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Zou Y, Shikano Y, Nishina Y, Komatsu N, Kage-Nakadai E, Fujiwara M. Size, polyglycerol grafting, and net surface charge of iron oxide nanoparticles determine their interaction and toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Chemosphere 2024; 358:142060. [PMID: 38648981 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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The widespread application of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) in environmental remediation has raised public concerns about their toxicity to aquatic organisms. Although appropriate surface modification can mitigate the ecotoxicity of NPs, the lack of polymer coating to inhibit toxicity completely and the insufficient knowledge about charge effect hinder the development of safe nanomaterials. Herein, we explored the potential of polyglycerol (PG) functionalization in alleviating the environmental risks of NPs. Iron oxide NPs (ION) of 20, 100, and 200 nm sizes (IONS, IONM and IONL, respectively) were grafted with PG to afford ION-PG. We examined the interaction of ION and ION-PG with Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) and found that PG suppressed non-specific interaction of ION with C. elegans to reduce their accumulation and to inhibit their translocation. Particularly, IONS-PG was completely excluded from worms of all developmental stages. By covalently introducing sulfate, carboxyl and amino groups onto IONS-PG, we further demonstrated that positively charged IONS-PG-NH3+ induced high intestinal accumulation, cuticle adhesion and distal translocation, whereas the negatively charged IONS-PG-OSO3- and IONS-PG-COO- were excreted out. Consequently, no apparent deleterious effects on brood size and life span were observed in worms treated by IONS-PG and IONS-PG bearing negatively charged groups. This study presents new surface functionalization approaches for developing ecofriendly nanomaterials.
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- Yajuan Zou
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan; Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (C-AIR), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan; Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, Orange, CA, 92866, USA
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan; Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition, Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan; Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
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Matsuda A, Ishida T, Tanimoto Y, Wada T, Kage-Nakadai E. Pathogenicity of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Caenorhabditis elegans as an alternative model host. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2024; 88:453-459. [PMID: 38159930 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbad185] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), one of the diarrheagenic E. coli, is the most common cause of diarrhea in developing country and in travelers to those areas. In this study, Caenorhabditis elegans was used as an alternative model host to evaluate ETEC infections. The ETEC strain ETEC1, which was isolated from a patient with diarrhea, possessed enterotoxins STh, LT1, and EAST1 and colonization factors CS2 and CS3. Live ETEC1 shortened the life span and body size of C. elegans in association with increased expression of enterotoxin genes and intestinal colonization. In contrast, heat-killed ETEC1 did not affect the life span of C. elegans. Caenorhabditis elegans infected with ETEC1 showed upregulated expression of genes related to insulin-like peptides and host defense responses. These results suggest that ETEC1 exhibits pathogenicity through intestinal colonization and enterotoxin production in C. elegans. This system is useful as an ETEC infection model.
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- Anri Matsuda
- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Corporate Strategy Department, Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kobe Institute of Health, Hyogo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Osaka International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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Ishikawa S, Takezawa Y, Iida C, Yamada Y, Chiba K, Ali MS, Sun S, Kage-Nakadai E. Experience-Dependent Behavioral Plasticity in Avoiding Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) Requires DAF-16/FOXO in the AIY Interneurons of Caenorhabditis elegans. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2024; 70:164-173. [PMID: 38684387 DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.70.164] [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] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Bitterness and astringency are the aversive tastes in mammals. In humans, aversion to bitterness and astringency may be reduced depending on the eating experience. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying plasticity in preference to bitter and astringent tastants remain unknown. This study aimed to investigate the preference plasticity to bitter and astringent tea polyphenols, including catechins and tannic acids, in the model animal Caenorhabditis elegans. C. elegans showed avoidance behavior against epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), tannic acid, and theaflavin. However, they displayed diminishing avoidance against EGCG depending on their EGCG-feeding regime at larval stages. Additionally, the behavioral plasticity in avoiding EGCG required the transcription factor DAF-16/FOXO. Isoform-specific deletion mutant analysis and cell-specific rescue analysis revealed that the function of daf-16 isoform b in AIY interneurons is necessary for experience-dependent behavioral plasticity to EGCG.
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- Seiryu Ishikawa
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University
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Ali MS, Ahmed S, Takeuchi S, Wada T, Kage-Nakadai E. Improvement of Locomotion Caused by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis in the Model Organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Nutrients 2023; 15:4482. [PMID: 37892557 PMCID: PMC10610199 DOI: 10.3390/nu15204482] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis exhibits probiotic properties in humans. Considering that Caenorhabditis elegans can be used to study the effects of microorganisms on animal behavior, owing to its simple nervous system, we assessed the impacts of two strains of Lactococcus lactis subsp. Lactis-a non-nisin-producing strain, NBRC 100933 (LL100933), and a nisin-producing strain, NBRC 12007 (LL12007)-on the lifespan, locomotion, reproductive capacity of, and lipid accumulation in, C. elegans. The lifespan of adult C. elegans fed a mixture (1:1) of Escherichia coli OP50 and LL100933 or LL12007 did not show a significant increase compared to that of the group fed a standard diet of E. coli OP50. However, the nematodes fed Lactococcus strains showed notable enhancement in their locomotion at all of the tested ages. Further, the beneficial effects of LL100933 and LL12007 were observed in the daf-16 mutants, but not in the skn-1 and pmk-1 mutants. The lipid accumulation in the worms of the Lactococcus-fed group was lower than that in the control group at all experimental ages. Overall, LL100933 and LL12007 enhance the locomotor behavior of C. elegans, likely by modulating the PMK-1/p38 MAPK and SKN-1/Nrf2 transcription factors.
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- Mohammad Shaokat Ali
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka-shi 558-8585, Japan; (M.S.A.); (T.W.)
- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Khulshi, Chattogram 4225, Bangladesh;
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- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Khulshi, Chattogram 4225, Bangladesh;
- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka-shi 558-8585, Japan;
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- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka-shi 558-8585, Japan;
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka-shi 558-8585, Japan; (M.S.A.); (T.W.)
- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka-shi 558-8585, Japan;
- Osaka International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-2-7-601, Asahimachi, Abeno-Ku, Osaka-shi 545-0051, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka-shi 558-8585, Japan; (M.S.A.); (T.W.)
- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka-shi 558-8585, Japan;
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Teramoto N, Sato K, Wada T, Nishikawa Y, Kage-Nakadai E. Impacts of Bacillus subtilis var. Natto on the lifespan and stress resistance of caenorhabditis elegans. J Appl Microbiol 2023; 134:7134075. [PMID: 37081768 DOI: 10.1093/jambio/lxad082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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AIM Bacillus subtilis var. natto is used in the production of natto, a typical Japanese fermented soybean food. Although the probiotic attributes and health-related effects of B. subtilis var. natto have been reported, the effect on longevity remains unknown. In the present study, the effects of B. subtilis var. natto strains on lifespan extension and the molecular mechanisms governing the pro-longevity were examined using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model animal. METHODS AND RESULTS Synchronized three-day-old (young adult) worms were fed Escherichia coli OP50 (control) or a subcloned isolate of B. subtilis var. natto Miyagino strain (MI-OMU01) and subjected to lifespan, survival against pathogens and abiotic stress resistance assays. Notably, the lifespan of worms fed MI-OMU01 was significantly longer than that of the animals fed OP50. Moreover, MI-OMU01 increased the resistance of C. elegans to several stressors including UV irradiation, H2O2, and Cu2+. CONCLUSIONS Genetic and gene expression analyses using mutant animals suggested that MI-OMU01 extended the lifespan of worms in TIR-1/SARM, p38 MAPK, and insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) pathway-dependent manners.
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- Nao Teramoto
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
- Faculty of Human Sciences, Tezukayamagakuin University, Osaka 590-0113, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
- Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Koizumi W, Otsubo S, Furutani S, Niki K, Takayama K, Fujimura S, Maekawa T, Koyari R, Ihara M, Kai K, Hayashi H, Ali MS, Kage-Nakadai E, Sattelle DB, Matsuda K. Determinants of subtype-selectivity of the anthelmintic paraherquamide A on Caenorhabditis elegans nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Mol Pharmacol 2023; 103:299-310. [PMID: 36948535 DOI: 10.1124/molpharm.122.000601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023] Open
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The anthelmintic paraherquamide A acts selectively on the nematode L-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) but the mechanism of its selectivity is unknown. This study targeted the basis of paraherquamide A selectivity by determining an X-ray crystal structure of the acetylcholine binding protein (AChBP), a surrogate nAChR ligand-binding domain, complexed with the compound and by measuring its actions on wild-type and mutant Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes and functionally expressed C. elegans nAChRs. Paraherquamide A showed a higher efficacy for the levamisole-sensitive (L-type (UNC-38/UNC-29/UNC-63/LEV8/LEV-1)) nAChR than the nicotine-sensitive (N-type (ACR-16)) nAChR, a result consistent with in vivo studies on wild type worms and worms with mutations in subunits of these two classes of receptors. The X-ray crystal structure of the Ls-AChBP-paraherquamide A complex and site-directed amino acid mutation studies showed for the first time that loop C, loop E and loop F of the orthosteric receptor binding site play critical roles in the observed L-type nAChR selective actions of paraherquamide A. Significance Statement Paraherquamide A, an oxindole alkaloid, has been shown to act selectively on the L-type over N-type nAChRs in nematodes, but the mechanism of selectivity is unknown. We have co-crystallized paraherquamide A with the acetylcholine binding protein, a surrogate of nAChRs, and found that structural features of loop C, loop E and loop F contribute to the L-type nAChR selectivity of the alkaloid. The results create a new platform for the design of anthelmintic drugs targeting cholinergic neurotransmission in parasitic nematodes.
