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Van Bergen T, Hu TT, Little K, De Groef L, Moons L, Stitt AW, Vermassen E, Feyen JHM. Targeting Plasma Kallikrein With a Novel Bicyclic Peptide Inhibitor (THR-149) Reduces Retinal Thickening in a Diabetic Rat Model. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021; 62:18. [PMID: 34677569 PMCID: PMC8556562 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.62.13.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate the effect of plasma kallikrein (PKal)-inhibition by THR-149 on preventing key pathologies associated with diabetic macular edema (DME) in a rat model. Methods Following streptozotocin-induced diabetes, THR-149 or its vehicle was administered in the rat via either a single intravitreal injection or three consecutive intravitreal injections (with a 1-week interval; both, 12.5 µg/eye). At 4 weeks post-diabetes, the effect of all groups was compared by histological analysis of Iba1-positive retinal inflammatory cells, inflammatory cytokines, vimentin-positive Müller cells, inwardly rectifying potassium and water homeostasis-related channels (Kir4.1 and AQP4, respectively), vascular leakage (fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled bovine serum albumin), and retinal thickness. Results Single or repeated THR-149 injections resulted in reduced inflammation, as depicted by decreasing numbers and activation state of immune cells and IL-6 cytokine levels in the diabetic retina. The processes of reactive gliosis, vessel leakage, and retinal thickening were only significantly reduced after multiple THR-149 administrations. Individual retinal layer analysis showed that repeated THR-149 injections significantly decreased diabetes-induced thickening of the inner plexiform, inner nuclear, outer nuclear, and photoreceptor layers. At the glial-vascular interface, reduced Kir4.1-channel levels in the diabetic retina were restored to control non-diabetic levels in the presence of THR-149. In contrast, little or no effect of THR-149 was observed on the AQP4-channel levels. Conclusions These data demonstrate that repeated THR-149 administration reduces several DME-related key pathologies such as retinal thickening and neuropil disruption in the diabetic rat. These observations indicate that modulation of the PKal pathway using THR-149 has clinical potential to treat patients with DME.
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- Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Department of Biology and Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Department of Biology and Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Oxurion NV, Heverlee, Belgium
- Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Van Hove I, Van Bergen T, Etienne I, Holgado A, Afonina IS, Beyaert R, Feyen JH, Hu TT. IL-33trap-mediated IL-33 neutralization does not exacerbate choroidal neovascularization, but fails to protect against retinal degeneration in a dry age-related macular degeneration model. Exp Eye Res 2021; 207:108608. [PMID: 33930400 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108608] [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: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 09/30/2022]
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The progressive and sight-threatening disease, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is a growing public health concern due to ageing demographics, with the highest unmet medical need for the advanced stage of dry AMD, geographic atrophy. The pathogenesis underlying AMD is driven by a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors. There is ample evidence that inflammation is strongly involved in AMD development. Interleukin-33 (IL-33) has been proposed to be critically involved in retinal degeneration, but a protective role in eye pathophysiology was also demonstrated. The current study investigated the therapeutic potential of IL-33trap, a novel IL-33-neutralizing biologic, in dry AMD/geographic atrophy and, based on controversial data regarding the protective versus detrimental functions of IL-33 in neovascularization, evaluated the risk of progression to wet AMD by IL-33 neutralization. Repeated intravitreal (IVT) injections of IL-33trap in the mouse laser-induced choroidal neovascularization model did not exacerbate neovascularization or leakage, while it significantly inhibited inflammatory cell infiltration in the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid. On the contrary, IVT treatment with IL-33trap significantly induced retinal inflammation and could not prevent retinopathy induction in the mouse sodium iodate (NaIO3) model. Overall, these data suggest a complex and dichotomous role of IL-33 in eye pathology and indicate that IL-33 neutralization is not able to prevent onset and progression of dry AMD pathogenesis.
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- Inge Van Hove
- Oxurion NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium.
