoglou A, Boulch M, Walker HA, Coombs C, Papaleonidopoulou F, Sarris M. Neutrophil Swarming in Damaged Tissue Is Orchestrated by Connexins and Cooperative Calcium Alarm Signals. Curr Biol 2020; 30:2761-2776.e7. [PMID: 32502410 PMCID: PMC7372224 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Neutrophils are major inflammatory cells that rapidly infiltrate wounds to provide antimicrobial functions. Within the damaged tissue, neutrophil migration behavior often switches from exploratory patrolling to coordinated swarming, giving rise to dense clusters that further disrupt tissue architecture. This aggregation response is self-organized by neutrophil paracrine chemoattractant signaling (most notably of the inflammatory mediator leukotriene B4 [LTB4]). The coordination mechanism and possible evolutionary benefits of neutrophil swarms are elusive. Here, we show that neutrophil swarms require mutual reinforcement of damage signaling at the wound core. New biosensors and live imaging in zebrafish revealed that neutrophil chemoattractant synthesis is triggered by a sustained calcium flux upon contact with necrotic tissue that requires sensing of the damage signal ATP. This "calcium alarm" signal rapidly propagates in the nascent neutrophil cluster in a contact-dependent manner via connexin-43 (Cx43) hemichannels, which are mediators of active ATP release. This enhances chemoattractant biosynthesis in the growing cluster, which is instrumental for coordinated motion and swarming. Inhibition of neutrophil Cx43 compromises clearance of wound-colonizing P. aeruginosa bacteria and exacerbates infection-induced morbidity. Thus, cooperative production of alarm signals among pioneer clustering neutrophils fuels the growth of dense antimicrobial cell masses that effectively seal off breached tissue barriers from opportunistic pathogens.
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- Hugo Poplimont
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK.
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Formoso K, Susperreguy S, Freichel M, Birnbaumer L. RNA-seq analysis reveals TRPC genes to impact an unexpected number of metabolic and regulatory pathways. Sci Rep 2020; 10:7227. [PMID: 32350291 PMCID: PMC7190874 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61177-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The seven-member transient receptor potential canonical genes (TRPC1-7) encode cation channels linked to several human diseases. There is little understanding of the participation of each TRPC in each pathology, considering functional redundancy. Also, most of the inhibitors available are not specific. Thus, we developed mice that lack all of the TRPCs and performed a transcriptome analysis in eight tissues. The aim of this research was to address the impact of the absence of all TRPC channels on gene expression. We obtained a total of 4305 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in at least one tissue where spleen showed the highest number of DEGs (1371). Just 21 genes were modified in all the tissues. Performing a pathway enrichment analysis, we found that many important signaling pathways were modified in more than one tissue, including PI3K (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase-B) signaling pathway, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, extracellular matrix (ECM)-receptor interaction and circadian rhythms. We describe for the first time the changes at the transcriptome level due to the lack of all TRPC proteins in a mouse model and provide a starting point to understand the function of TRPC channels and their possible roles in pathologies.
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- Karina Formoso
- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED UCA-CONICET). School of Medical Sciences, Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), Buenos Aires, C1107AFF, Argentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED UCA-CONICET). School of Medical Sciences, Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), Buenos Aires, C1107AFF, Argentina
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- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED UCA-CONICET). School of Medical Sciences, Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), Buenos Aires, C1107AFF, Argentina. .,Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, USA.
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Chen Q, Zhou Y, Zhou L, Fu Z, Yang C, Zhao L, Li S, Chen Y, Wu Y, Ling Z, Wang Y, Huang J, Li J. TRPC6-dependent Ca 2+ signaling mediates airway inflammation in response to oxidative stress via ERK pathway. Cell Death Dis 2020; 11:170. [PMID: 32139669 PMCID: PMC7058000 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-2360-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ozone (O3) plays an extremely important role in airway inflammation by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) including hydrogen peroxide, then promoting redox actions and causing oxidative stress. Evidences indicate that TRPC6 (canonical transient receptor potential channel 6) is a redox-regulated Ca2+ permeable nonselective cation channel, but its role in the setting of oxidative stress-related airway inflammation remains unknown. Here, we found that both TRPC6-/- mice and mice pretreated with SAR7334, a potent TRPC6 inhibitor, were protected from O3-induced airway inflammatory responses. In vitro, both knockdown of TRPC6 expression with shRNA and TRPC6 blockage markedly attenuated the release of cytokines IL-6 and IL-8 induced by O3 or H2O2 in 16HBE cells (human bronchial epithelial cell line). Treatment with O3 or H2O2 enhanced TRPC6 protein expression in vivo and vitro. We also observed that TRPC6-dependent increase of intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was triggered by H2O2, which consisted of the release from intracellular calcium store and the influx of extracellular Ca2+ and could be further strengthened by 6-h O3 exposure in both 16HBE cells and HBEpiCs (primary human bronchial epithelial cells). Moreover, we confirmed that the activation of MAPK signals (ERK1/2, p38, JNK) was required for the inflammatory response induced by O3 or H2O2 while only the phosphorylation of ERK pathway was diminished in the TRPC6-knockdown situation. These results demonstrate that oxidative stress regulates TRPC6-mediated Ca2+ cascade, which leads to the activation of ERK pathway and inflammation and could become a potential target to treat oxidative stress-associated airway inflammatory diseases.
