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Shmal D, Mantero G, Floss T, Benfenati F, Maya-Vetencourt JF. Restoring vision in adult amblyopia by enhancing plasticity through deletion of the transcriptional repressor REST. iScience 2024; 27:109507. [PMID: 38591011 PMCID: PMC11000024 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109507] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Visual cortical plasticity is high during early life, but gradually decreases with development. This is due to the Otx2-driven maturation of intracortical inhibition that parallels the condensation of extracellular matrix components into perineuronal nets mainly around parvalbumin-positive GABAergic neurons. Repressor Element 1 Silencing Transcription (REST) epigenetically controls the expression of a plethora of neuron-specific genes. We demonstrate that the conditional knockout of REST in the primary visual cortex of adult mice induces a shift of ocular dominance after short-term monocular deprivation and promotes the recovery of vision in long-term deprived animals after reverse suture. These phenomena paralleled a reduction of perineuronal net density and increased expression of REST target genes, but not of the homeoprotein Otx2 in the visual cortex contralateral to the deprived eye. This shows that REST regulates adult visual cortical plasticity and is a potential therapeutic target to restore vision in adult amblyopia by enhancing V1 plasticity.
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- Dmytro Shmal
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Vitale C, Natali G, Cerullo MS, Floss T, Michetti C, Grasselli G, Benfenati F. The homeostatic effects of the RE-1 silencing transcription factor on cortical networks are altered under ictogenic conditions in the mouse. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2024:e14146. [PMID: 38606882 DOI: 10.1111/apha.14146] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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AIM The Repressor Element-1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST) is an epigenetic master regulator playing a crucial role in the nervous system. In early developmental stages, REST downregulation promotes neuronal differentiation and the acquisition of the neuronal phenotype. In addition, postnatal fluctuations in REST expression contribute to shaping neuronal networks and maintaining network homeostasis. Here we investigate the role of the early postnatal deletion of neuronal REST in the assembly and strength of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connections. METHODS We investigated excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission by patch-clamp recordings in acute neocortical slices in a conditional knockout mouse model (RestGTi) in which Rest was deleted by delivering PHP.eB adeno-associated viruses encoding CRE recombinase under the control of the human synapsin I promoter in the lateral ventricles of P0-P1 pups. RESULTS We show that, under physiological conditions, Rest deletion increased the intrinsic excitability of principal cortical neurons in the primary visual cortex and the density and strength of excitatory synaptic connections impinging on them, without affecting inhibitory transmission. Conversely, in the presence of a pathological excitation/inhibition imbalance induced by pentylenetetrazol, Rest deletion prevented the increase in synaptic excitation and decreased seizure severity. CONCLUSION The data indicate that REST exerts distinct effects on the excitability of cortical circuits depending on whether it acts under physiological conditions or in the presence of pathologic network hyperexcitability. In the former case, REST preserves a correct excitatory/inhibitory balance in cortical circuits, while in the latter REST loses its homeostatic activity and may become pro-epileptogenic.
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- Carmela Vitale
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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Natali G, Michetti C, Krawczun-Rygmaczewska A, Floss T, Cesca F, Benfenati F. Conditional knockout of REST/NRSF in excitatory neurons reduces seizure susceptibility to chemical kindling. Front Cell Neurosci 2023; 17:1267609. [PMID: 38034589 PMCID: PMC10687554 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1267609] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
Abstract
The repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor/neuron-restrictive silencer factor (REST/NRSF) is an epigenetic master regulator that plays a crucial role during nervous system development and maturation. REST function was originally described during development, where it determines neuronal phenotype. However, recent studies showed that REST participates in several processes in the adult brain, including neuronal plasticity and epileptogenesis. In this regard, the relationships between REST and epilepsy are still controversial and need further investigation. As forebrain excitatory neurons are the common final pathway of seizure susceptibility, we investigated the role of REST in epilepsy by inducing REST conditional knockout (REST-cKO) specifically in excitatory neurons of the hippocampus. To target the excitatory neuronal population, we cloned the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIα minimal promoter upstream of Cre recombinase. After assessing the specificity of the promoter's expression, the transgenes were packaged in an engineered adeno-associated virus able to cross the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barriers and delivered in the lateral ventricles of 2-month-old RESTflox/flox mice to characterize, after 1 month, the cognitive phenotype and the seizure propensity. We show that REST-cKO mice display lower levels of anxiety in the light-dark test with respect to control mice but have unaltered motor, social, and cognitive profiles. The evaluation of the susceptibility to epileptic seizures showed that REST-cKO mice are more resistant to pentylenetetrazole-induced kindling but not to seizures induced by a single administration of the convulsant and show higher survival rates. Overall, these data suggest that the absence of REST in forebrain excitatory neurons decreases seizure susceptibility, pointing to a pro-epileptogenic role of the transcriptional repressor under conditions of pathological excitation/inhibition imbalance.
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- Giulia Natali
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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Buffolo F, Petrosino V, Albini M, Moschetta M, Carlini F, Floss T, Kerlero de Rosbo N, Cesca F, Rocchi A, Uccelli A, Benfenati F. Correction: Neuroinflammation induces synaptic scaling through IL-1β-mediated activation of the transcriptional repressor REST/NRSF. Cell Death Dis 2023; 14:310. [PMID: 37156771 PMCID: PMC10167359 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-023-05805-0] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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- Federica Buffolo
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Largo P. Daneo, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Largo P. Daneo, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Largo P. Daneo, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, 34127, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Largo P. Daneo, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy.
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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Centonze E, Marte A, Albini M, Rocchi A, Cesca F, Chiacchiaretta M, Floss T, Baldelli P, Ferroni S, Benfenati F, Valente P. Neuron-restrictive silencer factor/repressor element 1-silencing transcription factor (NRSF/REST) controls spatial K + buffering in primary cortical astrocytes. J Neurochem 2023; 165:701-721. [PMID: 36636908 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15755] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Neuron-restrictive silencer factor/repressor element 1 (RE1)-silencing transcription factor (NRSF/REST) is a transcriptional repressor of a large cluster of neural genes containing RE1 motifs in their promoter region. NRSF/REST is ubiquitously expressed in non-neuronal cells, including astrocytes, while it is down-regulated during neuronal differentiation. While neuronal NRSF/REST homeostatically regulates intrinsic excitability and synaptic transmission, the role of the high NRSF/REST expression levels in the homeostatic functions of astrocytes is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the functional consequences of NRSF/REST deletion in primary cortical astrocytes derived from NRSF/REST conditional knockout mice (KO). We found that NRSF/REST KO astrocyte displayed a markedly reduced activity of inward rectifying K+ channels subtype 4.1 (Kir4.1) underlying spatial K+ buffering that was associated with a decreased expression and activity of the glutamate transporter-1 (GLT-1) responsible for glutamate uptake by astrocytes. The effects of the impaired astrocyte homeostatic functions on neuronal activity were investigated by co-culturing wild-type hippocampal neurons with NRSF/REST KO astrocytes. Interestingly, neurons experienced increased neuronal excitability at high firing rates associated with decrease after hyperpolarization and increased amplitude of excitatory postsynaptic currents. The data indicate that astrocytic NRSF/REST directly participates in neural circuit homeostasis by regulating intrinsic excitability and excitatory transmission and that dysfunctions of NRSF/REST expression in astrocytes may contribute to the pathogenesis of neurological disorders.
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- Eleonora Centonze
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Physiology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Physiology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.,IRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Physiology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,IRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Physiology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.,IRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.,IRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Physiology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.,IRCSS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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Rocchi A, Carminati E, De Fusco A, Kowalska JA, Floss T, Benfenati F. REST/NRSF deficiency impairs autophagy and leads to cellular senescence in neurons. Aging Cell 2021; 20:e13471. [PMID: 34520100 PMCID: PMC8520714 DOI: 10.1111/acel.13471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
During aging, brain performances decline. Cellular senescence is one of the aging drivers and a key feature of a variety of human age‐related disorders. The transcriptional repressor RE1‐silencing transcription factor (REST) has been associated with aging and higher risk of neurodegenerative disorders. However, how REST contributes to the senescence program and functional impairment remains largely unknown. Here, we report that REST is essential to prevent the senescence phenotype in primary mouse neurons. REST deficiency causes failure of autophagy and loss of proteostasis, increased oxidative stress, and higher rate of cell death. Re‐establishment of autophagy reverses the main hallmarks of senescence. Our data indicate that REST has a protective role in physiological aging by regulating the autophagic flux and the senescence program in neurons, with implications for neurological disorders associated with aging.
