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Tepper AWJW, Chu G, Klaren VNA, Kalin JH, Molina-Ortiz P, Impagliazzo A. Development and characterization of rabbit monoclonal antibodies that recognize human spermine oxidase and application to immunohistochemistry of human cancer tissues. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0267046. [PMID: 35452470 PMCID: PMC9032377 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The enzyme spermine oxidase (SMOX) is involved in polyamine catabolism and converts spermine to spermidine. The enzymatic reaction generates reactive hydrogen peroxide and aldehydes as by-products that can damage DNA and other biomolecules. Increased expression of SMOX is frequently found in lung, prostate, colon, stomach and liver cancer models, and the enzyme also appears to play a role in neuronal dysfunction and vascular retinopathy. Because of growing evidence that links SMOX activity with DNA damage, inflammation, and carcinogenesis, the enzyme has come into view as a potential drug target. A major challenge in cancer research is the lack of characterization of antibodies used for identification of target proteins. To overcome this limitation, we generated a panel of high-affinity rabbit monoclonal antibodies against various SMOX epitopes and selected antibodies for use in immunoblotting, SMOX quantification assays, immunofluorescence microscopy and immunohistochemistry. Immunohistochemistry analysis with the antibody SMAB10 in normal and transformed tissues confirms that SMOX is upregulated in several different cancers. Together, the panel of antibodies generated herein adds to the toolbox of high-quality reagents to study SMOX biology and to facilitate SMOX drug development.
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- Janssen Research & Development, Spring House, PA, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, Spring House, PA, United States of America
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Vande Catsyne CA, Sayyed SA, Molina-Ortiz P, Moes B, Communi D, Muller J, Heusschen R, Caers J, Azzi A, Erneux C, Schurmans S. Altered chondrocyte differentiation, matrix mineralization and MEK-Erk1/2 signaling in an INPPL1 catalytic knock-out mouse model of opsismodysplasia. Adv Biol Regul 2019; 76:100651. [PMID: 31519471 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2019.100651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Opsismodysplasia (OPS) is a rare but severe autosomal recessive skeletal chondrodysplasia caused by inactivating mutations in the Inppl1/Ship2 gene. The molecular mechanism leading from Ship2 gene inactivation to OPS is currently unknown. Here, we used our Ship2Δ/Δ mouse expressing reduced amount of a catalytically-inactive SHIP2 protein and a previously reported SHIP2 inhibitor to investigate growth plate development and mineralization in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro. First, as observed in OPS patients, catalytic inactivation of SHIP2 in mouse leads to reduced body length, shortening of long bones, craniofacial dysmorphism, reduced height of the hyperthrophic chondrocyte zone and to defects in growth plate mineralization. Second, intrinsic Ship2Δ/Δ bone defects were sufficient to induce the characteristic OPS alterations in bone growth, histology and mineralization ex vivo. Third, expression of osteocalcin was significantly increased in SHIP2-inactivated chondrocyte cultures whereas production of mineralized nodules was markedly decreased. Targeting osteocalcin mRNA with a specific shRNA increased the production of mineralized nodules. Fourth, levels of p-MEK and p-Erk1/2 were significantly increased in SHIP2-inactivated chondrocytes in response to serum and IGF-1, but not to FGF2, as compared to control chondrocytes. Treatment of chondrocytes and bones in culture with a MEK inhibitor partially rescued the production of mineralized nodules, the size of the hypertrophic chondrocyte zone and bone growth, raising the possibility of a treatment that could partially reduce the phenotype of this severe condition. Altogether, our results indicate that Ship2Δ/Δ mice represent a relevant model for human OPS. They also highlight the important role of SHIP2 in chondrocytes during endochondral ossification and its different differentiation steps. Finally, we identified a role of osteocalcin in mineralized nodules production and for the MEK-Erk1/2 signaling pathway in the OPS phenotype.
