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Jahn D, Knapstein PR, Otto E, Köhli P, Sevecke J, Graef F, Graffmann C, Fuchs M, Jiang S, Rickert M, Erdmann C, Appelt J, Revend L, Küttner Q, Witte J, Rahmani A, Duda G, Xie W, Donat A, Schinke T, Ivanov A, Tchouto MN, Beule D, Frosch KH, Baranowsky A, Tsitsilonis S, Keller J. Increased β 2-adrenergic signaling promotes fracture healing through callus neovascularization in mice. Sci Transl Med 2024; 16:eadk9129. [PMID: 38630849 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adk9129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to skeletal changes, including bone loss in the unfractured skeleton, and paradoxically accelerates healing of bone fractures; however, the mechanisms remain unclear. TBI is associated with a hyperadrenergic state characterized by increased norepinephrine release. Here, we identified the β2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) as a mediator of skeletal changes in response to increased norepinephrine. In a murine model of femoral osteotomy combined with cortical impact brain injury, TBI was associated with ADRB2-dependent enhanced fracture healing compared with osteotomy alone. In the unfractured 12-week-old mouse skeleton, ADRB2 was required for TBI-induced decrease in bone formation and increased bone resorption. Adult 30-week-old mice had higher bone concentrations of norepinephrine, and ADRB2 expression was associated with decreased bone volume in the unfractured skeleton and better fracture healing in the injured skeleton. Norepinephrine stimulated expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A and calcitonin gene-related peptide-α (αCGRP) in periosteal cells through ADRB2, promoting formation of osteogenic type-H vessels in the fracture callus. Both ADRB2 and αCGRP were required for the beneficial effect of TBI on bone repair. Adult mice deficient in ADRB2 without TBI developed fracture nonunion despite high bone formation in uninjured bone. Blocking ADRB2 with propranolol impaired fracture healing in mice, whereas the ADRB2 agonist formoterol promoted fracture healing by regulating callus neovascularization. A retrospective cohort analysis of 72 patients with long bone fractures indicated improved callus formation in 36 patients treated with intravenous norepinephrine. These findings suggest that ADRB2 is a potential therapeutic target for promoting bone healing.
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- Denise Jahn
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Junior Clinician Scientist Program, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Junior Clinician Scientist Program, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Core Unit Bioinformatics, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Core Unit Bioinformatics, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Core Unit Bioinformatics, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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Hildebrandt A, Dietrich T, Weber J, Günderoth MM, Zhou S, Fleckenstein FN, Jiang S, Winkler T, Duda GN, Tsitsilonis S, Keller J, Maleitzke T. The dual pro-inflammatory and bone-protective role of calcitonin gene-related peptide alpha in age-related osteoarthritis. Arthritis Res Ther 2023; 25:244. [PMID: 38102666 PMCID: PMC10722726 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-023-03215-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The vasoactive neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide alpha (αCGRP) enhances nociception in primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) and has been shown to disrupt cartilage and joint integrity in experimental rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Little is known about how αCGRP may alter articular structures in primary OA. We investigated whether αCGRP modulates local inflammation and concomitant cartilage and bone changes in a murine model of age-dependent OA. METHODS Sixteen- to 18-month-old αCGRP-deficient mice (αCGRP-/-aged) were compared to, first, age-matched wild type (WTaged) and, second, young 4- to 5-month-old non-OA αCGRP-deficient (αCGRP-/-CTRL) and non-OA WT animals (WTCTRL). αCGRP levels were measured in serum. Knee and hip joint inflammation, cartilage degradation, and bone alterations were assessed by histology (OARSI histopathological grading score), gene expression analysis, and µ-computed tomography. RESULTS WTaged mice exhibited elevated αCGRP serum levels compared to young WTCTRL animals. Marked signs of OA-induced cartilage destruction were seen in WTaged animals, while αCGRP-/-aged mice were mostly protected from this effect. Age-dependent OA was accompanied by an increased gene expression of pro-inflammatory Tnfa, Il1b, and Il6 and catabolic Mmp13, Adamts5, Ctsk, Tnfs11 (Rankl), and Cxcl12/Cxcr4 in WTaged but not in αCGRP-/-aged mice. αCGRP-deficiency however further aggravated subchondral bone sclerosis of the medial tibial plateau and accelerated bone loss in the epi- and metaphyseal trabecular tibial bone in age-dependent OA. CONCLUSIONS Similar to its function in experimental RA, αCGRP exerts a dual pro-inflammatory and bone-protective function in murine primary OA. Although anti-CGRP treatment was previously not successful in reducing pain in OA clinically, these data underline a crucial pathophysiological role of αCGRP in age-related OA.
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- Alexander Hildebrandt
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany.
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany.
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin, Germany.
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital - Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Rahman SM, Hauser C, Luebke AE. Age-Related Balance Problems in Mice Are Sharpened by the Loss of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) and a Vestibular Challenge. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.06.28.546965. [PMID: 37461730 PMCID: PMC10349980 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.28.546965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Aging impacts the vestibular system and contributes to imbalance. In fact, in the elderly balance deficits often precede changes in cognition. However, imbalance research is limited in assessing aging mouse models that are deficient in neuromodulators like Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP). We studied the loss of CGRP and its effects in the aging mouse, namely its effect on both static and dynamic imbalances. In addition, postural sway and rotarod testing were performed before and after a vestibular challenge (VC) in the 129S wildtype and the αCGRP (-/-) null mice. Four age groups were tested that correspond to young adulthood, late adulthood, middle age, and senescence in humans. Our results suggest wildtype mice experience a decline in rotarod ability with increased age, while the αCGRP (-/-) null mice perform poorly on rotarod early in life and do not improve. Our postural sway study suggests that a vestibular challenge can lead to significantly reduced CoP ellipse areas (freezing behaviors) in older mice, and this change occurs earlier in the αCGRP (-/-) null mouse. These results indicate that αCGRP is an important component of static and dynamic balance; and that the loss of αCGRP can contribute to balance complications that may compound with aging.
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Jahn D, Knapstein PR, Otto E, Köhli P, Sevecke J, Graef F, Graffmann C, Fuchs M, Jiang S, Rickert M, Erdmann C, Appelt J, Revend L, Küttner Q, Witte J, Rahmani A, Duda G, Xie W, Donat A, Schinke T, Ivanov A, Tchouto MN, Beule D, Frosch KH, Baranowsky A, Tsitsilonis S, Keller J. Increased beta2-adrenergic signaling is a targetable stimulus essential for bone healing by promoting callus neovascularization. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.14.548550. [PMID: 37502964 PMCID: PMC10369985 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.14.548550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with a hyperadrenergic state and paradoxically causes systemic bone loss while accelerating fracture healing. Here, we identify the beta2-adrenergic receptor (Adrb2) as a central mediator of these skeletal manifestations. While the negative effects of TBI on the unfractured skeleton can be explained by the established impact of Adrb2 signaling on bone formation, Adrb2 promotes neovascularization of the fracture callus under conditions of high sympathetic tone, including TBI and advanced age. Mechanistically, norepinephrine stimulates the expression of Vegfa and Cgrp primarily in periosteal cells via Adrb2, both of which synergistically promote the formation of osteogenic type-H vessels in the fracture callus. Accordingly, the beneficial effect of TBI on bone repair is abolished in mice lacking Adrb2 or Cgrp, and aged Adrb2-deficient mice without TBI develop fracture nonunions despite high bone formation in uninjured bone. Pharmacologically, the Adrb2 antagonist propranolol impairs, and the agonist formoterol promotes fracture healing in aged mice by regulating callus neovascularization. Clinically, intravenous beta-adrenergic sympathomimetics are associated with improved callus formation in trauma patients with long bone fractures. Thus, Adrb2 is a novel target for promoting bone healing, and widely used beta-blockers may cause fracture nonunion under conditions of increased sympathetic tone. Abstract Figure
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González-Hernández A, Marichal-Cancino BA, MaassenVanDenBrink A, Villalón CM. Serotonergic Modulation of Neurovascular Transmission: A Focus on Prejunctional 5-HT Receptors/Mechanisms. Biomedicines 2023; 11:1864. [PMID: 37509503 PMCID: PMC10377335 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11071864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), or serotonin, plays a crucial role as a neuromodulator and/or neurotransmitter of several nervous system functions. Its actions are complex, and depend on multiple factors, including the type of effector or receptor activated. Briefly, 5-HT can activate: (i) metabotropic (G-protein-coupled) receptors to promote inhibition (5-HT1, 5-HT5) or activation (5-HT4, 5-HT6, 5-HT7) of adenylate cyclase, as well as activation (5-HT2) of phospholipase C; and (ii) ionotropic receptor (5-HT3), a ligand-gated Na+/K+ channel. Regarding blood pressure regulation (and beyond the intricacy of central 5-HT effects), this monoamine also exerts direct postjunctional (on vascular smooth muscle and endothelium) or indirect prejunctional (on autonomic and sensory perivascular nerves) effects. At the prejunctional level, 5-HT can facilitate or preclude the release of autonomic (e.g., noradrenaline and acetylcholine) or sensory (e.g., calcitonin gene-related peptide) neurotransmitters facilitating hypertensive or hypotensive effects. Hence, we cannot formulate a specific impact of 5-HT on blood pressure level, since an increase or decrease in neurotransmitter release would be favoured, depending on the type of prejunctional receptor involved. This review summarizes and discusses the current knowledge on the prejunctional mechanisms involved in blood pressure regulation by 5-HT and its impact on some vascular-related diseases.
