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Taatjes DJ, Roth J. In focus in HCB. Histochem Cell Biol 2023; 159:115-118. [PMID: 36740634 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-023-02179-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Douglas J Taatjes
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA.
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- University of Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
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Phosphoserine-86-HSPB1 (pS86-HSPB1) is cytoplasmic and highly induced in rat myometrium at labour. Histochem Cell Biol 2023; 159:149-162. [PMID: 36260112 PMCID: PMC9922239 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-022-02158-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Uterine myocytes during pregnancy proceed through a series of adaptations and collectively transform into a powerfully contractile tissue by term. Previous work has indicated that members of the heat shock protein (HSP) B family of stress proteins are associated with the process of adaptation and transformation. Utilizing immunoblot analyses, widefield epifluorescence and total internal reflection (TIRF) microscopy, this study investigated the temporal and spatial detection of HSPB1 phosphorylated on serine-86 (pS86-HSPB1) in rat myometrium during pregnancy, the role of uterine distension in regulation of pS86-HSPB1, and the comparative localization with pS15-HSPB1 in rat myometrial tissue as well as in an immortalized human myometrial cell line. Immunoblot detection of pS86-HSPB1 was significantly elevated during late pregnancy and labour. In particular, pS86-HSPB1 was significantly increased at day (d)22 and d23 (labour) compared with all other timepoints assessed. Localization of pS86-HSPB1 in myometrium became prominent at d22 and d23 with cytoplasmic detection around myometrial cell nuclei. Furthermore, pS86-HSPB1 detection was found to be significantly elevated in the gravid rat uterine myometrium compared with the non-gravid tissue at d19 and d23. Both widefield epifluorescence and TIRF microscopy examination of human myometrial cells demonstrated that pS15-HSPB1 was prominently localized to focal adhesions, while pS82-HSPB1 (homologous to rodent pS86-HSPB1) was primarily located in the cell cytoplasm. Our data demonstrate that levels of phosphorylated HSPB1 increase just prior to and during labour, and that uterine distension is a stress-inducing signal for HSPB1 phosphorylation. The exact roles of these phosphorylated forms in myometrial cells remain to be determined.
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Sun D, Lu S, Gan X, Lash GE. Is there a place for Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the treatment of recurrent pregnancy loss? J Reprod Immunol 2022; 152:103636. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2022.103636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Integrated bioinformatics analysis reveals novel key biomarkers and potential candidate small molecule drugs in gestational diabetes mellitus. Biosci Rep 2021; 41:228450. [PMID: 33890634 PMCID: PMC8145272 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20210617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the metabolic disorder that appears during pregnancy. The current investigation aimed to identify central differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in GDM. The transcription profiling by array data (E-MTAB-6418) was obtained from the ArrayExpress database. The DEGs between GDM samples and non-GDM samples were analyzed. Functional enrichment analysis were performed using ToppGene. Then we constructed the protein–protein interaction (PPI) network of DEGs by the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes database (STRING) and module analysis was performed. Subsequently, we constructed the miRNA–hub gene network and TF–hub gene regulatory network. The validation of hub genes was performed through receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). Finally, the candidate small molecules as potential drugs to treat GDM were predicted by using molecular docking. Through transcription profiling by array data, a total of 869 DEGs were detected including 439 up-regulated and 430 down-regulated genes. Functional enrichment analysis showed these DEGs were mainly enriched in reproduction, cell adhesion, cell surface interactions at the vascular wall and extracellular matrix organization. Ten genes, HSP90AA1, EGFR, RPS13, RBX1, PAK1, FYN, ABL1, SMAD3, STAT3 and PRKCA were associated with GDM, according to ROC analysis. Finally, the most significant small molecules were predicted based on molecular docking. This investigation identified hub genes, signal pathways and therapeutic agents, which might help us, enhance our understanding of the mechanisms of GDM and find some novel therapeutic agents for GDM.
