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Van Schoor E, Koper MJ, Ospitalieri S, Dedeene L, Tomé SO, Vandenberghe R, Brenner D, Otto M, Weishaupt J, Ludolph AC, Van Damme P, Van Den Bosch L, Thal DR. Necrosome-positive granulovacuolar degeneration is associated with TDP-43 pathological lesions in the hippocampus of ALS/FTLD cases. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2020; 47:328-345. [PMID: 32949047 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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AIM Granulovacuolar degeneration (GVD) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves the necrosome, which is a protein complex consisting of phosphorylated receptor-interacting protein kinase 1 (pRIPK1), pRIPK3 and phosphorylated mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein (pMLKL). Necrosome-positive GVD was associated with neuron loss in AD. GVD was recently linked to the C9ORF72 mutation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with transactive response DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) pathology (FTLD-TDP). Therefore, we investigated whether GVD in cases of the ALS-FTLD-TDP spectrum (ALS/FTLD) shows a similar involvement of the necrosome as in AD, and whether it correlates with diagnosis, presence of protein aggregates and cell death in ALS/FTLD. METHODS We analysed the presence and distribution of the necrosome in post-mortem brain and spinal cord of ALS and FTLD-TDP patients (n = 30) with and without the C9ORF72 mutation, and controls (n = 22). We investigated the association of the necrosome with diagnosis, the presence of pathological protein aggregates and neuronal loss. RESULTS Necrosome-positive GVD was primarily observed in hippocampal regions of ALS/FTLD cases and was associated with hippocampal TDP-43 inclusions as the main predictor of the pMLKL-GVD stage, as well as with the Braak stage of neurofibrillary tangle pathology. The central cortex and spinal cord, showing motor neuron loss in ALS, were devoid of any accumulation of pRIPK1, pRIPK3 or pMLKL. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest a role for hippocampal TDP-43 pathology as a contributor to necrosome-positive GVD in ALS/FTLD. The absence of necroptosis-related proteins in motor neurons in ALS argues against a role for necroptosis in ALS-related motor neuron death.
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- E Van Schoor
- Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Center for Brain & Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Center for Brain & Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory for the Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Center for Brain & Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Center for Brain & Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Center for Brain & Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Gille B, De Schaepdryver M, Goossens J, Dedeene L, De Vocht J, Oldoni E, Goris A, Van Den Bosch L, Depreitere B, Claeys KG, Tournoy J, Van Damme P, Poesen K. Serum neurofilament light chain levels as a marker of upper motor neuron degeneration in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2018; 45:291-304. [PMID: 29908069 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron degeneration disease with a diagnostic delay of about 1 year after symptoms onset. In ALS, blood neurofilament light chain (NfL) levels are elevated, but it is not entirely clear what drives this increase and what the diagnostic performance of serum NfL is in terms of predictive values and likelihood ratios. The aims of this study were to further explore the prognostic and diagnostic performances of serum NfL to discriminate between patients with ALS and ALS mimics, and to investigate the relationship between serum NfL with motor neuron degeneration. METHODS The diagnostic performances of serum NfL were based on a cohort of 149 serum samples of patients with ALS, 19 serum samples of patients with a disease mimicking ALS and 82 serum samples of disease control patients. The serum NfL levels were correlated with the number of regions (thoracic, bulbar, upper limb and lower limb) displaying upper and/or lower motor neuron degeneration. The prognostic performances of serum NfL were investigated based on a Cox regression analysis. RESULTS The associated predictive values and likelihood ratio to discriminate patients with ALS and ALS mimics were established. Serum NfL was associated with motor neuron degeneration driven by upper motor neuron (UMN) degeneration and was independently associated with survival in patients with ALS. CONCLUSIONS Altogether, these findings suggest that elevated serum NfL levels in ALS are driven by UMN degeneration and the disease progression rate and are independently associated with survival at time of diagnosis.
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- B Gille
- Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Chronic Disease, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven and Center for Brain & Disease Research VIB Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Centre, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven and Center for Brain & Disease Research VIB Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neuromuscular Reference Centre, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Research Group Experimental Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy, KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Centre, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory for Muscle diseases and Neuropathies, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chronic Disease, Metabolism and Ageing, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Alzheimer Research Centre KU Leuven, Leuven Institute of Neuroscience and Disease, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven and Center for Brain & Disease Research VIB Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Centre, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Klemann CJHM, Visser JE, Van Den Bosch L, Martens GJM, Poelmans G. Integrated molecular landscape of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis provides insights into disease etiology. Brain Pathol 2017; 28:203-211. [PMID: 28035716 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe, progressive and ultimately fatal motor neuron disease caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, but its underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. To gain insight into the etiology of ALS, we here conducted genetic network and literature analyses of the top-ranked findings from six genome-wide association studies of sporadic ALS (involving 3589 cases and 8577 controls) as well as genes implicated in ALS etiology through other evidence, including familial ALS candidate gene association studies. We integrated these findings into a molecular landscape of ALS that allowed the identification of three main processes that interact with each other and are crucial to maintain axonal functionality, especially of the long axons of motor neurons, i.e. (1) Rho-GTPase signaling; (2) signaling involving the three regulatory molecules estradiol, folate, and methionine; and (3) ribonucleoprotein granule functioning and axonal transport. Interestingly, estradiol signaling is functionally involved in all three cascades and as such an important mediator of the molecular ALS landscape. Furthermore, epidemiological findings together with an analysis of possible gender effects in our own cohort of sporadic ALS patients indicated that estradiol may be a protective factor, especially for bulbar-onset ALS. Taken together, our molecular landscape of ALS suggests that abnormalities within three interconnected molecular processes involved in the functioning and maintenance of motor neuron axons are important in the etiology of ALS. Moreover, estradiol appears to be an important modulator of the ALS landscape, providing important clues for the development of novel disease-modifying treatments.
