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Balykina A, Naida L, Kirkgöz K, Nikolaev VO, Fock E, Belyakov M, Whaley A, Whaley A, Shpakova V, Rukoyatkina N, Gambaryan S. Antiplatelet Effects of Flavonoid Aglycones Are Mediated by Activation of Cyclic Nucleotide-Dependent Protein Kinases. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4864. [PMID: 38732081 PMCID: PMC11084604 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Flavonoid aglycones are secondary plant metabolites that exhibit a broad spectrum of pharmacological activities, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, and antiplatelet effects. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying their inhibitory effect on platelet activation remain poorly understood. In this study, we applied flow cytometry to analyze the effects of six flavonoid aglycones (luteolin, myricetin, quercetin, eriodictyol, kaempferol, and apigenin) on platelet activation, phosphatidylserine externalization, formation of reactive oxygen species, and intracellular esterase activity. We found that these compounds significantly inhibit thrombin-induced platelet activation and decrease formation of reactive oxygen species in activated platelets. The tested aglycones did not affect platelet viability, apoptosis induction, or procoagulant platelet formation. Notably, luteolin, myricetin, quercetin, and apigenin increased thrombin-induced thromboxane synthase activity, which was analyzed by a spectrofluorimetric method. Our results obtained from Western blot analysis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry demonstrated that the antiplatelet properties of the studied phytochemicals are mediated by activation of cyclic nucleotide-dependent signaling pathways. Specifically, we established by using Förster resonance energy transfer that the molecular mechanisms are, at least partly, associated with the inhibition of phosphodiesterases 2 and/or 5. These findings underscore the therapeutic potential of flavonoid aglycones for clinical application as antiplatelet agents.
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- Anna Balykina
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 194223, Russia; (A.B.); (E.F.); (A.W.); (N.R.)
- Faculty of General Medicine, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnologies, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg 195251, Russia;
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- Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (K.K.); (V.O.N.)
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- Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (K.K.); (V.O.N.)
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 194223, Russia; (A.B.); (E.F.); (A.W.); (N.R.)
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- Research Institute of Hygiene, Occupational Pathology and Human Ecology, Saint Petersburg 188663, Russia;
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 194223, Russia; (A.B.); (E.F.); (A.W.); (N.R.)
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Saint Petersburg State Chemical and Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg 197022, Russia;
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Saint Petersburg State Chemical and Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg 197022, Russia;
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AS, UK;
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 194223, Russia; (A.B.); (E.F.); (A.W.); (N.R.)
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 194223, Russia; (A.B.); (E.F.); (A.W.); (N.R.)
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Whaley AO, Whaley AK, Toporkova V, Fock E, Rukoyatkina N, Smirnov SN, Satimov GB, Abduraxmanov BA, Gambaryan S. Bracteatinine and isogroenlandicine, two new isoquinoline alkaloids isolated from Corydalis bracteata and their effect on platelet function. Fitoterapia 2023; 171:105697. [PMID: 37797794 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2023.105697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Two previously undescribed isoquinoline alkaloids, bracteatinine (1) and isogroenlandicine (2), together with four known alkaloids - coptisine (3), dehydrocorydaline (4), palmatine (5) and jatrorrhizine (6) were isolated from the aerial parts of Corydalis bracteata (Steph. Ex. Willd.) Pers. The structures of the compounds were elucidated using 1D and 2D NMR data along with HRESI-MS. The isolated new compounds bracteatinine and isogroenlandicine are close structural derivatives and isomers of corgoine and groenlandicine, respectively. Bracteatinine is also notable, being a representative of the rare 2-benzylisoquinoline alkaloids. Many natural products isolated from different plants are used as adjuvants, in addition to standard chemotherapy, in treatment of different cancers. Cancer-associated thrombosis remains a common complication and leading cause of mortality for cancer patients. Because platelets play the key role in thrombotic complications, we investigated effects of the isolated alkaloids 1-6 on platelet reactivity and showed that they did not significantly affect platelet function.