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- Abimael González-Hernández
- Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Queretaro 76230, Mexico
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- Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico City 20100, Mexico
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- Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav-Coapa, Calzada de los Tenorios 235, Colonia Granjas-Coapa, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City 14330, Mexico
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Maleitzke T, Dietrich T, Hildebrandt A, Weber J, Appelt J, Jahn D, Otto E, Zocholl D, Jiang S, Baranowsky A, Duda GN, Tsitsilonis S, Keller J. Inactivation of the gene encoding procalcitonin prevents antibody-mediated arthritis. Inflamm Res 2023; 72:1069-1081. [PMID: 37039837 DOI: 10.1007/s00011-023-01719-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Procalcitonin (PCT) is applied as a sensitive biomarker to exclude bacterial infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare-ups. Beyond its diagnostic value, little is known about the pathophysiological role of PCT in RA. METHODS Collagen antibody-induced arthritis (CAIA) was induced in Calca-deficient mice (Calca-/-), lacking PCT (n = 15), and wild-type (WT) mice (n = 13), while control (CTRL) animals (n = 8 for each genotype) received phosphate-buffered saline. Arthritis severity and grip strength were assessed daily for 10 or 48 days. Articular inflammation, cartilage degradation, and bone lesions were assessed by histology, gene expression analysis, and µ-computed tomography. RESULTS Serum PCT levels and intra-articular PCT expression increased following CAIA induction. While WT animals developed a full arthritic phenotype, Calca-deficient mice were protected from clinical and histological signs of arthritis and grip strength was preserved. Cartilage turnover markers and Tnfa were exclusively elevated in WT mice. Calca-deficient animals expressed increased levels of Il1b. Decreased bone surface and increased subchondral bone porosity were observed in WT mice, while Calca-deficiency preserved bone integrity. CONCLUSION The inactivation of Calca and thereby PCT provided full protection from joint inflammation and arthritic bone loss in mice exposed to CAIA. Together with our previous findings on the pathophysiological function of Calca-derived peptides, these data indicate an independent pro-inflammatory role of PCT in RA.
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- Tazio Maleitzke
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Hamburg, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Hamburg, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Hamburg, Germany.
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Wank I, Niedermair T, Kronenberg D, Stange R, Brochhausen C, Hess A, Grässel S. Influence of the Peripheral Nervous System on Murine Osteoporotic Fracture Healing and Fracture-Induced Hyperalgesia. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:ijms24010510. [PMID: 36613952 PMCID: PMC9820334 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Osteoporotic fractures are often linked to persisting chronic pain and poor healing outcomes. Substance P (SP), α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (α-CGRP) and sympathetic neurotransmitters are involved in bone remodeling after trauma and nociceptive processes, e.g., fracture-induced hyperalgesia. We aimed to link sensory and sympathetic signaling to fracture healing and fracture-induced hyperalgesia under osteoporotic conditions. Externally stabilized femoral fractures were set 28 days after OVX in wild type (WT), α-CGRP- deficient (α-CGRP -/-), SP-deficient (Tac1-/-) and sympathectomized (SYX) mice. Functional MRI (fMRI) was performed two days before and five and 21 days post fracture, followed by µCT and biomechanical tests. Sympathectomy affected structural bone properties in the fracture callus whereas loss of sensory neurotransmitters affected trabecular structures in contralateral, non-fractured bones. Biomechanical properties were mostly similar in all groups. Both nociceptive and resting-state (RS) fMRI revealed significant baseline differences in functional connectivity (FC) between WT and neurotransmitter-deficient mice. The fracture-induced hyperalgesia modulated central nociception and had robust impact on RS FC in all groups. The changes demonstrated in RS FC in fMRI might potentially be used as a bone traumata-induced biomarker regarding fracture healing under pathophysiological musculoskeletal conditions. The findings are of clinical importance and relevance as they advance our understanding of pain during osteoporotic fracture healing and provide a potential imaging biomarker for fracture-related hyperalgesia and its temporal development. Overall, this may help to reduce the development of chronic pain after fracture thereby improving the treatment of osteoporotic fractures.
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- Isabel Wank
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine, Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (IMM), University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine, Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (IMM), University Hospital Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB), Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopedics, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-941-943-5065
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Skaria T, Vogel J. The Neuropeptide α-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide as the Mediator of Beneficial Effects of Exercise in the Cardiovascular System. Front Physiol 2022; 13:825992. [PMID: 35431990 PMCID: PMC9008446 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.825992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Regular physical activity exerts cardiovascular protective effects in healthy individuals and those with chronic cardiovascular diseases. Exercise is accompanied by an increased plasma concentration of α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (αCGRP), a 37-amino acid peptide with vasodilatory effects and causative roles in migraine. Moreover, mouse models revealed that loss of αCGRP disrupts physiological adaptation of the cardiovascular system to exercise in normotension and aggravates cardiovascular impairment in primary chronic hypertension, both can be reversed by αCGRP administration. This suggests that αCGRP agonists could be a therapeutic option to mediate the cardiovascular protective effects of exercise in clinical setting where exercise is not possible or contraindicated. Of note, FDA has recently approved αCGRP antagonists for migraine prophylaxis therapy, however, the cardiovascular safety of long-term anti-CGRP therapy in individuals with cardiovascular diseases has yet to be established. Current evidence from preclinical models suggests that chronic αCGRP antagonism may abolish the cardiovascular protective effects of exercise in both normotension and chronic hypertension.
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- Tom Skaria
- School of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India
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- Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Johannes Vogel,
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Kumar A, Williamson M, Hess A, DiPette DJ, Potts JD. Alpha-Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide: New Therapeutic Strategies for the Treatment and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Migraine. Front Physiol 2022; 13:826122. [PMID: 35222088 PMCID: PMC8874280 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.826122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (α-CGRP) is a vasodilator neuropeptide of the calcitonin gene family. Pharmacological and gene knock-out studies have established a significant role of α-CGRP in normal and pathophysiological states, particularly in cardiovascular disease and migraines. α-CGRP knock-out mice with transverse aortic constriction (TAC)-induced pressure-overload heart failure have higher mortality rates and exhibit higher levels of cardiac fibrosis, inflammation, oxidative stress, and cell death compared to the wild-type TAC-mice. However, administration of α-CGRP, either in its native- or modified-form, improves cardiac function at the pathophysiological level, and significantly protects the heart from the adverse effects of heart failure and hypertension. Similar cardioprotective effects of the peptide were demonstrated in pressure-overload heart failure mice when α-CGRP was delivered using an alginate microcapsules-based drug delivery system. In contrast to cardiovascular disease, an elevated level of α-CGRP causes migraine-related headaches, thus the use of α-CGRP antagonists that block the interaction of the peptide to its receptor are beneficial in reducing chronic and episodic migraine headaches. Currently, several α-CGRP antagonists are being used as migraine treatments or in clinical trials for migraine pain management. Overall, agonists and antagonists of α-CGRP are clinically relevant to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease and migraine pain, respectively. This review focuses on the pharmacological and therapeutic significance of α-CGRP-agonists and -antagonists in various diseases, particularly in cardiac diseases and migraine pain.
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- Ambrish Kumar
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
- *Correspondence: Jay D. Potts,
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Baranowsky A, Jahn D, Jiang S, Yorgan T, Ludewig P, Appelt J, Albrecht KK, Otto E, Knapstein P, Donat A, Winneberger J, Rosenthal L, Köhli P, Erdmann C, Fuchs M, Frosch KH, Tsitsilonis S, Amling M, Schinke T, Keller J. Procalcitonin is expressed in osteoblasts and limits bone resorption through inhibition of macrophage migration during intermittent PTH treatment. Bone Res 2022; 10:9. [PMID: 35087025 PMCID: PMC8795393 DOI: 10.1038/s41413-021-00172-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Intermittent injections of parathyroid hormone (iPTH) are applied clinically to stimulate bone formation by osteoblasts, although continuous elevation of parathyroid hormone (PTH) primarily results in increased bone resorption. Here, we identified Calca, encoding the sepsis biomarker procalcitonin (ProCT), as a novel target gene of PTH in murine osteoblasts that inhibits osteoclast formation. During iPTH treatment, mice lacking ProCT develop increased bone resorption with excessive osteoclast formation in both the long bones and axial skeleton. Mechanistically, ProCT inhibits the expression of key mediators involved in the recruitment of macrophages, representing osteoclast precursors. Accordingly, ProCT arrests macrophage migration and causes inhibition of early but not late osteoclastogenesis. In conclusion, our results reveal a potential role of osteoblast-derived ProCT in the bone microenvironment that is required to limit bone resorption during iPTH.
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- Anke Baranowsky
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany.,Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20251, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20251, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, 13353, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20246, Germany. .,Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, 10178, Germany.
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Maleitzke T, Hildebrandt A, Weber J, Dietrich T, Appelt J, Jahn D, Zocholl D, Baranowsky A, Duda GN, Tsitsilonis S, Keller J. Proinflammatory and bone protective role of calcitonin gene-related peptide alpha in collagen antibody-induced arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 60:1996-2009. [PMID: 33221885 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Calcitonin gene-related peptide alpha (αCGRP) represents an immunomodulatory neuropeptide implicated in pain perception. αCGRP also functions as a critical regulator of bone formation and is overexpressed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the present study, we investigated the role of αCGRP in experimental RA regarding joint inflammation and bone remodelling. METHODS Collagen II-antibody-induced arthritis (CAIA) was induced in wild type (WT) and αCGRP-deficient (αCGRP-/-) mice. Animals were monitored over 10 and 48 days with daily assessments of the semiquantitative arthritis score and grip strength test. Joint inflammation, cartilage degradation and bone erosions were assessed by histology, gene expression analysis and µCT. RESULTS CAIA was accompanied by an overexpression of αCGRP in WT joints. αCGRP-/- mice displayed reduced arthritic inflammation and cartilage degradation. Congruently, the expression of TNF-α, IL-1β, CD80 and MMP13 was induced in WT, but not αCGRP-/- animals. WT mice displayed an increased bone turnover during the acute inflammatory phase, which was not the case in αCGRP-/- mice. Interestingly, WT mice displayed a full recovery from the inflammatory bone disease, whereas αCGRP-/- mice exhibited substantial bone loss over time. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates a proinflammatory and bone protective role of αCGRP in CAIA. Our data indicate that αCGRP not only enhances joint inflammation, but also controls bone remodelling as part of arthritis resolution. As novel αCGRP inhibitors are currently introduced clinically for the treatment of migraine, their potential impact on RA progression warrants further clinical investigation.