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Kindai University, Japan
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- Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
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- Applied Biological Chemistry, School of Agriculture. Kinki University, Japan
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Ishikawa S, Iida C, Takezawa Y, Chiba K, Kage-Nakadai E. Avoidance behavior and experience-dependent tolerance in response to bitter compounds in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2023; 87:314-319. [PMID: 36494200 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbac200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This study investigates the mechanisms governing experience-dependent tolerance of bitter compounds in Caenorhabditis elegans. The nematodes showed an aversion to nicotinamide, MgCl2, isoleucine, and arginine in a Gα-dependent manner. Worms furthermore displayed diminished avoidance of MgCl2 upon MgCl2-preconditioning at the larval stages. AIY interneurons have been suggested to be involved in experience-dependent behavioral plasticity.
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- Seiryu Ishikawa
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.,Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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Oshimi K, Nishimura Y, Matsubara T, Tanaka M, Shikoh E, Zhao L, Zou Y, Komatsu N, Ikado Y, Takezawa Y, Kage-Nakadai E, Izutsu Y, Yoshizato K, Morita S, Tokunaga M, Yukawa H, Baba Y, Teki Y, Fujiwara M. Glass-patternable notch-shaped microwave architecture for on-chip spin detection in biological samples. Lab Chip 2022; 22:2519-2530. [PMID: 35510631 DOI: 10.1039/d2lc00112h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report a notch-shaped coplanar microwave waveguide antenna on a glass plate designed for on-chip detection of optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) of fluorescent nanodiamonds (NDs). A lithographically patterned thin wire at the center of the notch area in the coplanar waveguide realizes a millimeter-scale ODMR detection area (1.5 × 2.0 mm2) and gigahertz-broadband characteristics with low reflection (∼8%). The ODMR signal intensity in the detection area is quantitatively predictable by numerical simulation. Using this chip device, we demonstrate a uniform ODMR signal intensity over the detection area for cells, tissue, and worms. The present demonstration of a chip-based microwave architecture will enable scalable chip integration of ODMR-based quantum sensing technology into various bioassay platforms.
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- Keisuke Oshimi
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
- Institute for Quantum Life Science, Quantum Life and Medical Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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- Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
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- Department of Human Life Science, Graduate School of Food and Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Human Life Science, Graduate School of Food and Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Synthetic biology laboratory, Graduate school of medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Institute of Nano-Life-Systems, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Institute for Quantum Life Science, Quantum Life and Medical Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Institute of Nano-Life-Systems, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- Institute for Quantum Life Science, Quantum Life and Medical Science Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Tsuru A, Hamazaki Y, Tomida S, Ali MS, Kage-Nakadai E. The defense response of Caenorhabditis elegans to Cutibacterium acnes SK137 via the TIR-1-p38 MAPK signaling pathway. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2021; 86:374-379. [PMID: 34919641 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbab218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cutibacterium acnes plays roles in both acne disease and healthy skin ecosystem. We observed that mutations in the tir-1/SARM1 and p38 MAPK cascade genes significantly shortened Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan upon Cutibacterium acnes SK137 infection. Antimicrobial molecules were induced by SK137 in a TIR-1-dependent manner. These results suggest that defense responses against SK137 involve the TIR-1-p38 MAPK pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans.
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- Ayano Tsuru
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Center for Comprehensive Genomic Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.,Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chattogram - 4225, Bangladesh
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Tsuru A, Hamazaki Y, Tomida S, Ali MS, Komura T, Nishikawa Y, Kage-Nakadai E. Nonpathogenic Cutibacterium acnes Confers Host Resistance against Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0056221. [PMID: 34704806 PMCID: PMC8549750 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00562-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cutibacterium acnes is a human skin-resident bacterium. Although C. acnes maintains skin health by inhibiting invasion from pathogens like Staphylococcus aureus, it also contributes to several diseases, including acne. Studies suggest that differences in genetic background may explain the diverse phenotypes of C. acnes strains. In this study, we investigated the effects of C. acnes strains on the Caenorhabditis elegans life span and observed that some strains shortened the life span, whereas other strains, such as strain HL110PA4, did not alter it. Next, we assessed the effects of C. acnes HL110PA4 on host resistance against S. aureus. The survival time of C. acnes HL110PA4-fed wild-type animals was significantly longer than that of Escherichia coli OP50 control bacterium-fed worms upon infection with S. aureus. Although the survival times of worms harboring mutations at the daf-16/FoxO and skn-1/Nrf2 loci were similar to those of wild-type worms after S. aureus infection, administration of C. acnes failed to improve survival times of tir-1/SARM1, nsy-1/mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK), sek-1/mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK), and pmk-1/p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) mutants. These results suggest that the TIR-1 and p38 MAPK pathways are involved in conferring host resistance against S. aureus in a C. acnes-mediated manner. IMPORTANCE Cutibacterium acnes is one of the most common bacterial species residing on the human skin. Although the pathogenic properties of C. acnes, such as its association with acne vulgaris, have been widely described, its beneficial aspects have not been well characterized. Our study classifies C. acnes strains based on its pathogenic potential toward the model host C. elegans and reveals that the life span of C. elegans worms fed on C. acnes was consistent with the clinical association of C. acnes ribotypes with acne or nonacne. Furthermore, nonpathogenic C. acnes confers host resistance against the opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Our study provides insights into the impact of C. acnes on the host immune system and its potential roles in the ecosystem of skin microbiota.
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- Ayano Tsuru
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Comprehensive Genomic Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Faculty of Human Sciences, Tezukayamagakuin University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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Katayama R, Matsumoto Y, Higashi Y, Sun S, Sasao H, Tanimoto Y, Nishikawa Y, Kage-Nakadai E. Bacillus subtilis var. natto increases the resistance of Caenorhabditis elegans to gram-positive bacteria. J Appl Microbiol 2021; 131:3032-3042. [PMID: 34157196 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS This study aimed to investigate the effect of Bacillus subtilis var. natto on the susceptibility of the model host, Caenorhabditis elegans, to bacterial infection. METHODS AND RESULTS Caenorhabditis elegans worms were fed with a standard food consisting of Escherichia coli OP50 strain (control) or B. subtilis (natto) during their larval stage. The worms were then infected with pathogenic bacteria. We analyzed their survival time and RNA sequencing-based transcriptome. Upon infection with Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis, the survival time of B. subtilis (natto)-fed worms was longer than that of the control. Transcriptome analyses showed upregulation of genes associated with innate immunity and defense response to gram-positive bacteria in B. subtilis (natto)-fed worms. CONCLUSIONS Bacillus subtilis (natto) conferred an increased resistance of C. elegans to gram-positive bacteria. Our findings provided insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying B. subtilis (natto)-regulated host immunity and emphasized its probiotic properties for preventing and alleviating infections caused by gram-positive bacteria. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to show that B. subtilis (natto) confers specific resistance against gram-positive bacteria.
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- R Katayama
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.,Faculty of Human Sciences, Tezukayamagakuin University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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Ito A, Zhao Q, Tanaka Y, Yasui M, Katayama R, Sun S, Tanimoto Y, Nishikawa Y, Kage-Nakadai E. Metolazone upregulates mitochondrial chaperones and extends lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biogerontology 2020; 22:119-131. [PMID: 33216250 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-020-09907-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Accumulating studies have argued that the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt) is a mitochondrial stress response that promotes longevity in model organisms. In the present study, we screened an off-patent drug library to identify compounds that activate UPRmt using a mitochondrial chaperone hsp-6::GFP reporter system in Caenorhabditis elegans. Metolazone, a diuretic primarily used to treat congestive heart failure and high blood pressure, was identified as a prominent hit as it upregulated hsp-6::GFP and not the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone hsp-4::GFP. Furthermore, metolazone specifically induced the expression of mitochondrial chaperones in the HeLa cell line. Metolazone also extended the lifespan of worms in a atfs-1 and ubl-5-dependent manner. Notably, metolazone failed to increase lifespan in worms with knocked-down nkcc-1. These results suggested that metolazone activates the UPRmt across species and prolongs the lifespan of C. elegans.
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- Ai Ito
- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Faculty of Human Life Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.
- The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.
