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Zalghout S, Vo S, Arocas V, Jadoui S, Hamade E, Badran B, Oudar O, Charnaux N, Longrois D, Boulaftali Y, Bouton MC, Richard B. Syndecan-1 Is Overexpressed in Human Thoracic Aneurysm but Is Dispensable for the Disease Progression in a Mouse Model. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:839743. [PMID: 35548440 PMCID: PMC9082175 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.839743] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) pooling has long been considered as one of the histopathological characteristics defining thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) together with smooth muscle cells (SMCs) apoptosis and elastin fibers degradation. However, little information is known about GAGs composition or their potential implication in TAA pathology. Syndecan-1 (SDC-1) is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan that is implicated in extracellular matrix (ECM) interaction and assembly, regulation of SMCs phenotype, and various aspects of inflammation in the vascular wall. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine whether SDC-1 expression was regulated in human TAA and to analyze its role in a mouse model of this disease. In the current work, the regulation of SDC-1 was examined in human biopsies by RT-qPCR, ELISA, and immunohistochemistry. In addition, the role of SDC-1 was evaluated in descending TAA in vivo using a mouse model combining both aortic wall weakening and hypertension. Our results showed that both SDC-1 mRNA and protein are overexpressed in the media layer of human TAA specimens. RT-qPCR experiments revealed a 3.6-fold overexpression of SDC-1 mRNA (p = 0.0024) and ELISA assays showed that SDC-1 protein was increased 2.3 times in TAA samples compared with healthy counterparts (221 ± 24 vs. 96 ± 33 pg/mg of tissue, respectively, p = 0.0012). Immunofluorescence imaging provided evidence that SMCs are the major cell type expressing SDC-1 in TAA media. Similarly, in the mouse model used, SDC-1 expression was increased in TAA specimens compared to healthy samples. Although its protective role against abdominal aneurysm has been reported, we observed that SDC-1 was dispensable for TAA prevalence or rupture. In addition, SDC-1 deficiency did not alter the extent of aortic wall dilatation, elastin degradation, collagen deposition, or leukocyte recruitment in our TAA model. These findings suggest that SDC-1 could be a biomarker revealing TAA pathology. Future investigations could uncover the underlying mechanisms leading to regulation of SDC-1 expression in TAA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sara Zalghout
- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France
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- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France
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- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France
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- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- LVTS, INSERM, U1148, Paris, France
- Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France
- *Correspondence: Benjamin Richard
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Bassand K, Metzinger L, Naïm M, Mouhoubi N, Haddad O, Assoun V, Zaïdi N, Sainte‐Catherine O, Butt A, Guyot E, Oudar O, Laguillier‐Morizot C, Sutton A, Charnaux N, Metzinger‐Le Meuth V, Hlawaty H. miR-126-3p is essential for CXCL12-induced angiogenesis. J Cell Mol Med 2021; 25:6032-6045. [PMID: 34117709 PMCID: PMC8256342 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16460] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Atherosclerosis, in the ultimate stage of cardiovascular diseases, causes an obstruction of vessels leading to ischemia and finally to necrosis. To restore vascularization and tissue regeneration, stimulation of angiogenesis is necessary. Chemokines and microRNAs (miR) were studied as pro-angiogenic agents. We analysed the miR-126/CXCL12 axis and compared impacts of both miR-126-3p and miR-126-5p strands effects in CXCL12-induced angiogenesis. Indeed, the two strands of miR-126 were previously shown to be active but were never compared together in the same experimental conditions regarding their differential functions in angiogenesis. In this study, we analysed the 2D-angiogenesis and the migration assays in HUVEC in vitro and in rat's aortic rings ex vivo, both transfected with premiR-126-3p/-5p or antimiR-126-3p/-5p strands and stimulated with CXCL12. First, we showed that CXCL12 had pro-angiogenic effects in vitro and ex vivo associated with overexpression of miR-126-3p in HUVEC and rat's aortas. Second, we showed that 2D-angiogenesis and migration induced by CXCL12 was abolished in vitro and ex vivo after miR-126-3p inhibition. Finally, we observed that SPRED-1 (one of miR-126-3p targets) was inhibited after CXCL12 treatment in HUVEC leading to improvement of CXCL12 pro-angiogenic potential in vitro. Our results proved for the first time: 1-the role of CXCL12 in modulation of miR-126 expression; 2-the involvement of miR-126 in CXCL12 pro-angiogenic effects; 3-the involvement of SPRED-1 in angiogenesis induced by miR-126/CXCL12 axis.