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Zeng L, Yang K, Liu L, Zhang T, Liu H, Tan Z, Lei L. Systematic biological and proteomics strategies to explore the regulation mechanism of Shoutai Wan on recurrent spontaneous Abortion's biological network. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2020; 263:113156. [PMID: 32763414 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Shoutai Wan (STW) is a classic herbal formula for the treatment of recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA), and clinical studies have shown the effectiveness of STW on RSA. However, the molecular mechanism of STW treatment of RSA is still unclear. METHODS (1) Animal experiments: The normal pregnancy model was established with CBA/J*BALB/C, and the RSA model was established by CBA/J*DBA/2. The RSA model CBA/J*DBA/2 pregnant mice were randomly divided into four groups (RSA model group, STW low, medium and high dose groups) according to the order of pregnancy, respectively. The drug administration starts from the first day of pregnancy to the 14th day of pregnancy. The embryo loss rate (ELR) of each group was calculated. (2) Proteomic analysis of decidual tissue: The total protein of decidual tissue of each group was isolated by solid phase pH gradient 2-DE technique. The differentially expressed protein spots were analyzed and identified by PDQuest images; the peptide quality fingerprinting (PMF) was obtained by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Then, the proteins were identified by Mascot software searching, their functions were identified by bioinformatics strategy. (3) The expression of HSP27, α-enolase and Transferrin was detected by Western blotting and the expression of Annexin A2 and Transferrin was detected by immunohistochemistry. (4) The differential proteins and potential targets were analyzed by systematic biological strategy. RESULTS (1) Compared with the normal group, the ELR in the RSA model group was significantly higher (P < 0.01). Compared with the model group, the ELR in the STW high, medium dose groups was lower (P < 0.01). (2) A 2-DE map of the decidual tissue of the RSA model group, normal pregnancy group, STW low, medium and high dose groups was established. Thirty proteins were identified. (3) The results of western blot showed that the expression of HSP27 and a-enolase in the RSA model group was higher than that in the normal group, and the expression of transferrin was lower (P < 0.01). Compared with the model group, the expression of HSP27 and a-enolase in STW high, medium dose groups was decreased (P < 0.01); Compared with the model group, the expression of Transferrin in the STW high dose group was increased (P < 0.01). (5) A lot of RSA treatment-related targets, biological processes and pathways were found after the systematic biological analysis. CONCLUSION (1) STW may reduce the ELR of the RSA mice. (2) The results of proteomics suggest that RSA is a complex process involving multiple proteins. STW can regulate the expression of various proteins in the decidual tissue of RSA mice, suggesting that it can act on multiple targets. (3) The results of western blotting of HSP27, a-enolase, transferrin were consistent with the results of proteomic analysis. (4) STW may achieve therapeutic effects by interfering with the targets, biological processes and signaling pathways discovered in this study.
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MESH Headings
- Abortion, Habitual/drug therapy
- Abortion, Habitual/genetics
- Animals
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/isolation & purification
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use
- Female
- Gene Regulatory Networks/drug effects
- Gene Regulatory Networks/physiology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Pregnancy
- Proteomics/methods
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/methods
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Affiliation(s)
- Liuting Zeng
- Department of rheumatology and clinical immunology, Peking Union Medical college Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical college, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
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- Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
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- Graduate College, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan Province, China; Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan Province, China.
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
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- Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
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Bhatti M, Dinn S, Miskiewicz EI, MacPhee DJ. Expression of heat shock factor 1, heat shock protein 90 and associated signaling proteins in pregnant rat myometrium: Implications for myometrial proliferation. Reprod Biol 2019; 19:374-385. [PMID: 31522994 DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2019.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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During pregnancy and labour the myometrium undergoes structural and physiological adaptations as part of a program of development. Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is a master regulator of both stress and developmental processes. A noted HSF1-induced gene is the 90 kDa heat shock protein (HSP90), which acts as a chaperone and regulator of cellular processes. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated HSF1 expression levels in pregnant rat myometrium on gestational day (d) 6 were maintained at a significantly higher level compared with d12 to post-partum (PP) time points (P < 0.05), while expression on d12 was significantly higher compared to d15 and d19. The transcriptionally active form pSer230-HSF1 was detected at a significantly greater level at d6 compared with d21 and d23 time points and also at d12 compared with d21, d22 and 23 (labour). Similarly, phosphorylated (P)-HSP90AA1 protein detection was significantly greater on d6 compared to d19 to d23 time points and on d12 compared with d15 to PP time points. In contrast, P-HSP90AB1 showed significantly greater detection levels on d12 compared with d15 while levels on d22 were significantly higher compared to d15, d17 and d19. Immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated that total HSF1 and HSP90 were localized mainly in the cytoplasm of myometrial cells with some detection of HSF1 in nuclei. This work advances our scientific knowledge of the myometrium during pregnancy and the expression profiles of HSF1 and HSP90 within the proliferative phase of myometrial programming suggests a role for them in this period of hyperplasia and myometrial adaptation.
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- Masooma Bhatti
- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada; One Reproductive Health Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada; One Reproductive Health Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada; One Reproductive Health Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada.
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Ryu DY, Rahman MS, Pang MG. Determination of Highly Sensitive Biological Cell Model Systems to Screen BPA-Related Health Hazards Using Pathway Studio. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18091909. [PMID: 28878155 PMCID: PMC5618558 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18091909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a ubiquitous endocrine-disrupting chemical. Recently, many issues have arisen surrounding the disease pathogenesis of BPA. Therefore, several studies have been conducted to investigate the proteomic biomarkers of BPA that are associated with disease processes. However, studies on identifying highly sensitive biological cell model systems in determining BPA health risk are lacking. Here, we determined suitable cell model systems and potential biomarkers for predicting BPA-mediated disease using the bioinformatics tool Pathway Studio. We compiled known BPA-mediated diseases in humans, which were categorized into five major types. Subsequently, we investigated the differentially expressed proteins following BPA exposure in several cell types, and analyzed the efficacy of altered proteins to investigate their associations with BPA-mediated diseases. Our results demonstrated that colon cancer cells (SW480), mammary gland, and Sertoli cells were highly sensitive biological model systems, because of the efficacy of predicting the majority of BPA-mediated diseases. We selected glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 1 (UQCRC1), and voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 2 (VDAC2) as highly sensitive biomarkers to predict BPA-mediated diseases. Furthermore, we summarized proteomic studies in spermatozoa following BPA exposure, which have recently been considered as another suitable cell type for predicting BPA-mediated diseases.