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- C J H M Klemann
- Department of Molecular Animal Physiology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Animal Physiology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosciences, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Experimental Neurology, KU Leuven and VIB, Vesalius Research Center, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Animal Physiology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Animal Physiology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Bogaert E, d'Ydewalle C, Van Den Bosch L. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Excitotoxicity: From Pathological Mechanism to Therapeutic Target. CNSNDDT 2010; 9:297-304. [DOI: 10.2174/187152710791292576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2009] [Accepted: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Taes I, Goris A, Lemmens R, van Es MA, van den Berg LH, Chio A, Traynor BJ, Birve A, Andersen P, Slowik A, Tomik B, Brown RH, Shaw CE, Al-Chalabi A, Boonen S, Van Den Bosch L, Dubois B, Van Damme P, Robberecht W. Tau levels do not influence human ALS or motor neuron degeneration in the SOD1G93A mouse. Neurology 2010; 74:1687-93. [PMID: 20498436 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181e042f7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The microtubule-associated protein tau is thought to play a pivotal role in neurodegeneration. Mutations in the tau coding gene MAPT are a cause of frontotemporal dementia, and the H1/H1 genotype of MAPT, giving rise to higher tau expression levels, is associated with progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, and Parkinson disease (PD). Furthermore, tau hyperphosphorylation and aggregation is a hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD), and reducing endogenous tau has been reported to ameliorate cognitive impairment in a mouse model for AD. Tau hyperphosphorylation and aggregation have also been described in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), both in human patients and in the mutant SOD1 mouse model for this disease. However, the precise role of tau in motor neuron degeneration remains uncertain. METHODS The possible association between ALS and the MAPT H1/H2 polymorphism was studied in 3,540 patients with ALS and 8,753 controls. Furthermore, the role of tau in the SOD1(G93A) mouse model for ALS was studied by deleting Mapt in this model. RESULTS The MAPT genotype of the H1/H2 polymorphism did not influence ALS susceptibility (odds ratio = 1.08 [95% confidence interval 0.99-1.18], p = 0.08) and did not affect the clinical phenotype. Lowering tau levels in the SOD1(G93A) mouse failed to delay disease onset (p = 0.302) or to increase survival (p = 0.557). CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the H1/H2 polymorphism in MAPT is not associated with human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and that lowering tau levels in the mutant SOD1 mouse does not affect the motor neuron degeneration in these animals.
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- I Taes
- Laboratory of Neurobiology and Department of Neurology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Damme PV, Goris A, Race V, Hersmus N, Dubois B, Bosch LVD, Matthijs G, Robberecht W. The occurrence of mutations in FUS in a Belgian cohort of patients with familial ALS. Eur J Neurol 2009; 17:754-6. [PMID: 19922450 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02859.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Mutations in fused in sarcoma (FUS) were recently identified as a cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The frequency of occurrence of mutations in FUS in sets of patients with familial ALS remains to be established. METHODS We sequenced the FUS gene in a cohort of patients with familial ALS seen at the neuromuscular clinic in Leuven. A total of 28 patients with SOD1-negative ALS from 22 families were analyzed. RESULTS We identified a R521H mutation in 4 patients, belonging to a kindred of dominantly inherited classical ALS. The mutation segregated with disease. Mutations in FUS were observed in 2.9% of ALS pedigrees in our cohort. CONCLUSIONS These results show that mutations in FUS are also a significant cause of familial ALS in Belgium.
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- P Van Damme
- Department of Neurology, Leuven University Hospital, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Staats KA, Van Den Bosch L. Astrocytes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: direct effects on motor neuron survival. J Biol Phys 2009; 35:337-46. [PMID: 19669429 PMCID: PMC2750739 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-009-9141-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Selective motor neuron death during amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a non-cell autonomous process in which non-neuronal cells induce and/or contribute to the disease process. The non-neuronal cells that are clearly involved in the pathogenesis of the disease are the surrounding astrocytes. Under normal conditions, astrocytes remove glutamate from the synaptic cleft and release trophic factors. In addition, these cells determine the functional characteristics of motor neurons. Recent evidence suggests that activation of astrocytes in a degenerative disease like ALS disturbs the crosstalk between astrocytes and motor neurons, which could contribute to and/or accelerate selective motor neuron death. These new insights may contribute to the development of therapeutic approaches to slow this fatal neurodegenerative disease.
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- K. A. Staats
- Neurobiology, Campus Gasthuisberg O&N2, PB1022, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neurobiology, Campus Gasthuisberg O&N2, PB1022, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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Lemmens R, Race V, Hersmus N, Matthijs G, Van Den Bosch L, Van Damme P, Dubois B, Boonen S, Goris A, Robberecht W. TDP-43 M311V mutation in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2009; 80:354-5. [PMID: 19228676 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.157677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Chabwine JN, Talavera K, Verbert L, Eggermont J, Vanderwinden JM, De Smedt H, Van Den Bosch L, Robberecht W, Callewaert G. Differential contribution of the Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransporter NKCC1 to chloride handling in rat embryonic dorsal root ganglion neurons and motor neurons. FASEB J 2008; 23:1168-76. [PMID: 19103648 DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-116012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Plasma membrane chloride (Cl(-)) pathways play an important role in neuronal physiology. Here, we investigated the role of NKCC1 cotransporters (a secondary active Cl(-) uptake mechanism) in Cl(-) handling in cultured rat dorsal root ganglion neurons (DRGNs) and motor neurons (MNs) derived from fetal stage embryonic day 14. Gramicidin-perforated patch-clamp recordings revealed that DRGNs accumulate intracellular Cl(-) through a bumetanide- and Na(+)-sensitive mechanism, indicative of the functional expression of NKCC1. Western blotting confirmed the expression of NKCC1 in both DRGNs and MNs, but immunocytochemistry experiments showed a restricted expression in dendrites of MNs, which contrasts with a homogeneous expression in DRGNs. Both MNs and DRGNs could be readily loaded with or depleted of Cl(-) during GABA(A) receptor activation at depolarizing or hyperpolarizing membrane potentials. After loading, the rate of recovery to the resting Cl(-) concentration (i.e., [Cl(-)](i) decrease) was similar in both cell types and was unaffected by lowering the extracellular Na(+) concentration. In contrast, the recovery on depletion (i.e., [Cl(-)](i) increase) was significantly faster in DRGNs in control conditions but not in low extracellular Na(+). The experimental observations could be reproduced by a mathematical model for intracellular Cl(-) kinetics, in which DRGNs show higher NKCC1 activity and smaller Cl(-)-handling volume than MNs. On the basis of these results, we conclude that embryonic DRGNs show a higher somatic functional expression of NKCC1 than embryonic MNs. The high NKCC1 activity in DRGNs is important for maintaining high [Cl(-)](i), whereas lower NKCC1 activity in MNs allows large [Cl(-)](i) variations during neuronal activity.
