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Tanaka Y, Ito SI, Honma Y, Hasegawa M, Kametani F, Suzuki G, Kozuma L, Takeya K, Eto M. Dysregulation of the progranulin-driven autophagy-lysosomal pathway mediates secretion of the nuclear protein TDP-43. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105272. [PMID: 37739033 PMCID: PMC10641265 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023] Open
Abstract
The cytoplasmic accumulation of the nuclear protein transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) has been linked to the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. TDP-43 secreted into the extracellular space has been suggested to contribute to the cell-to-cell spread of the cytoplasmic accumulation of TDP-43 throughout the brain; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We herein demonstrated that the secretion of TDP-43 was stimulated by the inhibition of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway driven by progranulin (PGRN), a causal protein of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Among modulators of autophagy, only vacuolar-ATPase inhibitors, such as bafilomycin A1 (Baf), increased the levels of the full-length and cleaved forms of TDP-43 and the autophagosome marker LC3-II (microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B) in extracellular vesicle fractions prepared from the culture media of HeLa, SH-SY5Y, or NSC-34 cells, whereas vacuolin-1, MG132, chloroquine, rapamycin, and serum starvation did not. The C-terminal fragment of TDP-43 was required for Baf-induced TDP-43 secretion. The Baf treatment induced the translocation of the aggregate-prone GFP-tagged C-terminal fragment of TDP-43 and mCherry-tagged LC3 to the plasma membrane. The Baf-induced secretion of TDP-43 was attenuated in autophagy-deficient ATG16L1 knockout HeLa cells. The knockdown of PGRN induced the secretion of cleaved TDP-43 in an autophagy-dependent manner in HeLa cells. The KO of PGRN in mouse embryonic fibroblasts increased the secretion of the cleaved forms of TDP-43 and LC3-II. The treatment inducing TDP-43 secretion increased the nuclear translocation of GFP-tagged transcription factor EB, a master regulator of the autophagy-lysosomal pathway in SH-SY5Y cells. These results suggest that the secretion of TDP-43 is promoted by dysregulation of the PGRN-driven autophagy-lysosomal pathway.
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- Yoshinori Tanaka
- Biochemistry Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari-shi, Ehime, Japan.
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- Biochemistry Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari-shi, Ehime, Japan
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- Biochemistry Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari-shi, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biochemistry Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari-shi, Ehime, Japan
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- Biochemistry Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari-shi, Ehime, Japan
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- Biochemistry Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari-shi, Ehime, Japan
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Castejón-Vega B, Rubio A, Pérez-Pulido AJ, Quiles JL, Lane JD, Fernández-Domínguez B, Cachón-González MB, Martín-Ruiz C, Sanz A, Cox TM, Alcocer-Gómez E, Cordero MD. L-Arginine Ameliorates Defective Autophagy in GM2 Gangliosidoses by mTOR Modulation. Cells 2021; 10:cells10113122. [PMID: 34831346 PMCID: PMC8619250 DOI: 10.3390/cells10113122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aims: Tay–Sachs and Sandhoff diseases (GM2 gangliosidosis) are autosomal recessive disorders of lysosomal function that cause progressive neurodegeneration in infants and young children. Impaired hydrolysis catalysed by β-hexosaminidase A (HexA) leads to the accumulation of GM2 ganglioside in neuronal lysosomes. Despite the storage phenotype, the role of autophagy and its regulation by mTOR has yet to be explored in the neuropathogenesis. Accordingly, we investigated the effects on autophagy and lysosomal integrity using skin fibroblasts obtained from patients with Tay–Sachs and Sandhoff diseases. Results: Pathological autophagosomes with impaired autophagic flux, an abnormality confirmed by electron microscopy and biochemical studies revealing the accelerated release of mature cathepsins and HexA into the cytosol, indicating increased lysosomal permeability. GM2 fibroblasts showed diminished mTOR signalling with reduced basal mTOR activity. Accordingly, provision of a positive nutrient signal by L-arginine supplementation partially restored mTOR activity and ameliorated the cytopathological abnormalities. Innovation: Our data provide a novel molecular mechanism underlying GM2 gangliosidosis. Impaired autophagy caused by insufficient lysosomal function might represent a new therapeutic target for these diseases. Conclusions: We contend that the expression of autophagy/lysosome/mTOR-associated molecules may prove useful peripheral biomarkers for facile monitoring of treatment of GM2 gangliosidosis and neurodegenerative disorders that affect the lysosomal function and disrupt autophagy.
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- Beatriz Castejón-Vega
- Research Laboratory, Oral Medicine Department, University of Sevilla, 41009 Sevilla, Spain;
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo (CABD, UPO-CSIC-JA), Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales (Área de Genética), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; (A.R.); (A.J.P.-P.)
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- Centro Andaluz de Biologia del Desarrollo (CABD, UPO-CSIC-JA), Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales (Área de Genética), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain; (A.R.); (A.J.P.-P.)
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology “José Mataix Verdú”, Biomedical Research Center, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain;
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- Cell Biology Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK;
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5 PL, UK;
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK;
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; (M.B.C.-G.); (T.M.C.)
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- Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41009 Seville, Spain;
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- Instituto de Investigación e Innovación en Ciencias Biomédicas de Cádiz (INiBICA), 11009 Cadiz, Spain
- CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence:
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Han Y, Xiong S, Zhao H, Yang S, Yang M, Zhu X, Jiang N, Xiong X, Gao P, Wei L, Xiao Y, Sun L. Lipophagy deficiency exacerbates ectopic lipid accumulation and tubular cells injury in diabetic nephropathy. Cell Death Dis 2021; 12:1031. [PMID: 34718329 PMCID: PMC8557213 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-021-04326-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Autophagy-mediated lipotoxicity plays a critical role in the progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN), but the precise mechanism is not fully understood. Whether lipophagy, a selective type of autophagy participates in renal ectopic lipid deposition (ELD) and lipotoxicity in the kidney of DN is unknown. Here, decreased lipophagy, increased ELD and lipotoxcity were observed in tubular cells of patients with DN, which were accompanied with reduced expression of AdipoR1 and p-AMPK. Similar results were found in db/db mice, these changes were reversed by AdipoRon, an adiponectin receptor activator that promotes autophagy. Additionally, a significantly decreased level of lipophagy was observed in HK-2 cells, a human proximal tubular cell line treated with high glucose, which was consistent with increased lipid deposition, apoptosis and fibrosis, while were partially alleviated by AdipoRon. However, these effects were abolished by pretreatment with ULK1 inhibitor SBI-0206965, autophagy inhibitor chloroquine and enhanced by AMPK activator AICAR. These data suggested by the first time that autophagy-mediated lipophagy deficiency plays a critical role in the ELD and lipid-related renal injury of DN.
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- Yachun Han
- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Omeljaniuk WJ, Krętowski R, Ratajczak-Wrona W, Jabłońska E, Cechowska-Pasko M. Novel Dual PI3K/mTOR Inhibitor, Apitolisib (GDC-0980), Inhibits Growth and Induces Apoptosis in Human Glioblastoma Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111511. [PMID: 34768941 PMCID: PMC8583746 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Deregulated PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling commonly exists in glioblastoma, making this axis an attractive target for therapeutic manipulation. Given that activation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR promotes tumour growth, metastasis, and resistance to anticancer therapies, mTOR inhibitors show promise in the treatment of cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the underlying mechanism of novel dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor, Apitolisib (GDC-0980), in A-172 and U-118-MG GBM tumour cell line suppression. It has been demonstrated that GDC-0980 induces time- and dose-dependent cytotoxicity and apoptosis in investigated glioma cell lines. In our study, the strongest induction of apoptosis was exhibited in the A-172 line after 48 h of incubation with 20 µM GDC-0980, where we observed 46.47% of apoptotic cells. In conclusion, we first discovered that dual PI3K/mTOR blockade by GDC-0980 markedly suppressed survival of human GBM cells and induced apoptosis, independent of the ER stress-mediated DR5 activation. We suggest that GDC-0980, by exerting an inhibitory effect on PERK expression, may thus block its inhibitory effect on protein synthesis, leading to intensification of translation, and this may result in an increase in apoptosis. On the other hand, CHOP stimulates protein synthesis and increases apoptosis. These findings suggest that GDC-0980 may be a candidate for further evaluation as a chemotherapeutic agent for anti-GBM therapy.
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- Wioleta Justyna Omeljaniuk
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland; (W.J.O.); (R.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland; (W.J.O.); (R.K.)
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland; (W.R.-W.); (E.J.)
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- Department of Immunology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland; (W.R.-W.); (E.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland; (W.J.O.); (R.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel./Fax: +48-85-748-56-91
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Deng J, Ouyang P, Li W, Zhong L, Gu C, Shen L, Cao S, Yin L, Ren Z, Zuo Z, Deng J, Yan Q, Yu S. Curcumin Alleviates the Senescence of Canine Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells during In Vitro Expansion by Activating the Autophagy Pathway. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111356. [PMID: 34768788 PMCID: PMC8583405 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Senescence in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) not only hinders the application of MSCs in regenerative medicine but is also closely correlated with biological aging and the development of degenerative diseases. In this study, we investigated the anti-aging effects of curcumin (Cur) on canine bone marrow-derived MSCs (cBMSCs), and further elucidated the potential mechanism of action based on the modulation of autophagy. cBMSCs were expanded in vitro with standard procedures to construct a cell model of premature senescence. Our evidence indicates that compared with the third passage of cBMSCs, many typical senescence-associated phenotypes were observed in the sixth passage of cBMSCs. Cur treatment can improve cBMSC survival and retard cBMSC senescence according to observations that Cur (1 μM) treatment can improve the colony-forming unit-fibroblasts (CFU-Fs) efficiency and upregulated the mRNA expression of pluripotent transcription factors (SOX-2 and Nanog), as well as inhibiting the senescence-associated beta-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) activities and mRNA expression of the senescence-related markers (p16 and p21) and pro-inflammatory molecules (tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)). Furthermore, Cur (0.1 μM~10 μM) was observed to increase autophagic activity, as identified by upregulation of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3), unc51-like autophagy-activating kinase-1 (ULK1), autophagy-related gene (Atg) 7 and Atg12, and the generation of type II of light chain 3 (LC3-II), thereby increasing autophagic vacuoles and acidic vesicular organelles, as well as causing a significant decrease in the p62 protein level. Moreover, the autophagy activator rapamycin (RAP) and Cur were found to partially ameliorate the senescent features of cBMSCs, while the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA) was shown to aggravate cBMSCs senescence and Cur treatment was able to restore the suppressed autophagy and counteract 3-MA-induced cBMSC senescence. Hence, our study highlights the important role of Cur-induced autophagy and its effects for ameliorating cBMSC senescence and provides new insight for delaying senescence and improving the therapeutic potential of MSCs.
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- Jiaqiang Deng
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
- Laboratory Animal Centre, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
- Correspondence: (Q.Y.); (S.Y.); Tel.: +86-139-8160-8208 (Q.Y.); +86-189-8057-3629 (S.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (J.D.); (P.O.); (W.L.); (L.Z.); (C.G.); (L.S.); (S.C.); (L.Y.); (Z.R.); (Z.Z.); (J.D.)
- Correspondence: (Q.Y.); (S.Y.); Tel.: +86-139-8160-8208 (Q.Y.); +86-189-8057-3629 (S.Y.)
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Xue K, Wu JC, Li XY, Li R, Zhang QL, Chang JJ, Liu YZ, Xu CH, Zhang JY, Sun XJ, Gu JJ, Guo WJ, Wang L. Chidamide triggers BTG1-mediated autophagy and reverses the chemotherapy resistance in the relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma. Cell Death Dis 2021; 12:900. [PMID: 34599153 PMCID: PMC8486747 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-021-04187-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Rituximab/chemotherapy relapsed and refractory B cell lymphoma patients have a poor overall prognosis, and it is urgent to develop novel drugs for improving the therapy outcomes. Here, we examined the therapeutic effects of chidamide, a new histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, on the cell and mouse models of rituximab/chemotherapy resistant B-cell lymphoma. In Raji-4RH/RL-4RH cells, the rituximab/chemotherapy resistant B-cell lymphoma cell lines (RRCL), chidamide treatment induced growth inhibition and G0/G1 cell cycle arrest. The primary B-cell lymphoma cells from Rituximab/chemotherapy relapsed patients were sensitive to chidamide. Interestingly, chidamide triggered the cell death with the activation of autophagy in RRCLs, likely due to the lack of the pro-apoptotic proteins. Based on the RNA-seq and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analysis, we identified BTG1 and FOXO1 as chidamide target genes, which control the autophagy and the cell cycle, respectively. Moreover, the combination of chidamide with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin increased growth inhibition on the RRCL in a synergistic manner, and significantly reduced the tumor burden of a mouse lymphoma model established with engraftment of RRCL. Taken together, these results provide a theoretic and mechanistic basis for further evaluation of the chidamide-based treatment in rituximab/chemotherapy relapsed and refractory B-cell lymphoma patients.
