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Zebrowski DC, Becker R, Engel FB. Towards regenerating the mammalian heart: challenges in evaluating experimentally induced adult mammalian cardiomyocyte proliferation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 310:H1045-54. [PMID: 26921436 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00697.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in research aimed at regenerating the mammalian heart by promoting endogenous cardiomyocyte proliferation. Despite many encouraging successes, it remains unclear if we are any closer to achieving levels of mammalian cardiomyocyte proliferation for regeneration as seen during zebrafish regeneration. Furthermore, current cardiac regenerative approaches do not clarify whether the induced cardiomyocyte proliferation is an epiphenomena or responsible for the observed improvement in cardiac function. Moreover, due to the lack of standardized protocols to determine cardiomyocyte proliferation in vivo, it remains unclear if one mammalian regenerative factor is more effective than another. Here, we discuss current methods to identify and evaluate factors for the induction of cardiomyocyte proliferation and challenges therein. Addressing challenges in evaluating adult cardiomyocyte proliferation will assist in determining 1) which regenerative factors should be pursued in large animal studies; 2) if a particular level of cell cycle regulation presents a better therapeutic target than another (e.g., mitogenic receptors vs. cyclins); and 3) which combinatorial approaches offer the greatest likelihood of success. As more and more regenerative studies come to pass, progress will require a system that not only can evaluate efficacy in an objective manner but can also consolidate observations in a meaningful way.
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- David C Zebrowski
- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pathology, Department of Nephropathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pathology, Department of Nephropathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pathology, Department of Nephropathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Mark H Soonpaa
- The Krannert Institute of Cardiology, and the Riley Heart Research Center, Wells Center for Pediatric Research, and Indiana University School of Medicine, 1044 West Walnut Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Schwabachanlage 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- The Cardiovascular Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- The Cardiovascular Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Schwabachanlage 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- The Krannert Institute of Cardiology, and the Riley Heart Research Center, Wells Center for Pediatric Research, and Indiana University School of Medicine, 1044 West Walnut Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Wu CC, Kruse F, Vasudevarao MD, Junker JP, Zebrowski DC, Fischer K, Noël ES, Grün D, Berezikov E, Engel FB, van Oudenaarden A, Weidinger G, Bakkers J. Spatially Resolved Genome-wide Transcriptional Profiling Identifies BMP Signaling as Essential Regulator of Zebrafish Cardiomyocyte Regeneration. Dev Cell 2015; 36:36-49. [PMID: 26748692 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In contrast to mammals, zebrafish regenerate heart injuries via proliferation of cardiomyocytes located near the wound border. To identify regulators of cardiomyocyte proliferation, we used spatially resolved RNA sequencing (tomo-seq) and generated a high-resolution genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the regenerating zebrafish heart. Interestingly, we identified two wound border zones with distinct expression profiles, including the re-expression of embryonic cardiac genes and targets of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling. Endogenous BMP signaling has been reported to be detrimental to mammalian cardiac repair. In contrast, we find that genetic or chemical inhibition of BMP signaling in zebrafish reduces cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation, ultimately compromising myocardial regeneration, while bmp2b overexpression is sufficient to enhance it. Our results provide a resource for further studies on the molecular regulation of cardiac regeneration and reveal intriguing differential cellular responses of cardiomyocytes to a conserved signaling pathway in regenerative versus non-regenerative hearts.
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- Chi-Chung Wu
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Krankenhausstr 8-10, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Genetics, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, the Netherlands; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Novaya Street 100, Skolkovo, Moscow Region 143025, Russia
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Krankenhausstr 8-10, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands; Medical Physiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, 3584 CM Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Andersen DC, Jensen CH, Baun C, Hvidsten S, Zebrowski DC, Engel FB, Sheikh SP. Persistent scarring and dilated cardiomyopathy suggest incomplete regeneration of the apex resected neonatal mouse myocardium--A 180 days follow up study. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2015; 90:47-52. [PMID: 26655949 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Heart damage in mammals is generally considered to result in scar formation, whereas zebrafish completely regenerate their hearts following an intermediate and reversible state of fibrosis after apex resection (AR). Recently, using the AR procedure, one-day-old mice were suggested to have full capacity for cardiac regeneration as well. In contrast, using the same mouse model others have shown that the regeneration process is incomplete and that scarring still remains 21 days after AR. The present study tested the hypothesis that like in zebrafish, fibrosis in neonatal mammals could be an intermediate response before the onset of complete heart regeneration. Myocardial damage was performed by AR in postnatal day 1 C57BL/6 mice, and myocardial function and scarring assessed at day 180 using F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and histology, respectively. AR mice exhibited decreased ejection fraction and wall motion with increased end-diastolic and systolic volumes compared to sham-operated mice. Scarring with collagen accumulation was still substantial, with increased heart size, while cardiomyocyte size was unaffected. In conclusion, these data thus show that apex resection in mice results in irreversible fibrosis and dilated cardiomyopathy suggesting that cardiac regeneration is limited in neonatal mammals and thus distinct from the regenerative capacity seen in zebrafish.