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- Do-Yeal Ryu
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do 456-756, Korea.
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do 456-756, Korea.
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do 456-756, Korea.
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The Potential Functions of Small Heat Shock Proteins in the Uterine Musculature during Pregnancy. ADVANCES IN ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, AND CELL BIOLOGY 2017; 222:95-116. [PMID: 28389752 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51409-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The small heat shock protein B (HSPB) family is comprised of eleven members with many being induced by physiological stressors. In addition to being molecular chaperones, it is clear these proteins also play important roles in cell death regulation, cytoskeletal rearrangements, and immune system activation. These processes are important for the uterine smooth muscle or myometrium during pregnancy as it changes from a quiescent tissue, during the majority of pregnancy, to a powerful and contractile tissue at labor. The initiation and progression of labor within the myometrium also appears to require an inflammatory response as it is infiltrated by immune cells and it produces pro-inflammatory mediators. This chapter summarizes current knowledge on the expression of HSPB family members in the myometrium during pregnancy and speculates on the possible roles of these proteins during myometrial programming and transformation of the myometrium into a possible immune regulatory tissue.
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Nicoletti JG, White BG, Miskiewicz EI, MacPhee DJ. Induction of expression and phosphorylation of heat shock protein B5 (CRYAB) in rat myometrium during pregnancy and labour. Reproduction 2016; 152:69-79. [DOI: 10.1530/rep-16-0092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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During pregnancy the myometrium undergoes a programme of differentiation induced by endocrine, cellular, and biophysical inputs. Small heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a family of ten (B1–B10) small-molecular-weight proteins that not only act as chaperones, but also assist in processes such as cytoskeleton rearrangements and immune system activation. Thus, it was hypothesized that HSPB5 (CRYAB) would be highly expressed in the rat myometrium during the contractile and labour phases of myometrial differentiation when such processes are prominent. Immunoblot analysis revealed that myometrial CRYAB protein expression significantly increased from day (D) 15 to D23 (labour;P<0.05). In correlation with these findings, serine 59-phosphorylated (pSer59) CRYAB protein expression significantly increased from D15 to D23, and was also elevated 1-day post-partum (P<0.05). pSer59-CRYAB was detected in the cytoplasm of myocytes within both uterine muscle layers mid- to late-pregnancy. In unilaterally pregnant rats, pSer59-CRYAB protein expression was significantly elevated in the gravid uterine horns at both D19 and D23 of gestation compared with non-gravid horns. Co-immunolocalization experiments using the hTERT-human myometrial cell line and confocal microscopy demonstrated that pSer59-CRYAB co-localized with the focal adhesion protein FERMT2 at the ends of actin filaments as well as with the exosomal marker CD63. Overall, pSer59-CRYAB is highly expressed in myometrium during late pregnancy and labour and its expression appears to be regulated by uterine distension. CRYAB may be involved in the regulation of actin filament dynamics at focal adhesions and could be secreted by exosomes as a prelude to involvement in immune activation in the myometrium.
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Marsh NM, Wareham A, White BG, Miskiewicz EI, Landry J, MacPhee DJ. HSPB8 and the Cochaperone BAG3 Are Highly Expressed During the Synthetic Phase of Rat Myometrium Programming During Pregnancy. Biol Reprod 2015; 92:131. [PMID: 25904010 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.125401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The small heat shock protein (HSP) B family of proteins are a group of molecular chaperones that enable tissues to adapt to changes in their local environments during differentiation, stress, or disease conditions. The objective of this research was to characterize the expression of HSPB8 and its cochaperone Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) in nonpregnant (NP) and pregnant rat myometrium during myometrial programming. Rat myometrium was collected from NP and pregnant rats as well as 1 day postpartum (PP) and samples prepared for immunoblot and immunofluorescence analysis. Immunoblot analysis determined that HSPB8 protein expression was significantly elevated at Day (D) 15, D17, and D19 compared to expression at NP and D6, while BAG3 expression was significantly elevated at D15 compared to NP, and D17 compared to NP, D6, D23, and PP time points (P < 0.05). In situ, HSPB8 and BAG3 were predominantly localized to myometrial cells throughout pregnancy, with intense cytoplasmic HSPB8 and BAG3 detection on D15 and D17 in both longitudinal and circular muscle layers. Immunoblot analysis of HSPB8 and BAG3 protein expression in myometrium from unilateral pregnancies also revealed that expression of both proteins was significantly increased at D15 in gravid compared to nongravid horns. Thus, HSPB8 and BAG3 are highly expressed during the synthetic phase of myometrial differentiation marked by initiation of uterine distension and myometrial hypertrophy. HSPB8 and BAG3 could be regulators of the protein quality control required for this process.