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- Kévin Bassand
- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- HEMATIM UR 4666, Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Santé (CURS), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, CHU‐Amiens‐PicardieAmiensFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
- Laboratoire de BiochimieHôpital AvicenneAssistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de ParisBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
- Laboratoire de BiochimieHôpital AvicenneAssistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de ParisBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
- Laboratoire de BiochimieHôpital AvicenneAssistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de ParisBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
- Laboratoire de BiochimieHôpital AvicenneAssistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de ParisBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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- INSERM U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Sciences (LVTS), UFR SMBH Université Sorbonne Paris NordBobignyFrance
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Suffee N, Le Visage C, Hlawaty H, Aid-Launais R, Vanneaux V, Larghero J, Haddad O, Oudar O, Charnaux N, Sutton A. Pro-angiogenic effect of RANTES-loaded polysaccharide-based microparticles for a mouse ischemia therapy. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13294. [PMID: 29038476 PMCID: PMC5643514 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13444-7] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Peripheral arterial disease results from the chronic obstruction of arteries leading to critical hindlimb ischemia. The aim was to develop a new therapeutic strategy of revascularization by using biodegradable and biocompatible polysaccharides-based microparticles (MP) to treat the mouse hindlimb ischemia. For this purpose, we deliver the pro-angiogenic chemokine Regulated upon Activation, Normal T-cell Expressed and Secreted (RANTES)/CCL5 in the mouse ischemic hindlimb, in solution or incorporated into polysaccharide-based microparticles. We demonstrate that RANTES-loaded microparticles improve the clinical score, induce the revascularization and the muscle regeneration in injured mice limb. To decipher the mechanisms underlying RANTES effects in vivo, we demonstrate that RANTES increases the spreading, the migration of human endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) and the formation of vascular network. The main receptors of RANTES i.e. CCR5, syndecan-4 and CD44 expressed at endothelial progenitor cell surface are involved in RANTES-induced in vitro biological effects on EPC. By using two RANTES mutants, [E66A]-RANTES with impaired ability to oligomerize, and [44AANA47]-RANTES mutated in the main RANTES-glycosaminoglycan binding site, we demonstrate that both chemokine oligomerization and binding site to glycosaminoglycans are essential for RANTES-induced angiogenesis in vitro. Herein we improved the muscle regeneration and revascularization after RANTES-loaded MP local injection in mice hindlimb ischemia.
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- N Suffee
- INSERM, U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France
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- Inserm, UMR 1229, RMeS, Regenerative Medicine and Skeleton, Université de Nantes, ONIRIS, Nantes, France
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- INSERM, U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France
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- INSERM, U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France
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- APHP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Unité de Thérapie Cellulaire, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75475, Paris, France.,Inserm UMR1160 et CIC de Biothérapies, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- APHP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Unité de Thérapie Cellulaire, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75475, Paris, France.,Inserm UMR1160 et CIC de Biothérapies, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France
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- INSERM, U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France
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- INSERM, U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France.,Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, AP-HP, Bondy, France
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- INSERM, U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France. .,Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, AP-HP, Bondy, France.
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Marinval N, Saboural P, Haddad O, Maire M, Bassand K, Geinguenaud F, Djaker N, Ben Akrout K, Lamy de la Chapelle M, Robert R, Oudar O, Guyot E, Laguillier-Morizot C, Sutton A, Chauvierre C, Chaubet F, Charnaux N, Hlawaty H. Identification of a Pro-Angiogenic Potential and Cellular Uptake Mechanism of a LMW Highly Sulfated Fraction of Fucoidan from Ascophyllum nodosum. Mar Drugs 2016; 14:E185. [PMID: 27763505 PMCID: PMC5082333 DOI: 10.3390/md14100185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Herein we investigate the structure/function relationships of fucoidans from Ascophyllum nodosum to analyze their pro-angiogenic effect and cellular uptake in native and glycosaminoglycan-free (GAG-free) human endothelial cells (HUVECs). Fucoidans are marine sulfated polysaccharides, which act as glycosaminoglycans mimetics. We hypothesized that the size and sulfation rate of fucoidans influence their ability to induce pro-angiogenic processes independently of GAGs. We collected two fractions of fucoidans, Low and Medium Molecular Weight Fucoidan (LMWF and MMWF, respectively) by size exclusion chromatography and characterized their composition (sulfate, fucose and uronic acid) by colorimetric measurement and Raman and FT-IR spectroscopy. The high affinities of fractionated fucoidans to heparin binding proteins were confirmed by Surface Plasmon Resonance. We evidenced that LMWF has a higher pro-angiogenic (2D-angiogenesis on Matrigel) and pro-migratory (Boyden chamber) potential on HUVECs, compared to MMWF. Interestingly, in a GAG-free HUVECs model, LMWF kept a pro-angiogenic potential. Finally, to evaluate the association of LMWF-induced biological effects and its cellular uptake, we analyzed by confocal microscopy the GAGs involvement in the internalization of a fluorescent LMWF. The fluorescent LMWF was mainly internalized through HUVEC clathrin-dependent endocytosis in which GAGs were partially involved. In conclusion, a better characterization of the relationships between the fucoidan structure and its pro-angiogenic potential in GAG-free endothelial cells was required to identify an adapted fucoidan to enhance vascular repair in ischemia.
