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Crnkovic S, Marsh LM, El Agha E, Voswinckel R, Ghanim B, Klepetko W, Stacher‐Priehse E, Olschewski H, Bloch W, Bellusci S, Olschewski A, Kwapiszewska G. Resident cell lineages are preserved in pulmonary vascular remodeling. J Pathol 2018; 244:485-498. [PMID: 29359814 PMCID: PMC5903372 DOI: 10.1002/path.5044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pulmonary vascular remodeling is the main pathological hallmark of pulmonary hypertension disease. We undertook a comprehensive and multilevel approach to investigate the origin of smooth muscle actin-expressing cells in remodeled vessels. Transgenic mice that allow for specific, inducible, and permanent labeling of endothelial (Cdh5-tdTomato), smooth muscle (Acta2-, Myh11-tdTomato), pericyte (Cspg4-tdTomato), and fibroblast (Pdgfra-tdTomato) lineages were used to delineate the cellular origins of pulmonary vascular remodeling. Mapping the fate of major lung resident cell types revealed smooth muscle cells (SMCs) as the predominant source of cells that populate remodeled pulmonary vessels in chronic hypoxia and allergen-induced murine models. Combining in vivo cell type-specific, time-controlled labeling of proliferating cells with a pulmonary artery phenotypic explant assay, we identified proliferation of SMCs as an underlying remodeling pathomechanism. Multicolor immunofluorescence analysis showed a preserved pattern of cell type marker localization in murine and human pulmonary arteries, in both donors and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) patients. Whilst neural glial antigen 2 (chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4) labeled mostly vascular supportive cells with partial overlap with SMC markers, PDGFRα-expressing cells were observed in the perivascular compartment. The luminal vessel side was lined by a single cell layer expressing endothelial markers followed by an adjacent and distinct layer defined by SMC marker expression and pronounced thickening in remodeled vessels. Quantitative flow cytometric analysis of single cell digests of diverse pulmonary artery layers showed the preserved separation into two discrete cell populations expressing either endothelial cell (EC) or SMC markers in human remodeled vessels. Additionally, we found no evidence of overlap between EC and SMC ultrastructural characteristics using electron microscopy in either donor or IPAH arteries. Lineage-specific marker expression profiles are retained during pulmonary vascular remodeling without any indication of cell type conversion. The expansion of resident SMCs is the major underlying and evolutionarily conserved paradigm of pulmonary vascular disease pathogenesis. © 2018 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/genetics
- Actins/metabolism
- Animals
- Antigens/genetics
- Antigens/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Cadherins/genetics
- Cadherins/metabolism
- Cell Lineage
- Chronic Disease
- Disease Models, Animal
- Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension/metabolism
- Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension/pathology
- Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension/physiopathology
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Genes, Reporter
- Humans
- Hypoxia/genetics
- Hypoxia/metabolism
- Hypoxia/pathology
- Hypoxia/physiopathology
- Luminescent Proteins/genetics
- Luminescent Proteins/metabolism
- Lung/blood supply
- Mice, Transgenic
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiopathology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/pathology
- Phenotype
- Proteoglycans/genetics
- Proteoglycans/metabolism
- Pulmonary Artery/metabolism
- Pulmonary Artery/pathology
- Pulmonary Artery/physiopathology
- Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha/genetics
- Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha/metabolism
- Respiratory Hypersensitivity/genetics
- Respiratory Hypersensitivity/metabolism
- Respiratory Hypersensitivity/pathology
- Respiratory Hypersensitivity/physiopathology
- Vascular Remodeling
- Red Fluorescent Protein
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Affiliation(s)
- Slaven Crnkovic
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular ResearchGrazAustria
- Department of PhysiologyMedical University of GrazGrazAustria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular ResearchGrazAustria
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- Excellence Cluster Cardio‐Pulmonary System (ECCPS), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC)Justus Liebig University GiessenGiessenGermany