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- Tazio Maleitzke
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institute, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Julius Wolff Institute, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany.,Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Baranowsky A, Appelt J, Kleber C, Lange T, Ludewig P, Jahn D, Pandey P, Keller D, Rose T, Schetler D, Braumüller S, Huber-Lang M, Tsitsilonis S, Yorgan T, Frosch KH, Amling M, Schinke T, Keller J. Procalcitonin Exerts a Mediator Role in Septic Shock Through the Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor. Crit Care Med 2021; 49:e41-e52. [PMID: 33196529 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Clinically, procalcitonin represents the most widely used biomarker of sepsis worldwide with unclear pathophysiologic significance to date. Pharmacologically, procalcitonin was shown to signal through both calcitonin receptor and calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor in vitro, yet the identity of its biologically relevant receptor remains unknown. DESIGN Prospective randomized animal investigations and in vitro human blood studies. SETTING Research laboratory of a university hospital. SUBJECTS C57BL/6J mice and patients with post-traumatic sepsis. INTERVENTIONS Procalcitonin-deficient mice were used to decipher a potential mediator role in experimental septic shock and identify the relevant receptor for procalcitonin. Cecal ligation and puncture and endotoxemia models were employed to investigate septic shock. Disease progression was evaluated through survival analysis, histology, proteome profiling, gene expression, and flow cytometry. Mechanistic studies were performed with cultured macrophages, dendritic cells, and gamma delta T cells. Main findings were confirmed in serum samples of patients with post-traumatic sepsis. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Procalcitonin-deficient mice are protected from septic shock and show decreased pulmonary inflammation. Mechanistically, procalcitonin potentiates proinflammatory cytokine expression in innate immune cells, required for interleukin-17A expression in gamma delta T cells. In patients with post-traumatic sepsis, procalcitonin positively correlates with systemic interleukin-17A levels. In mice with endotoxemia, immunoneutralization of interleukin-17A inhibits the deleterious effect of procalcitonin on disease outcome. Although calcitonin receptor expression is irrelevant for disease progression, the nonpeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist olcegepant, a prototype of currently introduced antimigraine drugs, inhibits procalcitonin signaling and increases survival time in septic shock. CONCLUSIONS Our experimental data suggest that procalcitonin exerts a moderate but harmful effect on disease progression in experimental septic shock. In addition, the study points towards the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor as relevant for procalcitonin signaling and suggests a potential therapeutic application for calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor inhibitors in sepsis, which warrants further clinical investigation.
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- Anke Baranowsky
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institut for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- University Center of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Experimental Morphology, University Cancer Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institut for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institut for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Experimental Morphology, University Cancer Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Traumatology, Center of Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Traumatology, Center of Surgery, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institut for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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Appelt J, Baranowsky A, Jahn D, Yorgan T, Köhli P, Otto E, Farahani SK, Graef F, Fuchs M, Herrera A, Amling M, Schinke T, Frosch KH, Duda GN, Tsitsilonis S, Keller J. The neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide alpha is essential for bone healing. EBioMedicine 2020; 59:102970. [PMID: 32853990 PMCID: PMC7452713 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Impaired fracture healing represents an ongoing clinical challenge, as treatment options remain limited. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a neuropeptide targeted by emerging anti-migraine drugs, is also expressed in sensory nerve fibres innervating bone tissue. Method Bone healing following a femoral osteotomy stabilized with an external fixator was analysed over 21 days in αCGRP-deficient and WT mice. Bone regeneration was evaluated by serum analysis, µCT analysis, histomorphometry and genome-wide expression analysis. Bone-marrow-derived osteoblasts and osteoclasts, as well as the CGRP antagonist olcegepant were employed for mechanistic studies. Findings WT mice with a femoral fracture display increased CGRP serum levels. αCGRP mRNA expression after skeletal injury is exclusively induced in callus tissue, but not in other organs. On protein level, CGRP and its receptor, calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR) complexing with RAMP1, are differentially expressed in the callus during bone regeneration. On the other hand, αCGRP-deficient mice display profoundly impaired bone regeneration characterised by a striking reduction in the number of bone-forming osteoblasts and a high rate of incomplete callus bridging and non-union. As assessed by genome-wide expression analysis, CGRP induces the expression of specific genes linked to ossification, bone remodeling and adipogenesis. This suggests that CGRP receptor-dependent PPARγ signaling plays a central role in fracture healing. Interpretation This study demonstrates an essential role of αCGRP in orchestrating callus formation and identifies CGRP receptor agonism as a potential approach to stimulate bone regeneration. Moreover, as novel agents blocking CGRP or its receptor CRLR are currently introduced clinically for the treatment of migraine disorders, their potential negative impact on bone regeneration warrants clinical investigation. Funding This work was funded by grants from the Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (EKFS), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH).
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- Jessika Appelt
- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany; Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany; Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany; Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany
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- Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany; Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany.
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Lehman LL, Bruccoleri R, Danehy A, Swanson J, Mrakotsky C, Smith E, Orbach DB, Burstein R. Adverse effects of erenumab on cerebral proliferative angiopathy: A case report. Cephalalgia 2020; 41:122-126. [PMID: 32814432 DOI: 10.1177/0333102420950484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cerebral proliferative angiopathy is a vascular malformation associated with compromised blood-brain barrier and with migraine-like headache. Treating blood-brain barrier-compromised patients with erenumab, an anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor monoclonal antibody, may be risky. CASE We describe a case of a 22-year-old chronic migraine patient with cerebral proliferative angiopathy who presented to our hospital in status epilepticus 2 d after his first dose of erenumab. Serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies demonstrated progressive areas of diffusion restriction including the brain tissue adjacent to the cerebral proliferative angiopathy, bilateral white matter and hippocampi. His 6-month post-presentation magnetic resonance imaging was notable for white matter injury, encephalomalacia surrounding cerebral proliferative angiopathy and bilateral hippocampal sclerosis. He remains clinically affected with residual symptoms, including refractory epilepsy and cognitive deficits. CONCLUSION The evidence presented in this case supports further investigation into potential deleterious side effects of erenumab in patients with compromised blood-brain barrier, such as individuals with intracranial vascular malformations.
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- Laura L Lehman
- Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Niedermair T, Schirner S, Lasheras MG, Straub RH, Grässel S. Absence of α-calcitonin gene-related peptide modulates bone remodeling properties of murine osteoblasts and osteoclasts in an age-dependent way. Mech Ageing Dev 2020; 189:111265. [PMID: 32446790 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2020.111265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mice with an overall deletion of the sensory neuropeptide α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (α-CGRP) develop an age-dependent osteopenic bone phenotype. Underlying molecular mechanisms of how αCGRP affects bone cell metabolism are not well understood. This study aims to characterize differences in metabolic parameters of osteoblast-like cells (OB) and differentiated bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMM)/osteoclast (OC) cultures isolated from 3 month (3 m) and 9 month old (9 m) α-CGRP-deficient mice (-/-) and age-matched WT controls. All WT bone cell cultures endogenously produced and secreted α-CGRP. We found higher BMM but reduced OB numbers and reduced OB vitality after isolation from 9 m compared to 3 m mice, independent of genotype. Absence of α-CGRP reduced cell spreading, increased apoptosis rate throughout osteogenic differentiation, and reduced ALP activity during late osteogenic differentiation in 9 m OB-/- cultures, whereas minor effects were found in 3 m OB-/- cultures. Cathepsin K activity was reduced in 3 m OC-/- cultures. On the contrary, 9 m OC-/- cells demonstrated increased proliferation and caspase3/7 activity. The absence of α-CGRP influenced bone formation and resorption rate differently in bone cells from 3 and 9 m old mice. In summary we suggest, that an increase of dysfunctional mature osteoblasts might occur during aging and contribute to the development of the osteopenic bone phenotype in mature adult (9 m) α-CGRP-deficient mice.
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- Tanja Niedermair
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Regensburg, Germany; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopaedics, Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB/Biopark 1), University of Regensburg, Germany.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopaedics, Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB/Biopark 1), University of Regensburg, Germany.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopaedics, Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB/Biopark 1), University of Regensburg, Germany.
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- Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Neuroendocrine Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Regensburg, Germany; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopaedics, Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB/Biopark 1), University of Regensburg, Germany.
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Muschter D, Fleischhauer L, Taheri S, Schilling AF, Clausen-Schaumann H, Grässel S. Sensory neuropeptides are required for bone and cartilage homeostasis in a murine destabilization-induced osteoarthritis model. Bone 2020; 133:115181. [PMID: 31926346 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2019.115181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Numerous studies identified a role for the sensory neuropeptides substance P (SP) and alpha calcitonin gene-related peptide (αCGRP) in osteoarthritis (OA) pain behavior. Surprisingly, little attention has been paid on how their trophic effects on cartilage and bone cells might affect structural changes of bone and cartilage in OA pathology. Here, we sought to elucidate sensory neuropeptides influence on structural alterations of bone and cartilage during murine OA pathophysiology. OA was induced by destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) in the right knee joint of 12 weeks old male C57Bl/6J wildtype (WT) mice and mice either deficient for SP (tachykinin 1 (Tac1)-/-) or αCGRP. By OARSI histopathological grading we observed significant cartilage matrix degradation after DMM surgery in αCGRP-deficient mice after 4 weeks whereas Tac1-/- scores were not different to sham mice before 12 weeks after surgery. Indentation-type atomic force microscopy (IT-AFM) identified a strong superficial zone (SZ) cartilage phenotype in Tac1-/- Sham mice. Opposed to WT and αCGRP-/- mice, SZ cartilage of Tac1-/- mice softened 2 weeks after OA induction. In Tac1-/- DMM mice, bone volume to total volume ratio (BV/TV) increased significantly compared to the Tac1-/- Sham group, 2 weeks after surgery. WT mice had reduced BV/TV compared to αCGRP-/- and Tac1-/- mice after 12 weeks. Increased calcified cartilage thickness and medial condyle diameter were detected in the medial tibia of all groups 8 weeks after OA induction by nanoCT analysis. Meniscal ossification occurred in all OA groups, but was significantly stronger in the absence of neuropeptides. Increased serum concentration of the respective non-deleted neuropeptide was observed in both neuropeptide-deficient mice strains. Both neuropeptides protect from age-related bone structural changes under physiological conditions and SP additionally demonstrates an anabolic effect on bone structure preservation in a pathophysiological situation. Both neuropeptide deficient mice display an intrinsic structural cartilage matrix phenotype that might alter progression of cartilage degeneration in OA.
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- Dominique Muschter
- Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopaedics, Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB), Bio Park 1, University of Regensburg, Germany.
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- Department of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics, University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany; Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, Clinic for General, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery, University Medicine Göttingen.
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- Department of Trauma Surgery, Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery, University Medicine Göttingen.
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- Department of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics, University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany.
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- Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopaedics, Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB), Bio Park 1, University of Regensburg, Germany.