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- Nicolas Marinval
- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Laboratoire CSPBAT, CNRS UMR 7244, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny F-93017, France.
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- Laboratoire CSPBAT, CNRS UMR 7244, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny F-93017, France.
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- Laboratoire CSPBAT, CNRS UMR 7244, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny F-93017, France.
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- Laboratoire CSPBAT, CNRS UMR 7244, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny F-93017, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy 93140, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy 93140, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy 93140, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy 93140, France.
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- Inserm U1148, LVTS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris 75018, France.
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Maillard L, Saito N, Hlawaty H, Friand V, Suffee N, Chmilewsky F, Haddad O, Laguillier C, Guyot E, Ueyama T, Oudar O, Sutton A, Charnaux N. RANTES/CCL5 mediated-biological effects depend on the syndecan-4/PKCα signaling pathway. Biol Open 2014; 3:995-1004. [PMID: 25260916 PMCID: PMC4197448 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20148227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
The perpetuation of angiogenesis is involved in certain chronic inflammatory diseases. The accelerated neovascularisation may result from an inflammatory status with a response of both endothelial cells and monocytes to inflammatory mediators such as chemokines. We have previously described in vitro and in vivo the pro-angiogenic effects of the chemokine Regulated on Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed and Secreted (RANTES)/CCL5. The effects of RANTES/CCL5 may be related to its binding to G protein-coupled receptors and to proteoglycans such as syndecan-1 and -4. The aim of this study was to evaluate the functionality of syndecan-4 as a co-receptor of RANTES/CCL5 by the use of mutated syndecan-4 constructs. Our data demonstrate that site-directed mutations in syndecan-4 modify RANTES/CCL5 biological activities in endothelial cells. The SDC4S179A mutant, associated with an induced protein kinase C (PKC)α activation, leads to higher RANTES/CCL5 pro-angiogenic effects, whereas the SDC4L188QQ and the SDC4A198del mutants, leading to lower phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) binding or to lower PDZ protein binding respectively, are associated with reduced RANTES/CCL5 cellular effects. Moreover, our data highlight that the intracellular domain of SDC-4 is involved in RANTES/CCL5-induced activation of the PKCα signaling pathway and biological effect. As RANTES/CCL5 is involved in various physiopathological processes, the development of a new therapeutic strategy may be reliant on the mechanism by which RANTES/CCL5 exerts its biological activities, for example by targeting the binding of the chemokine to its proteoglycan receptor.
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- Loïc Maillard
- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, AP-HP, 93143 Bondy, France
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, AP-HP, 93143 Bondy, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, AP-HP, 93143 Bondy, France
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- Inserm U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Bio-ingénierie Cardio-vasculaire, UFR SMBH, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France Laboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, AP-HP, 93143 Bondy, France
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Maillard L, Friand V, Suffee N, Hlawaty H, Haddad O, Chmilewsky F, Backhouche S, Desbois E, Oudar O, Letourneur D, Saito N, Ueyama T, Charnaux N, Sutton A. Syndecan-4 intracellular domain orchestrates rantes/CCL5-induced monocyte arrest on endothelial cell monolayer under flow. Atherosclerosis 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.05.079] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Migianu-Griffoni E, Chebbi I, Kachbi S, Monteil M, Sainte-Catherine O, Chaubet F, Oudar O, Lecouvey M. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New Bisphosphonate–Dextran Conjugates Targeting Breast Primary Tumor. Bioconjug Chem 2014; 25:224-30. [DOI: 10.1021/bc400317h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Evelyne Migianu-Griffoni
- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structure, Propriétés de Biomatériaux et d’Agents Thérapeutiques (CSPBAT), CNRS UMR 7244, 74, Rue Marcel Cachin F-93017 Bobigny, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structure, Propriétés de Biomatériaux et d’Agents Thérapeutiques (CSPBAT), CNRS UMR 7244, 74, Rue Marcel Cachin F-93017 Bobigny, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structure, Propriétés de Biomatériaux et d’Agents Thérapeutiques (CSPBAT), CNRS UMR 7244, 74, Rue Marcel Cachin F-93017 Bobigny, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structure, Propriétés de Biomatériaux et d’Agents Thérapeutiques (CSPBAT), CNRS UMR 7244, 74, Rue Marcel Cachin F-93017 Bobigny, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structure, Propriétés de Biomatériaux et d’Agents Thérapeutiques (CSPBAT), CNRS UMR 7244, 74, Rue Marcel Cachin F-93017 Bobigny, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire BPC, INSERM U 698, 99, Avenue Jean-Baptiste