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- Department of Thoracic SurgeryMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Thoracic SurgeryMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular ResearchGrazAustria
- Institute of PathologyMedical University of GrazGrazAustria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of PulmonologyMedical University of GrazGrazAustria
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- Excellence Cluster Cardio‐Pulmonary System (ECCPS), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC)Justus Liebig University GiessenGiessenGermany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular ResearchGrazAustria
- Department of PhysiologyMedical University of GrazGrazAustria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular ResearchGrazAustria
- Department of PhysiologyMedical University of GrazGrazAustria
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Beloiartsev A, da Glória Rodrigues-Machado M, Zhou GL, Tan TC, Zazzeron L, Tainsh RE, Leyton P, Jones RC, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Zapol WM. Pulmonary hypertension after prolonged hypoxic exposure in mice with a congenital deficiency of Cyp2j. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2015; 52:563-70. [PMID: 25233285 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0482oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 epoxygenase-derived epoxyeicosatrienoic acids contribute to the regulation of pulmonary vascular tone and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. We investigated whether the attenuated acute vasoconstrictor response to hypoxic exposure of Cyp2j(-/-) mice would protect these mice against the pulmonary vascular remodeling and hypertension associated with prolonged exposure to hypoxia. Cyp2j(-/-) and Cyp2j(+/+) male and female mice continuously breathed an inspired oxygen fraction of 0.21 (normoxia) or 0.10 (hypoxia) in a normobaric chamber for 6 weeks. We assessed hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations, right ventricular (RV) systolic pressure (RVSP), and transthoracic echocardiographic parameters (pulmonary acceleration time [PAT] and RV wall thickness). Pulmonary Cyp2c29, Cyp2c38, and sEH mRNA levels were measured in Cyp2j(-/-) and Cyp2j(+/+) male mice. At baseline, Cyp2j(-/-) and Cyp2j(+/+) mice had similar Hb levels and RVSP while breathing air. After 6 weeks of hypoxia, circulating Hb concentrations increased but did not differ between Cyp2j(-/-) and Cyp2j(+/+) mice. Chronic hypoxia increased RVSP in Cyp2j(-/-) and Cyp2j(+/+) mice of either gender. Exposure to chronic hypoxia decreased PAT and increased RV wall thickness in both genotypes and genders to a similar extent. Prolonged exposure to hypoxia produced similar levels of RV hypertrophy in both genotypes of either gender. Pulmonary Cyp2c29, Cyp2c38, and sEH mRNA levels did not differ between Cyp2j(-/-) and Cyp2j(+/+) male mice after breathing at normoxia or hypoxia for 6 weeks. These results suggest that murine Cyp2j deficiency does not attenuate the development of murine pulmonary vascular remodeling and hypertension associated with prolonged exposure to hypoxia in mice of both genders.
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- Arkadi Beloiartsev
- 1 Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
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Sluiter I, Reiss I, Kraemer U, Krijger RD, Tibboel D, Rottier RJ. Vascular abnormalities in human newborns with pulmonary hypertension. Expert Rev Respir Med 2011; 5:245-56. [PMID: 21510734 DOI: 10.1586/ers.11.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Pulmonary vascular disease embodies all congenital or acquired pathologies that affect the pulmonary vasculature. One of them is pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PHN), which is clinically characterized by a persistent high pulmonary vascular resistance postnatally and an abnormal vascular response. Morphologically, the vascular walls of the small pulmonary arteries become thickened, leading to increased resistance of these vessels and thus a worsening of gas exchange. PHN occurs as a primary disease or in association with abnormal lung development, for example as in congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and is a critical determinant of morbidity and mortality. Here we review the current knowledge about vascular abnormalities in PHN and discuss the vascular abnormalities in different conditions associated with pulmonary hypertension in human newborns in relation to recent findings from molecular biology.