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- Charles-Andrew Vande Catsyne
- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart-Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart-Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart-Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart-Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- IRIBHM, Bat. C, Campus Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, route de Lennik 808, 1070, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Hematology, GIGA-Inflammation, Infection & Immunity, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Hematology, GIGA-Inflammation, Infection & Immunity, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Hematology, GIGA-Inflammation, Infection & Immunity, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart-Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- IRIBHM, Bat. C, Campus Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, route de Lennik 808, 1070, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, GIGA-B34, CHU Sart-Tilman, University of Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
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Molina-Ortiz P, Orban T, Martin M, Habets A, Dequiedt F, Schurmans S. Rasa3 controls turnover of endothelial cell adhesion and vascular lumen integrity by a Rap1-dependent mechanism. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007195. [PMID: 29381707 PMCID: PMC5806903 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Rasa3 is a GTPase activating protein of the GAP1 family which targets R-Ras and Rap1. Although catalytic inactivation or deletion of Rasa3 in mice leads to severe hemorrhages and embryonic lethality, the biological function and cellular location of Rasa3 underlying these defects remains unknown. Here, using a combination of loss of function studies in mouse and zebrafish as well as in vitro cell biology approaches, we identify a key role for Rasa3 in endothelial cells and vascular lumen integrity. Specific ablation of Rasa3 in the mouse endothelium, but not in megakaryocytes and platelets, lead to embryonic bleeding and death at mid-gestation, recapitulating the phenotype observed in full Rasa3 knock-out mice. Reduced plexus/sprouts formation and vascular lumenization defects were observed when Rasa3 was specifically inactivated in mouse endothelial cells at the postnatal or adult stages. Similar results were obtained in zebrafish after decreasing Rasa3 expression. In vitro, depletion of Rasa3 in cultured endothelial cells increased β1 integrin activation and cell adhesion to extracellular matrix components, decreased cell migration and blocked tubulogenesis. During migration, these Rasa3-depleted cells exhibited larger and more mature adhesions resulting from a perturbed dynamics of adhesion assembly and disassembly which significantly increased their life time. These defects were due to a hyperactivation of the Rap1 GTPase and blockade of FAK/Src signaling. Finally, Rasa3-depleted cells showed reduced turnover of VE-cadherin-based adhesions resulting in more stable endothelial cell-cell adhesion and decreased endothelial permeability. Altogether, our results indicate that Rasa3 is a critical regulator of Rap1 in endothelial cells which controls adhesions properties and vascular lumen integrity; its specific endothelial cell inactivation results in occluded blood vessels, hemorrhages and early embryonic death in mouse, mimicking thus the Rasa3-/- mouse phenotype. Because it delivers oxygen and nutriments to every tissue in the body, the vascular system is essential to vertebrate life. Blood vessels consist of a layer of interconnected endothelial cells delineating a luminal space through which blood flows. Formation of vascular lumens is a critical step in vascular development, as vessels should allow unrestricted blood flow while absorbing the pressure from cardiac activity yet retaining flexibility to adapt to homeostatic needs. Our current knowledge of how lumens are established and maintained is still modest and has come essentially from in vitro systems. Here, using a combination of loss of function studies in mouse and zebrafish and in vitro cell biology approaches, we show that Rasa3, a GTPase activating protein of the GAP1 family, controls Rap1 activation, endothelial cell adhesion and migration as well as formation of vascular lumens. We also found that inactivation of Rasa3 specifically in mouse endothelial cells lead to embryonic bleeding and death at mid-gestation, recapitulating the phenotype observed in full Rasa3 knock-out mice.