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Liao CS, Hong YH, Nishikawa Y, Kage-Nakadai E, Chiou TY, Wu CC. Impacts of Endocrine Disruptor di- n-Butyl Phthalate Ester on Microalga Chlorella vulgaris Verified by Approaches of Proteomics and Gene Ontology. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25184304. [PMID: 32961811 PMCID: PMC7571057 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25184304] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) is an extensively used plasticizer. Most investigations on DBP have been concentrated on its environmental distribution and toxicity to humans. However, information on the effects of plasticizers on algal species is scarce. This study verified the impacts of endocrine disruptor di-n-butyl phthalate ester on microalga Chlorella vulgaris by approaches of proteomics and gene ontology. The algal acute biotoxicity results showed that the 24h-EC50 of DBP for C. vulgaris was 4.95 mg L-1, which caused a decrease in the chlorophyll a content and an increase in the DBP concentration of C. vulgaris. Proteomic analysis led to the identification of 1257 C. vulgaris proteins. Sixty-one more proteins showed increased expression, compared to proteins with decreased expression. This result illustrates that exposure to DBP generally enhances protein expression in C. vulgaris. GO annotation showed that both acetolactate synthase (ALS) and GDP-L-fucose synthase 2 (GER2) decreased more than 1.5-fold after exposure to DBP. These effects could inhibit both the valine biosynthetic process and the nucleotide-sugar metabolic process in C. vulgaris. The results of this study demonstrate that DBP could inhibit growth and cause significant changes to the biosynthesis-relevant proteins in C. vulgaris.
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- Chien-Sen Liao
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, I Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan; (Y.N.); (E.K.-N.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-7-6151100 (ext. 7313)
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- Department of Nutrition, I Shou University, Kaohsiung 84001, Taiwan;
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan; (Y.N.); (E.K.-N.)
- Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tezukayama Gakuin University, Osaka 590-0113, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan; (Y.N.); (E.K.-N.)
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- School of Regional Innovation and Social Design Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Hokkaido 090-8507, Japan;
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 84001, Taiwan;
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Fujiwara M, Sun S, Dohms A, Nishimura Y, Suto K, Takezawa Y, Oshimi K, Zhao L, Sadzak N, Umehara Y, Teki Y, Komatsu N, Benson O, Shikano Y, Kage-Nakadai E. Real-time nanodiamond thermometry probing in vivo thermogenic responses. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eaba9636. [PMID: 32917703 PMCID: PMC7486095 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba9636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Real-time temperature monitoring inside living organisms provides a direct measure of their biological activities. However, it is challenging to reduce the size of biocompatible thermometers down to submicrometers, despite their potential applications for the thermal imaging of subtissue structures with single-cell resolution. Here, using quantum nanothermometers based on optically accessible electron spins in nanodiamonds, we demonstrate in vivo real-time temperature monitoring inside Caenorhabditis elegans worms. We developed a microscope system that integrates a quick-docking sample chamber, particle tracking, and an error correction filter for temperature monitoring of mobile nanodiamonds inside live adult worms with a precision of ±0.22°C. With this system, we determined temperature increases based on the worms' thermogenic responses during the chemical stimuli of mitochondrial uncouplers. Our technique demonstrates the submicrometer localization of temperature information in living animals and direct identification of their pharmacological thermogenesis, which may allow for quantification of their biological activities based on temperature.
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- Masazumi Fujiwara
- Department of Chemistry, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
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- Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Institut für Physik and IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- Institut für Physik and IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Institut für Physik and IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Quantum Computing Center, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi Kohoku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan.
- Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, CA 92866, USA
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- Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
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Parvej MS, Alam MA, Shono M, Zahan MN, Masuma Parvez MM, Ansari WK, Jowel MS, Uddin MS, Kage-Nakadai E, Rahman MT, Nishikawa Y. Prevalence of Virulence Genes of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Fecal Samples Obtained from Cattle, Poultry and Diarrheic Patients in Bangladesh. Jpn J Infect Dis 2019; 73:76-82. [PMID: 31474698 DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2019.016] [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] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Using multiplex real-time PCR, 960 fecal samples collected from poultry, cattle, and patients with diarrhea in Bangladesh were screened for diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC). The invasion-related gene virB showed the highest prevalence in human patients (41%) and was shown to be positively correlated first with afaB with regards to diffuse adhesion and second with aggR with regards to aggregative adhesion. These three genes were specific to human patients. In contrast, the Shiga toxin genes stx1 (57%) and stx2 (40%) were prevalent in cattle samples. The eae gene, which is associated with attaching and effacing lesion formation, and the elt and est genes, which are associated with enterotoxins, were detected from all three sample sources. Heat map construction and hierarchical clustering assigned the samples into five different clusters, with the patient samples positive for virB and afaB being placed together in one cluster. Although the detection of virulence genes cannot be a direct indication of the distribution of diarrheagenic organisms, their detection suggests that Shigella spp. or enteroinvasive E. coli are the most prevalent diarrheagenic bacteria in Bangladesh and that diffusely adherent E. coli is concomitantly present with these bacteria. eae-possessing organisms in patients may come from cattle and poultry sources. The small number of stx-positive patients could be explained by the small number of animal samples that were positive for both eae and stx.
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- Department of Surgery & Theriogenology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University
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- Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University
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- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University
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Sun S, Mizuno Y, Komura T, Nishikawa Y, Kage-Nakadai E. Toll-like receptor homolog TOL-1 regulates Bifidobacterium infantis-elicited longevity and behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biosci Microbiota Food Health 2019; 38:105-110. [PMID: 31384522 PMCID: PMC6663507 DOI: 10.12938/bmfh.18-031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Bifidobacterium infantis, a Gram-positive bacterium, is one of the commonly used probiotics. We previously showed that B. infantis modified host defense
systems and extended the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In the present study, we showed that the lifespan extension caused by B. infantis was
enhanced in animals having a mutation in the tol-1 gene that encodes the sole C. elegans homolog of Toll-like receptors (TLRs). Meanwhile, lifespan increased by
other probiotic bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis or Clostridium butyricum, was not affected in the tol-1 mutant animals. A microarray
analysis revealed that the expression of innate immune response-related genes was significantly increased in the tol-1 mutant. Worms with the tol-1 mutation
exhibited reduced leaving behavior from the B. infantis lawn, while canonical downstream factors trf-1/TRAF and ikb-1/IκB appeared to not be
involved. In conclusion, C. elegans tol-1/TLR regulates B. infantis-induced longevity and also regulates behavior against B. infantis.
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- Simo Sun
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Kage-Nakadai E, Sun S, Iwata S, Yoshina S, Nishikawa Y, Mitani S. The small GTPase ARF-1.2 is a regulator of unicellular tube formation in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Physiol Sci 2019; 69:47-56. [PMID: 29704149 PMCID: PMC10717417 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-018-0617-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The membrane trafficking events that regulate unicellular tube formation and maintenance are not well understood. Here, using an RNAi screen, we identified the small GTPase ARF1 homolog ARF-1.2 as a regulator of excretory tube formation in Caenorhabditis elegans. RNAi-mediated knockdown and knockout of the arf-1.2 gene resulted in the formation of large intracellular vacuoles at the growth sites (varicosities) of the excretory canals. arf-1.2 mutant animals were sensitive to hyperosmotic conditions. arf-1.2 RNAi affected the localization of the anion transporter SULP-8, which is expressed in the basal plasma membrane of the excretory canals, but did not affect the expression of SULP-4, which is expressed in the apical membrane. The phenotype of arf-1.2 mutants was suppressed by mutation of the small Rho GTPase CDC-42, a regulator of apical/basal traffic balance. These results suggest that ARF-1.2 plays an essential role in basal membrane traffic to regulate the formation of the unicellular excretory tube.
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- Eriko Kage-Nakadai
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.
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Miyasaka T, Shinzaki Y, Yoshimura S, Yoshina S, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Ihara Y. Imbalanced Expression of Tau and Tubulin Induces Neuronal Dysfunction in C. elegans Models of Tauopathy. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:415. [PMID: 29973863 PMCID: PMC6019497 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Tauopathy is a type of dementia defined by the accumulation of filamentous tau inclusions in neural cells. Most types of dementia in the elderly, including Alzheimer's disease, are tauopathies. Although it is believed that tau protein abnormalities and/or the loss of its functions results in neurodegeneration and dementia, the mechanism of tauopathy remains obscure. Loss of microtubules and/or tubulin is a known consequence of tau accumulating in neurons in Alzheimer's disease. In other words, there is an excess level of tau relative to tubulin in tauopathy neurons. To test whether this imbalance of tau and tubulin expression results in the neurotoxicity of tau, we developed several transgenic C. elegans lines that express human tau at various levels in pan-neurons. These worms showed behavioral abnormalities in a tau expression-dependent manner. The knockdown of a tubulin-specific chaperon, or a subset of tubulin, led to enhanced tau toxicity even in low-expressing tau-transgenic worms that showed no abnormal behaviors. In addition, the suppression of tau expression in tubulin knockdown worms rescued neuronal dysfunction. Thus, not only the overexpression of tau but also a reduction in tubulin can trigger the neurotoxicity of tau. Tau expressed in worms was also highly phosphorylated and largely bound to tubulin dimers rather than microtubules. Relative amount of tubulin-unbound tau was increased in high-expressing tau-transgenic worms showing tau toxicity. We further demonstrated that tau aggregation was inhibited by co-incubation of purified tubulin in vitro, meaning sufficient amounts of tubulin can protect against the formation of tau inclusions. These results suggest that the expression ratio of tau to tubulin may be a determinant of the tauopathy cascade.
