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Serrano E, Barrantes FJ, Valdivieso ÁG. Apolipoprotein E4 heterologous expression, purification under non-denaturing conditions, and effects on neuronal clonal cell lines. Protein Expr Purif 2023:106312. [PMID: 37236517 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2023.106312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE4) constitutes the main genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD). High amounts of pure apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4), in a rapid and reproducible fashion, could be of value for studying its pathophysiological roles in AD. The aim of the present work was to optimize a preparative method to obtain highly purified recombinant ApoE4 (rApoE4) with full biological activity. rApoE4 was expressed in the E. Coli BL21(D3) strain and a soluble form of the protein was purified by a combination of affinity and size-exclusion chromatography that precluded a denaturation step. The structural integrity and the biochemical activity of the purified rApoE4 were confirmed by circular dichroism and a lipid-binding assay. Several biological parameters affected by rApoE4, such as mitochondrial morphology, mitochondrial membrane potential and reactive oxygen species production were studied in CNh cells, a neuronal cell line, and neurodifferentiation and dendritogenesis were analyzed in the SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell line. The improved rApoE4 purification technique reported here enables the production of highly purified protein that retain the structural properties and functional activity of the native protein, as confirmed by tests in two different neuronal cell lines in culture.
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), National Research and Technological Council of Argentina (CONICET), Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, 1107, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Bhattacharya R, Blankenheim Z, Scott PM, Cormier RT. CFTR and Gastrointestinal Cancers: An Update. J Pers Med 2022; 12:868. [PMID: 35743652 PMCID: PMC9224611 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12060868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Revised: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a disease caused by mutations in the CFTR gene that severely affects the lungs as well as extra-pulmonary tissues, including the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. CFTR dysfunction resulting from either mutations or the downregulation of its expression has been shown to promote carcinogenesis. An example is the enhanced risk for several types of cancer in patients with CF, especially cancers of the GI tract. CFTR also acts as a tumor suppressor in diverse sporadic epithelial cancers in many tissues, primarily due to the silencing of CFTR expression via multiple mechanisms, but especially due to epigenetic regulation. This review provides an update on the latest research linking CFTR-deficiency to GI cancers, in both CF patients and in sporadic GI cancers, with a particular focus on cancer of the intestinal tract. It will discuss changes in the tissue landscape linked to CFTR-deficiency that may promote cancer development such as breakdowns in physical barriers, microbial dysbiosis and inflammation. It will also discuss molecular pathways and mechanisms that act upstream to modulate CFTR expression, such as by epigenetic silencing, as well as molecular pathways that act downstream of CFTR-deficiency, such as the dysregulation of the Wnt/β-catenin and NF-κB signaling pathways. Finally, it will discuss the emerging CFTR modulator drugs that have shown promising results in improving CFTR function in CF patients. The potential impact of these modulator drugs on the treatment and prevention of GI cancers can provide a new example of personalized cancer medicine.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN 55812, USA or (R.B.); (Z.B.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN 55812, USA or (R.B.); (Z.B.)