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- Kai Xue
- Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, National Research Center for Translational Medicine at Shanghai, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medicine & Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
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Ryskalin L, Biagioni F, Busceti CL, Polzella M, Lenzi P, Frati A, Ferrucci M, Fornai F. Lactoferrin Protects against Methamphetamine Toxicity by Modulating Autophagy and Mitochondrial Status. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13103356. [PMID: 34684361 PMCID: PMC8537867 DOI: 10.3390/nu13103356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Lactoferrin (LF) was used at first as a vehicle to deliver non-soluble active compounds to the body, including the central nervous system (CNS). Nonetheless, it soon became evident that, apart from acting as a vehicle, LF itself owns active effects in the CNS. In the present study, the effects of LF are assessed both in baseline conditions, as well as to counteract methamphetamine (METH)-induced neurodegeneration by assessing cell viability, cell phenotype, mitochondrial status, and specific autophagy steps. In detail, cell integrity in baseline conditions and following METH administration was carried out by using H&E staining, Trypan blue, Fluoro Jade B, and WST-1. Western blot and immuno-fluorescence were used to assess the expression of the neurofilament marker βIII-tubulin. Mitochondria were stained using Mito Tracker Red and Green and were further detailed and quantified by using transmission electron microscopy. Autophagy markers were analyzed through immuno-fluorescence and electron microscopy. LF counteracts METH-induced degeneration. In detail, LF significantly attenuates the amount of cell loss and mitochondrial alterations produced by METH; and mitigates the dissipation of autophagy-related proteins from the autophagy compartment, which is massively induced by METH. These findings indicate a protective role of LF in the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
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- Larisa Ryskalin
- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (L.R.); (P.L.); (M.F.)
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (I.R.C.C.S.) Neuromed, Via Atinense 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy; (F.B.); (C.L.B.); (A.F.)
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (I.R.C.C.S.) Neuromed, Via Atinense 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy; (F.B.); (C.L.B.); (A.F.)
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- Aliveda Laboratories, Viale Karol Wojtyla, 19, 56042 Crespina Lorenzana, Italy;
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (L.R.); (P.L.); (M.F.)
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (I.R.C.C.S.) Neuromed, Via Atinense 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy; (F.B.); (C.L.B.); (A.F.)
- Neurosurgery Division, Human Neurosciences Department, Sapienza University, 00135 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (L.R.); (P.L.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (L.R.); (P.L.); (M.F.)
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (I.R.C.C.S.) Neuromed, Via Atinense 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy; (F.B.); (C.L.B.); (A.F.)
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Cui C, Wang C, Jin F, Yang M, Kong L, Han W, Jiang P. Calcitriol confers neuroprotective effects in traumatic brain injury by activating Nrf2 signaling through an autophagy-mediated mechanism. Mol Med 2021; 27:118. [PMID: 34556021 PMCID: PMC8461874 DOI: 10.1186/s10020-021-00377-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The present study aimed to further explore the potential interaction between oxidative stress and autophagy in the progression of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and therapeutic mechanism of calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D (VitD). METHODS Neuroprotective effects of calcitriol were examined following TBI. We further evaluated the impacts of TBI and calcitriol treatment on autophagic process and nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling. RESULTS We found that treatment of calcitriol markedly ameliorated the neurological deficits and histopathological changes following TBI. The brain damage impaired autophagic flux and impeded Nrf2 signaling, the major regulator in antioxidant response, consequently leading to uncontrolled and excessive oxidative stress. Meanwhile, calcitriol promoted autophagic process and activated Nrf2 signaling as evidenced by the reduced Keap1 expression and enhanced Nrf2 translocation, thereby mitigating TBI-induced oxidative damage. In support, we further found that chloroquine (CQ) treatment abrogated calcitriol-induced autophagy and compromised Nrf2 activation with increased Keap1 accumulation and reduced expression of Nrf2-targeted genes. Additionally, both CQ treatment and Nrf2 genetic knockout abolished the protective effects of calcitriol against both TBI-induced neurological deficits and neuronal apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS Therefore, our work demonstrated a neuroprotective role of calcitriol in TBI by triggering Nrf2 activation, which might be mediated by autophagy.
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- Changmeng Cui
- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Jining First People's Hospital, Jining Medical University, Jining, 272011, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Jining First People's Hospital, Jining Medical University, Jining, 272011, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Jining First People's Hospital, Jining Medical University, Jining, 272011, China.
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Lauterbach MA, Saavedra V, Mangan MSJ, Penno A, Thiele C, Latz E, Kuerschner L. 1-Deoxysphingolipids cause autophagosome and lysosome accumulation and trigger NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Autophagy 2021; 17:1947-1961. [PMID: 32835606 PMCID: PMC8386713 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1804677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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1-Deoxysphingolipids (deoxySLs) are atypical sphingolipids of clinical relevance as they are elevated in plasma of patients suffering from hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN1) or type 2 diabetes. Their neurotoxicity is described best but they inflict damage to various cell types by an uncertain pathomechanism. Using mouse embryonic fibroblasts and an alkyne analog of 1-deoxysphinganine (doxSA), the metabolic precursor of all deoxySLs, we here study the impact of deoxySLs on macroautophagy/autophagy, the regulated degradation of dysfunctional or expendable cellular components. We find that deoxySLs induce autophagosome and lysosome accumulation indicative of an increase in autophagic flux. The autophagosomal machinery targets damaged mitochondria that have accumulated N-acylated doxSA metabolites, presumably deoxyceramide and deoxydihydroceramide, and show aberrant swelling and tubule formation. Autophagosomes and lysosomes also interact with cellular lipid aggregates and crystals that occur upon cellular uptake and N-acylation of monomeric doxSA. As crystals entering the lysophagosomal apparatus in phagocytes are known to trigger the NLRP3 inflammasome, we also treated macrophages with doxSA. We demonstrate the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by doxSLs, prompting the release of IL1B from primary macrophages. Taken together, our data establish an impact of doxSLs on autophagy and link doxSL pathophysiology to inflammation and the innate immune system.Abbreviations: alkyne-doxSA: (2S,3R)-2-aminooctadec-17yn-3-ol; alkyne-SA: (2S,3R)-2- aminooctadec-17yn-1,3-diol; aSA: alkyne-sphinganine; ASTM-BODIPY: azido-sulfo-tetramethyl-BODIPY; CerS: ceramide synthase; CMR: clonal macrophage reporter; deoxySLs: 1-deoxysphingolipids; dox(DH)Cer: 1-deoxydihydroceramide; doxCer: 1-deoxyceramide; doxSA: 1-deoxysphinganine; FB1: fumonisin B1; HSAN1: hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 1; LC3: MAP1LC3A and MAP1LC3B; LPS: lipopolysaccharide; MEF: mouse embryonal fibroblasts; MS: mass spectrometry; N3635P: azido-STAR635P; N3Cy3: azido-cyanine 3; N3picCy3: azido-picolylcyanine 3; NLRP3: NOD-like receptor pyrin domain containing protein 3; P4HB: prolyl 4-hydroxylase subunit beta; PINK1: PTEN induced putative kinase 1; PYCARD/ASC: PYD and CARD domain containing; SPTLC1: serine palmitoyltransferase long chain base subunit 1; SQSTM1: sequestosome 1; TLC: thin layer chromatography.
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- LIMES Life and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Innate Immunity, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- LIMES Life and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- LIMES Life and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Innate Immunity, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- LIMES Life and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Rana T, Behl T, Sehgal A, Mehta V, Singh S, Bhatia S, Al-Harrasi A, Bungau S. Exploring the Role of Autophagy Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disorders. Mol Neurobiol 2021; 58:4886-4905. [PMID: 34212304 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02472-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Autophagy is a catabolic pathway by which misfolded proteins or damaged organelles are engulfed by autophagosomes and then transported to lysosomes for degradation. Recently, a great improvement has been done to explain the molecular mechanisms and roles of autophagy in several important cellular metabolic processes. Besides being a vital clearance pathway or a cell survival pathway in response to different stresses, autophagy dysfunction, either upregulated or down-regulated, has been suggested to be linked with numerous neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Impairment at different stages of autophagy results in the formation of large protein aggregates and damaged organelles, which leads to the onset and progression of different neurodegenerative disorders. This article elucidates the recent progress about the role of autophagy in neurodegenerative disorders and explains how autophagy dysfunction is linked with the pathogenesis of such disorders as well as the novel potential autophagy-associated therapies for treating them.
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- Tarapati Rana
- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
- Government Pharmacy College, Seraj, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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- Government College of Pharmacy, Rohru, Distt. Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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- Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Haryana, India
- Natural & Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman
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- Natural & Medical Sciences Research Centre, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
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Li Q, Wang L, Ji D, Bao X, Tan G, Liang X, Deng P, Pi H, Lu Y, Chen C, He M, Zhang L, Zhou Z, Yu Z, Deng A. BIX-01294, a G9a inhibitor, suppresses cell proliferation by inhibiting autophagic flux in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells. Invest New Drugs 2021; 39:686-696. [PMID: 33387131 DOI: 10.1007/s10637-020-01053-7] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
G9a, a histone methyltransferase, has been found to be upregulated in a range of tumor tissues, and contributes to tumor growth and metastasis. However, the impact of G9a inhibition as a potential therapeutic target in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is unclear. In the present study we aimed to investigate the anti-proliferative effect of G9a inhibition in the NPC cell lines CNE1 and CNE2, and to further elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects. The expression of G9a in NPC tumor tissues was significantly higher than that in normal nasopharyngeal tissues. The pharmacological inhibition of G9a by BIX-01294 (BIX) inhibited proliferation and induced caspase-independent apoptosis in NPC cells in vitro. Treatment with BIX induced autophagosome accumulation, which exacerbated the cytotoxic activity of BIX in NPC cells. Mechanistic studies have found that BIX impairs autophagosomes by initiating autophagy in a Beclin-1-independent way, and impairs autophagic degradation by inhibiting lysosomal cathepsin D activation, leading to lysosomal dysfunction. BIX was able to suppress tumor growth, possibly by inhibiting autophagic flux; it might therefore constitute a promising candidate for NPC therapy.
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- Qian Li
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine of First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
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Qi LFR, Liu S, Liu YC, Li P, Xu X. Ganoderic Acid A Promotes Amyloid-β Clearance (In Vitro) and Ameliorates Cognitive Deficiency in Alzheimer's Disease (Mouse Model) through Autophagy Induced by Activating Axl. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22115559. [PMID: 34074054 PMCID: PMC8197357 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is thought to be caused by amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation in the central nervous system due to deficient clearance. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of ganoderic acid A (GAA) on Aβ clearance in microglia and its anti-AD activity. Aβ degradation in BV2 microglial cells was determined using an intracellular Aβ clearance assay. GAA stimulated autophagosome formation via the Axl receptor tyrosine kinase (Axl)/RAC/CDC42-activated kinase 1 (Pak1) pathway was determined by Western blot analyses, and fluorescence-labeled Aβ42 was localized in lysosomes in confocal laser microscopy images. The in vivo anti-AD activity of GAA was evaluated by object recognition and Morris water maze (MWM) tests in an AD mouse model following intracerebroventricular injection of aggregated Aβ42. The autophagy level in the hippocampus was assayed by immunohistochemical assessment against microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light-chain 3B (LC3B). Intracellular Aβ42 levels were significantly reduced by GAA treatment in microglial cells. Additionally, GAA activated autophagy according to increased LC3B-II levels, with this increased autophagy stimulated by upregulating Axl and Pak1 phosphorylation. The effect of eliminating Aβ by GAA through autophagy was reversed by R428, an Axl inhibitor, or IPA-3, a Pak1 inhibitor. Consistent with the cell-based assay, GAA ameliorated cognitive deficiency and reduced Aβ42 levels in an AD mouse model. Furthermore, LC3B expression in the hippocampus was up-regulated by GAA treatment, with these GAA-specific effects abolished by R428. GAA promoted Aβ clearance by enhancing autophagy via the Axl/Pak1 signaling pathway in microglial cells and ameliorated cognitive deficiency in an AD mouse model.
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- Li-Feng-Rong Qi
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; (L.-F.-R.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.-C.L.); (P.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; (L.-F.-R.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.-C.L.); (P.L.)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; (L.-F.-R.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.-C.L.); (P.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; (L.-F.-R.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.-C.L.); (P.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China; (L.-F.-R.Q.); (S.L.); (Y.-C.L.); (P.L.)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-2583271203
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Durgan J, Lystad AH, Sloan K, Carlsson SR, Wilson MI, Marcassa E, Ulferts R, Webster J, Lopez-Clavijo AF, Wakelam MJ, Beale R, Simonsen A, Oxley D, Florey O. Non-canonical autophagy drives alternative ATG8 conjugation to phosphatidylserine. Mol Cell 2021; 81:2031-2040.e8. [PMID: 33909989 PMCID: PMC8122138 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Autophagy is a fundamental catabolic process that uses a unique post-translational modification, the conjugation of ATG8 protein to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). ATG8 lipidation also occurs during non-canonical autophagy, a parallel pathway involving conjugation of ATG8 to single membranes (CASM) at endolysosomal compartments, with key functions in immunity, vision, and neurobiology. It is widely assumed that CASM involves the same conjugation of ATG8 to PE, but this has not been formally tested. Here, we discover that all ATG8s can also undergo alternative lipidation to phosphatidylserine (PS) during CASM, induced pharmacologically, by LC3-associated phagocytosis or influenza A virus infection, in mammalian cells. Importantly, ATG8-PS and ATG8-PE adducts are differentially delipidated by the ATG4 family and bear different cellular dynamics, indicating significant molecular distinctions. These results provide important insights into autophagy signaling, revealing an alternative form of the hallmark ATG8 lipidation event. Furthermore, ATG8-PS provides a specific "molecular signature" for the non-canonical autophagy pathway.
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- Joanne Durgan
- Signalling Programme, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Mass Spectrometry Facility, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Signalling Programme, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK; Lipidomics Facility, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Mass Spectrometry Facility, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Signalling Programme, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK.
