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Souza SSD, Gomes AR, Guimarães ATB, Matos LPD, Mendonça JDS, Luz TMD, Matos SGDS, Rodrigues ASDL, Senthil-Nathan S, Rakib MRJ, Kamaraj C, Rocha TL, Islam ARMT, Malafaia G. Exposure to microcrystallized cellulose affects the health of tadpoles and sheds light on the threat these materials pose to amphibians. Environ Pollut 2024; 343:123236. [PMID: 38160776 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123236] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The increasing use of cellulose-based materials (CBMs) has provided beneficial applications in different sectors. However, its release into environments may represent an ecological risk, therefore demanding that ecotoxicological studies be conducted to understand the risks (current and future) of CBM pollution. Thus, we evaluated the possible effects of microcrystalline cellulose (CMs) in Physalaemus cuvieri tadpoles. After seven days of exposure to CMs (at 58.29 and 100 mg/L), the animals were subjected to behavioral evaluation, and different biomarkers (biometric and biochemical) were evaluated. Although our data do not point to a neurotoxic effect of CMs (inferred by the absence of behavioral changes and changes in AChE and BChE activity), animals exposed to CMs showed differences in body condition. Furthermore, we noticed an increase in the frequency of erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities and DNA damage, which were correlated with the ingestion of CMs. We noticed that the antioxidant activity of tadpoles exposed to CMs (inferred by SOD, CAT, and DPPH radical scavenging activity) was insufficient to control the increase in ROS and MDA production. Furthermore, exposure to CMs induced a predominant Th2-specific immune response, marked by suppressed IFN-γ and increased IL-10 levels, with a consequent reduction in NO levels. Principal component analysis and IBRv-2 indicate, in general, a primarily more toxic response to animals exposed to the highest CM concentration. Therefore, our study evidence that CMs affect the health of P. cuvieri tadpoles and sheds light on the threat these materials pose to amphibians.
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- Sindoval Silva de Souza
- Post-Graduation Program in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil; Laboratory of Toxicology Applied to the Environment, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Post-Graduation Program in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Ecology, Conservation, And Biodiversity, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Toxicology Applied to the Environment, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Toxicology Applied to the Environment, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Toxicology Applied to the Environment, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Ecology, Conservation, And Biodiversity, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Toxicology Applied to the Environment, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute, Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627 412, India
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania, Goiás, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Biology of the Parasite-Host Relationship (PPGBRPH), Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Brazil
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- Post-Graduation Program in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil; Laboratory of Toxicology Applied to the Environment, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus, Urutaí, GO, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Ecology, Conservation, And Biodiversity, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute, Urutaí, GO, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Biology of the Parasite-Host Relationship (PPGBRPH), Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Brazil.
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Acquaviva A, Nilofar, Bouyahya A, Zengin G, Di Simone SC, Recinella L, Leone S, Brunetti L, Uba AI, Cakilcioğlu U, Polat R, Darendelioglu E, Menghini L, Ferrante C, Libero ML, Orlando G, Chiavaroli A. Chemical Characterization of Different Extracts from Artemisia annua and Their Antioxidant, Enzyme Inhibitory and Anti-Inflammatory Properties. Chem Biodivers 2023; 20:e202300547. [PMID: 37306942 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202300547] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Artemisia annua L. (Asteraceae Family) is an important plant in Asia that has been used for treating different diseases, including fever due to malaria, wounds, tubercolisis, scabues, pain, convulsions, diabetes, and inflammation. In this study we aimed to evaluate the effects of different polarity extracts (hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, ethanol/water (70 %) and water) from A. annua against the burden of inflammation and oxidative stress occurring in colon tissue exposed to LPS. In parallel, chemical composition, antiradical, and enzyme inhibition effects against α-amylase, α-glucosidase, tyrosinase, and cholinesterases were evaluated. The water extract contained the highest content of the total phenolic with 34.59 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g extract, while the hexane had the highest content of the total flavonoid (20.06 mg rutin equivalent (RE)/g extract). In antioxidant assays, the polar extracts (ethanol, ethanol/water and water) exhibited stronger radical scavenging and reducing power abilities when compared to non-polar extracts. The hexane extract showed the best AChE, tyrosinase and glucosidase inhibitory effects. All extracts revealed effective anti-inflammatory agents, as demonstrated by the blunting effects on COX-2 and TNFα gene expression. These effects seemed to be not related to the only phenolic content. However, it is worthy of interest to highlight how the higher potency against LPS-induced gene expression was shown by the water extract ; thus suggesting a potential phytotherapy application in the management of clinical symptoms related to inflammatory colon diseases, although future in vivo studies are needed to confirm such in vitro and ex vivo observations.
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- Alessandra Acquaviva
- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Laboratory of Human Pathologies Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 1014, Rabat, Morocco
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- Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Selcuk University, 42130, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul AREL University, 34537, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Munzur University, Pertek Sakine Genç Vocational School, Tunceli, Pertek, 62500, Turkey
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- Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bingol University, Bingöl, 12000, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic, Science and Art Faculty, Bingol University, Bingöl, 12000, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100, Chieti, Italy
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Trobec T, Žužek MC, Sepčić K, Kladnik J, Turel I, Frangež R. Novel Organoruthenium(II) Complex C1 Selectively Inhibits Butyrylcholinesterase without Side Effects on Neuromuscular Transmission. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24. [PMID: 36769002 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) shows increased activity in some brain regions after progression of Alzheimer's disease and is therefore one of the therapeutic targets for symptomatic treatment of this neurodegenerative disorder. The organoruthenium(II) complex [(η6-p-cymene)Ru(II)(1-hydroxy-3-methoxypyridine-2(1H)-thionato)pta]PF6 (C1) was designed based on the results of our previous structure-activity studies. Inhibitory activity toward cholinesterase enzymes shows that this complex selectively, competitively, and reversibly inhibits horse serum BChE (hsBChE) with an IC50 value of 2.88 µM. When tested at supra-pharmacological concentrations (30, 60, 90, and 120 µM), C1 had no significant effect on the maximal amplitude of nerve-evoked and directly elicited single-twitch and tetanic contractions. At the highest tested concentration (120 µM), C1 had no effect on resting membrane potential, but significantly decreased the amplitude of miniature end-plate potentials (MEPP) without reducing their frequency. The same concentration of C1 had no effect on the amplitude of end-plate potentials (EPP), however it shortened the half-decay time of MEPPs and EPPs. The decrease in the amplitude of MEPPs and shortening of the half-decay time of MEPPs and EPPs suggest a possible weak inhibitory effect on muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). These combined results show that, when applied at supra-pharmacological concentrations up to 120 µM, C1 does not importantly affect the physiology of neuromuscular transmission and skeletal muscle contraction.
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Redman RR, Mackenzie H, Dissanayake KN, Eddleston M, Ribchester RR. Donepezil inhibits neuromuscular junctional acetylcholinesterase and enhances synaptic transmission and function in isolated skeletal muscle. Br J Pharmacol 2022; 179:5273-5289. [PMID: 36028305 PMCID: PMC9826304 DOI: 10.1111/bph.15940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Donepezil, a piperidine inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) prescribed for treatment of Alzheimer's disease, has adverse neuromuscular effects in humans, including requirement for higher concentrations of non-depolarising neuromuscular blockers during surgery. Here, we examined the effects of donepezil on synaptic transmission at neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) in isolated nerve-muscle preparations from mice. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH We measured effects of therapeutic concentrations of donepezil (10 nM to 1 μM) on AChE enzymic activity, muscle force responses to repetitive stimulation, and spontaneous and evoked endplate potentials (EPPs) recorded intracellularly from flexor digitorum brevis muscles from CD01 or C57BlWldS mice. KEY RESULTS Donepezil inhibited muscle AChE with an approximate IC50 of 30 nM. Tetanic stimulation in sub-micromolar concentrations of donepezil prolonged post-tetanic muscle contractions. Preliminary Fluo4-imaging indicated an association of these contractions with an increase and slow decay of intracellular Ca2+ transients at motor endplates. Donepezil prolonged spontaneous miniature EPP (MEPP) decay time constants by about 65% and extended evoked EPP duration almost threefold. The mean frequency of spontaneous MEPPs was unaffected but the incidence of 'giant' MEPPs (gMEPPs), some exceeding 10 mV in amplitude, was increased. Neither mean MEPP amplitude (excluding gMEPPs), mean EPP amplitude, quantal content or synaptic depression during repetitive stimulation were significantly altered by concentrations of donepezil up to 1 μM. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Adverse neuromuscular signs associated with donepezil therapy, including relative insensitivity to neuromuscular blockers, are probably due to inhibition of AChE at NMJs, prolonging the action of ACh on postsynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors but without substantively impairing evoked ACh release.
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- Robert R. Redman
- Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Ceccanti M, Libonati L, Ruffolo G, Cifelli P, Moret F, Frasca V, Palma E, Inghilleri M, Cambieri C. Effects of 3,4-diaminopyridine on myasthenia gravis: Preliminary results of an open-label study. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:982434. [PMID: 36052140 PMCID: PMC9424766 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.982434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: 3,4-diaminopyridine (3,4-DAP) can lead to clinical and electrophysiological improvement in myasthenic syndrome; it may thus represent a valuable therapeutic option for patients intolerant to pyridostigmine. Objective: to assess 3,4-diaminopyridine (3,4-DAP) effects and tolerability in patients with anti-AChR myasthenia gravis. Method: Effects were monitored electrophysiologically by repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) and by standardized clinical testing (QMG score) before and after a single dose administration of 3,4-DAP 10 mg per os in 15 patients. Patients were divided according to their Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (MGFA) class into mild and severe. Results: No significant side effects were found, apart from transient paresthesia. 3,4-DAP had a significant effect on the QMG score (p = 0.0251), on repetitive nerve stimulation (p = 0.0251), and on the forced vital capacity (p = 0.03), thus indicating that it may reduce the level of disability and the decremental muscle response. When the patients were divided according to the MGFA classification, 3,4-DAP showed a positive effect in the severe group, either for the QMG score (p = 0.031) or for the RNS decrement (p = 0.031). No significant difference was observed in any of the outcome measures within the mild group (p > 0.05). A direct effect of 3,4-DAP on nicotinic ACh receptors (nAChRs) was excluded since human nAChRs reconstituted in an expression system, which were not affected by 3,4-DAP application. Conclusion: Our results suggest that 3,4-DAP may be a useful add-on therapy, especially in most severe patients or when immunosuppressive treatment has not yet reached its full effect or when significant side-effects are associated with anticholinesterase.