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- J N Chabwine
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Van Den Bosch L, Robberecht W. Crosstalk between astrocytes and motor neurons: What is the message? Exp Neurol 2008; 211:1-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2007] [Revised: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Irobi J, Dierick I, de Corte V, Gettemans J, Robberecht W, Van Den Bosch L, Timmermans JP, De Jonghe P, Timmerman V. G.O.1 In vitro expression of small heat shock protein HSPB8 and HSPB1 mutations causing axonal neuropathy. Neuromuscul Disord 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abstract
Since its description by Charcot more than 130 years ago, the pathogenesis of selective motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains unsolved. Over the years, many pathogenic mechanisms have been proposed. Amongst others these include: oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, aggregate formation, inflammation, growth factor deficiency and neurofilament disorganization. This multitude of contributing factors indicates that ALS is a complex disease and also suggests that ALS is a multifactorial disorder. Excitotoxicity is not the newest and most spectacular hypothesis in the ALS field, but it is undoubtedly one of the most robust pathogenic mechanisms supported by an impressive amount of evidence. Moreover, the therapeutic efficacy of riluzole, the only drug proven to slow disease progression in ALS, is most likely related to its anti-excitotoxic properties. In this review, we will give an overview of the arguments in favor of the involvement of excitotoxicity in ALS and of the possible mechanisms leading to motor neuron death. We will also summarize the intrinsic properties of motor neurons that render these cells particularly vulnerable to excitotoxicity and could explain the selective vulnerability of motor neurons in ALS. All this information could help to develop new and better therapeutic strategies that could protect motor neurons from excitotoxicity.
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- P Van Damme
- Neurobiology, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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Krishnan J, Lemmens R, Robberecht W, Van Den Bosch L. Role of heat shock response and Hsp27 in mutant SOD1-dependent cell death. Exp Neurol 2006; 200:301-10. [PMID: 16806187 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.02.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2005] [Revised: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The fatal neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by selective loss of motor neurons and mutations in the copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) enzyme underlie one form of familial ALS. The pathogenic mechanism of these mutations is elusive but is thought to involve oxidative stress and protein aggregation. These two phenomena are known to induce heat shock proteins (Hsps) which protect stressed cells through their chaperoning and anti-apoptotic activity. In order to investigate the role of Hsp27 in mutant SOD1-dependent cell death, we used mutant and wild type SOD1 overexpressing N2a mouse neuroblastoma cells. Mutant SOD1-dependent cell death could be induced by heat shock, and by treating the cells with cyclosporine A or lactacystin. Transfection with an Hsp27 expression construct did not protect the N2a cells against mutant SOD1-dependent cell death. However, pre-conditioning N2a cells with a mild heat shock was accompanied by a significant upregulation of Hsp27 in the mutant SOD1 cells, and protected these cells against subsequent cell death induced by a more severe heat shock. Selective inhibition of the Hsp27 upregulation, through the use of Hsp27 siRNA, did not attenuate the protective effect of this treatment. These results show that activation of the heat shock response protects cells against mutant SOD1-dependent cell death, but that Hsp27 is not an essential component of the stress response leading to protection.
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- J Krishnan
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, K.U.Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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Van Den Bosch L, Van Damme P, Bogaert E, Robberecht W. The role of excitotoxicity in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2006; 1762:1068-82. [PMID: 16806844 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2006.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [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: 02/21/2006] [Revised: 05/04/2006] [Accepted: 05/10/2006] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Unfortunately and despite all efforts, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains an incurable neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive and selective death of motor neurons. The cause of this process is mostly unknown, but evidence is available that excitotoxicity plays an important role. In this review, we will give an overview of the arguments in favor of the involvement of excitotoxicity in ALS. The most important one is that the only drug proven to slow the disease process in humans, riluzole, has anti-excitotoxic properties. Moreover, consumption of excitotoxins can give rise to selective motor neuron death, indicating that motor neurons are extremely sensitive to excessive stimulation of glutamate receptors. We will summarize the intrinsic properties of motor neurons that could render these cells particularly sensitive to excitotoxicity. Most of these characteristics relate to the way motor neurons handle Ca(2+), as they combine two exceptional characteristics: a low Ca(2+)-buffering capacity and a high number of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors. These properties most likely are essential to perform their normal function, but under pathological conditions they could become responsible for the selective death of motor neurons. In order to achieve this worst-case scenario, additional factors/mechanisms could be required. In 1 to 2% of the ALS patients, mutations in the SOD1 gene could shift the balance from normal motor neuron excitation to excitotoxicity by decreasing glutamate uptake in the surrounding astrocytes and/or by interfering with mitochondrial function. We will discuss point by point these different pathogenic mechanisms that could give rise to classical and/or slow excitotoxicity leading to selective motor neuron death.
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- L Van Den Bosch
- Neurobiology, Campus Gasthuisberg O&N2, PB1022, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Petri S, Schmalbach S, Grosskreutz J, Krampfl K, Grothe C, Dengler R, Van Den Bosch L, Robberecht W, Bufler J. The cellular mRNA expression of GABA and glutamate receptors in spinal motor neurons of SOD1 mice. J Neurol Sci 2005; 238:25-30. [PMID: 16087196 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 04/15/2005] [Revised: 06/02/2005] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a selective loss of upper motor neurons in the motor cortex and lower motor neurons in the brain stem and spinal cord. About 10% of ALS cases are familial, in 10-20% of these, mutations in the gene coding for superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) can be detected. Overexpression of mutated SOD1 in mice created animal models which clinically resemble ALS. Abnormalities in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission presumably contribute to the selective motor neuron damage in ALS. By in situ hybridization histochemistry (ISH), we investigated the spinal mRNA expression of the GABAA and AMPA type glutamate receptor subunits at different disease stages on spinal cord sections of mutant SOD1 mice and control animals overexpressing wild-type SOD1 aged 40, 80, 120 days and at disease end-stage, i.e. around 140 days) (n=5, respectively). We detected a slight but statistically significant decrease of the AMPA receptor subunits GluR3 and GluR4 only in end stage disease animals.
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- S Petri
- Department of Neurology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30623, Hannover, Germany.