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- Patricia Molina-Ortiz
- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Protein signaling and Interactions Signalisation, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Diseases, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Laboratory of Protein signaling and Interactions Signalisation, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Diseases, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Protein signaling and Interactions Signalisation, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Diseases, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Protein signaling and Interactions Signalisation, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Diseases, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Molecular Biology of Disease, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Scoumanne A, Molina-Ortiz P, Monteyne D, Perez-Morga D, Erneux C, Schurmans S. Specific expression and function of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase C (ITPKC) in wild type and knock-out mice. Adv Biol Regul 2016; 62:1-10. [PMID: 27036498 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2016.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase C (ITPKC) is the last identified member of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinases family which phosphorylates inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate into inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate. Although expression and function of the two other family members ITPKA and ITPKB are rather well characterized, similar information is lacking for ITPKC. Here, we first defined the expression of Itpkc mRNA and protein in mouse tissues and cells using in situ hybridization and new antibodies. Surprisingly, we found that cells positive for ITPKC in the studied tissues express either a multicilium (tracheal and bronchial epithelia, brain ependymal cells), microvilli forming a brush border (small and large intestine, and kidney proximal tubule cells) or a flagellum (spermatozoa), suggesting a role for ITPKC either in the development or the function of these specialized cellular structures. Given this surprising expression, we then analyzed ITPKC function in multiciliated tracheal epithelial cells and sperm cells using our Itpkc knock-out mouse model. Unfortunately, no significant difference was observed between control and mutant mice for any of the parameters tested, leaving the exact in vivo function of this third Ins(1,4,5)P3 3-kinase still open.
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- Ariane Scoumanne
- Laboratoire de Génétique Fonctionnelle, GIGA-B34, Université de Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Fonctionnelle, GIGA-B34, Université de Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM), Université Libre de Bruxelles, rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM), Université Libre de Bruxelles, rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium; Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 8 rue Adrienne Bolland, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM), Campus Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, route de Lennik, 808, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Fonctionnelle, GIGA-B34, Université de Liège, avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
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Villarejo A, Molina-Ortiz P, Montenegro Y, Moreno-Bueno G, Morales S, Santos V, Gridley T, Pérez-Moreno MA, Peinado H, Portillo F, Calés C, Cano A. Loss of Snail2 favors skin tumor progression by promoting the recruitment of myeloid progenitors. Carcinogenesis 2015; 36:585-97. [PMID: 25784375 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgv021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Snail2 is a zinc finger transcription factor involved in driving epithelial to mesenchymal transitions. Snail2 null mice are viable, but display defects in melanogenesis, gametogenesis and hematopoiesis, and are markedly radiosensitive. Here, using mouse genetics, we have studied the contributions of Snail2 to epidermal homeostasis and skin carcinogenesis. Snail2 (-/-) mice presented a defective epidermal terminal differentiation and, unexpectedly, an increase in number, size and malignancy of tumor lesions when subjected to the two-stage mouse skin chemical carcinogenesis protocol, compared with controls. Additionally, tumor lesions from Snail2 (-/-) mice presented a high inflammatory component with an elevated percentage of myeloid precursors in tumor lesions that was further increased in the presence of the anti-inflammatory agent dexamethasone. In vitro studies in Snail2 null keratinocytes showed that loss of Snail2 leads to a decrease in proliferation indicating a non-cell autonomous role for Snail2 in the skin carcinogenic response observed in vivo. Bone marrow (BM) cross-reconstitution assays between Snail2 wild-type and null mice showed that Snail2 absence in the hematopoietic system fully reproduces the tumor behavior of the Snail2 null mice and triggers the accumulation of myeloid precursors in the BM, blood and tumor lesions. These results indicate a new role for Snail2 in preventing myeloid precursors recruitment impairing skin chemical carcinogenesis progression.
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- Ana Villarejo
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain, Fundación MD Anderson International Madrid, Madrid 28033, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME 04074, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Madrid 28029, Spain and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC-UAM; IdiPAZ, Madrid 28029, Spain,
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Schurmans S, Polizzi S, Scoumanne A, Sayyed S, Molina-Ortiz P. The Ras/Rap GTPase activating protein RASA3: from gene structure to in vivo functions. Adv Biol Regul 2014; 57:153-61. [PMID: 25294679 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2014.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 09/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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RASA3 (or GTPase Activating Protein III, R-Ras GTPase-activating protein, GAP1(IP4BP)) is a GTPase activating protein of the GAP1 subfamily which targets Ras and Rap1. RASA3 was originally purified from pig platelet membranes through its intrinsic ability to bind inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (I(1,3,4,5)P4) with high affinity, hence its first name GAP1(IP4BP) (for GAP1 subfamily member which binds I(1,3,4,5)P4). RASA3 was thus the first I(1,3,4,5)P4 receptor identified and cloned. The in vitro and in vivo functions of RASA3 remained somewhat elusive for a long time. However, recently, using genetically-modified mice and cells derived from these mice, the function of RASA3 during megakaryopoiesis, megakaryocyte adhesion and migration as well as integrin signaling has been reported. The goal of this review is thus to summarize and comment recent and less recent data in the literature on RASA3, in particular on the in vivo function of this specific GAP1 subfamily member.