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- Marco Ceccanti
- Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute Pasteur- Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Applied Clinical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute Pasteur- Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
- *Correspondence: Chiara Cambieri,
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Harrington CT, Hafid NA, Waters KA. Butyrylcholinesterase is a potential biomarker for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. EBioMedicine 2022; 80:104041. [PMID: 35533499 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Autonomic dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is an enzyme of the cholinergic system, a major branch of the autonomic system, and may provide a measure of autonomic (dys)function. This study was undertaken to evaluate BChE activity in infants and young children who had died from Sudden Infant Death or Sudden Unexpected Death. Methods In this case-control study we measured BChE activity and total protein in the eluate of 5μL spots punched from the dried blood spots taken at birth as part of the newborn screening program. Results for each of 67 sudden unexpected deaths classified by the coroner (aged 1 week-104 weeks) = Cases, were compared to 10 date of birth - and gender-matched surviving controls (Controls), with five cases reclassified to meet criteria for SIDS, including the criterion of age 3 weeks to 1 year. Findings Conditional logistic regression showed that in groups where cases were reported as “SIDS death” there was strong evidence that lower BChE specific activity (BChEsa) was associated with death (OR=0·73 per U/mg, 95% CI 0·60-0·89, P=0·0014), whereas in groups with a “Non-SIDS death” as the case there was no evidence of a linear association between BChEsa and death (OR=1·001 per U/mg, 95% CI 0·89-1·13, P=0·99). Interpretation BChEsa, measured in dried blood spots taken 2-3 days after birth, was lower in babies who subsequently died of SIDS compared to surviving controls and other Non-SIDS deaths. We conclude that a previously unidentified cholinergic deficit, identifiable by abnormal -BChEsa, is present at birth in SIDS babies and represents a measurable, specific vulnerability prior to their death. Funding All funding provided by a crowd funding campaign https://www.mycause.com.au/p/184401/damiens-legacy
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Targosova K, Kucera M, Kilianova Z, Slobodova L, Szmicsekova K, Hrabovska A. Cardiac nicotinic receptors show β-subunit-dependent compensatory changes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 320:H1975-H1984. [PMID: 33769917 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00995.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nicotinic receptors (NRs) play an important role in the cholinergic regulation of heart functions, and converging evidence suggests a diverse repertoire of NR subunits in the heart. A recent hypothesis about the plasticity of β NR subunits suggests that β2-subunits and β4-subunits may substitute for each other. In our study, we assessed the hypothetical β-subunit interchangeability in the heart at the level of mRNA. Using two mutant mice strains lacking β2 or β4 NR subunits, we examined the relative expression of NR subunits and other key cholinergic molecules. We investigated the physiology of isolated hearts perfused by Langendorff's method at basal conditions and after cholinergic and/or adrenergic stimulation. Lack of β2 NR subunit was accompanied with decreased relative expression of β4-subunits and α3-subunits. No other cholinergic changes were observed at the level of mRNA, except for increased M3 and decreased M4 muscarinic receptors. Isolated hearts lacking β2 NR subunit showed different dynamics in heart rate response to indirect cholinergic stimulation. In hearts lacking β4 NR subunit, increased levels of β2-subunits were observed together with decreased mRNA for acetylcholine-synthetizing enzyme and M1 and M4 muscarinic receptors. Changes in the expression levels in β4-/- hearts were associated with increased basal heart rate and impaired response to a high dose of acetylcholine upon adrenergic stimulation. In support of the proposed plasticity of cardiac NRs, our results confirmed subunit-dependent compensatory changes to missing cardiac NRs subunits with consequences on isolated heart physiology.NEW & NOTEWORTHY In the present study, we observed an increase in mRNA levels of the β2 NR subunit in β4-/- hearts but not vice versa, thus supporting the hypothesis of β NR subunit plasticity that depends on the specific type of missing β-subunit. This was accompanied with specific cholinergic adaptations. Nevertheless, isolated hearts of β4-/- mice showed increased basal heart rate and a higher sensitivity to a high dose of acetylcholine upon adrenergic stimulation.
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- Katarina Targosova
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.,Department of Pharmacology, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.,Department of Pharmacology, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.,Department of Pharmacology, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia.,Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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Yang L. Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase Antibody Positive Myasthenia Gravis With Peripheral Nerve Hyperexcitability: Case Report and Literature Review. Clin Neuropharmacol 2021; 44:57-61. [PMID: 33470659 DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0000000000000432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Administration of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors can bring about peripheral nerve hyperexcitability symptom in muscle-specific tyrosine kinase antibody positive myasthenia gravis, but the changes in electromyography before and after drug withdrawal have not been described in detail. METHODS Electromyography was performed on a case of muscle-specific tyrosine kinase antibody positive myasthenia gravis with peripheral nerve hyperexcitability correlated with the administration of pyridostigmine bromide before and after drug withdrawal, respectively. RESULTS Afterdischarges close after M waves appeared on the tibial nerve, common peroneal nerve, median nerve, and ulnar nerve, and these presented unique characteristics in repetitive nerve stimulation. Ten days after pyridostigmine bromide withdrawal, the second electromyography examination was carried out and showed that the afterdischarges on all nerves disappeared dramatically and the amplitude of tibial nerve F waves was elevated than before. CONCLUSIONS Afterdischarges can be an important indicator of muscle-specific tyrosine kinase antibody positive myasthenia gravis with peripheral nerve hyperexcitability correlated with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
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Silman I. The multiple biological roles of the cholinesterases. Prog Biophys Mol Biol 2021; 162:41-56. [PMID: 33307019 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2020.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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It is tacitly assumed that the biological role of acetylcholinesterase is termination of synaptic transmission at cholinergic synapses. However, together with its structural homolog, butyrylcholinesterase, it is widely distributed both within and outside the nervous system, and, in many cases, the role of both enzymes remains obscure. The transient appearance of the cholinesterases in embryonic tissues is especially enigmatic. The two enzymes' extra-synaptic roles, which are known as 'non-classical' roles, are the topic of this review. Strong evidence has been presented that AChE and BChE play morphogenetic roles in a variety of eukaryotic systems, and they do so either by acting as adhesion proteins, or as trophic factors. As trophic factors, one mode of action is to directly regulate morphogenesis, such as neurite outgrowth, by poorly understood mechanisms. The other mode is by regulating levels of acetylcholine, which acts as the direct trophic factor. Alternate substrates have been sought for the cholinesterases. Quite recently, it was shown that levels of the aggression hormone, ghrelin, which also controls appetite, are regulated by butyrylcholinesterase. The rapid hydrolysis of acetylcholine by acetylcholinesterase generates high local proton concentrations. The possible biophysical and biological consequences of this effect are discussed. The biological significance of the acetylcholinesterases secreted by parasitic nematodes is reviewed, and, finally, the involvement of acetylcholinesterase in apoptosis is considered.
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Trobec T, Žužek MC, Sepčić K, Kladnik J, Kljun J, Turel I, Benoit E, Frangež R. Structural and functional characterization of an organometallic ruthenium complex as a potential myorelaxant drug. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 127:110161. [PMID: 32380389 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In addition to antibacterial and antitumor effects, synthetic ruthenium complexes have been reported to inhibit several medicinally important enzymes, including acetylcholinesterase (AChE). They may also interact with muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and thus affect the neuromuscular transmission and muscle function. In the present study, the effects of the organometallic ruthenium complex of 5-nitro-1,10-phenanthroline (nitrophen) were evaluated on these systems. The organoruthenium-nitrophen complex [(η6-p-cymene)Ru(nitrophen)Cl]Cl; C22H21Cl2N3O2Ru (C1-Cl) was synthesized, structurally characterized and evaluated in vitro for its inhibitory activity against electric eel acetylcholinesterase (eeAChE), human recombinant acetylcholinesterase (hrAChE), horse serum butyrylcholinesterase (hsBChE) and horse liver glutathione-S-transferase. The physiological effects of C1-Cl were then studied on isolated mouse phrenic nerve-hemidiaphragm muscle preparations, by means of single twitch measurements and electrophysiological recordings. The compound C1-Cl acted as a competitive inhibitor of eeAChE, hrAChE and hsBChE with concentrations producing 50 % inhibition (IC50) of enzyme activity ranging from 16 to 26 μM. Moreover, C1-Cl inhibited the nerve-evoked isometric muscle contraction (IC50 = 19.44 μM), without affecting the directly-evoked muscle single twitch up to 40 μM. The blocking effect of C1-Cl was rapid and almost completely reversed by neostigmine, a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor. The endplate potentials were also inhibited by C1-Cl in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50 = 7.6 μM) without any significant change in the resting membrane potential of muscle fibers up to 40 μM. Finally, C1-Cl (5-40 μM) decreased (i) the amplitude of miniature endplate potentials until a complete block by concentrations higher than 25 μM and (ii) their frequency at 10 μM or higher concentrations. The compound C1-Cl reversibly blocked the neuromuscular transmission in vitro by a non-depolarizing mechanism and mainly through an action on postsynaptic nAChRs. The compound C1-Cl may be therefore interesting for further preclinical testing as a new competitive neuromuscular blocking, and thus myorelaxant, drug.