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- Tomohiro Miyasaka
- Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
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Omori Y, Miake K, Nakamura H, Kage-Nakadai E, Nishikawa Y. Influence of lactic acid and post-treatment recovery time on the heat resistance of Listeria monocytogenes. Int J Food Microbiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Wang L, Zhang S, Zheng D, Fujihara S, Wakabayashi A, Okahata K, Suzuki M, Saeki A, Nakamura H, Hara-Kudo Y, Kage-Nakadai E, Nishikawa Y. Prevalence of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Foods and Fecal Specimens Obtained from Cattle, Pigs, Chickens, Asymptomatic Carriers, and Patients in Osaka and Hyogo, Japan. Jpn J Infect Dis 2017; 70:464-469. [PMID: 28367884 DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2016.486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
The source and routes of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) remain poorly understood. To investigate the involvement of domestic animals in the dissemination of DEC, the prevalence of DEC in foods and fecal specimens from cattle, pigs, chickens, healthy carriers, and patients in Osaka and Hyogo, Japan was investigated using a multiplex real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction assay. The most abundant virulence genes were astA and eae, which had a prevalence 46.8% and 27.4%, respectively. Additionally, stx1 (26.6%) and stx2 (45.9%) were prevalent in cattle feces, while est (8.5%) and elt (7.6%) were prevalent in pig feces. afaB was the second-most prevalent gene in patients and healthy carriers, and it had detection rates of 5.1% and 8.1%, respectively. In contrast, afaB was not detected in animal feces or foods, except for three porcine fecal samples. The aggR gene was more prevalent in humans than in foods or animal feces. Both Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and atypical enteropathogenic E. coli carried by cattle may be sources for diarrheal diseases in humans. Pigs may be a source for human enterotoxigenic E. coli infections, whereas humans are expected to be the reservoir for diffusely adhering E. coli, enteroaggregative E. coli, and enteroinvasive E. coli.
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- Lili Wang
- School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology.,Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
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- National Hospital Organization Osaka Minami Medical Center
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- Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University.,The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University
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Wang L, Nakamura H, Kage-Nakadai E, Hara-Kudo Y, Nishikawa Y. Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis profiles of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from different retail foods. Int J Food Microbiol 2017; 249:44-52. [PMID: 28292660 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) isolates were recovered from local retail markets and the Osaka Municipal Central Wholesale Market in Japan. Retail food samples were collected for analysis in Osaka Japan from 2005 to 2008 and consisted of 32 beef, 28 pork, 20 poultry, 136 fish, 66 fruits and vegetables and 51 ready-to-eat (RTE) food samples. A total of 82 DEC strains were recovered from 64 (19%) food samples with the highest prevalence in poultry (100%, 20/20), followed by pork (54%, 15/28), beef (28%, 9/32), fruits and vegetables (12%, 8/66), fish (6.6%, 9/136) and RTE foods (5.9%, 3/51). Most of the strains belonged to E. coli possessing the enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) heat-stable enterotoxin 1 (EAST1) gene (EAST1EC; n=62, P<0.0001) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC; n=16, P<0.01), whereas only 1 strain belonged to Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), 1 to EAEC and 2 to enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) strains. Of the 82 DEC isolates, 22 O and 13H serogroups were detected, including some specific serogroups (O91, O103, O115, O119, O126, and O157) which have been associated with human diarrheal infections. Phylogenetic group A and B1 were predominant among the DEC isolates. Antimicrobial resistance to tetracycline was most common (49%), followed by nalidixic acid (28%), ampicillin (24%), sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (20%), and cephalothin (18%). All isolates were susceptible to aztreonam. Of the resistant strains, 44% (22/50) demonstrated resistance to >3 antimicrobial agents. Isolates resistant to >5 antimicrobials were only found in the meat samples, while isolates from the fruits and vegetables as well as RTE foods showed resistance to only 1 or 2 antimicrobial agents. Sixty one percent of EAST1EC, 56% of EPEC and all of the EAEC and ETEC were resistant to at least 1 antimicrobial agent. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) was used in this study for genotyping of DEC. The 82 isolates collected for this study showed 77 distinct MLVA profiles located among 3 branches. The Simpson's Index of Diversity (D) was 99.9% at its highest. The high diversity of these food strains would suggest their originating from a variety of sources and environments. In conclusion, retail food samples in Japan were contaminated with DEC; EAST1EC, a putative DEC, were detected at high rates in poultry, pork and beef. Isolates resistant to >3 antimicrobials were found only in raw meat and fish. Food animals may act as the reservoir for multi-resistant bacteria. Due to the finding that nearly 1/3 of EAST1EC strains were resistant to >3 antimicrobials, additional surveillance for EAST1EC should be initiated.
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- Lili Wang
- Dalian University of Technology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian 116024, China; Osaka City University, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Osaka 543-0026, Japan
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- Osaka City University, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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- Osaka City University, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
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Nakatani Y, Yaguchi Y, Komura T, Nakadai M, Terao K, Kage-Nakadai E, Nishikawa Y. Sesamin extends lifespan through pathways related to dietary restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans. Eur J Nutr 2017; 57:1137-1146. [PMID: 28239780 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-017-1396-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Sesamin, a polyphenolic compound found in sesame seeds, has been reported to exert a variety of beneficial health effects. We have previously reported that sesamin increases the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying the longevity effect of sesamin in C. elegans. METHODS Starting from three days of age, Caenorhabditis elegans animals were fed a standard diet alone or supplemented with sesamin. A C. elegans genome array was used to perform a comprehensive expression analysis. Genes that showed differential expression were validated using real-time PCR. Mutant or RNAi-treated animals were fed sesamin, and the lifespan was determined to identify the genes involved in the longevity effects of sesamin. RESULTS The microarray analysis revealed that endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response-related genes, which have been reported to show decreased expression under conditions of SIR-2.1/Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) overexpression, were downregulated in animals supplemented with sesamin. Sesamin failed to extend the lifespan of sir-2.1 knockdown animals and of sir-2.1 loss-of-function mutants. Sesamin was also ineffective in bec-1 RNAi-treated animals; bec-1 is a key regulator of autophagy, and is necessary for longevity induced by sir-2.1 overexpression. Furthermore, the heterozygotic mutation of daf-15, which encodes the target of rapamycin (TOR)-binding partner Raptor, abolished lifespan extension by sesamin. Moreover, sesamin did not prolong the lifespan of loss-of-function mutants of aak-2, which encodes the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). CONCLUSIONS Sesamin extends the lifespan of C. elegans through several dietary restriction-related signaling pathways, including processes requiring SIRT1, TOR, and AMPK.
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- Yumiko Nakatani
- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.
- The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138 Sumiyosi-ku, Osaka, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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Wang L, Nakamura H, Kage-Nakadai E, Hara-Kudo Y, Nishikawa Y. Comparison by multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis and antimicrobial resistance among atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from food samples and human and animal faecal specimens. J Appl Microbiol 2016; 122:268-278. [PMID: 27718315 DOI: 10.1111/jam.13322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AIM This study assessed whether multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing discriminated diarrhoeagenic atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) from aEPEC indigenous to domestic animals or healthy people. METHODS AND RESULTS MLVA genotyping of 142 aEPEC strains isolated from foods and faecal samples of domestic animals and humans revealed 126 distinct MLVA profiles that distributed to four clusters, yielding a Simpson's index of diversity (D) of 99·8%. Cluster 2 included 87% of cattle isolates and 67% of patient isolates. The plurality (15/34, 44%) of strains from healthy humans mapped to Cluster 1, while half (18/41, 44%) of the swine strains belonged to Cluster 4. Testing for antimicrobial susceptibility revealed that 52 strains (37%) of aEPEC were resistant to one or more agents; only 10 strains (7%) exhibited resistance to more than three agents. Strains isolated from swine or food exhibited a wider variety of resistance phenotypes than bovine or human strains. CONCLUSIONS MLVA assigned the aEPEC isolates from cattle and patients to Cluster 2, distinct from aEPEC from other sources. Hog yards may be a larger source of drug-resistant strains than are cattle ranches. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY MLVA suggests that human diarrhoeagenic aEPEC are derived from cattle and are distinct from strains carried by healthy people and other animals. Cattle appear to be reservoirs of human diarrhoeagenic aEPEC.
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- L Wang
- School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.,Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.,The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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Ban E, Yoshida Y, Wakushima M, Wajima T, Hamabata T, Ichikawa N, Abe H, Horiguchi Y, Hara-Kudo Y, Kage-Nakadai E, Yamamoto T, Wada T, Nishikawa Y. Characterization of unstable pEntYN10 from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) O169:H41. Virulence 2016; 6:735-44. [PMID: 26575107 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2015.1094606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) serotype O169:H41 has been an extremely destructive epidemic ETEC type worldwide. The strain harbors a large unstable plasmid that is regarded as responsible for its virulence, although its etiology has remained unknown. To examine its genetic background specifically on the unstable retention and responsibility in the unique adherence to epithelial cells and enterotoxin production, the complete sequence of a plasmid, pEntYN10, purified from the serotype strain was determined. The length is 145,082 bp; its GC content is 46.15%. It contains 182 CDSs, which include 3 colonization factors (CFs), an enterotoxin, and large number of insertion sequences. The repertory of plasmid stability genes was extraordinarily scant. Uniquely, results showed that 3 CFs, CS6, CS8 (CFA/III)-like, and K88 (F4)-like were encoded redundantly in the plasmid with unique variations among previously known subtypes. These three CFs preserved their respective gene structures similarly to those of other ETEC strains reported previously with unique sequence variations respectively. It is particularly interesting that the K88-like gene cluster of pEntYN10 had 2 paralogous copies of faeG, which encodes the major component of fimbrial structure. It remains to be verified how the unique variations found in the CFs respectively affect the affinity to infected cells, host range, and virulence of the ETEC strain.