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- Ilona Sluiter
- Intensive Care and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Role of myosin light chain kinase and myosin light chain phosphatase in the resistance arterial myogenic response to intravascular pressure. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 510:160-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2010] [Revised: 02/24/2011] [Accepted: 02/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Jones RC, Capen D, Petersen B, Jain RK, Duda DG. A protocol for a lung neovascularization model in rodents. Nat Protoc 2008; 3:378-87. [PMID: 18323809 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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By providing insight into the cellular events of vascular injury and repair, experimental model systems seek to promote timely therapeutic strategies for human disease. The goal of many current studies of neovascularization is to identify cells critical to the process and their role in vascular channel assembly. We propose here a protocol to analyze, in an in vivo rodent model, vessel and capillary remodeling (reorganization and growth) in the injured lung. Sequential analyses of stages in the assembly of vascular structures, and of relevant cell types, provide further opportunities to study the molecular and cellular determinants of lung neovascularization.
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- Rosemary C Jones
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
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A protocol for phenotypic detection and characterization of vascular cells of different origins in a lung neovascularization model in rodents. Nat Protoc 2008; 3:388-97. [PMID: 18323810 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The goal of many current studies of neovascularization is to define the phenotype of vascular cell populations of different origins and to determine how such cells promote assembly of vascular channel. Here, we describe a protocol to immunophenotype vascular cells by high-resolution imaging and by fluorescence-activated flow cytometry in an in vivo rodent model of pulmonary microvascular remodeling. Analysis of cells by this combined approach will characterize their phenotype, quantify their number and identify their role in the assembly of vascular channels.
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Laudi S, Trump S, Schmitz V, West J, McMurtry IF, Mutlak H, Christians U, Weimann J, Kaisers U, Steudel W. Serotonin transporter protein in pulmonary hypertensive rats treated with atorvastatin. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2007; 293:L630-8. [PMID: 17575010 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00110.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors (statins) influence lipid metabolism and have pleiotropic effects. Several statins reduce various forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in animal models. The relationship between atorvastatin and expression of serotonin transporter protein (5-HTT) remains unknown. This study focused on the effects of atorvastatin on the course of monocrotaline (MCT)-induced PH and its relation to 5-HTT expression. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were challenged with MCT with or without subsequent daily oral treatment with 0.1, 1, and 10 mg/kg of atorvastatin for 28 days. Over the 4-wk course, the progression of PH was followed by transthoracic echocardiography [pulmonary artery pressure was assessed by pulmonary artery flow acceleration time (PAAT), an estimate reciprocal to pulmonary artery pressure], and, at the end of the 4-wk course, invasive right ventricular pressure, right ventricular weight, quantitative morphology, and 5-HTT expression were measured. MCT caused significant PH as early as 7 days after injection. Atorvastatin treatment increased PAAT and reduced right ventricular pressure, right ventricular hypertrophy, and vascular remodeling over the 4-wk course. MCT challenge was associated with increased pulmonary vascular 5-HTT expression, and atorvastatin treatment reduced the 5-HTT expression. MCT-induced PH over the course of 4 wk can be easily followed by transthoracic echocardiography, and atorvastatin is effective in reducing the PH. Atorvastatin's effects are associated with a decrease of 5-HTT expression.
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- Sven Laudi
- Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Research and Development, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Laudi S, Steudel W, Jonscher K, Schöning W, Schniedewind B, Kaisers U, Christians U, Trump S. Comparison of lung proteome profiles in two rodent models of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Proteomics 2007; 7:2469-78. [PMID: 17623304 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200600848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We studied the lung proteome changes in two widely used models of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): monocrotaline (MCT) injection and chronic hypoxia (CH); untreated rats were used as controls (n = 6/group). After 28 days, invasive right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) was measured. Lungs were immunostained for alpha-smooth muscle actin (alphaSMA). 2-DE (n = 4/group) followed by nano-LC-MS/MS was applied for protein identification. Western blotting was used additionally if possible. RVSP was significantly increased in MCT- and CH-rats (MCT 62.5 +/- 4.4 mmHg, CH 62.2 +/- 4.1 mmHg, control 25.0 +/- 1.7 mmHg, p<0.001). This was associated with an increase of alphaSMA positive vessels. In both groups, there was a significantly increased expression of proteins associated with the contractile apparatus (diphosphoHsp27 (p<0.001), Septin2 (p<0.001), F-actin capping protein (p<0.01), and tropomyosin beta (p<0.02)). In CH, proteins of the nitric oxide (Hsc70; p = 0.002), carbon monoxide (biliverdin reductase; p = 0.005), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway (annexin 3; p<0.001) were significantly increased. In MCT, proteins involved in serotonin synthesis (14-3-3; p = 0.02), the enhanced unfolded protein response (ERp57; p = 0.02), and intracellular chloride channels (CLIC 1; p = 0.002) were significantly elevated. Therefore, MCT- and CH-induced vasoconstriction and remodeling seemed to be mediated via different signaling pathways. These differences should be considered in future studies using either PAH model.
