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Washington-Hughes CL, Roy S, Seneviratne HK, Karuppagounder SS, Morel Y, Jones JW, Zak A, Xiao T, Boronina TN, Cole RN, Bumpus NN, Chang CJ, Dawson TM, Lutsenko S. Atp7b-dependent choroid plexus dysfunction causes transient copper deficit and metabolic changes in the developing mouse brain. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010558. [PMID: 36626371 PMCID: PMC9870141 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Copper (Cu) has a multifaceted role in brain development, function, and metabolism. Two homologous Cu transporters, Atp7a (Menkes disease protein) and Atp7b (Wilson disease protein), maintain Cu homeostasis in the tissue. Atp7a mediates Cu entry into the brain and activates Cu-dependent enzymes, whereas the role of Atp7b is less clear. We show that during postnatal development Atp7b is necessary for normal morphology and function of choroid plexus (ChPl). Inactivation of Atp7b causes reorganization of ChPl' cytoskeleton and cell-cell contacts, loss of Slc31a1 from the apical membrane, and a decrease in the length and number of microvilli and cilia. In ChPl lacking Atp7b, Atp7a is upregulated but remains intracellular, which limits Cu transport into the brain and results in significant Cu deficit, which is reversed only in older animals. Cu deficiency is associated with down-regulation of Atp7a in locus coeruleus and catecholamine imbalance, despite normal expression of dopamine-β-hydroxylase. In addition, there are notable changes in the brain lipidome, which can be attributed to inhibition of diacylglyceride-to-phosphatidylethanolamine conversion. These results identify the new role for Atp7b in developing brain and identify metabolic changes that could be exacerbated by Cu chelation therapy.
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Neurodegeneration and Stem Cell Program, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Chemistry Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Biological Chemistry Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, California
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, California
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- Neurodegeneration and Stem Cell Program, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Sapio MR, Goswami SC, Gross JR, Mannes AJ, Iadarola MJ. Transcriptomic analyses of genes and tissues in inherited sensory neuropathies. Exp Neurol 2016; 283:375-395. [PMID: 27343803 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Inherited sensory neuropathies are caused by mutations in genes affecting either primary afferent neurons, or the Schwann cells that myelinate them. Using RNA-Seq, we analyzed the transcriptome of human and rat DRG and peripheral nerve, which contain sensory neurons and Schwann cells, respectively. We subdivide inherited sensory neuropathies based on expression of the mutated gene in these tissues, as well as in mouse TRPV1 lineage DRG nociceptive neurons, and across 32 human tissues from the Human Protein Atlas. We propose that this comprehensive approach to neuropathy gene expression leads to better understanding of the involved cell types in patients with these disorders. We also characterize the genetic "fingerprint" of both tissues, and present the highly tissue-specific genes in DRG and sciatic nerve that may aid in the development of gene panels to improve diagnostics for genetic neuropathies, and may represent specific drug targets for diseases of these tissues.
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- Matthew R Sapio
- Department of Perioperative Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Scheiber IF, Mercer JF, Dringen R. Metabolism and functions of copper in brain. Prog Neurobiol 2014; 116:33-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hu H, Xiang Q, Liu H, Qu H, Tang X, Xiao X, Zhang Q, Su Z, Huang Y. Expression, purification, and biological activity of the recombinant pramlintide precursor. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:7837-44. [PMID: 24728756 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5699-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pramlintide is an artificially designed protein which has the same function as amylin in human body. This protein is extremely difficult to synthesize through prokaryotic expression method because of its two essential active sites, intrachain disulfide bond and C-terminal amide group. Since α-amidating monooxygenase is widely distributed in human and animal, it is possible to use pramlintide precursor with an additional C-terminal glycine (PAG), which is the potential substrate of α-amidating monooxygenase, for in vivo applications. The recombinant PAG was expressed in Escherichia coli using the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) as the molecular chaperone, and the optimal fusion expression level reached to 36.3% of the total supernatant protein. Under optimal conditions in a 10-L fermentor, the recombinant PAG was obtained with a purity of greater than 95%, and the average expression level was reached to 20 mg/L. The authenticity and the intrachain disulfide bridge of PAG were confirmed by Western blotting and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) as well as N-terminal sequencing of protein. Based on an L6 myoblast cell model in vitro and an animal model of gastric emptying in vivo, the results of activity revealed that PAG showed a lower biological activity in vitro but has almost the same activity as the chemically synthesized pramlintide in vivo.
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- Hao Hu
- National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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Scheiber IF, Dringen R. Astrocyte functions in the copper homeostasis of the brain. Neurochem Int 2012; 62:556-65. [PMID: 22982300 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Revised: 08/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Copper is an essential element that is required for a variety of important cellular functions. Since not only copper deficiency but also excess of copper can seriously affect cellular functions, the cellular copper metabolism is tightly regulated. In brain, astrocytes appear to play a pivotal role in the copper metabolism. With their strategically important localization between capillary endothelial cells and neuronal structures they are ideally positioned to transport copper from the blood-brain barrier to parenchymal brain cells. Accordingly, astrocytes have the capacity to efficiently take up, store and to export copper. Cultured astrocytes appear to be remarkably resistant against copper-induced toxicity. However, copper exposure can lead to profound alterations in the metabolism of these cells. This article will summarize the current knowledge on the copper metabolism of astrocytes, will describe copper-induced alterations in the glucose and glutathione metabolism of astrocytes and will address the potential role of astrocytes in the copper metabolism of the brain in diseases that have been connected with disturbances in brain copper homeostasis.