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- Anna Rocchi
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Genova Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino Genova Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Genova Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine University of Genova Genova Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Genova Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino Genova Italy
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Neuherberg Germany
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Genova Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino Genova Italy
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Buffolo F, Petrosino V, Albini M, Moschetta M, Carlini F, Floss T, Kerlero de Rosbo N, Cesca F, Rocchi A, Uccelli A, Benfenati F. Neuroinflammation induces synaptic scaling through IL-1β-mediated activation of the transcriptional repressor REST/NRSF. Cell Death Dis 2021; 12:180. [PMID: 33589593 PMCID: PMC7884694 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-021-03465-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Neuroinflammation is associated with synapse dysfunction and cognitive decline in patients and animal models. One candidate for translating the inflammatory stress into structural and functional changes in neural networks is the transcriptional repressor RE1-silencing transcription factor (REST) that regulates the expression of a wide cluster of neuron-specific genes during neurogenesis and in mature neurons. To study the cellular and molecular pathways activated under inflammatory conditions mimicking the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) environment, we analyzed REST activity in neuroblastoma cells and mouse cortical neurons treated with activated T cell or microglia supernatant and distinct pro-inflammatory cytokines. We found that REST is activated by a variety of neuroinflammatory stimuli in both neuroblastoma cells and primary neurons, indicating that a vast transcriptional change is triggered during neuroinflammation. While a dual activation of REST and its dominant-negative splicing isoform REST4 was observed in N2a neuroblastoma cells, primary neurons responded with a pure full-length REST upregulation in the absence of changes in REST4 expression. In both cases, REST upregulation was associated with activation of Wnt signaling and increased nuclear translocation of β-catenin, a well-known intracellular transduction pathway in neuroinflammation. Among single cytokines, IL-1β caused a potent and prompt increase in REST transcription and translation in neurons, which promoted a delayed and strong synaptic downscaling specific for excitatory synapses, with decreased frequency and amplitude of spontaneous synaptic currents, decreased density of excitatory synaptic connections, and decreased frequency of action potential-evoked Ca2+ transients. Most important, the IL-1β effects on excitatory transmission were strictly REST dependent, as conditional deletion of REST completely occluded the effects of IL-1β activation on synaptic transmission and network excitability. Our results demonstrate that REST upregulation represents a new pathogenic mechanism for the synaptic dysfunctions observed under neuroinflammatory conditions and identify the REST pathway as therapeutic target for EAE and, potentially, for multiple sclerosis.
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- Federica Buffolo
- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Largo P. Daneo, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Largo P. Daneo, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Largo P. Daneo, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, 34127, Italy
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genova, Largo P. Daneo, 3, 16132, Genova, Italy.
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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- Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
- IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy.
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Vogt MA, Ehsaei Z, Knuckles P, Higginbottom A, Helmbrecht MS, Kunath T, Eggan K, Williams LA, Shaw PJ, Wurst W, Floss T, Huber AB, Taylor V. TDP-43 induces p53-mediated cell death of cortical progenitors and immature neurons. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8097. [PMID: 29802307 PMCID: PMC5970242 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26397-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a key player in neurodegenerative diseases including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Accumulation of TDP-43 is associated with neuronal death in the brain. How increased and disease-causing mutant forms of TDP-43 induce cell death remains unclear. Here we addressed the role of TDP-43 during neural development and show that reduced TDP-43 causes defects in neural stem/progenitor cell proliferation but not cell death. However, overexpression of wild type and TDP-43A315T proteins induce p53-dependent apoptosis of neural stem/progenitors and human induced pluripotent cell (iPS)-derived immature cortical neurons. We show that TDP-43 induces expression of the proapoptotic BH3-only genes Bbc3 and Bax, and that p53 inhibition rescues TDP-43 induced cell death of embryonic mouse, and human cortical neurons, including those derived from TDP-43G298S ALS patient iPS cells. Hence, an increase in wild type and mutant TDP-43 induces p53-dependent cell death in neural progenitors developing neurons and this can be rescued. These findings may have important implications for accumulated or mutant TDP-43 induced neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Miriam A Vogt
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 28, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.,Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 17, 81377, München, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 28, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, 385A Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK
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- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh, EH16 4UU, UK
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- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, 385A Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.,ETH Zurich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Mattenstrasse 28, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.
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Vartholomaiou E, Madon-Simon M, Hagmann S, Mühlebach G, Wurst W, Floss T, Picard D. Cytosolic Hsp90α and its mitochondrial isoform Trap1 are differentially required in a breast cancer model. Oncotarget 2017; 8:17428-17442. [PMID: 28407697 PMCID: PMC5392260 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The Hsp90 family of molecular chaperones includes the cytosolic isoforms Hsp90a and Hsp90β and the mitochondrial isoform Trap1. Hsp90a/βsupport a large number of client proteins in the cytoplasm and the nucleus whereas Trap1 regulates oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. Many of the associated proteins and cellular processes are relevant to cancer, and there is ample pharmacological and genetic evidence to support the idea that Hsp90a/βand Trap1 are required for tumorigenesis. However, a direct and comparative genetic test in a mouse cancer model has not been done. Here we report the effects of deleting the Hsp90a or Trap1 genes in a mouse model of breast cancer. Neither Hsp90a nor Trap1 are absolutely required for mammary tumor initiation, growth and metastasis induced by the polyoma middle T-antigen as oncogene. However, they do modulate growth and lung metastasis in vivo and cell proliferation, migration and invasion of isolated primary carcinoma cells in vitro. Without Hsp90a, tumor burden and metastasis are reduced, correlating with impaired proliferation, migration and invasion of cells in culture. Without Trap1, the appearance of tumors is initially delayed, and isolated cells are affected similarly to those without Hsp90a. Analysis of expression data of human breast cancers supports the conclusion that this is a valid mouse model highlighting the importance of these molecular chaperones.
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- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, Sciences III, Genève, Switzerland
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- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, Sciences III, Genève, Switzerland
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- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, Sciences III, Genève, Switzerland
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Neuherberg, Germany.,Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V., München, Germany.,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, München, Germany.,Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, Sciences III, Genève, Switzerland
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Zhang D, Wu B, Wang P, Wang Y, Lu P, Nechiporuk T, Floss T, Greally JM, Zheng D, Zhou B. Non-CpG methylation by DNMT3B facilitates REST binding and gene silencing in developing mouse hearts. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:3102-3115. [PMID: 27956497 PMCID: PMC5389556 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 08/06/2016] [Revised: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The dynamic interaction of DNA methylation and transcription factor binding in regulating spatiotemporal gene expression is essential for embryogenesis, but the underlying mechanisms remain understudied. In this study, using mouse models and integration of in vitro and in vivo genetic and epigenetic analyses, we show that the binding of REST (repressor element 1 (RE1) silencing transcription factor; also known as NRSF) to its cognate RE1 sequences is temporally regulated by non-CpG methylation. This process is dependent on DNA methyltransferase 3B (DNMT3B) and leads to suppression of adult cardiac genes in developing hearts. We demonstrate that DNMT3B preferentially mediates non-CpG methylation of REST-targeted genes in the developing heart. Downregulation of DNMT3B results in decreased non-CpG methylation of RE1 sequences, reduced REST occupancy, and consequently release of the transcription suppression during later cardiac development. Together, these findings reveal a critical gene silencing mechanism in developing mammalian hearts that is regulated by the dynamic interaction of DNMT3B-mediated non-CpG methylation and REST binding.
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- Donghong Zhang
- Departments of Genetics, Pediatrics, and Medicine (Cardiology), Wilf Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Departments of Genetics, Pediatrics, and Medicine (Cardiology), Wilf Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Departments of Genetics, Pediatrics, and Medicine (Cardiology), Wilf Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Departments of Genetics, Pediatrics, and Medicine (Cardiology), Wilf Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Departments of Genetics, Medicine (Hematology), and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Departments of Genetics, Neurology, and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Departments of Genetics, Pediatrics, and Medicine (Cardiology), Wilf Cardiovascular Research Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Wittmann A, Grimm MOW, Scherthan H, Horsch M, Beckers J, Fuchs H, Gailus-Durner V, Hrabě de Angelis M, Ford SJ, Burton NC, Razansky D, Trümbach D, Aichler M, Walch AK, Calzada-Wack J, Neff F, Wurst W, Hartmann T, Floss T. Sphingomyelin Synthase 1 Is Essential for Male Fertility in Mice. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164298. [PMID: 27788151 PMCID: PMC5082796 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Sphingolipids and the derived gangliosides have critical functions in spermatogenesis, thus mutations in genes involved in sphingolipid biogenesis are often associated with male infertility. We have generated a transgenic mouse line carrying an insertion in the sphingomyelin synthase gene Sms1, the enzyme which generates sphingomyelin species in the Golgi apparatus. We describe the spermatogenesis defect of Sms1-/- mice, which is characterized by sloughing of spermatocytes and spermatids, causing progressive infertility of male homozygotes. Lipid profiling revealed a reduction in several long chain unsaturated phosphatidylcholins, lysophosphatidylcholins and sphingolipids in the testes of mutants. Multi-Spectral Optoacoustic Tomography indicated blood-testis barrier dysfunction. A supplementary diet of the essential omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid diminished germ cell sloughing from the seminiferous epithelium and restored spermatogenesis and fertility in 50% of previously infertile mutants. Our findings indicate that SMS1 has a wider than anticipated role in testis polyunsaturated fatty acid homeostasis and for male fertility.