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- Erika Ban
- a Department of Food and Human Health Sciences ; Graduate School of Human Life Science; Osaka City University ; Osaka , Japan
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- a Department of Food and Human Health Sciences ; Graduate School of Human Life Science; Osaka City University ; Osaka , Japan
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- a Department of Food and Human Health Sciences ; Graduate School of Human Life Science; Osaka City University ; Osaka , Japan
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- b Department of Microbiology ; School of Pharmacy; Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences ; Tokyo , Japan
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- c Research Institute; National Center for Global Health and Medicine ; Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Food and Human Health Sciences ; Graduate School of Human Life Science; Osaka City University ; Osaka , Japan
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- d Department of Molecular Bacteriology ; Research Institute for Microbial Diseases; Osaka University ; Osaka , Japan
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- d Department of Molecular Bacteriology ; Research Institute for Microbial Diseases; Osaka University ; Osaka , Japan
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- e Division of Microbiology; National Institute of Health Sciences ; Tokyo , Japan
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- f The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology; Osaka City University ; Osaka , Japan
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- g Department of International Health ; Institute of Tropical Medicine; Nagasaki University ; Nagasaki , Japan
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- g Department of International Health ; Institute of Tropical Medicine; Nagasaki University ; Nagasaki , Japan
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- a Department of Food and Human Health Sciences ; Graduate School of Human Life Science; Osaka City University ; Osaka , Japan
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Gengyo-Ando K, Kage-Nakadai E, Yoshina S, Otori M, Kagawa-Nagamura Y, Nakai J, Mitani S. Distinct roles of the two VPS33 proteins in the endolysosomal system in Caenorhabditis elegans. Traffic 2016; 17:1197-1213. [PMID: 27558849 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
Sec1/Munc-18 (SM) family proteins are essential regulators in intracellular transport in eukaryotic cells. The SM protein Vps33 functions as a core subunit of two tethering complexes, class C core vacuole/endosome tethering (CORVET) and homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting (HOPS) in the endocytic pathway in yeast. Metazoan cells possess two Vps33 proteins, VPS33A and VPS33B, but their precise roles remain unknown. Here, we present a comparative analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans null mutants for these proteins. We found that the vps-33.1 (VPS33A) mutants exhibited severe defects in both endocytic function and endolysosomal biogenesis in scavenger cells. Furthermore, vps-33.1 mutations caused endocytosis defects in other tissues, and the loss of maternal and zygotic VPS-33.1 resulted in embryonic lethality. By contrast, vps-33.2 mutants were viable but sterile, with terminally arrested spermatocytes. The spermatogenesis phenotype suggests that VPS33.2 is involved in the formation of a sperm-specific organelle. The endocytosis defect in the vps-33.1 mutant was not restored by the expression of VPS-33.2, which indicates that these proteins have nonredundant functions. Together, our data suggest that VPS-33.1 shares most of the general functions of yeast Vps33 in terms of tethering complexes in the endolysosomal system, whereas VPS-33.2 has tissue/organelle specific functions in C. elegans.
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- Keiko Gengyo-Ando
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. .,Brain and Body System Science Institute, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan. .,Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Brain and Body System Science Institute, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan.,Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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- Brain and Body System Science Institute, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan.,Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kage-Nakadai E, Ohta A, Ujisawa T, Sun S, Nishikawa Y, Kuhara A, Mitani S. Caenorhabditis elegans homologue of Prox1/Prospero is expressed in the glia and is required for sensory behavior and cold tolerance. Genes Cells 2016; 21:936-48. [PMID: 27402188 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/11/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
The Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) amphid sensory organ contains only 4 glia-like cells and 24 sensory neurons, providing a simple model for analyzing glia or neuron-glia interactions. To better characterize glial development and function, we carried out RNA interference screening for transcription factors that regulate the expression of an amphid sheath glial cell marker and identified pros-1, which encodes a homeodomain transcription factor homologous to Drosophila prospero/mammalian Prox1, as a positive regulator. The functional PROS-1::EGFP fusion protein was localized in the nuclei of the glia and the excretory cell but not in the amphid sensory neurons. pros-1 deletion mutants exhibited larval lethality, and rescue experiments showed that pros-1 and human Prox1 transgenes were able to rescue the larval lethal phenotype, suggesting that pros-1 is a functional homologue of mammalian Prox1, at least partially. We further found that the structure and functions of sensory neurons, such as the morphology of sensory endings, sensory behavior and sensory-mediated cold tolerance, appeared to be affected by the pros-1 RNAi. Together, our results show that the C. elegans PROS-1 is a transcriptional regulator in the glia but is involved not only in sensory behavior but also in sensory-mediated physiological tolerance.
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- Eriko Kage-Nakadai
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.,The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan.,Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Institute for Integrative Neurobiology, Konan University, Kobe, 658-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Institute for Integrative Neurobiology, Konan University, Kobe, 658-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Institute for Integrative Neurobiology, Konan University, Kobe, 658-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.
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Imae R, Dejima K, Kage-Nakadai E, Arai H, Mitani S. Endomembrane-associated RSD-3 is important for RNAi induced by extracellular silencing RNA in both somatic and germ cells of Caenorhabditis elegans. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28198. [PMID: 27306325 PMCID: PMC4910058 DOI: 10.1038/srep28198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
RNA silencing signals in C. elegans spread among cells, leading to RNAi
throughout the body. During systemic spread of RNAi, membrane trafficking is thought
to play important roles. Here, we show that RNAi Spreading Defective-3
(rsd-3), which encodes a homolog of epsinR, a conserved ENTH (epsin
N-terminal homology) domain protein, generally participates in cellular uptake of
silencing RNA. RSD-3 is previously thought to be involved in systemic RNAi only in
germ cells, but we isolated several deletion alleles of rsd-3, and found that
these mutants are defective in the spread of silencing RNA not only into germ cells
but also into somatic cells. RSD-3 is ubiquitously expressed, and intracellularly
localized to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and endosomes. Tissue-specific
rescue experiments indicate that RSD-3 is required for importing silencing RNA into
cells rather than exporting from cells. Structure/function analysis showed that the
ENTH domain alone is sufficient, and membrane association of the ENTH domain is
required, for RSD-3 function in systemic RNAi. Our results suggest that endomembrane
trafficking through the TGN and endosomes generally plays an important role in
cellular uptake of silencing RNA.
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- Rieko Imae
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Tokyo Women's Medical University Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshina S, Suehiro Y, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S. Locus-specific integration of extrachromosomal transgenes in C. elegans with the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Biochem Biophys Rep 2016; 5:70-76. [PMID: 28955808 PMCID: PMC5600330 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2015.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
We established a method to generate integration from extrachromosomal arrays with the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Multi-copy transgenes were integrated into the defined loci of chromosomes by this method, while a multi-copy transgene is integrated into random loci by previous methods, such as UV- and gamma-irradiation. The effects of a combination of sgRNAs, which define the cleavage sites in extrachromosomes and chromosomes, and the copy number of potential cleavable sequences were examined. The relative copy number of cleavable sequences in extrachromosomes affects the frequency of fertile F1 transgenic animals. The expression levels of the reporter gene were almost proportional to the copy numbers of the integrated sequences at the same integration site. The technique is applicable to the transgenic strains abundantly stored and shared among the C. elegans community, particularly when researchers use sgRNAs against common plasmid sequences such as β-lactamase.
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- Sawako Yoshina
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Tokyo Women's Medical University Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences, Japan
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Miyasaka T, Xie C, Yoshimura S, Shinzaki Y, Yoshina S, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Ihara Y. Curcumin improves tau-induced neuronal dysfunction of nematodes. Neurobiol Aging 2015; 39:69-81. [PMID: 26923403 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Tau is a key protein in the pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative diseases, which are categorized as tauopathies. Because the extent of tau pathologies is closely linked to that of neuronal loss and the clinical symptoms in Alzheimer's disease, anti-tau therapeutics, if any, could be beneficial to a broad spectrum of tauopathies. To learn more about tauopathy, we developed a novel transgenic nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans) model that expresses either wild-type or R406W tau in all the neurons. The wild-type tau-expressing worms exhibited uncoordinated movement (Unc) and neuritic abnormalities. Tau accumulated in abnormal neurites that lost microtubules. Similar abnormalities were found in the worms that expressed low levels of R406W-tau but were not in those expressing comparative levels of wild-type tau. Biochemical studies revealed that tau is aberrantly phosphorylated but forms no detergent-insoluble aggregates. Drug screening performed in these worms identified curcumin, a major phytochemical compound in turmeric, as a compound that reduces not only Unc but also the neuritic abnormalities in both wild-type and R406W tau-expressing worms. Our observations suggest that microtubule stabilization mediates the antitoxicity effect of curcumin. Curcumin is also effective in the worms expressing tau fragment, although it does not prevent the formation of tau-fragment dimers. These data indicate that curcumin improves the tau-induced neuronal dysfunction that is independent of insoluble aggregates of tau.