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- Noelle M Marsh
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Okanagan College-Salmon Arm Campus, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de l'Universite Laval, L'Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
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- One Reproductive Health Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Dubińska-Magiera M, Jabłońska J, Saczko J, Kulbacka J, Jagla T, Daczewska M. Contribution of small heat shock proteins to muscle development and function. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:517-30. [PMID: 24440355 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Investigations undertaken over the past years have led scientists to introduce the concept of protein quality control (PQC) systems, which are responsible for polypeptide processing. The PQC system monitors proteostasis and involves activity of different chaperones such as small heat shock proteins (sHSPs). These proteins act during normal conditions as housekeeping proteins regulating cellular processes, and during stress conditions. They also mediate the removal of toxic misfolded polypeptides and thereby prevent development of pathogenic states. It is postulated that sHSPs are involved in muscle development. They could act via modulation of myogenesis or by maintenance of the structural integrity of signaling complexes. Moreover, mutations in genes coding for sHSPs lead to pathological states affecting muscular tissue functioning. This review focuses on the question how sHSPs, still relatively poorly understood proteins, contribute to the development and function of three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, cardiac and smooth.
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- Magda Dubińska-Magiera
- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 21 Sienkiewicza Street, 50-335 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 21 Sienkiewicza Street, 50-335 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical University, Chalubinskiego 10, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical University, Chalubinskiego 10, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U384, Faculté de Medecine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 21 Sienkiewicza Street, 50-335 Wroclaw, Poland.
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Expression of Hsp27 correlated with rat detrusor contraction after acute urinary retention. Mol Cell Biochem 2013; 381:257-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-013-1709-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Kanninen TT, Herway C, Skupski DW, Eglinton GS, Witkin SS. Endocervical immune mediator production following successful rescue or ultrasound indicated cerclage placement. J Perinat Med 2011; 40:159-63. [PMID: 22117110 DOI: 10.1515/jpm.2011.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Placement of a cervical cerclage at mid-trimester in women at risk for preterm labor is a common procedure with apparent benefits for some women. However, the changes that occur in the cervix following this procedure remain incompletely identified. METHODS We evaluated the endocervical concentrations of mediators involved in extracellular matrix (ECM) stabilization or degradation prior to, and up to 120 days following, cerclage placement in 53 women who underwent an ultrasound-indicated or a rescue cerclage at 15-25 weeks of gestation due to a cervical length <1.5 cm. All delivered a healthy neonate at term. Samples were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for concentrations of hyaluronan (HA), 27 kDa heat shock protein (hsp27), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (CD147/EMMPRIN), and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 and -8. RESULTS Concentrations of both HA and hsp27 were highest at the time of cerclage placement and then decreased while TGF-β and EMMPRIN increased in concentration following the procedure. The highest mean EMMPRIN level was measured at >90 days following the procedure while TGF-β levels peaked at 61-90 days post-cerclage. MMP-1 and MMP-8 were not detected over the study time period. CONCLUSION In women with a successful cerclage placement the selective regulation of mediators inhibits progression of ECM degradation and cervical ripening.
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- Tomi T Kanninen
- Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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White BG, MacPhee DJ. Distension of the uterus induces HspB1 expression in rat uterine smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2011; 301:R1418-26. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00272.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The uterine musculature, or myometrium, demonstrates tremendous plasticity during pregnancy under the influences of the endocrine environment and mechanical stresses. Expression of the small stress protein heat shock protein B1 (HspB1) has been reported to increase dramatically during late pregnancy, a period marked by myometrial hypertrophy caused by fetal growth-induced uterine distension. Thus, using unilaterally pregnant rat models and ovariectomized nonpregnant rats with uteri containing laminaria tents to induce uterine distension, we examined the effect of uterine distension on myometrial HspB1 expression. In unilaterally pregnant rats, HspB1 mRNA and Ser15-phosphorylated HspB1 (pSer15 HspB1) protein expression were significantly elevated in distended gravid uterine horns at days 19 and 23 (labor) of gestation compared with nongravid horns. Similarly, pSer15 HspB1 protein in situ was only readily detectable in the distended horns compared with the nongravid horns at days 19 and 23; however, pSer15 HspB1 was primarily detectable in situ at day 19 in membrane-associated regions, while it had primarily a cytoplasmic localization in myometrial cells at day 23. HspB1 mRNA and pSer15 HspB1 protein expression were also markedly increased in ovariectomized nonpregnant rat myometrium distended for 24 h with laminaria tents compared with empty horns. Therefore, uterine distension plays a major role in the stimulation of myometrial HspB1 expression, and increased expression of this small stress protein could be a mechanoadaptive response to the increasing uterine distension that occurs during pregnancy.
