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Ginebaugh SP, Badawi Y, Laghaei R, Mersky G, Wallace CJ, Tarr TB, Kaufhold C, Reddel S, Meriney SD. Simulations of active zone structure and function at mammalian NMJs predict that loss of calcium channels alone is not sufficient to replicate LEMS effects. J Neurophysiol 2023; 129:1259-1277. [PMID: 37073966 PMCID: PMC10202491 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00404.2022] [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: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023] Open
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Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune-mediated neuromuscular disease thought to be caused by autoantibodies against P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs), which attack and reduce the number of VGCCs within transmitter release sites (active zones; AZs) at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), resulting in neuromuscular weakness. However, patients with LEMS also have antibodies to other neuronal proteins, and about 15% of patients with LEMS are seronegative for antibodies against VGCCs. We hypothesized that a reduction in the number of P/Q-type VGCCs alone is not sufficient to explain LEMS effects on transmitter release. Here, we used a computational model to study a variety of LEMS-mediated effects on AZ organization and transmitter release constrained by electron microscopic, pharmacological, immunohistochemical, voltage imaging, and electrophysiological observations. We show that models of healthy AZs can be modified to predict the transmitter release and short-term facilitation characteristics of LEMS and that in addition to a decrease in the number of AZ VGCCs, disruption in the organization of AZ proteins, a reduction in AZ number, a reduction in the amount of synaptotagmin, and the compensatory expression of L-type channels outside the remaining AZs are important contributors to LEMS-mediated effects on transmitter release. Furthermore, our models predict that antibody-mediated removal of synaptotagmin in combination with disruption in AZ organization alone could mimic LEMS effects without the removal of VGCCs (a seronegative model). Overall, our results suggest that LEMS pathophysiology may be caused by a collection of pathological alterations to AZs at the NMJ, rather than by a simple loss of VGCCs.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We used a computational model of the active zone (AZ) in the mammalian neuromuscular junction to investigate Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) pathophysiology. This model suggests that disruptions in presynaptic active zone organization and protein content (particularly synaptotagmin), beyond the simple removal of presynaptic calcium channels, play an important role in LEMS pathophysiology.
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- Scott P Ginebaugh
- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Biomedical Application Group, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Biomedical Application Group, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Biomedical Application Group, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Clinical Neurology, Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Fogarty MJ, Khurram OU, Mantilla CB, Sieck GC. Brain derived neurotrophic factor/tropomyosin related kinase B signaling impacts diaphragm neuromuscular transmission in a novel rat chemogenetic model. Front Cell Neurosci 2022; 16:1025463. [PMID: 36385943 PMCID: PMC9650098 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2022.1025463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) mediates neural control of skeletal muscle fibers. Neurotrophic signaling, specifically brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acting through its high-affinity tropomyosin related kinase B (TrkB) receptor is known to improve neuromuscular transmission. BDNF/TrkB signaling also maintains the integrity of antero- and retrograde communication between the motor neuron soma, its distal axons and pre-synaptic terminals and influences neuromuscular transmission. In this study, we employed a novel rat chemogenetic mutation (TrkB F616), in which a 1-naphthylmethyl phosphoprotein phosphatase 1 (1NMPP1) sensitive knock-in allele allowed specific, rapid and sustained inhibition of TrkB kinase activity. In adult female and male TrkB F616 rats, treatment with either 1NMPP1 (TrkB kinase inhibition) or DMSO (vehicle) was administered in drinking water for 14 days. To assess the extent of neuromuscular transmission failure (NMTF), diaphragm muscle isometric force evoked by nerve stimulation at 40 Hz (330 ms duration trains repeated each s) was compared to isometric forces evoked by superimposed direct muscle stimulation (every 15 s). Chronic TrkB kinase inhibition (1NMPP1 group) markedly worsened NMTF compared to vehicle controls. Acute BDNF treatment did not rescue NMTF in the 1NMPP1 group. Chronic TrkB kinase inhibition did not affect the apposition of pre-synaptic terminals (labeled with synaptophysin) and post-synaptic endplates (labeled with α-Bungarotoxin) at diaphragm NMJs. We conclude that inhibition of BDNF/TrkB signaling in TrkB F616 rats disrupts diaphragm neuromuscular transmission in a similar manner to TrkB F616A mice, likely via a pre-synaptic mechanism independent of axonal branch point failure.