Clément F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire BPC, INSERM U 698, 99, Avenue Jean-Baptiste
Clément F-93430 Villetaneuse, France
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- Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Laboratoire de Chimie, Structure, Propriétés de Biomatériaux et d’Agents Thérapeutiques (CSPBAT), CNRS UMR 7244, 74, Rue Marcel Cachin F-93017 Bobigny, France
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Hlawaty H, Suffee N, Sutton A, Oudar O, Haddad O, Ollivier V, Laguillier-Morizot C, Gattegno L, Letourneur D, Charnaux N. Low molecular weight fucoidan prevents intimal hyperplasia in rat injured thoracic aorta through the modulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression. Biochem Pharmacol 2011; 81:233-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2010.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Revised: 09/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Dagouassat M, Suffee N, Hlawaty H, Haddad O, Charni F, Laguillier C, Vassy R, Martin L, Schischmanoff PO, Gattegno L, Oudar O, Sutton A, Charnaux N. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)/CCL2 secreted by hepatic myofibroblasts promotes migration and invasion of human hepatoma cells. Int J Cancer 2010; 126:1095-108. [PMID: 19642141 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The aim of our study was to investigate whether myofibroblasts and the chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)/CCL2 may play a role in hepatocellular carcinoma progression. We observed that hepatic myofibroblast LI90 cells express MCP-1/CCL2 mRNA and secrete this chemokine. Moreover, myofibroblast LI90 cell-conditioned medium (LI90-CM) induces human hepatoma Huh7 cell migration and invasion. These effects are strongly reduced when a MCP-1/CCL2-depleted LI90-CM was used. We showed that MCP-1/CCL2 induces Huh7 cell migration and invasion through its G-protein-coupled receptor CCR2 and, to a lesser extent, through CCR1 only at high MCP-1/CCL2 concentrations. MCP-1/CCL2's chemotactic activities rely on tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion components and depend on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9. Furthermore, we observed that Huh7 cell migration and invasion induced by the chemokine are strongly inhibited by heparin, by beta-D-xyloside treatment of cells and by anti-syndecan-1 and -4 antibodies. Finally, we developed a 3-dimensional coculture model of myofibroblast LI90 and Huh7 cells and demonstrated that MCP-1/CCL2 and its membrane partners, CCR1 and CCR2, may be involved in the formation of mixed hepatoma-myofibroblast spheroids. In conclusion, our data show that human liver myofibroblasts act on hepatoma cells in a paracrine manner to increase their invasiveness and suggest that myofibroblast-derived MCP-1/CCL2 could be involved in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Maylis Dagouassat
- INSERM U698, Bioingénierie cardiovasculaire, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France
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Friand V, Haddad O, Papy-Garcia D, Hlawaty H, Vassy R, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Perret GY, Courty J, Baleux F, Oudar O, Gattegno L, Sutton A, Charnaux N. Glycosaminoglycan mimetics inhibit SDF-1/CXCL12-mediated migration and invasion of human hepatoma cells. Glycobiology 2009; 19:1511-24. [PMID: 19717493 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We have recently reported that the CXC-chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1)/CXCL12 induces proliferation, migration, and invasion of the Huh7 human hepatoma cells through its G-protein-coupled receptor CXCR4 and that glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are involved in these events. Here, we demonstrate by surface plasmon resonance that the chemokine binds to GAG mimetics obtained by grafting carboxylate, sulfate or acetate groups onto a dextran backbone. We also demonstrate that chemically modified dextrans inhibit SDF-1/CXCL12-mediated in vitro chemotaxis and anchorage-independent cell growth in a dose-dependent manner. The binding of GAG mimetics to the chemokine and their effects in modulating the SDF-1/CXCL12 biological activities are mainly related to the presence of sulfate groups. Furthermore, the mRNA expression of enzymes involved in heparan sulfate biosynthesis, such as exostosin-1 and -2 or N-deacetylase N-sulfotransferases remained unchanged, but heparanase mRNA and protein expressions in Huh7 cells were decreased upon GAG mimetic treatment. Moreover, decreasing heparanase-1 mRNA levels by RNA interference significantly reduced SDF-1/CXCL12-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK 1/2) phosphorylation. Therefore, we suggest that GAG mimetic effects on SDF-1/CXCL12-mediated hepatoma cell chemotaxis may rely on decreased heparanase expression, which impairs SDF-1/CXCL12's signaling. Altogether, these data suggest that GAG mimetics may compete with cellular heparan sulfate chains for the binding to SDF-1/CXCL12 and may affect heparanase expression, leading to reduced SDF-1/CXCL12 mediated in vitro chemotaxis and growth of hepatoma cells.