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- Ditte Caroline Andersen
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Dep. of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Winsloewparken 21(3rd), 5000 Odense C, Denmark; Clinical Institute/University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark; The Danish Regenerative Center (danishcrm.com), Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, Denmark.
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Dep. of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Winsloewparken 21(3rd), 5000 Odense C, Denmark; The Danish Regenerative Center (danishcrm.com), Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Schwabachanlage 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Schwabachanlage 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Dep. of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Winsloewparken 21(3rd), 5000 Odense C, Denmark; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark; The Danish Regenerative Center (danishcrm.com), Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, Denmark.
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Zebrowski DC, Vergarajauregui S, Wu CC, Piatkowski T, Becker R, Leone M, Hirth S, Ricciardi F, Falk N, Giessl A, Just S, Braun T, Weidinger G, Engel FB. Developmental alterations in centrosome integrity contribute to the post-mitotic state of mammalian cardiomyocytes. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 26247711 PMCID: PMC4541494 DOI: 10.7554/elife.05563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Mammalian cardiomyocytes become post-mitotic shortly after birth. Understanding how this occurs is highly relevant to cardiac regenerative therapy. Yet, how cardiomyocytes achieve and maintain a post-mitotic state is unknown. Here, we show that cardiomyocyte centrosome integrity is lost shortly after birth. This is coupled with relocalization of various centrosome proteins to the nuclear envelope. Consequently, postnatal cardiomyocytes are unable to undergo ciliogenesis and the nuclear envelope adopts the function as cellular microtubule organizing center. Loss of centrosome integrity is associated with, and can promote, cardiomyocyte G0/G1 cell cycle arrest suggesting that centrosome disassembly is developmentally utilized to achieve the post-mitotic state in mammalian cardiomyocytes. Adult cardiomyocytes of zebrafish and newt, which are able to proliferate, maintain centrosome integrity. Collectively, our data provide a novel mechanism underlying the post-mitotic state of mammalian cardiomyocytes as well as a potential explanation for why zebrafish and newts, but not mammals, can regenerate their heart. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05563.001 Muscle cells in the heart contract in regular rhythms to pump blood around the body. In humans, rats and other mammals, the vast majority of heart muscle cells lose the ability to divide shortly after birth. Therefore, the heart is unable to replace cells that are lost over the life of the individual, for example, during a heart attack. If too many of these cells are lost, the heart will be unable to pump effectively, which can lead to heart failure. Currently, the only treatment option in humans with heart failure is to perform a heart transplant. Some animals, such as newts and zebrafish, are able to replace lost heart muscle cells throughout their lifetimes. Thus, these species are able to fully regenerate their hearts even after 20% has been removed. This suggests that it might be possible to manipulate human heart muscle cells to make them divide and regenerate the heart. Recent research has suggested that structures called centrosomes, known to be required to separate copies of the DNA during cell division, are used as a hub to integrate the initial signals that determine whether a cell should divide or not. Here, Zebrowski et al. studied the centrosomes of heart muscle cells in rats, newts and zebrafish. The experiments show that the centrosomes in rat heart muscle cells are dissembled shortly after birth. Centrosomes are made of several proteins and, in the rat cells, these proteins moved to the membrane that surrounded the nucleus. On the other hand, the centrosomes in the heart muscle cells of the adult newts and zebrafish remained intact. Further experiments found that that breaking apart the centrosomes of heart muscle cells taken from newborn rats stops these cells from dividing. Zebrowski et al.'s findings suggest that the loss of centrosomes after birth is a possible reason why the hearts of adult humans and other mammals are unable to regenerate after injury. In the future, these findings may aid the development of methods to regenerate human heart muscle and new treatments that may limit division of cancer cells. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05563.002
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- David C Zebrowski
- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Tallawi M, Zebrowski DC, Rai R, Roether JA, Schubert DW, El Fray M, Engel FB, Aifantis KE, Boccaccini AR. Poly(Glycerol Sebacate)/Poly(Butylene Succinate-Butylene Dilinoleate) Fibrous Scaffolds for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2015; 21:585-96. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2014.0445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- Marwa Tallawi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Polymeric Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Polymeric Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Biomaterials and Microbiological Technologies, Polymer Institute, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