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- Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Oxurion NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium
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Van Hove I, De Groef L, Boeckx B, Modave E, Hu TT, Beets K, Etienne I, Van Bergen T, Lambrechts D, Moons L, Feyen JHM, Porcu M. Single-cell transcriptome analysis of the Akimba mouse retina reveals cell-type-specific insights into the pathobiology of diabetic retinopathy. Diabetologia 2020; 63:2235-2248. [PMID: 32734440 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-020-05218-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes and a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness. Despite recent advances, our understanding of its pathophysiology remains incomplete. The aim of this study was to provide deeper insight into the complex network of molecular and cellular changes that underlie diabetic retinopathy by systematically mapping the transcriptional changes that occur in the different cellular compartments of the degenerating diabetic mouse retina. METHODS Single-cell RNA sequencing was performed on retinal tissue from 12-week-old wild-type and Akimba (Ins2Akita×Vegfa+/-) mice, which are known to replicate features of clinical diabetic retinopathy. This resulted in transcriptome data for 9474 retinal cells, which could be annotated to eight distinct retinal cell types. Using STRING analysis, we studied differentially expressed gene networks in neuronal, glial and immune cell compartments to create a comprehensive view on the pathological changes that occur in the Akimba retina. Using subclustering analysis, we further characterised macroglial and inflammatory cell subpopulations. Prominent findings were confirmed at the protein level using immunohistochemistry, western blotting and ELISA. RESULTS At 12 weeks, the Akimba retina was found to display degeneration of rod photoreceptors and presence of inflammatory cells, identified by subclustering analysis as monocyte, macrophage and microglial populations. Analysis of differentially expressed genes in the rod, cone, bipolar cell and macroglial compartments indicated changes in cell metabolism and ribosomal gene expression, gliosis, activation of immune system pathways and redox and metal ion dyshomeostasis. Experiments at the protein level supported a metabolic shift from glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase), activation of microglia/macrophages (isolectin-B4), metal ion and oxidative stress response (metallothionein and haem oxygenase-1) and reactive macroglia (glial fibrillary acidic protein and S100) in the Akimba retina, compared with wild-type mice. Our single-cell approach also indicates macroglial subpopulations with distinct fibrotic, inflammatory and gliotic profiles. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our study identifies molecular pathways underlying inflammatory, metabolic and oxidative stress-mediated changes in the Akimba mouse model of diabetic retinopathy and distinguishes distinct functional subtypes of inflammatory and macroglial cells. DATA AVAILABILITY RNA-seq data have been deposited in the ArrayExpress database at EMBL-EBI ( www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress ) under accession number E-MTAB-9061. Graphical abstract.
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- Inge Van Hove
- Oxurion NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 61, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Oxurion NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 61, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Oxurion NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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Teufel DP, Bennett G, Harrison H, van Rietschoten K, Pavan S, Stace C, Le Floch F, Van Bergen T, Vermassen E, Barbeaux P, Hu TT, Feyen JHM, Vanhove M. Stable and Long-Lasting, Novel Bicyclic Peptide Plasma Kallikrein Inhibitors for the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema. J Med Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Daniel P. Teufel
- Bicycle Therapeutics
Limited, Building 900, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, U.K
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- Bicycle Therapeutics
Limited, Building 900, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, U.K
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- Bicycle Therapeutics
Limited, Building 900, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, U.K
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- Bicycle Therapeutics
Limited, Building 900, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, U.K
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- Bicycle Therapeutics
Limited, Building 900, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge CB22 3AT, U.K
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- Thrombogenics
N.V., Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Thrombogenics
N.V., Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Thrombogenics
N.V., Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Thrombogenics
N.V., Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Van Bergen T, Hu TT, Etienne I, Reyns GE, Moons L, Feyen JHM. Neutralization of placental growth factor as a novel treatment option in diabetic retinopathy. Exp Eye Res 2017; 165:136-150. [PMID: 28965804 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2017.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The current standard of care in clinical practice for diabetic retinopathy (DR), anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy, has shown a significant improvement in visual acuity. However, treatment response can be variable and might be associated with potential side effects. This study was designed to investigate inhibition of placental growth factor (PlGF) as a possible alternative therapy for DR. The effect of the anti-PlGF antibody (PL5D11D4) was preclinically evaluated in various animal models by investigating different DR hallmarks, including inflammation, neurodegeneration, vascular leakage and fibrosis. The in vivo efficacy was tested in diabetic streptozotocin (STZ) and Akimba models and in the laser induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV) mouse model. Intravitreal (IVT) administration of the anti-PlGF antibody was compared to anti-VEGFR-2 antibody (DC101), anti-VEGF antibody (B20), VEGF-Trap (aflibercept) and triamcinolone acetonide (TAAC). Vascular leakage was investigated in the mouse STZ model by fluorescein isothiocyanate labeled bovine serum albumin (FITC-BSA) perfusion and in the Akimba model by fluorescein angiography (FA). Repeated IVT administration of the anti-PlGF antibody reduced vascular leakage, which was comparable to a single administration of VEGFR-2 inhibition in the mouse STZ model. PL5D11D4 treatment did not alter retinal ganglion cell (RGC) density, as demonstrated by Brn3a staining, whereas DC101 significantly reduced RGC number with 20%. Immunohistological stainings were performed to investigate inflammation (CD45, F4/80) and fibrosis (collagen type 1a). In the CNV model, IVT injection(s) of PL5D11D4 dose-dependently reduced inflammation and fibrosis, as compared to PBS treatment. Equimolar single administration of the anti-PlGF antibody and aflibercept (21 nM) and TAAC decreased leukocyte and macrophage infiltration with 50%, whereas DC101 and B20 (21 nM) had no effect on the inflammatory response. Similar results were observed in the mouse STZ model on the number of microglia and macrophages in the retina. Repeated administration of PL5D11D4 (21 nM) and TAAC similarly reduced fibrosis, while no effect was observed after equimolar DC101, B20 nor aflibercept administration (21 nM). In summary, the anti-PlGF antibody showed comparable efficacy as well-characterized VEGF-inhibitor on the process of vascular leakage, but differentiates itself by also reducing inflammation and fibrosis, without triggering a neurodegenerative response.