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- Sven Laudi
- University of Leipzig Medical Faculty, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Leipzig, Germany.
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Jones R, Capen D, Jacobson M. PDGF and microvessel wall remodeling in adult lung: imaging PDGF-Rbeta and PDGF-BB molecules in progenitor smooth muscle cells developing in pulmonary hypertension. Ultrastruct Pathol 2006; 30:267-81. [PMID: 16971352 DOI: 10.1080/01913120600820336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Smooth muscle cells are relatively rare cells in the microvessels of the normal adult lung but develop in high numbers in the clinical pulmonary hypertensions (PHs). Understanding this cellular response has profound implications for determining the pathogenesis of PH, and for the development of therapeutic strategies, yet little is known of the angiogenic molecules responsible. The authors have previously shown that interstitial fibroblasts, and intermediate cells, are the progenitors of smooth muscle cells developing in adult lung microvessels in an in vivo model of experimental PH. The present study evaluates PDGF-Rbeta/PDGF-BB, an important angiogenic signaling pathway, using antibodies linked to protein A-gold (pA-AU) and quantitative high-resolution imaging techniques to detect expression by these cells. Each progenitor cell type in the control lung expressed PDGF-Rbeta and PDGF-BB. In the hypertensive lung, PDGF-Rbeta was highly expressed by fibroblasts developing as perivascular cells, the mean number of pA-AU labeled antigenic sites per cell profile, and their density (microm(-2)), increasing with time: in intermediate cells the mean number of sites per cell profile, although not their density (microm(-2)), also increased with time but less so than in the fibroblasts. In clear contrast to the RTK, constitutive expression levels of PDGF-BB were low in each progenitor cell type and remained restricted in the hypertensive lung.
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- Rosemary Jones
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
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Jones R, Capen D, Jacobson M, Munn L. PDGF and microvessel wall remodeling in adult rat lung: imaging PDGF-AA and PDGF-Ralpha molecules in progenitor smooth muscle cells developing in experimental pulmonary hypertension. Cell Tissue Res 2006; 326:759-69. [PMID: 16794827 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0177-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2005] [Accepted: 01/26/2006] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Smooth muscle cells are mostly absent from the walls of microvessels in the adult lung but develop in large numbers as part of the pathology of human and experimental pulmonary hypertensions (PHs). We have previously shown, in an in vivo model of experimental PH, that mesenchymal (interstitial) fibroblasts and intermediate cells are the progenitors of these cells. Although smooth muscle cell development is a defining pathophysiological feature of human PH, little is known about the angiogenic signaling molecules responsible. Here, we report data for platelet-derived growth factor AA (PDGF-AA) and PDGF-Ralpha, two components of an important signaling pathway for fibroblast and myofibroblast proliferation and migration. Using antibodies linked to protein-A gold and high-resolution imaging techniques, we analyzed the expression of these molecules as smooth muscle cells developed from progenitor cell populations and in endothelial cells of the same microvessels. PDGF-AA was highly expressed by each cell type in control lung. As PH developed, the number of antigenic sites for PDGF-AA decreased with time. PDGF-Ralpha expression levels in the control lung were low, relative to the ligand, and fell in PH. These data show, for the first time, a marked phenotypic shift in expression levels of the PDGF-AA isoform and its receptor tyrosine kinase in the progenitor smooth muscle cells developing in the microvessels of the adult hypertensive lung.