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- Ivo F Scheiber
- Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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Yin P, Knolhoff AM, Rosenberg HJ, Millet LJ, Gillette MU, Sweedler JV. Peptidomic analyses of mouse astrocytic cell lines and rat primary cultured astrocytes. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:3965-73. [PMID: 22742998 DOI: 10.1021/pr201066t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Astrocytes play an active role in the modulation of synaptic transmission by releasing cell-cell signaling molecules in response to various stimuli that evoke a Ca2+ increase. We expand on recent studies of astrocyte intracellular and secreted proteins by examining the astrocyte peptidome in mouse astrocytic cell lines and rat primary cultured astrocytes, as well as those peptides secreted from mouse astrocytic cell lines in response to Ca2+-dependent stimulations. We identified 57 peptides derived from 24 proteins with LC-MS/MS and CE-MS/MS in the astrocytes. Among the secreted peptides, four peptides derived from elongation factor 1, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, peroxiredoxin-5, and galectin-1 were putatively identified by mass-matching to peptides confirmed to be found in astrocytes. Other peptides in the secretion study were mass-matched to those found in prior peptidomics analyses on mouse brain tissue. Complex peptide profiles were observed after stimulation, suggesting that astrocytes are actively involved in peptide secretion. Twenty-six peptides were observed in multiple stimulation experiments but not in controls and thus appear to be released in a Ca2+-dependent manner. These results can be used in future investigations to better understand stimulus-dependent mechanisms of astrocyte peptide secretion.
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- Ping Yin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Lutsenko S, Barnes NL, Bartee MY, Dmitriev OY. Function and regulation of human copper-transporting ATPases. Physiol Rev 2007; 87:1011-46. [PMID: 17615395 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00004.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 536] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Copper-transporting ATPases (Cu-ATPases) ATP7A and ATP7B are evolutionarily conserved polytopic membrane proteins with essential roles in human physiology. The Cu-ATPases are expressed in most tissues, and their transport activity is crucial for central nervous system development, liver function, connective tissue formation, and many other physiological processes. The loss of ATP7A or ATP7B function is associated with severe metabolic disorders, Menkes disease, and Wilson disease. In cells, the Cu-ATPases maintain intracellular copper concentration by transporting copper from the cytosol across cellular membranes. They also contribute to protein biosynthesis by delivering copper into the lumen of the secretory pathway where metal ion is incorporated into copper-dependent enzymes. The biosynthetic and homeostatic functions of Cu-ATPases are performed in different cell compartments; targeting to these compartments and the functional activity of Cu-ATPase are both regulated by copper. In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding the structure, function, and regulation of these essential transporters. These studies raised many new questions related to specific physiological roles of Cu-ATPases in various tissues and complex mechanisms that control the Cu-ATPase function. This review summarizes current data on the structural organization and functional properties of ATP7A and ATP7B as well as their localization and functions in various tissues, and discusses the current models of regulated trafficking of human Cu-ATPases.
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- Svetlana Lutsenko
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
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Niciu MJ, Ma XM, Meskini RE, Pachter JS, Mains RE, Eipper BA. Altered ATP7A expression and other compensatory responses in a murine model of Menkes disease. Neurobiol Dis 2007; 27:278-91. [PMID: 17588765 PMCID: PMC2040029 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2007.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2007] [Revised: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Mutations in the copper-transporter ATP7A lead to severe neurodegeneration in the mottled brindled hemizygous male (MoBr/y) mouse and human patients with Menkes disease. Our earlier studies demonstrated cell-type- and -stage-specific changes in ATP7A protein expression during postnatal neurodevelopment. Here we examined copper and cuproenzyme levels in MoBr/y mice to search for compensatory responses. While all MoBr/y neocortical subcellular fractions had decreased copper levels, the greatest decrease (8-fold) was observed in cytosol. Immunostaining for ATP7A revealed decreased levels in MoBr/y hippocampal pyramidal and cerebellar Purkinje neurons. In contrast, an upregulation of ATP7A protein occurred in MoBr/y endothelial cells, perhaps to compensate for a lack of copper in the neuropil. MoBr/y astrocytes and microglia increased their physical association with the blood-brain barrier. No alterations in ATP7A levels were observed in ependymal cells, arguing for specificity in the alteration observed at the blood-brain barrier. The decreased expression of ATP7A protein in MoBr/y Purkinje cells was associated with impaired synaptogenesis and dramatic cytoskeletal dysfunction. Immunoblotting failed to reveal any compensatory increase in levels of ATP7B. While total levels of several cuproenzymes (peptide-amidating monooxygenase, SOD1, and SOD3) were unaltered in the MoBr/y brain, levels of amidated cholecystokinin (CCK8) and amidated pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP38) were reduced in a tissue-specific fashion. The compensatory changes observed in the neurovascular unit provide insight into the success of copper injections within a defined neurodevelopmental period.
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- Mark J. Niciu
- University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neuroscience, Academic Research Building (E)-4047, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3401 (U.S.A.)
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- University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neuroscience, Academic Research Building (E)-4047, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3401 (U.S.A.)