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- Anastasiia O Whaley
- Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg, Department of Pharmacognosy, 14 Prof. Popov, 197376 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Laboratory of Cellular Mechanisms of Blood Homeostasis, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Torez avenue, 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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- Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg, Department of Pharmacognosy, 14 Prof. Popov, 197376 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg, Department of Pharmacognosy, 14 Prof. Popov, 197376 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Cellular Mechanisms of Blood Homeostasis, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Torez avenue, 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cellular Mechanisms of Blood Homeostasis, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Torez avenue, 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskii pr. 26, St. Petersburg 198504, Russian Federation
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- S.Yu. Yunusov Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Sciences Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 77, Mirzo Ulugbek st., Tashkent, 100170, Uzbekistan
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- S.Yu. Yunusov Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Sciences Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 77, Mirzo Ulugbek st., Tashkent, 100170, Uzbekistan
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- Laboratory of Cellular Mechanisms of Blood Homeostasis, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Torez avenue, 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Fock E, Parnova R. Mechanisms of Blood-Brain Barrier Protection by Microbiota-Derived Short-Chain Fatty Acids. Cells 2023; 12:cells12040657. [PMID: 36831324 PMCID: PMC9954192 DOI: 10.3390/cells12040657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Impairment of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity is implicated in the numerous neurological disorders associated with neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration and aging. It is now evident that short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), mainly acetate, butyrate and propionate, produced by anaerobic bacterial fermentation of the dietary fiber in the intestine, have a key role in the communication between the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system and are critically important for the preservation of the BBB integrity under different pathological conditions. The effect of SCFAs on the improvement of the compromised BBB is mainly based on the decrease in paracellular permeability via restoration of junctional complex proteins affecting their transcription, intercellular localization or proteolytic degradation. This review is focused on the revealed and putative underlying mechanisms of the direct and indirect effects of SCFAs on the improvement of the barrier function of brain endothelial cells. We consider G-protein-coupled receptor-mediated effects of SCFAs, SCFAs-stimulated acetylation of histone and non-histone proteins via inhibition of histone deacetylases, and crosstalk of these signaling pathways with transcriptional factors NF-κB and Nrf2 as mainstream mechanisms of SCFA's effect on the preservation of the BBB integrity.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-812-552-79-01; Fax: +7-812-552-30-12
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Whaley AK, Minakov DA, Orlova AA, Ponkratova AO, Fock E, Rukoyatkina N, Gambaryan S, Luzhanin VG. Analysis of Empetrum nigrum L. lipophilic secondary metabolites, their metabolomic profiles and antioxidant activity. Journal of Essential Oil Research 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2023.2169377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Andrei K. Whaley
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Moscow
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Cellular Mechanisms of Blood Homeostasis, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cellular Mechanisms of Blood Homeostasis, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cellular Mechanisms of Blood Homeostasis, Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Mindukshev I, Fock E, Dobrylko I, Sudnitsyna J, Gambaryan S, Panteleev MA. Platelet Hemostasis Reactions at Different Temperatures Correlate with Intracellular Calcium Concentration. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810667. [PMID: 36142580 PMCID: PMC9505593 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hypo- and hyperthermia affect both primary and secondary hemostasis; however, there are controversial data concerning platelet activation and the underlying mechanisms under hypo- and hyperthermia. The discrepancies in the data could be partly explained by different approaches to hemostatic reactions analysis. We applied a new LaSca-TMF laser particle analyzer for a simultaneous fluorescence and laser scattering analysis of platelet responses at different temperatures. Human platelets were activated by ADP in a wide range of temperatures, and platelet transformations (e.g., a shape change reaction, aggregation and clot formation) and the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) were analyzed by LaSca-TMF and confocal microscopy. The platelet shape change reaction gradually increased with a rising temperature. The platelet aggregation strongly decreased at low ADP concentrations with the augmentation of the temperature and was independent of the temperature at high ADP concentrations. In contrast, the clotting time decreased with a temperature increase. Similar to the aggregation response, a rise in [Ca2+]i triggered by low ADP concentrations was higher under hypothermic conditions and the differences were independent of the temperature at high ADP concentrations. We showed that the key reactions of cellular hemostasis are differentially regulated by temperature and demonstrated for the first time that an accelerated aggregation under hypothermic conditions directly correlated with an increased level in [Ca2+]i in platelets.
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- Igor Mindukshev
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Thorez Ave., 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Thorez Ave., 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Thorez Ave., 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Thorez Ave., 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Center for Theoretical Problems of Physicochemical Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 30 Srednyaya Kalitnikovskaya St., 109029 Moscow, Russia
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 44 Thorez Ave., 194223 Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Correspondence: (S.G.); (M.A.P.)
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- Center for Theoretical Problems of Physicochemical Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 30 Srednyaya Kalitnikovskaya St., 109029 Moscow, Russia
- Correspondence: (S.G.); (M.A.P.)