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- Tomohiro Miyasaka
- Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences, Department of Neuropathology, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences, Department of Neuropathology, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences, Department of Neuropathology, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences, Department of Neuropathology, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences, Department of Neuropathology, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan; Laboratory for Cognition and Aging, Graduate School of Brain Sciences, Doshisha University, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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Uehara T, Kage-Nakadai E, Yoshina S, Imae R, Mitani S. The Tumor Suppressor BCL7B Functions in the Wnt Signaling Pathway. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1004921. [PMID: 25569233 PMCID: PMC4287490 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Human BCL7 gene family consists of BCL7A, BCL7B, and BCL7C. A number of clinical studies have reported that BCL7 family is involved in cancer incidence, progression, and development. Among them, BCL7B, located on chromosome 7q11.23, is one of the deleted genes in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome. Although several studies have suggested that malignant diseases occurring in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome are associated with aberrations in BCL7B, little is known regarding the function of this gene at the cellular level. In this study, we focused on bcl-7, which is the only homolog of BCL7 gene family in Caenorhabditis elegans, and analyzed bcl-7 deletion mutants. As a result, we found that bcl-7 is required for the asymmetric differentiation of epithelial seam cells, which have self-renewal properties as stem cells and divide asymmetrically through the WNT pathway. Distal tip cell development, which is regulated by the WNT pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans, was also affected in bcl-7-knockout mutants. Interestingly, bcl-7 mutants exhibited nuclear enlargement, reminiscent of the anaplastic features of malignant cells. Furthermore, in KATOIII human gastric cancer cells, BCL7B knockdown induced nuclear enlargement, promoted the multinuclei phenotype and suppressed cell death. In addition, this study showed that BCL7B negatively regulates the Wnt-signaling pathway and positively regulates the apoptotic pathway. Taken together, our data indicate that BCL7B/BCL-7 has some roles in maintaining the structure of nuclei and is involved in the modulation of multiple pathways, including Wnt and apoptosis. This study may implicate a risk of malignancies with BCL7B-deficiency, such as Williams-Beuren syndrome. BCL7B, a member of the human BCL7 gene family, is deleted in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome. Although several clinical studies have suggested that malignant diseases occurring in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome are associated with aberrations in BCL7B, little is known regarding the physiological function of this gene. Here, we show that bcl-7, the only homolog of BCL7 gene family in Caenorhabditis elegans, regulates asymmetric cell differentiation in somatic “stem-like” seam cells through at least the Wnt pathway and promotes the apoptotic pathway. In addition, bcl-7 deletion mutants show enlarged nuclei in epidermis and germ cells. Furthermore, in KATOIII human gastric cancer cells, BCL7B knockdown induces nuclear enlargement, as observed in Caenorhabditis elegans, and promotes the multinucleated phenotype, both of which are reminiscent of malignant diseases. BCL7B also negatively regulates the Wnt-signaling pathway and positively regulates the apoptotic pathway, similar to Caenorhabditis elegans. Altogether, this study may open the door for understanding the function of BCL7 family in cell differentiation and malignancies.
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- Tomoko Uehara
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Tokyo Women's Medical University Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Kage-Nakadai E, Imae R, Suehiro Y, Yoshina S, Hori S, Mitani S. A conditional knockout toolkit for Caenorhabditis elegans based on the Cre/loxP recombination. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114680. [PMID: 25474529 PMCID: PMC4256423 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Conditional knockout (cKO) based on site-specific recombination (SSR) technology is a powerful approach for estimating gene functions in a spatially and temporally specific manner in many model animals. In Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), spatial- and temporal-specific gene functions have been largely determined by mosaic analyses, rescue experiments and feeding RNAi methods. To develop a systematic and stable cKO system in C. elegans, we generated Cre recombinase expression vectors that are driven by various tissue-specific or heat-shock promoters. Validation using Cre-mediated fluorescence protein inactivation or activation systems demonstrated successful Cre-dependent loxP excision. We established a collection of multi-copy Cre transgenic strains for each evaluated vector. To evaluate our Cre/loxP-based cKO system, we generated sid-1 deletion mutants harboring floxed sid-1 single-copy integration (SCI) using ultraviolet trimethylpsoralen (UV/TMP) methods. sid-1 mutants that were rescued by the floxed sid-1 SCI were then crossed with the Pdpy-7::Cre strain for cKO in the hypodermis. The sid-1 cKO animals were resistant to bli-3 RNAi, which causes the Bli-phenotyple in the hypodermis, but they were sensitive to unc-22 RNAi, which leads to twitching of the body wall muscle. Our system, which is based on the combination of a transgenic Cre collection, pre-existing deletion mutants, and UV/TMP SCI methods, provided a systematic approach for cKO in C. elegans.
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- Eriko Kage-Nakadai
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kage-Nakadai E, Imae R, Yoshina S, Mitani S. Methods for single/low-copy integration by ultraviolet and trimethylpsoralen treatment in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods 2014; 68:397-402. [PMID: 24613935 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Single/low-copy transgene integration is essential for avoiding overexpression, ectopic expression and gene silencing in the germline. Here, we present an overview of a method that uses ultraviolet and trimethylpsoralen (UV/TMP) to generate single/low-copy gene integrations in Caenorhabditis elegans. Single/low-copy transgenes from extrachromosomal arrays are integrated into the genome using positive selection based on temperature sensitivity with a vps-45 rescue fragment and negative selection based on benzimidazole sensitivity with a ben-1 rescue fragment. The copy number of the integrated transgenes is determined using quantitative PCR. Our UV/TMP integration method, which is based on familiar extrachromosomal transgenics, provides a simple approach for generating single/low-copy gene integrations.
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- Eriko Kage-Nakadai
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan; The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, 3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
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Xie C, Miyasaka T, Yoshimura S, Hatsuta H, Yoshina S, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Murayama S, Ihara Y. The homologous carboxyl-terminal domains of microtubule-associated protein 2 and TAU induce neuronal dysfunction and have differential fates in the evolution of neurofibrillary tangles. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89796. [PMID: 24587039 PMCID: PMC3934940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) and Tau are abundant neuronal microtubule-associated proteins. Both proteins have highly homologous carboxyl-terminal sequences that function as microtubule-binding domains. Whereas Tau is widely accepted as a pathoetiological factor in human tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), it is not known whether there is a relationship between MAP2 and tauopathy. To better understand the pathological roles of MAP2 and Tau, we compared their behaviors in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans in which MAP2 or Tau was expressed pan-neuronally. Both MAP2 and Tau elicited severe neuronal dysfunction and neuritic abnormalities, despite the absence of detergent-insoluble aggregates in worm neurons. Biochemical analysis revealed that the expressed MAP2 or Tau in worms was highly phosphorylated and did not bind to microtubules. Newly raised antibodies to MAP2 that effectively distinguished between the highly homologous carboxyl-terminal sequences of MAP2 and Tau showed that MAP2 was not involved in the growth process of neurofibrillary tangles in the AD brain. These results indicate that Tau and MAP2 have different fates in the inclusion formation and raise the possibility that MAP2 plays a significant role in neurotoxicity in the AD brain despite the absence of MAP2-aggregates.
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- Ce Xie
- Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto, Japan
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Yaguchi Y, Komura T, Kashima N, Tamura M, Kage-Nakadai E, Saeki S, Terao K, Nishikawa Y. Influence of oral supplementation with sesamin on longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans and the host defense. Eur J Nutr 2014; 53:1659-68. [PMID: 24549958 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-014-0671-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Nutritional control has been proposed as a potential therapy for slowing the senescence of immune function and decreasing mortality. This study investigated whether sesamin could modify host defense systems and extend the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. METHODS Nematodes were fed standard food (the bacterium Escherichia coli strain OP50) supplemented with various doses of sesamin/γ-cyclodextrin inclusion compounds starting from young adulthood. The mean lifespan, muscle function, lipofuscin accumulation, protein carbonyl content, and stress resistance of the worms were examined. Then, C. elegans mutants harboring loss-of-function lesions in longevity- and host defense-related signaling pathways were supplemented with sesamin to identify the genes involved in the longevity effects. RESULTS Worms supplemented with sesamin displayed higher locomotion and prolongevity and produced offspring at levels similar to unsupplemented control animals. The growth curves of nematodes were similar to those of controls, suggesting that sesamin did not induce prolongevity effects through dietary restriction. Notably, sesamin made the worms more resistant to infection by Legionella pneumophila and more resistant to oxidative stressors such as paraquat and hydrogen peroxide and prolonged the lifespan of a mev-1 mutant that produces abundant superoxide anions. However, the accumulation of protein carbonyls and lipofuscin was similar in sesamin-exposed and control worms, suggesting that sesamin is unlikely to work simply as an antioxidant. Sesamin supplementation failed to extend the lifespan of loss-of-function mutants of daf-2, daf-16, pmk-1, and skn-1. CONCLUSIONS Sesamin enhances the host defense of C. elegans and increases the average lifespan via activation of both skn-1 (encoding a component of the p38 MAPK pathway) and daf-16 (encoding a component of the IGF-1 pathway).