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Baranowska-Wójcik E, Szwajgier D, Winiarska-Mieczan A. Regardless of the Brewing Conditions, Various Types of Tea are a Source of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12030709. [PMID: 32155927 PMCID: PMC7146204 DOI: 10.3390/nu12030709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized, among others, by abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays a significant role in the process through hydrolysis of the acetylcholine neurotransmitter. Currently, the main method for treatment of AD at a symptomatic stage entails administration of AChE inhibitors to patients diagnosed with the disease. However, it is also possible to take certain steps to treat AD by delivering inhibitors with food. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that tea (Camellia sinensis) shows numerous beneficial properties, including improving cognitive abilities. This is particularly important in the case of AD patients. The study assessed the impact of brewing conditions on the inhibition of AChE activity observed in tea extracts (black, white, or fruit). Our study revealed that neither temperature nor time of brewing influenced the respective infusions’ ability to inhibit the activity of AChE. Anticholinesterase activity was observed in most of the different types of tea that were analyzed, with the highest rate of inhibition (30.46%–48.54%) evidenced in the Biofix Tea Wild Strawberry brand. The results of our research show that tea may be used as a rich source of cholinesterase inhibitors which play a significant role in AD treatment.
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- Ewa Baranowska-Wójcik
- Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 8 Skromna Street, 20-704 Lublin, Poland
- Correspondence: (E.B.-W.); (D.S.); Tel.: +48-81-462-33-94 (E.B.-W.); +48-81-462-33-68 (D.S.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 8 Skromna Street, 20-704 Lublin, Poland
- Correspondence: (E.B.-W.); (D.S.); Tel.: +48-81-462-33-94 (E.B.-W.); +48-81-462-33-68 (D.S.)
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- Department of Bromatology and Food Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland;
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Nervo A, Calas AG, Nachon F, Krejci E. Respiratory failure triggered by cholinesterase inhibitors may involve activation of a reflex sensory pathway by acetylcholine spillover. Toxicology 2019; 424:152232. [PMID: 31175885 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Respiration failure during exposure by cholinesterase inhibitors has been widely assumed to be due to inhibition of cholinesterase in the brain. Using a double chamber plethysmograph to measure various respiratory parameters, we observed long "end inspiratory pauses" (EIP) during most exposure that depressed breathing. Surprisingly, Colq KO mice that have a normal level of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the brain but a severe deficit in muscles and other peripheral tissues do not pause the breathing by long EIP. In mice, long EIP can be triggered by a nasal irritant. Eucalyptol, an agonist of cold receptor (TRPM8) acting on afferent sensory neurons and known to reduce the EIP triggered by such irritants, strongly reduced the EIP induced by cholinesterase inhibitor. These results suggest that acetylcholine (ACh) spillover from the neuromuscular junction, which is unchanged in Colq KO mice, may activate afferent sensory systems and trigger sensory reflexes, as reversed by eucalyptol. Indeed, the role of AChE at the cholinergic synapses is not only to accurately control the synaptic transmission but also to prevent the spillover of ACh. In the peripheral tissues, the ACh flood induced by cholinesterase inhibition may be very toxic due to interaction with non-neuronal cells that use ACh at low levels to communicate with afferent sensory neurons.
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- Aurélie Nervo
- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France; COGnition and Action Group, UMR 8257, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France; COGnition and Action Group, UMR 8257, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- COGnition and Action Group, UMR 8257, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
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Zorbaz T, Malinak D, Kuca K, Musilek K, Kovarik Z. Butyrylcholinesterase inhibited by nerve agents is efficiently reactivated with chlorinated pyridinium oximes. Chem Biol Interact 2019; 307:16-20. [PMID: 31004594 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2019.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bispyridinium oximes with one (K865, K866, K867) or two (K868, K869, K870) ortho-positioned chlorine moiety, analogous to previously known K027, K048 and K203 oximes, and potent reactivators of human acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibited by nerve agents, were tested in the reactivation of human butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibited by sarin, cyclosarin, VX, and tabun. A previously highlighted AChE reactivator, dichlorinated bispyridinium oxime with propyl linker (K868), was tested in more detail for reactivation of four nerve agent-BChE conjugates. Its BChE reactivation potency was showed to be promising when compared to the standard oximes used in medical practice, asoxime (HI-6) and pralidoxime (2-PAM), especially in case of sarin and tabun. This finding could be used in the pseudo-catalytic scavenging of the most nerve agents due to its cumulative capacity to reactivate both AChE and BChE.
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- Tamara Zorbaz
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska cesta 2, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; University Hospital in Hradec Kralove, Biomedical Research Center, Sokolska 581, 50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic; University Hospital in Hradec Kralove, Biomedical Research Center, Sokolska 581, 50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska cesta 2, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Ristovski S, Uzelac M, Kljun J, Lipec T, Uršič M, Zemljič Jokhadar Š, Žužek MC, Trobec T, Frangež R, Sepčić K, Turel I. Organoruthenium Prodrugs as a New Class of Cholinesterase and Glutathione-S-Transferase Inhibitors. ChemMedChem 2018; 13:2166-2176. [PMID: 30126080 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A small library of 17 organoruthenium compounds with the general formula [RuII (fcl)(chel)(L)]n+ (in which fcl=face capping ligand, chel=chelating bidentate ligand, and L=monodentate ligand) were screened for inhibitory activity against cholinesterases and glutathione-S-transferases of human and animal origins. Compounds were selected to include different chelating ligands (i.e., N,N-, N,O-, O,O-, S,O-) and monodentate ligands that can modulate the aquation rate of the metal species. Compounds with a labile ruthenium chloride bond that provided rapid aquation were found to inhibit both sets of enzymes in reversible competitive modes and at pharmaceutically relevant concentrations. When applied at concentrations that completely abolish the activity of human acetylcholinesterase, the lead compound [(η6 -p-cymene)Ru(pyrithionato)Cl] (C1 a) showed no undesirable physiological responses on the neuromuscular system. Finally, C1 a was not cytotoxic against non-transformed cells at pharmaceutically relevant concentrations.
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- Samuel Ristovski
- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, Radmile Matejčić 2, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Gerbičeva 60, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Gerbičeva 60, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Gerbičeva 60, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Shah MS, Najam-Ul-Haq M, Shah HS, Farooq Rizvi SU, Iqbal J. Quinoline containing chalcone derivatives as cholinesterase inhibitors and their in silico modeling studies. Comput Biol Chem 2018; 76:310-317. [PMID: 30142564 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 07/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cholinesterases (ChEs) play a vital role in regulating cholinergic transmission. Inhibition of ChEs is thought to be an emerging and useful therapeutic target for neurodegenerative disorders through restoration of acetylcholine (ACh) levels in the brain (e.g. Alzheimer's disease). To increase the chemical diversity of cholinesterase inhibitors, a series of quinoline chalcones derivatives were tested against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) isoenzymes. All tested compounds (4a-1; 5a-s) exhibited inhibitory activities against AChE and BChE to a considerable extent. Molecular docking studies were performed by using homology models on both AChE and BChE isoenzymes with the aim of exploring probable binding modes of the most potent inhibitor. In order to evaluate drug likeness of newly tested molecules, we carried out in-silico ADME evaluation. All compounds displayed favourable ADME findings which predict good oral bioavailability of these derivatives. Due to an excellent ADME profile the tested compounds were predicted to be safer which can be considered as novel cholinesterase inhibitors.
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- Muhammad Shakil Shah
- Centre for Advanced Drug Research, COMSATS University, Islambad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, 22060, Pakistan; Division of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, 60800, Multan, Pakistan
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- Division of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, 60800, Multan, Pakistan
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- Centre for Advanced Drug Research, COMSATS University, Islambad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, 22060, Pakistan; College of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan
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- Centre for Advanced Drug Research, COMSATS University, Islambad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, 22060, Pakistan.
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Petrov KA, Nikolsky EE, Masson P. Autoregulation of Acetylcholine Release and Micro-Pharmacodynamic Mechanisms at Neuromuscular Junction: Selective Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors for Therapy of Myasthenic Syndromes. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:766. [PMID: 30050445 PMCID: PMC6052098 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) are directly involved into such indispensable to life processes as respiration and locomotion. However, motor nerve forms only one synaptic contact at each muscle fiber. This unique configuration requires specific properties and constrains to be effective. The very high density of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) of muscle type in synaptic cleft and an excess of acetylcholine (ACh) released under physiological conditions make this synapse extremely reliable. Nevertheless, under pathological conditions such as myasthenia gravis and congenital myasthenic syndromes, the safety factor can be markedly reduced. Drugs used for short-term symptomatic therapy of these pathological states, cause partial inhibition of cholinesterases (ChEs). These enzymes catalyze the hydrolysis of ACh, thus terminate its action on AChRs. Extension of the lifetime of ACh molecules compensates muscular AChRs abnormalities and, consequently, rescues muscle contractions. In this mini review, we will first outline the functional organization of the NMJ, and then, consider the concept of the safety factor and how it may be changed. This will be followed by a look at autoregulation of ACh release that influences the safety factor of NMJs. Finally, we will consider the morphological features of NMJs as a putative reserve to increase effectiveness of pathological muscle weakness therapy by ChEs inhibitors due to opportunity to use micro-pharmacodynamic mechanisms.