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- Stéphane Schurmans
- Laboratoire de Génétique Fonctionnelle, GIGA-Signal Transduction, GIGA B34, Université de Liège, Avenue de l'Hôpital 1, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; Secteur de Biochimie Métabolique, Département des Sciences Fonctionnelles, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Liège, Boulevard de Colonster 20, 4000 Liège, Belgium; Welbio, Belgium.
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- Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM), Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM), Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Fonctionnelle, GIGA-Signal Transduction, GIGA B34, Université de Liège, Avenue de l'Hôpital 1, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; Welbio, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Fonctionnelle, GIGA-Signal Transduction, GIGA B34, Université de Liège, Avenue de l'Hôpital 1, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Fonctionnelle, GIGA-Signal Transduction, GIGA B34, Université de Liège, Avenue de l'Hôpital 1, B-4000 Liège, Belgium; Welbio, Belgium
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Molina-Ortiz P, Polizzi S, Ramery E, Gayral S, Delierneux C, Oury C, Iwashita S, Schurmans S. Rasa3 controls megakaryocyte Rap1 activation, integrin signaling and differentiation into proplatelet. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004420. [PMID: 24967784 PMCID: PMC4072513 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Rasa3 is a GTPase activating protein of the GAP1 family which targets Ras and Rap1. Ubiquitous Rasa3 catalytic inactivation in mouse results in early embryonic lethality. Here, we show that Rasa3 catalytic inactivation in mouse hematopoietic cells results in a lethal syndrome characterized by severe defects during megakaryopoiesis, thrombocytopenia and a predisposition to develop preleukemia. The main objective of this study was to define the cellular and the molecular mechanisms of terminal megakaryopoiesis alterations. We found that Rasa3 catalytic inactivation altered megakaryocyte development, adherence, migration, actin cytoskeleton organization and differentiation into proplatelet forming megakaryocytes. These megakaryocyte alterations were associated with an increased active Rap1 level and a constitutive integrin activation. Thus, these mice presented a severe thrombocytopenia, bleeding and anemia associated with an increased percentage of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow, bone marrow fibrosis, extramedular hematopoiesis, splenomegaly and premature death. Altogether, our results indicate that Rasa3 catalytic activity controls Rap1 activation and integrin signaling during megakaryocyte differentiation in mouse. Megakaryocytes are the bone marrow cellular precursors of circulating blood platelets and give rise to nascent platelets by forming branching filaments called proplatelets. Terminal differentiation of round megakaryocytes into branched proplatelet forming megakaryocytes is a complex cytoskeletal-driven process which is affected in rare human familial thrombocytopenias. Interactions of megakaryocytes with extracellular matrix proteins are essential in this process since constitutive megakaryocyte integrin activity caused by specific mutations in ITGA2B or ITGB3 genes encoding for extracellular matrix protein receptors may result in abnormal adherent megakaryocytes, defect in proplatelet formation and thrombocytopenia. Here, we show that Rasa3, a GTPase activating protein of the GAP1 family, controls Rap1 activation and integrin signaling during megakaryocyte differentiation. We found that Rasa3 catalytic inactivation in mice altered megakaryocyte development, adherence, migration, actin cytoskeleton organization and differentiation into proplatelet. Thus, these mice presented a severe thrombocytopenia, bleeding and anemia.