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Van Damme P, Callewaert G, Eggermont J, Robberecht W, Van Den Bosch L. Chloride influx aggravates Ca2+-dependent AMPA receptor-mediated motoneuron death. J Neurosci 2003; 23:4942-50. [PMID: 12832516 PMCID: PMC6741175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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AMPA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity has been implicated in the pathogenesis of stroke, neurotrauma, epilepsy, and many neurodegenerative diseases such as motoneuron disease. We studied the role of Cl- in AMPA receptor-mediated Ca2+-dependent excitotoxicity in cultured rat spinal motoneurons. Using the gramicidin perforated patch-clamp technique, the intracellular Cl- concentration could be calculated from the reversal potential of the GABA-induced current. The membrane depolarization caused by AMPA receptor stimulation resulted in Cl- influx through 5-nitro-2(3-phenylpropyl-amino) benzoic acid- and niflumic acid-sensitive Cl- channels. Cl- influx during AMPA receptor stimulation aggravated excitotoxic motoneuron death by two mechanisms: an increase of AMPA receptor conductance and an elevation of the Ca2+ driving force through a partial repolarization. The Cl- influx during AMPA receptor stimulation was enhanced by coadministration of GABA. This resulted in an increased Ca2+ influx and an enhanced cell death, suggesting that concomitant GABAergic stimulation may aggravate excitotoxic motoneuron death.
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- P Van Damme
- Department of Neurobiology, Catholic University Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Van Damme P, Van Den Bosch L, Van Houtte E, Callewaert G, Robberecht W. GluR2-dependent properties of AMPA receptors determine the selective vulnerability of motor neurons to excitotoxicity. J Neurophysiol 2002; 88:1279-87. [PMID: 12205149 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.3.1279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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AMPA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity has been implicated in the selective motor neuron loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In some culture models, motor neurons have been shown to be selectively vulnerable to AMPA receptor agonists due to Ca(2+) influx through Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors. Because the absence of GluR2 in AMPA receptors renders them highly permeable to Ca(2+) ions, it has been hypothesized that the selective vulnerability of motor neurons is due to their relative deficiency in GluR2. However, conflicting evidence exists about the in vitro and in vivo expression of GluR2 in motor neurons, both at the mRNA and at the protein level. In this study, we quantified electrophysiological properties of AMPA receptors, known to be dependent on the relative abundance of GluR2: sensitivity to external polyamines, rectification index, and relative Ca(2+) permeability. Cultured rat spinal cord motor neurons were compared with dorsal horn neurons (which are resistant to excitotoxicity) and with motor neurons that survived an excitotoxic insult. Motor neurons had a higher sensitivity to external polyamines, a lower rectification index, and a higher relative Ca(2+) permeability ratio than dorsal horn neurons. These findings confirm that motor neurons are relatively deficient in GluR2. The AMPA receptor properties correlated well with each other and with the selective vulnerability of motor neurons because motor neurons surviving an excitotoxic event had similar characteristics as dorsal horn neurons. These data indicate that the relative abundance of GluR2 in functional AMPA receptors may be a major determinant of the selective vulnerability of motor neurons to excitotoxicity in vitro.
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- P Van Damme
- Laboratory for Neurobiology, University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Van Damme P, Van Den Bosch L, Van Houtte E, Eggermont J, Callewaert G, Robberecht W. Na(+) entry through AMPA receptors results in voltage-gated k(+) channel blockade in cultured rat spinal cord motoneurons. J Neurophysiol 2002; 88:965-72. [PMID: 12163545 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.2.965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor currents, evoked with the agonist kainate, were studied with the gramicidin perforated-patch-clamp technique in cultured rat spinal cord motoneurons. Kainate-induced currents could be blocked by the AMPA receptor antagonist LY 300164 and displayed an apparent strong inward rectification. This inward rectification was not a genuine property of AMPA receptor currents but was a result of a concomitant decrease in outward current at potentials positive to -40.5 +/- 1.3 mV. The AMPA receptor current itself was nearly linear (rectification index 0.91). The kainate-inhibited outward current had a reversal potential close to the estimated K(+) equilibrium potential and was blocked by 30 mM tetraethylammonium. When voltage steps were applied, it was found that kainate inhibited both the delayed rectifier K(+) current K(V) and the transient outward K(+) current, K(A). The kainate-induced inhibition of K(+) currents was dependent on ion flux through the AMPA receptor, because no change in the membrane conductance was noticed in the presence of LY 300164. Removing extracellular Ca(2+) had no effect, whereas replacing extracellular Na(+) or clamping the membrane close to the estimated Na(+) equilibrium potential during kainate application attenuated the inhibition of the K(+) current. Sustained Na(+) influx induced by application of the Na(+) ionophore monensin could mimic the effect of kainate on K(+) conductance. These findings demonstrate that Na(+) influx through AMPA receptors results in blockade of voltage-gated K(+) channels.
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- P Van Damme
- Laboratory for Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Leuven, Belgium.
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Van Den Bosch L, Schwaller B, Vleminckx V, Meijers B, Stork S, Ruehlicke T, Van Houtte E, Klaassen H, Celio MR, Missiaen L, Robberecht W, Berchtold MW. Protective effect of parvalbumin on excitotoxic motor neuron death. Exp Neurol 2002; 174:150-61. [PMID: 11922657 DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2001.7858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [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: 11/22/2022]
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The mechanism responsible for the selective vulnerability of motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is poorly understood. Several lines of evidence indicate that susceptibility of motor neurons to Ca(2+) overload induced by excitotoxic stimuli is involved. In this study, we investigated whether the high density of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors on motor neurons gives rise to higher Ca(2+) transients in motor neurons compared to dorsal horn neurons. Dorsal horn neurons were chosen as controls as these cells do not degenerate in ALS. In cultured spinal motor neurons, the rise of the cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration induced by kainic acid (KA) and mediated by the AMPA receptor was almost twice as high as in spinal neurons from the dorsal horn. Furthermore, we investigated whether increasing the motor neuron's cytosolic Ca(2+)-buffering capacity protects them from excitotoxic death. To obtain motor neurons with increased Ca(2+) buffering capacity, we generated transgenic mice overexpressing parvalbumin (PV). These mice have no apparent phenotype. PV overexpression was present in the central nervous system, kidney, thymus, and spleen. Motor neurons from these transgenic mice expressed PV in culture and were partially protected from KA-induced death as compared to those isolated from nontransgenic littermates. PV overexpression also attenuated KA-induced Ca(2+) transients, but not those induced by depolarization. We conclude that the high density of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors on the motor neuron's surface results in high Ca(2+) transients upon stimulation and that the low cytosolic Ca(2+)-buffering capacity of motor neurons may contribute to the selective vulnerability of these cells in ALS. Overexpression of a high-affinity Ca(2+) buffer such as PV protects the motor neuron from excitotoxicity and this protective effect depends upon the mode of Ca(2+) entry into the cell.