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- B. G. White
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Ulrich C, Quillici DR, Schegg K, Woolsey R, Nordmeier A, Buxton ILO. Uterine smooth muscle S-nitrosylproteome in pregnancy. Mol Pharmacol 2011; 81:143-53. [PMID: 22027755 DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.075804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms involved in uterine quiescence during gestation and those responsible for induction of labor are not completely known. Nitric oxide relaxes uterine smooth muscle in a manner disparate from that for other smooth muscles because global elevation of cGMP after activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase does not relax the muscle. S-Nitrosylation, the covalent addition of an nitric oxide (NO) group to a cysteine thiol is a likely mechanism to explain the ability of NO to relax myometrium. This work is the first to describe the myometrial S-nitrosylproteome in both pregnant and nonpregnant tissue states. Using the guinea pig model, we show that specific sets of proteins involved in contraction and relaxation are S-nitrosylated in laboring and nonlaboring muscle and that many of these proteins are uniquely S-nitrosylated in only one state of the tissue. In particular, we show that S-nitrosylation of the intermediate filament protein desmin is significantly increased (5.7-fold, p < 0.005) in pregnancy and that this increase cannot be attributed solely to the increase in protein expression (1.8-fold, p < 0.005) that accompanies pregnancy. Elucidation of the myometrial S-nitrosylproteome provides a list of mechanistically important proteins that can constitute the basis of hypotheses formed to explain the regulation of uterine contraction/relaxation.
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- Craig Ulrich
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Grassie ME, Moffat LD, Walsh MP, MacDonald JA. The myosin phosphatase targeting protein (MYPT) family: a regulated mechanism for achieving substrate specificity of the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase type 1δ. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 510:147-59. [PMID: 21291858 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2010] [Revised: 01/22/2011] [Accepted: 01/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The mammalian MYPT family consists of the products of five genes, denoted MYPT1, MYPT2, MBS85, MYPT3 and TIMAP, which function as targeting and regulatory subunits to confer substrate specificity and subcellular localization on the catalytic subunit of type 1δ protein serine/threonine phosphatase (PP1cδ). Family members share several conserved domains, including an RVxF motif for PP1c binding and several ankyrin repeats that mediate protein-protein interactions. MYPT1, MYPT2 and MBS85 contain C-terminal leucine zipper domains involved in dimerization and protein-protein interaction, whereas MYPT3 and TIMAP are targeted to membranes via a C-terminal prenylation site. All family members are regulated by phosphorylation at multiple sites by various protein kinases; for example, Rho-associated kinase phosphorylates MYPT1, MYPT2 and MBS85, resulting in inhibition of phosphatase activity and Ca(2+) sensitization of smooth muscle contraction. A great deal is known about MYPT1, the myosin targeting subunit of myosin light chain phosphatase, in terms of its role in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction and, to a lesser extent, non-muscle motile processes. MYPT2 appears to be the key myosin targeting subunit of myosin light chain phosphatase in cardiac and skeletal muscles. MBS85 most closely resembles MYPT2, but little is known about its physiological function. Little is also known about the physiological role of MYPT3, although it is likely to target myosin light chain phosphatase to membranes and thereby achieve specificity for substrates involved in regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. MYPT3 is regulated by phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase. TIMAP appears to target PP1cδ to the plasma membrane of endothelial cells where it serves to dephosphorylate proteins involved in regulation of the actin cytoskeleton and thereby control endothelial barrier function. With such a wide range of regulatory targets, MYPT family members have been implicated in diverse pathological events, including hypertension, Parkinson's disease and cancer.
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- Michael E Grassie
- Smooth Muscle Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, AB, Canada
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Eglinton GS, Herway C, Skupski DW, Bongiovanni AM, Witkin SS. Endocervical hyaluronan and ultrasound-indicated cerclage. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2011; 37:214-218. [PMID: 20658512 DOI: 10.1002/uog.7756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether, at the time of ultrasound-indicated cerclage, the endocervical concentration of hyaluronan (HA), 27-kDa heat shock protein (HSP-27) and/or interleukin-8 (IL-8) would predict pregnancy outcome. METHODS Endocervical samples, obtained from 40 women undergoing ultrasound-indicated cerclage at 15 + 3 to 25 + 0 weeks' gestation, were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for HA, HSP-27 and IL-8. All subjects had a cervical length of < 1.5 cm or dramatic cervical length change on serial endovaginal ultrasound, no uterine contractions or tenderness, no fever and intact membranes and underwent a modified Shirodkar cerclage. RESULTS The median HA level was 10.0 ng/mL in the 12 women who delivered at < 37 weeks' gestation as opposed to 39.7 ng/mL in the 28 women delivering at 37-41 weeks (P = 0.017). Median HSP-27 and IL-8 concentrations were not significantly different in these groups. CONCLUSION A higher endocervical HA level at the time of ultrasound-indicated cerclage is associated with a longer interval before birth.
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- G S Eglinton
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Hospital Queens, New York, NY, USA
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Williams SJ, Shynlova O, Lye SJ, MacPhee DJ. Spatiotemporal expression of α1, α3 and β1 integrin subunits is altered in rat myometrium during pregnancy and labour. Reprod Fertil Dev 2010; 22:718-32. [DOI: 10.1071/rd09163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 10/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Integrins are transmembrane extracellular matrix (ECM) receptors composed of α- and β-subunits. Integrins can cluster to form focal adhesions and, because there is significant ECM remodelling and focal adhesion turnover in the rat myometrium during late pregnancy, we hypothesised that the expression of α1, α3 and β1 integrin subunits in the rat myometrium would be altered at this time to accommodate these processes. Expression of α1 and β1 integrin subunit mRNA was significantly increased on Days 6–23 of pregnancy compared with non-pregnant (NP) and postpartum (PP) time points (P < 0.05). In contrast, α3 integrin subunit mRNA expression was significantly increased on Days 14, 21 and 22 compared with NP, Day 10, 1 day PP and 4 days PP (P < 0.05). A relative gene expression study revealed that, of the integrins studied, the expression of β1 integrin mRNA was highest in pregnant rat myometrium. The α1, α3 and β1 integrin subunit proteins became immunolocalised to myocyte membranes in situ by late pregnancy and labour in both myometrial muscle layers. Increased α1, α3 and β1 integrin gene expression during gestation and the specific detection of these subunits in myocyte membranes during late pregnancy and labour may contribute to the cell–ECM interactions required for the development of a mechanical syncytium.