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- Tine Van Bergen
- ThromboGenics NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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- ThromboGenics NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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- ThromboGenics NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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- Department of Biology, Zoological Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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- ThromboGenics NV, Gaston Geenslaan 1, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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Hou YH, Zhao Q, Wu YX, Hu TT, Chen Y, You YT, Kang XW, Hong GL, Lu ZQ. [An analysis of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of acute poisoning patients in a general hospital]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi 2017; 34:506-509. [PMID: 27682485 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-9391.2016.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To analyze the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of acute poisoning patients in a general hospital, then to provide a reference for the prevention and treatment of acute poisoning in the future. Methods: A retrospective analysis was made on the clinical data of 660 patients with acute poisoning admitted in emergency medical center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from July 2009 to May 2015. Results: More men than women in 660 cases with acute poisoning(the ratio of male to female was 1.36∶1) ; ≥30 years old was the high incidence age (78.79%) ; The top occupation was farmers (39.70%) ; Most were life poisoning (88.18%) , suicide was the main reason (62.42%) especially happened in women, and the main cause of suicide was family conflicts; Toxic species dominated by pesticide (67.58%) , most were severe poisoning (81.82%) ; The top two pesticide poisoning were organic phosphorus and paraquat, and the proportion of blood purification in paraquat was significantly higher (χ2=105.21, P=0.00) ; There were 212 cases with organ dysfunction, main were pesticide poisoning patients, and the proportionof organ dysfunction in paraquat was significantly higher than the rest allpesticide poisoning (χ2=45.09, P=0.00) ; The general fatal rate of acute poisoning was 2.27%, and the proportion in paraquat poisoning was .higher than the rest pesticide poisoning who were death and give up when discharged (χ2=56.83, P=0.00) . Conclusion: The focus of acute poisoning in the general hospital is still pesticide (especially organic phosphorus and paraquat) , and most were severe poisoning.
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- Y H Hou
- The Emergency Medical Center of the Luqiao District of Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group) -Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou Zhejiang Province 318050, China
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Laramée ME, Smolders K, Hu TT, Bronchti G, Boire D, Arckens L. Congenital Anophthalmia and Binocular Neonatal Enucleation Differently Affect the Proteome of Primary and Secondary Visual Cortices in Mice. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159320. [PMID: 27410964 PMCID: PMC4943598 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In blind individuals, visually deprived occipital areas are activated by non-visual stimuli. The extent of this cross-modal activation depends on the age at onset of blindness. Cross-modal inputs have access to several anatomical pathways to reactivate deprived visual areas. Ectopic cross-modal subcortical connections have been shown in anophthalmic animals but not in animals deprived of sight at a later age. Direct and indirect cross-modal cortical connections toward visual areas could also be involved, yet the number of neurons implicated is similar between blind mice and sighted controls. Changes at the axon terminal, dendritic spine or synaptic level are therefore expected upon loss of visual inputs. Here, the proteome of V1, V2M and V2L from P0-enucleated, anophthalmic and sighted mice, sharing a common genetic background (C57BL/6J x ZRDCT/An), was investigated by 2-D DIGE and Western analyses to identify molecular adaptations to enucleation and/or anophthalmia. Few proteins were differentially expressed in enucleated or anophthalmic mice in comparison to sighted mice. The loss of sight affected three pathways: metabolism, synaptic transmission and morphogenesis. Most changes were detected in V1, followed by V2M. Overall, cross-modal adaptations could be promoted in both models of early blindness but not through the exact same molecular strategy. A lower metabolic activity observed in visual areas of blind mice suggests that even if cross-modal inputs reactivate visual areas, they could remain suboptimally processed.