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- L Van Den Bosch
- Neurobiology, Laboratory of Physiology, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium
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Oosthuyse B, Moons L, Storkebaum E, Beck H, Nuyens D, Brusselmans K, Van Dorpe J, Hellings P, Gorselink M, Heymans S, Theilmeier G, Dewerchin M, Laudenbach V, Vermylen P, Raat H, Acker T, Vleminckx V, Van Den Bosch L, Cashman N, Fujisawa H, Drost MR, Sciot R, Bruyninckx F, Hicklin DJ, Ince C, Gressens P, Lupu F, Plate KH, Robberecht W, Herbert JM, Collen D, Carmeliet P. Deletion of the hypoxia-response element in the vascular endothelial growth factor promoter causes motor neuron degeneration. Nat Genet 2001; 28:131-8. [PMID: 11381259 DOI: 10.1038/88842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 730] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [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: 12/15/2022]
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Hypoxia stimulates angiogenesis through the binding of hypoxia-inducible factors to the hypoxia-response element in the vascular endothelial growth factor (Vegf) promotor. Here, we report that deletion of the hypoxia-response element in the Vegf promotor reduced hypoxic Vegf expression in the spinal cord and caused adult-onset progressive motor neuron degeneration, reminiscent of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The neurodegeneration seemed to be due to reduced neural vascular perfusion. In addition, Vegf165 promoted survival of motor neurons during hypoxia through binding to Vegf receptor 2 and neuropilin 1. Acute ischemia is known to cause nonselective neuronal death. Our results indicate that chronic vascular insufficiency and, possibly, insufficient Vegf-dependent neuroprotection lead to the select degeneration of motor neurons.
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- B Oosthuyse
- The Center for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, KU Leuven, Leuven, B-3000, Belgium
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We compared the effect of short and long exposures of cultured motor neurons to glutamate and kainate (KA) and studied the receptors involved in these two types of excitotoxicity. There was no difference in the receptor type used between short and long glutamate exposures as activation of the N-methyl-D-asparate (NMDA) receptor was in both cases responsible for the motor neuron death. Cell death through activation of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors only became apparent when desensitization of these receptors was prevented. In such conditions, motor neurons became much more sensitive to excitotoxicity, and activation of different types of AMPA receptors mediated motor neuron death after short, compared to long, exposures to the non-desensitizing AMPA receptor agonist, KA. Short KA exposures selectively affected motor neurons containing Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors, as the KA effect was completely inhibited by Joro spider toxin and only motor neurons that were positive for the histochemical Co(2+) staining were killed. A long exposure to KA affected motor neurons through both Ca(2+)-permeable and Ca(2+)-impermeable AMPA receptors. The selective death of motor neurons vs. dorsal horn neurons was observed after short KA exposures indicating that the selective vulnerability of motor neurons to excitotoxicity is related to the presence of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors.
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- L Van Den Bosch
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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To evaluate the role of excitotoxicity in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), we compared the sensitivity of motor neurons and that of dorsal horn neurons to kainic acid (KA). Short exposure to KA resulted in the death of motor neurons, while dorsal horn neurons were unaffected. This selective motor neuron death was completely dependent on extracellular Ca(2+) and insensitive to inhibitors of voltage-operated Ca(2+) or Na(+) channels. It was also completely inhibited by the specific AMPA antagonist LY300164 and by Joro spider toxin (JSTx), a selective blocker of AMPA receptors that lack the edited GluR2 subunit. KA selectively killed those motor neurons that stained positive for the Co(2+) histochemical staining, a measure for the presence of Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors. These results suggest that Ca(2+) entry via Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors is responsible for the selective motor neuron death. As the Ca(2+) permeability of the AMPA receptor is regulated by its GluR2 subunit, we stained motor neurons for GluR2. Immunoreactivity was present in all motor neurons, albeit to a variable degree. However, double-staining experiments demonstrated that motor neurons clearly expressing GluR2, also expressed Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptors. This indicates that despite the abundant expression of GluR2, this subunit is excluded from a subset of AMPA receptors and that the activation of these receptors is responsible for the selective motor neuron death.