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- Konstantin A Petrov
- A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia.,Neuropharmacology Lab, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia
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- Neuropharmacology Lab, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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Zorbaz T, Braïki A, Maraković N, Renou J, de la Mora E, Maček Hrvat N, Katalinić M, Silman I, Sussman JL, Mercey G, Gomez C, Mougeot R, Pérez B, Baati R, Nachon F, Weik M, Jean L, Kovarik Z, Renard PY. Potent 3-Hydroxy-2-Pyridine Aldoxime Reactivators of Organophosphate-Inhibited Cholinesterases with Predicted Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration. Chemistry 2018; 24:9675-9691. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Tamara Zorbaz
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health; Ksaverska cesta 2 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- COBRA (UMR 6014); INSA Rouen; CNRS; Normandie Univ.; UNIROUEN; 76000 Rouen France
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health; Ksaverska cesta 2 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- COBRA (UMR 6014); INSA Rouen; CNRS; Normandie Univ.; UNIROUEN; 76000 Rouen France
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health; Ksaverska cesta 2 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health; Ksaverska cesta 2 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Neurobiology; Weizmann Institute of Science; 6100 Rehovot Israel
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- Department of Structural Biology; Weizmann Institute of Science; 76100 Rehovot Israel
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- COBRA (UMR 6014); INSA Rouen; CNRS; Normandie Univ.; UNIROUEN; 76000 Rouen France
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- COBRA (UMR 6014); INSA Rouen; CNRS; Normandie Univ.; UNIROUEN; 76000 Rouen France
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- COBRA (UMR 6014); INSA Rouen; CNRS; Normandie Univ.; UNIROUEN; 76000 Rouen France
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- Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona Spain
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- Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l'Energie, l'Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES); ECPM, UMR 7515 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg; 25 rue Becquerel 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 02 France
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- Département de Toxicologie et Risques Chimiques; Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées; 91220 Brétigny-sur-Orge France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes; CEA; CNRS; IBS; 38000 Grenoble France
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- COBRA (UMR 6014); INSA Rouen; CNRS; Normandie Univ.; UNIROUEN; 76000 Rouen France
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- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health; Ksaverska cesta 2 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia
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- COBRA (UMR 6014); INSA Rouen; CNRS; Normandie Univ.; UNIROUEN; 76000 Rouen France
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Petrov KA, Kharlamova AD, Lenina OA, Nurtdinov AR, Sitdykova ME, Ilyin VI, Zueva IV, Nikolsky EE. Specific inhibition of acetylcholinesterase as an approach to decrease muscarinic side effects during myasthenia gravis treatment. Sci Rep 2018; 8:304. [PMID: 29321572 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18307-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Non-selective inhibitors of cholinesterases (ChEs) are clinically used for treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG). While being generally safe, they cause numerous adverse effects including induction of hyperactivity of urinary bladder and intestines affecting quality of patients life. In this study we have compared two ChEs inhibitors, a newly synthesized compound C547 and clinically used pyridostigmine bromide, by their efficiency to reduce muscle weakness symptoms and ability to activate contractions of urinary bladder in a rat model of autoimmune MG. We found that at dose effectively reducing MG symptoms, C547 did not affect activity of rat urinary bladder. In contrast, at equipotent dose, pyridostigmine caused a significant increase in tonus and force of spontaneous contractions of bladder wall. We also found that this profile of ChEs inhibitors translates into the preparation of human urinary bladder. The difference in action observed for C547 and pyridostigmine we attribute to a high level of pharmacological selectivity of C547 in inhibiting acetylcholinesterase as compared to butyrylcholinesterase. These results raise reasonable hope that selective acetylcholinesterase inhibitors should show efficacy in treating MG in human patients with a significant reduction in adverse effects related to hyperactivation of smooth muscles.
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Žužek MC, Grandič M, Benoit E, Frangež R. Natural polymeric 3-alkylpyridinium salt affects vertebrate skeletal muscle contractility by preferentially blocking neuromuscular transmission. Toxicol Lett 2017; 281:95-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 09/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fujii T, Mashimo M, Moriwaki Y, Misawa H, Ono S, Horiguchi K, Kawashima K. Expression and Function of the Cholinergic System in Immune Cells. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1085. [PMID: 28932225 PMCID: PMC5592202 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [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: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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T and B cells express most cholinergic system components—e.g., acetylcholine (ACh), choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), acetylcholinesterase, and both muscarinic and nicotinic ACh receptors (mAChRs and nAChRs, respectively). Using ChATBAC-eGFP transgenic mice, ChAT expression has been confirmed in T and B cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages. Moreover, T cell activation via T-cell receptor/CD3-mediated pathways upregulates ChAT mRNA expression and ACh synthesis, suggesting that this lymphocytic cholinergic system contributes to the regulation of immune function. Immune cells express all five mAChRs (M1–M5). Combined M1/M5 mAChR-deficient (M1/M5-KO) mice produce less antigen-specific antibody than wild-type (WT) mice. Furthermore, spleen cells in M1/M5-KO mice produce less tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6, suggesting M1/M5 mAChRs are involved in regulating pro-inflammatory cytokine and antibody production. Immune cells also frequently express the α2, α5, α6, α7, α9, and α10 nAChR subunits. α7 nAChR-deficient (α7-KO) mice produce more antigen-specific antibody than WT mice, and spleen cells from α7-KO mice produce more TNF-α and IL-6 than WT cells. This suggests that α7 nAChRs are involved in regulating cytokine production and thus modulate antibody production. Evidence also indicates that nicotine modulates immune responses by altering cytokine production and that α7 nAChR signaling contributes to immunomodulation through modification of T cell differentiation. Together, these findings suggest the involvement of both mAChRs and nAChRs in the regulation of immune function. The observation that vagus nerve stimulation protects mice from lethal endotoxin shock led to the notion of a cholinergic anti-inflammatory reflex pathway, and the spleen is an essential component of this anti-inflammatory reflex. Because the spleen lacks direct vagus innervation, it has been postulated that ACh synthesized by a subset of CD4+ T cells relays vagal nerve signals to α7 nAChRs on splenic macrophages, which downregulates TNF-α synthesis and release, thereby modulating inflammatory responses. However, because the spleen is innervated solely by the noradrenergic splenic nerve, confirmation of an anti-inflammatory reflex pathway involving the spleen requires several more hypotheses to be addressed. We will review and discuss these issues in the context of the cholinergic system in immune cells.
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- Takeshi Fujii
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Ohtani University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Division of Medicine, University of Fukui Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Leon-Sarmiento FE, Leon-Ariza JS, Prada D, Leon-Ariza DS, Rizzo-Sierra CV. Sensory aspects in myasthenia gravis: A translational approach. J Neurol Sci 2016; 368:379-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Bauché S, O'Regan S, Azuma Y, Laffargue F, McMacken G, Sternberg D, Brochier G, Buon C, Bouzidi N, Topf A, Lacène E, Remerand G, Beaufrere AM, Pebrel-Richard C, Thevenon J, El Chehadeh-Djebbar S, Faivre L, Duffourd Y, Ricci F, Mongini T, Fiorillo C, Astrea G, Burloiu CM, Butoianu N, Sandu C, Servais L, Bonne G, Nelson I, Desguerre I, Nougues MC, Bœuf B, Romero N, Laporte J, Boland A, Lechner D, Deleuze JF, Fontaine B, Strochlic L, Lochmuller H, Eymard B, Mayer M, Nicole S. Impaired Presynaptic High-Affinity Choline Transporter Causes a Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome with Episodic Apnea. Am J Hum Genet 2016; 99:753-761. [PMID: 27569547 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is one of the best-studied cholinergic synapses. Inherited defects of peripheral neurotransmission result in congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs), a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of rare diseases with fluctuating fatigable muscle weakness as the clinical hallmark. Whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing in six unrelated families identified compound heterozygous and homozygous mutations in SLC5A7 encoding the presynaptic sodium-dependent high-affinity choline transporter 1 (CHT), which is known to be mutated in one dominant form of distal motor neuronopathy (DHMN7A). We identified 11 recessive mutations in SLC5A7 that were associated with a spectrum of severe muscle weakness ranging from a lethal antenatal form of arthrogryposis and severe hypotonia to a neonatal form of CMS with episodic apnea and a favorable prognosis when well managed at the clinical level. As expected given the critical role of CHT for multisystemic cholinergic neurotransmission, autonomic dysfunctions were reported in the antenatal form and cognitive impairment was noticed in half of the persons with the neonatal form. The missense mutations induced a near complete loss of function of CHT activity in cell models. At the human NMJ, a delay in synaptic maturation and an altered maintenance were observed in the antenatal and neonatal forms, respectively. Increased synaptic expression of butyrylcholinesterase was also observed, exposing the dysfunction of cholinergic metabolism when CHT is deficient in vivo. This work broadens the clinical spectrum of human diseases resulting from reduced CHT activity and highlights the complexity of cholinergic metabolism at the synapse.