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Chen GY, Chen SH, Yu CH, Huang SY, Tsai ML. Trypsin digest coupled with two-dimensional shotgun proteomics reveals the involvement of multiple signaling pathways in functional remodeling of late-gestation uteri in rats. Proteomics 2008; 8:3173-84. [PMID: 18654981 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200701040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Pregnant uteri become quiescent after functional remodeling but details are not fully known. Here we revealed uterine proteins of late-gestation rats by 2-D shotgun proteomic analysis and correlated protein expression with uterine functions. After duplication, 239 proteins were identified. About 190 proteins commonly found in duplicate analyses were subjected to functional annotation. The proteins associated with signal transduction fell into three known pathways. Western blotting and functional data indicated that: (i) a reduction of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase-related proteins was associated with the decrease of contraction rate, (ii) a reduction of tyrosine hydroxylase and cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase type II-alpha regulatory chain (PKARII alpha) was associated with an increase in the relaxation response to 8-bromo-cAMP, and (iii) in the presence of Ras, an increased expression of nucleolin was associated with the elevation of Bcl-xL, an antiapoptotic protein. In conclusion, 2-D shotgun proteomic analysis provides a global database of uterine proteins for hypothesis-driven studies. Our data suggest that in late-gestation uteri down-regulation of PKARII alpha and Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase may cause functional remodeling and lead to uterine quiescent. Up-regulation of antiapoptotic proteins (nucleolin and Bcl-xL) in the Ras-mediated pathway may maintain cell survival and counteract cell loss during remodeling.
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- Guan-Yuan Chen
- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Salinthone S, Tyagi M, Gerthoffer WT. Small heat shock proteins in smooth muscle. Pharmacol Ther 2008; 119:44-54. [PMID: 18579210 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2008.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 04/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The small heat shock proteins (HSPs) HSP20, HSP27 and alphaB-crystallin are chaperone proteins that are abundantly expressed in smooth muscles are important modulators of muscle contraction, cell migration and cell survival. This review focuses on factors regulating expression of small HSPs in smooth muscle, signaling pathways that regulate macromolecular structure and the biochemical and cellular functions of small HSPs. Cellular processes regulated by small HSPs include chaperoning denatured proteins, maintaining cellular redox state and modifying filamentous actin polymerization. These processes influence smooth muscle proliferation, cell migration, cell survival, muscle contraction and synthesis of signaling proteins. Understanding functions of small heat shock proteins is relevant to mechanisms of disease in which dysfunctional smooth muscle causes symptoms, or is a target of drug therapy. One example is that secreted HSP27 may be a useful marker of inflammation during atherogenesis. Another is that phosphorylated HSP20 which relaxes smooth muscle may prove to be highly relevant to treatment of hypertension, vasospasm, asthma, premature labor and overactive bladder. Because small HSPs also modulate smooth muscle proliferation and cell migration they may prove to be targets for developing effective, novel treatments of clinical problems arising from remodeling of smooth muscle in vascular, respiratory and urogenital systems.
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- Sonemany Salinthone
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
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MacIntyre DA, Tyson EK, Read M, Smith R, Yeo G, Kwek K, Chan EC. Contraction in human myometrium is associated with changes in small heat shock proteins. Endocrinology 2008; 149:245-52. [PMID: 17916631 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The myometrium undergoes substantial remodeling at the time of labor including rearrangement of the cellular contractile machinery. The regulation of this process in human myometrium at the time of labor is poorly defined, but evidence in other muscle types suggests modulation by small heat shock proteins (sHSP). The aim of this study was to investigate whether similar changes in sHSP occur in the myometrium at labor. Using a quantitative proteomic approach (two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis), we found a 69% decrease in the sHSP alphaB-crystallin in the myometrium at labor plus multiple isoforms of HSP27. Immunoblotting using phosphospecific HSP27 antibodies (HSP27-serine15, -78, and -82) detected marked changes in HSP27 phosphorylation at labor. Although total HSP27 levels were unchanged, HSP27-Ser15 was 3-fold higher at labor. Coimmunoprecipitation studies showed that HSP27 coprecipitates with alphaB-crystallin and also smooth muscle alpha-actin. Coimmunofluorescence studies demonstrated a relocation of HSP27 from the perinuclear region to the actin cytoskeleton at labor. The functional significance of these changes was demonstrated in vitro where myometrial strips stimulated to contract with oxytocin exhibited increased HSP27-Ser15 phosphorylation. Our findings provide data consistent with a novel pathway regulating human myometrial contraction at labor and identify HSP27 and alphaB-crystallin as potential targets for future tocolytic design.