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Wei Q, Pinho S, Dong S, Pierce H, Li H, Nakahara F, Xu J, Xu C, Boulais PE, Zhang D, Maryanovich M, Cuervo AM, Frenette PS. MAEA is an E3 ubiquitin ligase promoting autophagy and maintenance of haematopoietic stem cells. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2522. [PMID: 33947846 PMCID: PMC8097058 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22749-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) tightly regulate their quiescence, proliferation, and differentiation to generate blood cells during the entire lifetime. The mechanisms by which these critical activities are balanced are still unclear. Here, we report that Macrophage-Erythroblast Attacher (MAEA, also known as EMP), a receptor thus far only identified in erythroblastic island, is a membrane-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase subunit essential for HSC maintenance and lymphoid potential. Maea is highly expressed in HSCs and its deletion in mice severely impairs HSC quiescence and leads to a lethal myeloproliferative syndrome. Mechanistically, we have found that the surface expression of several haematopoietic cytokine receptors (e.g. MPL, FLT3) is stabilised in the absence of Maea, thereby prolonging their intracellular signalling. This is associated with impaired autophagy flux in HSCs but not in mature haematopoietic cells. Administration of receptor kinase inhibitor or autophagy-inducing compounds rescues the functional defects of Maea-deficient HSCs. Our results suggest that MAEA provides E3 ubiquitin ligase activity, guarding HSC function by restricting cytokine receptor signalling via autophagy.
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- Qiaozhi Wei
- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Development and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Development and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
- Institute for Aging Studies, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Bronx, NY, USA.
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
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Zhou N, Wei Z, Qi Z, Chen L. Abscisic Acid-Induced Autophagy Selectively via MAPK/JNK Signalling Pathway in Glioblastoma. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2021; 41:813-826. [PMID: 32577848 PMCID: PMC7997842 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-020-00888-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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As a widely known plant hormone, Abscisic acid plays an important role in the progress of planting cell and their stress response. Recently, we reported that ABA might play an anti-cancer role in glioma tissues. In the present study, the molecular mechanism of ABA anti-cancer was further explored in glioblastoma cells. By measuring LC3 puncta formation and conversion in glioblastoma cells, inhibiting the autophagic pathway, targeting the essential autophagic modulator beclin 1 with RNA interference, and analysing cellular morphology via transmission electron microscopy, we found that ABA-treated glioblastoma cells exhibited the features of autophagy. Specifically, ABA-induced autophagy in glioblastoma cells was mediated by the MAPK/JNK signalling pathway rather than the PI3K/AKT/mTOR axis. Moreover, the inhibition or knockdown of JNK specifically blocked ABA-induced autophagic cell death. ABA-induced autophagy was further confirmed in tumour-bearing mice and was accompanied by the inhibition of glioma growth in vivo. This report is the first to describe autophagy induced by ABA and mediated by the MAPK/JNK pathway in human cancer cells and tumour-bearing mice. These results may shed some light in new therapeutic strategies of glioma.
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- Nan Zhou
- Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Middle Urumqi Road 12, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Middle Urumqi Road 12, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Middle Urumqi Road 12, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Middle Urumqi Road 12, Shanghai, 200040, China.
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1-phenyl 2-thiourea (PTU) is a Tyr (tyrosinase) inhibitor that is extensively used to block pigmentation and improve optical transparency in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo. Here, we reported a previously undescribed effect of PTU on macroautophagy/autophagy in zebrafish embryos. Upon 0.003% PTU treatment, aberrant autophagosome and autolysosome formation, accumulation of lysosomes, and elevated autophagic flux were observed in various tissues and organs of zebrafish embryos, such as skin, brain, and muscle. Similar to PTU treatment, autophagic activation and lysosomal accumulation were also observed in the somatic tyr mutant zebrafish embryos, which suggest that Tyr inhibition may contribute to PTU-induced autophagic activation. Furthermore, we demonstrated that autophagy contributes to pigmentation inhibition, but is not essential to the PTU-induced pigmentation inhibition. With the involvement of autophagy in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes and the routine use of PTU in zebrafish research of autophagy-related processes, these observations raise a novel concern in autophagy-related studies using PTU-treated zebrafish embryos.Abbreviations: 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; Atg: autophagy-related; BSA: bovine serum albumin; CHT: caudal hematopoietic tissue; CQ: chloroquine; GFP: green fluorescent protein; hpf: hour-post-fertilization; Map1lc3/Lc3: microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3; NGS: normal goat serum; PtdIns3K: class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; PTU: 1-phenyl 2-thiourea; RFP: red fluorescent protein; Sqstm1: sequestosome 1; tyr: tyrosinase.
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- Xiang-Ke Chen
- Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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Hać A, Pierzynowska K, Herman-Antosiewicz A. S6K1 Is Indispensible for Stress-Induced Microtubule Acetylation and Autophagic Flux. Cells 2021; 10:929. [PMID: 33920542 PMCID: PMC8073773 DOI: 10.3390/cells10040929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Autophagy is a specific macromolecule and organelle degradation process. The target macromolecule or organelle is first enclosed in an autophagosome, and then delivered along acetylated microtubules to the lysosome. Autophagy is triggered by stress and largely contributes to cell survival. We have previously shown that S6K1 kinase is essential for autophagic flux under stress conditions. Here, we aimed to elucidate the underlying mechanism of S6K1 involvement in autophagy. We stimulated autophagy in S6K1/2 double-knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts by exposing them to different stress conditions. Transient gene overexpression or silencing, immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, flow cytometry, and ratiometric fluorescence analyses revealed that the perturbation of autophagic flux in S6K1-deficient cells did not stem from impaired lysosomal function. Instead, the absence of S6K1 abolished stress-induced tubulin acetylation and disrupted the acetylated microtubule network, in turn impairing the autophagosome-lysosome fusion. S6K1 overexpression restored tubulin acetylation and autophagic flux in stressed S6K1/2-deficient cells. Similar effect of S6K1 status was observed in prostate cancer cells. Furthermore, overexpression of an acetylation-mimicking, but not acetylation-resistant, tubulin variant effectively restored autophagic flux in stressed S6K1/2-deficient cells. Collectively, S6K1 controls tubulin acetylation, hence contributing to the autophagic flux induced by different stress conditions and in different cells.
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- Aleksandra Hać
- Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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Chang SN, Khan I, Kim CG, Park SM, Choi DK, Lee H, Hwang BS, Kang SC, Park JG. Decursinol Angelate Arrest Melanoma Cell Proliferation by Initiating Cell Death and Tumor Shrinkage via Induction of Apoptosis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:4096. [PMID: 33921050 PMCID: PMC8071397 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22084096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Melanoma is known to aggressively metastasize and is one of the prominent causes of skin cancer mortality. This study was designed to assess the molecular mechanism of decursinol angelate (DA) against murine melanoma cell line (B16F10 cells). Treatment of DA resulted in growth inhibition and cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 (p < 0.001) phase, evaluated through immunoblotting. Moreover, autophagy-related proteins such as ATG-5 (p < 0.0001), ATG-7 (p < 0.0001), beclin-1 (p < 0.0001) and transition of LC3-I to LC3-II (p < 0.0001) were markedly decreased, indicating autophagosome inhibition. Additionally, DA treatment triggered apoptotic events which were corroborated by the occurrence of distorted nuclei, elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and reduction in the mitochondrial membrane potential. Subsequently, there was an increase in the expression of pro-apoptotic protein Bax in a dose-dependent manner, with the corresponding downregulation of Bcl-2 expression and cytochrome C expression following 24 h DA treatment in A375.SM and B16F10 cells. We substantiated our results for apoptotic occurrence through flow cytometry in B16F10 cells. Furthermore, we treated B16F10 cells with N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC). NAC treatment upregulated ATG-5 (p < 0.0001), beclin-1 (p < 0.0001) and LC3-I to LC3-II (p < 0.0001) conversion, which was inhibited in the DA treatment group. We also noticed a systematic upregulation of important markers for progression of G1 cell phase such as CDK-2 (p < 0.029), CDK-4 (p < 0.036), cyclin D1 (p < 0.0003) and cyclin E (p < 0.020) upon NAC treatment. In addition, we also observed a significant fold reduction (p < 0.05) in ROS fluorescent intensity and the expression of Bax (p < 0.0001), cytochrome C (p < 0.0001), cleaved caspase-9 (p > 0.010) and cleaved caspase-3 (p < 0.0001). NAC treatment was able to ameliorate DA-induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest to support our finding. Our in vivo xenograft model also revealed similar findings, such as downregulation of CDK-2 (p < 0.0001) and CDK-4 (p < 0.0142) and upregulation of Bax (p < 0.0001), cytochrome C (p < 0.0001), cleaved caspase 3 (p < 0.0001) and cleaved caspase 9 (p < 0.0001). In summary, our study revealed that DA is an effective treatment against B16F10 melanoma cells and xenograft mice model.
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- Sukkum Ngullie Chang
- Advanced Bio Convergence Center (ABCC), Pohang Technopark Foundation, Pohang 37668, Korea; (S.N.C.); (C.G.K.); (S.M.P.)
- Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Gyeongsan 38453, Korea;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Gyeongsan 38453, Korea;
- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, MN 55912, USA
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- Advanced Bio Convergence Center (ABCC), Pohang Technopark Foundation, Pohang 37668, Korea; (S.N.C.); (C.G.K.); (S.M.P.)
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- Advanced Bio Convergence Center (ABCC), Pohang Technopark Foundation, Pohang 37668, Korea; (S.N.C.); (C.G.K.); (S.M.P.)
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- New Drug Development Center, DGMIF, 88 Dongnae-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu 41061, Korea; (D.K.C.); (H.L.)
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- New Drug Development Center, DGMIF, 88 Dongnae-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu 41061, Korea; (D.K.C.); (H.L.)
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- Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Sangju 37242, Korea;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Gyeongsan 38453, Korea;
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- Advanced Bio Convergence Center (ABCC), Pohang Technopark Foundation, Pohang 37668, Korea; (S.N.C.); (C.G.K.); (S.M.P.)
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So KY, Park BH, Oh SH. Cytoplasmic sirtuin 6 translocation mediated by p62 polyubiquitination plays a critical role in cadmium-induced kidney toxicity. Cell Biol Toxicol 2021; 37:193-207. [PMID: 32394328 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-020-09528-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Sirtuin 6 (Sirt6) is important for maintaining kidney homeostasis and function. Cd exposure increases the risk of developing kidney diseases. However, the role of Sirt6 in kidney disease mechanisms is unclear. Here, we evaluated the role of Sirt6 in Cd-induced kidney toxicity. After Cd exposure, p62/sequestosome-1 (SQSTM1), an autophagy substrate, accumulated in mouse kidney mesangial cells in monomeric and polyubiquitinated (polyUb) forms. Sirt6 accumulated in response to Cd treatment at concentrations below the half-maximal inhibitory concentration and decreased after 12 h of treatment. Sirt6 and p62 co-localized in the nucleus and redistributed to the cytosol after Cd treatment. Sirt6 was mainly present in nuclei-rich membrane fractions. Sirt6 interacted with p62. Ub, and microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3). Knockdown of p62 promoted Sirt6 nuclear accumulation and inhibited apoptosis. Sirt6 overexpression altered levels of polyUb-p62 and apoptosis. At earlier times during Cd treatment, polyubiquitination of p62 and apoptosis were reduced. Cytoplasmic translocation of Sirt6 occurred later, with increased polyubiquitination of p62 and apoptosis. Bafilomycin 1 (BaF1) treatment promoted cytosolic Sirt6 accumulation, increasing cell death. Silencing autophagy related 5 (Atg5) increased nuclear Sirt6 levels, reduced polyUb-p62, and inhibited cell death, indicating that autophagy was necessary for Sirt6 redistribution. Cd resistance was associated with reduced polyUb-p62 and persistent Sirt6 expression. Cd treatment in mice for 4 weeks promoted p62, Sirt6, and LC3-II accumulation, inducing apoptosis in kidney tissues. Overall, our findings show that polyUb-p62 targeted Sirt6 to autophagosomes, playing a crucial role in Cd-induced cell death and kidney damage.
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- Keum-Young So
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Chosun University, 309 Pilmundaero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, Republic of Korea
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- School of Medicine, Chosun University, 309 Pilmundaero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea.