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Whaley A, Ponkratova A, Rukoyatkina N, Prilepskaya A, Bogoutdinova A, Fock E, Gambaryan S, Luzhanin V. Isolation and Characterization of a New Flavone C-glycoside Isoembinin from Iris lacteal along with its Effects on Platelet Activation. Planta Med 2022. [PMID: 35688458 DOI: 10.1055/a-1873-6785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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One new compound isoembinin 1 along with ten known compounds 2-11 were isolated from the terrestrial parts of Iris lactea Pall. All of the compound structures were determined through extensive 1D and 2D NMR experiments along with HR-ESIMS analysis and comparison with literature data. Because many flavonoids exert antiplatelet and antioxidant activity we tested the effects of the isolated flavone C-glycosides 1-9 on platelet activation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Platelet reactivity was assessed by activation of αIIbβ3 integrins activation and ROS production by DCF-DA fluorescence. For the analysis of whether protein kinase A or G are involved in the platelet inhibition, the activity of these kinases was analyzed by phosphorylation of their common substrate in platelets. In all experiments apigenin, which inhibit platelet activation was used as a positive control. All isolated flavone C-glycosides inhibited platelet αIIbβ3 integrins activation with IC50 in the µM range, however this inhibitory effect was found to not be mediated through the prevention of ROS formation or by the activation of cyclic nucleotide pathways. Structure-activity comparison between apigenin and compounds 1-9 shows that the presence of C-glycoside and O-glycoside residues on the aglycone apigenin diminish the degree of platelet inhibition.
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- Andrei Whaley
- Pharmacognosy, Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation
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- Pharmacognosy, Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry RAS, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation
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- Saint Petersburg State University Institute of Chemistry, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation
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- Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry RAS, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry RAS, Sankt-Peterburg, Russian Federation
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Fock E, Lavrova E, Bachteeva V, Nikolaeva S, Parnova R. Suppression of fatty acid β-oxidation and energy deficiency as a cause of inhibitory effect of E. coli lipopolysaccharide on osmotic water transport in the frog urinary bladder. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2019; 218:81-87. [PMID: 30660802 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Previously we showed that arginine-vasotocin (AVT)-stimulated osmotic water permeability (OWP) of the frog urinary bladder was decreased if the mucosal side of the bladder has been naturally colonized by Gram-negative bacteria, or if bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was introduced into the lumen of the isolated bladder (J. Exp. Zool., 2013, 319, 487-494). Taking into account that in different tissues and cell types, challenge with LPS causes significant metabolic shift and energy deficiency, we hypothesized that an LPS-induced decrease of AVT-stimulated OWP could depend on the reduction of fatty acid oxidation (FAO), which is important for generation of ATP in epithelia. Using an isolated frog Rana temporaria urinary bladder we showed that the AVT-induced increase of OWP did not depend on the external glucose, but was inhibited by oligomycin, an ATP-synthase inhibitor, and by etomoxir, an inhibitor of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1. In primary cultured epithelial cells isolated from the bladder mucosa, LPS E. coli (25 μg/ml, 21 h), as well as etomoxir (100 μM), decreased FAO accompanied by triacylglycerol accumulation. Both drugs impaired mitochondrial functions demonstrated by decreased ATP production and a reduced maximal oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and OCR directed at ATP synthesis. Additionally, we found that LPS decreased the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha, a key player in the regulation of FAO. These data indicate that the impairment of AVT-induced water transport in osmoregulatory epithelium caused by LPS depends at least partly on defects in FAO and FAO-dependent energy production.
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- Ekaterina Fock
- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 194223 Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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Fock E, Lavrova E, Parnova R. Colonization of frog Rana temporaria L. urinary bladder by Gram-negative bacteria leads to decreased effect of arginine-vasotocin on water reabsorption from the urinary bladder. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 319:487-94. [PMID: 23836531 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Revised: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In frogs and toads the urinary bladder is very important for the maintenance of water balance due to its ability to store water which can be reabsorbed under the action of arginine-vasotocin (AVT). The usage of isolated bladders as a model for studying the osmotic water permeability (OWP) regulation has a disadvantage which relates to high variability of AVT effect among individuals, some showing insensitivity to the hormone. We hypothesized that the response of the bladder to AVT could depend on the colonization of the mucosal epithelium by Gram-negative bacteria. To test this, paired hemibladders of the frog Rana temporaria were used for measurement of OWP and for analysis of Gram-negative bacteria in the bladder tissue or isolated epithelial cells. Among the 206 frogs studied, 41% were infected by different Enterobacteriaceae, with prevalence of Hafnia alvei and Escherichia coli. In infected bladders the basal level of OWP was unchanged, whereas OWP stimulated by AVT was reduced (non-infected: 2.53 ± 0.13, n = 59, infected: 1.21 ± 0.17 µL min(-1) cm(-2), n = 38, for the 15 min of AVT action, P < 0.001). In the sample, 100% of hemibladders that responded to AVT very weakly (OWP <0.5 µL min(-1) cm(-2)) had a bacterial infection. Overnight treatment of hemibladders with mucosal lipopolysaccharide E. coli decreased OWP induced by AVT, forskolin, or IBMX lowering basal and stimulated level of cAMP. The data obtained indicate that the frog bladder epithelium could be colonized by Gram-negative bacteria, probably of cloacal origin, leading to reduction of sensitivity to AVT and to impairment of the urinary bladder to provide osmoregulation.