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- Stéphanie Bauché
- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France
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- Membrane transport group, Neurophotonics Laboratory, CNRS UMR8250, Sorbonne Paris Cité-Paris Descartes University, 75005 Paris, France
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- The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre de référence Auvergne-Limousin, Neuropathies Périphériques Rares et Maladies Neuromusculaires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France; Unité de pathologies neuromusculaires, Institut de Myologie, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMRS 974, Inserm U974, CNRS UMR 7215, 75013 Paris, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France
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- The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France; Unité de pathologies neuromusculaires, Institut de Myologie, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMRS 974, Inserm U974, CNRS UMR 7215, 75013 Paris, France
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- Service de Néonatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie pathologiques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Service de Cytogénétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, 21079 Dijon, France; Centre de Génétique et Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs de l'Inter-région Est, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, 21079 Dijon, France
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- Service de génétique médicale, Institut de génétique médicale d'Alsace (IGMA), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, 67098 Strasbourg, France
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- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, 21079 Dijon, France; Centre de Génétique et Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement et Syndromes Malformatifs de l'Inter-région Est, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, 21079 Dijon, France
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- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Médecine Translationnelle et Anomalies du Développement (TRANSLAD), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, 21079 Dijon, France
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- Center for Neuromuscular Diseases, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Regina Margherita Children Hospital, and Department of Neurosciences, University of Torino, 10124 Torino, Italy
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- Center for Neuromuscular Diseases, Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Regina Margherita Children Hospital, and Department of Neurosciences, University of Torino, 10124 Torino, Italy
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- Molecular Medicine, IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Calambrone, 56018 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, Calambrone, 56018 Pisa, Italy
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- Alexandru Obregia Clinical Hospital, sos Berceni 10-12, 041914 Bucharest, Romania
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- Alexandru Obregia Clinical Hospital, sos Berceni 10-12, 041914 Bucharest, Romania
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Center of Research in Myology, Myology Institute, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Center of Research in Myology, Myology Institute, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Center of Research in Myology, Myology Institute, 75013 Paris, France
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires de l'Ouest Parisien, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 75743 Paris, France
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- Neuropédiatrie et Unité d'électrophysiologie clinique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires de l'EST parisien et DHU I2B, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau, 75012 Paris, France
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- Service de réanimation néonatale et pédiatrique Hôpital Estaing CHU de Clermont Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Unité de pathologies neuromusculaires, Institut de Myologie, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMRS 974, Inserm U974, CNRS UMR 7215, 75013 Paris, France
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- Departement Médecine Translationnelle et Neurogénétique, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 7104, Inserm U 964, 67404 Illkirch, France; Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Centre National de Génotypage (CNG), 91057 Evry, France
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- Centre National de Génotypage (CNG), 91057 Evry, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France
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- The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3BZ, UK
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, Center of Research in Myology, Myology Institute, 75013 Paris, France
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- Neuropédiatrie et Unité d'électrophysiologie clinique, Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires de l'EST parisien et DHU I2B, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau, 75012 Paris, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France.
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Sigoillot SM, Bourgeois F, Karmouch J, Molgó J, Dobbertin A, Chevalier C, Houlgatte R, Léger J, Legay C. Neuromuscular junction immaturity and muscle atrophy are hallmarks of the ColQ-deficient mouse, a model of congenital myasthenic syndrome with acetylcholinesterase deficiency. FASEB J 2016; 30:2382-99. [PMID: 26993635 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201500162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The collagen ColQ anchors acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the synaptic cleft of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). It also binds MuSK and perlecan/dystroglycan, 2 signaling platforms of the postsynaptic domain. Mutations in ColQ cause a congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) with AChE deficiency. Because the absence of AChE does not fully explain the complexity of the syndrome and there is no curative treatment for the disease, we explored additional potential targets of ColQ by conducting a large genetic screening of ColQ-deficient mice, a model for CMS with AChE deficiency, and analyzed their NMJ and muscle phenotypes. We demonstrated that ColQ controls the development and the maturation of the postsynaptic domain by regulating synaptic gene expression. Notably, ColQ deficiency leads to an up-regulation of the 5 subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR), leading to mixed mature and immature AChRs at the NMJ of adult mice. ColQ also regulates the expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) components. However, whereas the ECM mRNAs were down-regulated in vitro, compensation seemed to occur in vivo to maintain normal levels of these mRNAs. Finally, ColQ deficiency leads to a general atrophic phenotype and hypoplasia that affect fast muscles. This study points to new specific hallmarks for this CMS.-Sigoillot, S. M., Bourgeois, F., Karmouch, J., Molgó, J., Dobbertin, A., Chevalier, C., Houlgatte, R., Léger, J., Legay, C. Neuromuscular junction immaturity and muscle atrophy are hallmarks of the ColQ-deficient mouse, a model of congenital myasthenic syndrome with acetylcholinesterase deficiency.
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- Séverine M Sigoillot
- Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8119, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris France
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- Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8119, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris France
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- Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8119, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris France
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- Commissariat à l'énergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, Service d'Ingénierie Moléculaire des Protéines, Gif sur Yvette, France; Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, UMR 9197, CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France; and
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- Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8119, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris France
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- Institut de Recherche Thérapeutique de l'Université de Nantes, Plateforme Génomique Intégrative, Nantes, France
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- Institut de Recherche Thérapeutique de l'Université de Nantes, Plateforme Génomique Intégrative, Nantes, France
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- Institut de Recherche Thérapeutique de l'Université de Nantes, Plateforme Génomique Intégrative, Nantes, France
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- Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8119, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris France;
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Moodie LWK, Žužek MC, Frangež R, Andersen JH, Hansen E, Olsen EK, Cergolj M, Sepčić K, Hansen KØ, Svenson J. Synthetic analogs of stryphnusin isolated from the marine sponge Stryphnus fortis inhibit acetylcholinesterase with no effect on muscle function or neuromuscular transmission. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:11220-11229. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02120d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The current study describes the AChE inhibitory effect of natural marine neuroactive compounds.
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences
- Veterinary faculty
- University of Ljubljana
- Ljubljana
- Slovenia
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- Institute of Preclinical Sciences
- Veterinary faculty
- University of Ljubljana
- Ljubljana
- Slovenia
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- Marbio
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Tromsø
- Norway
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- Department of Biology
- Biotechnical Faculty
- University of Ljubljana
- Ljubljana
- Slovenia
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- Department of Biology
- Biotechnical Faculty
- University of Ljubljana
- Ljubljana
- Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Tromsø
- Norway
- Department of Chemistry
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Aráoz R, Ouanounou G, Iorga BI, Goudet A, Alili D, Amar M, Benoit E, Molgó J, Servent D. The Neurotoxic Effect of 13,19-Didesmethyl and 13-Desmethyl Spirolide C Phycotoxins Is Mainly Mediated by Nicotinic Rather Than Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Toxicol Sci 2015; 147:156-67. [DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Petrov KA, Girard E, Nikitashina AD, Colasante C, Bernard V, Nurullin L, Leroy J, Samigullin D, Colak O, Nikolsky E, Plaud B, Krejci E. Schwann cells sense and control acetylcholine spillover at the neuromuscular junction by α7 nicotinic receptors and butyrylcholinesterase. J Neurosci 2014; 34:11870-83. [PMID: 25186736 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0329-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Terminal Schwann cells (TSCs) are key components of the mammalian neuromuscular junction (NMJ). How the TSCs sense the synaptic activity in physiological conditions remains unclear. We have taken advantage of the distinct localization of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) at the NMJ to bring out the function of different ACh receptors (AChRs). AChE is clustered by the collagen Q in the synaptic cleft and prevents the repetitive activation of muscle nicotinic AChRs. We found that BChE is anchored at the TSC by a proline-rich membrane anchor, the small transmembrane protein anchor of brain AChE. When BChE was specifically inhibited, ACh release was significant depressed through the activation of α7 nAChRs localized on the TSC and activated by the spillover of ACh. When both AChE and BChE were inhibited, the spillover increased and induced a dramatic reduction of ACh release that compromised the muscle twitch triggered by the nerve stimulation. α7 nAChRs at the TSC may act as a sensor for spillover of ACh adjusted by BChE and may represent an extrasynaptic sensor for homeostasis at the NMJ. In myasthenic rats, selective inhibition of AChE is more effective in rescuing muscle function than the simultaneous inhibition of AChE and BChE because the concomitant inhibition of BChE counteracts the positive action of AChE inhibition. These results show that inhibition of BChE should be avoided during the treatment of myasthenia and the pharmacological reversal of residual curarization after anesthesia.
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Quintaneiro C, Monteiro M, Soares AMVM, Ranville J, Nogueira AJA. Cholinesterase activity on Echinogammarus meridionalis (Pinkster) and Atyaephyra desmarestii (Millet): characterisation and in vivo effects of copper and zinc. Ecotoxicology 2014; 23:449-458. [PMID: 24526590 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1204-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Metals are released into freshwater ecosystems from natural and anthropogenic sources, compromising their structural and functional equilibrium. As early warning tools, cholinesterases (ChEs) are usually used to assess the effects of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides, but are also known to be inhibited by metals. The objectives of this work were to characterise the activity of ChE present in the amphipod Echinogammarus meridionalis and the shrimp Atyaephyra desmarestii and to evaluate the in vivo effects of the metals copper and zinc in their ChE activity. To achieve this, firstly the activity of ChE forms were characterised using different in vitro assays with substrates and selective inhibitors. Then, the in vivo effects of 48 h exposures to increasing concentrations of copper and zinc on ChE activity were determined. The ChE form present in both species was acetylcholinesterase (AChE) since both revealed preference for the acetylthiocholine iodide substrate, total inhibition with eserine, the inhibitor of ChEs, and with 1,5-bis(4-allyldimethylammoniumphenyl)-pentan-3-one dibromide, the specific inhibitor of AChE, and presented insensitivity to iso-OMPA, a specific inhibitor of butyrylcholinesterase. The activity of ChEs was inhibited by zinc exposures in the amphipod species, but was not affected by copper. Exposure to copper and zinc did not affect ChEs activity in the shrimp at the concentrations tested. This work is a relevant contribution as foundation for the use of AChE in freshwater crustaceans in further studies including biomonitoring campaigns in different contamination scenarios.