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- Anke Wittmann
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Saarland University, Experimentelle Neurologie, 66424 Homburg/Saar; Germany
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- Institut für Radiobiologie der Bundeswehr in Verb. mit der Univ. Ulm, 80937 Munich, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Technische Universität München, Co Helmholtz-Zentrum München
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Technische Universität München, Co Helmholtz-Zentrum München
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Pathology, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Pathology, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Technische Universität München, Co Helmholtz-Zentrum München
- Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. (DZNE), Site Munich, Schillerstrasse 44, 80336 München, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr. 2–10, 80804 München, Germany
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- Saarland University, Experimentelle Neurologie, 66424 Homburg/Saar; Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Technische Universität München, Co Helmholtz-Zentrum München
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Sudarski S, Floss T, Gaa T, Attenberger U, Haubenreisser H, Schönberg S, Henzler T. Reproduzierbarkeit von quantitativen dynamischen Volumen-Perfusions-CT-Messungen in Datensätzen von Patienten mit Rektumkarzinom. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1581230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nechiporuk T, McGann J, Mullendorff K, Hsieh J, Wurst W, Floss T, Mandel G. The REST remodeling complex protects genomic integrity during embryonic neurogenesis. eLife 2016; 5:e09584. [PMID: 26745185 PMCID: PMC4728133 DOI: 10.7554/elife.09584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [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: 06/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The timely transition from neural progenitor to post-mitotic neuron requires down-regulation and loss of the neuronal transcriptional repressor, REST. Here, we have used mice containing a gene trap in the Rest gene, eliminating transcription from all coding exons, to remove REST prematurely from neural progenitors. We find that catastrophic DNA damage occurs during S-phase of the cell cycle, with long-term consequences including abnormal chromosome separation, apoptosis, and smaller brains. Persistent effects are evident by latent appearance of proneural glioblastoma in adult mice deleted additionally for the tumor suppressor p53 protein (p53). A previous line of mice deleted for REST in progenitors by conventional gene targeting does not exhibit these phenotypes, likely due to a remaining C-terminal peptide that still binds chromatin and recruits co-repressors. Our results suggest that REST-mediated chromatin remodeling is required in neural progenitors for proper S-phase dynamics, as part of its well-established role in repressing neuronal genes until terminal differentiation. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09584.001 In the brain, cells called neurons connect to each other to form complex networks through which information is rapidly processed. These cells start to form in the developing brains of animal embryos when “neural” stem cells divide in a process called neurogenesis. For this process to proceed normally, particular genes in the stem cells have to be switched on or off at different times. This ensures that the protein products of the genes are only made when they are needed. Proteins called transcription factors can bind to DNA to activate or inactivate particular genes; for example, a transcription factor called REST inactivates thousands of genes that are needed by neurons. During neurogenesis, the production of REST normally declines, and some studies have shown that if the production of this protein is artificially increased, the formation of neurons is delayed. However, other studies suggest that REST may not play a major role in neurogenesis. Here, Nechiporuk et al. re-examine the role of REST in mice. The experiments used genetically modified mice in which the gene that encodes REST was prematurely switched off in neural stem cells. Compared with normal mice, these mutant mice had much smaller brains that contained fewer neurons because the stem cells stopped dividing earlier than normal. Unexpectedly, many genes that are normally switched off by REST, were not significantly changed, while genes that are not normally regulated by REST – such as the gene that encodes a protein called p53 – were active. It is known from previous work that p53 is expressed when cells are exposed to harmful conditions that can damage DNA. This helps to prevent cells from becoming cancerous. Nechiporuk et al. found that cells that lacked REST had higher levels of DNA damage than normal cells due to errors during the process of copying DNA before a cell divides. Furthermore, when both REST and p53 were absent, the neural stem cells became cancerous and formed tumors in the mice. Nechiporuk et al.’s findings suggest that REST protects the DNA of genes that are needed for neurons to form and work properly. The new challenge is to understand where in the genome the damage is occurring. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09584.002
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- Tamilla Nechiporuk
- Vollum Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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- Vollum Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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- Vollum Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States.,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.,Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Vollum Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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Tischner C, Hofer A, Wulff V, Stepek J, Dumitru I, Becker L, Haack T, Kremer L, Datta AN, Sperl W, Floss T, Wurst W, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers Z, De Angelis MH, Klopstock T, Prokisch H, Wenz T. MTO1 mediates tissue specificity of OXPHOS defects via tRNA modification and translation optimization, which can be bypassed by dietary intervention. Hum Mol Genet 2015; 24:2247-66. [PMID: 25552653 PMCID: PMC4380071 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Mitochondrial diseases often exhibit tissue-specific pathologies, but this phenomenon is poorly understood. Here we present regulation of mitochondrial translation by the Mitochondrial Translation Optimization Factor 1, MTO1, as a novel player in this scenario. We demonstrate that MTO1 mediates tRNA modification and controls mitochondrial translation rate in a highly tissue-specific manner associated with tissue-specific OXPHOS defects. Activation of mitochondrial proteases, aberrant translation products, as well as defects in OXPHOS complex assembly observed in MTO1 deficient mice further imply that MTO1 impacts translation fidelity. In our mouse model, MTO1-related OXPHOS deficiency can be bypassed by feeding a ketogenic diet. This therapeutic intervention is independent of the MTO1-mediated tRNA modification and involves balancing of mitochondrial and cellular secondary stress responses. Our results thereby establish mammalian MTO1 as a novel factor in the tissue-specific regulation of OXPHOS and fine tuning of mitochondrial translation accuracy.
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- Christin Tischner
- Institute for Genetics and Cluster of Excellence: Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47A, Cologne 50674, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics and Cluster of Excellence: Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47A, Cologne 50674, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics and Cluster of Excellence: Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47A, Cologne 50674, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics and Cluster of Excellence: Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47A, Cologne 50674, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics and Cluster of Excellence: Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47A, Cologne 50674, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich 80336, Germany, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics
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- Institute of Human Genetics, German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Germany
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- Division of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Medicine, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), University of Basel, Basel 4031, Switzerland
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- German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Germany, Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health (GmbH), Neuherberg 85764, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health (GmbH), Neuherberg 85764, Germany, Technical University Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85764, Germany, DZNE-German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich 80804, Germany, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Munich, Germany
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- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, The Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Munich, Germany, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universitat München, Freising 85350, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg 85764, Germany and Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan 85354, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich 80336, Germany, German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Germany, DZNE-German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany, German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health (GmbH), Neuherberg 85764, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics and Cluster of Excellence: Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47A, Cologne 50674, Germany, German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Germany,
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Washkowitz AJ, Schall C, Zhang K, Wurst W, Floss T, Mager J, Papaioannou VE. Mga is essential for the survival of pluripotent cells during peri-implantation development. Development 2015; 142:31-40. [PMID: 25516968 DOI: 10.1242/dev.111104] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
The maintenance and control of pluripotency is of great interest in stem cell biology. The dual specificity T-box/basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper transcription factor Mga is expressed in the pluripotent cells of the inner cell mass (ICM) and epiblast of the peri-implantation mouse embryo, but its function has not been investigated previously. Here, we use a loss-of-function allele and RNA knockdown to demonstrate that Mga depletion leads to the death of proliferating pluripotent ICM cells in vivo and in vitro, and the death of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in vitro. Additionally, quiescent pluripotent cells lacking Mga are lost during embryonic diapause. Expression of Odc1, the rate-limiting enzyme in the conversion of ornithine into putrescine in the synthesis of polyamines, is reduced in Mga mutant cells, and the survival of mutant ICM cells as well as ESCs is rescued in culture by the addition of exogenous putrescine. These results suggest a mechanism whereby Mga influences pluripotent cell survival through regulation of the polyamine pool in pluripotent cells of the embryo, whether they are in a proliferative or quiescent state.
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- Andrew J Washkowitz
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Technical University of München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE), Standort München, and Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80336 München, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Technical University of München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Becker L, Kling E, Schiller E, Zeh R, Schrewe A, Hölter SM, Mossbrugger I, Calzada-Wack J, Strecker V, Wittig I, Dumitru I, Wenz T, Bender A, Aichler M, Janik D, Neff F, Walch A, Quintanilla-Fend L, Floss T, Bekeredjian R, Gailus-Durner V, Fuchs H, Wurst W, Meitinger T, Prokisch H, de Angelis MH, Klopstock T. MTO1-deficient mouse model mirrors the human phenotype showing complex I defect and cardiomyopathy. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114918. [PMID: 25506927 PMCID: PMC4266617 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 11/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Recently, mutations in the mitochondrial translation optimization factor 1 gene (MTO1) were identified as causative in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, lactic acidosis and respiratory chain defect. Here, we describe an MTO1-deficient mouse model generated by gene trap mutagenesis that mirrors the human phenotype remarkably well. As in patients, the most prominent signs and symptoms were cardiovascular and included bradycardia and cardiomyopathy. In addition, the mutant mice showed a marked worsening of arrhythmias during induction and reversal of anaesthesia. The detailed morphological and biochemical workup of murine hearts indicated that the myocardial damage was due to complex I deficiency and mitochondrial dysfunction. In contrast, neurological examination was largely normal in Mto1-deficient mice. A translational consequence of this mouse model may be to caution against anaesthesia-related cardiac arrhythmias which may be fatal in patients.