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- Rosemary Jones
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH-East, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
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Low R, Léguillette R, Lauzon AM. (+)Insert smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SM-B): From single molecule to human. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 38:1862-74. [PMID: 16716643 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Revised: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In smooth muscle, alternative mRNA splicing of a single gene produces four myosin heavy chain (SMMHC) isoforms. Two of these isoforms differ by the presence [(+)insert] or absence [(-)insert] of a seven amino acid insert in the motor domain. This insert enhances the kinetic properties of myosin at the molecular level but its exact role at the cell and tissue levels still has to be elucidated. This review focuses on the expression and biological functions of the (+)insert isoform. Current knowledge is summarized regarding its tissue distribution in animals and humans. Studies at the molecular, cellular and tissue levels that aimed at understanding the contribution of this isoform to smooth muscle mechanical function are presented with a particular focus on velocity of shortening. In addition, the altered expression of the (+)insert isoform in diseases and models of diseases and the compensatory mechanisms that occur when the (+)insert is knocked out are discussed. The need for additional studies on the relationship of this isoform to contractile performance and how expression of this isoform is regulated are also considered.
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- Robert Low
- University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, United States
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di Tomaso E, Capen D, Haskell A, Hart J, Logie JJ, Jain RK, McDonald DM, Jones R, Munn LL. Mosaic tumor vessels: cellular basis and ultrastructure of focal regions lacking endothelial cell markers. Cancer Res 2005; 65:5740-9. [PMID: 15994949 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-4552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Endothelial cells of blood vessels in tumors may be thin, fragile, and defective in barrier function. We found previously that the endothelium of vessels in human colon carcinoma xenografts in mice is a mosaic structure. Approximately 85% of tumor vessels have uniform CD31 and/or CD105 immunoreactivity, but the remainder have focal regions that lack these common endothelial markers. The present study assessed the ultrastructure of the vessel lining and the integrity of the basement membrane in these regions. Using immunolabeling and confocal microscopy, we identified blood vessels that lacked CD31 and CD105 immunoreactivity and then analyzed the ultrastructure of these vessels by transmission electron microscopy. Eleven percent of vessels in orthotopic tumors and 24% of vessels in ectopic tumors had defects in CD31 and CD105 staining measuring on average 10.8 microm (range, 1-41.2 microm). Ultrastructural studies identified endothelial cells at 92% of CD31- and CD105-negative sites in orthotopic tumors and 70% of the sites in ectopic tumors. Thus, most regions of tumor vessels that lack CD31 and CD105 immunoreactivity represent attenuated endothelial cells with abnormal expression of endothelial cell markers, but some are gaps between endothelial cells. More than 80% of the defects lacked immunoreactivity for multiple basement membrane proteins.
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- Emmanuelle di Tomaso
- Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Léguillette R, Gil FR, Zitouni N, Lajoie-Kadoch S, Sobieszek A, Lauzon AM. (+)Insert smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (SM-B) isoform expression in human tissues. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C1277-85. [PMID: 16000639 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00244.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Two smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms differ in their amino terminus by the presence [(+)insert] or absence [(-)insert] of a seven-amino acid insert. Animal studies show that the (+)insert isoform is predominantly expressed in rapidly contracting phasic muscle and the (-)insert isoform is mostly found in slowly contracting tonic muscle. The expression of the (+)insert isoform has never been demonstrated in human smooth muscle. We hypothesized that the (+)insert isoform is present in humans and that its expression is commensurate with the organ's functional requirements. We report, for the first time, the sequence of the human (+)insert isoform and quantification of its expression by real-time PCR and Western blot analysis in a panel of human organs. The (+)insert isoform mRNA and protein expression levels are significantly greater in small intestine compared with all organs studied except for trachea and are significantly greater in trachea compared with uterus and aorta. To assess the functional significance of this differential myosin isoform expression between organs, we measured the rate of actin filament movement (nu(max)) when propelled by myosin purified from rat organs, because the rat and human inserts are identical and their remaining sequences show 93% identity. nu(max) exhibits a rank correlation from the most tonic to the most phasic organ. The selective expression of the (+)insert isoform observed among human organs suggests that it is an important determinant of tissue shortening velocity. A differential expression of the (+)insert isoform could also account for altered contractile properties observed in human pathology.