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- Matthew J. Fogarty
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
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Qi Z, Wang S, Xuan A, Gu X, Deng J, Huang C, Zhang L, Yin X. MiR-142a-3p: A novel ACh receptor transcriptional regulator in association with peripheral nerve injury. MOLECULAR THERAPY. NUCLEIC ACIDS 2022; 30:325-336. [PMID: 36381585 PMCID: PMC9633872 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Long-term denervation leads to the disintegration of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) located at the endplate structure, which translates to deficits in functional activation despite nerve repair. Because of a lack of effective measures to protect AChR expression, we explored the effect of alterations in muscular miR-142a-3p on nAChR. In this study, we constructed a model of miR-142a-3p knockdown by transfecting a miR-142a-3p inhibitor short hairpin RNA (shRNA) into C2C12 myotubes, and we injected this miR-142a-3p inhibitor shRNA into the tibialis anterior (TA) muscle in uninjured mice and in denervated mice by transecting the sciatic nerve. Our results showed that miR-142a-3p knockdown led to an increased number and area of AChR clusters in myotubes in vitro and larger neuromuscular endplates in adult mice. Furthermore, miR-142a-3p knockdown delayed the disintegration of motor endplates after denervation. Last, upon miR-142a-3p knockdown in uninjured and denervated mice, we observed an increase in the mRNA levels of five AChR subunits as well as mRNAs of genes implicated in AChR transcription and AChR clustering. Together, these results suggest that miR-142a-3p may be a potential target for therapeutic intervention to prevent motor endplate degradation following peripheral nerve injury.
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- Zhidan Qi
- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China,MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Electron Microscopy Analysis Laboratory, Medical and Health Analysis Center, Peking University, Beijing, China,Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China,Pizhou People’s Hospital, Jiangsu, China,Corresponding author Xiaofeng Yin, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Involvement of the Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels L- P/Q- and N-Types in Synapse Elimination During Neuromuscular Junction Development. Mol Neurobiol 2022; 59:4044-4064. [PMID: 35474562 PMCID: PMC9167222 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-02818-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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During the nervous system development, synapses are initially overproduced. In the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) however, competition between several motor nerve terminals and the synapses they made ends with the maturation of only one axon. The competitive signaling between axons is mediated by the differential activity-dependent release of the neurotransmitter ACh, co-transmitters, and neurotrophic factors. A multiple metabotropic receptor-driven downstream balance between PKA and PKC isoforms modulates the phosphorylation of targets involved in transmitter release and nerve terminal stability. Previously, we observed in the weakest endings on the polyinnervated NMJ that M1 mAChR receptors reduce ACh release through the PKC pathway coupled to an excess of Ca2+ inflow through P/Q- N- and L-type voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCC). This signaling would contribute to the elimination of this nerve terminal. Here, we investigate the involvement of the P/Q-, N-, and L-subtype channels in transgenic B6.Cg-Tg (Thy1-YFP)16-Jrs/J mice during synapse elimination. Then, the axon number and postsynaptic receptor cluster morphologic maturation were evaluated. The results show that both L- and P/Q-type VGCC (but not the N-type) are equally involved in synapse elimination. Their normal function favors supernumerary axonal loss by jointly enhancing intracellular calcium [Ca2+]i. The block of these VGCCs or [Ca2+]i i sequestration results in the same delay of axonal loss as the cPKCβI and nPKCε isoform block or PKA activation. The specific block of the muscle cell's contraction with μ-conotoxin GIIIB also delays synapse maturation, and thus, a retrograde influence from the postsynaptic site regulating the presynaptic CaV1.3 may contribute to the synapse elimination.
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Verma S, Khurana S, Vats A, Sahu B, Ganguly NK, Chakraborti P, Gourie-Devi M, Taneja V. Neuromuscular Junction Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Mol Neurobiol 2022; 59:1502-1527. [PMID: 34997540 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02658-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurological disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neurons leading to skeletal muscle denervation. Earlier studies have shown that motor neuron degeneration begins in motor cortex and descends to the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in a dying forward fashion. However, accumulating evidences support that ALS is a distal axonopathy where early pathological changes occur at the NMJ, prior to onset of clinical symptoms and propagates towards the motor neuron cell body supporting "dying back" hypothesis. Despite several evidences, series of events triggering NMJ disassembly in ALS are still obscure. Neuromuscular junction is a specialized tripartite chemical synapse which involves a well-coordinated communication among the presynaptic motor neuron, postsynaptic skeletal muscle, and terminal Schwann cells. This review provides comprehensive insight into the role of NMJ in ALS pathogenesis. We have emphasized the molecular alterations in cellular components of NMJ leading to loss of effective neuromuscular transmission in ALS. Further, we provide a preview into research involved in exploring NMJ as potential target for designing effective therapies for ALS.
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- Sagar Verma
- Department of Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, India.,Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi, India
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- Department of Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, India.,Department of Biomedical Science, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, India
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- Department of Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, India.