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- Qingzi Chen
- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute; Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Lindemann O, Rossaint J, Najder K, Schimmelpfennig S, Hofschröer V, Wälte M, Fels B, Oberleithner H, Zarbock A, Schwab A. Intravascular adhesion and recruitment of neutrophils in response to CXCL1 depends on their TRPC6 channels. J Mol Med (Berl) 2020; 98:349-360. [PMID: 31950205 PMCID: PMC7080674 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-020-01872-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Abstract Here we report a novel role for TRPC6, a member of the transient receptor potential (TRPC) channel family, in the CXCL1-dependent recruitment of murine neutrophil granulocytes. Representing a central element of the innate immune system, neutrophils are recruited from the blood stream to a site of inflammation. The recruitment process follows a well-defined sequence of events including adhesion to the blood vessel walls, migration, and chemotaxis to reach the inflammatory focus. A common feature of the underlying signaling pathways is the utilization of Ca2+ ions as intracellular second messengers. However, the required Ca2+ influx channels are not yet fully characterized. We used WT and TRPC6−/− neutrophils for in vitro and TRPC6−/− chimeric mice (WT mice with WT or TRPC6−/− bone marrow cells) for in vivo studies. After renal ischemia and reperfusion injury, TRPC6−/− chimeric mice had an attenuated TRPC6−/− neutrophil recruitment and a better outcome as judged from the reduced increase in the plasma creatinine concentration. In the cremaster model CXCL1-induced neutrophil adhesion, arrest and transmigration were also decreased in chimeric mice with TRPC6−/− neutrophils. Using atomic force microscopy and microfluidics, we could attribute the recruitment defect of TRPC6−/− neutrophils to the impact of the channel on adhesion to endothelial cells. Mechanistically, TRPC6−/− neutrophils exhibited lower Ca2+ transients during the initial adhesion leading to diminished Rap1 and β2 integrin activation and thereby reduced ICAM-1 binding. In summary, our study reveals that TRPC6 channels in neutrophils are crucial signaling modules in their recruitment from the blood stream in response to CXCL1. Key point Neutrophil TRPC6 channels are crucial for CXCL1-triggered activation of integrins during the initial steps of neutrophil recruitment.
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- Otto Lindemann
- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.,Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
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Hall G, Wang L, Spurney RF. TRPC Channels in Proteinuric Kidney Diseases. Cells 2019; 9:cells9010044. [PMID: 31877991 PMCID: PMC7016871 DOI: 10.3390/cells9010044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Over a decade ago, mutations in the gene encoding TRPC6 (transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 6) were linked to development of familial forms of nephrosis. Since this discovery, TRPC6 has been implicated in the pathophysiology of non-genetic forms of kidney disease including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), diabetic nephropathy, immune-mediated kidney diseases, and renal fibrosis. On the basis of these findings, TRPC6 has become an important target for the development of therapeutic agents to treat diverse kidney diseases. Although TRPC6 has been a major focus for drug discovery, more recent studies suggest that other TRPC family members play a role in the pathogenesis of glomerular disease processes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). This review highlights the data implicating TRPC6 and other TRPC family members in both genetic and non-genetic forms of kidney disease, focusing on TRPC3, TRPC5, and TRPC6 in a cell type (glomerular podocytes) that plays a key role in proteinuric kidney diseases.
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Dryer SE, Roshanravan H, Kim EY. TRPC channels: Regulation, dysregulation and contributions to chronic kidney disease. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2019; 1865:1041-1066. [PMID: 30953689 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mutations in the gene encoding canonical transient receptor potential-6 (TRPC6) channels result in severe nephrotic syndromes that typically lead to end-stage renal disease. Many but not all of these mutations result in a gain in the function of the resulting channel protein. Since those observations were first made, substantial work has supported the hypothesis that TRPC6 channels can also contribute to progression of acquired (non-genetic) glomerular diseases, including primary and secondary FSGS, glomerulosclerosis during autoimmune glomerulonephritis, and possibly in type-1 diabetes. Their regulation has been extensively studied, especially in podocytes, but also in mesangial cells and other cell types present in the kidney. More recent evidence has implicated TRPC6 in renal fibrosis and tubulointerstitial disease caused by urinary obstruction. Consequently TRPC6 is being extensively investigated as a target for drug discovery. Other TRPC family members are present in kidney. TRPC6 can form a functional heteromultimer with TRPC3, and it has been suggested that TRPC5 may also play a role in glomerular disease progression, although the evidence on this is contradictory. Here we review literature on the expression and regulation of TRPC6, TRPC3 and TRPC5 in various cell types of the vertebrate kidney, the evidence that these channels are dysregulated in disease models, and research showing that knock-out or pharmacological inhibition of these channels can reduce the severity of kidney disease. We also summarize several areas that remain controversial, and some of the large gaps of knowledge concerning the fundamental role of these proteins in regulation of renal function.