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Liu M, Pi H, Xi Y, Wang L, Tian L, Chen M, Xie J, Deng P, Zhang T, Zhou C, Liang Y, Zhang L, He M, Lu Y, Chen C, Yu Z, Zhou Z. KIF5A-dependent axonal transport deficiency disrupts autophagic flux in trimethyltin chloride-induced neurotoxicity. Autophagy 2021; 17:903-924. [PMID: 32160081 PMCID: PMC8078766 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1739444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Trimethyltin chloride (TMT) is widely used as a constituent of fungicides and plastic stabilizers in the industrial and agricultural fields, and is generally acknowledged to have potent neurotoxicity, especially in the hippocampus; however, the mechanism of induction of neurotoxicity by TMT remains elusive. Herein, we exposed Neuro-2a cells to different concentrations of TMT (2, 4, and 8 μM) for 24 h. Proteomic analysis, coupled with bioinformatics analysis, revealed the important role of macroautophagy/autophagy-lysosome machinery in TMT-induced neurotoxicity. Further analysis indicated significant impairment of autophagic flux by TMT via suppressed lysosomal function, such as by inhibiting lysosomal proteolysis and changing the lysosomal pH, thereby contributing to defects in autophagic clearance and subsequently leading to nerve cell death. Mechanistically, molecular interaction networks of Ingenuity Pathway Analysis identified a downregulated molecule, KIF5A (kinesin family member 5A), as a key target in TMT-impaired autophagic flux. TMT decreased KIF5A protein expression, disrupted the interaction between KIF5A and lysosome, and impaired lysosomal axonal transport. Moreover, Kif5a overexpression restored axonal transport, increased lysosomal dysfunction, and antagonized TMT-induced neurotoxicity in vitro. Importantly, in TMT-administered mice with seizure symptoms and histomorphological injury in the hippocampus, TMT inhibited KIF5A expression in the hippocampus. Gene transfer of Kif5a enhanced autophagic clearance in the hippocampus and alleviated TMT-induced neurotoxicity in vivo. Our results are the first to demonstrate KIF5A-dependent axonal transport deficiency to cause autophagic flux impairment via disturbance of lysosomal function in TMT-induced neurotoxicity; manipulation of KIF5A may be a therapeutic approach for antagonizing TMT-induced neurotoxicity.Abbreviations: 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; AAV: adeno-associated virus; ACTB: actin beta; AGC: automatic gain control; ATG: autophagy-related; ATP6V0D1: ATPase H+ transporting lysosomal V0 subunit D1; ATP6V1E1: ATPase H+ transporting lysosomal V1 subunit E1; CA: cornu ammonis; CQ: chloroquine; CTSB: cathepsin B; CTSD: cathepsin D; DCTN1: dynactin subunit 1; DG: dentate gyrus; DYNLL1: dynein light chain LC8-type 1; FBS: fetal bovine serum; GABARAP: GABA type A receptor-associated protein; GABARAPL1: GABA type A receptor associated protein like 1; GABARAPL2: GABA type A receptor associated protein like 2; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; IPA: Ingenuity Pathway Analysis; KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes; KIF5A: kinesin family member 5A; LAMP: lysosomal-associated membrane protein; MAP1LC3B/LC3B: microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 beta; NBR1: NBR1 autophagy cargo receptor; OPTN: optineurin; PBS: phosphate-buffered saline; PFA: paraformaldehyde; PIK3C3/VPS34: phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit type 3; PRM: parallel reaction monitoring; siRNA: small interfering RNA; SQSTM1/p62: sequestosome 1; SYP: synaptophysin; TAX1BP1: Tax1 binding protein 1; TMT: trimethyltin chloride; TUB: tubulin.
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- Mengyu Liu
- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
- School of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, and Department of Emergency Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Biomedical Analysis Center, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences and School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, and Department of Emergency Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Roychowdhury S, Gandhirajan A, Kibler C, Wang X, Vachharajani V. Sirtuin 2 Dysregulates Autophagy in High-Fat-Exposed Immune-Tolerant Macrophages. Cells 2021; 10:731. [PMID: 33810233 PMCID: PMC8066127 DOI: 10.3390/cells10040731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Obesity increases morbidity and resource utilization in sepsis patients. The immune response in sepsis transitions from an endotoxin-responsive hyper- to an endotoxin-tolerant hypo-inflammatory phase. The majority of sepsis mortality occurs during hypo-inflammation. We reported prolonged hypo-inflammation with increased sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) expression in obese-septic mice. The effect of direct exposure to high-fat/free fatty acid (FFA) and the role of SIRT2 in immune cells during the transition to hypo-inflammation is not well-understood. Autophagy, a degradation process of damaged protein/organelles, is dysregulated during sepsis. Here, we investigated the effect of direct FFA exposure and the role of SIRT2 expression on autophagy as macrophages transition from hyper-to hypo-inflammation. We found, FFA-exposed RAW 264.7 cells with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation undergo endotoxin-sensitive ("sensitive") hyper- followed by endotoxin tolerant ("tolerant") hypo-inflammatory phases; SIRT2 expression increases significantly in tolerant cells. Autophagy proteins LC3b-II, and beclin-1 increase in FFA-sensitive and decrease in tolerant cells; p62 expressions continue to accumulate in tolerant cells. We observed that SIRT2 directly deacetylates α-tubulin and impairs autophagy clearance. Importantly, we find SIRT2 inhibitor AK-7 treatment during endotoxin tolerant phase reverses autophagy dysregulation with improved autophagy clearance in FFA-tolerant cells. Thus, we report impaired autophagosome formation and autophagy clearance via increased SIRT2 expression in FFA-exposed tolerant macrophages.
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- Sanjoy Roychowdhury
- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.R.); (A.G.); (C.K.)
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.R.); (A.G.); (C.K.)
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.R.); (A.G.); (C.K.)
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- Department of Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA;
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- Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (S.R.); (A.G.); (C.K.)
- Department of Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Hogarth K, Vanama RB, Stratmann G, Maynes JT. Singular and short-term anesthesia exposure in the developing brain induces persistent neuronal changes consistent with chronic neurodegenerative disease. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5673. [PMID: 33707598 PMCID: PMC7952562 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85125-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
The potential adverse impact of inhalational anesthetics on the developing brain was highlighted by the addition of a medication warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for their use in the pediatric population. To investigate mechanisms by which early life anesthesia exposure could induce long-term neuronal dysfunction, we exposed rats to 1 minimum alveolar concentration sevoflurane at 7 days of life. The animals were raised normally until adulthood (P300) prior to sacrifice and analysis of cortical tissue structure (TEM), mitochondrial quality control and biogenesis pathways (Western blot, ELISA, ADP/ATP content), and markers of oxidative stress, proteotoxicity and inflammation (Western blot, ELISA). We found that early life anesthesia exposure led to adverse changes in mitochondrial quality maintenance pathways, autophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis. Although there was an escalation of oxidative stress markers and an increase in the nuclear localization of stress-related transcription factors, cellular redox compensatory responses were blunted, and oxidative phosphorylation was reduced. We found upregulation of mitochondrial stress and proteotoxicity markers, but a significant reduction of mitochondrial unfolded protein response end-effectors, contributing to an increase in inflammation. Contrary to acute exposure, we did not find an increase in apoptosis. Our findings suggest that a limited, early exposure to anesthesia may produce lasting cellular dysfunction through the induction of a sustained energy deficient state, resulting in persistent neuroinflammation and altered proteostasis/toxicity, mimicking aspects of chronic neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Kaley Hogarth
- Division of Molecular Medicine, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.
- Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Ye Z, Wang D, Lu Y, He Y, Yu J, Wei W, Chen C, Wang R, Zhang L, Zhang L, Le MTN, Cho WC, Yang M, Zhang H, Yue J. Vacuolin-1 inhibits endosomal trafficking and metastasis via CapZβ. Oncogene 2021; 40:1775-1791. [PMID: 33564074 PMCID: PMC7946642 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-021-01662-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Metastasis is the fundamental cause of cancer mortality, but there are still very few anti-metastatic drugs available. Endosomal trafficking has been implicated in tumor metastasis, and we have previously found that small chemical vacuolin-1 (V1) potently inhibits autophagosome-lysosome fusion and general endosomal-lysosomal degradation. Here, we assessed the anti-metastatic activity of V1 both in vitro and in vivo. V1 significantly inhibits colony formation, migration, and invasion of various cancer cells in vitro. It also compromises the assembly-disassembly dynamics of focal adhesions (FAs) by inhibiting the recycling and degradation of integrins. In various experimental or transgenic mouse models, V1 significantly suppresses the metastasis and/or tumor growth of breast cancer or melanoma. We further identified capping protein Zβ (CapZβ) as a V1 binding protein and showed that it is required for the V1-mediated inhibition of migration and metastasis of cancer cells. Collectively, our results indicate that V1 targets CapZβ to inhibit endosomal trafficking and metastasis.
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- Zuodong Ye
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- Research Core Facilities, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, 518052, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
- City University of Hong Kong Chengdu Research Institute, Chengdu, China.
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Bik E, Mateuszuk L, Orleanska J, Baranska M, Chlopicki S, Majzner K. Chloroquine-Induced Accumulation of Autophagosomes and Lipids in the Endothelium. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22052401. [PMID: 33673688 PMCID: PMC7957661 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Chloroquine (CQ) is an antimalarial drug known to inhibit autophagy flux by impairing autophagosome–lysosome fusion. We hypothesized that autophagy flux altered by CQ has a considerable influence on the lipid composition of endothelial cells. Thus, we investigated endothelial responses induced by CQ on human microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC-1). HMEC-1 cells after CQ exposure were measured using a combined methodology based on label-free Raman and fluorescence imaging. Raman spectroscopy was applied to characterize subtle chemical changes in lipid contents and their distribution in the cells, while the fluorescence staining (LipidTox, LysoTracker and LC3) was used as a reference method. The results showed that CQ was not toxic to endothelial cells and did not result in the endothelial inflammation at concentrations of 1–30 µM. Notwithstanding, it yielded an increased intensity of LipidTox, LysoTracker, and LC3 staining, suggesting changes in the content of neutral lipids, lysosomotropism, and autophagy inhibition, respectively. The CQ-induced endothelial response was associated with lipid accumulation and was characterized by Raman spectroscopy. CQ-induced autophagosome accumulation in the endothelium is featured by a pronounced alteration in the lipid profile, but not in the endothelial inflammation. Raman-based assessment of CQ-induced biochemical changes offers a better understanding of the autophagy mechanism in the endothelial cells.
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- Ewelina Bik
- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, 14 Bobrzynskiego Str., 30-348 Krakow, Poland; (E.B.); (L.M.); (J.O.); (M.B.); (S.C.)
- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 2 Gronostajowa Str., 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, 14 Bobrzynskiego Str., 30-348 Krakow, Poland; (E.B.); (L.M.); (J.O.); (M.B.); (S.C.)
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- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, 14 Bobrzynskiego Str., 30-348 Krakow, Poland; (E.B.); (L.M.); (J.O.); (M.B.); (S.C.)
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- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, 14 Bobrzynskiego Str., 30-348 Krakow, Poland; (E.B.); (L.M.); (J.O.); (M.B.); (S.C.)
- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 2 Gronostajowa Str., 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, 14 Bobrzynskiego Str., 30-348 Krakow, Poland; (E.B.); (L.M.); (J.O.); (M.B.); (S.C.)
- Chair of Pharmacology, Jagiellonian University, 16 Grzegorzecka Str., 31-531 Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, 14 Bobrzynskiego Str., 30-348 Krakow, Poland; (E.B.); (L.M.); (J.O.); (M.B.); (S.C.)
- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, 2 Gronostajowa Str., 30-387 Krakow, Poland
- Correspondence:
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Desdicioglu R, Sahin C, Yavuz F, Cayli S. Disruption of p97/VCP induces autophagosome accumulation, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human choriocarcinoma cells. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:2163-2171. [PMID: 33620660 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06225-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Gestational choriocarcinoma is aggressive trophoblastic disease. The development, progression and the cure of this disease is not well-established. p97/Valosin containing protein has been shown to play critical roles in many cellular processes. In various cancers, higher expression of p97/VCP has been reported and targeting of p97/VCP with its spesific inhibitors or siRNA's (siVCP) in cancer therapy was suggested. However, no study is avaible about the expression and function of p97/VCP in gestational choriocarcinoma. Hence, the aim of the study was to evaluate effects of p97/VCP inhibitor, DBeQ and siVCP on choriocarcinoma cells. We use human placental choriocarcinoma cell line (Jeg3) as model to find out the effects of DBeQ and VCP siRNA's (siVCP) on apoptotic and autophagic pathway by immunflouroscence staining, Western blotting, qPCR and flow-cytometry. p97/VCP siRNA's and DBeQ induced accumulation of autophagic proteins, LC3II and p62 in the cytoplasm of Jeg3 cells detected. Concurrently, Jeg3 cells treated with DBeQ and siVCP demonstrated G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, accompanied by accumulation of poly-ubiquitinated proteins. Moreover, disruption of p97/VCP by siRNA and DBeQ inhibited cancer cell growth managing the caspases-3 and -7. Our results show that inhibition of p97/VCP activity with DBeQ and depletion of p97/VCP expression with siRNA in Jeg3 cells induce caspase activation, inhibits cell proliferation and leads to a defect in autophagosome maturation, thus providing potential target for the prevention and treatment of choriocarcinoma.
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- Raziye Desdicioglu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Fu J, Lu L, Wang H, Hou Y, Dou H. Hirsutella sinensis mycelium regulates autophagy of alveolar macrophages via TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway. Int J Med Sci 2021; 18:1810-1823. [PMID: 33746598 PMCID: PMC7976595 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.51654] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: Hirsutella sinensis mycelium (HSM) has potent anti-pulmonary fibrotic activities and has been proposed as an effective treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Macrophages are the main innate immune cells in the lung tissue, playing key roles in pulmonary fibrosis repair and homeostasis. Excessive macrophage autophagy plays a vital role in pulmonary fibrosis. The protective effect of HSM on macrophages of bleomycin (BLM)-induced pulmonary fibrotic mice remain unclear. Methods: In this study, we collected lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples from pulmonary fibrotic mice. Meanwhile, alveolar macrophages were isolated and murine macrophage RAW264.7 cell line was cultured for further study of HSM autophagy. Results: First, we found that HSM decreased the number of autophagosomes, as well as the levels of LC3B and ATG5, and increased the protein level of P62 during the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Meanwhile, HSM reduced alveolar macrophages infiltration into the BALF and inhibited their accumulation in the fibrotic lung tissue. Flow cytometry analysis showed that HSM administration inhibited the autophagy marker LC3B expression in CD11bloCD11chi alveolar macrophages in BLM-induced lung fibrosis without affecting CD11bhiCD11clo interstitial macrophages. Transmission electron microscopy and JC-1 staining for mitochondrial membrane potential of alveolar macrophages also verified that the HSM significantly decreased autophagy in the alveolar macrophages of BLM-treated mice. In vitro, autophagosomes-lysosome fusion inhibitor chloroquine (CQ) was pre-incubated with RAW264.7 cells, and HSM reduced CQ-induced autophagosomes accumulation. TLR4 signaling inhibitor CLI095 reversed the above effects, suggesting HSM could reduce the cumulation of autophagosomes dependent on TLR4. Furthermore, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated TLR4-related autophagy was significantly inhibited by HSM treatment. In addition, the protein expressions of TLR4 and phospho-NF-κB p65 were markedly inhibited in cells treated with HSM. Conclusions: These results indicated that HSM could inhibit the autophagy of alveolar macrophages through TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway to achieve anti-fibrotic effect.