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- David A MacIntyre
- Mothers and Babies Research Centre, The University of Newcastle, John Hunter Hospital, 1 Lookout Road, New Lambton Heights, Newcastle 2305, Australia
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One of the most important stages of pregnancy is the activation of uterine contractions that result in the expulsion of the fetus. The timely onset of labour is clearly important for a healthy start to life but incomplete understanding of the precise mechanisms regulating labour onset have prohibited the development of effective and safe treatments for preterm labour. This review explores the activation of the myometrium at labour onset, focussing on mechanisms of uterine contractility, including those proteins that play an important role in smooth muscle contractility. The review primarily focuses on human work but in the absence of human data describes animal studies. A broad overview of myometrial contraction mechanisms is provided before discussing more detailed aspects and identifying areas where uncertainty remains. Also discussed is the recent application of ‘omics’ based approaches to parturition research, which has facilitated an increase in the understanding of myometrial activation.
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Cross BE, O'Dea HM, MacPhee DJ. Expression of small heat shock-related protein 20 (HSP20) in rat myometrium is markedly decreased during late pregnancy and labour. Reproduction 2007; 133:807-17. [PMID: 17504924 DOI: 10.1530/rep-06-0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The underlying mechanisms regulating uterine contractions during labour are still poorly understood. Heat shock protein 20 (HSP20) is known to be present at high levels in smooth muscle and implicated in muscle relaxation, but HSP20 expression in the myometrium is completely undetermined. Since HSP20 has been implicated in smooth muscle relaxation, we hypothesized that HSP20 would be highly expressed in the rat myometrium during early and mid-pregnancy when the myometrium is relatively quiescent. Northern blot analysis particularly demonstrated that HSP20 mRNA detection was significantly decreased from day (d) 22 of pregnancy to 1-day post-partum (PP) compared with d6 (P < 0.05). HSP20 mRNA detection was also significantly decreased from d22 to d23 of gestation compared with non-pregnant (NP) samples. Immunoblot analysis showed that detection of HSP20 was significantly decreased at d23 compared with d12 and d15 (P < 0.05). HSP20 detection also significantly decreased at PP compared with d15 (P < 0.05). Immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated that after d15, plasma membrane-associated localization of HSP20 decreased markedly in both circular and longitudinal muscle layers. In addition, HSP20 was detectable near cell membranes at much higher levels in the longitudinal muscle layer of progesterone-treated pregnant rats (delayed labour) at all gestational time points examined, compared with controls. Our results demonstrate that HSP20 mRNA and protein are highly expressed during early and mid-pregnancy and then the expression markedly decreases during late pregnancy and labour. The observed patterns of HSP20 expression are consistent with a potential role for HSP20 in facilitating myometrium quiescence during early and mid-pregnancy.
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- B E Cross
- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Rm 5340B, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St John's, NL, Canada A1B 3V6
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Croke JM, Pike LRG, MacPhee DJ. The focal adhesion protein Hic-5 is highly expressed in the rat myometrium during late pregnancy and labour and co-localizes with FAK. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2007; 5:22. [PMID: 17550607 PMCID: PMC1892559 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-5-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Myometrial growth and remodeling of the cytoskeleton and focal adhesions during late pregnancy may be critical aspects of myometrial activation and thus labour. Yet our understanding of these aspects is inhibited by the paucity of information concerning the components of focal adhesions in the myometrium. The focal adhesion protein hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5) has recently been found in mononuclear smooth muscle but was not examined in the myometrium during pregnancy. Thus, the goal of this study was to characterize Hic-5 mRNA and protein expression in the rat myometrium during pregnancy and labour. METHODS Rat myometrium samples were obtained from non-pregnant animals, pregnant animals on days (d) 6, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23 (active labour) and 1 day postpartum (PP). In addition, myometrium samples were collected from rats within a progesterone-delayed labour paradigm. Hic-5 mRNA expression was analyzed by Northern blot analysis while Hic-5 protein expression was examined by immunoblot and immunofluorescence analysis. RESULTS Hic-5 mRNA expression on d15, d19 and d21 was found to be significantly elevated compared to d6 and d12 of pregnancy and expression on d23 was significantly elevated over d6 (p < 0.05). Immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated that detection of Hic-5 protein in the circular muscle layer appeared to increase from d17 onwards, except PP, and Hic-5 was detectable in the cell cytoplasm and more continuously associated with myometrial cell membranes. In the longitudinal muscle layer Hic-5 was readily detectable by d15 and thereafter and primarily associated at myometrial cell membranes. Co-immunofluorescence analysis of potential Hic-5 and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) association in situ demonstrated a limited level of co-localization on d19, d23 and PP in the circular muscle layer while in the longitudinal muscle layer Hic-5 and FAK were readily co-localized at myometrial cell membranes. CONCLUSION Hic-5 is highly expressed in the rat myometrium during late pregnancy and labour and co-localizes with FAK in situ. Our results are consistent with a potential role for Hic-5 in focal adhesion remodeling in the rat myometrium during late pregnancy.