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- Marie-Eve Laramée
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Département d’anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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- Département d’anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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Chen HH, Lu J, Guan YF, Li SJ, Hu TT, Xie ZS, Wang F, Peng XH, Liu X, Xu X, Zhao FP, Yu BL, Li XP. Estrogen/ERR-α signaling axis is associated with fiber-type conversion of upper airway muscles in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27088. [PMID: 27250523 PMCID: PMC4890001 DOI: 10.1038/srep27088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Estrogen is related with the low morbidity associated with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAS) in women, but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, we examined the relationship between OSAS and estrogen related receptor-α (ERR-α). We found that the expression levels of ERR-α and Myh7 were both downregulated in palatopharyngeal tissues from OSAS patients. In addition, we report that ERR-α is dynamically expressed during differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts. Knockdown of ERR-α via instant siRNA resulted in reduced expression of Myh7, but not Myh4. Furthermore, differentiation of C2C12 cells under 3% chronic intermittent hypoxia, a model resembling human OSAS, was impaired and accompanied by a obvious reduction in Myh7 expression levels. Moreover, activation of ERR-α with 17β-estradiol (E2) increased the expression of Myh7, whereas pretreatment with the ERR-α antagonist XCT790 reversed the E2-induced slow fiber-type switch. A rat ovariectomy model also demonstrated the switch to fast fiber type. Collectively, our findings suggest that ERR-α is involved in estrogen-mediated OSAS by regulating Myhc-slow expression. The present study illustrates an important role of the estrogen/ERR-α axis in the pathogenesis of OSAS, and may represent an attractive therapeutic target, especially in postmenopausal women.
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- H H Chen
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anatamy, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Smolders K, Vreysen S, Laramée ME, Cuyvers A, Hu TT, Van Brussel L, Eysel UT, Nys J, Arckens L. Retinal lesions induce fast intrinsic cortical plasticity in adult mouse visual system. Eur J Neurosci 2016; 44:2165-75. [PMID: 26663520 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Neuronal activity plays an important role in the development and structural-functional maintenance of the brain as well as in its life-long plastic response to changes in sensory stimulation. We characterized the impact of unilateral 15° laser lesions in the temporal lower visual field of the retina, on visually driven neuronal activity in the afferent visual pathway of adult mice using in situ hybridization for the activity reporter gene zif268. In the first days post-lesion, we detected a discrete zone of reduced zif268 expression in the contralateral hemisphere, spanning the border between the monocular segment of the primary visual cortex (V1) with extrastriate visual area V2M. We could not detect a clear lesion projection zone (LPZ) in areas lateral to V1 whereas medial to V2M, agranular and granular retrosplenial cortex showed decreased zif268 levels over their full extent. All affected areas displayed a return to normal zif268 levels, and this was faster in higher order visual areas than in V1. The lesion did, however, induce a permanent LPZ in the retinorecipient layers of the superior colliculus. We identified a retinotopy-based intrinsic capacity of adult mouse visual cortex to recover from restricted vision loss, with recovery speed reflecting the areal cortical magnification factor. Our observations predict incomplete visual field representations for areas lateral to V1 vs. lack of retinotopic organization for areas medial to V2M. The validation of this mouse model paves the way for future interrogations of cortical region- and cell-type-specific contributions to functional recovery, up to microcircuit level.