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- Juanhua Fu
- The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Choi SH, Agatisa-Boyle C, Gonen A, Kim A, Kim J, Alekseeva E, Tsimikas S, Miller YI. Intracellular AIBP (Apolipoprotein A-I Binding Protein) Regulates Oxidized LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein)-Induced Mitophagy in Macrophages. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2021; 41:e82-e96. [PMID: 33356389 PMCID: PMC8105271 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.120.315485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Atherosclerotic lesions are often characterized by accumulation of OxLDL (oxidized low-density lipoprotein), which is associated with vascular inflammation and lesion vulnerability to rupture. Extracellular AIBP (apolipoprotein A-I binding protein; encoded by APOA1BP gene), when secreted, promotes cholesterol efflux and regulates lipid rafts dynamics, but its role as an intracellular protein in mammalian cells remains unknown. The aim of this work was to determine the function of intracellular AIBP in macrophages exposed to OxLDL and in atherosclerotic lesions. Approach and Results: Using a novel monoclonal antibody against human and mouse AIBP, which are highly homologous, we demonstrated robust AIBP expression in human and mouse atherosclerotic lesions. We observed significantly reduced autophagy in bone marrow-derived macrophages, isolated from Apoa1bp-/- compared with wild-type mice, which were exposed to OxLDL. In atherosclerotic lesions from Apoa1bp-/- mice subjected to Ldlr knockdown and fed a Western diet, autophagy was reduced, whereas apoptosis was increased, when compared with that in wild-type mice. AIBP expression was necessary for efficient control of reactive oxygen species and cell death and for mitochondria quality control in macrophages exposed to OxLDL. Mitochondria-localized AIBP, via its N-terminal domain, associated with E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase PARK2 (Parkin), MFN (mitofusin)1, and MFN2, but not BNIP3 (Bcl2/adenovirus E1B 19-kDa-interacting protein-3), and regulated ubiquitination of MFN1 and MFN2, key components of mitophagy. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that intracellular AIBP is a new regulator of autophagy in macrophages. Mitochondria-localized AIBP augments mitophagy and participates in mitochondria quality control, protecting macrophages against cell death in the context of atherosclerosis.
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- Soo-Ho Choi
- Department of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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Liu H, Deng H, Cui H, Jian Z, Guo H, Fang J, Zuo Z, Deng J, Li Y, Wang X, Zhao L. Copper induces hepatocyte autophagy via the mammalian targets of the rapamycin signaling pathway in mice. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 208:111656. [PMID: 33396170 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Although copper is among the indispensable trace elements in animal physiological processes, it exerts toxicity upon over-exposure. The present study aimed to investigate hepatocyte autophagy induced by CuSO4 and its potential mechanism. A total of 240 ICR mice (four-week-old, 120 males and 120 females) were randomly divided into four groups, in which mice separately received 0, 4, 8, and 16 mg/kg of Cu (Cu2+-CuSO4) for 42 d. The results of increased autophagosomes and autophagy marker LC3B brown cell staining showed that excessive intake of Cu enhanced hepatocyte autophagy. Simultaneously, Cu inhibited the activity of mTOR through suppressing mRNA and protein expressions in mTOR, which in turn up-regulated expression levels of ULK1 and initiated autophagy. Also, over-exposure to Cu increased mRNA and protein expressions of Beclin1, Atg12, Atg5, Atg16L1, Atg7, Atg3, and LC3 and decreased mRNA and protein expressions of p62. These results indicate that excess Cu can enhance hepatocyte autophagy via inhibiting the mTOR signaling pathway and regulating mRNA and protein expressions of factors implicated to autophagy in mice.
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- Huan Liu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural information engineering of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Yaan, Sichuan, 625014, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Environmental Hazards of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agriculture University, Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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Liu Y, Zhao D, Peng W, Xue P, Jiang X, Chen S, Gao H, Wang X, Feng S. Atmospheric PM 2.5 blocking up autophagic flux in HUVECs via inhibiting Sntaxin-17 and LAMP2. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 208:111450. [PMID: 33039871 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Despite of growing evidence linking PM2.5 exposure to autophagic activity in various human cells, the functional significance of PM2.5 exposure affecting autophagy in the pathogenesis of human cardiovascular disease and the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, the effects of ambient PM2.5 (with final concentration 0, 1, 5, 25 µg/mL) on the autophagic activity in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were systematically studied. The results showed that the internalized PM2.5 mainly localized in the membrane-surrounded vacuoles in the cytoplasm. Compared with the negative control, dose-dependent increase of autophagosomes, puncta and protein levels of LC3-II and p62, and both dose- and time-dependent increase of AKT phosphorylation, with inversely time-dependent reduction of Beclin 1, ATG3 and ATG5 proteins, were presented in the PM2.5-treated HUVECs, indicating a clear impairment of autophagic degradation in the PM2.5-exposed HUVECs. Meanwhile, increase in lysosomes, LAMP1, proteases of CTSB and CTSD, and protein phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and TFEB was identified in the PM2.5-treated HUVECs, showing a PM2.5-mediated enhancement in lysosomal activity. A novel finding in this study is that both Sntaxin-17 and LAMP2, two key proteins involved in the control of membrane fusion between autophagosome and lysosome, were significantly decreased in the PM2.5-exposed HUVECs, suggesting that the fusion of autophagosome-lysosome was blocked up. Collectively, ambient PM2.5 exposure may block up the autophagic flux in HUVECs through inhibiting the expression of Sntaxin-17 and LAMP2. Autophagic activity in HUVECs is a useful biomarker for assessing risks of environmental factors to human cardiovascular health.
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- Yuanfeng Liu
- The Key Laboratory of Hengyang for Health Hazard Factors Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China; The Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541199, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Hengyang for Health Hazard Factors Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Hengyang for Health Hazard Factors Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Hengyang for Health Hazard Factors Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Hengyang for Health Hazard Factors Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Hengyang for Health Hazard Factors Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- The Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541199, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China; The State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- The Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541199, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China; The State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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de Wet S, Du Toit A, Loos B. Spermidine and Rapamycin Reveal Distinct Autophagy Flux Response and Cargo Receptor Clearance Profile. Cells 2021; 10:cells10010095. [PMID: 33430464 PMCID: PMC7827520 DOI: 10.3390/cells10010095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Autophagy flux is the rate at which cytoplasmic components are degraded through the entire autophagy pathway and is often measured by monitoring the clearance rate of autophagosomes. The specific means by which autophagy targets specific cargo has recently gained major attention due to the role of autophagy in human pathologies, where specific proteinaceous cargo is insufficiently recruited to the autophagosome compartment, albeit functional autophagy activity. In this context, the dynamic interplay between receptor proteins such as p62/Sequestosome-1 and neighbour of BRCA1 gene 1 (NBR1) has gained attention. However, the extent of receptor protein recruitment and subsequent clearance alongside autophagosomes under different autophagy activities remains unclear. Here, we dissect the concentration-dependent and temporal impact of rapamycin and spermidine exposure on receptor recruitment, clearance and autophagosome turnover over time, employing micropatterning. Our results reveal a distinct autophagy activity response profile, where the extent of autophagosome and receptor co-localisation does not involve the total pool of either entities and does not operate in similar fashion. These results suggest that autophagosome turnover and specific cargo clearance are distinct entities with inherent properties, distinctively contributing towards total functional autophagy activity. These findings are of significance for future studies where disease specific protein aggregates require clearance to preserve cellular proteostasis and viability and highlight the need of discerning and better tuning autophagy machinery activity and cargo clearance.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +27-21-808-9196; Fax: +27-21-808-3145
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Jiang Y, Luo W, Wang B, Yi Z, Gong P, Xiong Y. 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 ameliorates diabetes-induced bone loss by attenuating FoxO1-mediated autophagy. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100287. [PMID: 33450223 PMCID: PMC7948959 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [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: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Autophagy is vital for maintaining cellular homeostasis through removing impaired organelles. It has recently been found to play pivotal roles in diabetes mellitus (DM), which is associated with increased bone fracture risk and loss of bone density. However, the mechanism whereby autophagy modulates DM-induced bone loss is not fully elucidated. Previous work has shown that 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D) exerts positive effects on autophagy, thus affecting bone metabolism. Here, we investigated whether autophagy was involved in the regulation of diabetic bone metabolism. Using Micro-CT, Elisa, histology, and histomorphometry analysis, we demonstrated that 1,25D rescues glucose metabolism dysfunction and ameliorates bone loss in diabetic mice. In vitro, 1,25D alleviated primary osteoblast dysfunction and intracellular oxidative stress through reducing prolonged high-glucose-mediated excessive autophagy in primary osteoblasts, reflected by decreased protein level of Beclin1 and LC3. Of note, the autophagy activator rapamycin (RAP) ablated the positive effects of 1,25D in diabetic environment, leading to a marked increase in autolysosomes and autophagosomes, examined by mRFP-GFP-LC3 fluorescence double labeling. The excessive autophagy induced by high glucose was deleterious to proliferation and differentiation of primary osteoblasts. Additionally, biochemical studies identified that PI3K/Akt signaling could be activated by 1,25D, resulting in the inhibition of FoxO1. We confirmed that FoxO1 deficiency alleviated high-glucose-induced autophagy and improved biological functions of primary osteoblasts. Together, our results suggest that the PI3K/Akt/FoxO1 signaling pathway is involved in the osteoprotective effect of 1,25D by attenuating autophagy in diabetes, providing a novel insight for the prevention and treatment of diabetes-caused bone loss.
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- Yixuan Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Oral Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Oral Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Oral Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Oral Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Oral Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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Liao J, Yang F, Yu W, Qiao N, Zhang H, Han Q, Hu L, Li Y, Guo J, Pan J, Tang Z. Copper induces energy metabolic dysfunction and AMPK-mTOR pathway-mediated autophagy in kidney of broiler chickens. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 206:111366. [PMID: 33010598 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To explore the effects of copper (Cu) on energy metabolism and AMPK-mTOR pathway-mediated autophagy in kidney, a total of 240 one-day-old broiler chickens were randomized into four equal groups and fed on the diets with different levels of Cu (11, 110, 220, and 330 mg/kg) for 49 d. Results showed that excess Cu could induce vacuolar degeneration and increase the number of autophagosomes in kidney, and the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) level and mRNA levels of energy metabolism-related genes were decreased with the increasing dietary Cu level. Moreover, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence showed that the positive expressions of Beclin1 and LC3-II were mainly located in cytoplasm of renal tubular epithelial cells and increased significantly with the increasing levels of Cu. The mRNA levels of Beclin1, Atg5, LC3-I, LC3-II, Dynein and the protein levels of Beclin1, Atg5, LC3-II/LC3-I and p-AMPKα1/AMPKα1 were markedly elevated in treated groups compared with control group (11 mg/kg Cu). However, the mRNA and protein levels of p62 and p-mTOR/mTOR were significantly decreased with the increasing levels of Cu. These results suggest that impaired energy metabolism induced by Cu may lead to autophagy via AMPK-mTOR pathway in kidney of broiler chickens.
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- Jianzhao Liao
- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, PR China.
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Wang C, Nie G, Zhuang Y, Hu R, Wu H, Xing C, Li G, Hu G, Yang F, Zhang C. Inhibition of autophagy enhances cadmium-induced apoptosis in duck renal tubular epithelial cells. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 205:111188. [PMID: 32836151 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Increasing evidence indicates autophagy and apoptosis are involved in the toxicity mechanism of heavy metals. Our previous studies showed that cadmium (Cd) could induce autophagy and apoptosis in duck kidneys in vivo, nevertheless, the interaction between them has yet to be elucidated. Herein, the cells were either treated with 3CdSO4·8H2O (0, 1.25, 2.5, 5.0 μM Cd) or/and 3-methyladenine (3-MA) (2.5 μM) for 12 h and the indictors related autophagy and apoptosis were detected to assess the correlation between autophagy and apoptosis induced by Cd in duck renal tubular epithelial cells. The results demonstrated that Cd exposure notably elevated intracellular and extracellular Cd contents, the number of autophagosomes and LC3 puncta, up-regulated LC3A, LC3B, Beclin-1, Atg5 mRNA levels, and Beclin-1 and LC3II/LC3I protein levels, down-regulated mTOR, p62 and Dynein mRNA levels and p62 protein level. Additionally, autophagy inhibitor 3-MA decreased Beclin-1, LC3II/LC3I protein levels and increased p62 protein level. Moreover, co-treatment with Cd and 3-MA could notably elevate Caspase-3, Cyt C, Bax, and Bak-1 mRNA levels, Caspase-3 and cleaved Caspase-3 protein levels, and cell apoptotic rate as well as cell damage, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), Bcl-2 mRNA level and the ratio of Bcl-2 to Bax compared to treatment with Cd alone. Overall, these results indicate Cd exposure can induce autophagy in duck renal tubular epithelial cells, and inhibition of autophagy might aggravate Cd-induced apoptosis through mitochondria-mediated pathway.