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- Yukie Yaguchi
- Department of Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan
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Hagiwara K, Nagamori S, Umemura YM, Ohgaki R, Tanaka H, Murata D, Nakagomi S, Nomura KH, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Nomura K, Kanai Y. NRFL-1, the C. elegans NHERF orthologue, interacts with amino acid transporter 6 (AAT-6) for age-dependent maintenance of AAT-6 on the membrane. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43050. [PMID: 22916205 PMCID: PMC3419730 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The NHERF (Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor) family has been proposed to play a key role in regulating transmembrane protein localization and retention at the plasma membrane. Due to the high homology between the family members, potential functional compensations have been a concern in sorting out the function of individual NHERF numbers. Here, we studied C. elegans NRFL-1 (C01F6.6) (nherf-like protein 1), the sole C. elegans orthologue of the NHERF family, which makes worm a model with low genetic redundancy of NHERF homologues. Integrating bioinformatic knowledge of C. elegans proteins into yeast two-hybrid scheme, we identified NRFL-1 as an interactor of AAT-6, a member of the C. elegans AAT (amino acid transporter) family. A combination of GST pull-down assay, localization study, and co-immunoprecipitation confirmed the binding and characterized the PDZ interaction. AAT-6 localizes to the luminal membrane even in the absence of NRFL-1 when the worm is up to four-day old. A fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) analysis suggested that NRFL-1 immobilizes AAT-6 at the luminal membrane. When the nrfl-1 deficient worm is six-day or older, in contrast, the membranous localization of AAT-6 is not observed, whereas AAT-6 tightly localizes to the membrane in worms with NRFL-1. Sorting out the in vivo functions of the C. elegans NHERF protein, we found that NRFL-1, a PDZ-interactor of AAT-6, is responsible for the immobilization and the age-dependent maintenance of AAT-6 on the intestinal luminal membrane.
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- Kohei Hagiwara
- Division of Bio-system Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Bio-system Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Bio-system Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Bio-system Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Bio-system Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Bio-system Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Bio-system Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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Lee HC, Kubo T, Kono N, Kage-Nakadai E, Gengyo-Ando K, Mitani S, Inoue T, Arai H. Depletion of mboa-7, an enzyme that incorporates polyunsaturated fatty acids into phosphatidylinositol (PI), impairs PI 3-phosphate signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes Cells 2012; 17:748-57. [PMID: 22862955 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2012.01624.x] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol (PI) is a constituent of biomembranes and a precursor of all phosphoinositides (PIPs). A prominent characteristic of PI is that its sn-2 position is highly enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), such as arachidonic acid or eicosapentaenoic acid. However, the biological significance of PUFA-containing PI remains unknown. We previously identified Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) mboa-7 as an acyltransferase that incorporates PUFAs into the sn-2 position of PI. In this study, we performed an RNAi enhancer screen against PI kinases and phosphatases using mboa-7 mutants that have a reduced PUFA content in PI. Among the genes tested, knockdown of vps-34, a catalytic subunit of class III PI 3-kinase that produces PI 3-phosphate (PI3P) from PI, caused severe growth defects in mboa-7 mutants. In both vps-34 RNAi-treated wild-type worms and mboa-7 mutants, the size of PI3P-positive early endosomes was significantly decreased. We also performed an RNAi enhancer screen against PI3P-related genes and found that, like knockdown of vps-34, knockdown of autophagy-related genes caused severe growth defects in mboa-7 mutants. Finally, we showed that autophagic clearance of protein aggregates is impaired in mboa-7 mutants. Taken together, these results suggest that the PUFA chain in PI has a role in some PI3P signaling.
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- Hyeon-Cheol Lee
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Murata D, Nomura KH, Dejima K, Mizuguchi S, Kawasaki N, Matsuishi-Nakajima Y, Ito S, Gengyo-Ando K, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Nomura K. GPI-anchor synthesis is indispensable for the germline development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Biol Cell 2012; 23:982-95. [PMID: 22298425 PMCID: PMC3302757 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-10-0855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Revised: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor attachment is one of the most common posttranslational protein modifications. Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we determined that GPI-anchored proteins are present in germline cells and distal tip cells, which are essential for the maintenance of the germline stem cell niche. We identified 24 C. elegans genes involved in GPI-anchor synthesis. Inhibition of various steps of GPI-anchor synthesis by RNA interference or gene knockout resulted in abnormal development of oocytes and early embryos, and both lethal and sterile phenotypes were observed. The piga-1 gene (orthologue of human PIGA) codes for the catalytic subunit of the phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase complex, which catalyzes the first step of GPI-anchor synthesis. We isolated piga-1-knockout worms and found that GPI-anchor synthesis is indispensable for the maintenance of mitotic germline cell number. The knockout worms displayed 100% lethality, with decreased mitotic germline cells and abnormal eggshell formation. Using cell-specific rescue of the null allele, we showed that expression of piga-1 in somatic gonads and/or in germline is sufficient for normal embryonic development and the maintenance of the germline mitotic cells. These results clearly demonstrate that GPI-anchor synthesis is indispensable for germline formation and for normal development of oocytes and eggs.
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- Daisuke Murata
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences 33, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences 33, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences 33, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences 33, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Division of Biological Chemistry and Biologicals, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Division of Biological Chemistry and Biologicals, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Division of Biological Chemistry and Biologicals, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences 33, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Hon-cho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Kage-Nakadai E, Kobuna H, Funatsu O, Otori M, Gengyo-Ando K, Yoshina S, Hori S, Mitani S. Single/low-copy integration of transgenes in Caenorhabditis elegans using an ultraviolet trimethylpsoralen method. BMC Biotechnol 2012; 12:1. [PMID: 22217006 PMCID: PMC3262153 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Transgenic strains of Caenorhabditis elegans are typically generated by injecting DNA into the germline to form multi-copy extrachromosomal arrays. These transgenes are semi-stable and their expression is silenced in the germline. Mos1 transposon or microparticle bombardment methods have been developed to create single- or low-copy chromosomal integrated lines. Here we report an alternative method using ultraviolet trimethylpsoralen (UV/TMP) to generate single/low-copy gene integrations. RESULTS We successfully integrated low-copy transgenes from extrachromosomal arrays using positive selection based on temperature sensitivity with a vps-45 rescue fragment and negative selection based on benzimidazole sensitivity with a ben-1 rescue fragment. We confirmed that the integrants express transgenes in the germline. Quantitative PCR revealed that strains generated by this method contain single- or low-copy transgenes. Moreover, positive selection marker genes flanked by LoxP sites were excised by Cre recombinase mRNA microinjection, demonstrating Cre-mediated chromosomal excision for the first time in C. elegans. CONCLUSION Our UV/TMP integration method, based on familiar extrachromosomal transgenics, provides a useful approach for generating single/low-copy gene integrations.
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- Eriko Kage-Nakadai
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Saitama University Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S. The role of prospero/prox1, a determinant of glial cell fate, in Caenorhabditis elegans. Neurosci Res 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.07.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Kage-Nakadai E, Uehara T, Mitani S. H+/myo-inositol transporter genes, hmit-1.1 and hmit-1.2, have roles in the osmoprotective response in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 410:471-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nomura KH, Murata D, Hayashi Y, Dejima K, Mizuguchi S, Kage-Nakadai E, Gengyo-Ando K, Mitani S, Hirabayashi Y, Ito M, Nomura K. Ceramide glucosyltransferase of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is involved in oocyte formation and in early embryonic cell division. Glycobiology 2011; 21:834-48. [PMID: 21325339 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Ceramide glucosyltransferase (Ugcg) [uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucose:N-acylsphingosine D-glucosyltransferase or UDP-glucose ceramide glucosyltransferase (GlcT): EC 2.4.1.80] catalyzes formation of glucosylceramide (GlcCer) from ceramide and UDP-glucose. There is only one Ugcg gene in the mouse genome, which is essential in embryogenesis and brain development. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has three Ugcg genes (cgt-1, cgt-2 and cgt-3), and double RNAi of the cgt-1 and cgt-3 genes results in lethality at the L1 larval stage. In this study, we isolated knockout worms for the three genes and characterized the gene functions. Each gene product showed active enzymatic activity when expressed in GM95 cells deficient in glycosphingolipids (GSLs). When each gene function was disrupted, the brood size of the animal markedly decreased, and abnormal oocytes and multinucleated embryos were formed. The CGT-3 protein had the highest Ugcg activity, and knockout of its gene resulted in the severest phenotype. When cgt-3 RNAi was performed on rrf-1 worms lacking somatic RNAi machinery but with intact germline RNAi machinery, a number of abnormal oocytes and multinucleated eggs were observed, although the somatic phenotype, i.e., L1 lethal effects of cgt-1/cgt-3 RNAi, was completely suppressed. Cell surface expression of GSLs and sphingomyelin, which are important components of membrane domains, was affected in the RNAi-treated embryos. In the embryos, an abnormality in cytokinesis was also observed. From these results, we concluded that the Ugcg gene is indispensable in the germline and that an ample supply of GlcCer is needed for oocytes and fertilized eggs to maintain normal membranes and to proceed through the normal cell cycle.