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Medina-Moreno A, Henríquez JP. Maturation of a postsynaptic domain: Role of small Rho GTPases in organising nicotinic acetylcholine receptor aggregates at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction. J Anat 2021; 241:1148-1156. [PMID: 34342888 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is the peripheral synapse formed between a motor axon and a skeletal muscle fibre that allows muscle contraction and the coordinated movement in many species. A main hallmark of the mature NMJ is the assembly of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) aggregates in the muscle postsynaptic domain, that distributes in perfect apposition to presynaptic motor terminals. To assemble its unique functional architecture, initial embryonic NMJs undergo an early postnatal maturation process characterised by the transformation of homogenous nAChR-containing plaques to elaborate and branched pretzel-like structures. In spite of a detailed morphological characterisation, the molecular mechanisms controlling the intracellular scaffolding that organises a postsynaptic domain at the mature NMJ have not been fully elucidated. In this review, we integrate evidence of key processes and molecules that have shed light on our current understanding of the NMJ maturation process. On the one hand, we consider in vitro studies revealing the potential role of podosome-like structures to define discrete low nAChR-containing regions to consolidate a plaque-to-pretzel transition at the NMJ. On the other hand, we focus on in vitro and in vivo evidence demonstrating that members of the Ras homologous (Rho) protein family of small GTPases (small Rho GTPases) play indispensable roles on NMJ maturation by regulating the stability of nAChR aggregates. We combine this evidence to propose that small Rho GTPases are key players in the assembly of podosome-like structures that drive the postsynaptic maturation of vertebrate NMJs.
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- Angelymar Medina-Moreno
- Laboratory of Neuromuscular Studies (NeSt Lab), Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Center for Advanced Microscopy (CMA BioBio), Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Neuromuscular Studies (NeSt Lab), Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Center for Advanced Microscopy (CMA BioBio), Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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Calcium in Cell-Extracellular Matrix Interactions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1131:1079-1102. [PMID: 31646546 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12457-1_43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In multicellular organisms, the cells are surrounded by persistent, dynamic extracellular matrix (ECM), the largest calcium reservoir in animals. ECM regulates several aspects of cell behavior including cell migration and adhesion, survival, gene expression and differentiation, thus playing a significant role in health and disease. Calcium is reported to be important in the assembly of ECM, where it binds to many ECM proteins. While serving as a calcium reservoir, ECM macromolecules can directly interact with cell surface receptors resulting in calcium transport across the membrane. This chapter mainly focusses on the role of cell-ECM interactions in cellular calcium regulation and how calcium itself mediates these interactions.
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Ge D, Noakes PG, Lavidis NA. What are Neurotransmitter Release Sites and Do They Interact? Neuroscience 2020; 425:157-168. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Stout KA, Dunn AR, Hoffman C, Miller GW. The Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2: Structure, Function, and Disease Relevance. ACS Chem Neurosci 2019; 10:3927-3938. [PMID: 31394034 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.9b00351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 (SV2) family is comprised of three paralogues: SV2A, SV2B, and SV2C. In vertebrates, SV2s are 12-transmembrane proteins present on every secretory vesicle, including synaptic vesicles, and are critical to neurotransmission. Structural and functional studies suggest that SV2 proteins may play several roles to promote proper vesicular function. Among these roles are their potential to stabilize the transmitter content of vesicles, to maintain and orient the releasable pool of vesicles, and to regulate vesicular calcium sensitivity to ensure efficient, coordinated release of the transmitter. The SV2 family is highly relevant to human health in a number of ways. First, SV2A plays a role in neuronal excitability and as such is the specific target for the antiepileptic drug levetiracetam. SV2 proteins also act as the target by which potent neurotoxins, particularly botulinum, gain access to neurons and exert their toxicity. Both SV2B and SV2C are increasingly implicated in diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Interestingly, despite decades of intensive research, their exact function remains elusive. Thus, SV2 proteins are intriguing in their potentially diverse roles within the presynaptic terminal, and several recent developments have enhanced our understanding and appreciation of the protein family. Here, we review the structure and function of SV2 proteins as well as their relevance to disease and therapeutic development.