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- Chang Wang
- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China
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- School of Information Technology, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, No. 665 Yuping West Street, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330032, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China.
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Animal Health, Institute of Animal Population Health, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, No. 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Economic and Technological Development District, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, PR China.
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Cao S, Shen WB, Reece EA, Yang P. Deficiency of the oxidative stress-responsive kinase p70S6K1 restores autophagy and ameliorates neural tube defects in diabetic embryopathy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020; 223:753.e1-753.e14. [PMID: 32416155 PMCID: PMC7609618 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Autophagy is highly active in neuroepithelial cells of the developing neuroepithelium, and impairment of autophagy leads to neural tube defects. In this study, we have found that maternal diabetes suppresses autophagy that leads to neural tube defects and consequent cellular imbalance in the endoplasmic reticulum where critical events occur, leading to the induction of diabetic embryopathy. Because the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway suppresses autophagy, we hypothesized that 70 kDa ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 (p70S6K1), a major downstream effector of mammalian target of rapamycin, mediates the inhibitory effect of maternal diabetes on autophagy in the developing neuroepithelium. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether p70S6K1 mediates the inhibitory effect of maternal diabetes on autophagy during neurulation. We also examined whether p70S6K1 deficiency restores autophagy and therefore relieves endoplasmic reticulum stress and inhibits maternal diabetes-induced apoptosis, which leads to reduction in neural tube defect incidence in diabetic embryopathy. STUDY DESIGN Female p70S6K1 heterogeneous knockout (p70S6K1+/-) mice were bred with male p70S6K1 heterogeneous knockout (p70S6K1+/-) mice to generate wild-type (WT), p70S6K1+/- and p70S6K1 knockout (p70S6K1-/-) embryos. Embryos at embryonic day 8.5 were harvested for the assessment of indices of autophagy, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and apoptosis. Neural tube defect incidence in embryos was determined at embryonic day 10.5. For in vitro studies, small interfering RNA knockdown of p70S6K1 in C17.2 mouse neural stem cells was used to determine the effect of p70S6K1 deficiency on autophagy impairment and endoplasmic reticulum stress under high glucose conditions. RESULTS Knockout of the Rps6kb1 gene, which encodes for p70S6K1, ameliorated maternal diabetes-induced NTDs and restored autophagosome formation in neuroepithelial cells suppressed by maternal diabetes. Maternal diabetes-suppressed conversion of LC3-I (microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3) to LC3-II, an index of autophagic activity, in neurulation stage embryos was abrogated in the absence of p70S6K1. p70S6K1 knockdown in neural stem cells also restored autophagosome formation and the conversion of LC3-I to LC3-II. The activation of the major unfolded protein response, indicated by phosphorylation of inositol-requiring enzyme 1 alpha, and protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase, and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α, and the increase of the endoplasmic reticulum stress marker, C/EBP homologous protein, were induced by maternal diabetes in vivo and high glucose in vitro. Unfolded protein response and endoplasmic reticulum stress induced by maternal diabetes or high glucose were reduced by Rps6kb1 deletion or p70S6K1 knockdown, respectively. Rps6kb1 knockout blocked maternal diabetes-induced caspase cleavage and neuroepithelial cell apoptosis. The superoxide dismutase mimetic Tempol abolished high glucose-induced p70S6K1 activation. CONCLUSION The study revealed the critical involvement of p70S6K1 in the pathogenesis of diabetic embryopathy.
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- Songying Cao
- Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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Yang P, Qin Y, Zhu Y, Li F, Xia SS, Zhou B, Wang Q, Lu J, Li L, Huang HY. Chaihu-Longgu-Muli decoction relieves epileptic symptoms by improving autophagy in hippocampal neurons. J Ethnopharmacol 2020; 259:112990. [PMID: 32442588 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.112990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Chaihu-Longgu-Muli decoction (CLMD) is a well-known ancient formula in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to relieve disorder, clear away heat, tranquilize the mind and allay excitement. It has been used for the therapy of neuropsychiatric disorders such as epilepsy, dementia, insomnia, anxiety, and depression for several centuries in China. AIM OF THE STUDY This paper is based on the assumption that the mechanism by which CLMD relieves epileptic symptoms in rats is associated with improving autophagy. Several experimental methods are designed to testify the hypothesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The lithium-pilocarpine-induced epilepsy model was established in rats. The seizure frequency was recorded. Morphology and number of autophagosomes in hippocampal dentate gyrus was detected with a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Expression of Beclin-1, microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3 (LC3), and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in dentate gyrus was measured by immunofluorescence assay, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western-blotting. RESULTS CLMD could significantly relieve the seizure frequency and improve autophagy in hippocampal dentate gyrus. Meanwhile, the level of Beclin-1 and LC3B decreased significantly, while mTOR increased remarkably after medical intervention. CONCLUSIONS CLMD could improve autophagy in hippocampal dentate gyrus due to epilepsy, especially at high dose. The mechanism may be related to upregulated expression of mTOR and downregulated expression of Beclin-1 and LC3B.
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- Ping Yang
- Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Brain Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.427, Middle Furong Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410007, China; Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM Diagnostics, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.300, Xueshi Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410208, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Hunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, NO. 8, Yuehua Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410013, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Brain Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.427, Middle Furong Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410007, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM Diagnostics, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.300, Xueshi Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410208, China; School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM Diagnostics, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.300, Xueshi Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410208, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Brain Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.427, Middle Furong Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410007, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Brain Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.427, Middle Furong Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410007, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Brain Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.427, Middle Furong Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410007, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM Diagnostics, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.300, Xueshi Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410208, China.
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM Diagnostics, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, NO.300, Xueshi Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410208, China.
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Cao J, Tang C, Gao M, Rui Y, Zhang J, Wang L, Wang Y, Xu B, Yan BC. Hyperoside alleviates epilepsy-induced neuronal damage by enhancing antioxidant levels and reducing autophagy. J Ethnopharmacol 2020; 257:112884. [PMID: 32311482 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.112884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Hypericum perforatum L. (genus Hypericum, family Hypericaceae), a plant commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, is believed to confer a wide range of benefits, including fever reduction, detoxification, calming, and pain relief via decoctions of its stems and leaves. Hyperoside (HYP), a natural compound extracted from Hypericum perforatum L., has been shown to demonstrate a wide array of bioactivities including antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic effects. In this study, we investigated the effects of HYP on epilepsy-induced neuronal damage in mice and the associated regulatory factors. AIM OF THE STUDY This study examined the potential therapeutic use of HYP for the treatment of neuronal damage in a mouse model of epilepsy and explored the relationships of the potential neuroprotective effects of HYP pretreatment with antioxidant levels and autophagy. MATERIALS AND METHODS ICR mice were randomly divided into six groups: sham group, sham-HYP group, KA group, KA-HYP group, KA-HYP-DDC group and KA-CQ group. Immunohistochemical staining was used to assess changes in NeuN, IBA-1, and GFAP expression in the CA3 region of the hippocampus. Immunofluorescence staining was used to assess the effects of HYP on the number of autophagosomes that accumulated in neurons in the hippocampal CA3 region. The levels of SOD1, SOD2, LC3I/II, Beclin1, and PI3K/AKT and MAPK signaling-related proteins were detected by Western blot. RESULTS Pretreatment with 50 mg/kg HYP protected against epilepsy-induced neuronal damage in the hippocampal CA3 region. Additionally, HYP enhanced antioxidant levels and reduced the levels of autophagy-related proteins via the PI3K/AKT and MAPK pathways. CONCLUSION HYP protected the hippocampal CA3 region against epilepsy-induced neuronal damage via enhancing antioxidant levels and reducing autophagy. The mechanism of action may be related to the maintenance of antioxidant levels and the suppression of autophagy via the PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways.
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- Jianwen Cao
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Senile Diseases, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Institute of Translational Medicine, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Experimental & Translational Non-coding RNA Research, Yangzhou, 225001, PR China; Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital, Yangzhou University, 225001, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, College of Veterinary Medicine of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, PR China.
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Chen N, Tang X, Ye Z, Wang S, Xiao X. Methylmercury disrupts autophagic flux by inhibiting autophagosome-lysosome fusion in mouse germ cells. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 198:110667. [PMID: 32339925 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Methylmercury (MeHg) is an extremely toxic environmental pollutant that can cause serious male reproductive developmental dysplasia in humans and animals. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying MeHg-induced male reproductive injury are not fully clear. The purpose of this study was to explore whether mitophagy and lysosome dysfunction contribute to MeHg-induced apoptosis of germ cell and to determine the potential mechanism. First, we confirmed the exposure of GC2-spd cells to mercury. In GC2-spd cells (a mouse spermatocyte cell line), we found that MeHg treatment led to an obvious increase of cell apoptosis accompanied by a marked rise of LC3-II expression and an elevated number of autophagosomes. These results were associated with the induction of oxidative stress and mitophagy. Interestingly, we found that MeHg did not promote but prevented autophagosome-lysosome fusion by impairing the lysosome function. Furthermore, as a lysosome inhibitor, chloroquine pre-treatment obviously enhanced LC3-II expression and mitophagy formation in MeHg-treated cells. This further proved that the induction of mitophagy and the injury of the lysosome played an important role in the GC2-spd cell apoptosis induced by MeHg. Our findings indicate that MeHg caused apoptosis in the GC2-spd cells, which were dependent on oxidative stress-mediated mitophagy and the lysosome damaging-mediated inhibition of autophagic flux induced by MeHg.
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- Institute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Institute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-product Safety and Quality, Institute of Quality Standards & Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, PR China.
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- Institute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, PR China.
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Yi S, Zheng B, Zhu Y, Cai Y, Sun H, Zhou J. Melatonin ameliorates excessive PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy by enhancing SIRT1 expression in granulosa cells of PCOS. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2020; 319:E91-E101. [PMID: 32343612 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00006.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mitochondrial injury in granulosa cells is associated with the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). However, the protective effects of melatonin against mitochondrial injury in the granulosa cells of PCOS remain unclear. In this study, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential and mtDNA content, increased number of autophagosomes were found in the granulosa cells of PCOS patients and the dihydrotestosterone (DHT)-treated KGN cells, with decreased protein level of the autophagy substrate p62 and increased levels of the cellular autophagy markers Beclin 1 and LC3B-II, while the protein levels of PTEN-induced kinase-1 (PINK1) and Parkin were increased and the level of sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) was decreased. DHT-induced PCOS-like mice also showed enhanced mitophagy and decreased SIRT1 mRNA expression. Melatonin treatment significantly increased the protein level of SIRT1 and decreased the levels of PINK1/Parkin, whereas it ameliorated the mitochondrial dysfunction and PCOS phenotype in vitro and in vivo. However, when the KGN cells were treated with SIRT1 siRNA to knock down SIRT1 expression, melatonin treatment failed to repress the excessive mitophagy. In conclusion, melatonin protects against mitochondrial injury in granulosa cells of PCOS by enhancing SIRT1 expression to inhibit excessive PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy.
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- Shanling Yi
- Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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Czarnomysy R, Radomska D, Muszyńska A, Hermanowicz JM, Prokop I, Bielawska A, Bielawski K. Evaluation of the Anticancer Activities of Novel Transition Metal Complexes with Berenil and Nitroimidazole. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25122860. [PMID: 32575817 PMCID: PMC7355748 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25122860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Novel transition metal complexes (Au, Pd, Pt) with berenil and 2-(1-methyl-5-nitroimidazol-2-yl)ethanol were obtained through two-step synthesis. The cytotoxicity assay against MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells revealed that novel platinum and palladium complexes cause a reduction on the viability of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells to a greater extent than cisplatin. The complexes showed lower cytotoxicity on normal MCF-10A human breast epithelial cells than on tumor cells. Furthermore, we observed that these complexes selectively concentrate in tumor cell mitochondria due to the characteristic for these cells increased membrane potential that may explain their increased proapoptotic activity. The activity of the synthesized compounds against topoisomerase type IIα and their increased impact on DNA defragmentation also were documented. The novel complexes also induced autophagosome changes and inhibited tumor growth in xenograft models (established using breast cancer cells).
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- Robert Czarnomysy
- Department of Synthesis and Technology of Drugs, Medical University of Bialystok, Kilinskiego 1, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland; (D.R.); (A.M.); (K.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-85-748-57-00; Fax: +48-85-879-57-18
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- Department of Synthesis and Technology of Drugs, Medical University of Bialystok, Kilinskiego 1, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland; (D.R.); (A.M.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Synthesis and Technology of Drugs, Medical University of Bialystok, Kilinskiego 1, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland; (D.R.); (A.M.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza 2c, 15-222 Bialystok, Poland;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Medical University of Bialystok, Kilinskiego 1, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland;
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- Department of Synthesis and Technology of Drugs, Medical University of Bialystok, Kilinskiego 1, 15-089 Bialystok, Poland; (D.R.); (A.M.); (K.B.)