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- Renaud Léguillette
- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, 3626 St-Urbain St., Montréal, QC, Canada, H2X 2P2
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Babu GJ, Pyne GJ, Zhou Y, Okwuchukuasanya C, Brayden JE, Osol G, Paul RJ, Low RB, Periasamy M. Isoform switching from SM-B to SM-A myosin results in decreased contractility and altered expression of thin filament regulatory proteins. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2004; 287:C723-9. [PMID: 15140746 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00029.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We previously generated an isoform-specific gene knockout mouse in which SM-B myosin is permanently replaced by SM-A myosin. In this study, we examined the effects of SM-B myosin loss on the contractile properties of vascular smooth muscle, specifically peripheral mesenteric vessels and aorta. The absence of SM-B myosin leads to decreased velocity of shortening and increased isometric force generation in mesenteric vessels. Surprisingly, the same changes occur in aorta, which contains little or no SM-B myosin in wild-type animals. Calponin and activated mitogen-activated protein kinase expression is increased and caldesmon expression is decreased in aorta, as well as in bladder. Light chain-17b isoform (LC(17b)) expression is increased in aorta. These results suggest that the presence or absence of SM-B myosin is a critical determinant of smooth muscle contraction and that its loss leads to additional changes in thin filament regulatory proteins.
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- Gopal J Babu
- Dept. of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, 304 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Stiebellehner L, Frid MG, Reeves JT, Low RB, Gnanasekharan M, Stenmark KR. Bovine distal pulmonary arterial media is composed of a uniform population of well-differentiated smooth muscle cells with low proliferative capabilities. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2003; 285:L819-28. [PMID: 12857671 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00062.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The media of the normal bovine main pulmonary artery (MPA) is composed of phenotypically heterogeneous smooth muscle cells (SMC) with markedly different proliferative capabilities in response to serum, mitogens, and hypoxia. Little, however, is known of the SMC phenotype in distal pulmonary arteries (PA), particularly in arterioles, which regulate the pulmonary circulation. With a panel of muscle-specific antibodies against alpha-smooth muscle (SM)-actin, SM-myosin heavy chains (SM-MHC), SM-MHC-B isoform, desmin, and meta-vinculin, we demonstrate a progressive increase in phenotypic uniformity and level of differentiation of SMC along the proximal-to-distal axis of normal adult bovine pulmonary circulation so that the media of distal PA (1,500- to 100-microm diameter) is composed of a phenotypically uniform population of "well-differentiated" SMC. Similarly, when isolated and assessed in vitro, distal PA-SMC is composed of a single, uniform population of differentiated SMC that exhibited minimal growth responses to a variety of mitogens while their cell size increased substantially in response to serum. Their growth was inhibited by hypoxic exposure under all conditions tested. Distal PA-SMC also differed from MPA-SMC by exhibiting a distinct pattern of DNA synthesis in response to serum and mitogens. Thus, in contrast to the MPA, distal PA media is composed of an apparently uniform population of well-differentiated SMC that are proliferation resistant and have a substantial capacity to hypertrophy in response to growth-promoting stimuli. We thus speculate that distinct SMC phenotypes present in distal vs. proximal PA may confer different response mechanisms during remodeling in conditions such as hypertension.