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- University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neuroscience, Academic Research Building (E)-4047, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3401 (U.S.A.)
- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, 1006B Preclinical Teaching Building, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 (U.S.A.)
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- University of Connecticut Health Center, Blood-Brain Barrier Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 (U.S.A.)
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- University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neuroscience, Academic Research Building (E)-4047, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3401 (U.S.A.)
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- University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neuroscience, Academic Research Building (E)-4047, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3401 (U.S.A.)
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed: Betty A. Eipper, E-mail: , Tel. #: (860)-679-8898, Fax #: (860)-679-1885
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Niciu MJ, Ma XM, El Meskini R, Ronnett GV, Mains RE, Eipper BA. Developmental changes in the expression of ATP7A during a critical period in postnatal neurodevelopment. Neuroscience 2006; 139:947-64. [PMID: 16549268 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2005] [Revised: 01/16/2006] [Accepted: 01/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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ATP7A is a P-type ATPase that transports copper from cytosol into the secretory pathway for loading onto cuproproteins or efflux. Mutations in Atp7a cause Menkes disease, a copper-deficiency disorder fatal in the postnatal period due to severe neurodegeneration. Early postnatal copper injections are known to diminish degenerative changes in some human patients and mice bearing mutations in Atp7a. In situ hybridization studies previously demonstrated that ATP7A transcripts are expressed widely in the brain. ATP7A-specific antibody was used to study the neurodevelopmental expression and localization of ATP7A protein in the mouse brain. Based on immunoblot analyses, ATP7A expression is most abundant in the early postnatal period, reaching peak levels at P4 in neocortex and cerebellum. In the developing and adult brain, ATP7A levels are greatest in the choroid plexus/ependymal cells of the lateral and third ventricles. ATP7A expression decreases in most neuronal subpopulations from birth to adulthood. In contrast, ATP7A expression increases in CA2 hippocampal pyramidal and cerebellar Purkinje neurons. ATP7A is expressed in a subset of astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes, tanycytes and endothelial cells. ATP7A is largely localized to the trans-Golgi network, adopting the cell-specific and developmentally-regulated morphology of this organelle. The presence of ATP7A in the axons of postnatal, but not adult, optic nerve suggests stage-specific roles for this enzyme. In sum, the precisely-regulated neurodevelopmental expression of ATP7A correlates well with the limited therapeutic window for effective treatment of Menkes disease.
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- M J Niciu
- University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neuroscience, Academic Research Building (E)-4047, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Egertová M, Michael GJ, Cravatt BF, Elphick MR. Fatty acid amide hydrolase in brain ventricular epithelium: mutually exclusive patterns of expression in mouse and rat. J Chem Neuroanat 2004; 28:171-81. [PMID: 15482903 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2004.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2004] [Revised: 07/19/2004] [Accepted: 07/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fatty acid amides and fatty acid ethanolamides are novel signalling molecules exemplified by the sleep-inducing lipid oleamide and the endocannabinoid anandamide, respectively. These substances are inactivated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), an enzyme that is expressed by neurons and non-neuronal cells in the brain. In the rat, FAAH-immunoreactivity has been detected in epithelial cells of the choroid plexus and, in accordance with this finding, here we report FAAH mRNA expression in rat choroid plexus epithelium using in situ hybridisation methods. Surprisingly, a comparative analysis of mouse brain did not reveal FAAH mRNA expression or FAAH-immunoreactivity in the choroid plexus of this species. FAAH-immunoreactivity was, however, detected in non-choroidal ventricular ependymal cells in the mouse brain and the specificity of this immunostaining was confirmed by analysis of FAAH-knockout mice. FAAH-immunoreactivity was detected in ependymal cells throughout the ventricles of the mouse brain but with regional variation in the intensity of immunostaining. Intriguingly, in rat brain, although FAAH expression is observed in choroid plexus epithelial cells, little or no FAAH-immunoreactivity is present in the ventricular ependyma. Thus, there are mutually exclusive patterns of FAAH expression in the ventricular epithelium of rat and mouse brain. Our observations provide the basis for an experimental analysis that exploits differences in FAAH expression in rat and mouse to investigate FAAH function in ventricular epithelial cells and, in particular, the role of FAAH in regulating the sleep-inducing agent oleamide in cerebrospinal fluid.
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- Michaela Egertová
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
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Garmendia O, Rodríguez MP, Burrell MA, Villaro AC. Immunocytochemical finding of the amidating enzymes in mouse pancreatic A-, B-, and D-cells: a comparison with human and rat. J Histochem Cytochem 2002; 50:1401-16. [PMID: 12364573 DOI: 10.1177/002215540205001013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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alpha-Amidation is catalyzed by two enzymatic activities, peptidyl-glycine alpha-hydroxylating mono-oxygenase (PHM) and peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lyase (PAL), denoted collectively as peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidating mono-oxygenase (PAM), which also may include transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains. PAM is present in mammalian pancreas, where it appears to be abundant in the perinatal period. Nevertheless, there is no agreement on the cell type(s) that produces PAM or even on its presence in adults. In the present study we found PAM (PHM and cytoplasmic domain) immunoreactivity (IR) in A-, B-, and D-cells of adult mouse pancreas. In contrast to previous reports, PAM IR was found in B-cells of human and rat. Most of the B/D-cells were PAM immunoreactive, although with variable intensity, whereas less than half of A-cells displayed IR. Immunocytochemistry and Western blotting suggested the existence of different PAM molecules. Differences in the cellular distribution of IR for PAM domains were also observed. Whereas PHM-IR was extended throughout the cytoplasm in the three cell types, presumably in the secretory granules, IR for the cytoplasmic domain in A/D-cells was restricted to a juxtanuclear region, perhaps indicating its cleavage in Golgi areas. Although glucagon, insulin, and somatostatin are non-amidated, amidated peptides (glucagon-like peptide 1, adrenomedullin, proadrenomedullin N-terminal 20 peptide) were found in the three cell types.