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Clauzure M, Valdivieso ÁG, Dugour AV, Mori C, Massip‐Copiz MM, Aguilar MÁ, Sotomayor V, Asensio CJA, Figueroa JM, Santa‐Coloma TA. NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) and caspase 1 (CASP1) modulation by intracellular Cl - concentration. Immunology 2021; 163:493-511. [PMID: 33835494 PMCID: PMC8274155 DOI: 10.1111/imm.13336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The impairment of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) activity induces intracellular chloride (Cl- ) accumulation. The anion Cl- , acting as a second messenger, stimulates the secretion of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), which starts an autocrine positive feedback loop. Here, we show that NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) and caspase 1 (CASP1) are indirectly modulated by the intracellular Cl- concentration, showing maximal expression and activity at 75 mM Cl- , in the presence of the ionophores nigericin and tributyltin. The expression of PYD and CARD domain containing (PYCARD/ASC) remained constant from 0 to 125 mM Cl- . The CASP1 inhibitor VX-765 and the NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor MCC950 completely blocked the Cl- -stimulated IL-1β mRNA expression and partially the IL-1β secretion. DCF fluorescence (cellular reactive oxygen species, cROS) and MitoSOX fluorescence (mitochondrial ROS, mtROS) also showed maximal ROS levels at 75 mM Cl- , a response strongly inhibited by the ROS scavenger N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) or the NADPH oxidase (NOX) inhibitor GKT137831. These inhibitors also affected CASP1 and NLRP3 mRNA and protein expression. More importantly, the serum/glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) inhibitor GSK650394, or its shRNAs, completely abrogated the IL-1β mRNA response to Cl- and the IL-1β secretion, interrupting the autocrine IL-1β loop. The results suggest that Cl- effects are mediated by SGK1, in which under Cl- modulation stimulates the secretion of mature IL-1β, in turn, responsible for the upregulation of ROS, CASP1, NLRP3 and IL-1β itself, through autocrine signalling.
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- Mariángeles Clauzure
- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)Buenos AiresArgentina
- Faculty of Veterinary ScienceNational University of La Pampa (UNLPam)General PicoArgentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)Buenos AiresArgentina
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Cho DY, Zhang S, Lazrak A, Skinner D, Thompson HM, Grayson J, Guroji P, Aggarwal S, Bebok Z, Rowe SM, Matalon S, Sorscher EJ, Woodworth BA. LPS decreases CFTR open probability and mucociliary transport through generation of reactive oxygen species. Redox Biol 2021; 43:101998. [PMID: 33971543 PMCID: PMC8129928 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) serves as the interface between gram-negative bacteria (GNB) and the innate immune response in respiratory epithelial cells (REC). Herein, we describe a novel biological role of LPS that permits GNB to persist in the respiratory tract through inducing CFTR and mucociliary dysfunction. LPS reduced cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulater (CFTR)-mediated short-circuit current in mammalian REC in Ussing chambers and nearly abrogated CFTR single channel activity (defined as forskolin-activated Cl- currents) in patch clamp studies, effects of which were blocked with toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 inhibitor. Unitary conductance and single-channel amplitude of CFTR were unaffected, but open probability and number of active channels were markedly decreased. LPS increased cytoplasmic and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species resulting in CFTR carbonylation. All effects of exposure were eliminated when reduced glutathione was added in the medium along with LPS. Functional microanatomy parameters, including mucociliary transport, in human sinonasal epithelial cells in vitro were also decreased, but restored with co-incubation with glutathione or TLR-4 inhibitor. In vivo measurements, following application of LPS in the nasal cavities showed significant decreases in transepithelial Cl- secretion as measured by nasal potential difference (NPD) – an effect that was nullified with glutathione and TLR-4 inhibitor. These data provide definitive evidence that LPS-generated reactive intermediates downregulate CFTR function in vitro and in vivo which results in cystic fibrosis-type disease. Findings have implications for therapeutic approaches intent on stimulating Cl- secretion and/or reducing oxidative stress to decrease the sequelae of GNB airway colonization and infection.