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- Kristen A Stout
- Department of Physiology , Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine , Chicago , Illinois , United States
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- The Jackson Laboratory , Bar Harbor , Maine , United States
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- Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health , Emory University , Atlanta , Georgia , United States
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health , Columbia University , New York , New York , United States
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Heikkinen A, Härönen H, Norman O, Pihlajaniemi T. Collagen XIII and Other ECM Components in the Assembly and Disease of the Neuromuscular Junction. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2019; 303:1653-1663. [PMID: 30768864 DOI: 10.1002/ar.24092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Alongside playing structural roles, the extracellular matrix (ECM) acts as an interaction platform for cellular homeostasis, organ development, and maintenance. The necessity of the ECM is highlighted by the diverse, sometimes very serious diseases that stem from defects in its components. The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a large peripheral motor synapse differing from its central counterparts through the ECM included at the synaptic cleft. Such synaptic basal lamina (BL) is specialized to support NMJ establishment, differentiation, maturation, stabilization, and function and diverges in molecular composition from the extrasynaptic ECM. Mutations, toxins, and autoantibodies may compromise NMJ integrity and function, thereby leading to congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs), poisoning, and autoimmune diseases, respectively, and all these conditions may involve synaptic ECM molecules. With neurotransmission degraded or blocked, muscle function is impaired or even prevented. At worst, this can be fatal. The article reviews the synaptic BL composition required for assembly and function of the NMJ molecular machinery through the lens of studies primarily with mouse models but also with human patients. In-depth focus is given to collagen XIII, a postsynaptic-membrane-spanning but also shed ECM protein that in recent years has been revealed to be a significant component for the NMJ. Its deficiency in humans causes CMS, and autoantibodies against it have been recognized in autoimmune myasthenia gravis. Mouse models have exposed numerous details that appear to recapitulate human NMJ phenotypes relatively faithfully and thereby can be readily used to generate information necessary for understanding and ultimately treating human diseases. Anat Rec, 2019. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Anne Heikkinen
- Oulu Center for Cell-Matrix Research, Biocenter Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Oulu Center for Cell-Matrix Research, Biocenter Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Oulu Center for Cell-Matrix Research, Biocenter Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Oulu Center for Cell-Matrix Research, Biocenter Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Proteomic characterization of early lung response to breast cancer metastasis in mice. Exp Mol Pathol 2019; 107:129-140. [PMID: 30763573 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The tumor-promoting rearrangement of the lungs facilitates the process of cancer cell survival in a foreign microenvironment and enables their protection against immune defense. The study aimed to define the fingerprint of the early rearrangement of the lungs via the proteomic profiling of the lung tissue in the experimental model of tumor metastasis in a murine 4T1 mammary adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS The studies were performed on 7-8-week-old BALB/c female mice. Viable 4T1 cancer cells were orthotopically inoculated into the right mammary fat pad. The experiment was performed in the early phase of the tumor metastasis one and two weeks after cancer cell inoculation. The comparative analysis of protein profiles was carried out with the aid of the two-dimensional difference in gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE). Proteins, of which expression differed significantly, were identified using nano-liquid chromatography coupled to a high-resolution mass spectrometry (nanoLC/hybrid ion trap- Orbitrap XL Discovery). RESULTS Palpable primary tumors were noted in the 2nd week after cancer cell inoculation. The investigated period preceded the formation of numerous macrometastases in the lungs, however the metastasis-promoting changes were visible very early. Primary tumor-induced inflammation developed in the lungs as early as after the 1st week and progressed during the 2nd week, accompanied by increased concentration of 2-OH-E+, an oxidative stress marker, and imbalance in nitric oxide metabolites, pointing to endothelium dysfunction. The early proteomic changes in the lungs in the 1st week after 4T1 cell inoculation resulted in the reorganization of lung tissue structure [actin, cytoplasmic 1 (Actb), tubulin beta chain (Tubb5), lamin-B1 (Lmnb1), serine protease inhibitor A3K (Serpina3k)] and activation of defense mechanisms [selenium-binding protein 1 (Selenbp1), endoplasmin (Hsp90b1), stress 70 protein, mitochondrial (Hspa9), heat shock protein HSP 90-beta (Hsp90ab1)], but also modifications in metabolic pathways [glucose-6-phosphate 1-dehydrogenase X (G6pdx), ATP synthase subunit beta, mitochondrial (Atp5b), L-lactate dehydrogenase B chain (Ldhb)]. Further development of the solid tumor after the 2nd week following cancer cell inoculation, secretion of prolific tumor-derived factors as well as the presence of the increasing number of circulating cancer cells and extravasation processes further impose reorganization of the lung tissue [Actb, vimentin (Vim), clathrin light chain A (Clta)], altering additional metabolic pathways [annexin A5 (Anxa5), Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor 2 (Arhgdib), complement 1 Q subcomponent-binding protein, mitochondrial (C1qbp), 14-3-3 protein zeta/delta (Ywhaz), peroxiredoxin-6 (Prdx6), chitinase-like protein 4 (Chi3l4), reticulocalbin-1 (Rcn1), EF-hand domain-containing protein D2 (Efhd2), calumenin (Calu)]. Interestingly, many of differentially expressed proteins were involved in calcium homeostasis (Rcn1, Efhd2, Calu, Actb, Vim, Lmnb1, Clta, Tubb5, Serpina3k, Hsp90b1, Hsp90ab1, Hspa9. G6pdx, Atp5b, Anxa5, Arhgdib, Ywhaz). CONCLUSION The analysis enabled revealing the importance of calcium signaling during the early phase of metastasis development, early cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix reorganization, activation of defense mechanisms and metabolic adaptations. It seems that the tissue response is an interplay between pro- and anti-metastatic mechanisms accompanied by inflammation, oxidative stress and dysfunction of the barrier endothelial cells.