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- Stuart E Dryer
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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TRPC-mediated Ca 2+ signaling and control of cellular functions. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2019; 94:28-39. [PMID: 30738858 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Canonical members of the TRP superfamily of ion channels have long been recognized as key elements of Ca2+ handling in a plethora of cell types. The emerging role of TRPC channels in human physiopathology has generated considerable interest in their pharmacological targeting, which requires detailed understanding of their molecular function. Although consent has been reached that receptor-phospholipase C (PLC) pathways and generation of lipid mediators constitute the prominent upstream signaling process that governs channel activity, multimodal sensing features of TRPC complexes have been demonstrated repeatedly. Downstream signaling by TRPC channels is similarly complex and involves the generation of local and global cellular Ca2+ rises, which are well-defined in space and time to govern specific cellular functions. These TRPC-mediated Ca2+ signals rely in part on Ca2+ permeation through the channels, but are essentially complemented by secondary mechanisms such as Ca2+ mobilization from storage sites and Na+/Ca2+ exchange, which involve coordinated interaction with signaling partners. Consequently, the control of cell functions by TRPC molecules is critically determined by dynamic assembly and subcellular targeting of the TRPC complexes. The very recent availability of high-resolution structure information on TRPC channel complexes has paved the way towards a comprehensive understanding of signal transduction by TRPC channels. Here, we summarize current concepts of cation permeation in TRPC complexes, TRPC-mediated shaping of cellular Ca2+ signals and the associated control of specific cell functions.
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Clemens RA, Lowell CA. CRAC channel regulation of innate immune cells in health and disease. Cell Calcium 2019; 78:56-65. [PMID: 30641250 PMCID: PMC8055042 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Calcium is a major intracellular signaling messenger in innate immune cells. Similar to other immune cell subsets, the majority of calcium entry into innate immune cells is induced by cell surface receptors that stimulate store-operated calcium entry through calcium-release activated calcium (CRAC) channels. Since the molecular description of the STIM family of calcium sensors and the ORAI family of CRAC channel proteins, the majority of studies support a dominant role for these proteins in calcium signaling in innate cells. In reviewing the literature on CRAC channel function in innate cells, several general themes emerge. All innate cells express multiple members of the STIM and ORAI family members, however the ratio and relative contribution of individual isoforms changes depending on the cell type and activation state of the cell. It is evident that study of functional roles for STIM molecules is clearly ahead of studies of specific ORAI family members in all innate cell types, and that studies of CRAC channels in innate cells are not nearly as advanced as studies in lymphocytes. However, taken together, evidence from both STIM calcium sensors and ORAI channels in innate cells indicates that deficiency of STIM and ORAI proteins tends not to affect the development of any innate cell lineage, but certainly affects their function, in particular activation of the neutrophil oxidase and mast cell activation via IgE receptors. Furthermore, there are clearly hints that therapeutic targeting of CRAC channels in innate cells offers a new approach to various inflammatory and allergic diseases.
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- Regina A Clemens
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Chen QZ, Zhou YB, Zhou LF, Fu ZD, Wu YS, Chen Y, Li SN, Huang JR, Li JH. TRPC6 modulates adhesion of neutrophils to airway epithelial cells via NF-κB activation and ICAM-1 expression with ozone exposure. Exp Cell Res 2019; 377:56-66. [PMID: 30779919 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2019.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ozone (O3) is a major component of air pollution, which has been associated with airway inflammation characterized by the influx of neutrophils in asthmatic subjects. Canonical transient receptor potential 6 (TRPC6) channel is recently identified as a target of oxidative stress which is involved in airway inflammation. However, the regulatory role of TRPC6 in airway epithelial cells and neutrophils has not yet been illuminated in detail. In this study, we investigated the role of TRPC6 in neutrophil adhesion to airway epithelial cells exposed to O3 in vivo and in vitro approaches. Using transgenic mice, the results showed that TRPC6-deficiency attenuated O3-induced neutrophil recruitment to airway epithelial cells and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression. In vitro, O3 induced ICAM-1 expression and neutrophil adhesion to 16HBE cells (human airway epithelial cell line) and which were reduced by both TRPC6 silencing short hairpin RNA (shRNA) and TRPC6 inhibitor Larixyl Acetate (LA). We also confirmed that TRPC6-dependent Ca2+ entry and NF-κB activation in 16HBE cells were required for ICAM-1-mediated neutrophil adhesion exposed to O3. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the contribution of TRPC6 to O3-induced neutrophil adhesion to airway epithelial cells via NF-κB activation and ICAM-1 expression, which may provide new potential concepts for preventing and treating air pollutant-related inflammatory lung diseases.
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- Qing-Zi Chen
- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China; The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Modulators of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels as Therapeutic Options in Lung Disease. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2019; 12:ph12010023. [PMID: 30717260 PMCID: PMC6469169 DOI: 10.3390/ph12010023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The lungs are essential for gas exchange and serve as the gateways of our body to the external environment. They are easily accessible for drugs from both sides, the airways and the vasculature. Recent literature provides evidence for a role of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels as chemosensors and essential members of signal transduction cascades in stress-induced cellular responses. This review will focus on TRP channels (TRPA1, TRPC6, TRPV1, and TRPV4), predominantly expressed in non-neuronal lung tissues and their involvement in pathways associated with diseases like asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung fibrosis, and edema formation. Recently identified specific modulators of these channels and their potential as new therapeutic options as well as strategies for a causal treatment based on the mechanistic understanding of molecular events will also be evaluated.