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- Kazuko H Nomura
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences 33, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Imae R, Inoue T, Kimura M, Kanamori T, Tomioka NH, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Arai H. Intracellular phospholipase A1 and acyltransferase, which are involved in Caenorhabditis elegans stem cell divisions, determine the sn-1 fatty acyl chain of phosphatidylinositol. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 21:3114-24. [PMID: 20668164 PMCID: PMC2938378 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-03-0195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 12/24/2022] Open
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Phosphatidylinositol (PI), an important constituent of membranes, contains stearic acid as the major fatty acid at the sn-1 position. This fatty acid is thought to be incorporated into PI through fatty acid remodeling by sequential deacylation and reacylation. However, the genes responsible for the reaction are unknown, and consequently, the physiological significance of the sn-1 fatty acid remains to be elucidated. Here, we identified acl-8, -9, and -10, which are closely related to each other, and ipla-1 as strong candidates for genes involved in fatty acid remodeling at the sn-1 position of PI. In both ipla-1 mutants and acl-8 acl-9 acl-10 triple mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans, the stearic acid content of PI is reduced, and asymmetric division of stem cell-like epithelial cells is defective. The defects in asymmetric division of these mutants are suppressed by a mutation of the same genes involved in intracellular retrograde transport, suggesting that ipla-1 and acl genes act in the same pathway. IPLA-1 and ACL-10 have phospholipase A(1) and acyltransferase activity, respectively, both of which recognize the sn-1 position of PI as their substrate. We propose that the sn-1 fatty acid of PI is determined by ipla-1 and acl-8, -9, -10 and crucial for asymmetric divisions.
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- Rieko Imae
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Miyasaka T, Yoshimura S, Saka A, Shinzaki Y, Yoshina S, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Ihara Y. P4‐026: Curcumin Improves Tau‐mediated Neuronal Dysfunction in Nematode. Alzheimers Dement 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.08.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Tomohiro Miyasaka
- Doshishya University Department of NeuropathologyKyoto Japan
- University of Tokyo Department of NeuropathologyTokyo Japan
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- University of Tokyo Department of NeuropathologyTokyo Japan
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- Doshishya University Department of NeuropathologyKyoto Japan
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- Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine Department of PhysiologyTokyo Japan
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- Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine Department of PhysiologyTokyo Japan
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- Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine Department of PhysiologyTokyo Japan
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- Doshishya University Department of NeuropathologyKyoto Japan
- University of Tokyo Department of NeuropathologyTokyo Japan
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Wang X, Li W, Zhao D, Liu B, Shi Y, Chen B, Yang H, Guo P, Geng X, Shang Z, Peden E, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Xue D. Caenorhabditis elegans transthyretin-like protein TTR-52 mediates recognition of apoptotic cells by the CED-1 phagocyte receptor. Nat Cell Biol 2010; 12:655-64. [PMID: 20526330 PMCID: PMC2896453 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [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: 01/06/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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During apoptosis, dying cells are swiftly removed by phagocytes. It is not fully understood how apoptotic cells are recognized by phagocytes. Here we report the identification and characterization of the Caenorhabditis elegans ttr-52 gene, which encodes a transthyretin-like protein and is required for efficient cell corpse engulfment. The TTR-52 protein is expressed in, and secreted from, C. elegans endoderm and clusters around apoptotic cells. Genetic analysis indicates that TTR-52 acts in the cell corpse engulfment pathway mediated by CED-1, CED-6 and CED-7 and affects clustering of the phagocyte receptor CED-1 around apoptotic cells. TTR-52 recognizes surface-exposed phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) in vivo and binds to both PtdSer and the extracellular domain of CED-1 in vitro. TTR-52 is therefore the first bridging molecule identified in C. elegans that mediates recognition of apoptotic cells by crosslinking the PtdSer 'eat me' signal with the phagocyte receptor CED-1.
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- Xiaochen Wang
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
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Nakagawa A, Shi Y, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Xue D. Caspase-dependent conversion of Dicer ribonuclease into a death-promoting deoxyribonuclease. Science 2010; 328:327-34. [PMID: 20223951 DOI: 10.1126/science.1182374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chromosome fragmentation is a hallmark of apoptosis, conserved in diverse organisms. In mammals, caspases activate apoptotic chromosome fragmentation by cleaving and inactivating an apoptotic nuclease inhibitor. We report that inactivation of the Caenorhabditis elegans dcr-1 gene, which encodes the Dicer ribonuclease important for processing of small RNAs, compromises apoptosis and blocks apoptotic chromosome fragmentation. DCR-1 was cleaved by the CED-3 caspase to generate a C-terminal fragment with deoxyribonuclease activity, which produced 3' hydroxyl DNA breaks on chromosomes and promoted apoptosis. Thus, caspase-mediated activation of apoptotic DNA degradation is conserved. DCR-1 functions in fragmenting chromosomal DNA during apoptosis, in addition to processing of small RNAs, and undergoes a protease-mediated conversion from a ribonuclease to a deoxyribonuclease.
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- Akihisa Nakagawa
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Teramoto T, Sternick LA, Kage-Nakadai E, Sajjadi S, Siembida J, Mitani S, Iwasaki K, Lambie EJ. Magnesium excretion in C. elegans requires the activity of the GTL-2 TRPM channel. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9589. [PMID: 20221407 PMCID: PMC2833210 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Systemic magnesium homeostasis in mammals is primarily governed by the activities of the TRPM6 and TRPM7 cation channels, which mediate both uptake by the intestinal epithelial cells and reabsorption by the distal convoluted tubule cells in the kidney. In the nematode, C. elegans, intestinal magnesium uptake is dependent on the activities of the TRPM channel proteins, GON-2 and GTL-1. In this paper we provide evidence that another member of the TRPM protein family, GTL-2, acts within the C. elegans excretory cell to mediate the excretion of excess magnesium. Thus, the activity of GTL-2 balances the activities of the paralogous TRPM channel proteins, GON-2 and GTL-1.
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- Takayuki Teramoto
- Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Kage-Nakadai E, Kobuna H, Kimura M, Gengyo-Ando K, Inoue T, Arai H, Mitani S. Two very long chain fatty acid acyl-CoA synthetase genes, acs-20 and acs-22, have roles in the cuticle surface barrier in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS One 2010; 5:e8857. [PMID: 20111596 PMCID: PMC2810326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In multicellular organisms, the surface barrier is essential for maintaining the internal environment. In mammals, the barrier is the stratum corneum. Fatty acid transport protein 4 (FATP4) is a key factor involved in forming the stratum corneum barrier. Mice lacking Fatp4 display early neonatal lethality with features such as tight, thick, and shiny skin, and a defective skin barrier. These symptoms are strikingly similar to those of a human skin disease called restrictive dermopathy. FATP4 is a member of the FATP family that possesses acyl-CoA synthetase activity for very long chain fatty acids. How Fatp4 contributes to skin barrier function, however, remains to be elucidated. In the present study, we characterized two Caenorhabditis elegans genes, acs-20 and acs-22, that are homologous to mammalian FATPs. Animals with mutant acs-20 exhibited defects in the cuticle barrier, which normally prevents the penetration of small molecules. acs-20 mutant animals also exhibited abnormalities in the cuticle structure, but not in epidermal cell fate or cell integrity. The acs-22 mutants rarely showed a barrier defect, whereas acs-20;acs-22 double mutants had severely disrupted barrier function. Moreover, the barrier defects of acs-20 and acs-20;acs-22 mutants were rescued by acs-20, acs-22, or human Fatp4 transgenes. We further demonstrated that the incorporation of exogenous very long chain fatty acids into sphingomyelin was reduced in acs-20 and acs-22 mutants. These findings indicate that C. elegans Fatp4 homologue(s) have a crucial role in the surface barrier function and this model might be useful for studying the fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying human skin barrier and relevant diseases.
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- Eriko Kage-Nakadai
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
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Lai HJ, Lo SJ, Kage-Nakadai E, Mitani S, Xue D. The roles and acting mechanism of Caenorhabditis elegans DNase II genes in apoptotic dna degradation and development. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7348. [PMID: 19809494 PMCID: PMC2752799 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 09/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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DNase II enzymes are acidic endonucleases that have been implicated in mediating apoptotic DNA degradation, a critical cell death execution event. C. elegans genome contains three DNase II homologues, NUC-1, CRN-6, and CRN-7, but their expression patterns, acting sites, and roles in apoptotic DNA degradation and development are unclear. We have conducted a comprehensive analysis of three C. elegans DNase II genes and found that nuc-1 plays a major role, crn-6 plays an auxiliary role, and crn-7 plays a negligible role in resolving 3′ OH DNA breaks generated in apoptotic cells. Promoter swapping experiments suggest that crn-6 but not crn-7 can partially substitute for nuc-1 in mediating apoptotic DNA degradation and both fail to replace nuc-1 in degrading bacterial DNA in intestine. Despite of their restricted and largely non-overlapping expression patterns, both CRN-6 and NUC-1 can mediate apoptotic DNA degradation in many cells, suggesting that they are likely secreted nucleases that are retaken up by other cells to exert DNA degradation functions. Removal or disruption of NUC-1 secretion signal eliminates NUC-1's ability to mediate DNA degradation across its expression border. Furthermore, blocking cell corpse engulfment does not affect apoptotic DNA degradation mediated by nuc-1, suggesting that NUC-1 acts in apoptotic cells rather than in phagocytes to resolve 3′ OH DNA breaks. Our study illustrates how multiple DNase II nucleases play differential roles in apoptotic DNA degradation and development and reveals an unexpected mode of DNase II action in mediating DNA degradation.
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- Huey-Jen Lai
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
- Division of Microbiology, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Microbiology, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Life Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (DX); (SJL)
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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