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- Oihana Garmendia
- Department of Cytology and Histology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
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Ouafik L, Sauze S, Boudouresque F, Chinot O, Delfino C, Fina F, Vuaroqueaux V, Dussert C, Palmari J, Dufour H, Grisoli F, Casellas P, Brünner N, Martin PM. Neutralization of adrenomedullin inhibits the growth of human glioblastoma cell lines in vitro and suppresses tumor xenograft growth in vivo. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2002; 160:1279-92. [PMID: 11943713 PMCID: PMC1867212 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)62555-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Presently, there is no effective treatment for glioblastoma, the most malignant and common brain tumor. Growth factors are potential targets for therapeutic strategies because they are essential for tumor growth and progression. Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase is the enzyme producing alpha-amidated bioactive peptides from their inactive glycine-extended precursors. The high expression of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase mRNA in glioblastoma and glioma cell lines points to the involvement of alpha-amidated peptides in tumorigenic growth processes in the brain. After screening of amidated peptides, it was found that human glioblastoma cell lines express high levels of adrenomedullin (AM) mRNA, and that immunoreactive AM is released into the culture medium. AM is a multifunctional regulatory peptide with mitogenic and angiogenic capabilities among others. Real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that AM mRNA was correlated to the tumor type and grade, with high expression in all glioblastomas analyzed, whereas a low expression was found in anaplastic astrocytomas and barely detectable levels in low-grade astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas. In the present study we also demonstrate the presence of mRNA encoding the putative AM receptors, calcitonin receptor-like receptor/receptor activity-modifying protein-2 and -3 (CRLR/RAMP2; CRLR/RAMP3) in both glioma tissues and glioblastoma cell lines and further show that exogenously added AM can stimulate the growth of these glioblastoma cells in vitro. These findings suggest that AM may function as an autocrine growth factor for glioblastoma cells. One way to test the autocrine hypothesis is to interrupt the function of the endogenously produced AM. Herein, we demonstrate that a polyclonal antibody specific to AM, blocks the binding of the hormone to its cellular receptors and decreases by 33% (P < 0.001) the growth of U87 glioblastoma cells in vitro. Intratumoral administration of the anti-AM antibody resulted in a 70% (P < 0.001) reduction in subcutaneous U87 xenograft weight 21 days after treatment. Furthermore, the density of vessels was decreased in the antibody-treated tumors. These findings support that AM may function as a potent autocrine/paracrine growth factor for human glioblastomas and demonstrate that inhibition of the action of AM (produced by tumor cells) may suppress tumor growth in vivo.
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- L’Houcine Ouafik
- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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- From the Laboratoires de CancérologieExpérimentale* and Transfert d’OncologieBiologique,† Faculté de MédecineSecteur Nord, IFR Jean Roche, Marseille, France; the Service deNeurochirurgie,‡ CHU Timone, Chemin del’Armée d’Afrique, Marseille, France; the Sanofi-SynthelaboDépartement Immunologie-Oncologie,§ Montpellier,France; and the Finsen Laboratory,¶ Copenhagen, Denmark
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DeBlassio JL, deLong MA, Glufke U, Kulathila R, Merkler KA, Vederas JC, Merkler DJ. Amidation of salicyluric acid and gentisuric acid: a possible role for peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase in the metabolism of aspirin. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 383:46-55. [PMID: 11097175 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Bifunctional peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) catalyzes the copper-, ascorbate-, and O2-dependent cleavage of C-terminal glycine-extended peptides, N-acylglycines, and the bile acid glycine conjugates to the corresponding amides and glyoxylate. Two known metabolites of aspirin, salicyluric acid and gentisuric acid, are also substrates for PAM, leading to the formation of salicylamide and gentisamide. The time course for O2 consumption and glyoxylate production indicates that salicylurate amidation is a two-step reaction. Salicylurate is first converted to N-salicyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine, which is ultimately dealkylated to salicylamide and glyoxylate. The enzymatically generated salicylamide and N-salicyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine were characterized by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional 1H-13C heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence NMR.