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- Ekaterina Fock
- I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Nikolaeva S, Bachteeva V, Fock E, Herterich S, Lavrova E, Borodkina A, Gambaryan S, Parnova R. Frog urinary bladder epithelial cells express TLR4 and respond to bacterial LPS by increase of iNOS expression andl-arginine uptake. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 303:R1042-52. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00045.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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As in mammals, epithelium of the amphibian urinary bladder forms a barrier to pathogen entry and is a first line of defense against penetrating microorganisms. We investigated the effect of Escherichia coli LPS on generation of nitric oxide (NO), a critically important mediator during infectious processes, by primary cultured frog ( Rana temporaria) urinary bladder epithelial cells (FUBEC). It was found that FUBEC constitutively express Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), a receptor of LPS, and respond to LPS (10 μg/ml) by stimulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA/protein expression and NOS activity measured by nitrite produced in the culture medium and by citrulline assay. We characterized uptake of l-arginine, a precursor in NO synthesis, by FUBEC and showed that it is mediated mainly by the y+ cationic amino acid transport system. LPS stimulated l-arginine uptake, and this effect was blocked by the iNOS inhibitor 1400W. Arginase II was found to be expressed in FUBEC. Inhibition of arginase activity by (S)-(boronoethyl)-l-cysteine increased generation of NO, suggesting contribution of arginase to NO production via competing with NOS for the substrate. LPS altered neither total arginase activity nor arginase II expression. Among epithelial cells, phagocytic macrophage-like cells were observed, but they did not contribute to LPS-induced NO production. These data demonstrate that amphibian urinary bladder epithelial cells recognize LPS and respond to it by increased generation of NO via stimulation of iNOS expression and l-arginine uptake, which appears to be essential for the regulation of the innate immune response and the inflammation in bladder epithelium.
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- Svetlana Nikolaeva
- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; and
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- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; and
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- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; and
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- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; and
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- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; and
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- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; and
- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; and
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Bachteeva V, Fock E, Lavrova E, Nikolaeva S, Gambaryan S, Parnova R. Prostaglandin E2 inhibits vasotocin-induced osmotic water permeability in the frog urinary bladder by EP1-receptor-mediated activation of NO/cGMP pathway. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R528-37. [PMID: 17363677 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00811.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PGE(2) is a well-known inhibitor of the antidiuretic hormone-induced increase of osmotic water permeability (OWP) in different osmoregulatory epithelia; however, the mechanisms underlying this effect of PGE(2) are not completely understood. Here, we report that, in the frog Rana temporaria urinary bladder, EP(1)-receptor-mediated inhibition of arginine-vasotocin (AVT)-induced OWP by PGE(2) is attributed to increased generation of nitric oxide (NO) in epithelial cells. It was shown that the inhibitory effect of 17-phenyl-trinor-PGE(2) (17-ph-PGE(2)), an EP(1) agonist, on AVT-induced OWP was significantly reduced in the presence of 7-nitroindazole (7-NI), a neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) inhibitor. NO synthase (NOS) activity in both lysed and intact epithelial cells measured as a rate of conversion of l-[(3)H]arginine to l-[(3)H]citrulline was Ca(2+) dependent and inhibited by 7-NI. PGE(2) and 17-ph-PGE(2), but not M&B-28767 (EP(3) agonist) or butaprost (EP(2) agonist), stimulated NOS activity in epithelial cells. The above effect of PGE(2) was abolished in the presence of SC-19220, an EP(1) antagonist. 7-NI reduced the stimulatory effect of 17-ph-PGE(2) on NOS activity. 17-ph-PGE(2) increased intracellular Ca(2+) concentration and cGMP in epithelial cells. Western blot analysis revealed an nNOS expression in epithelial cells. These results show that the inhibitory effect of PGE(2) on AVT-induced OWP in the frog urinary bladder is based at least partly on EP(1)-receptor-mediated activation of the NO/cGMP pathway, suggesting a novel cross talk between AVT, PGE(2), and nNOS that may be important in the regulation of water transport.
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- Vera Bachteeva
- Laboratory of Renal Physiology, I. M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Torez Avenue 44, 194223 St. Petersburg, Russia
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