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- Lore Becker
- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Functional Proteomics, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Functional Proteomics, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology – Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology – Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Technical University Munich, Chair of Developmental Genetics, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Herz-Kreislauferkrankungen (DZHK), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
- German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Munich, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Munich, Germany
- Chair of Experimental Genetics, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Munich, Germany
- German Network for Mitochondrial Disorders (mitoNET), Munich, Germany
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Nehls J, Koppensteiner H, Brack-Werner R, Floss T, Schindler M. HIV-1 replication in human immune cells is independent of TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) expression. PLoS One 2014; 9:e105478. [PMID: 25127017 PMCID: PMC4134290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43) was originally identified as a host cell factor binding to the HIV-1 LTR and thereby suppressing HIV-1 transcription and gene expression (Ou et al., J.Virol. 1995, 69(6):3584). TDP-43 is a global regulator of transcription, can influence RNA metabolism in many different ways and is ubiquitously expressed. Thus, TDP-43 could be a major factor restricting HIV-1 replication at the level of LTR transcription and gene expression. These facts prompted us to revisit the role of TDP-43 for HIV-1 replication. We utilized established HIV-1 cell culture systems as well as primary cell models and performed a comprehensive analysis of TDP-43 function and investigated its putative impact on HIV-1 gene expression. In HIV-1 infected cells TDP-43 was neither degraded nor sequestered from the nucleus. Furthermore, TDP-43 overexpression as well as siRNA mediated knockdown did not affect HIV-1 gene expression and virus production in T cells and macrophages. In summary, our experiments argue against a restricting role of TDP-43 during HIV-1 replication in immune cells.
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- Julia Nehls
- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases, University Clinic Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Floss T. Reply to Jawaid et al.: mitochondrial dysfunction and decrease in body weight of transgenic knock-in mouse model for TDP-43: the question of glucose? J Biol Chem 2014; 289:18594. [PMID: 25215360 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.l114.579193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dykes IM, van Bueren KL, Ashmore RJ, Floss T, Wurst W, Szumska D, Bhattacharya S, Scambler PJ. HIC2 is a novel dosage-dependent regulator of cardiac development located within the distal 22q11 deletion syndrome region. Circ Res 2014; 115:23-31. [PMID: 24748541 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.115.303300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
RATIONALE 22q11 deletion syndrome arises from recombination between low-copy repeats on chromosome 22. Typical deletions result in hemizygosity for TBX1 associated with congenital cardiovascular disease. Deletions distal to the typically deleted region result in a similar cardiac phenotype but lack in extracardiac features of the syndrome, suggesting that a second haploinsufficient gene maps to this interval. OBJECTIVE The transcription factor HIC2 is lost in most distal deletions, as well as in a minority of typical deletions. We used mouse models to test the hypothesis that HIC2 hemizygosity causes congenital heart disease. METHODS AND RESULTS We created a genetrap mouse allele of Hic2. The genetrap reporter was expressed in the heart throughout the key stages of cardiac morphogenesis. Homozygosity for the genetrap allele was embryonic lethal before embryonic day E10.5, whereas the heterozygous condition exhibited a partially penetrant late lethality. One third of heterozygous embryos had a cardiac phenotype. MRI demonstrated a ventricular septal defect with over-riding aorta. Conditional targeting indicated a requirement for Hic2 within the Nkx2.5+ and Mesp1+ cardiovascular progenitor lineages. Microarray analysis revealed increased expression of Bmp10. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate a novel role for Hic2 in cardiac development. Hic2 is the first gene within the distal 22q11 interval to have a demonstrated haploinsufficient cardiac phenotype in mice. Together our data suggest that HIC2 haploinsufficiency likely contributes to the cardiac defects seen in distal 22q11 deletion syndrome.
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- Iain M Dykes
- From the Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (I.M.D., K.L.v.B., R.J.A., P.J.S.); Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.) and Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Munich, Germany (W.W.); Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (W.W.); and Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (D.S., S.B.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (I.M.D.), University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (I.M.D., K.L.v.B., R.J.A., P.J.S.); Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.) and Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Munich, Germany (W.W.); Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (W.W.); and Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (D.S., S.B.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (I.M.D.), University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (I.M.D., K.L.v.B., R.J.A., P.J.S.); Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.) and Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Munich, Germany (W.W.); Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (W.W.); and Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (D.S., S.B.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (I.M.D.), University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (I.M.D., K.L.v.B., R.J.A., P.J.S.); Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.) and Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Munich, Germany (W.W.); Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (W.W.); and Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (D.S., S.B.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (I.M.D.), University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (I.M.D., K.L.v.B., R.J.A., P.J.S.); Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.) and Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Munich, Germany (W.W.); Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (W.W.); and Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (D.S., S.B.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (I.M.D.), University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (I.M.D., K.L.v.B., R.J.A., P.J.S.); Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.) and Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Munich, Germany (W.W.); Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (W.W.); and Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (D.S., S.B.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (I.M.D.), University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (I.M.D., K.L.v.B., R.J.A., P.J.S.); Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.) and Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Munich, Germany (W.W.); Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (W.W.); and Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (D.S., S.B.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (I.M.D.), University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- From the Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (I.M.D., K.L.v.B., R.J.A., P.J.S.); Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.) and Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Institute of Developmental Genetics (T.F., W.W.), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Munich, Germany (W.W.); Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf Butenandt Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (W.W.); and Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (D.S., S.B.) and Cardiovascular Medicine (I.M.D.), University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Stribl C, Samara A, Trümbach D, Peis R, Neumann M, Fuchs H, Gailus-Durner V, Hrabě de Angelis M, Rathkolb B, Wolf E, Beckers J, Horsch M, Neff F, Kremmer E, Koob S, Reichert AS, Hans W, Rozman J, Klingenspor M, Aichler M, Walch AK, Becker L, Klopstock T, Glasl L, Hölter SM, Wurst W, Floss T. Mitochondrial dysfunction and decrease in body weight of a transgenic knock-in mouse model for TDP-43. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:10769-10784. [PMID: 24515116 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.515940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The majority of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases as well as many patients suffering from frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD) with ubiquitinated inclusion bodies show TDP-43 pathology, the protein encoded by the TAR DNA-binding protein (Tardbp) gene. We used recombinase-mediated cassette exchange to introduce an ALS patient cDNA into the mouse Tdp-43 locus. Expression levels of human A315T TDP-43 protein were 300% elevated in heterozygotes, whereas the endogenous mouse Tdp-43 was decreased to 20% of wild type levels as a result of disturbed feedback regulation. Heterozygous TDP-43(A315TKi) mutants lost 10% of their body weight and developed insoluble TDP-43 protein starting as early as 3 months after birth, a pathology that was exacerbated with age. We analyzed the splicing patterns of known Tdp-43 target genes as well as genome-wide gene expression levels in different tissues that indicated mitochondrial dysfunction. In heterozygous mutant animals, we observed a relative decrease in expression of Parkin (Park2) and the fatty acid transporter CD36 along with an increase in fatty acids, HDL cholesterol, and glucose in the blood. As seen in transmission electron microscopy, neuronal cells in motor cortices of TDP-43(A315TKi) animals had abnormal neuronal mitochondrial cristae formation. Motor neurons were reduced to 90%, but only slight motoric impairment was detected. The observed phenotype was interpreted as a predisease model, which might be valuable for the identification of further environmental or genetic triggers of neurodegeneration.
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- Carola Stribl
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Ziemssenstrasse 1a, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institut für Molekulare Immunologie (IMI), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Mitochondrial Biology, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Mitochondriale Biologie, Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Mitochondrial Biology, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Mitochondriale Biologie, Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Mitochondriale Biologie, Zentrum für Molekulare Medizin, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Else Kröner Fresenius Center and ZIEL Research Center for Nutrition and Food Science, Technische Universität München, Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 2, 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Else Kröner Fresenius Center and ZIEL Research Center for Nutrition and Food Science, Technische Universität München, Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 2, 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Else Kröner Fresenius Center and ZIEL Research Center for Nutrition and Food Science, Technische Universität München, Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 2, 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, German Mouse Clinic, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Ziemssenstrasse 1a, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Ziemssenstrasse 1a, 80336 Munich, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE), Site Munich, Schillerstrasse 44, D-80336 Munich, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE), Site Munich, Schillerstrasse 44, D-80336 Munich, Germany; Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804 München, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität München, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Pihlajamäki J, Lerin C, Kaminska D, Venesmaa S, Itkonen P, Boes T, Floss T, Schroeder J, Dearie F, Crunkhorn S, Burak F, Jimenez-Chillaron JC, Kuulasmaa T, Miettinen P, Park PJ, Nasser I, Zhao Z, Zhang Z, Xu Y, Wurst W, Ren H, Morris AJ, Stamm S, Goldfine AB, Laakso M, Patti ME. Response to Brosch et al. Cell Metab 2012; 15:267-269. [PMID: 25960695 PMCID: PMC4425348 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
We would like to respond to Brosch et al. regarding our manuscript "Expression of the Splicing Factor Gene SFRS10 Is Reduced in Human Obesity and Contributes to Enhanced Lipogenesis" (Pihlajamäki et al., 2011b). Brosch performed RT-PCR in liver samples from 13 lean and 34 obese individuals, finding no differences in SFRS10 or LPIN1 expression. We wish to address points raised by Brosch, including experimental strategy and analysis of human SFRS10 expression.