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Di Benedetto M, Crépin M, Kraemer M, Oudar O. A prenylation inhibitor (sodium phenylacetate) differently affects MCF-7 cell death when ras is overexpressed, partly involving P42/44, JNK and P38 kinase activations. Anticancer Res 2008; 28:1029-1037. [PMID: 18507051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sodium phenylacetate (NaPa) inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation decreasing prenylation of small G proteins including Ras. MATERIALS AND METHODS Aponecrosis induced by NaPa in MCF-7 and MCF-7ras breast cancer cells was evaluated by measuring Annexin V/PI labelling by flow cytometry. Specific inhibitors of p42/44 (PD 98059), p38 (SB 600125) and JNK (SP 202190) in association with NaPa were also tested. Mitogen-activated kinase (MAPK) activation was measured by immunoprecipitation. RESULTS NaPa induced cell death more efficiently (80%) in the MCF-7ras cells compared to the MCF-7 cells (60%). NaPa activated ERK 1/2 and its combination with PD 98059 decreased cell death in the MCF-7ras cells in contrast to the MCF-7 cells. Combination of NaPa with specific inhibitors of both JNK and p38 kinases also partly decreased MCF-7ras cell death. CONCLUSION NaPa induced cell death differently when ras was overexpressed in breast cancer cells, partly involving p42/44, JNK and p38 pathways.
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Ledoux D, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Di Benedetto M, Foucault-Bertaud A, Oudar O, Sainte-Catherine O, Lecouvey M, Kraemer M. A new dimethyl ester bisphosphonate inhibits angiogenesis and growth of human epidermoid carcinoma xenograft in nude mice. Anticancer Drugs 2006; 17:479-85. [PMID: 16550007 DOI: 10.1097/01.cad.0000198909.52701.0f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bisphosphonates are extensively used in the treatment of patients with metastasis-induced osteolysis. The major drawback in the efficacy of all bisphosphonates lies in their high hydrophilic nature, which results in poor membrane permeability and low availability for soft tissues. A reasonable approach to overcome these problems consists in masking one or more ionizable groups of bisphosphonates, notably by esterification of the hydroxyl functions. We have previously shown that the novel non-nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate BP7033 inhibited angiogenesis and growth of primary tumors in nude mice. The present study focuses on the dimethyl-esterified analog of this compound (Me-BP7033). In-vitro, Me-BP7033 inhibited proliferation of human carcinoma A431 cells as well as their invasive activity based on a transwell invasion assay. in-vivo, administration of Me-BP7033 (0.3 mg/kg) twice a week for 5 weeks inhibited the tumor growth of A431 cells xenografted in nude mice by 65%. Immunostaining of endothelial cells (ECs) in tumor sections revealed that Me-BP7033 inhibited the intratumor ECs density by 60%. The in-vivo anti-angiogenic properties of Me-BP7033 were also demonstrated in an in-vivo angiogenesis assay showing that Me-BP7033 reduced the vascular endothelial growth factor-stimulated infiltration of ECs in a Matrigel plug by 70%. In summary, we demonstrated for the first time that a diesterified bisphosphonate exhibited in vivo both anti-tumoral and anti-angiogenic activities with no apparent sign of toxic effects. These new diesterified compounds, which could display enhanced bioavailability and pharmacokinetics, thus represent interesting candidates for therapeutic applications such as cancer treatment.
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- Dominique Ledoux
- EA3406, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France.
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Muller S, Migianu E, Lecouvey M, Kraemer M, Oudar O. Alendronate inhibits proliferation and invasion of human epidermoid carcinoma cells in vitro. Anticancer Res 2005; 25:2655-60. [PMID: 16080508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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There is increasing evidence that bisphosphonates have direct antitumor effects in vivo in addition to their therapeutic antiresorptive properties. Bisphosphonates inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis of many cancer cell lines. They also exhibit anti-invasive properties in vitro and in vivo. We have previously shown that a novel non-nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate inhibited tumor growth of A431 human epidermoid carcinoma cells. In the present study, we investigated the antitumor properties of three nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates on A431 cells in vitro. We first compared the antiproliferative effects of pamidronate, alendronate and neridronate. Then, by matrigel invasion assay, the effect of alendronate on A431 cell invasiveness was studied. All three bisphosphonates were found to inhibit cell proliferation dose- and time-dependently. The most potent molecule was alendronate. The invasion test demonstrated that alendronate also inhibited cell invasion in a Boyden chamber. These data suggest that alendronate may have beneficial effects in the treatment of carcinomas exhibiting important angiogenesis.