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TRPC6 inactivation does not affect loss of renal function in nephrotoxic serum glomerulonephritis in rats, but reduces severity of glomerular lesions. Biochem Biophys Rep 2019; 17:139-150. [PMID: 30662960 PMCID: PMC6325086 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2018.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Canonical transient receptor potential-6 (TRPC6) channels have been implicated in a variety of chronic kidney diseases including familial and acquired forms of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and renal fibrosis following ureteral obstruction. Here we have examined the role of TRPC6 in progression of inflammation and fibrosis in the nephrotoxic serum (NTS) model of crescentic glomerulonephritis. This was assessed in rats with non-functional TRPC6 channels due to genomic disruption of an essential domain in TRPC6 channels (Trpc6del/del rats) and wild-type littermates (Trpc6wt/wt rats). Administration of NTS evoked albuminuria and proteinuria observed 4 and 28 days later that was equally severe in Trpc6wt/wt and Trpc6del/del rats. By 28 days, there were dense deposits of complement and IgG within glomeruli in both genotypes, accompanied by severe inflammation and fibrosis readily observed by standard histological methods, and also by increases in renal cortical expression of multiple markers (α-smooth muscle actin, vimentin, NLRP3, and CD68). Tubulointerstitial fibrosis appeared equally severe in Trpc6wt/wt and Trpc6del/del rats. TRPC6 inactivation did not protect against the substantial declines in renal function (increases in blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine and kidney:body weight ratio) in NTS-treated animals, and increases in a urine maker of proximal tubule pathology (β2-macroglobulin) were actually more severe in Trpc6del/del animals. By contrast, glomerular pathology, blindly scored from histology, and from renal cortical expression of podocin suggested a partial but significant protective effect of TRPC6 inactivation within the glomerular compartment, at least during the autologous phase of the NTS model. TRPC6 inactivation in rats does not affect declines in overall renal function in an autoimmune model of rapidly progressing glomerulonephritis. TRPC6 inactivation does not reduce renal fibrosis or tubulointerstitial disease in autoimmune glomerulonephritis, and may exacerbate proximal tubule dysfunction in this model. TRPC6 inactivation reduces glomerulosclerosis and podocyte loss in autoimmune glomerulonephritis in rats.
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Key Words
- BUN, blood urea nitrogen
- CKD, chronic kidney disease
- Chronic kidney disease
- FSGS, focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis
- GBM, glomerular basement membrane
- Glomerulonephritis
- IL-1β, interleukin 1β
- NLRP3, NOD-like receptor pyrin domain containing-3 protein
- NTS, nephrotoxic serum
- PAN, puromycin amino nucleoside
- PAS, periodic acid-Schiff’s stain
- Renal fibrosis
- SMA, α-smooth muscle actin
- TCA, trichloroacetic acid
- TNF, tumor necrosis factor
- TRPC3, canonical transient receptor potential-3 channel
- TRPC5, canonical transient receptor potential-5 channel
- TRPC6
- TRPC6, canonical transient receptor potential-6 channel
- UUO, unilateral ureteral obstruction
- suPAR, soluble urokinase receptor
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Immler R, Simon SI, Sperandio M. Calcium signalling and related ion channels in neutrophil recruitment and function. Eur J Clin Invest 2018; 48 Suppl 2:e12964. [PMID: 29873837 PMCID: PMC6221920 DOI: 10.1111/eci.12964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The recruitment of neutrophils to sites of inflammation, their battle against invading microorganisms through phagocytosis and the release of antimicrobial agents is a highly coordinated and tightly regulated process that involves the interplay of many different receptors, ion channels and signalling pathways. Changes in intracellular calcium levels, caused by cytosolic Ca2+ store depletion and the influx of extracellular Ca2+ via ion channels, play a critical role in synchronizing neutrophil activation and function. In this review, we provide an overview of how Ca2+ signalling is initiated in neutrophils and how changes in intracellular Ca2+ levels modulate neutrophil function.
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- Roland Immler
- Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, Biomedical Center, Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate Group in Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, Biomedical Center, Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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Hou X, Xiao H, Zhang Y, Zeng X, Huang M, Chen X, Birnbaumer L, Liao Y. Transient receptor potential channel 6 knockdown prevents apoptosis of renal tubular epithelial cells upon oxidative stress via autophagy activation. Cell Death Dis 2018; 9:1015. [PMID: 30282964 PMCID: PMC6170481 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-018-1052-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 08/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated under various pathological conditions such as renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and provoke damage to multiple cellular organelles and processes. Overproduction of ROS causes oxidative stress and contributes to damages of renal proximal tubular cells (PTC), which are the main cause of the pathogenesis of renal I/R injury. Autophagy is a dynamic process that removes long-lived proteins and damaged organelles via lysosome-mediated degradation, which has an antioxidant effect that relieves oxidative stress. The canonical transient receptor potential channel 6 (TRPC6), a nonselective cation channel that allows passage of Ca2+, plays an important role in renal disease. Yet, the relationship between TRPC6 and autophagy, as well as their functions in renal oxidative stress injury, remains unclear. In this study, we found that oxidative stress triggered TRPC6-dependent Ca2+ influx in PTC to inhibit autophagy, thereby rendering cells more susceptible to death. We also demonstrated that TRPC6 knockout (TRPC6-/-) or inhibition by SAR7334, a TRPC6-selective inhibitor, increased autophagic flux and mitigated oxidative stress-induced apoptosis of PTC. The protective effects of TRPC6 ablation were prevented by autophagy inhibitors Chloroquine and Bafilomycin A1. Moreover, this study also shows that TRPC6 blockage promotes autophagic flux via inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR and ERK1/2 signaling pathways. This is the first evidence showing that TRPC6-mediated Ca2+ influx plays a novel role in suppressing cytoprotective autophagy triggered by oxidative stress in PTC, and it may become a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of renal oxidative stress injury in the future.