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Causes and consequences of age-related changes at the neuromuscular junction. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2018.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ferrer-Ferrer M, Dityatev A. Shaping Synapses by the Neural Extracellular Matrix. Front Neuroanat 2018; 12:40. [PMID: 29867379 PMCID: PMC5962695 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Accumulating data support the importance of interactions between pre- and postsynaptic neuronal elements with astroglial processes and extracellular matrix (ECM) for formation and plasticity of chemical synapses, and thus validate the concept of a tetrapartite synapse. Here we outline the major mechanisms driving: (i) synaptogenesis by secreted extracellular scaffolding molecules, like thrombospondins (TSPs), neuronal pentraxins (NPs) and cerebellins, which respectively promote presynaptic, postsynaptic differentiation or both; (ii) maturation of synapses via reelin and integrin ligands-mediated signaling; and (iii) regulation of synaptic plasticity by ECM-dependent control of induction and consolidation of new synaptic configurations. Particularly, we focused on potential importance of activity-dependent concerted activation of multiple extracellular proteases, such as ADAMTS4/5/15, MMP9 and neurotrypsin, for permissive and instructive events in synaptic remodeling through localized degradation of perisynaptic ECM and generation of proteolytic fragments as inducers of synaptic plasticity.
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- Maura Ferrer-Ferrer
- Molecular Neuroplasticity German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
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- Molecular Neuroplasticity German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), Magdeburg, Germany.,Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Bucchia M, Merwin SJ, Re DB, Kariya S. Limitations and Challenges in Modeling Diseases Involving Spinal Motor Neuron Degeneration in Vitro. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:61. [PMID: 29559895 PMCID: PMC5845677 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pathogenic conditions involving degeneration of spinal motor neurons (MNs), such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sarcopenia, and spinal cord injury, mostly occur in individuals whose spinal MNs are fully mature. There is currently no effective treatment to prevent death or promote axonal regeneration of the spinal MNs affected in these patients. To increase our understanding and find a cure for such conditions, easily controllable and monitorable cell culture models allow for a better dissection of certain molecular and cellular events that cannot be teased apart in whole organism models. To date, various types of spinal MN cultures have been described. Yet these models are all based on the use of immature neurons or neurons uncharacterized for their degree of maturity after being isolated and cultured. Additionally, studying only MNs cannot give a comprehensive and complete view of the neurodegenerative processes usually involving other cell types. To date, there is no confirmed in vitro model faithfully emulating disease or injury of the mature spinal MNs. In this review, we summarize the different limitations of currently available culture models, and discuss the challenges that have to be overcome for developing more reliable and translational platforms for the in vitro study of spinal MN degeneration.
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- Monica Bucchia
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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Hillen AEJ, Burbach JPH, Hol EM. Cell adhesion and matricellular support by astrocytes of the tripartite synapse. Prog Neurobiol 2018; 165-167:66-86. [PMID: 29444459 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Astrocytes contribute to the formation, function, and plasticity of synapses. Their processes enwrap the neuronal components of the tripartite synapse, and due to this close interaction they are perfectly positioned to modulate neuronal communication. The interaction between astrocytes and synapses is facilitated by cell adhesion molecules and matricellular proteins, which have been implicated in the formation and functioning of tripartite synapses. The importance of such neuron-astrocyte integration at the synapse is underscored by the emerging role of astrocyte dysfunction in synaptic pathologies such as autism and schizophrenia. Here we review astrocyte-expressed cell adhesion molecules and matricellular molecules that play a role in integration of neurons and astrocytes within the tripartite synapse.