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Impact of the Sensory and Sympathetic Nervous System on Fracture Healing in Ovariectomized Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21020405. [PMID: 31936403 PMCID: PMC7013559 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21020405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The peripheral nervous system modulates bone repair under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Previously, we reported an essential role for sensory neuropeptide substance P (SP) and sympathetic nerve fibers (SNF) for proper fracture healing and bone structure in a murine tibial fracture model. A similar distortion of bone microarchitecture has been described for mice lacking the sensory neuropeptide α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (α-CGRP). Here, we hypothesize that loss of SP, α-CGRP, and SNF modulates inflammatory and pain-related processes and also affects bone regeneration during fracture healing under postmenopausal conditions. Intramedullary fixed femoral fractures were set to 28 days after bilateral ovariectomy (OVX) in female wild type (WT), SP-, α-CGRP-deficient, and sympathectomized (SYX) mice. Locomotion, paw withdrawal threshold, fracture callus maturation and numbers of TRAP-, CD4-, CD8-, F4/80-, iNos-, and Arg1-positive cells within the callus were analyzed. Nightly locomotion was reduced in unfractured SP-deficient and SYX mice after fracture. Resistance to pressure was increased for the fractured leg in SP-deficient mice during the later stages of fracture healing, but was decreased in α-CGRP-deficient mice. Hypertrophic cartilage area was increased nine days after fracture in SP-deficient mice. Bony callus maturation was delayed in SYX mice during the later healing stages. In addition, the number of CD 4-positive cells was reduced after five days and the number of CD 8-positive cells was additionally reduced after 21 days in SYX mice. The number of Arg1-positive M2 macrophages was higher in α-CGRP-deficient mice five days after fracture. The alkaline phosphatase level was increased in SYX mice 16 days after fracture. Absence of α-CGRP appears to promote M2 macrophage polarization and reduces the pain threshold, but has no effect on callus tissue maturation. Absence of SP reduces locomotion, increases the pain-threshold, and accelerates hypertrophic callus tissue remodeling. Destruction of SNF reduces locomotion after fracture and influences bony callus tissue remodeling during the later stages of fracture repair, whereas pain-related processes are not affected.
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Skaria T, Mitchell KJ, Vogel O, Wälchli T, Gassmann M, Vogel J. Blood Pressure Normalization-Independent Cardioprotective Effects of Endogenous, Physical Activity-Induced αCGRP (α Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide) in Chronically Hypertensive Mice. Circ Res 2019; 125:1124-1140. [PMID: 31665965 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.119.315429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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RATIONALE αCGRP (α calcitonin gene-related peptide), one of the strongest vasodilators, is cardioprotective in hypertension by reducing the elevated blood pressure. OBJECTIVE However, we hypothesize that endogenous, physical activity-induced αCGRP has blood pressure-independent cardioprotective effects in chronic hypertension. METHODS AND RESULTS Chronically hypertensive (one-kidney-one-clip surgery) wild-type and αCGRP-/- sedentary or voluntary wheel running mice were treated with vehicle, αCGRP, or the αCGRP receptor antagonist CGRP8-37. Cardiac function and myocardial phenotype were evaluated echocardiographically and by molecular, cellular, and histological analysis, respectively. Blood pressure was similar among all hypertensive experimental groups. Endogenous αCGRP limited pathological remodeling and heart failure in sedentary, chronically hypertensive wild-type mice. In these mice, voluntary wheel running significantly improved myocardial phenotype and function, which was abolished by CGRP8-37 treatment. In αCGRP-/- mice, αCGRP treatment, in contrast to voluntary wheel running, improved myocardial phenotype and function. Specific inhibition of proliferation and myofibroblast differentiation of primary, murine cardiac fibroblasts by αCGRP suggests involvement of these cells in αCGRP-dependent blunting of pathological cardiac remodeling. CONCLUSIONS Endogenous, physical activity-induced αCGRP has blood pressure-independent cardioprotective effects and is crucial for maintaining cardiac function in chronic hypertension. Consequently, inhibiting endogenous αCGRP signaling, as currently approved for migraine prophylaxis, could endanger patients with hypertension.
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- Tom Skaria
- From the Institute of Veterinary Physiology (T.S., O.V., M.G., J.V.), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland.,Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Switzerland (T.S., M.G., J.V.)
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- Clinic for Equine Internal Medicine, Equine Department (K.J.M.), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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- From the Institute of Veterinary Physiology (T.S., O.V., M.G., J.V.), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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- Group of CNS Angiogenesis and Neurovascular Link, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Neuroscience Center Zürich (T.W.), University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.,Division of Neurosurgery (T.W.), University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.,Group of Brain Vasculature and Neurovascular Unit, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland (T.W.).,Department of Fundamental Neurobiology, Krembil Research Institute (T.W.), University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada.,Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital (T.W.), University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada
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- From the Institute of Veterinary Physiology (T.S., O.V., M.G., J.V.), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland.,Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Switzerland (T.S., M.G., J.V.).,Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Lima, Peru (M.G.)
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- From the Institute of Veterinary Physiology (T.S., O.V., M.G., J.V.), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland.,Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), Switzerland (T.S., M.G., J.V.)
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With the approval of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and CGRP receptor monoclonal antibodies by the Federal Drug Administration, a new era in the treatment of migraine patients is beginning. However, there are still many unknowns in terms of CGRP mechanisms of action that need to be elucidated to allow new advances in migraine therapies. CGRP has been studied both clinically and preclinically since its discovery. Here we review some of the preclinical data regarding CGRP in animal models of migraine.
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- Anne-Sophie Wattiez
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.,Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, Iowa VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. .,Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, Iowa VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA, USA. .,Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Nagashima H, Mahlakõiv T, Shih HY, Davis FP, Meylan F, Huang Y, Harrison OJ, Yao C, Mikami Y, Urban JF, Caron KM, Belkaid Y, Kanno Y, Artis D, O'Shea JJ. Neuropeptide CGRP Limits Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Responses and Constrains Type 2 Inflammation. Immunity 2019; 51:682-695.e6. [PMID: 31353223 PMCID: PMC6801073 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Innate lymphocytes maintain tissue homeostasis at mucosal barriers, with group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) producing type 2 cytokines and controlling helminth infection. While the molecular understanding of ILC2 responses has advanced, the complexity of microenvironmental factors impacting ILC2s is becoming increasingly apparent. Herein, we used single-cell analysis to explore the diversity of gene expression among lung lymphocytes during helminth infection. Following infection, we identified a subset of ILC2s that preferentially expressed Il5-encoding interleukin (IL)-5, together with Calca-encoding calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and its cognate receptor components. CGRP in concert with IL-33 and neuromedin U (NMU) supported IL-5 but constrained IL-13 expression and ILC2 proliferation. Without CGRP signaling, ILC2 responses and worm expulsion were enhanced. Collectively, these data point to CGRP as a context-dependent negative regulatory factor that shapes innate lymphocyte responses to alarmins and neuropeptides during type 2 innate immune responses.
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- Hiroyuki Nagashima
- Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Metaorganism Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Diet, Genomics, and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Metaorganism Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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- Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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CGRP signalling inhibits NO production through pannexin-1 channel activation in endothelial cells. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7932. [PMID: 31138827 PMCID: PMC6538758 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44333-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Blood flow distribution relies on precise coordinated control of vasomotor tone of resistance arteries by complex signalling interactions between perivascular nerves and endothelial cells. Sympathetic nerves are vasoconstrictors, whereas endothelium-dependent NO production provides a vasodilator component. In addition, resistance vessels are also innervated by sensory nerves, which are activated during inflammation and cause vasodilation by the release of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Inflammation leads to superoxide anion (O2• -) formation and endothelial dysfunction, but the involvement of CGRP in this process has not been evaluated. Here we show a novel mechanistic relation between perivascular sensory nerve-derived CGRP and the development of endothelial dysfunction. CGRP receptor stimulation leads to pannexin-1-formed channel opening and the subsequent O2• --dependent connexin-based hemichannel activation in endothelial cells. The prolonged opening of these channels results in a progressive inhibition of NO production. These findings provide new therapeutic targets for the treatment of the inflammation-initiated endothelial dysfunction.
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Bussiere JL, Davies R, Dean C, Xu C, Kim KH, Vargas HM, Chellman GJ, Balasubramanian G, Rubio-Beltran E, MaassenVanDenBrink A, Monticello TM. Nonclinical safety evaluation of erenumab, a CGRP receptor inhibitor for the prevention of migraine. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2019; 106:224-238. [PMID: 31085251 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2019.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and its receptor have been implicated as a key mediator in the pathophysiology of migraine. Thus, erenumab, a monoclonal antibody antagonist of the CGRP receptor, administered as a once monthly dose of 70 or 140 mg has been approved for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults. Due to the species specificity of erenumab, the cynomolgus monkey was used in the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and toxicology studies to support the clinical program. There were no effects of erenumab on platelets in vitro (by binding, activation or phagocytosis assays). Specific staining of human tissues with erenumab did not indicated any off-target binding. There were no erenumab-related findings in a cardiovascular safety pharmacology study in cynomolgus monkeys or in vitro in human isolated coronary arteries. Repeat-dose toxicology studies conducted in cynomolgus monkeys at dose levels up to 225 mg/kg (1 month) or up to 150 mg/kg (up to 6 months) with twice weekly subcutaneous (SC) doses showed no evidence of erenumab-mediated adverse toxicity. There were no effects on pregnancy, embryo-fetal or postnatal growth and development in an enhanced pre-postnatal development study in the cynomolgus monkey. There was evidence of placental transfer of erenumab based on measurable serum concentrations in the infants up to 3 months post birth. The maternal and developmental no-observed-effect level (NOEL) was the highest dose tested (50 mg/kg SC Q2W). These nonclinical data in total indicate no safety signal of concern to date and provide adequate margins of exposure between the observed safe doses in animals and clinical dose levels.