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- Jussi Pihlajamäki
- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland,
Kuopio 70211, Finland
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern
Finland, Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Diabetes and Obesity Laboratory, IDIBAPS-CIBERDEM, 08036
Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern
Finland, Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland,
Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland,
Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische
Universität München, Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik,
Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland,
Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, University of Eastern Finland,
Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana
University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana
University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische
Universität München, Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik,
Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
- MPI für Psychiatrie, Kraepelinstrasse 2-10, 80804
München, and Technical University Weihenstephan, Lehrstuhl für
Entwicklungsgenetik, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, and DZNE-site Munich, c/o
Adolf Butenandt Institute, LMU, Schillerstrasse 44, 80336 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland,
Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Walser SM, Dedic N, Touma C, Floss T, Wurst W, Holsboer F, Deussing JM. TMEM132D – a putative cell adhesion molecule involved in panic disorder. Pharmacopsychiatry 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1292558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Pihlajamäki J, Lerin C, Itkonen P, Boes T, Floss T, Schroeder J, Dearie F, Crunkhorn S, Burak F, Jimenez-Chillaron JC, Kuulasmaa T, Miettinen P, Park PJ, Nasser I, Zhao Z, Zhang Z, Xu Y, Wurst W, Ren H, Morris AJ, Stamm S, Goldfine AB, Laakso M, Patti ME. Expression of the splicing factor gene SFRS10 is reduced in human obesity and contributes to enhanced lipogenesis. Cell Metab 2011; 14:208-18. [PMID: 21803291 PMCID: PMC3167228 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Revised: 11/24/2010] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Alternative mRNA splicing provides transcript diversity and may contribute to human disease. We demonstrate that expression of several genes regulating RNA processing is decreased in both liver and skeletal muscle of obese humans. We evaluated a representative splicing factor, SFRS10, downregulated in both obese human liver and muscle and in high-fat-fed mice, and determined metabolic impact of reduced expression. SFRS10-specific siRNA induces lipogenesis and lipid accumulation in hepatocytes. Moreover, Sfrs10 heterozygous mice have increased hepatic lipogenic gene expression, VLDL secretion, and plasma triglycerides. We demonstrate that LPIN1, a key regulator of lipid metabolism, is a splicing target of SFRS10; reduced SFRS10 favors the lipogenic β isoform of LPIN1. Importantly, LPIN1β-specific siRNA abolished lipogenic effects of decreased SFRS10 expression. Together, our results indicate that reduced expression of SFRS10, as observed in tissues from obese humans, alters LPIN1 splicing, induces lipogenesis, and therefore contributes to metabolic phenotypes associated with obesity.
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- Jussi Pihlajamäki
- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Schnütgen F, Ehrmann F, Poser I, Hubner NC, Hansen J, Floss T, deVries I, Wurst W, Hyman A, Mann M, von Melchner H. Resources for proteomics in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nat Methods 2011; 8:103-4. [PMID: 21278719 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth0211-103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cox BJ, Vollmer M, Tamplin O, Lu M, Biechele S, Gertsenstein M, van Campenhout C, Floss T, Kühn R, Wurst W, Lickert H, Rossant J. Phenotypic annotation of the mouse X chromosome. Genome Res 2010; 20:1154-64. [PMID: 20548051 DOI: 10.1101/gr.105106.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mutational screens are an effective means used in the functional annotation of a genome. We present a method for a mutational screen of the mouse X chromosome using gene trap technologies. This method has the potential to screen all of the genes on the X chromosome without establishing mutant animals, as all gene-trapped embryonic stem (ES) cell lines are hemizygous null for mutations on the X chromosome. Based on this method, embryonic morphological phenotypes and expression patterns for 58 genes were assessed, approximately 10% of all human and mouse syntenic genes on the X chromosome. Of these, 17 are novel embryonic lethal mutations and nine are mutant mouse models of genes associated with genetic disease in humans, including BCOR and PORCN. The rate of lethal mutations is similar to previous mutagenic screens of the autosomes. Interestingly, some genes associated with X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) in humans show lethal phenotypes in mice, suggesting that null mutations cannot be responsible for all cases of XLMR. The entire data set is available via the publicly accessible website (http://xlinkedgenes.ibme.utoronto.ca/).
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- Brian J Cox
- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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Soehn AS, Pham TT, Schaeferhoff K, Floss T, Weisenhorn DMV, Wurst W, Bonin M, Riess O. Periphilin is strongly expressed in the murine nervous system and is indispensable for murine development. Genesis 2010; 47:697-707. [PMID: 19621438 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 01/11/2023]
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Periphilin is involved in multiple processes in vivo. To explore its physiological role from an organismic perspective, we generated mice with a gene trap insertion in the periphilin-1 gene. Based on beta-gal reporter activity, a widespread periphilin expression was evident, especially in the developing somites and limbs, the embryonic nervous system, and the adult brain. In accordance with this broad expression, homozygous deficiency of periphilin was lethal in early embryogenesis. Mice with a heterozygous deficiency did not show any abnormalities of brain morphology and function, neither histologically nor regarding the transcriptome. Interestingly, the reduction of the periphilin-1 gene dosage was compensated by an increased expression of the remaining wild-type allele in the brain. These results point to an indispensable function of periphilin during murine development and an important role in the nervous system, reflected by a strong and tightly regulated expression in the murine brain.
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- Anne S Soehn
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
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Schebelle L, Wolf C, Stribl C, Javaheri T, Schnütgen F, Ettinger A, Ivics Z, Hansen J, Ruiz P, von Melchner H, Wurst W, Floss T. Efficient conditional and promoter-specific in vivo expression of cDNAs of choice by taking advantage of recombinase-mediated cassette exchange using FlEx gene traps. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:e106. [PMID: 20139417 PMCID: PMC2875000 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Recombinase-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) exploits the possibility to unidirectionally exchange any genetic material flanked by heterotypic recombinase recognition sites (RRS) with target sites in the genome. Due to a limited number of available pre-fabricated target sites, RMCE in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells has not been tapped to its full potential to date. Here, we introduce a universal system, which allows the targeted insertion of any given transcriptional unit into 85 742 previously annotated retroviral conditional gene trap insertions, representing 7013 independent genes in mouse ES cells, by RMCE. This system can be used to express any given cDNA under the control of endogenous trapped promoters in vivo, as well as for the generation of transposon ‘launch pads’ for chromosomal region-specific ‘Sleeping Beauty’ insertional mutagenesis. Moreover, transcription of the gene-of-interest is only activated upon Cre-recombinase activity, a feature that adds conditionality to this expression system, which is demonstrated in vivo. The use of the RMCE system presented in this work requires one single-cloning step followed by one overnight gateway clonase reaction and subsequent cassette exchange in ES cells with efficiencies of 40% in average.
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- Laura Schebelle
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische Universität München, Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 München, Neuherberg, Germany
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Pham TT, Giesert F, Röthig A, Floss T, Kallnik M, Weindl K, Hölter SM, Ahting U, Prokisch H, Becker L, Klopstock T, Hrabé de Angelis M, Beyer K, Görner K, Kahle PJ, Vogt Weisenhorn DM, Wurst W. DJ-1-deficient mice show less TH-positive neurons in the ventral tegmental area and exhibit non-motoric behavioural impairments. Genes Brain Behav 2009; 9:305-17. [PMID: 20039949 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183x.2009.00559.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Loss of function of DJ-1 (PARK7) is associated with autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD), one of the major age-related neurological diseases. In this study, we extended former studies on DJ-1 knockout mice by identifying subtle morphological and behavioural phenotypes. The DJ-1 gene trap-induced null mutants exhibit less dopamine-producing neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). They also exhibit slight changes in behaviour, i.e. diminished rearing behaviour and impairments in object recognition. Furthermore, we detected subtle phenotypes, which suggest that these animals compensate for the loss of DJ-1. First, we found a significant upregulation of mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activities, a mechanism known to protect against oxidative stress. Second, a close to significant increase in c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 phosphorylation in old DJ-1-deficient mice hints at a differential activation of neuronal cell survival pathways. Third, as no change in the density of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive terminals in the striatum was observed, the remaining dopamine-producing neurons likely compensate by increasing axonal sprouting. In summary, the present data suggest that DJ-1 is implicated in major non-motor symptoms of PD appearing in the early phases of the disease-such as subtle impairments in motivated behaviour and cognition-and that under basal conditions the loss of DJ-1 is compensated.