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- Do Yeon Cho
- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Massip-Copiz MM, Valdivieso ÁG, Clauzure M, Mori C, Asensio CJA, Aguilar MÁ, Santa-Coloma TA. Epidermal growth factor receptor activity upregulates lactate dehydrogenase A expression, lactate dehydrogenase activity, and lactate secretion in cultured IB3-1 cystic fibrosis lung epithelial cells. Biochem Cell Biol 2021; 99:476-487. [PMID: 33481676 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2020-0522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. It has been postulated that reduced HCO3- transport through CFTR may lead to a decreased airway surface liquid pH. In contrast, others have reported no changes in the extracellular pH (pHe). We have recently reported that in carcinoma Caco-2/pRS26 cells (transfected with short hairpin RNA for CFTR) or CF lung epithelial IB3-1 cells, the mutation in CFTR decreased mitochondrial complex I activity and increased lactic acid production, owing to an autocrine IL-1β loop. The secreted lactate accounted for the reduced pHe, because oxamate fully restored the pHe. These effects were attributed to the IL-1β autocrine loop and the downstream signaling kinases c-Src and JNK. Here we show that the pHe of IB3-1 cells can be restored to normal values (∼7.4) by incubation with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR, HER1, ErbB1) inhibitors AG1478 and PD168393. PD168393 fully restored the pHe values of IB3-1 cells, suggesting that the reduced pHe is mainly due to increased EGFR activity and lactate. Also, in IB3-1 cells, lactate dehydrogenase A mRNA, protein expression, and activity are downregulated when EGFR is inhibited. Thus, a constitutive EGFR activation seems to be responsible for the reduced pHe in IB3-1 cells.
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- María Macarena Massip-Copiz
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Cystic fibrosis (CF), caused by biallelic inactivating mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, has recently been categorized as a familial colorectal cancer (CRC) syndrome. CF patients are highly susceptible to early, aggressive colorectal tumor development. Endoscopic screening studies have revealed that by the age of forty 50% of CF patients will develop adenomas, with 25% developing aggressive advanced adenomas, some of which will have already advanced to adenocarcinomas. This enhanced risk has led to new CF colorectal cancer screening recommendations, lowering the initiation of endoscopic screening to age forty in CF patients, and to age thirty in organ transplant recipients. The enhanced risk for CRC also extends to the millions of people (more than 10 million in the US) who are heterozygous carriers of CFTR gene mutations. Further, lowered expression of CFTR is reported in sporadic CRC, where downregulation of CFTR is associated with poor survival. Mechanisms underlying the actions of CFTR as a tumor suppressor are not clearly understood. Dysregulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling and disruption of intestinal stem cell homeostasis and intestinal barrier integrity, as well as intestinal dysbiosis, immune cell infiltration, stress responses, and intestinal inflammation have all been reported in human CF patients and in animal models. Notably, the development of new drug modalities to treat non-gastrointestinal pathologies in CF patients, especially pulmonary disease, offers hope that these drugs could be repurposed for gastrointestinal cancers.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN 55812, USA; (P.S.); (K.A.); (M.S.)
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In their seminal papers Hanahan and Weinberg described oncogenic processes a normal cell undergoes to be transformed into a cancer cell. The functions of ion channels in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract influence a variety of cellular processes, many of which overlap with these hallmarks of cancer. In this review we focus on the roles of the calcium (Ca2+), sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), chloride (Cl-) and zinc (Zn2+) transporters in GI cancer, with a special emphasis on the roles of the KCNQ1 K+ channel and CFTR Cl- channel in colorectal cancer (CRC). Ca2+ is a ubiquitous second messenger, serving as a signaling molecule for a variety of cellular processes such as control of the cell cycle, apoptosis, and migration. Various members of the TRP superfamily, including TRPM8, TRPM7, TRPM6 and TRPM2, have been implicated in GI cancers, especially through overexpression in pancreatic adenocarcinomas and down-regulation in colon cancer. Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are classically associated with the initiation and conduction of action potentials in electrically excitable cells such as neurons and muscle cells. The VGSC NaV1.5 is abundantly expressed in human colorectal CRC cell lines as well as being highly expressed in primary CRC samples. Studies have demonstrated that conductance through NaV1.5 contributes significantly to CRC cell invasiveness and cancer progression. Zn2+ transporters of the ZIP/SLC39A and ZnT/SLC30A families are dysregulated in all major GI organ cancers, in particular, ZIP4 up-regulation in pancreatic cancer (PC). More than 70 K+ channel genes, clustered in four families, are found expressed in the GI tract, where they regulate a range of cellular processes, including gastrin secretion in the stomach and anion secretion and fluid balance in the intestinal tract. Several distinct types of K+ channels are found dysregulated in the GI tract. Notable are hERG1 upregulation in PC, gastric cancer (GC) and CRC, leading to enhanced cancer angiogenesis and invasion, and KCNQ1 down-regulation in CRC, where KCNQ1 expression is associated with enhanced disease-free survival in stage II, III, and IV disease. Cl- channels are critical for a range of cellular and tissue processes in the GI tract, especially fluid balance in the colon. Most notable is CFTR, whose deficiency leads to mucus blockage, microbial dysbiosis and inflammation in the intestinal tract. CFTR is a tumor suppressor in several GI cancers. Cystic fibrosis patients are at a significant risk for CRC and low levels of CFTR expression are associated with poor overall disease-free survival in sporadic CRC. Two other classes of chloride channels that are dysregulated in GI cancers are the chloride intracellular channels (CLIC1, 3 & 4) and the chloride channel accessory proteins (CLCA1,2,4). CLIC1 & 4 are upregulated in PC, GC, gallbladder cancer, and CRC, while the CLCA proteins have been reported to be down-regulated in CRC. In summary, it is clear, from the diverse influences of ion channels, that their aberrant expression and/or activity can contribute to malignant transformation and tumor progression. Further, because ion channels are often localized to the plasma membrane and subject to multiple layers of regulation, they represent promising clinical targets for therapeutic intervention including the repurposing of current drugs.
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- Kyle J Anderson
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN 55812, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN 55812, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN 55812, United States
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Valdivieso ÁG, Santa‐Coloma TA. The chloride anion as a signalling effector. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2019; 94:1839-1856. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ángel G. Valdivieso
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina Buenos Aires 1107 Argentina
- The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) Buenos Aires 1107 Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina Buenos Aires 1107 Argentina
- The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) Buenos Aires 1107 Argentina
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Valdivieso ÁG, Clauzure M, Massip-Copiz MM, Cancio CE, Asensio CJA, Mori C, Santa-Coloma TA. Impairment of CFTR activity in cultured epithelial cells upregulates the expression and activity of LDH resulting in lactic acid hypersecretion. Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 76:1579-1593. [PMID: 30599064 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-018-3001-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mutations in the gene encoding the CFTR chloride channel produce cystic fibrosis (CF). CF patients are more susceptible to bacterial infections in lungs. The most accepted hypothesis sustains that a reduction in the airway surface liquid (ASL) volume favor infections. Alternatively, it was postulated that a reduced HCO3- transport through CFTR leads to a decreased ASL pH, favoring bacterial colonization. The issue is controversial, since recent data from cultured primary cells and CF children showed normal pH values in the ASL. We have reported previously a decreased mitochondrial Complex I (mCx-I) activity in cultured cells with impaired CFTR activity. Thus, we hypothesized that the reduced mCx-I activity could lead to increased lactic acid production (Warburg-like effect) and reduced extracellular pH (pHe). In agreement with this idea, we report here that cells with impaired CFTR function (intestinal Caco-2/pRS26, transfected with an shRNA-CFTR, and lung IB3-1 CF cells) have a decreased pHe. These cells showed increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, LDH-A expression, and lactate secretion. Similar effects were reproduced in control cells stimulated with recombinant IL-1β. The c-Src and JNK inhibitors PP2 and SP600125 were able to increase the pHe, although the differences between control and CFTR-impaired cells were not fully compensated. Noteworthy, the LDH inhibitor oxamate completely restored the pHe of the intestinal Caco-2/pRS26 cells and have a significant effect in lung IB3-1 cells; therefore, an increased lactic acid secretion seems to be the key factor that determine a reduced pHe in these epithelial cells.