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- L Van Den Bosch
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University of Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Robberecht W, Van Den Bosch L, Vleminckx V. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: pathogenesis. Acta Neurol Belg 2000; 100:181-7. [PMID: 11098292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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- W Robberecht
- Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Belgium
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is characterized by motoneuron degeneration, in which glutamate-induced cell death is thought to play a pathogenic role. This excitotoxic process is mediated by cytosolic Ca2+ overload. The glutamatergic ionotropic channel molecules, which constitute a major route of Ca2+ entry, were present on cultured spinal motoneurons. Using ratio RT-PCR, the relative presence in isolated motoneurons of the GluR subunits of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor was evaluated. GluR1 and GluR2 mRNAs were present abundantly, while GluR3 and GluR4 mRNAs were much less abundant. The relative amount of mRNAs encoding the different protein isoforms responsible for Ca2+ uptake into the internal stores and for controlled release of Ca2+ from these stores was also determined. For the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPases (SERCAs), only the SERCA2b class 4 splice variant was found. The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) mRNAs were mainly transcribed from the IP3RI and IP3RII genes. Heterogeneity was also observed for the ryanodine receptors (RyR) as the RyR1, RyR2 and RyR3 mRNAs were present.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium/antagonists & inhibitors
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels/biosynthesis
- Calcium Channels/genetics
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases/biosynthesis
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases/genetics
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/enzymology
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
- Kainic Acid/pharmacology
- Motor Neurons/drug effects
- Motor Neurons/metabolism
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/biosynthesis
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/physiology
- Protein Isoforms
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptors, AMPA/biosynthesis
- Receptors, AMPA/genetics
- Receptors, AMPA/metabolism
- Receptors, AMPA/physiology
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/biosynthesis
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/genetics
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum/enzymology
- Spinal Cord/cytology
- Spinal Cord/drug effects
- alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid/pharmacology
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AMPA/kainate receptor-mediated excitotoxicity is believed to play a pathogenic role in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. To further characterize the mechanisms involved in AMPA/kainate receptor-mediated motoneuron injury, we investigated the influence of spinal glial cells on kainate-induced motoneuron death in vitro. A motoneuron-enriched neuronal population was obtained from embryonic mouse spinal cord by metrizamide density centrifugation. This population was cultured either on a pre-established glial feeder layer of ventral spinal origin (coculture) or in glia-free conditions (monoculture). Glial feeder layers significantly enhanced basal survival of neurons, and supported neuronal differentiation as judged by neuronal morphology and expression of the motoneuron markers peripherin and SMI-32. Neuronal vulnerability to kainate was two- to three-fold higher in coculture than in monoculture, and increased significantly with time in coculture. The effects of glial feeder layers on neuronal basal survival, differentiation and kainate vulnerability were not mimicked by conditioned medium from glial cells. The increase in neuronal kainate vulnerability with time in coculture was associated with a marked rise in the proportion of cocultured neurons possessing Ca2+-permeable AMPA/kainate receptors, as determined by kainate-activated Co2+-uptake. Neurons in monoculture were unstained by kainate-activated Co2+-uptake. Neurons were immunoreactive to specific antibodies against the AMPA receptor subunits GluR1 and GluR2 both in monoculture and coculture. This study indicates that motoneuron differentiation in coculture is associated with increased vulnerability to kainate and increased expression of Ca2+-permeable AMPA/kainate receptors. In this paradigm glial cells support basal survival and differentiation of neurons, but potentiate kainate-induced neuronal death.
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- W Vandenberghe
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, University of Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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Spinal motoneurons are highly vulnerable to kainate both in vivo and in vitro. Tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasmin have recently been shown to mediate kainate-induced neuronal death in the mouse hippocampus in vivo. The aim of the present study was to determine whether tPA also mediates the kainate-induced death of motoneurons in vitro. A motoneuron-enriched neuronal population was isolated from the ventral spinal cord of wild-type (WT) and tPA-deficient (tPA-/-) mouse embryos. WT and tPA-/- neurons were cultured on WT and tPA-/- spinal glial feeder layers, respectively. WT and tPA-/- co-cultures were morphologically indistinguishable. Expression of tPA in WT co-cultures was demonstrated using RT-PCR. WT and tPA-/- co-cultures were exposed to kainate for 24 h. The neurotoxic effect of kainate did not differ significantly between WT and tPA-/- cultures. The plasmin inhibitor alpha2-antiplasmin did not protect WT neurons against kainate-induced injury. These results indicate that the plasmin system is not a universal mediator of kainate-induced excitotoxicity.
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- W Vandenberghe
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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Aguirre T, Van Den Bosch L, Goetschalckx K, Tilkin P, Mathijs G, Cassiman JJ, Robberecht W. Increased sensitivity of fibroblasts from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients to oxidative stress. Ann Neurol 1998; 43:452-7. [PMID: 9546325 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/05/2022]
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Although the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is unkNown, free radical toxicity is thought to play a pathogenic role. We investigated whether cells from ALS patients are more vulnerable to exogenously induced oxidative stress than cells from controls. We therefore studied the sensitivity of fibroblasts from patients with sporadic ALS (SALS), and from patients with familial ALS (FALS) associated with copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/ZnSOD) mutations (SOD1-FALS), to the free radical-generating agents 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and to serum withdrawal. SOD1-FALS and SALS fibroblasts were significantly more sensitive than controls to SIN-1 but not to serum withdrawal. In addition, SOD1-FALS fibroblasts were more sensitive to H2O2 than SALS fibroblasts and than fibroblasts of controls. These results suggest that the mechanism underlying both SOD1-FALS and SALS jeopardizes the cell's defense against free radical stress, and that SOD1-FALS cells are particularly sensitive to H2O2. The latter finding is compatible with biochemical data on the increased affinity of the mutated Cu/ZnSOD for H2O2.
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- T Aguirre
- Center for Human Genetics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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Van Den Bosch L, Mertens L, Gijsbers S, Heyen MV, Wuytack F, Eggermont J. Sequence elements surrounding the acceptor site suppress alternative splicing of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 2 gene transcript. Biochem J 1997; 322 ( Pt 3):885-91. [PMID: 9148765 PMCID: PMC1218271 DOI: 10.1042/bj3220885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Expression of the muscle-specific 2a isoform of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2) requires activation of an inefficient optional splice process at the 3' end of the primary gene transcript. The sequence elements required for this regulated splice event were studied by modifying a minigene containing the 3' end of the SERCA2 gene. An important requirement appears to be a strong muscle-specific acceptor site, as replacing it by a weak one prevented the induction of muscle-type splicing during myogenic differentiation. The induction of muscle-type splicing did not depend on positive cis-active sequences in the muscle-specific exon. On the other hand, replacement of a broad region around the acceptor site dramatically deregulated the expression pattern, as this modification strongly induced muscle-type splicing in undifferentiated muscle cells and in fibroblasts. This cis-active region is also involved in the suppression of the neuronal type of splicing. Furthermore selective replacement of the acceptor site as well as deletions or replacements in the muscle-specific exon induced muscle-type splicing to various extents in undifferentiated myogenic cells. Therefore sequence elements in the distal part of the optional intron and in the muscle-specific exon contribute to the suppression of muscle-specific SERCA2 splicing.