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- Xin Hou
- Department of Anatomy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China.,Department of Anatomy, Medical College, Affiliated Hospital, Hebei University of Engineering, 056002, Handan, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pathology, First Hospital of Wuhan, 430030, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Research (BIOMED), Catholic University of Argentina, C1107AFF, Buenos Aires, Argentina. .,Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, 27709, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China. .,Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases of Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430030, Wuhan, China.
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Tang R, Li ZP, Li MX, Li DW, Ye HB, Su KM, Lin H, Zhang WT. Pro-inflammatory role of transient receptor potential canonical channel 6 in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2018; 8:1334-1341. [PMID: 30216703 DOI: 10.1002/alr.22208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Revised: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) has not been fully elucidated. This study sought to explore the role and mechanism of transient receptor potential canonical channel 6 (TRPC6) in the pathogenesis of CRSwNP. METHODS Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was employed to evaluate TRPC6 immunolabeling. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was conducted to assay TRPC6, stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1), and calcium release-activated calcium channel protein 1 (Orai1) messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in 70 patients with CRSwNP, including eosinophilic CRSwNP (ECRSwNP) or non-eosinophilic CRSwNP (nECRSwNP), and 28 control subjects. The concentrations of inflammatory mediators, including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-5, and IL-25, were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In experiments on human nasal epithelial cell (HNEC) culture and stimulation, the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of intracellular Ca2+ was assayed by flow cytometry. Western blotting, real-time PCR, and ELISA were also conducted to assess the effects and mechanisms of TRPC6 activator 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol (OAG) and TRPC6 inhibitor 1-[2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-[3-(4-methoxyphenyl) propoxy]ethyl-1H-imidazole (SKF-96365) on HNECs. RESULTS Upregulation of TRPC6, STIM1, and Orai1 levels was found in CRSwNP patients, particularly in those with ECRSwNP. TRPC6-positive cells correlated positively with the numbers of eosinophils and neutrophils, respectively. Moreover, TRPC6 mRNA was positively correlated with STIM1 and Orai1 mRNA levels. The concentrations of inflammatory mediators, including IL-1β, IL-5, and IL-25, were elevated in CRSwNP, especially in ECRSwNP. In cultured HNECs, TRPC6, STIM1, Orai1, Ca2+ MFI levels, and inflammatory mediators were upregulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and OAG but were inhibited by SKF-96365. CONCLUSION TRPC6 plays a pro-inflammatory role in the pathogenesis of CRSwNP via regulating Ca2+ flow.
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- Ru Tang
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Ramirez GA, Coletto LA, Sciorati C, Bozzolo EP, Manunta P, Rovere-Querini P, Manfredi AA. Ion Channels and Transporters in Inflammation: Special Focus on TRP Channels and TRPC6. Cells 2018; 7:E70. [PMID: 29973568 PMCID: PMC6070975 DOI: 10.3390/cells7070070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Revised: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Allergy and autoimmune diseases are characterised by a multifactorial pathogenic background. Several genes involved in the control of innate and adaptive immunity have been associated with diseases and variably combine with each other as well as with environmental factors and epigenetic processes to shape the characteristics of individual manifestations. Systemic or local perturbations in salt/water balance and in ion exchanges between the intra- and extracellular spaces or among tissues play a role. In this field, usually referred to as elementary immunology, novel evidence has been recently acquired on the role of members of the transient potential receptor (TRP) channel family in several cellular mechanisms of potential significance for the pathophysiology of the immune response. TRP canonical channel 6 (TRPC6) is emerging as a functional element for the control of calcium currents in immune-committed cells and target tissues. In fact, TRPC6 influences leukocytes’ tasks such as transendothelial migration, chemotaxis, phagocytosis and cytokine release. TRPC6 also modulates the sensitivity of immune cells to apoptosis and influences tissue susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury and excitotoxicity. Here, we provide a view of the interactions between ion exchanges and inflammation with a focus on the pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases and potential future therapeutic implications.