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- J L DeBlassio
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA
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Gleichmann M, Gillen C, Czardybon M, Bosse F, Greiner-Petter R, Auer J, Müller HW. Cloning and characterization of SDF-1gamma, a novel SDF-1 chemokine transcript with developmentally regulated expression in the nervous system. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:1857-66. [PMID: 10886327 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The cytokines SDF-1alpha and -1beta are two alternatively spliced variants of the CXC (alpha) chemokines that are highly conserved among species. SDF-1alpha was shown to function as a B-cell maturation factor, a ligand for the CXCR4 (LESTR/fusin) chemokine receptor, thereby inhibiting replication of T cell-tropic HIV-1 strains and inducing cell death in human neuronal cell lines. In this report the cloning of the rat SDF-1beta cDNA and a new SDF-1 isoform, SDF-1gamma, are presented. Using Northern blot analysis, the expression pattern of both isoforms was studied in different tissues and it is shown that during postnatal development of the central and peripheral nervous system SDF-1beta- and SDF-1gamma-mRNA expression is inversely regulated. Whilst SDF-1beta-mRNA is the predominant isoform in embryonic and early postnatal nerve tissue, SDF-1gamma-mRNA is expressed at higher levels in adulthood. After peripheral nerve lesion a transient increase in SDF-1beta-mRNA expression is observed. As revealed by in situ hybridization, neurons and Schwann cells are the main cellular sources of both SDF-1beta and SDF-1gamma mRNAs in the nervous system. Computer-assisted analysis revealed that both transcripts encode secreted peptides with putative proteolytic cleavage sites which might generate novel neuropeptides.
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- M Gleichmann
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, andBiomedical Research Center, University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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King L, Barnes S, Glufke U, Henz ME, Kirk M, Merkler KA, Vederas JC, Wilcox BJ, Merkler DJ. The enzymatic formation of novel bile acid primary amides. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 374:107-17. [PMID: 10666288 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1999.1611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Bifunctional peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) catalyzes the copper-, ascorbate-, and O(2)-dependent cleavage of C-terminal glycine-extended peptides and N-acylglycines to the corresponding amides and glyoxylate. The alpha-amidated peptides and the long-chain acylamides are hormones in humans and other mammals. Bile acid glycine conjugates are also substrates for PAM leading to the formation of bile acid amides. The (V(MAX)/K(m))(app) values for the bile acid glycine conjugates are comparable to other known PAM substrates. The highest (V(MAX)/K(m))(app) value, 3.1 +/- 0.12 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1) for 3-sulfolithocholylglycine, is 6.7-fold higher than that for d-Tyr-Val-Gly, a representative peptide substrate. The time course for O(2) consumption and glyoxylate production indicates that bile acid glycine conjugate amidation is a two-step reaction. The bile acid glycine conjugate is first converted to an N-bile acyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine intermediate which is ultimately dealkylated to the bile acid amide and glyoxylate. The enzymatically produced bile acid amides and the carbinolamide intermediates were characterized by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional (1)H-(13)C heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence NMR.
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- L King
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA
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Guembe L, Villaro AC, Treston AM. Immunocytochemical mapping of the amidating enzyme PAM in the developing and adult mouse lung. J Histochem Cytochem 1999; 47:623-36. [PMID: 10219055 DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The enzyme PAM is required for activation of many peptide hormones. In adult mouse lung, immunostaining for PAM was located in Clara cells, which constitute most of the epithelial cells of the mouse bronchial/bronchiolar tree. Immunoreactivity appeared for the first time in the epithelium on gestational Day 16, being slight and mostly restricted to the apical cytoplasm. As the lung developed, the labeling became gradually stronger and extended throughout the cell. Smooth muscle of airways and blood vessels, and some parenchymal cells, probably macrophages, also showed PAM immunoreactivity. Of the two enzymatically active domains of PAM, only PHM and not PAL immunoreactivity was found at all stages studied. The early appearance of PAM in developing mouse lung, as well as its presence in a variety of tissues, probably indicates a complex role of this enzyme in pulmonary development and function.
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- L Guembe
- Department of Cytology and Histology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Spijker S, Smit AB, Eipper BA, Malik A, Mains RE, Geraerts WP. A molluscan peptide alpha-amidating enzyme precursor that generates five distinct enzymes. FASEB J 1999; 13:735-48. [PMID: 10094934 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.6.735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mechanisms underlying the specificity and efficiency of enzymes, which modify peptide messengers, especially with the variable requirements of synthesis in the neuronal secretory pathway, are poorly understood. Here, we examine the process of peptide alpha-amidation in individually identifiable Lymnaea neurons that synthesize multiple proproteins, yielding complex mixtures of structurally diverse peptide substrates. The alpha-amidation of these peptide substrates is efficiently controlled by a multifunctional Lymnaea peptidyl glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (LPAM), which contains four different copies of the rate-limiting Lymnaea peptidyl glycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase (LPHM) and a single Lymnaea peptidyl alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lyase. Endogenously, this zymogen is converted to yield a mixture of monofunctional isoenzymes. In vitro, each LPHM displays a unique combination of substrate affinity and reaction velocity, depending on the penultimate residue of the substrate. This suggests that the different isoenzymes are generated in order to efficiently amidate the many peptide substrates that are present in molluscan neurons. The cellular expression of the LPAM gene is restricted to neurons that synthesize amidated peptides, which underscores the critical importance of regulation of peptide alpha-amidation.