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- Jenn M Croke
- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1B 3V6, Canada
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- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1B 3V6, Canada
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Taggart MJ, Morgan KG. Regulation of the uterine contractile apparatus and cytoskeleton. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2007; 18:296-304. [PMID: 17582796 PMCID: PMC2001260 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 05/03/2007] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Parturition at term, the end stage of a successful pregnancy, occurs as a result of powerful, co-ordinated and periodic contractions of uterine smooth muscle (myometrium). To occur in a propitious manner, a high degree of control over the activation of a myometrial cell is required. We review the molecular mechanisms and structural composition of myometrial cells that may contribute to their increased contractile capacity at term. We focus attention on pathways that lead to the activation of filamentous networks traditionally labeled 'contractile' or 'cytoskeletal' yet draw attention to the fact that functional discrimination between these systems is not absolute.
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- Michael J Taggart
- Maternal & Fetal Health Research Centre & Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Manchester, St Mary’s Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester, M130JH, UK, Tel: +44 161 276 5469, Fax: +44 161 276 6134, E mail:
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- Health Sciences Department, Sargent College, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215, USA, Tel: 617-353-7464, Fax: 617-353-7567, E-mail:
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Elustondo PA, Hannigan GE, Caniggia I, MacPhee DJ. Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is highly expressed in first trimester human chorionic villi and regulates migration of a human cytotrophoblast-derived cell line. Biol Reprod 2006; 74:959-68. [PMID: 16436524 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.050419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The placenta represents a critically important fetal-maternal interaction. Trophoblast migration and invasion into the uterine wall is a precisely controlled process and aberrations in these processes are implicated in diseases such as preeclampsia. Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is a multifunctional, cytoplasmic, serine/threonine kinase that has been implicated in regulating processes such as cell proliferation, survival, migration, and invasion; yet the temporal and spatial pattern of expression of ILK in human chorionic villi and its role in early human placental development are completely unknown. We hypothesized that ILK would be expressed in trophoblast subtypes of human chorionic villi during early placental development and that it would regulate trophoblast migration. Immunoblot analysis revealed that ILK protein was highly detectable in placental tissue samples throughout gestation. In floating branches of chorionic villi, from 6 to 15 wk of gestation immunofluorescence analysis of ILK expression in placental tissue sections demonstrated that ILK was highly detectable in the cytoplasm and membranes of villous cytotrophoblast cells and in stromal mesenchyme, whereas it was barely detectable in the syncytiotrophoblast layer. In anchoring branches of villi, ILK was highly localized to plasma membranes of extravillous trophoblast cells. Transient expression of dominant negative E359K-ILK in the villous explant-derived trophoblast cell line HTR8-SVneo dramatically reduced migration into wounds compared to cells expressing wild-type ILK or empty vector. Therefore, our work has demonstrated that ILK is highly expressed in trophoblast subtypes of human chorionic villi during the first trimester of pregnancy and is a likely mediator of trophoblast migration during this period of development.
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- P A Elustondo
- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1B 3V6
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Mineva I, Gartner W, Hauser P, Kainz A, Löffler M, Wolf G, Oberbauer R, Weissel M, Wagner L. Differential expression of alphaB-crystallin and Hsp27-1 in anaplastic thyroid carcinomas because of tumor-specific alphaB-crystallin gene (CRYAB) silencing. Cell Stress Chaperones 2005; 10:171-84. [PMID: 16184762 PMCID: PMC1226015 DOI: 10.1379/csc-107r.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Expression of the small heat shock protein alphaB-crystallin in differentiated thyroid tumors has been described recently. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms that affect the expression of alphaB-crystallin in benign goiters (n = 7) and highly malignant anaplastic thyroid carcinomas (ATCs) (n = 3). AlphaB-crystallin expression was compared with that of Hsp27-1. Immunoblot and quantitative real-time (RT) polymerase chain reaction revealed marked downregulation of alphaB-crystallin in all the tested ATCs and the ATC-derived cell line C-643 . In contrast, considerable expression of Hsp27-1 in benign and malignant thyroid tissue was demonstrated. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed no relevant topological differences between benign and malignant thyrocytes in the cytoplasmic staining of both proteins. Consistent and marked downregulation of TFCP2L1 was identified as one of the main mechanisms contributing to CRYAB gene silencing in ATCs. In addition, CRYAB gene promoter methylation seems to occur in distinct ATCs. In silico analysis revealed that the differential expression of alphaB-crystallin and Hsp27-1 results from differences between the alphaB-crystallin and Hsp27-1 promoter fragments (712 bp upstream from the transcriptional start site). Biological activity of the analyzed promoter element is confirmed by its heat shock inducibility. In conclusion, we demonstrate downregulation of alphaB-crystallin expression in highly dedifferentiated ATCs because of a tumor-specific transcription factor pattern. The differential expression of alphaB-crystallin and Hsp27-1 indicates functional differences between both proteins.
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- Ivelina Mineva
- Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna A-1090, Austria
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