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- T T Pham
- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter, Neuherberg, Germany
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Söker T, Dalke C, Puk O, Floss T, Becker L, Bolle I, Favor J, Hans W, Hölter SM, Horsch M, Kallnik M, Kling E, Moerth C, Schrewe A, Stigloher C, Topp S, Gailus-Durner V, Naton B, Beckers J, Fuchs H, Ivandic B, Klopstock T, Schulz H, Wolf E, Wurst W, Bally-Cuif L, de Angelis MH, Graw J. Pleiotropic effects in Eya3 knockout mice. BMC Dev Biol 2008; 8:118. [PMID: 19102749 PMCID: PMC2653502 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-8-118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND In Drosophila, mutations in the gene eyes absent (eya) lead to severe defects in eye development. The functions of its mammalian orthologs Eya1-4 are only partially understood and no mouse model exists for Eya3. Therefore, we characterized the phenotype of a new Eya3 knockout mouse mutant. RESULTS Expression analysis of Eya3 by in-situ hybridizations and beta-Gal-staining of Eya3 mutant mice revealed abundant expression of the gene throughout development, e.g. in brain, eyes, heart, somites and limbs suggesting pleiotropic effects of the mutated gene. A similar complex expression pattern was observed also in zebrafish embryos. The phenotype of young adult Eya3 mouse mutants was systematically analyzed within the German Mouse Clinic. There was no obvious defect in the eyes, ears and kidneys of Eya3 mutant mice. Homozygous mutants displayed decreased bone mineral content and shorter body length. In the lung, the tidal volume at rest was decreased, and electrocardiography showed increased JT- and PQ intervals as well as decreased QRS amplitude. Behavioral analysis of the mutants demonstrated a mild increase in exploratory behavior, but decreased locomotor activity and reduced muscle strength. Analysis of differential gene expression revealed 110 regulated genes in heart and brain. Using real-time PCR, we confirmed Nup155 being down regulated in both organs. CONCLUSION The loss of Eya3 in the mouse has no apparent effect on eye development. The wide-spread expression of Eya3 in mouse and zebrafish embryos is in contrast to the restricted expression pattern in Xenopus embryos. The loss of Eya3 in mice leads to a broad spectrum of minor physiological changes. Among them, the mutant mice move less than the wild-type mice and, together with the effects on respiratory, muscle and heart function, the mutation might lead to more severe effects when the mice become older. Therefore, future investigations of Eya3 function should focus on aging mice.
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- Torben Söker
- Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Uez N, Lickert H, Kohlhase J, de Angelis MH, Kühn R, Wurst W, Floss T. Sall4 isoforms act during proximal-distal and anterior-posterior axis formation in the mouse embryo. Genesis 2008; 46:463-77. [PMID: 18781635 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Reciprocal signals from embryonic and extra-embryonic tissues pattern the embryo in proximal-distal (PD) and anterior-posterior (AP) fashion. Here we have analyzed three gene trap mutations of Sall4, of which one (Sall4-1a) led to a hypomorphic and recessive phenotype, demonstrating that Sall4-1a has yet undescribed extra-embryonic and embryonic functions in regulating PD and AP axis formation. In Sall4-1a mutants the self-maintaining autoregulatory interaction between Bmp4, Nodal and Wnt, which determines the PD axis was disrupted because of defects in the extra-embryonic visceral endoderm. More severely, two distinct Sall4 gene-trap mutants (Sall4-1a,b), resembling null mutants, failed to initiate Bmp4 expression in the extra-embryonic ectoderm and Nodal in the epiblast and were therefore unable to initiate PD axis formation. Tetraploid rescue underlined the extra-embryonic nature of the Sall4-1a phenotype and revealed a further embryonic function in Wnt/beta-catenin signaling to elongate the AP axis during gastrulation. This observation was supported through genetic interaction with beta-catenin mutants, since compound heterozygous mutants recapitulated the defects of Wnt3a mutants in posterior development.
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- Nikolas Uez
- Helmholtz Center Munich, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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Ahting U, Floss T, Uez N, Schneider-Lohmar I, Becker L, Kling E, Iuso A, Bender A, de Angelis MH, Gailus-Durner V, Fuchs H, Meitinger T, Wurst W, Prokisch H, Klopstock T. Neurological phenotype and reduced lifespan in heterozygous Tim23 knockout mice, the first mouse model of defective mitochondrial import. Biochim Biophys Acta 2008; 1787:371-6. [PMID: 19111522 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Tim23 protein is the key component of the mitochondrial import machinery. It locates to the inner mitochondrial membrane and its own import is dependent on the DDP1/TIM13 complex. Mutations in human DDP1 cause the Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome (MTS/DFN-1; OMIM #304700), which is one of the two known human diseases of the mitochondrial protein import machinery. We created a Tim23 knockout mouse from a gene trap embryonic stem cell clone. Homozygous Tim23 mice were not viable. Heterozygous F1 mutants showed a 50% reduction of Tim23 protein in Western blot, a neurological phenotype and a markedly reduced life span. Haploinsufficiency of the Tim23 mutation underlines the critical role of the mitochondrial import machinery for maintaining mitochondrial function.
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- Uwe Ahting
- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Böhm J, Buck A, Borozdin W, Mannan AU, Matysiak-Scholze U, Adham I, Schulz-Schaeffer W, Floss T, Wurst W, Kohlhase J, Barrionuevo F. Sall1, sall2, and sall4 are required for neural tube closure in mice. Am J Pathol 2008; 173:1455-63. [PMID: 18818376 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.071039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Four homologs to the Drosophila homeotic gene spalt (sal) exist in both humans and mice (SALL1 to SALL4/Sall1 to Sall4, respectively). Mutations in both SALL1 and SALL4 result in the autosomal-dominant developmental disorders Townes-Brocks and Okihiro syndrome, respectively. In contrast, no human diseases have been associated with SALL2 to date, and Sall2-deficient mice have shown no apparent abnormal phenotype. We generated mice deficient in Sall2 and, contrary to previous reports, 11% of our Sall2-deficient mice showed background-specific neural tube defects, suggesting that Sall2 has a role in neurogenesis. To investigate whether Sall4 may compensate for the absence of Sall2, we generated compound Sall2 knockout/Sall4 genetrap mutant mice. In these mutants, the incidence of neural tube defects was significantly increased. Furthermore, we found a similar phenotype in compound Sall1/4 mutant mice, and in vitro studies showed that SALL1, SALL2, and SALL4 all co-localized in the nucleus. We therefore suggest a fundamental and redundant function of the Sall proteins in murine neurulation, with the heterozygous loss of a particular SALL protein also possibly compensated in humans during development.
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- Johann Böhm
- Institut für Humangenetik und Anthropologie, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Schnütgen F, Hansen J, De-Zolt S, Horn C, Lutz M, Floss T, Wurst W, Noppinger PR, von Melchner H. Enhanced gene trapping in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:e133. [PMID: 18812397 PMCID: PMC2582619 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gene trapping is used to introduce insertional mutations into genes of mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). It is performed with gene trap vectors that simultaneously mutate and report the expression of the endogenous gene at the site of insertion and provide a DNA tag for rapid identification of the disrupted gene. Gene traps have been employed worldwide to assemble libraries of mouse ESC lines harboring mutations in single genes, which can be used to make mutant mice. However, most of the employed gene trap vectors require gene expression for reporting a gene trap event and therefore genes that are poorly expressed may be under-represented in the existing libraries. To address this problem, we have developed a novel class of gene trap vectors that can induce gene expression at insertion sites, thereby bypassing the problem of intrinsic poor expression. We show here that the insertion of the osteopontin enhancer into several conventional gene trap vectors significantly increases the gene trapping efficiency in high-throughput screens and facilitates the recovery of poorly expressed genes.
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- Frank Schnütgen
- Department of Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Zimmermann S, Kiefer F, Prudenziati M, Spiller C, Hansen J, Floss T, Wurst W, Minucci S, Göttlicher M. HDACs and HDAC inhibitors in colon cancer. Epigenetics 2008; 67:9047-54. [PMID: 17909008 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-0312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The histone deacetylase (HDAC) family of transcriptional co-repressors have emerged as important regulators of colon cell maturation and transformation. Pharmacological inhibitors of class I and II HDAC activity (HDACi) are potent inducers of growth arrest, differentiation and apoptosis of colon cancer cells in vitro and in vivo, implicating a role for these HDACs in tumor promotion. Consistent with this role, expression of several HDACs are upregulated in colon tumors, while downregulation of specific HDACs inhibits growth of colon cancer cells in vitro and intestinal tumorigenesis in vivo. This review focuses on the function and transcriptional mechanisms by which class I and II HDACs regulate colon cell maturation and transformation, and on the mechanisms by which HDACi induce growth arrest, differentiation and apoptosis of colon cancer cells. The emerging role of the class III HDAC, Sirt1, in colon cancer progression is also discussed.