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Salazar G, Cullen A, Huang J, Zhao Y, Serino A, Hilenski L, Patrushev N, Forouzandeh F, Hwang HS. SQSTM1/p62 and PPARGC1A/PGC-1alpha at the interface of autophagy and vascular senescence. Autophagy 2020; 16:1092-1110. [PMID: 31441382 PMCID: PMC7469683 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2019.1659612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Defective macroautophagy/autophagy and mitochondrial dysfunction are known to stimulate senescence. The mitochondrial regulator PPARGC1A (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma, coactivator 1 alpha) regulates mitochondrial biogenesis, reducing senescence of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs); however, it is unknown whether autophagy mediates PPARGC1A-protective effects on senescence. Using ppargc1a-/- VSMCs, we identified the autophagy receptor SQSTM1/p62 (sequestosome 1) as a major regulator of autophagy and senescence of VSMCs. Abnormal autophagosomes were observed in VSMCs in aortas of ppargc1a-/- mice. ppargc1a-/- VSMCs in culture presented reductions in LC3-II levels; in autophagosome number; and in the expression of SQSTM1 (protein and mRNA), LAMP2 (lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2), CTSD (cathepsin D), and TFRC (transferrin receptor). Reduced SQSTM1 protein expression was also observed in aortas of ppargc1a-/- mice and was upregulated by PPARGC1A overexpression, suggesting that SQSTM1 is a direct target of PPARGC1A. Inhibition of autophagy by 3-MA (3 methyladenine), spautin-1 or Atg5 (autophagy related 5) siRNA stimulated senescence. Rapamycin rescued the effect of Atg5 siRNA in Ppargc1a+/+ , but not in ppargc1a-/- VSMCs, suggesting that other targets of MTOR (mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase), in addition to autophagy, also contribute to senescence. Sqstm1 siRNA increased senescence basally and in response to AGT II (angiotensin II) and zinc overload, two known inducers of senescence. Furthermore, Sqstm1 gene deficiency mimicked the phenotype of Ppargc1a depletion by presenting reduced autophagy and increased senescence in vitro and in vivo. Thus, PPARGC1A upregulates autophagy reducing senescence by a SQSTM1-dependent mechanism. We propose SQSTM1 as a novel target in therapeutic interventions reducing senescence. ABBREVIATIONS 3-MA: 3 methyladenine; ACTA2/SM-actin: actin, alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta; ACTB/β-actin: actin beta; AGT II: angiotensin II; ATG5: autophagy related 5; BECN1: beclin 1; CAT: catalase; CDKN1A: cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (P21); Chl: chloroquine; CTSD: cathepsin D; CYCS: cytochrome C, somatic; DHE: dihydroethidium; DPBS: Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline; EL: elastic lamina; EM: extracellular matrix; FDG: fluorescein-di-β-D-galactopyranoside; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; γH2AFX: phosphorylated H2A histone family, member X, H2DCFDA: 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate; LAMP2: lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2; MASMs: mouse vascular smooth muscle cells; MEF: mouse embryonic fibroblast; NBR1: NBR1, autophagy cargo receptor; NFKB/NF-κB: nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells; MTOR: mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase; NFE2L2: nuclear factor, erythroid derived 2, like 2; NOX1: NADPH oxidase 1; OPTN: optineurin; PFA: paraformaldehyde; PFU: plaque-forming units; PPARGC1A/PGC-1α: peroxisome proliferator activated receptor, gamma, coactivator 1 alpha; Ptdln3K: phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; RASMs: rat vascular smooth muscle cells; ROS: reactive oxygen species; SA-GLB1/β-gal: senescence-associated galactosidase, beta 1; SASP: senescence-associated secretory phenotype; SIRT1: sirtuin 1; Spautin 1: specific and potent autophagy inhibitor 1; SQSTM1/p62: sequestosome 1; SOD: superoxide dismutase; TEM: transmission electron microscopy; TFEB: transcription factor EB; TFRC: transferrin receptor; TRP53/p53: transformation related protein 53; TUBG1: tubulin gamma 1; VSMCs: vascular smooth muscle cells; WT: wild type.
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- Gloria Salazar
- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Center for Advancing Exercise and Nutrition Research on Aging (CAENRA), Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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Zhang Y, Liu D, Liu Z. The benzo[b]fluoranthene in the atmospheric fine particulate matter induces mouse glomerular podocytes injury via inhibition of autophagy. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 195:110403. [PMID: 32193019 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Evidence shows that individuals who are under long-term exposure to environmental PM2.5 are at increased risk of chronic kidney disease. Various laboratory experiments also suggest several mechanistic links between PM2.5 exposure and kidney injury. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are common organic chemicals existing in PM2.5. However, whether benzo [b]fluoranthene (BbF), the most potent carcinogens and the highest content of PAHs, plays an important role in podocyte injury via reducing autophagy, have not been reported. METHODS Podocytes were exposed to different concentrations and times of BbF. Cell viability was assessed by using CCK-8. Morphological phenotypes were detected by using optical microscopy. Cytoskeletons were detected by using immunofluorescence assay. Expression of podocyte injury markers were determined by Western blot. Podocytes were observed under TEM, autophagic activity was evaluated by Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence assay. A possible effect of an inhibitor (CQ, chloroquine) or an inducer (rapamycin) of autophagy on BbF-induced podocyte injury also was examined. RESULTS BbF changed cellular morphology, decreased cell viability and rearranged cytoskeleton. The proteins' expression level of autophagy and the numbers of autophagosomes under TEM was decreased and the proteins' expression level of slit diaphragm was increased in a dose- and time-dependent manner. In addition, BbF-induced podocyte injury was enhanced by inhibition of autophagy and inhibited by activation of autophagy in podocytes. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our data suggest that BbF is toxic to podocytes, as well as reduce autophagy. Furthermore, inhibition of autophagy plays a regulatory role in BbF-induced podocyte injury.
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- Yilin Zhang
- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Research Institute of Nephrology,Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Core Unit of National Clinical Medical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China.
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Research Institute of Nephrology,Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Core Unit of National Clinical Medical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China.
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- Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Research Institute of Nephrology,Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease in Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China; Core Unit of National Clinical Medical Research Center of Kidney Disease, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China.
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Andrejeva G, Gowan S, Lin G, Wong Te Fong ACLF, Shamsaei E, Parkes HG, Mui J, Raynaud FI, Asad Y, Vizcay-Barrena G, Nikitorowicz-Buniak J, Valenti M, Howell L, Fleck RA, Martin LA, Kirkin V, Leach MO, Chung YL. De novo phosphatidylcholine synthesis is required for autophagosome membrane formation and maintenance during autophagy. Autophagy 2020; 16:1044-1060. [PMID: 31517566 PMCID: PMC7469489 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2019.1659608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Macroautophagy/autophagy can enable cancer cells to withstand cellular stress and maintain bioenergetic homeostasis by sequestering cellular components into newly formed double-membrane vesicles destined for lysosomal degradation, potentially affecting the efficacy of anti-cancer treatments. Using 13C-labeled choline and 13C-magnetic resonance spectroscopy and western blotting, we show increased de novo choline phospholipid (ChoPL) production and activation of PCYT1A (phosphate cytidylyltransferase 1, choline, alpha), the rate-limiting enzyme of phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) synthesis, during autophagy. We also discovered that the loss of PCYT1A activity results in compromised autophagosome formation and maintenance in autophagic cells. Direct tracing of ChoPLs with fluorescence and immunogold labeling imaging revealed the incorporation of newly synthesized ChoPLs into autophagosomal membranes, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria during anticancer drug-induced autophagy. Significant increase in the colocalization of fluorescence signals from the newly synthesized ChoPLs and mCherry-MAP1LC3/LC3 (microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3) was also found on autophagosomes accumulating in cells treated with autophagy-modulating compounds. Interestingly, cells undergoing active autophagy had an altered ChoPL profile, with longer and more unsaturated fatty acid/alcohol chains detected. Our data suggest that de novo synthesis may be required to increase autophagosomal ChoPL content and alter its composition, together with replacing phospholipids consumed from other organelles during autophagosome formation and turnover. This addiction to de novo ChoPL synthesis and the critical role of PCYT1A may lead to development of agents targeting autophagy-induced drug resistance. In addition, fluorescence imaging of choline phospholipids could provide a useful way to visualize autophagosomes in cells and tissues. ABBREVIATIONS AKT: AKT serine/threonine kinase; BAX: BCL2 associated X, apoptosis regulator; BECN1: beclin 1; ChoPL: choline phospholipid; CHKA: choline kinase alpha; CHPT1: choline phosphotransferase 1; CTCF: corrected total cell fluorescence; CTP: cytidine-5'-triphosphate; DCA: dichloroacetate; DMEM: dulbeccos modified Eagles medium; DMSO: dimethyl sulfoxide; EDTA: ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; ER: endoplasmic reticulum; GDPD5: glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase domain containing 5; GFP: green fluorescent protein; GPC: glycerophosphorylcholine; HBSS: hanks balances salt solution; MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3; LPCAT1: lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1; LysoPtdCho: lysophosphatidylcholine; MRS: magnetic resonance spectroscopy; MTORC1: mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase complex 1; PCho: phosphocholine; PCYT: choline phosphate cytidylyltransferase; PLA2: phospholipase A2; PLB: phospholipase B; PLC: phospholipase C; PLD: phospholipase D; PCYT1A: phosphate cytidylyltransferase 1, choline, alpha; PI3K: phosphoinositide-3-kinase; pMAFs: pancreatic mouse adult fibroblasts; PNPLA6: patatin like phospholipase domain containing 6; Pro-Cho: propargylcholine; Pro-ChoPLs: propargylcholine phospholipids; PtdCho: phosphatidylcholine; PtdEth: phosphatidylethanolamine; PtdIns3P: phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate; RPS6: ribosomal protein S6; SCD: stearoyl-CoA desaturase; SEM: standard error of the mean; SM: sphingomyelin; SMPD1/SMase: sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1, acid lysosomal; SGMS: sphingomyelin synthase; WT: wild-type.
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- Gabriela Andrejeva
- Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research London and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research London, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research London and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
- Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research London and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research London and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research London and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research London, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research London, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research London, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research London, London, UK
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- Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research London, London, UK
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- Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research London, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research London, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research London and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research London and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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Luo X, Wu S, Jiang Y, Wang L, Li G, Qing Y, Liu J, Zhang D. Inhibition of autophagy by geniposide protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Int Immunopharmacol 2020; 85:106609. [PMID: 32446199 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.106609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Geniposide (GP), extracted from a traditional Chinese herb Gardenia jasminoides, has extensive pharmacological effects. But the effects and the potential mechanisms of GP on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury are poorly understood. In present study, we investigated the effect of GP on myocardial I/R injury in vivo and hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) in vitro respectively, and its mechanism. The results showed that GP reduced myocardial infarct size, alleviated acute myocardial injury, improved cardiac function, regulated apoptosis-related proteins and inhibited apoptosis. In vitro experiments revealed that GP enhanced the cell viability, regulated apoptosis-related proteins and prevented cell apoptosis during H/R in H9c2 cells. GP inhibited the expression of autophagy-related proteins and autophagosome accumulation both in vivo and in vitro. The effects of GP were blocked by rapamycin (RAPA) administration. In summary, our results showed that GP protected against myocardial I/R injury and involved inhibition of autophagy, which might be through activating AKT/mTOR signaling pathways.
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- Xuexiu Luo
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; Department of Vascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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Lin DS, Ho CS, Huang YW, Wu TY, Lee TH, Huang ZD, Wang TJ, Yang SJ, Chiang MF. Impairment of Proteasome and Autophagy Underlying the Pathogenesis of Leukodystrophy. Cells 2020; 9:E1124. [PMID: 32370022 PMCID: PMC7290671 DOI: 10.3390/cells9051124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome-system (UPS) and autophagy causing cytoplasmic aggregation of ubiquitin andp62 have been implicated in the pathogenesis of most neurodegenerative disorders, yet, they have not been fully elucidated in leukodystrophies. The relationship among impairment of UPS, autophagy, and globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD), one of the most common demyelinating leukodystrophies, is clarified in this study. We examined the ubiquitin and autophagy markers in the brains of twitcher mice, a murine model of infantile GLD, and in human oligodendrocytes incubated with psychosine. Immunohistochemical examinations showed spatiotemporal accumulation of ubiquitin- and p62-aggregates mainly in the white matter of brain and spinal cord at disease progression. Western blot analysis demonstrated a significant accumulation of ubiquitin, p62, and LC3-II in insoluble fraction in parallel with progressive demyelination and neuroinflammation in twitcher brains. In vitro study validated a dose- and time-dependent cytotoxicity of psychosine upon autophagy and UPS machinery. Inhibition of autophagy and UPS exacerbated the accumulation of insoluble ubiquitin, p62, and LC3-II proteins mediated by psychosine cytotoxicity as well as increased cytoplasmic deposition of ubiquitin- and p62-aggregates, and accumulation of autophagosomes and autolysosomes. Further, the subsequent accumulation of reactive oxygen species and reduction of mitochondrial respiration led to cell death. Our studies validate the impairment of proteasome and autophagy underlying the pathogenesis of GLD. These findings provide a novel insight into pathogenesis of GLD and suggest a specific pathomechanism as an ideal target for therapeutic approaches.
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- Dar-Shong Lin
- Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine and Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei 25245, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan;
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- Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan; (Y.-W.H.); (T.-Y.W.); (T.-H.L.); (Z.-D.H.); (S.-J.Y.)
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- Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan; (Y.-W.H.); (T.-Y.W.); (T.-H.L.); (Z.-D.H.); (S.-J.Y.)
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- Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan; (Y.-W.H.); (T.-Y.W.); (T.-H.L.); (Z.-D.H.); (S.-J.Y.)
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- Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan; (Y.-W.H.); (T.-Y.W.); (T.-H.L.); (Z.-D.H.); (S.-J.Y.)