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- Giuseppe A Ramirez
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Immunity, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Immunity, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Immunity, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Unit of Nephrology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Immunity, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Immunity, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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Trpc6 inactivation confers protection in a model of severe nephrosis in rats. J Mol Med (Berl) 2018; 96:631-644. [PMID: 29785489 PMCID: PMC6015123 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-018-1648-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Abstract Mutations in canonical transient receptor potential-6 (TRPC6) channels give rise to rare familial forms of focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Here we examined a possible role for TRPC6 in the progression of chronic puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) nephrosis in Sprague-Dawley rats, a classic model of acquired nephrotic syndromes. We used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to delete a 239-bp region within exon 2 of the Trpc6 gene (Trpc6del allele). Trpc6del/del rats expressed detectable Trpc6 transcripts missing exon 2, and TRPC6 proteins could be detected by immunoblot of renal cortex. However, the abundance of Trpc6 transcripts and TRPC6 protein in renal cortex was much lower than in Trpc6wt/wt littermates, and functional TRPC6 channels could not be detected in whole-cell recordings from glomerular cells cultured from Trpc6del/del animals, possibly because of disruption of ankyrin repeats 1 and 2. During the chronic phase of PAN nephrosis, Trpc6del/del rats had reduced urine albumin excretion, reduced serum cholesterol and triglycerides, and improved azotemia compared to wild-type Trpc6wt/wt littermates. Glomerulosclerosis was severe during chronic PAN nephrosis in Trpc6wt/wt rats but was markedly reduced in Trpc6del/del littermates. Trpc6del/del animals also had less severe tubulointerstitial fibrosis as assessed by several biochemical and histological analyses, as well as reduced foot process effacement and glomerular basement thickening compared to Trpc6wtt/wt controls. None of the manipulations in this study affected the abundance of TRPC5 channels in renal cortex. TRPC3 was increased in PAN nephrosis and in Trpc6del/del rats. These data support a role for TRPC6 channels in driving an acquired form of secondary FSGS. Key messages We examined aminonucleoside nephrosis in rats with wild type and inactivated TRPC6. TRPC6 channels were inactivated by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of the Trpc6 gene. TRPC6 inactivation reduced albuminuria in the chronic but not the acute phase. TRPC6 inactivation reduced glomerulosclerosis and ultrastructural changes. TRPC6 inactivation also reduced interstitial changes and renal fibrosis.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00109-018-1648-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Fels B, Bulk E, Pethő Z, Schwab A. The Role of TRP Channels in the Metastatic Cascade. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2018; 11:E48. [PMID: 29772843 PMCID: PMC6027473 DOI: 10.3390/ph11020048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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A dysregulated cellular Ca2+ homeostasis is involved in multiple pathologies including cancer. Changes in Ca2+ signaling caused by altered fluxes through ion channels and transporters (the transportome) are involved in all steps of the metastatic cascade. Cancer cells thereby "re-program" and "misuse" the cellular transportome to regulate proliferation, apoptosis, metabolism, growth factor signaling, migration and invasion. Cancer cells use their transportome to cope with diverse environmental challenges during the metastatic cascade, like hypoxic, acidic and mechanical cues. Hence, ion channels and transporters are key modulators of cancer progression. This review focuses on the role of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in the metastatic cascade. After briefly introducing the role of the transportome in cancer, we discuss TRP channel functions in cancer cell migration. We highlight the role of TRP channels in sensing and transmitting cues from the tumor microenvironment and discuss their role in cancer cell invasion. We identify open questions concerning the role of TRP channels in circulating tumor cells and in the processes of intra- and extravasation of tumor cells. We emphasize the importance of TRP channels in different steps of cancer metastasis and propose cancer-specific TRP channel blockade as a therapeutic option in cancer treatment.
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- Benedikt Fels
- Institut für Physiologie II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Institut für Physiologie II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Institut für Physiologie II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Institut für Physiologie II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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The function of TRP channels in neutrophil granulocytes. Pflugers Arch 2018; 470:1017-1033. [PMID: 29717355 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-018-2146-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Neutrophil granulocytes are exposed to widely varying microenvironmental conditions when pursuing their physiological or pathophysiological functions such as fighting invading bacteria or infiltrating cancer tissue. Examples for harsh environmental challenges include among others mechanical shear stress during the recruitment from the vasculature or the hypoxic and acidotic conditions within the tumor microenvironment. Chemokine gradients, reactive oxygen species, pressure, matrix elasticity, and temperature can be added to the list of potential challenges. Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels serve as cellular sensors since they respond to many of the abovementioned environmental stimuli. The present review investigates the role of TRP channels in neutrophil granulocytes and their role in regulating and adapting neutrophil function to microenvironmental cues. Following a brief description of neutrophil functions, we provide an overview of the electrophysiological characterization of neutrophilic ion channels. We then summarize the function of individual TRP channels in neutrophil granulocytes with a focus on TRPC6 and TRPM2 channels. We close the review by discussing the impact of the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) on neutrophil granulocytes. Since neutrophil infiltration into PDAC tissue contributes to disease progression, we propose neutrophilic TRP channel blockade as a potential therapeutic option.