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- S Spijker
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Research Institute Neurosciences Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Srivastava M, Pollard HB, Fleming PJ. Mouse cytochrome b561: cDNA cloning and expression in rat brain, mouse embryos, and human glioma cell lines. DNA Cell Biol 1998; 17:771-7. [PMID: 9778036 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1998.17.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A cDNA encoding cytochrome b561 has been isolated from a mouse brain cDNA library, which predicts a protein of 250 amino acids with a deduced Mr of 27,770. Northern blot analysis of different mouse and rat tissues revealed one major mRNA of 3300 bp, which is abundantly distributed in a number of neuroendocrine tissues. In addition, cytochrome mRNA levels in rat brain sections showed the highest distribution of cytochrome b561 in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, thalamus, and striatum, with a moderate level in the cerebral cortex, and the lowest levels in the olfactory bulb and cerebellum. Because non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system contained peptidyl alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM), to which cytochrome b561 donates its electrons, we used RT-PCR to document the coexpression of cytochrome b561 with PAM and dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) in glioblastoma cells. Cytochrome b561 expression was detectable in the 11-day-old mouse embryo, and the level of its mRNA increased tenfold by 15 and 17 days of gestation.
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- M Srivastava
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Scopsi L, Lee R, Gullo M, Collini P, Husten EJ, Eipper BA. Peptidylglycine ??-Amidating Monooxygenase in Neuroendocrine Tumors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199809000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In vertebrates, the two-step peptide alpha-amidation reaction is catalyzed sequentially by two enzymatic activities contained within one bifunctional enzyme called PAM (peptidylglycine alpha-amidating mono-oxygenase). Drosophila head extracts contained both of these PAM-related enzyme activities: a mono-oxygenase (PHM) and a lyase (PAL). However, no bifunctional PAM protein was detected. We identified cDNAs encoding an active mono-oxygenase that is highly homologous to mammalian PHM. PHM-like immunoreactivity was found within diverse larval tissues, including the CNS, endocrine glands, and gut epithelium. Northern and Western blot analyses demonstrate RNA and protein species corresponding to the cloned PHM, but not to a bifunctional PAM, leading us to predict the existence of separate PHM and PAL genes in Drosophila. The Drosophila PHM gene displays an organization of exons that is highly similar to the PHM-encoding portion of the rat PAM gene. Genetic analysis was consistent with the prediction of separate PHM and PAL gene functions in Drosophila: a P element insertion line containing a transposon within the PHM transcription unit displayed strikingly lower PHM enzyme levels, whereas PAL levels were increased slightly. The lethal phenotype displayed by the dPHM P element insertion indicates a widespread essential function. Reversion analysis indicated that the lethality associated with the insertion chromosome likely is attributable to the P element insertion. These combined data indicate a fundamental evolutionary divergence in the genes coding for critical neurotransmitter biosynthetic enzymes: in Drosophila, the two enzyme activities of PAM are encoded by separate genes.
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McDonald JK, Klein K, Noe BD. Distribution of peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase immunoreactivity in the brain, pituitary and islet organ of the anglerfish (Lophius americanus). Cell Tissue Res 1995; 280:159-70. [PMID: 7750130 DOI: 10.1007/bf00304521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM; EC 1.14.17.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes conversion of glycine-extended peptides to alpha-amidated bioactive peptides. Two peptides that are processed at their carboxyl-termini by this enzyme are neuropeptide Y and anglerfish peptide Y, both of which possess a C-terminal glycine that is used as a substrate for amidation. Results from previous reports have demonstrated that neuropeptide Y-like and anglerfish peptide Y-like immunoreactivities are present in the brain of anglerfish (Lophius americanus). Furthermore, neuropeptide Y-like peptides, namely anglerfish peptide Y and anglerfish peptide YG (the homologues of pancreatic polypeptide) are present in the islet organ of this species. Neuropeptide Y has also been localized in the anterior, intermediate and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland in a variety of species. In order to learn more about the distribution of the enzyme responsible for alpha amidation of these peptides in the brain and pituitary and to specifically investigate the relationship of this enzyme to peptide synthesizing endocrine cells of the anglerfish islet, we performed an immunohistochemical study using several antisera generated against different peptide sequences of the enzyme. PAM antisera labeled cells in the islet organ, pituitary and brain, and fibers in the brain and pituitary gland. The PAM staining pattern in the brain was remarkably similar to the distribution of neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity reported previously. Clusters of cells adjacent to vessels in the anterior pituitary displayed punctate PAM immunoreactivity while varicose fibers were observed in the pituitary stalk and neurohypophysis. Endocrine cells of the islet organ were differentially labeled with different PAM antisera. Comparison of the staining patterns of insulin, glucagon, and anglerfish peptide Y in the islet organ to PAM immunoreactivity suggests a distribution of forms of PAM enzyme in insulin and anglerfish peptide Y-containing cells, but no overlap with glucagon-producing cells. The results also indicate that PAM immunoreactivity is widely distributed in the brain, pituitary and islet organ of anglerfish in cells, that contain peptides that require presence of a C-terminal glycine for amidation.