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan;
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- Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan; (Y.-W.H.); (T.-Y.W.); (T.-H.L.); (Z.-D.H.); (S.-J.Y.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan
- Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei 11260, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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Vanzo R, Bartkova J, Merchut-Maya JM, Hall A, Bouchal J, Dyrskjøt L, Frankel LB, Gorgoulis V, Maya-Mendoza A, Jäättelä M, Bartek J. Autophagy role(s) in response to oncogenes and DNA replication stress. Cell Death Differ 2020; 27:1134-1153. [PMID: 31409894 PMCID: PMC7206042 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-019-0403-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process that captures aberrant intracellular proteins and/or damaged organelles for delivery to lysosomes, with implications for cellular and organismal homeostasis, aging and diverse pathologies, including cancer. During cancer development, autophagy may play both tumour-supporting and tumour-suppressing roles. Any relationships of autophagy to the established oncogene-induced replication stress (RS) and the ensuing DNA damage response (DDR)-mediated anti-cancer barrier in early tumorigenesis remain to be elucidated. Here, assessing potential links between autophagy, RS and DDR, we found that autophagy is enhanced in both early and advanced stages of human urinary bladder and prostate tumorigenesis. Furthermore, a high-content, single-cell-level microscopy analysis of human cellular models exposed to diverse genotoxic insults showed that autophagy is enhanced in cells that experienced robust DNA damage, independently of the cell-cycle position. Oncogene- and drug-induced RS triggered first DDR and later autophagy. Unexpectedly, genetic inactivation of autophagy resulted in RS, despite cellular retention of functional mitochondria and normal ROS levels. Moreover, recovery from experimentally induced RS required autophagy to support DNA synthesis. Consistently, RS due to the absence of autophagy could be partly alleviated by exogenous supply of deoxynucleosides. Our results highlight the importance of autophagy for DNA synthesis, suggesting that autophagy may support cancer progression, at least in part, by facilitating tumour cell survival and fitness under replication stress, a feature shared by most malignancies. These findings have implications for better understanding of the role of autophagy in tumorigenesis, as well as for attempts to manipulate autophagy as an anti-tumour therapeutic strategy.
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- Riccardo Vanzo
- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Genome Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Faculty Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Genome Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Bellusci L, Runfola M, Carnicelli V, Sestito S, Fulceri F, Santucci F, Lenzi P, Fornai F, Rapposelli S, Origlia N, Zucchi R, Chiellini G. Endogenous 3-Iodothyronamine (T1AM) and Synthetic Thyronamine-like Analog SG-2 Act as Novel Pleiotropic Neuroprotective Agents Through the Modulation of SIRT6. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25051054. [PMID: 32110992 PMCID: PMC7179148 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051054] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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3-iodothyronamine (T1AM) and the recently developed analog SG-2 are rapidly emerging as promising multi-target neuroprotective ligands able to reprogram lipid metabolism and to produce memory enhancement in mice. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the multi-target effects of these novel drug candidates, here we investigated whether the modulation of SIRT6, known to play a key role in reprogramming energy metabolism, might also drive the activation of clearing pathways, such as autophagy and ubiquitine-proteasome (UP), as further mechanisms against neurodegeneration. We show that both T1AM and SG-2 increase autophagy in U87MG cells by inducing the expression of SIRT6, which suppresses Akt activity thus leading to mTOR inhibition. This effect was concomitant with down-regulation of autophagy-related genes, including Hif1α, p53 and mTOR. Remarkably, when mTOR was inhibited a concomitant activation of autophagy and UP took place in U87MG cells. Since both compounds activate autophagy, which is known to sustain long term potentiation (LTP) in the entorhinal cortex (EC) and counteracting AD pathology, further electrophysiological studies were carried out in a transgenic mouse model of AD. We found that SG-2 was able to rescue LTP with an efficacy comparable to T1AM, further underlying its potential as a novel pleiotropic agent for neurodegenerative disorders treatment.
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- Lorenza Bellusci
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (L.B.); (V.C.); (S.S.); (R.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (M.R.); (S.R.)
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (L.B.); (V.C.); (S.S.); (R.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (L.B.); (V.C.); (S.S.); (R.Z.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy;
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- Unit of Human Anatomy, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (P.L.); (F.F.)
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- Unit of Human Anatomy, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (P.L.); (F.F.)
- IRCCS Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli (IS), Italy
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (M.R.); (S.R.)
- Interdepartmental Research Centre of Ageing Biology and Pathology, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Neuroscience, 56124 Pisa, Italy;
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (L.B.); (V.C.); (S.S.); (R.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Pathology, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (L.B.); (V.C.); (S.S.); (R.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-050-221-86-62
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Xie Y, Tian L, Fang Z, Zhong A, Ao Z, Xu S, Wang Y, Zhang J. Bushen Kangshuai tablet inhibits progression of atherosclerosis by intervening in macrophage autophagy and polarization. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2020; 40:28-37. [PMID: 32227763] [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: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of Bushen Kangshuai (BS-KS) tablet on autophagy and polarization in mouse macrophage RAW 264.7. MEYHODS Macrophage autophagy was induced by oxidized low-density lipoprotein (100 μg/mL). To detect the levels of autophagy, macrophage were transfected with double fluorescence LC3 autophagy adenovirus, then the numbers of autophagosomes and autophagic lysosomes were asessed by confocal microscopy. The autophagy related proteins expression of PI3K, Akt, phospho-mAkt (p-Akt) and mTOR, phospho-mTOR ([p-TOR), p62, microtubule-associated protein 1 (LC3-Ⅱ)were determined by western blotting. The macrophage polarization model was induced by lipopolysaccharide (1 μg/mL). The mRNA levels of iNOS, CD86 (M1 macrophages marker molecules), and CD206, Arg-1 (M2 macrophages marker molecules) were detected by real-time quantitative PCR. The concentration of cytokines TNF-α and IL-10 was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The protein expression of nuclear proteins PPAR-γ, NF-κB, and cytoplasmic protein IKB α was determined by western blotting. RESULTS The expression of the autophagy-related protein LC3-Ⅱ was increased and the expression of p62 was decreased in the BS-KS intervention group. The protein expression of PI3K, p-Akt, and p-mTOR was also reduced. BS-KS also inhibited the mRNA expression of iNOS and CD86 on M2 macrophage, but promoted the expression of CD206 and Arg-1 on M2 macrophage. With respect to the regulation of inflammatory factors, BS-KS could inhibit the secretion of pro-inflammatory TNF-α and promote the secretion of anti-inflammatory IL-10. It also inhibited the protein expression of IKB-α and NF-κB, and promoted the expression of nuclear protein PPAR-γ. CONCLUSION We believe that BS-KS promotes macrophage autophagy by increasing the level of autophagy protein and inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Furthermore, BS-KS seems to inhibit macrophage M1 polarization and promote M2 polarization via the PPAR gamma /NF-κB signaling pathway, thus playing an inhibitory role in atherosclerosis.
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- Yingyu Xie
- Department of Cardiology Medicine, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
- College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Geriatrics, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Epidemiology, College of global public health, New York University, 726 Broadway, New York 10003, USA
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Traditional Research of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription and Syndrome, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Graduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
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- Department of Cardiology Medicine, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
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Yavarow ZA, Kang HR, Waskowicz LR, Bay BH, Young SP, Yen PM, Koeberl DD. Fenofibrate rapidly decreases hepatic lipid and glycogen storage in neonatal mice with glycogen storage disease type Ia. Hum Mol Genet 2020; 29:286-294. [PMID: 31816064 PMCID: PMC7003036 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddz290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD Ia) is caused by autosomal mutations in glucose-6-phosphatase α catalytic subunit (G6PC) and can present with severe hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis and hypertriglyceridemia. In both children and adults with GSD Ia, there is over-accumulation of hepatic glycogen and triglycerides that can lead to steatohepatitis and a risk for hepatocellular adenoma or carcinoma. Here, we examined the effects of the commonly used peroxisomal proliferated activated receptor α agonist, fenofibrate, on liver and kidney autophagy and lipid metabolism in 5-day-old G6pc -/- mice serving as a model of neonatal GSD Ia. Five-day administration of fenofibrate decreased the elevated hepatic and renal triglyceride and hepatic glycogen levels found in control G6pc -/- mice. Fenofibrate also induced autophagy and promoted β-oxidation of fatty acids and stimulated gene expression of acyl-CoA dehydrogenases in the liver. These findings show that fenofibrate can rapidly decrease hepatic glycogen and triglyceride levels and renal triglyceride levels in neonatal G6pc -/- mice. Moreover, since fenofibrate is an FDA-approved drug that has an excellent safety profile, our findings suggest that fenofibrate could be a potential pharmacological therapy for GSD Ia in neonatal and pediatric patients as well as for adults. These findings may also apply to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which shares similar pathological and metabolic changes with GSD Ia.
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- Zollie A Yavarow
- Department of Pharmacology, Duke University, Durham NC 27710, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117594, Singapore
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program, Duke—National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School Singapore, Singapore 169547, Singapore
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Enyart DS, Crocker CL, Stansell JR, Cutrone M, Dintino MM, Kinsey ST, Brown SL, Baumgarner BL. Low-dose caffeine administration increases fatty acid utilization and mitochondrial turnover in C2C12 skeletal myotubes. Physiol Rep 2020; 8:e14340. [PMID: 31960608 PMCID: PMC6971411 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14340] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Caffeine has been shown to directly increase fatty acid oxidation, in part, by promoting mitochondrial biogenesis. Mitochondrial biogenesis is often coupled with mitophagy, the autophagy-lysosomal degradation of mitochondria. Increased mitochondrial biogenesis and mitophagy promote mitochondrial turnover, which can enhance aerobic metabolism. In addition, recent studies have revealed that cellular lipid droplets can be directly utilized in an autophagy-dependent manner, a process known as lipophagy. Although caffeine has been shown to promote autophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscles, it remains unclear whether caffeine can increase lipophagy and mitochondrial turnover in skeletal muscle as well. The purpose of this study was to determine the possible contribution of lipophagy to caffeine-dependent lipid utilization. Furthermore, we sought to determine whether caffeine could increase mitochondrial turnover, which may also contribute to elevated fatty acid oxidation. Treating fully differentiated C2C12 skeletal myotubes with 0.5 mM oleic acid (OA) for 24 hr promoted an approximate 2.5-fold increase in cellular lipid storage. Treating skeletal myotubes with 0.5 mM OA plus 0.5 mM caffeine for an additional 24 hr effectively returned cellular lipid stores to control levels, and this was associated with an increase in markers of autophagosomes and autophagic flux, as well as elevated autophagosome density in TEM images. The addition of autophagy inhibitors 3-methyladenine (10 mM) or bafilomycin A1 (10 μM) reduced caffeine-dependent lipid utilization by approximately 30%. However, fluorescence and transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed no direct evidence of lipophagy in skeletal myotubes, and there was also no lipophagy-dependent increase in fatty acid oxidation. Finally, caffeine treatment promoted an 80% increase in mitochondrial turnover, which coincided with a 35% increase in mitochondrial fragmentation. Our results suggest that caffeine administration causes an autophagy-dependent decrease in lipid content by increasing mitochondrial turnover in mammalian skeletal myotubes.
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- David S. Enyart
- Division of Natural Science and EngineeringUniversity of South Carolina UpstateSpartanburgSC
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- Department of Biology and Marine BiologyUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmingtonNC
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- Division of Natural Science and EngineeringUniversity of South Carolina UpstateSpartanburgSC
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- Department of Biology and Marine BiologyUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmingtonNC
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- Department of Biology and Marine BiologyUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmingtonNC
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- Department of Biology and Marine BiologyUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmingtonNC
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- Department of Cell Biology and PhysiologyEdward Via College of Osteopathic MedicineSpartanburgSC
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- Division of Natural Science and EngineeringUniversity of South Carolina UpstateSpartanburgSC
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Park DW, Ham YM, Lee YG, So R, Seo YJ, Kang SC. Multioside, an active ingredient from adonis amurensis, displays anti-cancer activity through autophagosome formation. Phytomedicine 2019; 65:153114. [PMID: 31683248 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Adonis amurensis Regel & Radde, commonly found in East Asia, has been traditionally used to treat cardiac insufficiency and edema. Although this plant extract has been shown to regulate cell growth and neovascularization, the anti-cancer mechanism of A. amurensis has not been fully investigated. PURPOSE In this study, we aimed to examine the anti-cancer activity of A. amurensis and identify its underlying mechanism. METHODS The growth of cancer cells was evaluated by MTT and hollow fiber assays. A cancer xenograft nude mouse model was used to assess the anti-cancer activities in vivo. Autophagic activity was measured by the detection of autophagosome formation and by performing a monodansylcadaverine (MDC) assay. RESULT A. amurensis extract showed potent anti-cancer activity both in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, the treatment of cancer cells with A. amurensis extract dramatically increased the formation of autophagosomes and was involved in the activation of multiple signaling components including AKT, ERK, and MAPK. Furthermore, we isolated an active ingredient, Multioside, which exhibited strong anti-cancer activity through autophagy. CONCLUSION A. amurensis displays anti-cancer activity that is mediated by the activation of autophagy, suggesting that A. amurensis could be a useful therapeutic anti-cancer agent.
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- Dae Won Park
- Department of Oriental Medicine Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee Universtity, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea
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- JeJu Biodiversity Research Institute, Jeju Technopark, Namwon, Jeju, 63608, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oriental Medicine Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee Universtity, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oriental Medicine Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee Universtity, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Oriental Medicine Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee Universtity, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea.
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