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- Amgen Research, 1120 Veterans Blvd., South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Amgen Research, One Amgen Center Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320, USA
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- Amgen Research, One Amgen Center Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320, USA
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- Amgen Research, 1120 Veterans Blvd., South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Amgen Research, One Amgen Center Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320, USA
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- Charles River Laboratories Inc., 6995 Longley Lane, Reno, NV, 89511, USA
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Sabharwal R, Mason BN, Kuburas A, Abboud FM, Russo AF, Chapleau MW. Increased receptor activity-modifying protein 1 in the nervous system is sufficient to protect against autonomic dysregulation and hypertension. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2019; 39:690-703. [PMID: 29297736 PMCID: PMC6446426 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x17751352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) can cause migraines, yet it is also a potent vasodilator that protects against hypertension. Given the emerging role of CGRP-targeted antibodies for migraine prevention, an important question is whether the protective actions of CGRP are mediated by vascular or neural CGRP receptors. To address this, we have characterized the cardiovascular phenotype of transgenic nestin/hRAMP1 mice that have selective elevation of a CGRP receptor subunit in the nervous system, human receptor activity-modifying protein 1 (hRAMP1). Nestin/hRAMP1 mice had relatively little hRAMP1 RNA in blood vessels and intravenous injection of CGRP caused a similar blood pressure decrease in transgenic and control mice. At baseline, nestin/hRAMP1 mice exhibited similar mean arterial pressure, heart rate, baroreflex sensitivity, and sympathetic vasomotor tone as control mice. We previously reported that expression of hRAMP1 in all tissues favorably improved autonomic regulation and attenuated hypertension induced by angiotensin II (Ang II). Similarly, in nestin/hRAMP1 mice, hypertension caused by Ang II or phenylephrine was greatly attenuated, and associated autonomic dysregulation and increased sympathetic vasomotor tone were diminished or abolished. We conclude that increased expression of neuronal CGRP receptors is sufficient to induce a protective change in cardiovascular autonomic regulation with implications for migraine therapy.
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- Rasna Sabharwal
- 1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- 2 Molecular and Cell Biology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- 3 Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- 1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.,3 Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- 2 Molecular and Cell Biology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.,3 Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.,4 Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.,5 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- 1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.,3 Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.,5 Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Taylor FR. CGRP, Amylin, Immunology, and Headache Medicine. Headache 2018; 59:131-150. [DOI: 10.1111/head.13432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Carr R, Frings S. Neuropeptides in sensory signal processing. Cell Tissue Res 2018; 375:217-225. [PMID: 30377783 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-018-2946-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Peptides released from trigeminal fibers fulfill well-understood functions in neuroinflammatory processes and in the modulation of nociceptive signal processing. In particular, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and substance P (SP), released from afferent nerve terminals, exert paracrine effects on the surrounding tissue and this has been recently highlighted by the prominent parcrine role of CGRP in the development of headache and migraine. Some recent communications suggest that these sensory neuropeptides may also modulate the workings of sensory organs and influence afferent signals from nose, tongue, eyes and ears. Here, we briefly review the evidence for modulatory effects of CGRP and SP in the sensory periphery.
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- Richard Carr
- Department of Experimental Pain Research, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13-17, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.
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- Department of Animal Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Jones SM, Vijayakumar S, Dow SA, Holt JC, Jordan PM, Luebke AE. Loss of α-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (αCGRP) Reduces Otolith Activation Timing Dynamics and Impairs Balance. Front Mol Neurosci 2018; 11:289. [PMID: 30197585 PMCID: PMC6117397 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a neuroactive peptide that is thought to play a role at efferent synapses in hair cell organs including the cochlea, lateral line, and semicircular canal. The deletion of CGRP in transgenic mice is associated with a significant reduction in suprathreshold cochlear nerve activity and vestibulo–ocular reflex (VOR) gain efficacy when compared to littermate controls. Here we asked whether the loss of CGRP also influences otolithic end organ function and contributes to balance impairments. Immunostaining for CGRP was absent in the otolithic end organs of αCGRP null (-/-) mice while choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) immunolabeling appeared unchanged suggesting the overall gross development of efferent innervation in otolithic organs was unaltered. Otolithic function was assessed by quantifying the thresholds, suprathreshold amplitudes, and latencies of vestibular sensory-evoked potentials (VsEPs) while general balance function was assessed using a modified rotarod assay. The loss of αCGRP in null (-/-) mice was associated with: (1) shorter VsEP latencies without a concomitant change in amplitude or thresholds, and (2) deficits in the rotarod balance assay. Our findings show that CGRP loss results in faster otolith afferent activation timing, suggesting that the CGRP component of the efferent vestibular system (EVS) also plays a role in otolithic organ dynamics, which when coupled with reduced VOR gain efficacy, impairs balance.
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- Sherri M Jones
- Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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Allen PD, Luebke AE. Reflex Modification Audiometry Reveals Dual Roles for Olivocochlear Neurotransmission. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:361. [PMID: 29213229 PMCID: PMC5702649 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Approximately 15% of American adults report some degree of difficulty hearing in a noisy environment or have auditory filtering difficulties. There are objective clinical tests of auditory filtering, yet few tests exist for mouse models that do not rely on extensive training. We have used reflex modification audiometry (RMA) and developed exclusion criteria for the mouse model. This RMA based test makes use of the acoustic startle response (ASR) and the ability of prepulses to inhibit the ASR [i.e., prepulse inhibition (PPI)] to assess the mouse's ability to detect prepulse signals presented in quiet or embedded in masking noise. We have studied PPI behavior across four inbred mouse strains with normal cochlear function and developed pre-testing exclusion criteria and test/retest reliability measures. Moreover, because both the medial (MOC) and the lateral (LOC) olivocochlear efferent feedback systems have been proposed to improve auditory behavior performance, especially in noisy backgrounds, we have examined PPI abilities in mice (with their littermate controls) either lacking the MOC receptor subunit α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor [α9 nAChR (–/–)] or expressing an overactive receptor [Ld'T mutation in α9 nAChR KI], or lacking an LOC efferent neuropeptide, alpha calcitonin gene-related peptide [αCGRP (–/–)] only in the CNS. Because CGRP receptor formation has been shown to mature from juvenile to adult ages, we also studied if this maturation would be reflected in PPI behavioral responses in juvenile and adult (+/+) controls and in adult αCGRP (–/–) animals. We show that 50% PPI response thresholds (sound level with 50% correct responses) in quiet are decreased in the (–/–) α9 nAChR animals, and 50% PPI responses are increased for mice with an overactive receptor (α9 nAChR KI) and are increased in adult mice lacking αCGRP (–/–). However, in background noise, only mice lacking αCGRP exhibited increased 50% PPI response thresholds, as there were no significant differences between α9 nAChR adult mouse lines and their littermate controls. These findings suggest that MOC and LOC olivocochlear neurotransmission work in tandem to improve behavioral responses to sound. These experiments further pave the way for rapid behavioral hearing assessments in other mouse models.
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- Paul D Allen
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and the Ernst J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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Pawlak JB, Wetzel-Strong SE, Dunn MK, Caron KM. Cardiovascular effects of exogenous adrenomedullin and CGRP in Ramp and Calcrl deficient mice. Peptides 2017; 88:1-7. [PMID: 27940069 PMCID: PMC5706544 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Adrenomedullin (AM) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) are potent vasodilator peptides and serve as ligands for the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CLR/Calcrl). Three GPCR accessory proteins called receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs) modify the ligand binding affinity of the receptor such that the CLR/RAMP1 heterodimer preferably binds CGRP, while CLR/RAMP2 and CLR/RAMP3 have a stronger affinity for AM. Here we determine the contribution of each of the three RAMPs to blood pressure control in response to exogenous AM and CGRP by measuring the blood pressure of mice with genetic reduction or deletion of the receptor components. Thus, the cardiovascular response of Ramp1-/-, Ramp2+/-, Ramp3-/-, Ramp1-/-/Ramp3-/- double-knockout (dKO), and Calcrl+/- mice to AM and CGRP were compared to wildtype mice. While under anesthesia, Ramp1-/- male mice had significantly higher basal blood pressure than wildtype males; a difference which was not present in female mice. Additionally, anesthetized Ramp1-/-, Ramp3-/-, and Calcrl+/- male mice exhibited significantly higher basal blood pressure than females of the same genotype. The hypotensive response to intravenously injected AM was greatly attenuated in Ramp1-/- mice, and to a lesser extent in Ramp3-/- and Calcrl+/- mice. However, Ramp1-/-/Ramp3-/- dKO mice retained some hypotensive response to AM. These results suggest that the hypotensive effect of AM is primarily mediated through the CLR/RAMP1 heterodimer, but that AM signaling via CLR/RAMP2 and CLR/RAMP3 also contributes to some hypotensive action. On the other hand, CGRP's hypotensive activity seems to be predominantly through the CLR/RAMP1 heterodimer. With this knowledge, therapeutic AM or CGRP peptides could be designed to cause less hypotension while maintaining canonical receptor-RAMP mediated signaling.
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- J B Pawlak
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, 111 Mason Farm Rd., 6312B MBRB CB# 7545, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, 111 Mason Farm Rd., 6312B MBRB CB# 7545, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Ferring Research Institute, Inc., 4245 Sorrento Valley Blvd., San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, 111 Mason Farm Rd., 6312B MBRB CB# 7545, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Ringer C, Tune S, Bertoune MA, Schwarzbach H, Tsujikawa K, Weihe E, Schütz B. Disruption of calcitonin gene-related peptide signaling accelerates muscle denervation and dampens cytotoxic neuroinflammation in SOD1 mutant mice. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:339-358. [PMID: 27554772 PMCID: PMC11107523 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2337-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Revised: 08/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal motor neuron disease. Neuronal vacuolization and glial activation are pathologic hallmarks in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) mouse model of ALS. Previously, we found the neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) associated with vacuolization and astrogliosis in the spinal cord of these mice. We now show that CGRP abundance positively correlated with the severity of astrogliosis, but not vacuolization, in several motor and non-motor areas throughout the brain. SOD1 mice harboring a genetic depletion of the βCGRP isoform showed reduced CGRP immunoreactivity associated with vacuolization, while motor functions, body weight, survival, and astrogliosis were not altered. When CGRP signaling was completely disrupted through genetic depletion of the CGRP receptor component, receptor activity-modifying protein 1 (RAMP1), hind limb muscle denervation, and loss of muscle performance were accelerated, while body weight and survival were not affected. Dampened neuroinflammation, i.e., reduced levels of astrogliosis in the brain stem already in the pre-symptomatic disease stage, and reduced microgliosis and lymphocyte infiltrations during the late disease phase were additional neuropathology features in these mice. On the molecular level, mRNA expression levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and those of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 6 (IL-6) were elevated, while those of several pro-inflammatory cytokines found reduced in the brain stem of RAMP1-deficient SOD1 mice at disease end stage. Our results thus identify an important, possibly dual role of CGRP in ALS pathogenesis.
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- Cornelia Ringer
- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps-University, Robert-Koch-Strasse 8, 35037, Marburg, Germany
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps-University, Robert-Koch-Strasse 8, 35037, Marburg, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps-University, Robert-Koch-Strasse 8, 35037, Marburg, Germany.