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- Katrien Smolders
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Medical School, Bochum, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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Laskowska-Macios K, Nys J, Hu TT, Zapasnik M, Van der Perren A, Kossut M, Burnat K, Arckens L. Binocular pattern deprivation interferes with the expression of proteins involved in primary visual cortex maturation in the cat. Mol Brain 2015; 8:48. [PMID: 26271461 PMCID: PMC4536594 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-015-0137-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Binocular pattern deprivation from eye opening (early BD) delays the maturation of the primary visual cortex. This delay is more pronounced for the peripheral than the central visual field representation within area 17, particularly between the age of 2 and 4 months [Laskowska-Macios, Cereb Cortex, 2014]. Results In this study, we probed for related dynamic changes in the cortical proteome. We introduced age, cortical region and BD as principal variables in a 2-D DIGE screen of area 17. In this way we explored the potential of BD-related protein expression changes between central and peripheral area 17 of 2- and 4-month-old BD (2BD, 4BD) kittens as a valid parameter towards the identification of brain maturation-related molecular processes. Consistent with the maturation delay, distinct developmental protein expression changes observed for normal kittens were postponed by BD, especially in the peripheral region. These BD-induced proteomic changes suggest a negative regulation of neurite outgrowth, synaptic transmission and clathrin-mediated endocytosis, thereby implicating these processes in normal experience-induced visual cortex maturation. Verification of the expression of proteins from each of the biological processes via Western analysis disclosed that some of the transient proteomic changes correlate to the distinct behavioral outcome in adult life, depending on timing and duration of the BD period [Neuroscience 2013;255:99-109]. Conclusions Taken together, the plasticity potential to recover from BD, in relation to ensuing restoration of normal visual input, appears to rely on specific protein expression changes and cellular processes induced by the loss of pattern vision in early life. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13041-015-0137-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Karolina Laskowska-Macios
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland. .,Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Laboratory for Neurobiology and Gene Therapy, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Van Hove I, Verslegers M, Hu TT, Carden M, Arckens L, Moons L. A proteomic approach to understand MMP-3-driven developmental processes in the postnatal cerebellum: Chaperonin CCT6A and MAP kinase as contributing factors. Dev Neurobiol 2015; 75:1033-48. [DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Revised: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Inge Van Hove
- Laboratory of Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section; Department of Biology; KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section; Department of Biology; KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section; Department of Biology; KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent; Canterbury CT2 7NJ United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section; Department of Biology; KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section; Department of Biology; KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
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Laskowska-Macios K, Zapasnik M, Hu TT, Kossut M, Arckens L, Burnat K. Zif268 mRNA Expression Patterns Reveal a Distinct Impact of Early Pattern Vision Deprivation on the Development of Primary Visual Cortical Areas in the Cat. Cereb Cortex 2014; 25:3515-26. [PMID: 25205660 PMCID: PMC4585500 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pattern vision deprivation (BD) can induce permanent deficits in global motion perception. The impact of timing and duration of BD on the maturation of the central and peripheral visual field representations in cat primary visual areas 17 and 18 remains unknown. We compared early BD, from eye opening for 2, 4, or 6 months, with late onset BD, after 2 months of normal vision, using the expression pattern of the visually driven activity reporter gene zif268 as readout. Decreasing zif268 mRNA levels between months 2 and 4 characterized the normal maturation of the (supra)granular layers of the central and peripheral visual field representations in areas 17 and 18. In general, all BD conditions had higher than normal zif268 levels. In area 17, early BD induced a delayed decrease, beginning later in peripheral than in central area 17. In contrast, the decrease occurred between months 2 and 4 throughout area 18. Lack of pattern vision stimulation during the first 4 months of life therefore has a different impact on the development of areas 17 and 18. A high zif268 expression level at a time when normal vision is restored seems to predict the capacity of a visual area to compensate for BD.
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- Karolina Laskowska-Macios
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw 02-093, Poland Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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Willems E, Hu TT, Soler Vasco L, Buyse J, Decuypere E, Arckens L, Everaert N. Embryonic protein undernutrition by albumen removal programs the hepatic amino acid and glucose metabolism during the perinatal period in an avian model. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94902. [PMID: 24740266 PMCID: PMC3989345 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Different animal models have been used to study the effects of prenatal protein undernutrition and the mechanisms by which these occur. In mammals, the maternal diet is manipulated, exerting both direct nutritional and indirect hormonal effects. Chicken embryos develop independent from the hen in the egg. Therefore, in the chicken, the direct effects of protein deficiency by albumen removal early during incubation can be examined. Prenatal protein undernutrition was established in layer-type eggs by the partial replacement of albumen by saline at embryonic day 1 (albumen-deprived group), compared to a mock-treated sham and a non-treated control group. At hatch, survival of the albumen-deprived group was lower compared to the control and sham group due to increased early mortality by the manipulation. No treatment differences in yolk-free body weight or yolk weight could be detected. The water content of the yolk was reduced, whereas the water content of the carcass was increased in the albumen-deprived group, compared to the control group, indicating less uptake of nutrients from the yolk. At embryonic day 16, 20 and at hatch, plasma triiodothyronine (T3), corticosterone, lactate or glucose concentrations and hepatic glycogen content were not affected by treatment. At embryonic day 20, the plasma thyroxine (T4) concentrations of the albumen-deprived embryos was reduced compared to the control group, indicating a decreased metabolic rate. Screening for differential protein expression in the liver at hatch using two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis revealed not only changed abundance of proteins important for amino acid metabolism, but also of enzymes related to energy and glucose metabolism. Interestingly, GLUT1, a glucose transporter, and PCK2 and FBP1, two out of three regulatory enzymes of the gluconeogenesis were dysregulated. No parallel differences in gene expressions causing the differences in protein abundance could be detected pointing to post-transcriptional or post-translational regulation of the observed differences.