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- L Van Den Bosch
- Laboratory of Physiology, University of Leuven (KULeuven), Campus Gasthuisberg, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Missiaen L, De Smedt H, Parys JB, Raeymaekers L, Droogmans G, Van Den Bosch L, Casteels R. Kinetics of the non-specific calcium leak from non-mitochondrial calcium stores in permeabilized A7r5 cells. Biochem J 1996; 317 ( Pt 3):849-53. [PMID: 8760372 PMCID: PMC1217562 DOI: 10.1042/bj3170849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 02/02/2023]
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We have investigated the detailed kinetics of the passive Ca2+ leak from non-mitochondrial Ca2+ stores in permeabilized A7r5 cells. The decrease in the content of stored Ca2+ in the presence of 2 microM thapsigargin deviated from a single-exponential curve in the initial phase of the efflux. The deviation persisted after correcting this efflux for passively bound Ca2+. The non-single-exponential nature of the spontaneous release also occurred when the initial store Ca2+ content was reduced to 40% of its original value by pretreatment with 200 nM inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3). The passive Ca2+ leak could be modelled by two exponential curves with discrete rate constants of 0.06 min-1 and 0.98 min-1, and not by any other type of non-exponential decay. We concluded that individual store units are heterogeneous with respect to their passive Ca2+ permeability. This non-exponential nature of the passive Ca2+ release is unrelated to the non-single-exponential InsP3-induced Ca2+ release.
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- L Missiaen
- Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, K.U. Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg, Belgium
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Morona R, Macpherson DF, Van Den Bosch L, Carlin NI, Manning PA. Lipopolysaccharide with an altered O-antigen produced in Escherichia coli K-12 harbouring mutated, cloned Shigella flexneri rfb genes. Mol Microbiol 1995; 18:209-23. [PMID: 8709841 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18020209.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Cloning of the rfb genes of Shigella flexneri 2a into Escherichia coli K-12 strain DH1 results in the synthesis of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) with an O-antigen chain having type antigen IV and group antigens 3,4. During genetic studies of these rfb genes in E. coli K-12, we observed that strains harbouring plasmids with certain mutations (inversion and transposon insertions) which should have blocked O-antigen synthesis nevertheless still produced LPS with O-antigen chains. These LPS migrated differently on silver-stained SDS-polyacrylamide gels, compared with the LPS produced by wild-type rfb genes, and the group 3,4 antigens were barely detectable, suggesting that the O-antigen was altered. Investigation of the genetic determinants for production of the altered O-antigen/LPS indicated that: (i) these LPS are produced as a result of mutations which are either polar on rfbF or inactivate rfbF; (ii) the rfbX gene product (or a similar protein in the E. coli K-12 rfb region) is needed for production of the altered O-antigen in the form of LPS; (iii) the rfbG gene product is required for the production of both the parental and altered LPS; (iv) the dTDP-rhamnose biosynthesis genes are required. Additionally, an E. coli K-12 gene product(s) encoded outside the rfb region also contributes to production of the O-antigen of the altered LPS. An antiserum raised to the altered LPS from strain DH1(pPM2217 (rfbX::Tn1725)) was found to cross-react with nearly all S. flexneri serotypes, and with the altered LPS produced by other DH1 strains harbouring plasmids with different rfb mutations, as described above. The reactivity of the altered LPS with a panel of monoclonal antibodies specific for various S. flexneri O-antigen type and group antigens demonstrated that their O-antigen components were closely related to that of S. flexneri serotype 4. The RfbF and RfbG proteins were shown to have similarity to rhamnose transferases, and we identified a motif common to the N-termini of 6-deoxy-hexose nucleotide sugar transferases. We propose that the E. coli K-12 strains harbouring the mutated S. flexneri rfb genes produce LPS with a hybrid O-antigen as a consequence of inactivation of RfbF and complementation by an E. coli K-12 gene product. Analysis of the genetic and immunochemical data suggested a possible structure for the O-antigen component of the altered LPS.
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- R Morona
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. RMORONA@MICROB
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Verboomen H, Mertens L, Eggermont J, Wuytack F, Van Den Bosch L. Modulation of SERCA2 activity: regulated splicing and interaction with phospholamban. Biosci Rep 1995; 15:307. [PMID: 8825033 DOI: 10.1007/bf01788363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Ca(2+)-uptake into intracellular stores is mediated by the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)ATPases (SERCAs). This review deals first with the gene structural and the characterization of the tissue-specific SERCA2 transcript processing. Secondly, the two different protein isoforms and their regulation are described. Finally, this review ends with a discussion on the possible physiological role of the SERCA2 isoform diversity.
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- H Verboomen
- Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, KULeuven, Belgium
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De Smedt H, Missiaen L, Parys JB, Bootman MD, Mertens L, Van Den Bosch L, Casteels R. Determination of relative amounts of inositol trisphosphate receptor mRNA isoforms by ratio polymerase chain reaction. J Biol Chem 1994; 269:21691-8. [PMID: 8063813] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The relative expression of different inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) mRNA was determined in a selection of murine and rat cell types that are commonly used to study InsP3-mediated Ca2+ signaling. Different mRNA species (encoding the known InsP3R isoforms) were co-amplified using common polymerase chain reaction primer pairs that recognized sequences that are totally conserved between the various InsP3R. Specific identification of the co-amplified sequences was done by restriction site analysis. In cerebellum, mRNA encoding InsP3R-I accounted for > 90% of the total InsP3R mRNA. This isoform was also present in all other cell types tested and was often the major isoform. In contrast, the level of expression of the other isoforms was cell type-specific. A new InsP3R isoform (type V) was detected that had 94.5% sequence identity with the InsP3R-II in the amplified region. Interestingly, this isoform was largely expressed in murine but not in rat cells. We functionally characterized InsP3R-V using the mouse fibroblast C3H10T1/2 cells, where mRNA encoding InsP3R-V accounted for 76.4% of the total InsP3R mRNA. InsP3-induced Ca2+ release in permeabilized C3H10T1/2 cells was regulated by luminal and cytosolic Ca2+, stimulated by thimerosal, and inhibited by caffeine.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Caffeine/pharmacology
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels/genetics
- Calcium Channels/isolation & purification
- Cells, Cultured
- Cerebellum/chemistry
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Genetic Variation
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/isolation & purification
- Signal Transduction
- Thimerosal/pharmacology
- Tissue Distribution
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- H De Smedt
- Laboratory of Physiology, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
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De Smedt H, Missiaen L, Parys J, Bootman M, Mertens L, Van Den Bosch L, Casteels R. Determination of relative amounts of inositol trisphosphate receptor mRNA isoforms by ratio polymerase chain reaction. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31861-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Tshipamba M, De Smedt H, Missiaen L, Himpens B, Van Den Bosch L, Borghgraef R. Ca2+ dependence of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-induced Ca2+ release in renal epithelial LLC-PK1 cells. J Cell Physiol 1993; 155:96-103. [PMID: 8468373 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041550113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We have studied arginine vasopressin (AVP)-, thapsigargin- and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3)-mediated Ca2+ release in renal epithelial LLC-PK1 cells. AVP-induced changes in the intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) were studied in indo-1 loaded single cells by confocal laser cytometry. AVP-mediated Ca2+ mobilization was also observed in the absence of extracellular Ca2+, but was completely abolished after depletion of the intracellular Ca2+ stores by 2 microM thapsigargin. Using 45Ca2+ fluxes in saponin-permeabilized cell monolayers, we have analysed how InsP3 affected the Ca2+ content of non-mitochondrial Ca2+ pools in different loading and release conditions. Less than 10% of the Ca2+ was taken up in a thapsigargin-insensitive pool when loading was performed in a medium containing 0.1 microM Ca2+. The thapsigargin-insensitive compartment amounted to 35% in the presence of 110 microM Ca2+, but Ca2+ sequestered in this pool could not be released by InsP3. The thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+ pool, in contrast, was nearly completely InsP3 sensitive. A submaximal [InsP3], however, released only a fraction of the sequestered Ca2+. This fraction was dependent on the cytosolic as well as on the luminal [Ca2+]. The cytosolic free [Ca2+] affected the InsP3-induced Ca2+ release in a biphasic way. Maximal sensitivity toward InsP3 was found at a free cytosolic [Ca2+] between 0.1 and 0.5 microM, whereas higher cytosolic [Ca2+] decreased the InsP3 sensitivity. Other divalent cations or La3+ did not provoke similar inhibitory effects on InsP3-induced Ca2+ release. The luminal free [Ca2+] was manipulated by varying the time of incubation of Ca(2+)-loaded cells in an EGTA-containing medium. Reduction of the Ca2+ content to one-third of its initial value resulted in a fivefold decrease in the InsP3 sensitivity of the Ca2+ release.