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Heteroreceptors Modulating CGRP Release at Neurovascular Junction: Potential Therapeutic Implications on Some Vascular-Related Diseases. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 2016:2056786. [PMID: 28116293 PMCID: PMC5223010 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2056786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 11/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a 37-amino-acid neuropeptide belonging to the calcitonin gene peptide superfamily. CGRP is a potent vasodilator with potential therapeutic usefulness for treating vascular-related disease. This peptide is primarily located on C- and Aδ-fibers, which have extensive perivascular presence and a dual sensory-efferent function. Although CGRP has two major isoforms (α-CGRP and β-CGRP), the α-CGRP is the isoform related to vascular actions. Release of CGRP from afferent perivascular nerve terminals has been shown to result in vasodilatation, an effect mediated by at least one receptor (the CGRP receptor). This receptor is an atypical G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) composed of three functional proteins: (i) the calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR; a seven-transmembrane protein), (ii) the activity-modifying protein type 1 (RAMP1), and (iii) a receptor component protein (RCP). Although under physiological conditions, CGRP seems not to play an important role in vascular tone regulation, this peptide has been strongly related as a key player in migraine and other vascular-related disorders (e.g., hypertension and preeclampsia). The present review aims at providing an overview on the role of sensory fibers and CGRP release on the modulation of vascular tone.
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Dickerson IM, Bussey-Gaborski R, Holt JC, Jordan PM, Luebke AE. Maturation of suprathreshold auditory nerve activity involves cochlear CGRP-receptor complex formation. Physiol Rep 2016; 4:4/14/e12869. [PMID: 27440744 PMCID: PMC4962074 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In adult animals, the neuropeptide calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP) is contained in cochlear efferent fibers projecting out to the cochlea, and contributes to increased suprathreshold sound‐evoked activity in the adult auditory nerve. Similarly, CGRP applied to the lateral‐line organ (hair cell organ) increases afferent nerve activity in adult frogs (post‐metamorphic day 30), yet this increase is developmentally delayed from post‐metamorphic day 4–30. In this study, we discovered that there was also a developmental delay in increased suprathreshold sound‐evoked activity auditory nerve between juvenile and adult mice similar to what had been observed previously in frog. Moreover, juvenile mice with a targeted deletion of the αCGRP gene [CGRP null (−/−)] did not show a similar developmental increase in nerve activity, suggesting CGRP signaling is involved. This developmental delay is not due to a delay in CGRP expression, but instead is due to a delay in receptor formation. We observed that the increase in sound‐evoked nerve activity is correlated with increased formation of cochlear CGRP receptors, which require three complexed proteins (CLR, RAMP1, RCP) to be functional. CGRP receptor formation in the cochlea was incomplete at 1 month of age (juvenile), but complete by 3 months (adult), which corresponded to the onset of suprathreshold enhancement of sound‐evoked activity in wild‐type animals. Taken together, these data support a model for cochlear function that is enhanced by maturation of CGRP receptor complexes.
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- Ian M Dickerson
- Deptartment of Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester New York
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- Deptartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Deptartment of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Deptartment of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Deptartment of Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester New York Deptartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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Chauhan M, Yallampalli U, Banadakappa M, Yallampalli C. Involvement of Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 3 (RAMP3) in the Vascular Actions of Adrenomedullin in Rat Mesenteric Artery Smooth Muscle Cells. Biol Reprod 2015; 93:116. [PMID: 26423127 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.134585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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CALCB, ADM, and ADM2 are potent vasodilators that share a seven-transmembrane GPCR, calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CALCRL), whose ligand specificity is dictated by the presence of one of the three receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs). We assessed the relative pharmacologic potency of these peptides in mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and the specific RAMP that mediates the effect of ADM in VSMCs. VSMCs, with or without RAMP knockdown, were treated with CALCB, ADM, or ADM2 in the presence or absence of their antagonists, CALCB8-37, ADM22-52, and ADM217-47, respectively, to assess the relative effect of peptides on cAMP production and their pharmacologic potency. Proximity ligation assay was used to assess the specific RAMP that associates with CALCRL to mediate the actions of ADM in VSMCs. All three peptides induced cAMP generation in VSMCs and the order of their potency is CALCB > ADM > ADM2. Effects of CALCB were blocked by CALCB8-37, ADM effects were blocked by CALCB8-37 and ADM217-47 but not ADM22-52, and ADM2 effects were blocked by all three antagonists. Knockdown of RAMP2 was ineffective, whereas knockdown of RAMP3 inhibited ADM-induced cAMP production in VSMCs, suggesting involvement of RAMP3 with CALCRL to mediate ADM effects. Absence of both RAMP2 and RAMP3 further increased CALCB-induced cAMP synthesis compared to control (P < 0.05). ADM increased CALCRL and RAMP3 association and RAMP3 knockdown inhibited the interaction of ADM with CALCRL.
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- Madhu Chauhan
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Jordan PM, Fettis M, Holt JC. Efferent innervation of turtle semicircular canal cristae: comparisons with bird and mouse. J Comp Neurol 2015; 523:1258-80. [PMID: 25560461 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Revised: 12/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In the vestibular periphery of nearly every vertebrate, cholinergic vestibular efferent neurons give rise to numerous presynaptic varicosities that target hair cells and afferent processes in the sensory neuroepithelium. Although pharmacological studies have described the postsynaptic actions of vestibular efferent stimulation in several species, characterization of efferent innervation patterns and the relative distribution of efferent varicosities among hair cells and afferents are also integral to understanding how efferent synapses operate. Vestibular efferent markers, however, have not been well characterized in the turtle, one of the animal models used by our laboratory. Here we sought to identify reliable efferent neuronal markers in the vestibular periphery of turtle, to use these markers to understand how efferent synapses are organized, and to compare efferent neuronal labeling patterns in turtle with two other amniotes using some of the same markers. Efferent fibers and varicosities were visualized in the semicircular canal of red-eared turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans), zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), and mice (Mus musculus) utilizing fluorescent immunohistochemistry with antibodies against choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). Vestibular hair cells and afferents were counterstained using antibodies to myosin VIIa and calretinin. In all species, ChAT labeled a population of small diameter fibers giving rise to numerous spherical varicosities abutting type II hair cells and afferent processes. That these ChAT-positive varicosities represent presynaptic release sites were demonstrated by colabeling with antibodies against the synaptic vesicle proteins synapsin I, SV2, or syntaxin and the neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide. Comparisons of efferent innervation patterns among the three species are discussed.
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- Paivi M Jordan
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
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Calcitonin controls bone formation by inhibiting the release of sphingosine 1-phosphate from osteoclasts. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5215. [PMID: 25333900 PMCID: PMC4205484 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The hormone calcitonin (CT) is primarily known for its pharmacologic
action as an inhibitor of bone resorption, yet CT-deficient mice display increased bone formation. These findings
raised the question about the underlying cellular and molecular mechanism of
CT action. Here we show that either
ubiquitous or osteoclast-specific inactivation of the murine CT receptor (CTR) causes increased bone formation. CT negatively regulates the osteoclast expression
of Spns2 gene, which encodes a
transporter for the signalling lipid sphingosine
1-phosphate (S1P).
CTR-deficient mice show increased
S1P levels, and their skeletal
phenotype is normalized by deletion of the S1P receptor S1P3. Finally, pharmacologic treatment
with the nonselective S1P receptor agonist FTY720 causes increased bone formation in wild-type, but not in
S1P3-deficient mice.
This study redefines the role of CT in
skeletal biology, confirms that S1P
acts as an osteoanabolic molecule in vivo and provides evidence for a
pharmacologically exploitable crosstalk between osteoclasts and osteoblasts. The regulatory role of calcitonin in bone homeostasis is well studied,
yet its molecular activity is poorly understood. The authors show that calcitonin regulates
bone cells function by inhibiting the osteoclast secretion of sphingosine 1-phosphate, a
lipid mediator of osteoclast–osteoblast crosstalk.
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Russell FA, King R, Smillie SJ, Kodji X, Brain SD. Calcitonin gene-related peptide: physiology and pathophysiology. Physiol Rev 2014; 94:1099-142. [PMID: 25287861 PMCID: PMC4187032 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00034.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 733] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a 37-amino acid neuropeptide. Discovered 30 years ago, it is produced as a consequence of alternative RNA processing of the calcitonin gene. CGRP has two major forms (α and β). It belongs to a group of peptides that all act on an unusual receptor family. These receptors consist of calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CLR) linked to an essential receptor activity modifying protein (RAMP) that is necessary for full functionality. CGRP is a highly potent vasodilator and, partly as a consequence, possesses protective mechanisms that are important for physiological and pathological conditions involving the cardiovascular system and wound healing. CGRP is primarily released from sensory nerves and thus is implicated in pain pathways. The proven ability of CGRP antagonists to alleviate migraine has been of most interest in terms of drug development, and knowledge to date concerning this potential therapeutic area is discussed. Other areas covered, where there is less information known on CGRP, include arthritis, skin conditions, diabetes, and obesity. It is concluded that CGRP is an important peptide in mammalian biology, but it is too early at present to know if new medicines for disease treatment will emerge from our knowledge concerning this molecule.
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- F A Russell
- Cardiovascular Division, BHF Centre of Research Excellence & Centre of Integrative Biomedicine, King's College London, Waterloo Campus, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, BHF Centre of Research Excellence & Centre of Integrative Biomedicine, King's College London, Waterloo Campus, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, BHF Centre of Research Excellence & Centre of Integrative Biomedicine, King's College London, Waterloo Campus, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, BHF Centre of Research Excellence & Centre of Integrative Biomedicine, King's College London, Waterloo Campus, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, BHF Centre of Research Excellence & Centre of Integrative Biomedicine, King's College London, Waterloo Campus, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom
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Loss of α-calcitonin gene-related peptide (αCGRP) reduces the efficacy of the Vestibulo-ocular Reflex (VOR). J Neurosci 2014; 34:10453-8. [PMID: 25080603 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3336-13.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The neuroactive peptide calcitonin-gene related peptide (CGRP) is known to act at efferent synapses and their targets in hair cell organs, including the cochlea and lateral line. CGRP is also expressed in vestibular efferent neurons as well as a number of central vestibular neurons. Although CGRP-null (-/-) mice demonstrate a significant reduction in cochlear nerve sound-evoked activity compared with wild-type mice, it is unknown whether and how the loss of CGRP influence vestibular system function. Vestibular function was assessed by quantifying the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in alert mice. The loss of CGRP in (-/-) mice was associated with a reduction of the VOR gain of ≈50% without a concomitant change in phase. Using immunohistochemistry, we confirmed that, although CGRP staining was absent in the vestibular end-organs of null (-/-) mice, cholinergic staining appeared normal, suggesting that the overall gross development of vestibular efferent innervation was unaltered. We further confirmed that the observed deficit in vestibular function of null (-/-) mice was not the result of nontargeted effects at the level of the extraocular motor neurons and/or their innervation of extraocular muscles. Analysis of the relationship between vestibular quick phase amplitude and peak velocity revealed that extraocular motor function was unchanged, and immunohistochemistry revealed no abnormalities in motor endplates. Together, our findings show that the neurotransmitter CGRP plays a key role in ensuring VOR efficacy.