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- Sabine Muller
- Laboratoire d'Oncologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, UPRES 3410, Université Paris 13, UFR SMBH, 74, rue Marcel-Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France
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Guenin E, Ledoux D, Oudar O, Lecouvey M, Kraemer M. Structure-activity relationships of a new class of aromatic bisphosphonates that inhibit tumor cell proliferation in vitro. Anticancer Res 2005; 25:1139-45. [PMID: 15868957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We previously reported a simple and efficient one-pot procedure for synthesis of 1-hydroxymethylene-1,1-bisphosphonic acids (HMBP). According to this method, we synthesized a series of new aromatic HMBP and investigated structure-activity relationships by evaluating their anti-proliferative activity against A431 human tumor cell line. Our results showed that the introduction of an extra methylene group in a pyridyl-containing R2 side chain increased 100-fold the anti-proliferative activity of the HMBP. In contrast, this chemical modification did not modify the anti-proliferative activity of compounds substituted with a phenyl-containing R2 side chain. Para-substitution of the phenyl ring with various groups markedly influenced the HMBP activity, the order of potency (bromine > chlorine > fluorine = none) closely matching the atomic volume of the substituted group. Moreover, changes in the substitution position of the bromine group also affected the anti-proliferative activity, the more potent activity being obtained with para-substitution of the phenyl ring. In conclusion, this structure-activity study led us to identify the new aromatic HMBP [(4-Bromo-phenyl)-hydroxy-phosphono-methyl]-phosphonic acid as a potent in vitro anti-proliferative molecule against tumor cell lines (IC50 value of 9.5 x 10(-5) M). Interestingly, this compound can be further easily esterified on its phosphonic acid functions according to our chemical method and, thus, represents a potential candidate for the development of new esterified HMBP with enhanced pharmacokinetics.
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- Erwann Guenin
- Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale Biomoléculaire (BioMoCeTi), CNRS UMR 7033, Université Paris 13, UFR SMBH, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93000 Bobigny, France
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Hamma-Kourbali Y, Di Benedetto M, Ledoux D, Oudar O, Leroux Y, Lecouvey M, Kraemer M. A novel non-containing-nitrogen bisphosphonate inhibits both in vitro and in vivo angiogenesis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 310:816-23. [PMID: 14550277 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.09.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bisphosphonates (BP) are powerful inhibitors of bone resorption and are widely used in the treatment of patients with metastasis-induced osteolysis. In the present study, we show that a novel non-nitrogen-containing BP (BP7033) that exhibits antitumor activity is a potent inhibitor of both in vivo and in vitro angiogenesis. When administered to mice, BP7033 inhibited tumoral angiogenesis (65% at 0.06mg/injection) as well as tumor growth (65% at 0.006mg/injection) in a tumor model of A431 cells xenografted in nude mice, with no sign of toxicity. Additionally, in vivo angiogenesis induced by vascular endothelial growth factor-containing Matrigel implants was reduced by 90% in the presence of BP7033 (0.6mg/plug). In vitro, BP7033 inhibited proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) (IC(50) value 3x10(-4) M) and completely prevented the formation of capillary-like tubules by HUVEC in Matrigel. Moreover, treatment of A431 cells by BP7033 induced an inhibition of Ras processing and a decrease in the secretion of both vascular endothelial growth factor and matrix metalloproteinase-2, two well-known stimulators of the proliferation and migration of endothelial cells. These findings indicate that this new BP compound has marked antiangiogenic properties and thus represents a promising candidate for treatment of malignant diseases with an angiogenic component.
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- Yamina Hamma-Kourbali
- Laboratoire d'Oncologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, UPRES 2360, Université Paris 13, UFR SMBH, Bobigny, France
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Starzec A, Briane D, Kraemer M, Kouyoumdjian JC, Moretti JL, Beaupain R, Oudar O. Spatial organization of three-dimensional cocultures of adriamycin-sensitive and -resistant human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. Biol Cell 2003; 95:257-64. [PMID: 12941523 DOI: 10.1016/s0248-4900(03)00051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Genetic and cellular heterogeneity is one of mechanisms involved in increasing tumour aggressiveness during neoplastic progression. Development of drug-resistant tumour cell subpopulations is a major problem in clinical oncology. Multi-drug resistant tumour cells survive when exposed to cytotoxic agents. Here, we studied in a three-dimensional (3D) coculture system, called "ex vivo nodules", how drug-resistant and sensitive tumour cells settle down in a 3D space. For this, we cocultured adriamycin-sensitive (MCF-7S) and -resistant (MCF-7R) human breast cancer cells in long term nodules. We showed that both types of cells are able to grow separately or in coculture until five weeks in spheroidal forms. MCF-7R cells did not loose their multi-drug resistance when cultured in nodules as measured by RT-PCR. Curiously, the exterior aspects of mixed (MCF-7S/ MCF-7R) nodules and MCF-7R nodules were similar whereas MCF-7S nodules were completely different. Nevertheless, morphologically these three nodule types were distinct, in particular in their density. Immunostaining showed that in mixed nodules, MCF-7R cells were arranged at the periphery, whereas the MCF-7S cells are in the central part of the nodules. Even if the mechanism of this arrangement remained unclear, this work shows that three-dimensional cell culture is well adapted to the study of the relationships between adhesion mechanisms and drug-resistance.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/analysis
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/genetics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/immunology
- Apoptosis
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line, Tumor/drug effects
- Cell Line, Tumor/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor/ultrastructure
- Coculture Techniques/methods
- Doxorubicin/pharmacology
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Nick-End Labeling/methods