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- M Tshipamba
- Department of Physiology, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
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Wuytack F, Raeymaekers L, De Smedt H, Eggermont JA, Missiaen L, Van Den Bosch L, De Jaegere S, Verboomen H, Plessers L, Casteels R. Ca(2+)-transport ATPases and their regulation in muscle and brain. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 671:82-91. [PMID: 1337687 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb43786.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 12/26/2022]
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Eukaryotic cells express one or more isoforms of a sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum (SERCA) and of a plasma membrane (PMCA) Ca2+ pump. Both the SERCA and PMCA gene transcripts are subject to alternative processing in a differentiation stage-dependent and tissue-dependent manner. The Ca2+ pump isoforms thus generated may present different functional properties. This is exemplified by the SERCA2a and SERCA2b isoforms which differ in their Ca2+ sensitivity. Analysis of the cDNA structures for PMCA1 predicts protein isoforms with variant calmodulin- and phospholipid-binding domains. A comparative study of the tissue-specific mechanisms governing SERCA-PMCA transcript processing and a more detailed study of the functional implication of the PMCA pumps isoform diversity will be challenging subjects for future studies.
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- F Wuytack
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, Belgium
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Parys JB, De Smedt H, Van Den Bosch L, Geuns J, Borghgraef R. Regulation of the Na(+)-dependent and the Na(+)-independent polyamine transporters in renal epithelial cells (LLC-PK1). J Cell Physiol 1990; 144:365-75. [PMID: 2118145 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041440302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We have studied the regulation of the Na(+)-dependent and Na(+)-independent polyamine transport pathways in the renal LLC-PK1 cell line. Most of the experiments were performed in the presence of 5 mM DL-2-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) in order to inhibit the cellular synthesis of polyamines. The activity of both transporters as measured by putrescine uptake was increased by growth-promoting stimuli and decreased by exogenous polyamines. The time course of the increase in uptake activity induced by fetal calf serum could be fitted by a single exponential, and the process was three times faster for the Na(+)-dependent than for the Na(+)-independent transporter. Maximum activity was reached after more than 24 h. This increase could be inhibited by actinomycin D and by cycloheximide. Other growth-promoting stimuli, such as subconfluent cell density, as well as growth factors also induced an increase in the transport activity. Particularly, there was a marked stimulation of the Na(+)-dependent pathway by epidermal growth factor in combination with insulin. On the other hand, the transport activity decayed very rapidly upon addition of exogenous polyamines (t1/2 less than 60 min). The diamine putrescine was much less effective in this respect than the polyamines spermidine and spermine. The non-metabolizable substrate methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone) did not induce a decay of the transport activity, but it protected the Na(+)-dependent pathway against the polyamine-induced decay. Inhibition of the protein synthesis by cycloheximide did not induce a rapid decrease of the transport activity; neither did it affect the polyamine-induced decay. These observations suggest that this polyamine-induced decay is not owing to an inhibitory effect on the rate of synthesis of the transporters, but rather to a degradation or an inactivation of the transporters. The polyamine-induced decay slowed down at lower cell density. This effect was particularly pronounced for the Na(+)-dependent transporter. Since the uptake of polyamines was increased at low cell density, the decreased rate of decay in this condition pleads against a simple mechanism of transinhibition by the substrate. In conclusion, both transport pathways were similarly affected by the regulatory parameters, but the Na(+)-dependent transporter was more rapidly and more effectively regulated. The numerous interacting regulatory steps furthermore suggest a physiological role for these transporters, such as an involvement in urinary polyamine disposal.
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- J B Parys
- Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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Van Den Bosch L, De Smedt H, Missiaen L, Parys JB, Borghgraef R. Transport systems for polyamines in the established renal cell line LLC-PK. Polarized expression of an Na(+)-dependent transporter. Biochem J 1990; 265:609-12. [PMID: 1689149 PMCID: PMC1136928 DOI: 10.1042/bj2650609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We present evidence for the existence of an Na(+)-dependent transporter and an Na(+)-independent transporter for polyamines in LLC-PK1 cells. Both transporters could be discriminated by their sensitivity to inhibitors, particularly rho-chloromercuriphenyl sulphate and various polycationic molecules. By using cell monolayers grown on a permeable filter support, we have found that the Na(+)-dependent polyamine uptake occurred preferentially from the basolateral side. The Na(+)-independent uptake, on the other hand, occurred to the same extent from either the apical or the basolateral side.
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- L Van Den Bosch
- Physiological Laboratory, Katholicke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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