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Nielsen N, Kondratska K, Ruck T, Hild B, Kovalenko I, Schimmelpfennig S, Welzig J, Sargin S, Lindemann O, Christian S, Meuth SG, Prevarskaya N, Schwab A. TRPC6 channels modulate the response of pancreatic stellate cells to hypoxia. Pflugers Arch 2017; 469:1567-1577. [PMID: 28849300 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-017-2057-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pancreatic cancer is characterized by a massive fibrosis (desmoplasia), which is primarily caused by activated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs). This leads to a hypoxic tumor microenvironment further reinforcing the activation of PSCs by stimulating their secretion of growth factors and chemokines. Since many of them elicit their effects via G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), we tested whether TRPC6 channels, effector proteins of many G-protein-coupled receptor pathways, are required for the hypoxic activation of PSCs. Thus far, the function of ion channels in PSCs is virtually unexplored. qPCR revealed TRPC6 channels to be one of the most abundant TRPC channels in primary cultures of murine PSCs. TRPC6 channel function was assessed by comparing PSCs from TRPC6-/- mice and wildtype (wt) littermates. Cell migration, Ca2+ signaling, and cytokine secretion were analyzed as readout for PSC activation. Hypoxia was induced by incubating PSCs for 24 h in 1% O2 or chemically with dimethyloxalylglycine (DMOG). PSCs migrate faster in response to hypoxia. Due to reduced autocrine stimulation, TRPC6-/- PSCs fail to increase their rate of migration to the same level as wt PSCs under hypoxic conditions. This defect could not be overcome by the stimulation with platelet-derived growth factor. In line with these results, calcium influx is increased in wt but not TRPC6-/- PSCs under hypoxia. We conclude that TRPC6 channels of PSCs are major effector proteins in an autocrine stimulation pathway triggered by hypoxia.
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- Nikolaj Nielsen
- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Inserm, U-1003, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
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- Department of Neurology, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A10, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Bayer-Pharma AG, Müllerstr. 178, 13353, Berlin, Germany.,Cancer Center, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, USA
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A10, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Inserm, U-1003, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université Lille 1, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
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- Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany.
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Muller WA. Transendothelial migration: unifying principles from the endothelial perspective. Immunol Rev 2017; 273:61-75. [PMID: 27558328 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Transendothelial migration (TEM) of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) involves a carefully orchestrated dialog of adhesion and signaling events between leukocyte and endothelial cell. This article focuses on the contribution of endothelial cells to transmigration. The initiation of TEM itself generally requires interaction of PECAM on the leukocyte with PECAM at the endothelial cell border. This is responsible for the transient elevation of cytosolic-free calcium ions in endothelium that is required for TEM and for recruitment of membrane from the lateral border recycling compartment (LBRC). TEM requires LBRC to move to the site at which TEM will take place and for VE-cadherin to move away. Targeting of the LBRC to this site likely precedes movement of VE-cadherin and may play a role in clearing VE-cadherin from the site of TEM. The process of TEM can be dissected into steps mediated by distinct pairs of PMN/endothelial interacting molecules. CD99 regulates a step at or close to the end of TEM. CD99 signals through soluble adenylyl cyclase to activate PKA to trigger ongoing targeted recycling of the LBRC. Paracellular transmigration predominates (≥90% of events) in the cremaster muscle circulation, but transcellular migration may be more important at sites such as the blood-brain barrier. Both processes involve many of the same molecules and recruitment of the LBRC.
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- William A Muller
- Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Malczyk M, Erb A, Veith C, Ghofrani HA, Schermuly RT, Gudermann T, Dietrich A, Weissmann N, Sydykov A. The Role of Transient Receptor Potential Channel 6 Channels in the Pulmonary Vasculature. Front Immunol 2017; 8:707. [PMID: 28670316 PMCID: PMC5472666 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Canonical or classical transient receptor potential channel 6 (TRPC6) is a Ca2+-permeable non-selective cation channel that is widely expressed in the heart, lung, and vascular tissues. The use of TRPC6-deficient (“knockout”) mice has provided important insights into the role of TRPC6 in normal physiology and disease states of the pulmonary vasculature. Evidence indicates that TRPC6 is a key regulator of acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Moreover, several studies implicated TRPC6 in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension. Furthermore, a unique genetic variation in the TRPC6 gene promoter has been identified, which might link the inflammatory response to the upregulation of TRPC6 expression and ultimate development of pulmonary vascular abnormalities in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Additionally, TRPC6 is critically involved in the regulation of pulmonary vascular permeability and lung edema formation during endotoxin or ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute lung injury. In this review, we will summarize latest findings on the role of TRPC6 in the pulmonary vasculature.
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- Monika Malczyk
- Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Walther Straub Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany
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- Walther Straub Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany
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- Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Weber EW, Muller WA. Roles of transient receptor potential channels in regulation of vascular and epithelial barriers. Tissue Barriers 2017; 5:e1331722. [PMID: 28581893 DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2017.1331722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a ubiquitously expressed multi-family group of cation channels that are critical to signaling events in many tissues. Their roles have been documented in many physiologic and pathologic conditions. Nevertheless, direct studies of their roles in maintain barrier function in endothelial and epithelia are relatively infrequent. This seems somewhat surprising considering that calcium ion concentrations are known to regulate barrier function. This short review provides an introduction to TRP channels and reviews some of the work in which investigators directly studied the role of TRP channels in endothelial permeability to electric current, solute, or leukocytes during the inflammatory response.