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- Anne E J Hillen
- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics/Child Neurology, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands; Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Neuroimmunology, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, An Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Lei Li
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Chand KK, Lee KM, Lee JD, Qiu H, Willis EF, Lavidis NA, Hilliard MA, Noakes PG. Defects in synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction precede motor deficits in a TDP‐43
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transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. FASEB J 2018; 32:2676-2689. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.201700835r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kirat K. Chand
- School of Biomedical Sciences Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences Brisbane Queensland Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences Brisbane Queensland Australia
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Beaufils C, Farlay D, Machuca-Gayet I, Fassier A, Zenker M, Freychet C, Bonnelye E, Bertholet-Thomas A, Ranchin B, Bacchetta J. Skeletal impairment in Pierson syndrome: Is there a role for lamininβ2 in bone physiology? Bone 2018; 106:187-193. [PMID: 29051055 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2017.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Pierson syndrome is caused by a mutation of LAMB2, encoding for laminin β2. Clinical phenotype is variable but usually associates congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS) and ocular abnormalities. Neuromuscular impairment has also been described. METHODS We report on a 15-year old girl, suffering from Pierson Syndrome, who developed severe bone deformations during puberty. This patient initially displayed CNS and microcoria, leading to the clinical diagnosis of Pierson syndrome. Genetic analysis revealed a truncating mutation and a splice site mutation of LAMB2. The patient received a renal transplantation (R-Tx) at the age of 3. After R-Tx, renal evolution was simple, the patient receiving low-dose corticosteroids, tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil. At the age of 12, bone deformations progressively appeared. At the time of bone impairment, renal function was subnormal (glomerular filtration rate using iohexol clearance 50mL/min per 1.73m2), and parameters of calcium/phosphate metabolism were normal (calcium 2.45mmol/L, phosphorus 1.30mmol/L, PTH 81ng/L, ALP 334U/L, 25OH-D 73nmol/L). Radiographs showed major deformations such as scoliosis, genu varum and diffuse epiphyseal abnormalities. A high resolution scanner (HR-pQCT) was performed, demonstrating a bone of "normal low" quantity and quality; major radial and cubital deformations were observed. Stainings of laminin β2 were performed on bone and renal samples from the patient and healthy controls: as expected, laminin β2 was expressed in the control kidney but not in the patient's renal tissue, and a similar pattern was observed in bone. CONCLUSION This is the first case of skeletal impairment ever described in Pierson syndrome. Integrin α3β1, receptor for laminin β2, are found in podocytes and osteoblasts, and the observation of both the presence of laminin β2 staining in healthy bone and its absence in the patient's bone raises the question of a potential role of laminin β2 in bone physiology.
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- Camille Beaufils
- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices, Civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France.
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- INSERM, UMR 1033, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique Pédiatrique, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Magdeburg, Germany
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices, Civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France
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- INSERM, UMR 1033, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices, Civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices, Civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices, Civils de Lyon, 69677 Bron, France; INSERM, UMR 1033, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France; Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique Pédiatrique, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France; Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Magdeburg, Germany; Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Université de Lyon, France, Lyon.
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Lee KM, Chand KK, Hammond LA, Lavidis NA, Noakes PG. Functional decline at the aging neuromuscular junction is associated with altered laminin-α4 expression. Aging (Albany NY) 2017; 9:880-899. [PMID: 28301326 PMCID: PMC5391237 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Laminin-α4 is involved in the alignment of active zones to postjunctional folds at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Prior study has implicated laminin-α4 in NMJ maintenance, with altered NMJ morphology observed in adult laminin-α4 deficient mice (lama4−/−). The present study further investigated the role of laminin-α4 in NMJ maintenance by functional characterization of transmission properties, morphological investigation of synaptic proteins including synaptic laminin-α4, and neuromotor behavioral testing. Results showed maintained perturbed transmission properties at lama4−/− NMJs from adult (3 months) through to aged (18-22 months). Hind-limb grip force demonstrated similar trends as transmission properties, with maintained weaker grip force across age groups in lama4−/−. Interestingly, both transmission properties and hind-limb grip force in aged wild-types resembled those observed in adult lama4−/−. Most significantly, altered expression of laminin-α4 was noted at the wild-type NMJs prior to the observed decline in transmission properties, suggesting that altered laminin-α4 expression precedes the decline of neurotransmission in aging wild-types. These findings significantly support the role of laminin-α4 in maintenance of the NMJ during aging.