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Daneshyar S, Gharakhanlou R, Nikooie R, Forutan Y. The effect of high-fat diet and streptozotocin-induced diabetes and endurance training on plasma levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide and lactate in rats. Can J Diabetes 2014; 38:461-5. [PMID: 25219961 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2014.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 02/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of type 2 diabetes induced by high-fat diet and streptozotocin, and the effect of endurance training on basal circulating levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and lactate. METHODS Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: 1) control (n=8); 2) trained (n=8); 3) diabetic (n=8) and 4) trained diabetic (n=8). At the age of 7 weeks, diabetes was induced by feeding the animals a high-fat diet and injecting them with a low dose of streptozotocin (35 mg/kg). The animals at 10 weeks of age underwent an endurance training protocol on a treadmill for 7 weeks. Plasma lactate concentrations were measured by a lactate assay kit, and an enzyme immunoassay kit was used to measure CGRP. RESULTS The diabetic rats showed significant increases in plasma CGRP (3.0±1 ng/mL vs. 0.5±0.3 ng/mL, p<0.001) and plasma lactate levels (3.6±0.5 mmol/L vs. 1.3±0.5 mmol/L, p<0.001). Further, significant decrease in basal plasma lactate (2.6±0.5 mmol/L vs. 3.6±0.5 mmol/L, p<0.025) but not plasma CGRP levels (2.5±1.2 ng/mL vs. 3.0±1.3 ng/mL) were found in the diabetic subjects after the endurance training. CONCLUSIONS The results showed that endurance training could modify the basal circulating levels of lactate but not CGRP, which were elevated in this model of type 2 diabetic rats, indicating the lack of correspondence between the endurance training-induced changes of lactate and CGRP in this model of diabetes.
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- Saeed Daneshyar
- Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Exercise Physiology and Sports Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
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Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Inhibits Osteolytic Factors Induced by Osteoblast In Co-Culture System with Breast Cancer. Cell Biochem Biophys 2014; 70:1097-104. [DOI: 10.1007/s12013-014-0028-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Walter S, Alibhoy A, Escandon R, Bigal ME. Evaluation of cardiovascular parameters in cynomolgus monkeys following IV administration of LBR-101, a monoclonal antibody against calcitonin gene-related peptide. MAbs 2014; 6:871-8. [PMID: 24866108 PMCID: PMC4171022 DOI: 10.4161/mabs.29242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a well-validated target for migraine therapy and a known potent systemic vasodilator. LBR-101 is a monoclonal antibody against CGRP in clinical development for the preventive treatment of episodic and chronic migraine. Understanding the hemodynamic and cardiovascular consequences of chronic CGRP inhibition is therefore warranted. Given the conservation in CGRP sequence between monkeys and humans, addressing this question in monkeys is ideal as it allows dosing at super-therapeutic levels. To this end, two independent studies were conducted in monkeys: a single dedicated cardiovascular safety study and a repeat-dose, chronic study, both with electrocardiogram and hemodynamic assessments. LBR-101 was very well tolerated in both studies, with no clinically significant changes noted in any hemodynamic parameter, nor any relevant changes noted in any ECG parameter. In cynomolgus monkeys, cardiovascular and hemodynamic parameters do not appear to be affected by long-term inhibition of CGRP with LBR-101.
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Schuler B, Rieger G, Gubser M, Arras M, Gianella M, Vogel O, Jirkof P, Cesarovic N, Klohs J, Jakob P, Brock M, Gorr TA, Baum O, Hoppeler H, Samillan-Soto V, Gassmann M, Fischer JA, Born W, Vogel J. Endogenous α-calcitonin-gene-related peptide promotes exercise-induced, physiological heart hypertrophy in mice. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 211:107-21. [PMID: 24479375 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM It is unknown how the heart distinguishes various overloads, such as exercise or hypertension, causing either physiological or pathological hypertrophy. We hypothesize that alpha-calcitonin-gene-related peptide (αCGRP), known to be released from contracting skeletal muscles, is key at this remodelling. METHODS The hypertrophic effect of αCGRP was measured in vitro (cultured cardiac myocytes) and in vivo (magnetic resonance imaging) in mice. Exercise performance was assessed by determination of maximum oxygen consumption and time to exhaustion. Cardiac phenotype was defined by transcriptional analysis, cardiac histology and morphometry. Finally, we measured spontaneous activity, body fat content, blood volume, haemoglobin mass and skeletal muscle capillarization and fibre composition. RESULTS While αCGRP exposure yielded larger cultured cardiac myocytes, exercise-induced heart hypertrophy was completely abrogated by treatment with the peptide antagonist CGRP(8-37). Exercise performance was attenuated in αCGRP(-/-) mice or CGRP(8-37) treated wild-type mice but improved in animals with higher density of cardiac CGRP receptors (CLR-tg). Spontaneous activity, body fat content, blood volume, haemoglobin mass, muscle capillarization and fibre composition were unaffected, whereas heart index and ventricular myocyte volume were reduced in αCGRP(-/-) mice and elevated in CLR-tg. Transcriptional changes seen in αCGRP(-/-) (but not CLR-tg) hearts resembled maladaptive cardiac phenotype. CONCLUSIONS Alpha-calcitonin-gene-related peptide released by skeletal muscles during exercise is a hitherto unrecognized effector directing the strained heart into physiological instead of pathological adaptation. Thus, αCGRP agonists might be beneficial in heart failure patients.
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- B. Schuler
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology; Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics; University of Oxford; Oxford UK
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- Institute of Anatomy; University of Bern; Bern Switzerland
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- Institute of Anatomy; University of Bern; Bern Switzerland
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- Division of Surgical Research; University Hospital Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology; Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology; Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Division of Surgical Research; University Hospital Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Division of Surgical Research; University Hospital Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering; University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; Zürich (ETHZ); Zürich Switzerland
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- Institute of Physiology and Cardiovascular Research; University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Division of Pulmonology; University Hospital Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
- Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP); Zürich Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology; Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
- Clinic IV; Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology; University Medical Center; Freiburg Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy; University of Bern; Bern Switzerland
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- Institute of Anatomy; University of Bern; Bern Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology; Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
- Physiology Department; Medical School; Universidad Alas Peruanas; Lima Peru
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology; Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
- Zürich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP); Zürich Switzerland
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH); Lima Peru
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- Former Research Laboratory for Calcium Metabolism; Orthopedic University Hospital Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Former Research Laboratory for Calcium Metabolism; Orthopedic University Hospital Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology; Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zürich; Zürich Switzerland
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Sardi C, Zambusi L, Finardi A, Ruffini F, Tolun AA, Dickerson IM, Righi M, Zacchetti D, Grohovaz F, Provini L, Furlan R, Morara S. Involvement of calcitonin gene-related peptide and receptor component protein in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neuroimmunol 2014; 271:18-29. [PMID: 24746422 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Revised: 03/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) inhibits microglia inflammatory activation in vitro. We here analyzed the involvement of CGRP and Receptor Component Protein (RCP) in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Alpha-CGRP deficiency increased EAE scores which followed the scale alpha-CGRP null>heterozygote>wild type. In wild type mice, CGRP delivery into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 1) reduced chronic EAE (C-EAE) signs, 2) inhibited microglia activation (revealed by quantitative shape analysis), and 3) did not alter GFAP expression, cell density, lymphocyte infiltration, and peripheral lymphocyte production of IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-17, IL-2, and IL-4. RCP (probe for receptor involvement) was expressed in white matter microglia, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and vascular-endothelial cells: in EAE, also in infiltrating lymphocytes. In relapsing-remitting EAE (R-EAE) RCP increased during relapse, without correlation with lymphocyte density. RCP nuclear localization (stimulated by CGRP in vitro) was I) increased in microglia and decreased in astrocytes (R-EAE), and II) increased in microglia by CGRP CSF delivery (C-EAE). Calcitonin like receptor was rarely localized in nuclei of control and relapse mice. CGRP increased in motoneurons. In conclusion, CGRP can inhibit microglia activation in vivo in EAE. CGRP and its receptor may represent novel protective factors in EAE, apparently acting through the differential cell-specific intracellular translocation of RCP.
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- Claudia Sardi
- Neuroscience Institute, C.N.R., Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, C.N.R., Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy; Dept. of Medical Biotechnol. Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Dept. of Biochem. Mol. Biol., University of Miami, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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- Dept. of Neurobiol. Anatomy, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 603, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, C.N.R., Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy; Dept. of Medical Biotechnol. Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Dept. of Pharmacol. Biomol. Sci., University of Milano, Via Trentacoste 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, C.N.R., Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy; Dept. of Medical Biotechnol. Translational Medicine, University of Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy.
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Mai TH, Wu J, Diedrich A, Garland EM, Robertson D. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in autonomic cardiovascular regulation and vascular structure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 8:286-96. [PMID: 24746612 DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2014.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is reported to play important roles in cardiovascular regulation in human and animal models. In spite of this, its role remains controversial. We aim to clarify this by studying the autonomic cardiovascular function and vascular structure in CGRP knockout (CGRP(-/-)) mice. Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) were assessed by telemeters. Urine (24-hour) and blood were collected for catecholamines measurements. Baroreflex sensitivity was assessed using phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside administered in an acute study. Daytime mean arterial pressure (MAP; 12-hour period) was significantly higher in the CGRP(-/-) mice than in the wild type (WT) mice (114.5 vs. 104.5 mm Hg; P = .04). Norepinephrine was elevated in plasma and 24-hour urine in the knockouts (Urine, 956 vs. 618 pg/mL; P = .004; Plasma, 2505 vs. 1168 pg/mL; P = .04). Paradoxically, cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity was higher in CGRP(-/-) mice (3.2 vs. 1.4 ms/mm Hg; P = .03). To increase insight, we studied aortic stiffness in CGRP(-/-) mice and found it increased compared with age-matched WT mice, as evidenced by the depression of the compliance curve (P < .05). CGRP(-/-) mice have higher BP due to elevated sympathetic signals and abnormalities in blood vessel structure. Moreover, our data also showed that CGRP plays an important role in the regulation of the cardio-vagal tone.