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- Els Willems
- Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Livestock-Nutrition-Quality, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Animal Science Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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Zgavc T, Hu TT, Van de Plas B, Vinken M, Ceulemans AG, Hachimi-Idrissi S, Sarre S, Michotte Y, Arckens L. Proteomic analysis of global protein expression changes in the endothelin-1 rat model for cerebral ischemia: Rescue effect of mild hypothermia. Neurochem Int 2013; 63:379-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2013.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Revised: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We explored differential protein expression profiles in the mouse forebrain at different stages of postnatal development, including 10-day (P10), 30-day (P30), and adult (Ad) mice, by large-scale screening of proteome maps using two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis. Mass spectrometry analysis resulted in the identification of 251 differentially expressed proteins. Most molecular changes were observed between P10 compared to both P30 and Ad. Computational ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) confirmed these proteins as crucial molecules in the biological function of nervous system development. Moreover, IPA revealed Semaphorin signaling in neurons and the protein ubiquitination pathway as essential canonical pathways in the mouse forebrain during postnatal development. For these main biological pathways, the transcriptional regulation of the age-dependent expression of selected proteins was validated by means of in situ hybridization. In conclusion, we suggest that proteolysis and neurite outgrowth guidance are key biological processes, particularly during early brain maturation.
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- Annelies Laeremans
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. ; Group of Food & Bio-based Products, AgResearch Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. ; Laboratory of Biological Psychology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Tzeng JW, Fan LS, Gan YR, Hu TT. Ethanol fermentation using immobilized cells in a multistage fluidized bed bioreactor. Biotechnol Bioeng 2012; 38:1253-8. [PMID: 18600723 DOI: 10.1002/bit.260381019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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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Hu TT, Van der Gucht E, Eysel UT, Arckens L. Retinal lesions induce layer-specific Fos expression changes in cat area 17. Exp Brain Res 2010; 205:139-44. [PMID: 20602093 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2343-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Quantitative analysis of the neuronal activity marker Fos revealed activity-dependent and lamina-specific changes in adult cat area 17, 14 days to 1 month after the induction of central retinal lesions. The supra- and infragranular layers were clearly differently engaged in the response to the visual deprivation, both inside and outside the lesion projection zone. The center of the LPZ exhibited an activity decrease in the extragranular layers, which was mainly reflected by an intracellular down-regulation of Fos rather than a decline in the number of Fos-immunoreactive nuclei. Interestingly, the infragranular layers displayed more Fos-immunoreactive neurons in experimental animals. This recruitment of an additional population of Fos expressing neurons in the subcortically projecting infragranular layers might have a protective function against neurodegeneration in the direct retinal target structures.
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- Tjing-Tjing Hu
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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Cuyvers A, Paulussen M, Smolders K, Hu TT, Arckens L. Local cell proliferation upon enucleation in Direct Retinal Brain Targets in the Visual system of the Adult Mouse. J Exp Neurosci 2010. [DOI: 10.4137/jen.s4104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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In this study we used incorporation of the DNA synthesis marker 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine or BrdU to visualize cell proliferation in the visual system of the adult mouse as a response to monocular enucleation. We detected new BrdU-labeled cells in different subcortical retinal target regions and we established a specific time frame in which this cell proliferation occurred. By performing immunofluorescent double stainings for BrdU and different vascular (glucose transporter type 1, collagen type IV), glial (thymosin β4, glial fibrillary acidic protein) and neuronal (Neuronal Nuclei, doublecortin) markers, we identified these proliferating cells as activated microglia. Additional immunohistochemical stainings for thymosin β4 and glial fibrillary acidic protein also revealed reactive astrocytes in the different retinorecipient nuclei and allowed us to delineate a time frame for microglial and astroglial activation. A PCR array experiment further showed increased levels of cytokines, chemokines, growth factors and enzymes that play an important role in microglial-astroglial communication during the glial activation process in response to the deafferentation.
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- Annemie Cuyvers
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, Leuven, Belgium
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Hu TT, Laeremans A, Eysel UT, Cnops L, Arckens L. Analysis of c-fos and zif268 expression reveals time-dependent changes in activity inside and outside the lesion projection zone in adult cat area 17 after retinal lesions. Cereb Cortex 2009; 19:2982-92. [PMID: 19386633 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Retinal lesions induce a topographic reorganization in the corresponding lesion projection zone (LPZ) in the visual cortex of adult cats. To gain a better insight into the reactivation dynamics, we investigated the alterations in cortical activity throughout area 17. We implemented in situ hybridization and real-time polymerase chain reaction to analyze the spatiotemporal expression patterns of the activity marker genes zif268 and c-fos. The immediate early gene (IEG) data confirmed a strong and permanent activity decrease in the center of the LPZ as previously described by electrophysiology. A recovery of IEG expression was clearly measured in the border of the LPZ. We were able to register reorganization over 2.5-6 mm. We also present evidence that the central retinal lesions concomitantly influence the activity in far peripheral parts of area 17. Its IEG expression levels appeared dependent of time and distance from the LPZ. We therefore propose that coupled changes in activity occur inside and outside the LPZ. In conclusion, alterations in activity reporter gene expression throughout area 17 contribute to the lesion-induced functional reorganization.