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- C Quintaneiro
- CESAM and Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-191, Aveiro, Portugal,
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Lin HQ, Wang Y, Chan KL, Ip TM, Wan CCD. Differential regulation of lipid metabolism genes in the brain of acetylcholinesterase knockout mice. J Mol Neurosci 2014; 53:397-408. [PMID: 24573602 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-014-0267-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mice deficient in acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC3.1.1.7) exhibited significant phenotypical and biochemical changes when compared with wild-type littermates. They showed a delay of growth in weight and size, immature external ears, and persistent body tremor, and they circled when walking. The molecular mechanisms underlying these changes have not been investigated yet. Here, we studied the profiles of both the messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein expression in the brain of AChE-deficient mice using mRNA microarray, quantitative PCR, and two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D DIGE) coupled to protein identification with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. Analysis of gene expression profile was conducted by DAVID ( http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov ) and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA, http://www.ingenuity.com ). Previous results implicated that there is a close relationship between lipid metabolisms which were associated with central nervous system development. Here, we demonstrated that the mRNA expressions of brain specific fatty acid protein 7 (fabp-7) and phospholipase A2 group IV (pla2g4) were significantly downregulated in AChE-deficient mice. These results suggested that AChE may play a role in neurogenesis and neurodegeneration by specifically regulating lipid metabolism in the brain.
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- Huang-Quan Lin
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China,
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Mazlan NA, Mediani A, Abas F, Ahmad S, Shaari K, Khamis S, Lajis NH. Antioxidant, antityrosinase, anticholinesterase, and nitric oxide inhibition activities of three malaysian macaranga species. ScientificWorldJournal 2013; 2013:312741. [PMID: 24319356 DOI: 10.1155/2013/312741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The methanol extracts of three Macaranga species (M. denticulata, M. pruinosa, and M. gigantea) were screened to evaluate their total phenolic contents and activities as cholinesterase inhibitors, nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitors, tyrosinase inhibitors, and antioxidants. The bark of M. denticulata showed the highest total phenolic content (2682 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/100 g) and free radical scavenging activity (IC50 = 0.063 mg/mL). All of the samples inhibited linoleic acid peroxidation by greater than 80%, with the leaves of M. gigantea exhibiting the highest inhibition of 92.21%. Most of the samples exhibited significant antioxidant potential. The bark of M. denticulata and the leaves of both M. pruinosa and M. gigantea exhibited greater than 50% tyrosinase inhibition, with the bark of M. denticulata having the highest percentage of inhibition (68.7%). The bark and leaves of M. denticulata exhibited greater than 50% inhibition (73.82% and 54.50%, resp.) of the acetylcholinesterase enzyme (AChE), while none of the samples showed any significant inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE). Only the bark of M. denticulata and M. gigantea displayed greater than 50% inhibition of nitric oxide production in cells (81.79% and 56.51%, resp.). These bioactivities indicate that some Macaranga spp. have therapeutic potential in medicinal research.
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Qiu Z, Li N, Song L, Lu Y, Jing J, Parekha HS, Gao W, Tian F, Wang X, Ren S, Chen X. Contributions of Intestine and Plasma to the Presystemic Bioconversion of Vicagrel, an Acetate of Clopidogrel. Pharm Res 2014; 31:238-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-013-1158-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Simon NG, Reddel SW, Kiernan MC, Layzer R. Muscle-specific kinase antibodies: A novel cause of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability? Muscle Nerve 2013; 48:819-23. [DOI: 10.1002/mus.23907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Neil G. Simon
- Department of Neurology; University of California San Francisco; San Francisco California USA
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- Concord Clinical School; Concord Hospital, University of Sydney; Concord New South Wales Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia and Prince of Wales Clinical School; University of New South Wales; Barker Street Randwick New South Wales 2031 Australia
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- Department of Neurology; University of California San Francisco; San Francisco California USA
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Garcia CC, Potian JG, Hognason K, Thyagarajan B, Sultatos LG, Souayah N, Routh VH, McArdle JJ. Acetylcholinesterase deficiency contributes to neuromuscular junction dysfunction in type 1 diabetic neuropathy. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 303:E551-61. [PMID: 22739110 PMCID: PMC3423102 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00622.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Diabetic neuropathy is associated with functional and morphological changes of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) associated with muscle weakness. This study examines the effect of type 1 diabetes on NMJ function. Swiss Webster mice were made diabetic with three interdaily ip injections of streptozotocin (STZ). Mice were severely hyperglycemic within 7 days after the STZ treatment began. Whereas performance of mice on a rotating rod remained normal, the twitch tension response of the isolated extensor digitorum longus to nerve stimulation was reduced significantly at 4 wk after the onset of STZ-induced hyperglycemia. This mechanical alteration was associated with increased amplitude and prolonged duration of miniature end-plate currents (mEPCs). Prolongation of mEPCs was not due to expression of the embryonic acetylcholine receptor but to reduced muscle expression of acetylcholine esterase (AChE). Greater sensitivity of mEPC decay time to the selective butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitor PEC suggests that muscle attempts to compensate for reduced AChE levels by increasing expression of BChE. These alterations of AChE are attributed to STZ-induced hyperglycemia since similar mEPC prolongation and reduced AChE expression were found for db/db mice. The reduction of muscle end-plate AChE activity early during the onset of STZ-induced hyperglycemia may contribute to endplate pathology and subsequent muscle weakness during diabetes.
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- Carmen C Garcia
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School-UMDNJ, MSB-I626, 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ 07101-1709, USA
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Johnson G, Moore SW. Why has butyrylcholinesterase been retained? Structural and functional diversification in a duplicated gene. Neurochem Int 2012; 61:783-97. [PMID: 22750491 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Revised: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/22/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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While acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) has a clearly defined role in neurotransmission, the functions of its sister enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8) are more obscure. Numerous mutations, many inactivating, are observed in the human butyrylcholinesterase gene, and the butyrylcholinesterase knockout mouse has an essentially normal phenotype, suggesting that the enzyme may be redundant. Yet the gene has survived for many millions of years since the duplication of an ancestral acetylcholinesterase early in vertebrate evolution. In this paper, we ask the questions: why has butyrylcholinesterase been retained, and why are inactivating mutations apparently tolerated? Butyrylcholinesterase has diverged both structurally and in terms of tissue and cellular expression patterns from acetylcholinesterase. Butyrylcholinesterase-like activity and enzymes have arisen a number of times in the animal kingdom, suggesting the usefulness of such enzymes. Analysis of the published literature suggests that butyrylcholinesterase has specific roles in detoxification as well as in neurotransmission, both in the brain, where it appears to control certain areas and functions, and in the neuromuscular junction, where its function appears to complement that of acetylcholinesterase. An analysis of the mutations in human butyrylcholinesterase and their relation to the enzyme's structure is shown. In conclusion, it appears that the structure of butyrylcholinesterase's catalytic apparatus is a compromise between the apparently conflicting selective demands of a more generalised detoxifier and the necessity for maintaining high catalytic efficiency. It is also possible that the tolerance of mutation in human butyrylcholinesterase is a consequence of the detoxification function. Butyrylcholinesterase appears to be a good example of a gene that has survived by subfunctionalisation.
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- Glynis Johnson
- Division of Paediatric Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, P.O. Box 19063, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.
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Hadj-Saïd W, Bangratz M, Vignaud A, Chatonnet A, Butler-Browne G, Nicole S, Agbulut O, Ferry A. Effect of locomotor training on muscle performance in the context of nerve-muscle communication dysfunction. Muscle Nerve 2012; 45:567-77. [DOI: 10.1002/mus.22332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Petrov KA, Yagodina LO, Valeeva GR, Lannik NI, Nikitashina AD, Rizvanov AA, Zobov VV, Bukharaeva EA, Reznik VS, Nikolsky EE, Vyskočil F. Different sensitivities of rat skeletal muscles and brain to novel anti-cholinesterase agents, alkylammonium derivatives of 6-methyluracil (ADEMS). Br J Pharmacol 2011; 163:732-44. [PMID: 21232040 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01211.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The rat respiratory muscle diaphragm has markedly lower sensitivity than the locomotor muscle extensor digitorum longus (EDL) to the new acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors, alkylammonium derivatives of 6-methyluracil (ADEMS). This study evaluated several possible reasons for differing sensitivity between the diaphragm and limb muscles and between the muscles and the brain. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Increased amplitude and prolonged decay time of miniature endplate currents were used to assess anti-cholinesterase activity in muscles. In hippocampal slices, induction of synchronous network activity was used to follow cholinesterase inhibition. The inhibitor sensitivities of purified AChE from the EDL and brain were also estimated. KEY RESULTS The intermuscular difference in sensitivity to ADEMS is partly explained caused by a higher level of mRNA and activity of 1,3-bis[5(diethyl-o-nitrobenzylammonium)pentyl]-6-methyluracildibromide (C-547)-resistant BuChE in the diaphragm. Moreover, diaphragm AChE was more than 20 times less sensitive to C-547 than that from the EDL. Sensitivity of the EDL to C-547 dramatically decreased after treadmill exercises that increased the amount of PRiMA AChE(G4), but not ColQ AChE(A12) molecular forms. The A12 form present in muscles appeared more sensitive to C-547. The main form of AChE in brain, PRiMA AChE(G4), was apparently less sensitive because brain cholinesterase activity was almost three orders of magnitude more resistant to C-547 than that of the EDL. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Our findings suggest that ADEMS compounds could be used for the selective inhibition of AChEs and as potential therapeutic tools.