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- Stephan Zimmermann
- Institute of Toxicology, GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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The knowledge about the complete genome sequences of mouse, human, and other organisms is only the first step toward the functional annotation of all genes. It facilitates the recognition of sequence conservation, which helps to distinguish between important and not important and also coding from noncoding sequence. Nevertheless, approximately only 50% of all mouse genes have been entirely annotated to date. In the postgenomic era, large-scale projects have been initiated to describe also the expression (Emap, Eurexpress) and the function (International Gene Trap Consortium, Eucomm, Norcomm, Komp) of all mouse genes. By building up on these resources, the average amount of time starting from a gene-coding sequence to finally studying its function in a living organism or embryo, has shortened significantly within the last decade. Several recent developments, namely, in bioinformatics and gene synthesis but also in targeted and random mutagenesis have contributed to the current status. This chapter will highlight the milestones that have been undertaken in order to saturate the mouse genome with gene trap mutations. We have no intention to cover the entire field but will instead focus on most recent vectors and protocols, which have turned out to be most useful in order to promote the technology. Therefore, we apologize upfront to the many studies that could not be mentioned here solely owing to space limitations but which nevertheless made significant contributions to our current understanding. This chapter will finally provide guidance on possible uses of conditional gene trap alleles as well as detailed protocols for the application of this recent technology.
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- Thomas Floss
- Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Horn C, Hansen J, Schnütgen F, Seisenberger C, Floss T, Irgang M, De-Zolt S, Wurst W, von Melchner H, Noppinger PR. Erratum: Splinkerette PCR for more efficient characterization of gene trap events. Nat Genet 2007. [DOI: 10.1038/ng1207-1528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Horn C, Hansen J, Schnütgen F, Seisenberger C, Floss T, Irgang M, De-Zolt S, Wurst W, von Melchner H, Noppinger PR. Splinkerette PCR for more efficient characterization of gene trap events. Nat Genet 2007; 39:933-4. [PMID: 17660805 DOI: 10.1038/ng0807-933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Trivedi CM, Luo Y, Yin Z, Zhang M, Zhu W, Wang T, Floss T, Goettlicher M, Noppinger PR, Wurst W, Ferrari VA, Abrams CS, Gruber PJ, Epstein JA. Hdac2 regulates the cardiac hypertrophic response by modulating Gsk3 beta activity. Nat Med 2007; 13:324-31. [PMID: 17322895 DOI: 10.1038/nm1552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 376] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2006] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In the adult heart, a variety of stresses induce re-expression of a fetal gene program in association with myocyte hypertrophy and heart failure. Here we show that histone deacetylase-2 (Hdac2) regulates expression of many fetal cardiac isoforms. Hdac2 deficiency or chemical histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition prevented the re-expression of fetal genes and attenuated cardiac hypertrophy in hearts exposed to hypertrophic stimuli. Resistance to hypertrophy was associated with increased expression of the gene encoding inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase f (Inpp5f) resulting in constitutive activation of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (Gsk3beta) via inactivation of thymoma viral proto-oncogene (Akt) and 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (Pdk1). In contrast, Hdac2 transgenic mice had augmented hypertrophy associated with inactivated Gsk3beta. Chemical inhibition of activated Gsk3beta allowed Hdac2-deficient adults to become sensitive to hypertrophic stimulation. These results suggest that Hdac2 is an important molecular target of HDAC inhibitors in the heart and that Hdac2 and Gsk3beta are components of a regulatory pathway providing an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
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- Chinmay M Trivedi
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, 1156 Basic Research Building II, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Grad I, McKee TA, Ludwig SM, Hoyle GW, Ruiz P, Wurst W, Floss T, Miller CA, Picard D. The Hsp90 cochaperone p23 is essential for perinatal survival. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:8976-83. [PMID: 17000766 PMCID: PMC1636834 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00734-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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The functions of molecular chaperones have been extensively investigated biochemically in vitro and genetically in bacteria and yeast. We have embarked on a functional genomic analysis of the Hsp90 chaperone machine in the mouse by disrupting the p23 gene using a gene trap approach. p23 is an Hsp90 cochaperone that is thought to stabilize Hsp90-substrate complexes and, independently, to act as the cytosolic prostaglandin E2 synthase. Gene deletions in budding and fission yeasts and knock-down experiments with the worm have not revealed any clear in vivo requirements for p23. We find that p23 is not essential for overall prenatal development and morphogenesis of the mouse, which parallels the observation that it is dispensable for proliferation in yeast. In contrast, p23 is absolutely necessary for perinatal survival. Apart from an incompletely formed skin barrier, the lungs of p23 null embryos display underdeveloped airspaces and substantially reduced expression of surfactant genes. Correlating with the known function of glucocorticoids in promoting lung maturation and the role of p23 in the assembly of a hormone-responsive glucocorticoid receptor-Hsp90 complex, p23 null fibroblast cells have a defective glucocorticoid response. Thus, p23 contributes a nonredundant, temporally restricted, and tissue-specific function during mouse development.
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- Iwona Grad
- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Genève, Sciences III, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
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Beekman C, Nichane M, De Clercq S, Maetens M, Floss T, Wurst W, Bellefroid E, Marine JC. Evolutionarily conserved role of nucleostemin: controlling proliferation of stem/progenitor cells during early vertebrate development. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:9291-301. [PMID: 17000755 PMCID: PMC1698517 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01183-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 12/19/2022] Open
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Nucleostemin (NS) is a putative GTPase expressed preferentially in the nucleoli of neuronal and embryonic stem cells and several cancer cell lines. Transfection and knockdown studies indicated that NS controls the proliferation of these cells by interacting with the p53 tumor suppressor protein and regulating its activity. To assess the physiological role of NS in vivo, we generated a mutant mouse line with a specific gene trap event that inactivates the NS allele. The corresponding NS(-/-) embryos died around embryonic day 4. Analyses of NS mutant blastocysts indicated that NS is not required to maintain pluripotency, nucleolar integrity, or survival of the embryonic stem cells. However, the homozygous mutant blastocysts failed to enter S phase even in the absence of functional p53. Haploid insufficiency of NS in mouse embryonic fibroblasts leads to decreased cell proliferation. NS also functions in early amphibian development to control cell proliferation of neural progenitor cells. Our results show that NS has a unique ability, derived from an ancestral function, to control the proliferation rate of stem/progenitor cells in vivo independently of p53.
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- Chantal Beekman
- Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Technologiepark, 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
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De-Zolt S, Schnütgen F, Seisenberger C, Hansen J, Hollatz M, Floss T, Ruiz P, Wurst W, von Melchner H. High-throughput trapping of secretory pathway genes in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:e25. [PMID: 16478711 PMCID: PMC1369290 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gnj026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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High-throughput gene trapping is a random approach for inducing insertional mutations across the mouse genome. This approach uses gene trap vectors that simultaneously inactivate and report the expression of the trapped gene at the insertion site, and provide a DNA tag for the rapid identification of the disrupted gene. Gene trapping has been used by both public and private institutions to produce libraries of embryonic stem (ES) cells harboring mutations in single genes. Presently, ∼66% of the protein coding genes in the mouse genome have been disrupted by gene trap insertions. Among these, however, genes encoding signal peptides or transmembrane domains (secretory genes) are underrepresented because they are not susceptible to conventional trapping methods. Here, we describe a high-throughput gene trapping strategy that effectively targets secretory genes. We used this strategy to assemble a library of ES cells harboring mutations in 716 unique secretory genes, of which 61% were not trapped by conventional trapping, indicating that the two strategies are complementary. The trapped ES cell lines, which can be ordered from the International Gene Trap Consortium (), are freely available to the scientific community.
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and HealthNeuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and HealthNeuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and HealthNeuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and HealthNeuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité UniversitätsmedizinBerlin, Germany
- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular GeneticsBerlin, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and HealthNeuherberg, Germany
- Department for Molecular Neurogenetics, Max-Planck Institute of PsychiatryMunich, Germany
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +49 69 63016696; Fax: +49 69 63016390;
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Hitz C, Vogt-Weisenhorn D, Ruiz P, Wurst W, Floss T. Progressive loss of the spongiotrophoblast layer ofBirc6/Bruce mutants results in embryonic lethality. Genesis 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/gene.20173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hitz C, Vogt-Weisenhorn D, Ruiz P, Wurst W, Floss T. Progressive loss of the spongiotrophoblast layer of Birc6/Bruce mutants results in embryonic lethality. Genesis 2005; 42:91-103. [PMID: 15887267 DOI: 10.1002/gene.20128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/06/2022]
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We have generated a mouse line with a mutant allele of the mouse Bruce/Birc6 gene induced by gene trap mutagenesis. Based on its structural features, Bruce is a member of the family of apoptosis inhibitor proteins (IAPs). This mutation leads to a truncated transcript and protein and results in a complete loss of the wildtype Bruce protein. Bruce mutant mice die from a progressive loss of their placental spongiotrophoblast layer between day 11.5 and 14.5 of embryonic development. The cause of the Bruce homozygous mutant phenotype is a lack of proliferation of spongiotrophoblast cells in the developing placenta. In contrast to in vitro data, which indicate a function for Bruce in apoptosis inhibition, the in vivo results presented here suggest instead a role for Bruce in cell division.