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- Tu H Mai
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Lee JK, Jung JS, Park SH, Sim YB, Suh HW. Deficiency of alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide induces inflammatory responses and lethality in sepsis. Cytokine 2013; 64:548-54. [PMID: 24021706 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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In the present study, we examined the role of alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (αCGRP) on expression of neuropeptides in the brain, inflammatory responses, and survival rate in septic shock condition. We examined expression of neuropeptides such as αCGRP, proopiomelanocortin (POMC), corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH), and proenkephalin (ProENK) in the hippocampus and hypothalamus in C57BL/6 (WT) or αCGRP-/- (KO) mice subjected to sepsis. Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) or lipopolysaccharide/D-galactosamine (LPS/D-GalN) treatment showed significant increases of hippocampal and hypothalamic αCGRP, POMC, CRH, and ProENK mRNA levels in WT mice, but not ProENK mRNA in the hypothalamus at 6h after on-set of sepsis. However, enhanced mRNA levels of POMC, CRH, and ProENK genes were not increased in the hippocampus and hypothalamus of CLP-subjected KO mice at 6h following sepsis. KO mice treated with LPS/D-GalN displayed a significant enhancement of plasma corticosterone, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase levels compared to LPS/D-GalN treated WT mice at 12h after induction of sepsis. In addition, plasma levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-1β and TNF-α, were also further increased in KO mice compared to WT mice at 24h after CLP or LPS/D-GalN treatment. Interestingly, mRNA expressions of IL-6 and IL-10, anti-inflammatory cytokines, were synergistically enhanced in liver and lymph node of KO mice compared to WT mice at 6h after CLP. However, plasma level of IL-10 but not IL-6 was significantly decreased in KO mice compared to WT mice at 24h after CLP or LPS/D-GalN challenge. The survival rate of KO mice was significantly reduced compared to WT mice following mild (1 punch) and moderate (2 punch) CLP and LPS/D-GalN administration. Taken together, our findings suggest that the activation of αCGRP may induce other neuropeptides associated with immunomodulation at CNS level and modulate immune responses as enhancing anti-inflammatory cytokines and reducing pro-inflammatory cytokines during the sepsis.
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- Jin-Koo Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Institute of Bio-Science Technology, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Republic of Korea; Translational Research Center, Institute of Bio-Science Technology, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Republic of Korea
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Choi RC, Chen VP, Luk WK, Yung AW, Ng AH, Dong TT, Tsim KW. Expression of cAMP-responsive element binding proteins (CREBs) in fast- and slow-twitch muscles: A signaling pathway to account for the synaptic expression of collagen-tailed subunit (ColQ) of acetylcholinesterase at the rat neuromuscular junction. Chem Biol Interact 2013; 203:282-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2012.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hoopes SL, Willcockson HH, Caron KM. Characteristics of multi-organ lymphangiectasia resulting from temporal deletion of calcitonin receptor-like receptor in adult mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45261. [PMID: 23028890 PMCID: PMC3444480 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Adrenomedullin (AM) and its receptor complexes, calcitonin receptor-like receptor (Calcrl) and receptor activity modifying protein 2/3, are highly expressed in lymphatic endothelial cells and are required for embryonic lymphatic development. To determine the role of Calcrl in adulthood, we used an inducible Cre-loxP system to temporally and ubiquitously delete Calcrl in adult mice. Following tamoxifen injection, Calcrlfl/fl/CAGGCre-ER™ mice rapidly developed corneal edema and inflammation that was preceded by and persistently associated with dilated corneoscleral lymphatics. Lacteals and submucosal lymphatic capillaries of the intestine were also dilated, while mesenteric collecting lymphatics failed to properly transport chyle after an acute Western Diet, culminating in chronic failure of Calcrlfl/fl/CAGGCre-ER™ mice to gain weight. Dermal lymphatic capillaries were also dilated and chronic edema challenge confirmed significant and prolonged dermal lymphatic insufficiency. In vivo and in vitro imaging of lymphatics with either genetic or pharmacologic inhibition of AM signaling revealed markedly disorganized lymphatic junctional proteins ZO-1 and VE-cadherin. The maintenance of AM signaling during adulthood is required for preserving normal lymphatic permeability and function. Collectively, these studies reveal a spectrum of lymphatic defects in adult Calcrlfl/fl/CAGGCre-ER™ mice that closely recapitulate the clinical symptoms of patients with corneal, intestinal and peripheral lymphangiectasia.
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- Samantha L Hoopes
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Kaftanovskaya EM, Huang Z, Barbara AM, De Gendt K, Verhoeven G, Gorlov IP, Agoulnik AI. Cryptorchidism in mice with an androgen receptor ablation in gubernaculum testis. Mol Endocrinol 2012; 26:598-607. [PMID: 22322597 DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-1283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Androgens play a critical role in the development of the male reproductive system, including the positioning of the gonads. It is not clear, however, which developmental processes are influenced by androgens and what are the target tissues and cells mediating androgen signaling during testicular descent. Using a Cre-loxP approach, we have produced male mice (GU-ARKO) with conditional inactivation of the androgen receptor (Ar) gene in the gubernacular ligament connecting the epididymis to the caudal abdominal wall. The GU-ARKO males had normal testosterone levels but developed cryptorchidism with the testes located in a suprascrotal position. Although initially subfertile, the GU-ARKO males became sterile with age. We have shown that during development, the mutant gubernaculum failed to undergo eversion, a process giving rise to the processus vaginalis, a peritoneal outpouching inside the scrotum. As a result, the cremasteric sac did not form properly, and the testes remained in the low abdominal position. Abnormal development of the cremaster muscles in the GU-ARKO males suggested the participation of androgens in myogenic differentiation; however, males with conditional AR inactivation in the striated or smooth muscle cells had a normal testicular descent. Gene expression analysis showed that AR deficiency in GU-ARKO males led to the misexpression of genes involved in muscle differentiation, cell signaling, and extracellular space remodeling. We therefore conclude that AR signaling in gubernacular cells is required for gubernaculum eversion and outgrowth. The GU-ARKO mice provide a valuable model of isolated cryptorchidism, one of the most common birth defects in newborn boys.
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- Elena M Kaftanovskaya
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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Yoshikawa R, Mikami N, Otani I, Kishimoto T, Nishioka S, Hashimoto N, Miyagi Y, Takuma Y, Sueda K, Fukada SI, Yamamoto H, Tsujikawa K. Suppression of ovalbumin-induced allergic diarrhea by diminished intestinal peristalsis in RAMP1-deficient mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 410:389-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.05.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Smillie SJ, Brain SD. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and its role in hypertension. Neuropeptides 2011; 45:93-104. [PMID: 21269690 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2010.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/03/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hypertension is still presently the number one "silent killer" in the Western World, and a major risk factor for the development of secondary diseases contributing to cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, despite a broad range of therapies, the mechanisms involved in the onset of hypertension remains unclear, therefore there is a real need to investigate the mechanisms involved. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is the most potent microvascular vasodilator known to date. Widely expressed in the nervous system, this peptide is considered to play a positive role in wound healing and protects against ischaemic and other traumas. However, whilst the protective mechanisms are not well understood, evidence indicates that these mechanisms become important in vascular-related stress. This review provides evidence that CGRP is both a potent vasodilator and hypotensive agent. However studies to date suggest that CGRP does not contribute to the physiological regulation of blood pressure. By comparing results from a range of human and animal studies, findings broadly suggest an association between CGRP and the pathophysiology of hypertension in terms of protective mechanisms, with possibly the RAMP1 component of the CGRP receptor playing a key role in the brain stem, in addition to peripheral receptors. The studies of agents that release CGRP agonists are at an early stage, with analogues for human use currently under development. However, at this stage, further research is required to establish the mechanisms by which CGRP is protective in the onset of hypertension, if novel and therapeutic modes of treatment are to be developed.
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- Sarah-Jane Smillie
- BHF Centre of Cardiovascular Excellence and Centre for Integrative Biomedicine, Cardiovascular Division, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, London SE19NH, UK
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Mishima T, Ito Y, Hosono K, Tamura Y, Uchida Y, Hirata M, Suzsuki T, Amano H, Kato S, Kurihara Y, Kurihara H, Hayashi I, Watanabe M, Majima M. Calcitonin gene-related peptide facilitates revascularization during hindlimb ischemia in mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H431-9. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00466.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It is known that the neural system plays a fundamental role in neovascularization. A neuropeptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), is widely distributed in the central and peripheral neuronal systems. However, it remains to be elucidated the role of CGRP in angiogenesis during ischemia. The present study examined whether endogenous CGRP released from neuronal systems facilitates revascularization in response to ischemia using CGRP knockout mice (CGRP−/−). CGRP−/− or their wild-type littermates (CGRP+/+) were subjected to unilateral hindlimb ischemia. CGRP−/− exhibited impaired blood flow recovery from ischemia and decreased capillary density expressed in terms of the number of CD-31-positive cells in the ischemic tissues compared with CGRP+/+. In vivo microscopic studies showed that the functional capillary density in CGRP−/− was reduced. Hindlimb ischemia increased the expression of pro-CGRP mRNA and of CGRP protein in the lumbar dorsal root ganglia. Lack of CGRP decreased mRNA expression of growth factors, including CD31, vascular endothelial growth factor-A, basic fibroblast growth factor, and transforming growth factor-β, in the ischemic limb tissue. The application of CGRP enhanced the mRNA expression of CD31 and VEGF-A in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and fibroblasts. Subcutaneous infusion of CGRP8–37, a CGRP antagonist, using miniosmotic pumps delayed angiogenesis and reduced the expression of proangiogenic growth factors during hindlimb ischemia. These results indicate that endogenous CGRP facilitates angiogenesis in response to ischemia. Targeting CGRP may provide a promising approach for controlling angiogenesis related to pathophysiological conditions.
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- Cardio-angiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo University, Tokyo; and
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo University, Tokyo; and
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pathophysiology, Nippon Pharmaceutical University, Saitama, Japan
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Effect of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor Antagonism on the Systemic Blood Pressure Responses to Mechanistically Diverse Vasomodulators in Conscious Rats. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2010; 56:518-25. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3181f5d414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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