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- Konstantin A Petrov
- A.E.Arbusov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia
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Robles-Mendoza C, Zúñiga-Lagunes SR, Ponce de León-Hill CA, Hernández-Soto J, Vanegas-Pérez C. Esterases activity in the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum exposed to chlorpyrifos and its implication to motor activity. Aquat Toxicol 2011; 105:728-734. [PMID: 21996259 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2011] [Revised: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 09/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum is a neotenic salamander considered a good biological model due to its ability to regenerate limbs, tail, brain and heart cells. Nevertheless, severe reduction of A. mexicanum wild populations in the lacustrine area of Xochimilco, the natural habitat of the axolotl, could be related to several environmental pressures as the presence of organophosphate pesticides (OPPs), intensively applied in agricultural activities in Xochimilco. Thus the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of environmentally realistic chlorpyrifos (CPF) concentrations, a OPP commonly used in this zone, on esterases activity (acetylcholinesterase and carboxylesterase) and bioconcentration of CPF and to relate them with the motor activity of A. mexicanum juveniles. Axolotls were exposed 48 h to 0.05 and 0.1mg CPF/L, and the responses were evaluated at the end of the CPF exposure. Results suggest that CPF is bioconcentrated into axolotls and that the CPF internal concentrations are related with the observed inhibition activity of AChE (>50%) and CbE (≈ 50%). CPF concentration responsible of the inhibition of the 50% of AChE activity (IC50) was estimated in 0.04 mg CPF/L; however IC50 for CbE activity was not possible to calculate since inhibition levels were lower than 50%, results that suggest a higher resistance of CbE enzymatic activity to CPF. However, motor activity was a more sensitive endpoint to CPF poisoning since time that axolotls spent active and walking, frequency and speed of swimming, frequency of prey attack were reduced >90% of control groups. The motor activity alterations in the axolotl could be related with the registered esterases inhibition. Thus important alterations on axolotls were identified even at short time and low concentrations of CPF exposure. Also, it was possible to link biochemical responses as esterases activity with higher levels of biological organization as behavior. This study provides tools for the regulation of the use of organophosphorus pesticides in the natural habitat of the axolotl.
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- Cecilia Robles-Mendoza
- Grupo de Ecotoxicología, Laboratorio de Ecofisiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 04510 Mexico D.F., Mexico.
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- Jonathan Z Long
- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Adler M, Sweeney RE, Hamilton TA, Lockridge O, Duysen EG, Purcell AL, Deshpande SS. Role of acetylcholinesterase on the structure and function of cholinergic synapses: insights gained from studies on knockout mice. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2011; 31:909-20. [PMID: 21538119 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9690-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2011] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Electrophysiological and ultrastructural studies were performed on phrenic nerve-hemidiaphragm preparations isolated from wild-type and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) knockout (KO) mice to determine the compensatory mechanisms manifested by the neuromuscular junction to excess acetylcholine (ACh). The diaphragm was selected since it is the primary muscle of respiration, and it must adapt to allow for survival of the organism in the absence of AChE. Nerve-elicited muscle contractions, miniature endplate potentials (MEPPs) and evoked endplate potentials (EPPs) were recorded by conventional electrophysiological techniques from phrenic nerve-hemidiaphragm preparations isolated from 1.5- to 2-month-old wild-type (AChE(+/+)) or AChE KO (AChE(-/-)) mice. These recordings were chosen to provide a comprehensive assessment of functional alterations of the diaphragm muscle resulting from the absence of AChE. Tension measurements from AChE(-/-) mice revealed that the amplitude of twitch tensions was potentiated, but tetanic tensions underwent a use-dependent decline at frequencies below 70 Hz and above 100 Hz. MEPPs recorded from hemidiaphragms of AChE(-/-) mice showed a reduction in frequency and a prolongation in decay (37%) but no change in amplitude compared to values observed in age-matched wild-type littermates. In contrast, MEPPs recorded from hemidiaphragms of wild-type mice that were exposed for 30 min to the selective AChE inhibitor 5-bis(4-allyldimethyl-ammoniumphenyl)pentane-3-one (BW284C51) exhibited a pronounced increase in amplitude (42%) and a more marked prolongation in decay (76%). The difference between MEPP amplitudes and decays in AChE(-/-) hemidiaphragms and in wild-type hemidiaphragms treated with BW284C51 represents effective adaptation by the former to a high ACh environment. Electron microscopic examination revealed that diaphragm muscles of AChE(-/-) mice had smaller nerve terminals and diminished pre- and post-synaptic surface contacts relative to neuromuscular junctions of AChE(+/+) mice. The morphological changes are suggested to account, in part, for the ability of muscle from AChE(-/-) mice to function in the complete absence of AChE.
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Liu Y, He J, Abliz Z, Zhu H. In vitro stability and metabolism of O2', O3', O5'-tri-acetyl-N6-(3-hydroxylaniline) adenosine in rat, dog and human plasma: chemical hydrolysis and role of plasma esterases. Xenobiotica 2011; 41:549-60. [PMID: 21486191 DOI: 10.3109/00498254.2011.573016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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O2', O3', O5'-tri-acetyl-N(6)-(3-hydroxylaniline)adenosine (WS070117), a new structure-type lipid regulator, is being developed in pre-clinical study. In order to monitor drug kinetics it is essential to understand pre-analytical factors that may affect drug assay. In vitro stability and metabolism were investigated using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method in this study. The hydrolysis products were identified by HPLC-mass spectrometry (MS)/MS method. The esterases involved in WS070117 hydrolysis was assigned via inhibition rate assay. It was found that WS070117 was chemically unstable in alkaline solutions compared to acidic and near neutral solutions. Enzymatic hydrolysis was even more rapid. Hydrolytic rate constants differ between species, being 4.24, 5.96 × 10(-3) and 6.85 × 10(-2) min(-1) in rat, dog and human plasma at 37°C, respectively. The hydrolysis was catalyzed by plasma esterase because NaF (sodium fluoride: a general esterase inhibitor) inhibited WS070117 hydrolysis and metabolite production. Hydrolysis was fast in rat plasma and was catalysed by carboxylesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. In dog plasma, carboxylesterase, butyrylcholinesterase and paraoxonase were mainly responsible. Butyrylcholinesterase was the major esterase involved in WS070117 hydrolysis in human plasma. The WS070117 hydrolysis in plasma proceeded by gradual loss of acetyl groups. The knowledge of in vitro drug stability and metabolic pathways identified in this study will be essential for future pre-clinical and clinical pharmacokinetics studies.
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- Yin Liu
- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine affiliated to Ministry of Education, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Waiskopf N, Shweky I, Lieberman I, Banin U, Soreq H. Quantum dot labeling of butyrylcholinesterase maintains substrate and inhibitor interactions and cell adherence features. ACS Chem Neurosci 2011; 2:141-50. [PMID: 22778863 DOI: 10.1021/cn1000827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 08/31/2010] [Accepted: 11/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is the major acetylcholine hydrolyzing enzyme in peripheral mammalian systems. It can either reside in the circulation or adhere to cells and tissues and protect them from anticholinesterases, including insecticides and poisonous nerve gases. In humans, impaired cholinesterase functioning is causally involved in many pathologies, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, trait anxiety, and post stroke conditions. Recombinant cholinesterases have been developed for therapeutic use; therefore, it is important to follow their in vivo path, location, and interactions. Traditional labeling methods, such as fluorescent dyes and proteins, generally suffer from sensitivity to environmental conditions, from proximity to different molecules or special enzymes which can alter them, and from relatively fast photobleaching. In contrast, emerging development in synthesis and surface engineering of semiconductor nanocrystals enable their use to detect and follow molecules in biological milieus at high sensitivity and in real time. Therefore, we developed a platform for conjugating highly purified recombinant human BChE dimers (rhBChE) to CdSe/CdZnS quantum dots (QDs). We report the development and characterization of highly fluorescent aqueous soluble QD-rhBChE conjugates, present maintenance of hydrolytic activity, inhibitor sensitivity, and adherence to the membrane of cultured live cells of these conjugates, and outline their advantageous features for diverse biological applications.
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- Nir Waiskopf
- The Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
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- The Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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- The Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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- The Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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- The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
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Casas M, Figueroa R, Jorquera G, Escobar M, Molgó J, Jaimovich E. IP(3)-dependent, post-tetanic calcium transients induced by electrostimulation of adult skeletal muscle fibers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 136:455-67. [PMID: 20837675 PMCID: PMC2947059 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200910397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Tetanic electrical stimulation induces two separate calcium signals in rat skeletal myotubes, a fast one, dependent on Cav 1.1 or dihydropyridine receptors (DHPRs) and ryanodine receptors and related to contraction, and a slow signal, dependent on DHPR and inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) and related to transcriptional events. We searched for slow calcium signals in adult muscle fibers using isolated adult flexor digitorum brevis fibers from 5–7-wk-old mice, loaded with fluo-3. When stimulated with trains of 0.3-ms pulses at various frequencies, cells responded with a fast calcium signal associated with muscle contraction, followed by a slower signal similar to one previously described in cultured myotubes. Nifedipine inhibited the slow signal more effectively than the fast one, suggesting a role for DHPR in its onset. The IP3R inhibitors Xestospongin B or C (5 µM) also inhibited it. The amplitude of post-tetanic calcium transients depends on both tetanus frequency and duration, having a maximum at 10–20 Hz. At this stimulation frequency, an increase of the slow isoform of troponin I mRNA was detected, while the fast isoform of this gene was inhibited. All three IP3R isoforms were present in adult muscle. IP3R-1 was differentially expressed in different types of muscle fibers, being higher in a subset of fast-type fibers. Interestingly, isolated fibers from the slow soleus muscle did not reveal the slow calcium signal induced by electrical stimulus. These results support the idea that IP3R-dependent slow calcium signals may be characteristic of distinct types of muscle fibers and may participate in the activation of specific transcriptional programs of slow and fast phenotype.