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- Kah Meng Lee
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.,University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.,Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Hurtado E, Cilleros V, Nadal L, Simó A, Obis T, Garcia N, Santafé MM, Tomàs M, Halievski K, Jordan CL, Lanuza MA, Tomàs J. Muscle Contraction Regulates BDNF/TrkB Signaling to Modulate Synaptic Function through Presynaptic cPKCα and cPKCβI. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:147. [PMID: 28572757 PMCID: PMC5436293 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acts via tropomyosin-related kinase B receptor (TrkB) to regulate synapse maintenance and function in the neuromuscular system. The potentiation of acetylcholine (ACh) release by BDNF requires TrkB phosphorylation and Protein Kinase C (PKC) activation. BDNF is secreted in an activity-dependent manner but it is not known if pre- and/or postsynaptic activities enhance BDNF expression in vivo at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Here, we investigated whether nerve and muscle cell activities regulate presynaptic conventional PKC (cPKCα and βI) via BDNF/TrkB signaling to modulate synaptic strength at the NMJ. To differentiate the effects of presynaptic activity from that of muscle contraction, we stimulated the phrenic nerve of rat diaphragms (1 Hz, 30 min) with or without contraction (abolished by μ-conotoxin GIIIB). Then, we performed ELISA, Western blotting, qRT-PCR, immunofluorescence and electrophysiological techniques. We found that nerve-induced muscle contraction: (1) increases the levels of mature BDNF protein without affecting pro-BDNF protein or BDNF mRNA levels; (2) downregulates TrkB.T1 without affecting TrkB.FL or p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75) levels; (3) increases presynaptic cPKCα and cPKCβI protein level through TrkB signaling; and (4) enhances phosphorylation of cPKCα and cPKCβI. Furthermore, we demonstrate that cPKCβI, which is exclusively located in the motor nerve terminals, increases activity-induced acetylcholine release. Together, these results show that nerve-induced muscle contraction is a key regulator of BDNF/TrkB signaling pathway, retrogradely activating presynaptic cPKC isoforms (in particular cPKCβI) to modulate synaptic function. These results indicate that a decrease in neuromuscular activity, as occurs in several neuromuscular disorders, could affect the BDNF/TrkB/PKC pathway that links pre- and postsynaptic activity to maintain neuromuscular function.
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- Erica Hurtado
- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Neuroscience Program, Michigan State UniversityMichigan, MI, United States
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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- Unitat d'Histologia i Neurobiologia (UHNEUROB), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i VirgiliReus, Spain
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Ross JA, Webster RG, Lechertier T, Reynolds LE, Turmaine M, Bencze M, Jamshidi Y, Cetin H, Muntoni F, Beeson D, Hodilvala-Dilke K, Conti FJ. Multiple roles of integrin-α3 at the neuromuscular junction. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:1772-1784. [PMID: 28386022 PMCID: PMC5450193 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.201103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is the synapse between motoneurons and skeletal muscle, and is responsible for eliciting muscle contraction. Neurotransmission at synapses depends on the release of synaptic vesicles at sites called active zones (AZs). Various proteins of the extracellular matrix are crucial for NMJ development; however, little is known about the identity and functions of the receptors that mediate their effects. Using genetically modified mice, we find that integrin-α3 (encoded by Itga3), an adhesion receptor at the presynaptic membrane, is involved in the localisation of AZ components and efficient synaptic vesicle release. Integrin-α3 also regulates integrity of the synapse - mutant NMJs present with progressive structural changes and upregulated autophagy, features commonly observed during ageing and in models of neurodegeneration. Unexpectedly, we find instances of nerve terminal detachment from the muscle fibre; to our knowledge, this is the first report of a receptor that is required for the physical anchorage of pre- and postsynaptic elements at the NMJ. These results demonstrate multiple roles of integrin-α3 at the NMJ, and suggest that alterations in its function could underlie defects that occur in neurodegeneration or ageing.
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- Jacob A Ross
- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- Centre for Tumour Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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Chand KK, Lee KM, Lavidis NA, Noakes PG. Loss of laminin‐a4 results in pre‐ and postsynaptic modifications at the neuromuscular junction. FASEB J 2016; 31:1323-1336. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.201600899r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Kirat K. Chand
- School of Biomedical Sciences St. Lucia Queensland Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences St. Lucia Queensland Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences St. Lucia Queensland Australia
- Queensland Brain InstituteThe University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland Australia
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Rogers RS, Nishimune H. The role of laminins in the organization and function of neuromuscular junctions. Matrix Biol 2016; 57-58:86-105. [PMID: 27614294 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Revised: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
The synapse between motor neurons and skeletal muscle is known as the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Proper alignment of presynaptic and post-synaptic structures of motor neurons and muscle fibers, respectively, is essential for efficient motor control of skeletal muscles. The synaptic cleft between these two cells is filled with basal lamina. Laminins are heterotrimer extracellular matrix molecules that are key members of the basal lamina. Laminin α4, α5, and β2 chains specifically localize to NMJs, and these laminin isoforms play a critical role in maintenance of NMJs and organization of synaptic vesicle release sites known as active zones. These individual laminin chains exert their role in organizing NMJs by binding to their receptors including integrins, dystroglycan, and voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs). Disruption of these laminins or the laminin-receptor interaction occurs in neuromuscular diseases including Pierson syndrome and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS). Interventions to maintain proper level of laminins and their receptor interactions may be insightful in treating neuromuscular diseases and aging related degeneration of NMJs.