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- Patricia Molina-Ortiz
- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Research Centre, Université de Liège, Liège, and Welbio, Belgium
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- Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM), Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM), Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Clinique, Faculté de Médecine-vétérinaire, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM), Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM), Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, GIGA-Research Centre, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, GIGA-Research Centre, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences and Faculty of Pharmacy, Iwaki Meisei University, Iwaki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Functional Genetics, GIGA-Research Centre, Université de Liège, Liège, and Welbio, Belgium
- Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM), Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM), Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium
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Molina-Ortiz P, Villarejo A, MacPherson M, Santos V, Montes A, Souchelnytskyi S, Portillo F, Cano A. Characterization of the SNAG and SLUG domains of Snail2 in the repression of E-cadherin and EMT induction: modulation by serine 4 phosphorylation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36132. [PMID: 22567133 PMCID: PMC3342263 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Snail1 and Snail2, two highly related members of the Snail superfamily, are direct transcriptional repressors of E-cadherin and EMT inducers. Previous comparative gene profiling analyses have revealed important differences in the gene expression pattern regulated by Snail1 and Snail2, indicating functional differences between both factors. The molecular mechanism of Snail1-mediated repression has been elucidated to some extent, but very little is presently known on the repression mediated by Snail2. In the present work, we report on the characterization of Snail2 repression of E-cadherin and its regulation by phosphorylation. Both the N-terminal SNAG and the central SLUG domains of Snail2 are required for efficient repression of the E-cadherin promoter. The co-repressor NCoR interacts with Snail2 through the SNAG domain, while CtBP1 is recruited through the SLUG domain. Interestingly, the SNAG domain is absolutely required for EMT induction while the SLUG domain plays a negative modulation of Snail2 mediated EMT. Additionally, we identify here novel in vivo phosphorylation sites at serine 4 and serine 88 of Snail2 and demonstrate the functional implication of serine 4 in the regulation of Snail2-mediated repressor activity of E-cadherin and in Snail2 induction of EMT.
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- Patricia Molina-Ortiz
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Karolinska Biomics Center, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” CSIC-UAM, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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Li H, Sánchez-Torres J, del Carpio AF, Nogales-González A, Molina-Ortiz P, Moreno MJ, Török K, Villalobo A. The adaptor Grb7 is a novel calmodulin-binding protein: functional implications of the interaction of calmodulin with Grb7. Oncogene 2005; 24:4206-19. [PMID: 15806159 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
We demonstrate using Ca2+-dependent calmodulin (CaM)-affinity chromatography and overlay with biotinylated CaM that the adaptor proteins growth factor receptor bound (Grb)7 and Grb7V (a naturally occurring variant lacking the Src homology 2 (SH2) domain) are CaM-binding proteins. Deletion of an amphiphilic basic amino-acid sequence (residues 243-256) predicted to form an alpha-helix located in the proximal region of its pleckstrin homology (PH) domain demonstrates the location of the CaM-binding domain. This site is identical in human and rodents Grb7, and shares great homology with similar regions of Grb10 and Grb14, and the Mig10 protein from Caenorhabditis elegans. We show that Grb7 and Grb7V are present in the cytosol and bound to membranes, while the deletion mutants (Grb7Delta and Grb7VDelta) have less capacity to be associated to membranes. Grb7Delta maintains in part the capacity to bind phosphoinositides, and CaM competes for phosphoinositide binding. Activation of ErbB2 by heregulin beta1 decreases the pool of Grb7 associated to membranes. The cell-permeable CaM antagonist W7 (N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide), but not the CaM-dependent protein kinase II inhibitor KN93, prevents this effect. Highly specific cell-permeable CaM inhibitory peptides decrease the association of Grb7 to membranes. This suggests that CaM regulates the intracellular mobilization of Grb7 in living cells. Direct interaction between enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP)-Grb7 and enhanced cyan fluorescent protein (ECFP)-CaM chimeras at the plasma membrane of living cells was demonstrated by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). The FRET signal dramatically decreased in cells loaded with a cell-permeable Ca2+ chelator, and was significantly attenuated when enhanced yellow fluorescent protein-Grb7 chimera (EYFP-Grb7)Delta instead of EYFP-Grb7 was used. Finally, we show that conditioned media from cells transiently transfected with Grb7Delta and Grb7VDelta lost its angiogenic activity, in contrast to those from cells transiently transfected with their wild-type counterparts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hongbing Li
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/Arturo Duperier 4, Madrid E-28029, Spain
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