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- Mariana Casas
- Centro de Estudios Moleculares de la Célula, ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Blondet B, Carpentier G, Ferry A, Chatonnet A, Courty J. Localization of butyrylcholinesterase at the neuromuscular junction of normal and acetylcholinesterase knockout mice. J Histochem Cytochem 2010; 58:1075-82. [PMID: 20805581 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2010.956623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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At the mouse neuromuscular junction (NMJ), there are two distinct cholinesterases (ChE): acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE). Until now, it has been difficult to determine the precise localization of BChE at the NMJ. In this study, we use a modification of Koelle's method to stain AChE and BChE activity. This method does not interfere with fluorescent co-staining, which allows precise co-localization of ChE and other synaptic molecules at the NMJ. We demonstrate that AChE and BChE exhibit different localization patterns at the mouse NMJ. AChE activity is present both in the primary cleft and in the secondary folds, whereas BChE activity appears to be almost absent in the primary cleft and to be concentrated in subsynaptic folds. The same localization for BChE is observed in the AChE-knockout (KO) mouse NMJ. Collagenase treatment removed AChE from the primary cleft, but not from secondary folds in the wild-type mouse, whereas in the AChE-KO mouse, BChE remains in the secondary folds. After peripheral nerve injury and regeneration, BChE localization is not modified in either normal or KO mice. In conclusion, specific localization of BChE in the secondary folds of the NMJ suggests that this enzyme is not a strict surrogate of AChE and that the two enzymes have two different roles.
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- Brigitte Blondet
- Laboratoire CRRET, Université Paris-Est, EAC CNRS 7149, 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil, France.
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Corbel V, Stankiewicz M, Pennetier C, Fournier D, Stojan J, Girard E, Dimitrov M, Molgó J, Hougard JM, Lapied B. Evidence for inhibition of cholinesterases in insect and mammalian nervous systems by the insect repellent deet. BMC Biol 2009; 7:47. [PMID: 19656357 PMCID: PMC2739159 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2009] [Accepted: 08/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (deet) remains the gold standard for insect repellents. About 200 million people use it every year and over 8 billion doses have been applied over the past 50 years. Despite the widespread and increased interest in the use of deet in public health programmes, controversies remain concerning both the identification of its target sites at the olfactory system and its mechanism of toxicity in insects, mammals and humans. Here, we investigated the molecular target site for deet and the consequences of its interactions with carbamate insecticides on the cholinergic system. Results By using toxicological, biochemical and electrophysiological techniques, we show that deet is not simply a behaviour-modifying chemical but that it also inhibits cholinesterase activity, in both insect and mammalian neuronal preparations. Deet is commonly used in combination with insecticides and we show that deet has the capacity to strengthen the toxicity of carbamates, a class of insecticides known to block acetylcholinesterase. Conclusion These findings question the safety of deet, particularly in combination with other chemicals, and they highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to the development of safer insect repellents for use in public health.
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- Vincent Corbel
- Laboratoire de Lutte contre les Insectes Nuisibles, Institut de Recherche pour Développement, F-34 394 Montpellier, France.
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Gerwin RD. The Taut Band and Other Mysteries of the Trigger Point: An Examination of the Mechanisms Relevant to the Development and Maintenance of the Trigger Point. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10582450801960081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Boudinot E, Bernard V, Camp S, Taylor P, Champagnat J, Krejci E, Foutz AS. Influence of differential expression of acetylcholinesterase in brain and muscle on respiration. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2008; 165:40-8. [PMID: 18977317 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2008.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2008] [Revised: 10/01/2008] [Accepted: 10/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A mouse strain with a deleted acetylcholinesterase (AChE) gene (AChE knockout) shows a decreased inspiration time and increased tidal volume and ventilation .To investigate the respective roles of AChE in brain and muscle, we recorded respiration by means of whole-body plethysmography in knockout mice with tissue selective deletions in AChE expression. A mouse strain with the anchoring domains of AChE deleted (del E5+6 knockout mice) has very low activity in the brain and neuromuscular junction, but increased monomeric AChE in serum. A mouse strain with deletion of the muscle specific region of AChE (del i1RR knockout mice) exhibits no expression in muscle, but unaltered expression in the central nervous system. Neither strain exhibits the pronounced phenotypic traits observed in the complete AChE knockout strain. A third strain lacking the anchor molecule PRiMA, has no functional AChE and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) in brain and an unaltered respiratory function. BChE inhibition by bambuterol decreases tidal volume and body temperature in del E5+6 and i1RR knockout strains, but not in PRiMA deletion or wild-type controls. We find that: (1) deletion of the full AChE gene is required for a pronounced alteration in respiratory phenotype, (2) BChE is involved in respiratory muscles contraction and temperature control in del E5+6 and i1RR knockout mice, and (3) AChE expression requiring a gene product splice to either exons 5 and 6 or regulated by intron1 influences temperature control.
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- Eliane Boudinot
- Neurobiologie Génétique et Intégrative, Institut de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard, C.N.R.S., 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Chevessier F, Girard E, Molgo J, Bartling S, Koenig J, Hantai D, Witzemann V. A mouse model for congenital myasthenic syndrome due to MuSK mutations reveals defects in structure and function of neuromuscular junctions. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:3577-95. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mirajkar N, Pope CN. In vitro sensitivity of cholinesterases and [3H]oxotremorine-M binding in heart and brain of adult and aging rats to organophosphorus anticholinesterases. Biochem Pharmacol 2008; 76:1047-58. [PMID: 18761328 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Revised: 08/02/2008] [Accepted: 08/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Organophosphorus (OP) insecticides elicit toxicity via acetylcholinesterase inhibition, allowing acetylcholine accumulation and excessive stimulation of cholinergic receptors. Some OP insecticides bind to additional macromolecules including butyrylcholinesterase and cholinergic receptors. While neurotoxicity from OP anticholinesterases has been extensively studied, effects on cardiac function have received less attention. We compared the in vitro sensitivity of acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase and [(3)H]oxotremorine-M binding to muscarinic receptors in the cortex and heart of adult (3 months) and aging (18 months) rats to chlorpyrifos, methyl parathion and their active metabolites chlorpyrifos oxon and methyl paraoxon. Using selective inhibitors, the great majority of cholinesterase in brain was defined as acetylcholinesterase, while butyrylcholinesterase was the major cholinesterase in heart, regardless of age. In the heart, butyrylcholinesterase was markedly more sensitive than acetylcholinesterase to inhibition by chlorpyrifos oxon, and butyrylcholinesterase in tissues from aging rats was more sensitive than enzyme from adults, possibly due to differences in A-esterase mediated detoxification. Relatively similar differences were noted in brain. In contrast, acetylcholinesterase was more sensitive than butyrylcholinesterase to methyl paraoxon in both heart and brain, but no age-related differences were noted. Both oxons displaced [(3)H]oxotremorine-M binding in heart and brain of both age groups in a concentration-dependent manner. Chlorpyrifos had no effect but methyl parathion was a potent displacer of binding in heart and brain of both age groups. Such OP and age-related differences in interactions with cholinergic macromolecules may be important because of potential for environmental exposures to insecticides as well as the use of anticholinesterases in age-related neurological disorders.
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Stum M, Girard E, Bangratz M, Bernard V, Herbin M, Vignaud A, Ferry A, Davoine CS, Echaniz-Laguna A, René F, Marcel C, Molgó J, Fontaine B, Krejci E, Nicole S. Evidence of a dosage effect and a physiological endplate acetylcholinesterase deficiency in the first mouse models mimicking Schwartz-Jampel syndrome neuromyotonia. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:3166-79. [PMID: 18647752 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS) is a recessive neuromyotonia with chondrodysplasia. It results from hypomorphic mutations of the gene encoding perlecan, leading to a decrease in the levels of this heparan sulphate proteoglycan in basement membranes (BMs). It has been suggested that SJS neuromyotonia may result from endplate acetylcholinesterase (AChE) deficiency, but this hypothesis has never been investigated in vivo due to the lack of an animal model for neuromyotonia. We used homologous recombination to generate a knock-in mouse strain with one missense substitution, corresponding to a human familial SJS mutation (p.C1532Y), in the perlecan gene. We derived two lines, one with the p.C1532Y substitution alone and one with p.C1532Y and the selectable marker Neo, to down-regulate perlecan gene activity and to test for a dosage effect of perlecan in mammals. These two lines mimicked SJS neuromyotonia with spontaneous activity on electromyogramm (EMG). An inverse correlation between disease severity and perlecan secretion in the BMs was observed at the macroscopic and microscopic levels, consistent with a dosage effect. Endplate AChE levels were low in both lines, due to synaptic perlecan deficiency rather than major myofibre or neuromuscular junction disorganization. Studies of muscle contractile properties showed muscle fatigability at low frequencies of nerve stimulation and suggested that partial endplate AChE deficiency might contribute to SJS muscle stiffness by potentiating muscle force. However, physiological endplate AChE deficiency was not associated with spontaneous activity at rest on EMG in the diaphragm, suggesting that additional changes are required to generate such activity characteristic of SJS.
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Vignaud A, Fougerousse F, Mouisel E, Guerchet N, Hourde C, Bacou F, Butler-Browne GS, Chatonnet A, Ferry A. Genetic inactivation of acetylcholinesterase causes functional and structural impairment of mouse soleus muscles. Cell Tissue Res 2008; 333:289-96. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0640-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2008] [Revised: 05/06/2008] [Accepted: 05/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vignaud A, Fougerousse F, Mouisel E, Bertrand C, Bonafos B, Molgo J, Ferry A, Chatonnet A. Genetic ablation of acetylcholinesterase alters muscle function in mice. Chem Biol Interact 2008; 175:129-30. [PMID: 18550042 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2007] [Revised: 04/14/2008] [Accepted: 04/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Although acetylcholinesterase (AChE) knockout mice survive, they have abnormal neuromuscular function. We analysed further the effects of the mutation on hind limb muscle contractile properties. Tibialis anterior muscle from AChE KO mice is unable to maintain tension during a short period of repetitive nerve stimulation (tetanic fade) and has an increased twitch tension in response to a single nerve electric stimulation. In response to direct muscle stimulation, we found that maximal velocity of shortening of soleus muscle is increased and maximum tetanic force is decreased in AchE KO mice versus control animals. As the contractile properties of the soleus muscle were altered by AChE ablation, our results suggest cellular and molecular changes in AChE ablated muscle containing both fast and slow muscle fibres.
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