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- Evan W Weber
- a Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Lokey Stem Cell Research Building , Stanford , CA , USA
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- b Northwestern University , Feinberg School of Medicine , Chicago , IL , USA
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Dietrich A, Steinritz D, Gudermann T. Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels as molecular targets in lung toxicology and associated diseases. Cell Calcium 2017; 67:123-137. [PMID: 28499580 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The lungs as the gateways of our body to the external environment are essential for gas exchange. They are also exposed to toxicants from two sides, the airways and the vasculature. Apart from naturally produced toxic agents, millions of human made chemicals were produced since the beginning of the industrial revolution whose toxicity still needs to be determined. While the knowledge about toxic substances is increasing only slowly, a paradigm shift regarding the proposed mechanisms of toxicity at the plasma membrane emerged. According to their broad-range chemical reactivity, the mechanism of lung injury evoked by these agents has long been described as rather unspecific. Consequently, therapeutic options are still restricted to symptomatic treatment. The identification of molecular down-stream effectors in cells was a major step forward in the mechanistic understanding of the action of toxic chemicals and will pave the way for more causal and specific toxicity testing as well as therapeutic options. In this context, the involvement of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels as chemosensors involved in the detection and effectors of toxicant action is an attractive concept intensively discussed in the scientific community. In this review we will summarize recent evidence for an involvement of TRP channels (TRPA1, TRPC4, TRPC6, TRPV1, TRPV4, TRPM2 and TRPM8) expressed in the lung in pathways of toxin sensing and as mediators of lung inflammation and associated diseases like asthma, COPD, lung fibrosis and edema formation. Specific modulators of these channels may offer new therapeutic options in the future and will endorse strategies for a causal, specifically tailored treatment based on the mechanistic understanding of molecular events induced by lung-toxic agents.
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- Alexander Dietrich
- Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), LMU Munich, Germany.
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- Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), LMU Munich, Germany; Bundeswehr-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Munich, Germany
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- Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), LMU Munich, Germany
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Jin H, Sun YT, Guo GQ, Chen DL, Li YJ, Xiao GP, Li XN. Spinal TRPC6 channels contributes to morphine-induced antinociceptive tolerance and hyperalgesia in rats. Neurosci Lett 2017; 639:138-145. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.12.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fels B, Nielsen N, Schwab A. Role of TRPC1 channels in pressure-mediated activation of murine pancreatic stellate cells. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2016; 45:657-670. [PMID: 27670661 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-016-1176-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The tumor environment contributes importantly to tumor cell behavior and cancer progression. Aside from biochemical constituents, physical factors of the environment also influence the tumor. Growing evidence suggests that mechanics [e.g., tumor (stroma) elasticity, tissue pressure] are critical players of cancer progression. Underlying mechanobiological mechanisms involve among others the regulation of focal adhesion molecules, cytoskeletal modifications, and mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels of cancer- and tumor-associated cells. After reviewing the current concepts of cancer mechanobiology, we will focus on the canonical transient receptor potential 1 (TRPC1) channel and its role in mechano-signaling in tumor-associated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs). PSCs are key players of pancreatic fibrosis, especially in cases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). PDAC is characterized by the formation of a dense fibrotic stroma (desmoplasia), primarily formed by activated PSCs. Desmoplasia contributes to high pancreatic tissue pressure, which in turn activates PSCs, thereby perpetuating matrix deposition. Here, we investigated the role of the putatively mechanosensitive TRPC1 channels in murine PSCs exposed to elevated ambient pressure. Pressurization leads to inhibition of mRNA expression of MS ion channels. Migration of PSCs representing a readout of their activation is enhanced in pressurized PSCs. Knockout of TRPC1 leads to an attenuated phenotype. While TRPC1-mediated calcium influx is increased in wild-type PSCs after pressure incubation, loss of TRPC1 abolishes this effect. Our findings provide mechanistic insight how pressure, an important factor of the PDAC environment, contributes to PSC activation. TRPC1-mediated activation could be a potential target to disrupt the positive feedback of PSC activation and PDAC progression.
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- Benedikt Fels
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Munster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Munster, Germany. .,Novo Nordisk A/S, Smørmosevej 10-12, 2880, Bagsværd, Denmark.
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Munster, Germany
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Blockade of PLD2 Ameliorates Intestinal Mucosal Inflammation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Mediators Inflamm 2016; 2016:2543070. [PMID: 27721573 PMCID: PMC5046040 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2543070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background. Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are chronically remittent and progressive inflammatory disorders. Phospholipase D2 (PLD2) is reported to be involved in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory diseases. However, the exact role of PLD2 in IBD is obscure. Methods. PLD2 expression was determined in peripheral blood cells and inflamed mucosa from patients with IBD by qRT-PCR. Colonic biopsies were also obtained from CD patients before and after infliximab (IFX) treatment to examine PLD2 expression. PLD2 selective inhibitor (CAY10594) was administrated daily by oral gavage in DSS-induced colitis mice. Bone marrow neutrophils from colitis mice were harvested to examine the migration using Transwell plate. Results. PLD2 was found to be significantly increased in peripheral blood cells and inflamed mucosa in patients with active IBD. Treatment with IFX could significantly decrease PLD2 expression in intestinal mucosa in patients with CD. Moreover, blockade of PLD2 with CAY10594 could markedly ameliorate DSS-induced colitis in mice and promote neutrophil migration. Conclusions. PLD2 plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of IBD. Blockade of PLD2 may serve as a new therapeutic approach for treatment of IBD.
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