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- Leopold Stiebellehner
- Developmental Lung Biology Research, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. 9th Ave., Box B131, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Wetzel K, Baltatu O, Nafz B, Persson PB, Haase H, Morano I. Expression of smooth muscle MyHC B in blood vessels of hypertrophied heart in experimentally hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 284:R607-10. [PMID: 12529291 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00578.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We demonstrated recently a significantly lower fraction of cardiac precapillary arterioles that expressed smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (MyHC) B (SMB) in spontaneously hypertensive rats. To clarify whether this reduction of SMB expression is of genetic origin, we investigated SMB expression in cardiac precapillary arterioles of normotensive and experimentally hypertensive rats (one clip, one kidney or ANG II minipump). We observed similar SMB expression patterns in precapillary arterioles of experimentally hypertensive rats compared with normotensive controls. These observations suggest that the downregulation of SMB in spontaneously hypertensive rats is of genetic origin rather than an adaptive response to chronically enhanced blood pressure and cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Katharina Wetzel
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, 13122 Berlin-Buch, Germany
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Kranenburg AR, De Boer WI, Van Krieken JHJM, Mooi WJ, Walters JE, Saxena PR, Sterk PJ, Sharma HS. Enhanced expression of fibroblast growth factors and receptor FGFR-1 during vascular remodeling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2002; 27:517-25. [PMID: 12397010 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.4474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Important characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) include airway and vascular remodeling, the molecular mechanisms of which are poorly understood. We assessed the role of fibroblast growth factors (FGF) in pulmonary vascular remodeling by examining the expression pattern of FGF-1, FGF-2, and the FGF receptor (FGFR-1) in peripheral area of lung tissues from patients with COPD (FEV(1) < or = 75%; n = 15) and without COPD (FEV(1) > or = 85%; n = 13). Immunohistochemical staining results were evaluated by digital video image analysis as well as by manual scoring. FGF-1 and FGFR-1 were detected in vascular smooth muscle (VSM), airway smooth muscle, and airway epithelial cells. FGF-2 was localized in the cytoplasm of airway epithelium and in the nuclei of airway smooth muscle, VSM, and endothelial cells. In COPD cases, an unequivocal increase in FGF-2 expression was observed in VSM (3-fold, P = 0.001) and endothelium (2-fold, P = 0.007) of small pulmonary vessels with a luminal diameter under 200 micro m. In addition, FGFR-1 levels were elevated in the intima (1.5-fold, P = 0.05). VSM cells of large (> 200 micro m) pulmonary vessels showed increased staining for FGF-1 (1.6-fold, P < 0.03) and FGFR-1 (1.4-fold, P < 0.04) in COPD. Pulmonary vascular remodeling, assessed as the ratio of alpha-smooth muscle actin staining and vascular wall area with the lumen diameter, was increased in large vessels of patients with COPD (P = 0.007) and was inversely correlated with FEV(1) values (P < 0.007). Our results suggest an autocrine role of the FGF-FGFR-1 system in the pathogenesis of COPD-associated vascular remodeling.
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- Andor R Kranenburg
- Department of Pharmacology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Babu GJ, Loukianov E, Loukianova T, Pyne GJ, Huke S, Osol G, Low RB, Paul RJ, Periasamy M. Loss of SM-B myosin affects muscle shortening velocity and maximal force development. Nat Cell Biol 2001; 3:1025-9. [PMID: 11715025 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1101-1025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We used an exon-specific gene-targeting strategy to generate a mouse model deficient only in the SM-B myosin isoform. Here we show that deletion of exon-5B (specific for SM-B) in the gene for the heavy chain of smooth muscle myosin results in a complete loss of SM-B myosin and switching of splicing to the SM-A isoform, without affecting SM1 and SM2 myosin content. Loss of SM-B myosin does not affect survival or cause any overt smooth muscle pathology. Physiological analysis reveals that absence of SM-B myosin results in a significant decrease in maximal force generation and velocity of shortening in smooth muscle tissues. This is the first in vivo study to demonstrate a functional role for the SM-B myosin isoform. We conclude that the extra seven-residue insert in the surface loop 1 of SM-B myosin is a critical determinant of crossbridge cycling and velocity of shortening.
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- G J Babu
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, 304 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Unlike vertebrate skeletal muscle, smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms are encoded by a single gene. Alternative splicing of the primary transcript from a single gene generates four smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms. These isoforms differ both at the carboxyl terminus (SM1 and SM2 isoforms) and at the amino terminus (SM-A and SM-B isoforms). The smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms are differentially expressed during smooth muscle development and in different smooth muscle cell types. The mechanical properties of smooth muscle may be correlated with the myosin heavy chain content/isoform expression. However, the precise function of each smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoform to muscle contraction remains to be determined. This review mainly focuses on the molecular basis of smooth muscle myosin heavy chain isoform diversity, its expression during development and disease, and its role in muscle physiology.
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- G J Babu
- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
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