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- Ángel G Valdivieso
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, 1107, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, 1107, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, 1107, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, 1107, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, 1107, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, 1107, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED), School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, 1107, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Rout-Pitt N, Farrow N, Parsons D, Donnelley M. Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT): a universal process in lung diseases with implications for cystic fibrosis pathophysiology. Respir Res 2018; 19:136. [PMID: 30021582 PMCID: PMC6052671 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0834-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder that arises due to mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator gene, which encodes for a protein responsible for ion transport out of epithelial cells. This leads to a disruption in transepithelial Cl-, Na + and HCO3− ion transport and the subsequent dehydration of the airway epithelium, resulting in infection, inflammation and development of fibrotic tissue. Unlike in CF, fibrosis in other lung diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has been well characterised. One of the driving forces behind fibrosis is Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT), a process where epithelial cells lose epithelial proteins including E-Cadherin, which is responsible for tight junctions. The cell moves to a more mesenchymal phenotype as it gains mesenchymal markers such as N-Cadherin (providing the cells with migration potential), Vimentin and Fibronectin (proteins excreted to help form the extracellular matrix), and the fibroblast proliferation transcription factors Snail, Slug and Twist. This review paper explores the EMT process in a range of lung diseases, details the common links that these have to cystic fibrosis, and explores how understanding EMT in cystic fibrosis may open up novel methods of treating patients with cystic fibrosis.
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- Nathan Rout-Pitt
- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. .,Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. .,Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Rd, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia.
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Rd, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia.,Australian Respiratory Epithelium Consortium (AusRec), Perth, Western Australia, 6105, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Rd, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia.,Australian Respiratory Epithelium Consortium (AusRec), Perth, Western Australia, 6105, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Rd, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia
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Zhang YL, Chen PX, Guan WJ, Guo HM, Qiu ZE, Xu JW, Luo YL, Lan CF, Xu JB, Hao Y, Tan YX, Ye KN, Lun ZR, Zhao L, Zhu YX, Huang J, Ko WH, Zhong WD, Zhou WL, Zhong NS. Increased intracellular Cl - concentration promotes ongoing inflammation in airway epithelium. Mucosal Immunol 2018; 11:1149-1157. [PMID: 29545647 DOI: 10.1038/s41385-018-0013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Airway epithelial cells harbor the capacity of active Cl- transepithelial transport and play critical roles in modulating innate immunity. However, whether intracellular Cl- accumulation contributes to relentless airway inflammation remains largely unclear. This study showed that, in airway epithelial cells, intracellular Cl- concentration ([Cl-]i) was increased after Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation via nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)-phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D)-cAMP signaling pathways. Clamping [Cl-]i at high levels or prolonged treatment with LPS augmented serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible protein kinase 1 (SGK1) phosphorylation and subsequently triggered NF-κB activation in airway epithelial cells, whereas inhibition of SGK1 abrogated airway inflammation in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, Cl--SGK1 signaling pathway was pronouncedly activated in patients with bronchiectasis, a chronic airway inflammatory disease. Conversely, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a sulfhydryl-containing gasotransmitter, confers anti-inflammatory effects through decreasing [Cl-]i via activation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). Our study confirms that intracellular Cl- is a crucial mediator of sustained airway inflammation. Medications that abrogate excessively increased intracellular Cl- may offer novel targets for the management of airway inflammatory diseases.