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- Christiane Hitz
- GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany
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Schnütgen F, De-Zolt S, Van Sloun P, Hollatz M, Floss T, Hansen J, Altschmied J, Seisenberger C, Ghyselinck NB, Ruiz P, Chambon P, Wurst W, von Melchner H. Genomewide production of multipurpose alleles for the functional analysis of the mouse genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:7221-6. [PMID: 15870191 PMCID: PMC1129123 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502273102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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A type of retroviral gene trap vectors has been developed that can induce conditional mutations in most genes expressed in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. The vectors rely on directional site-specific recombination systems that can repair and re-induce gene trap mutations when activated in succession. After the gene traps are inserted into the mouse genome, genetic mutations can be produced at a particular time and place in somatic cells. In addition to their conditional features, the vectors create multipurpose alleles amenable to a wide range of post-insertional modifications. Here we have used these directional recombination vectors to assemble the largest library of ES cell lines with conditional mutations in single genes yet assembled, presently totaling 1,000 unique genes. The trapped ES cell lines, which can be ordered from the German Gene Trap Consortium, are freely available to the scientific community.
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- Frank Schnütgen
- Department of Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Ihalmo P, Rinta-Valkama J, Mai P, Aström E, Palmén T, Pham TT, Floss T, Holthöfer H. Molecular cloning and characterization of an endogenous antisense transcript of Nphs1. Genomics 2005; 83:1134-40. [PMID: 15177566 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2004.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2003] [Revised: 12/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mutations of NPHS1, the gene encoding the kidney glomerular filtration barrier protein nephrin, cause congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type. Nephrin is a component of the interpodocyte-spanning slit diaphragm: it mediates outside-in signaling and forms a nexus for homo- and heterotypic molecular interactions. When studying the nephrin-deficient mouse line generated by random insertional mutagenesis we unexpectedly discovered an endogenous antisense transcript originating from the nephrin-encoding locus. Further evidence of the antisense transcript (Nphs1as) was obtained by searching for Nphs1-like expressed sequence tags. Surprisingly, one clone showed exact complementarity in the antisense orientation. Nphs1as is expressed in the brain, thymus, and peripheral lymph nodes as well as in the embryonic stem cells. However, the mesenteric lymph nodes and the main sites of nephrin expression, the kidney and pancreas, were negative. Nphs1as is a continuous, polyadenylated mRNA that spans Nphs1 exons from 7 to 12 in the reverse orientation. The relative amounts of sense and antisense mRNAs as well as nephrin protein were determined by semiquantitative RT-PCR and immunoblotting, respectively, in various mouse tissues. These results suggest that Nphs1as may be important for the regulation of the appropriate tissue- and cell-type-specific expression of nephrin.
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- Pekka Ihalmo
- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, and Molecular Medicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Martinat C, Shendelman S, Jonason A, Leete T, Beal MF, Yang L, Floss T, Abeliovich A. Sensitivity to oxidative stress in DJ-1-deficient dopamine neurons: an ES- derived cell model of primary Parkinsonism. PLoS Biol 2004; 2:e327. [PMID: 15502868 PMCID: PMC521171 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [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: 04/28/2004] [Accepted: 07/29/2004] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) is the selective loss of dopamine neurons in the ventral midbrain. Although the cause of neurodegeneration in PD is unknown, a Mendelian inheritance pattern is observed in rare cases, indicating a genetic factor. Furthermore, pathological analyses of PD substantia nigra have correlated cellular oxidative stress and altered proteasomal function with PD. Homozygous mutations in DJ-1 were recently described in two families with autosomal recessive Parkinsonism, one of which is a large deletion that is likely to lead to loss of function. Here we show that embryonic stem cells deficient in DJ-1 display increased sensitivity to oxidative stress and proteasomal inhibition. The accumulation of reactive oxygen species in toxin-treated DJ-1-deficient cells initially appears normal, but these cells are unable to cope with the consequent damage that ultimately leads to apoptotic death. Furthermore, we find that dopamine neurons derived from in vitro-differentiated DJ-1-deficient embryonic stem cells display decreased survival and increased sensitivity to oxidative stress. These data are consistent with a protective role for DJ-1, and demonstrate the utility of genetically modified embryonic stem cell-derived neurons as cellular models of neuronal disorders.
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- Cecile Martinat
- 1Departments of Pathology and Neurology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, and Taub Institute, Columbia UniversityNew York, New YorkUnited States of America
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- 1Departments of Pathology and Neurology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, and Taub Institute, Columbia UniversityNew York, New YorkUnited States of America
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- 1Departments of Pathology and Neurology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, and Taub Institute, Columbia UniversityNew York, New YorkUnited States of America
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- 1Departments of Pathology and Neurology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, and Taub Institute, Columbia UniversityNew York, New YorkUnited States of America
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- 2Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityNew York, New YorkUnited States of America
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- 2Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityNew York, New YorkUnited States of America
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- 3Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and HealthNeuherbergGermany
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- 1Departments of Pathology and Neurology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, and Taub Institute, Columbia UniversityNew York, New YorkUnited States of America
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Istvánffy R, Vogt Weisenhorn DM, Floss T, Wurst W. Expression of neurochondrin in the developing and adult mouse brain. Dev Genes Evol 2004; 214:206-9. [PMID: 15007648 DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0396-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2003] [Accepted: 02/05/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Here we describe a detailed analysis of the expression of neurochondrin ( ncdn) in the developing and adult mouse brain. Ncdn is first expressed in the hindbrain and spinal cord at embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5) followed by expression in the midbrain at E11.5. By E18 ncdn is also expressed in the diencephalon and telencephalon. However, strongest expression is still observed in the hindbrain. In adults, the expression in the forebrain is as strong as in the hindbrain. Ncdn is highly expressed in the hippocampus, piriform cortex, septum, amygdaloid complex, medial geniculate nucleus, inferior colliculus, cerebellar nuclei and the nuclei of the Vth, VIIth, and XIIth cranial nerves.
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- R Istvánffy
- GSF-Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Munich, Germany
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Hansen J, Floss T, Van Sloun P, Füchtbauer EM, Vauti F, Arnold HH, Schnütgen F, Wurst W, von Melchner H, Ruiz P. A large-scale, gene-driven mutagenesis approach for the functional analysis of the mouse genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:9918-22. [PMID: 12904583 PMCID: PMC187885 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1633296100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [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: 01/13/2023] Open
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A major challenge of the postgenomic era is the functional characterization of every single gene within the mammalian genome. In an effort to address this challenge, we assembled a collection of mutations in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells, which is the largest publicly accessible collection of such mutations to date. Using four different gene-trap vectors, we generated 5,142 sequences adjacent to the gene-trap integration sites (gene-trap sequence tags; http://genetrap.de) from >11,000 ES cell clones. Although most of the gene-trap vector insertions occurred randomly throughout the genome, we found both vector-independent and vector-specific integration "hot spots." Because >50% of the hot spots were vector-specific, we conclude that the most effective way to saturate the mouse genome with gene-trap insertions is by using a combination of gene-trap vectors. When a random sample of gene-trap integrations was passaged to the germ line, 59% (17 of 29) produced an observable phenotype in transgenic mice, a frequency similar to that achieved by conventional gene targeting. Thus, gene trapping allows a large-scale and cost-effective production of ES cell clones with mutations distributed throughout the genome, a resource likely to accelerate genome annotation and the in vivo modeling of human disease.
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- Jens Hansen
- Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Rantanen M, Palmén T, Pätäri A, Ahola H, Lehtonen S, Aström E, Floss T, Vauti F, Wurst W, Ruiz P, Kerjaschki D, Holthöfer H. Nephrin TRAP mice lack slit diaphragms and show fibrotic glomeruli and cystic tubular lesions. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13:1586-94. [PMID: 12039988 DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000016142.29721.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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: 11/25/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms maintaining glomerular filtration barrier are under intensive study. This study describes a mutant Nphs1 mouse line generated by gene-trapping. Nephrin, encoded by Nphs1, is a structural protein of interpodocyte filtration slits crucial for formation of primary urine. Nephrin(trap/trap) mutants show characteristic features of proteinuric disease and die soon after birth. Morphologically, fibrotic glomeruli with distorted structures and cystic tubular lesions were observed, but no prominent changes in the branching morphogenesis of the developing collecting ducts could be found. Western blotting and immunohistochemical analyses confirmed the absence of nephrin in nephrin(trap/trap) glomeruli. The immunohistochemical staining showed also that the interaction partner of nephrin, CD2-associated protein (CD2AP), and the slit-diaphragm-associated protein, ZO-1alpha (-), appeared unchanged, whereas the major anionic apical membrane protein of podocytes, podocalyxin, somewhat punctate as compared with the wild-type (wt) and nephrin(wt/trap) stainings. Electron microscopy revealed that >90% of the podocyte foot processes were fused. The remaining interpodocyte junctions lacked slit diaphragms and, instead, showed tight adhering areas. In the heterozygote glomeruli, approximately one third of the foot processes were fused and real-time RT-PCR showed >60% decrease of nephrin-specific transcripts. These results show an effective nephrin gene elimination, resulting in a phenotype that resembles human congenital nephrotic syndrome. Although the nephrin(trap/trap) mice can be used to study the pathophysiology of the disease, the heterozygous mice may provide a useful model to study the gene dose effect of this crucial protein of the glomerular filtration barrier.
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- Maija Rantanen
- Biomedicum, Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- T Floss
- GSF-Institute of Mammalian Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany
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