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- Tjing-Tjing Hu
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Cnops L, Cuyvers A, Hu TT, Arckens L. Immunolocalization of Dynamin I Protein in Projection Neurons of the Visual System of the Adult Cat. J Exp Neurosci 2009. [DOI: 10.4137/jen.s2921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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We here report on the immunolocalization of Dynamin I (Dyn I) in neurons of the visual system of the cat. The lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) complex displayed abundant Dyn I immunoreactivity in typical relay cells of the X-, Y- and W-pathway. The superficial and deep layers of the superior colliculus were also populated by Dyn I-immunoreactive projection neurons of the W- and Y-cell system. In primary visual areas 17 and 18, many densely packed layer VI neurons were intensely stained. A clear Dyn I signal was also demonstrated in pyramidal neurons of supragranular layers II and III, while layer IV displayed low Dyn I immunoreactivity. Additionally, area 18 displayed larger border pyramidal neurons in layer III compared to area 17. Generally, Dyn I was localized to the cell body and dendrites of neurons, to the neuropil and sometimes also to axon bundles. Typically, the Dyn I signal was not always uniformly distributed within the somatodendritic compartment. Based on its widespread distribution mainly in projection neurons Dyn I may play a fundamental role in mature neurons of different cortical and subcortical structures of the adult mammalian brain.
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- Lieselotte Cnops
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Cnops L, Hu TT, Burnat K, Arckens L. Influence of binocular competition on the expression profiles of CRMP2, CRMP4, Dyn I, and Syt I in developing cat visual cortex. Cereb Cortex 2007; 18:1221-31. [PMID: 17951599 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The visual cortex is vulnerable to changes in visual input, especially during the critical period when numerous molecules drive the refinement of the circuitry. From a list of potential actors identified in a recent proteomics study, we selected 2 collapsin response mediator proteins (CRMP2/CRMP4) and 2 synaptic proteins, Dynamin I (Dyn I) and Synaptotagmin I (Syt I), for in-depth analysis of their developmental expression profile in cat visual cortex. CRMP2 and CRMP4 levels were high early in life and clearly declined toward adulthood. In contrast, Dyn I expression levels progressively augmented during maturation. Syt I showed low levels at eye opening and in adults, high levels around the peak of the critical period, and maximal levels at juvenile age. We further determined a role for each molecule in ocular dominance plasticity. CRMP2 and Syt I levels decreased in area 17 upon monocular deprivation, whereas CRMP4 and Dyn I levels remained unaffected. In contrast, binocular removal of pattern vision had no influence on CRMP2 and Syt I expression in kitten area 17. This study illustrates that not the loss of quality of vision through visual deprivation, but disruption of normal binocular visual experience is crucial to induce the observed molecular changes.
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- Lieselotte Cnops
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Removal of retinal input from a restricted region of adult cat visual cortex leads to a substantial reorganization of the retinotopy within the sensory-deprived cortical lesion projection zone (LPZ). Still little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying this cortical map reorganization. We chose two members of the collapsin response mediator protein (CRMP) family, CRMP2 and CRMP4, because of their involvement in neurite growth, and compared gene and protein expression levels between normal control and reorganizing visual cortex upon induction of central retinal lesions. Parallel analysis of Dynamin I (Dyn I) and Synaptotagmin I (Syt I), two molecules implicated in the exocytosis-endocytosis cycle, was performed because changes in neurotransmitter release have been implicated in cortical plasticity. Western blotting and real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed a clear time-dependent effect of retinal lesioning on CRMP2 and CRMP4 expression, with maximal impact 2 weeks post-lesion. Altered CRMP levels were not a direct consequence of decreased visual activity in the LPZ as complete surgical removal of retinal input to one hemisphere had no effect on CRMP2 or CRMP4 expression. Thus, CRMP expression is correlated to cortical reorganization following partial deafferentation of adult visual cortex. In contrast, Dyn I and Syt I were not influenced and thereby do not promote exocytosis-endocytosis cycle modifications in adult cat cortical plasticity.