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- J K McDonald
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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Alternative splicing governs sulfation of tyrosine or oligosaccharide on peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)34149-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Gee P, Rhodes CH, Fricker LD, Angeletti RH. Expression of neuropeptide processing enzymes and neurosecretory proteins in ependyma and choroid plexus epithelium. Brain Res 1993; 617:238-48. [PMID: 8402152 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)91091-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Recent studies suggest that brain ependyma and choroid plexus produce neuropeptide processing enzymes. To facilitate the understanding of these cells and their ability to produce biologically active peptides, we developed cultures of defined cell type. Ependymal cells were characterized by morphological criteria, and choroid plexus epithelial cell lines were characterized by the presence of the mRNA for IGF-II and transthyretin, a thyroxine binding protein produced in liver and choroid plexus. The ependymal cells and the choroid plexus epithelial cell lines were then examined for the presence of mRNAs for various neuropeptide processing enzymes. Northern blot analysis revealed high levels of furin, carboxypeptidase E, and peptidyl glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase mRNAs, with levels in ependymal cells comparable to those in brain or pituitary. Carboxypeptidase E activity was detected in medium from cultured ependymal cells; this activity was identified as carboxypeptidase E based on the acidic pH optimum and sensitivity to various inhibitors. The mRNAs for other neuropeptide processing enzymes, such as prohormone convertases 1 and 2, were not detected on Northern blots of RNA from ependyma or choroid plexus epithelium. Since ependyma and choroid plexus epithelium express a subset of processing enzymes, we suggest that these cells have the capacity to produce biologically active peptides. Initial screening by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays has demonstrated the presence of mRNA for the neurosecretory proteins chromogranin B and secretogranin II in both ependyma and choroid plexus epithelium.
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- P Gee
- Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Rhodes CH, Honsinger C. Structure-activity relationships among inhibitors of peptidylglycine amidating monooxygenase. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1993; 689:663-6. [PMID: 8373072 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb55622.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- C H Rhodes
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756
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Eipper BA, Milgram SL, Husten EJ, Yun HY, Mains RE. Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase: a multifunctional protein with catalytic, processing, and routing domains. Protein Sci 1993; 2:489-97. [PMID: 8518727 PMCID: PMC2142366 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560020401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Peptide alpha-amidation is a widespread, often essential posttranslational modification shared by many bioactive peptides and accomplished by the products of a single gene encoding a multifunctional protein, peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM). PAM has two catalytic domains that work sequentially to produce the final alpha-amidated product peptide. Tissue-specific alternative splicing can generate forms of PAM retaining or lacking a domain required for the posttranslational separation of the two catalytic activities by endoproteases found in neuroendocrine tissue. Tissue-specific alternative splicing also governs the presence of a transmembrane domain and generation of integral membrane or soluble forms of PAM. The COOH-terminal domain of the integral membrane PAM proteins contains routing information essential for the retrieval of PAM from the surface of endocrine and nonendocrine cells. Tissue-specific endoproteolytic processing can generate soluble PAM proteins from integral membrane precursors. Soluble PAM proteins are rapidly secreted from stably transfected nonneuroendocrine cells but are stored in the regulated secretory granules characteristic of neurons and endocrine cells.
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- B A Eipper
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Mahata SK, Mahata M, Fischer-Colbrie R, Winkler H. In situ hybridization: mRNA levels of secretogranin II, VGF and peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase in brain of salt-loaded rats. HISTOCHEMISTRY 1993; 99:287-93. [PMID: 8500992 DOI: 10.1007/bf00269101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The mRNA levels of secretogranin II (SgII), VGF and peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) were studied in brains of salt loaded rats by in situ hybridization. In these rats the levels of the message for secretogranin II and VGF were increased in the paraventricular, supraoptic and retrochiasmatic nuclei and in the subfornical organ. The increases ranged from 416 to 721% for SgII and from 778 to 890% for VGF. The PAM message was also elevated in these brain regions; however, the maximal increase was only 221%. We conclude that the message for all secretory peptides investigated so far, i.e. vasopressin, galanin, secretogranin II and VGF are upregulated to a similar degree in the hypothalamus of salt-located rats. The relative increase in mRNA for the enzyme peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase occurred to a much lower extent, and was comparable to the limited changes previously seen for carboxypeptidase H.
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- S K Mahata
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Oyarce AM, Eipper BA. Neurosecretory vesicles contain soluble and membrane-associated monofunctional and bifunctional peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase proteins. J Neurochem 1993; 60:1105-14. [PMID: 8436961 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb03261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) catalyzes the COOH-terminal amidation of neuropeptides in a reaction requiring the sequential action of two enzymes contained within this bifunctional protein. The CNS contains primarily transcripts encoding rPAM-1 and rPAM-2, integral membrane proteins differing by the presence or absence of a noncatalytic domain separating the two enzymes. Subcellular fractionation of adult rat hypothalamus and hippocampus demonstrated the localization of both enzymatic activities to fractions enriched in neurosecretory vesicles. Upon separation of the soluble contents from the membranes of neurosecretory vesicles, 30-40% of both enzymatic activities was recovered in the soluble fraction. Over 40% of both enzymatic activities remained membrane-associated following removal of peripheral membrane proteins. Antisera specific to different regions of PAM were used to identify intact rPAM-1 and rPAM-2, a monofunctional integral membrane peptidyl-alpha-hydroxy-glycine alpha-amidating lyase protein generated from rPAM-1, and a noncatalytic COOH-terminal fragment as the major PAM proteins in carbonate-washed membranes. Endoproteolytic processing generated large amounts of soluble, monofunctional forms of both enzymes from rPAM-1 and smaller amounts of a soluble, bifunctional PAM protein from rPAM-2. A significant amount of both monofunctional enzymes lacking the transmembrane domain was tightly associated with membranes. Whereas soluble mono- and bifunctional enzymes may be released upon exocytosis of neurosecretory vesicles, membrane-associated PAM proteins may remain on the cell surface or be internalized.