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- Experimental Renal and Cardiovascular Research, Department of Nephropathology, Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Mechanics and Materials, School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Civil Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Zebrowski DC, Engel FB. The Cardiomyocyte Cell Cycle in Hypertrophy, Tissue Homeostasis, and Regeneration. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2013; 165:67-96. [DOI: 10.1007/112_2013_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A simple method to select disomic (N + 1) strains that should be applicable for almost any chromosome in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is presented. A diploid heterozygous for a KanMX knock-out mutation in an essential gene is sporulated and viable geneticin (G418)-resistant colonies selected. Disomic products of a missegregation or non-disjunction event containing a copy of both the wild-type essential gene and its complementary KanMX knock-out allele make up most of the viable colonies. This method has been used to isolate disomic haploids for a variety of chromosomes. It is appropriately named MARV (for missegregation-associated restoration of viability) and is easily adaptable to virtually any strain.
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- David C Zebrowski
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA
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Zebrowski DC, Alcendor RR, Kirshenbaum LA, Sadoshima J. Caspase-3 mediated cleavage of MEKK1 promotes p53 transcriptional activity. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2006; 40:605-18. [PMID: 16427076 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2005.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2005] [Revised: 11/01/2005] [Accepted: 11/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (IR) induces myocyte apoptosis, and the pro-apoptotic/tumor suppressor protein p53 may contribute to this process. However, the signaling mechanism by which IR induces p53 activation remains largely unknown. Here, we show that MEKK1 undergoes proteolytic cleavage in a caspase-3 dependent manner in both in vivo and in vitro models of ischemic injury. Overexpression studies both in vivo and in vitro indicated that the caspase-3 mediated cleavage of MEKK1 promotes phosphorylation and transcriptional activity of p53. In addition, caspase-3 inhibited the ability of the wild-type full-length form of MEKK1 to activate ATF2, suggesting that caspase-3, by way of proteolytic cleavage, abrogates the ability of MEKK1 to signal JNK. We propose that IR induces caspase-3 mediated proteolytic cleavage of MEKK1 and promotes p53 transcriptional activity via JNK-independent mechanisms, which in turn may contribute to pathological insults associated with IR injury, such as myocyte apoptosis.
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- David C Zebrowski
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, 07103, USA
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Myocardial beta-adrenergic receptors (beta -ARs) consist of beta(1)- and beta(2)-subtypes, which mediate distinct signaling mechanisms. We examined which beta-AR subtype mediates cardiac hypertrophy. The beta(2)-subtype is predominant in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes (beta(1), 36%vbeta(2), 64%), while the beta(1)-subtype predominates in the adult rat heart (59%v 41%). Stimulation of cultured cardiac myocytes in vitro with isoproterenol (ISO), an agonist for beta(1)- and beta(2)-ARs, caused hypertrophy of myocytes along with increases in transcription of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and actin reorganization. All of these ISO-mediated myocyte responses in vitro were inhibited by a beta(1)-AR antagonist, betaxolol, but not by a beta(2)-AR antagonist, ICI 118551. Pertussis toxin failed to affect ISO-induced increases in total protein/DNA content and ANF transcription in vitro. ISO increased LV weight/body weight and ANF transcription in the adult rat in vivo, which were also inhibited by betaxolol but not by ICI 118551. These results suggest that beta -AR stimulated hypertrophy is mediated by the beta(1)-subtype and by a pertussis toxin-insensitive mechanism
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MESH Headings
- Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists
- Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Antagonists
- Adrenergic beta-Agonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Atrial Natriuretic Factor/metabolism
- Cardiomegaly/metabolism
- Cell Size
- Cells, Cultured
- Heart
- Heart Ventricles/cytology
- Heart Ventricles/metabolism
- Isoproterenol/pharmacology
- Proteins/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1/metabolism
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/metabolism
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- C Morisco
- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Hackensack, NJ, USA
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