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- Lieselotte Cnops
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Cnops L, Hu TT, Vanden Broeck J, Burnat K, Van Den Bergh G, Arckens L. Age- and experience-dependent expression of Dynamin I and Synaptotagmin I in cat visual system. J Comp Neurol 2007; 504:254-64. [PMID: 17640048 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Dynamin I (Dyn I) and Synaptotagmin I (Syt I) are essential for endocytosis-exocytosis processes, thus for neurotransmission. Despite their related function at presynaptic terminals, Dyn I and Syt I displayed opposite expression patterns during visual cortex maturation in the cat. Dyn I was more abundantly expressed in adults, while Syt I exhibited higher levels in kittens of postnatal day 30 (P30). In area 17 this developmental difference was most obvious in layers II/III. Layer VI displayed a strong hybridization signal for both molecules, independent of age. In addition, Syt I levels were higher in posterior compared to anterior area 17 in adult subjects. Moreover, in higher-order visual areas Syt I was unevenly distributed over the cortical layers, thereby setting clear areal boundaries in mature cortex. In contrast, Dyn I was rather homogeneously distributed over extrastriate areas at both ages. Both molecules thus demonstrated a widespread but different distribution and an opposite temporal expression pattern during visual system development. Notably, monocular deprivation during the critical period of ocular dominance plasticity significantly decreased Syt I expression levels in area 17 ipsilateral to the deprived eye, while no effect was observed on Dyn I expression. We therefore conclude that visual experience induces changes in Syt I expression that may reflect changes in constitutive exocytosis involved in postnatal structural refinements of the visual cortex. On the other hand, the spatial and temporal expression patterns of Dyn I correlate with the establishment and maintenance of the mature neuronal structure rather than neurite remodeling.
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- Lieselotte Cnops
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Cnops L, Hu TT, Burnat K, Van der Gucht E, Arckens L. Age-dependent alterations in CRMP2 and CRMP4 protein expression profiles in cat visual cortex. Brain Res 2006; 1088:109-19. [PMID: 16630590 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 10/10/2005] [Revised: 03/03/2006] [Accepted: 03/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We monitored the protein expression profiles of collapsin response mediator protein 2 and 4 (CRMP2 and CRMP4) throughout cat primary visual area 17 at different postnatal ages. Single immunocytochemical stainings revealed a clear effect of cortical maturation on the spatial and laminar distribution profile of CRMP2 and CRMP4. In kittens of postnatal day 10 (P10) and 30 (P30), CRMP2 and CRMP4 immunoreactivity was exclusively present in fibers running perpendicular to the cortical surface and crossing all cortical layers, but was never found in neuronal cell bodies. The immunoreactive fibers were embedded in an intensely and homogeneously stained neuropil. In contrast, mature visual cortex immunocytochemistry located CRMP2 and CRMP4 in the somatodendritic compartment of neurons with a clear CRMP-specific lamination pattern. Similar to kitten, neuropil staining was clearly observed but showed a decreasing gradient from layer I to VI in adult area 17. Detailed analysis of cellular morphology and size classified the CRMP2- and CRMP4-immunopositive cells in distinct neuronal populations. Double labeling of CRMP2 or CRMP4 with the typical interneuron marker parvalbumin (PV) showed many double-labeled cells immunoreactive for CRMP4 and PV, but not for CRMP2 and PV, corroborating the cell type-specific character of each CRMP. Our present results clearly illustrate that CRMP2 and CRMP4 may play an important role in visual cortex, possibly providing different classes of neurons with the potential to form a functionally meaningful network, not only during development, but also in adulthood, coincident with the belief that CRMPs are involved in neurite growth and guidance.
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- Lieselotte Cnops
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Deng JW, Lu QJ, Hu TT. [Construction of recombinant antisense RNA IgG2aVH region of murine systemic lupus erythematous]. Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2001; 26:115-7. [PMID: 12536638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To construct recombinant plasmid of IgG2aVH region antisense RNA of systemic lupus erythematous. METHODS Total RNA was isolated from spleen cell of BWF1 mice. Using spleen cell total RNA as the template, We designed specific primers from A6.1 region sequences, and amplified the IgG2aVH region 375 bp DNA fragments by RT-PCR. The IgG2aVH cDNA was cloned by T/A and inserted into pcDNA 3.1 plasmid of vector. RESULTS The IgG2aVH antisense RNA plasmid expressing recombinant was identified by restriction enzyme digestion and DNA sequence analysis. CONCLUSION There is IgG2aVH gene in F1 mice spleen cell; the IgG2aVH antisense RNA expressing recombinants is constructed successfully.
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- J W Deng
- Center Research Laboratory, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China
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