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- A M Oyarce
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Klein RS, Fricker LD. Cultured astrocytes express mRNA for peptidylglycine-alpha-amidating monooxygenase, a neuropeptide processing enzyme. Brain Res 1992; 596:202-8. [PMID: 1467983 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91548-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cultured astrocytes have been previously found to express several neuropeptides, as well as the neuropeptide processing enzyme carboxypeptidase E (CPE). To investigate whether cultured astrocytes contain additional peptide-processing enzymes, Northern blots were screened for peptidylglycine-alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) mRNA. PAM is involved with the formation of amide groups on the C-terminus of numerous peptide hormones and neurotransmitters. Primary cultures of astrocytes contain moderate levels of PAM mRNA, as determined by Northern blot analysis. The level of PAM mRNA in cultured hypothalamic astrocytes is similar to the level expressed in cultured hypothalamic neurons. The relative abundance of PAM mRNA differs up to 6-fold between astrocytes cultured from various brain regions. Astrocytes cultured from hypothalamus have high levels of PAM mRNA, those cultured from striatum, frontal cortex, and hippocampus have moderate levels, and those cultured from cerebellum have low levels. To investigate whether all cultured astrocytes express PAM mRNA, in situ hybridization analysis of cultured astrocytes was performed. Interestingly, virtually all of the astrocytes cultured from either hypothalamus or cerebellum express PAM mRNA, in contrast to a previous finding that only 20-40% of similarly cultured astrocytes express CPE. The presence of PAM mRNA in cultured astrocytes suggests that these cells have the capacity to produce amidated neuropeptides.
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- R S Klein
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Klein RS, Das B, Fricker LD. Secretion of carboxypeptidase E from cultured astrocytes and from AtT-20 cells, a neuroendocrine cell line: implications for neuropeptide biosynthesis. J Neurochem 1992; 58:2011-8. [PMID: 1573389 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1992.tb10941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cultured astrocytes have recently been shown to produce certain neuropeptides, as well as neuropeptide processing enzymes. To characterize the secretory pathway in cultured astrocytes, we used the neuropeptide processing enzyme carboxypeptidase E (CPE) as a marker for neuropeptide secretion. Cultured astrocytes and AtT-20 cells, a mouse pituitary-derived neuroendocrine cell line, were labeled with [35S]Met for 15 min and then chased with unlabeled Met. CPE was isolated from either medium or cell extracts using a substrate affinity column. The time course of secretion of radiolabeled CPE was significantly different for cultured astrocytes as compared with AtT-20 cells. CPE was rapidly secreted from the astrocytes after a 30-min lag time, presumably reflecting transport through the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, followed by constitutive secretion. The secretion of radiolabeled CPE was essentially complete by 2 h. In contrast, only a portion of the radiolabeled CPE was secreted from AtT-20 cells over a 2-3-h period, indicating that the majority of newly synthesized CPE is stored, presumably in secretory granules within the AtT-20 cells. The regulation of CPE secretion from astrocytes was also examined. CPE secretion is stimulated two- to threefold by prolonged treatment (3-48 h) with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) but not by treatment with other secretagogues that stimulate CPE secretion from AtT-20 cells (forskolin, isoproterenol, A23187, and vasoactive intestinal peptide) or short (less than 3 h) exposure to TPA. Taken together, these results indicate that the secretory pathway for CPE, and presumably neuropeptides, is substantially different in astrocytes than the secretory pathway for CPE in neuroendocrine cells.
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- R S Klein
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Takamatsu K, Tatemoto K. Isolation and characterization of two novel peptide amides originating from myelin basic protein in bovine brain. Neurochem Res 1992; 17:239-46. [PMID: 1377792 DOI: 10.1007/bf00966665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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During a systematic search for peptides that possess the C-terminal amide structure, two novel peptide amides, one with a tyrosine amide and the other with an alanine amide were isolated from bovine brain by acid extraction and sequential steps of reversed phase HPLC. Microsequence, amino acid and mass spectral analyses revealed the structures: Ac-Ala-Ala-Gln-Lys-Arg-Pro-Ser-Gln-Arg-Ser-Lys-Tyr-amide and Ac-Ala-Ala-Gln-Lys-Arg-Pro-Ser-Gln-Arg-Ser-Lys-Tyr-Leu-Ala-Ser-Ala-amide . These 12 and 16 residues peptides had the primary structure identical to the N-terminal fragment of myelin basic protein (MBP). The peptides were therefore designated myelin peptide amide-12 (MPA-12) and -16 (MPA-16). Unlike other amidated peptides, MPA might be generated from MBP by hydroxyl radicals produced via a Fenton reaction in situ. However, this unique amidation seems to occur exclusively to MBP in a site specific manner in the brain.
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- K Takamatsu
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305
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Rhodes CH, Angeletti RH, McMorris FA. Peptidylglycine amidating monooxygenase (PAM), an enzyme required for neuropeptide biosynthesis, is present in Schwann cells and some glia. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1991; 633:623-5. [PMID: 1789595 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb15682.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- C H Rhodes
- Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756
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