- Indoles/chemistry
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- RNA/genetics
- RNA/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- beta 2-Microglobulin/analysis
- beta 2-Microglobulin/genetics
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- A Starzec
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, UPRES 2360, Université Paris 13, 74, rue Marcel-Cachin, F-93017 Bobigny Cedex, France
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Piperno-Neumann S, Oudar O, Reynier P, Briane D, Cao A, Jaurand MC, Naejus R, Kraemer M, Breau JL, Taillandier E. Transfer into a mesothelioma cell line of tumor suppressor gene p16 by cholesterol-based cationic lipids. Biochim Biophys Acta 2003; 1611:131-9. [PMID: 12659954 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(03)00034-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this work, the tumor suppressor gene p16 was efficiently transferred into FR cells isolated from a patient with malignant mesothelioma using cationic liposomes prepared from trimethyl aminoethane carbamoyl cholesterol (TMAEC-Chol) and triethyl aminopropane carbamoyl cholesterol (TEAPC-Chol). This transfer was performed after preliminary assays were undertaken to find the optimal transfection conditions. Results showed that an efficient transfer of plasmids containing the reporter gene pCMV-beta galactosidase vectorized by TMAEC-Chol/DOPE and TEAPC-Chol/DOPE liposomes into mesothelioma FR cells was obtained as assessed by luminometric measurements of beta-galactosidase activity. Cytotoxicity studied by MTT test showed that at concentrations used for this study, the cationic liposomes have no effect on cell growth. Transfer into mesothelioma FR cells of a plasmid construct containing the tumor suppressor gene p16 was carried out with these liposomes. Western blotting and immunofluorescence showed the presence of p16 in treated cells. An inhibition of cell growth was observed, indicating that efficient tumor suppressor gene transfer can be performed by using cationic liposomes.
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- S Piperno-Neumann
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Biomoléculaire, CNRS FRE 2313, UFR de Médecine, Université Paris XIII, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, F93017 Bobigny Cedex, France
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Hamma-Kourbali Y, Vassy R, Starzec A, Le Meuth-Metzinger V, Oudar O, Bagheri-Yarmand R, Perret G, Crépin M. Vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF(165)) activities are inhibited by carboxymethyl benzylamide dextran that competes for heparin binding to VEGF(165) and VEGF(165).KDR Complexes. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:39748-54. [PMID: 11514538 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101117200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that carboxymethyl dextran benzylamide (CMDB7), a heparin-like molecule, inhibits the growth of tumors xenografted in nude mice, angiogenesis, and metastasis by altering the binding of angiogenic growth factors, including platelet-derived growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, and fibroblast growth factor 2, to their specific receptors. In this study, we explore the effect of CMDB7 on the most specific angiogenic growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF(165)). We demonstrate here that CMDB7 inhibits the mitogenic effect of VEGF(165) on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUV-ECs) by preventing the VEGF(165)-induced VEGF receptor-2 (KDR) autophosphorylation and consequently a specific intracellular signaling. In competition experiments, the binding of (125)I-VEGF(165) to HUV-ECs is inhibited by CMDB7 with an IC(50) of 2 microm. Accordingly, CMDB7 inhibits the cross-linking of (125)I-VEGF(165) to the surface of HUV-ECs, causing the disappearance of both labeled complexes, 170-180 and 240-250 kDa. We show that CMDB7 increases the electrophoretic mobility of VEGF(165), thus evidencing formation of a stable complex with this factor. Moreover, CMDB7 reduces the (125)I-VEGF(165) binding to coated heparin-albumin and prevents a heparin-induced increase in iodinated VEGF(165) binding to soluble (125)I-KDR-Fc chimera. Concerning KDR, CMDB7 has no effect on (125)I-KDR-Fc electrophoretic migration and does not affect labeled KDR-Fc binding to coated heparin-albumin. In the presence of VEGF(165), (125)I-KDR-Fc binding to heparin is enhanced, and under these conditions, CMDB7 interferes with KDR binding. These data indicate that CMDB7 effectively inhibits the VEGF(165) activities by interfering with heparin binding to VEGF(165) and VEGF(165).KDR complexes but not by direct interactions with KDR.
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- Y Hamma-Kourbali
- Laboratoire de Ciblage Fonctionnel des Tumeurs Solides (UPRES 2360), Faculté de Médecine de Bobigny, Université Paris 13, 93017 Bobigny Cedex, France
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Benedetto MD, Briane D, Oudar O, Catherine OS, Jozefonvicz J, Kraemer M, Crépin M. A novel sodium phenylacetate-dextran derivative ester inhibits the growth and angiogenesis of MCF-7ras breast cancer xenografts. Breast Cancer Res 2001. [PMCID: PMC3300529 DOI: 10.1186/bcr346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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It has recently been established that the microenvironment plays a major role in many physiological and pathological events. Indeed cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix contacts are necessary for much cellular function such as differentiation, proliferation, cell death, apoptosis and angiogenesis. For growth, proliferating tumour cells need to be fed by nutrients and oxygen brought by new vessels. In this context, scientists seek a new model that allows for the investigation of both angiogenesis and the influence of the microenvironment on this phenomenon. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the relation between tumour and endothelial cells grown as spheroids, a technique that allows us to study in three-dimensions the influence of cell contact on this growth. For the purpose of clarification, this review has recategorised the different studies on spheroids into three classes: (1) spheroids grown in vitro and then reimplanted in animals to follow endothelial cell infiltration; (2) spheroids grown in vitro and then cultured on endothelial cell monolayers; (3) tumours grown in vitro such as organotypic culture. This review attempts to demonstrate that spheroid cell cultures are useful for studying the relation between tumour and endothelial cells and to analyse physiological phenomena such as wound healing, extravasation and intravasation.