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- Robert S Rogers
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
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Ticks are important vectors of pathogens and secreted neurotoxins with approximately 69 out of 692 tick species having the ability to induce severe toxicoses in their hosts. The Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) is known to be one of the most virulent tick species producing a flaccid paralysis and fatalities caused by a family of neurotoxins known as holocyclotoxins (HTs). The paralysis mechanism of these toxins is temperature dependent and is thought to involve inhibition of acetylcholine levels at the neuromuscular junction. However, the target and mechanism of this inhibition remain uncharacterised. Here, we report that three members of the holocyclotoxin family; HT-1 (GenBank AY766147), HT-3 (GenBank KP096303) and HT-12 (GenBank KP963967) induce muscle paralysis by inhibiting the dependence of transmitter release on extracellular calcium. Previous study was conducted using extracts from tick salivary glands, while the present study is the first to use pure toxins from I. holocyclus. Our findings provide greater insight into the mechanisms by which these toxins act to induce paralysis.
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Chand KK, Lee KM, Lavidis NA, Rodriguez-Valle M, Ijaz H, Koehbach J, Clark RJ, Lew-Tabor A, Noakes PG. Tick holocyclotoxins trigger host paralysis by presynaptic inhibition. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29446. [PMID: 27389875 PMCID: PMC4937380 DOI: 10.1038/srep29446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Ticks are important vectors of pathogens and secreted neurotoxins with approximately 69 out of 692 tick species having the ability to induce severe toxicoses in their hosts. The Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) is known to be one of the most virulent tick species producing a flaccid paralysis and fatalities caused by a family of neurotoxins known as holocyclotoxins (HTs). The paralysis mechanism of these toxins is temperature dependent and is thought to involve inhibition of acetylcholine levels at the neuromuscular junction. However, the target and mechanism of this inhibition remain uncharacterised. Here, we report that three members of the holocyclotoxin family; HT-1 (GenBank AY766147), HT-3 (GenBank KP096303) and HT-12 (GenBank KP963967) induce muscle paralysis by inhibiting the dependence of transmitter release on extracellular calcium. Previous study was conducted using extracts from tick salivary glands, while the present study is the first to use pure toxins from I. holocyclus. Our findings provide greater insight into the mechanisms by which these toxins act to induce paralysis.
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- Kirat K Chand
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture &Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture &Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia.,Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067, Australia
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Calì T, Lopreiato R, Shimony J, Vineyard M, Frizzarin M, Zanni G, Zanotti G, Brini M, Shinawi M, Carafoli E. A Novel Mutation in Isoform 3 of the Plasma Membrane Ca2+ Pump Impairs Cellular Ca2+ Homeostasis in a Patient with Cerebellar Ataxia and Laminin Subunit 1α Mutations. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:16132-41. [PMID: 25953895 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.656496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The particular importance of Ca(2+) signaling to neurons demands its precise regulation within their cytoplasm. Isoform 3 of the plasma membrane Ca(2+) ATPase (the PMCA3 pump), which is highly expressed in brain and cerebellum, plays an important role in the regulation of neuronal Ca(2+). A genetic defect of the PMCA3 pump has been described in one family with X-linked congenital cerebellar ataxia. Here we describe a novel mutation in the ATP2B3 gene in a patient with global developmental delay, generalized hypotonia and cerebellar ataxia. The mutation (a R482H replacement) impairs the Ca(2+) ejection function of the pump. It reduces the ability of the pump expressed in model cells to control Ca(2+) transients generated by cell stimulation and impairs its Ca(2+) extrusion function under conditions of low resting cytosolic Ca(2+) as well. In silico analysis of the structural effect of the mutation suggests a reduced stabilization of the portion of the pump surrounding the mutated residue in the Ca(2+)-bound state. The patient also carries two missense mutations in LAMA1, encoding laminin subunit 1α. On the basis of the family pedigree of the patient, the presence of both PMCA3 and laminin subunit 1α mutations appears to be necessary for the development of the disease. Considering the observed defect in cellular Ca(2+) homeostasis and the previous finding that PMCAs act as digenic modulators in Ca(2+)-linked pathologies, the PMCA3 dysfunction along with LAMA1 mutations could act synergistically to cause the neurological phenotype.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1093
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- Unit of Molecular Medicine for Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Department of Neurosciences, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), 00165 Rome, Italy, and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1093,
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- Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), 35131 Padova, Italy
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