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- Yi-Lin Zhang
- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute for Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Sino-French Hoffmann Institute, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Biology and Food Engineering Institute, Guangdong University of Education, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N. T., China, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute for Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protein Modification and Degradation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Affiliated Cancer Hospital and Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N. T., China, China
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- Department of Urology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute for Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Massip-Copiz MM, Santa-Coloma TA. Extracellular pH and lung infections in cystic fibrosis. Eur J Cell Biol 2018; 97:402-410. [PMID: 29933921 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2018.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by CFTR mutations. It is characterized by high NaCl concentration in sweat and the production of a thick and sticky mucus, occluding secretory ducts, intestine and airways, accompanied by chronic inflammation and infections of the lungs. This causes a progressive and lethal decline in lung function. Therefore, finding the mechanisms driving the high susceptibility to lung infections has been a key issue. For decades the prevalent hypothesis was that a reduced airway surface liquid (ASL) volume and composition, and the consequent increased mucus concentration (dehydration), create an environment favoring infections. However, a few years ago, in a pig model of CF, the Na+/K+ concentrations and the ASL volume were found intact. Immediately a different hypothesis arose, postulating a reduced ASL pH as the cause for the increased susceptibility to infections, due to a diminished bicarbonate secretion through CFTR. Noteworthy, a recent report found normal ASL pH values in CF children and in cultured primary airway cells, challenging the ASL pH hypothesis. On the other hand, recent evidences revitalized the hypothesis of a reduced ASL secretion. Thus, the role of the ASL pH in the CF is still a controversial matter. In this review we discuss the basis that sustain the role of CFTR in modulating the extracellular pH, and the recent results sustaining the different points of view. Finding the mechanisms of CFTR signaling that determine the susceptibility to infections is crucial to understand the pathophysiology of CF and related lung diseases.
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- María Macarena Massip-Copiz
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED UCA-CONICET), The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and School of Medical Sciences, The Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED UCA-CONICET), The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and School of Medical Sciences, The Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Valdivieso ÁG, Dugour AV, Sotomayor V, Clauzure M, Figueroa JM, Santa-Coloma TA. N-acetyl cysteine reverts the proinflammatory state induced by cigarette smoke extract in lung Calu-3 cells. Redox Biol 2018; 16:294-302. [PMID: 29573703 PMCID: PMC5953002 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) are lethal pulmonary diseases. Cigarette consumption is the main cause for development of COPD, while CF is produced by mutations in the CFTR gene. Although these diseases have a different etiology, both share a CFTR activity impairment and proinflammatory state even under sterile conditions. The aim of this work was to study the extent of the protective effect of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) over the proinflammatory state (IL-6 and IL-8), oxidative stress (reactive oxygen species, ROS), and CFTR levels, caused by Cigarette Smoke Extract (CSE) in Calu-3 airway epithelial cells. CSE treatment (100 µg/ml during 24 h) decreased CFTR mRNA expression and activity, and increased the release of IL-6 and IL-8. The effect on these cytokines was inhibited by N-acetyl cysteine (NAC, 5 mM) or the NF-kB inhibitor, IKK-2 (10 µM). CSE treatment also increased cellular and mitochondrial ROS levels. The cellular ROS levels were normalized to control values by NAC treatment, although significant effects on mitochondrial ROS levels were observed only at short times (5´) and effects on CFTR levels were not observed. In addition, CSE reduced the mitochondrial NADH-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (mCx I-III) activity, an effect that was not reverted by NAC. The reduced CFTR expression and the mitochondrial damage induced by CSE could not be normalized by NAC treatment, evidencing the need for a more specific reagent. In conclusion, CSE causes a sterile proinflammatory state and mitochondrial damage in Calu-3 cells that was partially recovered by NAC treatment.
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- Ángel G Valdivieso
- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, Buenos Aires C1107AFF, Argentina.
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, Buenos Aires C1107AFF, Argentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, Buenos Aires C1107AFF, Argentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, Buenos Aires C1107AFF, Argentina.
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Massip‐Copiz M, Clauzure M, Valdivieso ÁG, Santa‐Coloma TA. Epiregulin (EREG) is upregulated through an IL‐1β autocrine loop in Caco‐2 epithelial cells with reduced CFTR function. J Cell Biochem 2017; 119:2911-2922. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.26483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Macarena Massip‐Copiz
- The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular BiologyInstitute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular BiologyInstitute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular BiologyInstitute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)Buenos AiresArgentina
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- The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular BiologyInstitute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED)School of Medical SciencesPontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)Buenos AiresArgentina
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Valdivieso ÁG, Mori C, Clauzure M, Massip-Copiz M, Santa-Coloma TA. CFTR modulates RPS27 gene expression using chloride anion as signaling effector. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 633:103-109. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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