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- O Oudar
- UPRES 2360, Laboratoire d'Oncologie des tumeurs solides, Faculté de Médecine de Bobigny, U.F.R. S.M.B.H., 74, Rue Marcel-Cachin, F-93017 cedex, Bobigny, France.
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The objective of the present study was to analyze the expression and regulation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in organotypic cultures of rat liver slices, which preserve the normal microenvironment of liver cells. METHODS Rat liver slices were maintained in culture for 15 min to 24 h and examined for ICAM-1 expression by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting in basal conditions and after stimulation with 1000 IU/ml interferon-gamma (IFNgamma), 1000 IU/ml tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) and 50 microg/ml endotoxin. Immunohistochemical results were evaluated using a semiquantitative scoring system. RESULTS In uncultured slices, ICAM-1 was not detected on hepatocytes. In unstimulated liver slices maintained in organotypic culture, ICAM-1 was induced at the surface of scattered hepatocytes (score at 15 min, 0.33+/-0.47 and at 24 h, 1.17+/-0.69). After 4 h of stimulation, a significant increase in ICAM-1 expression by hepatocytes and adjacent sinusoidal cells, but not by intra-hepatic biliary epithelial cells, was observed for IFNgamma (score: 2.35+/-0.47) and endotoxin (score: 2.67+/-0.47), but not with TNF alpha (score: 0.66+/-0.47). After 24 h of stimulation, a further increase in the extent of ICAM-1 expression by hepatocytes was observed for IFNgamma (score: 3.67+/-0.47) and endotoxin (score: 4.0+/-0.0), and a significant overexpression of ICAM-1 by hepatocytes was detectable after treatment with TNF alpha (score: 3.67+/-0.47). CONCLUSIONS In rat liver organotypic cultures, TNF alpha, IFNgamma and endotoxin induce the expression of ICAM-1 in hepatocytes and adjacent sinusoidal endothelial cells, but not in portal tracts.
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- O Oudar
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, INSERM U.327, Faculté de Médecine Xavier-Bichat, Paris, France
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Pechinot D, Briane D, Oudar O, Scherrer K, Foucrier J. Dynamic distribution of the canalicular prosomal protein p31K in cholestatic and regenerating rat liver. Biol Cell 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0248-4900(96)81363-3] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Ferrary E, Bernard C, Oudar O, Loiseau A, Sterkers O, Amiel C. N-ethylmaleimide-inhibited electrogenic K+ secretion in the ampulla of the frog semicircular canal. J Physiol 1993; 461:451-65. [PMID: 8394425 PMCID: PMC1175266 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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1. The mechanisms of K+ secretion into endolymph were studied on a preparation of isolated semicircular canal with different pharmacological inhibitors. Three periods of 5 or 30 min were performed, the first as control, the second in the presence of the drugs added to the apical or the basolateral bathing solution, and the third as recovery. Apical fluid was sampled at the beginning and the end of each period, transepithelial potential was recorded, Na+, K+, and Cl- concentrations, and K+ efflux, with 86Rb+ as a tracer, were measured and K+ fluxes were calculated. 2. When both sides of the epithelium were bathed with perilymph-like solution, the epithelium absorbed Na+, secreted K+, and generated a lumen positive potential. 3. The ATPases inhibitors, ouabain (10(-5) and 10(-3) M) and N-ethylmaleimide (10(-4) and 10(-3) M) inhibited the electrogenic K+ secretion when added to the basolateral fluid. N-ethylmaleimide (10(-3) M) applied to the apical fluid during a 5 min period decreased the K+ influx by 43% and the transepithelial potential by 66%. Other ATPase inhibitors, harmaline (10(-3) M), omeprazole (10(-4) M), vanadate (10(-4) M and 10(-3) M), N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC, 10(-5) M), 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD-Cl, 5 x 10(-6) M and 5 x 10(-5) M), and bafilomycin (10(-7) M) did not affect the K+ transport nor the transepithelial potential when they were added to the apical fluid. 4. The Na(+)-K(+)-Cl- co-transporter inhibitor, bumetanide, decreased both the transepithelial potential and the K+ transport when added to the basolateral solution but not to the apical one. At 10(-6) M, bumetanide maximally decreased the K+ influx by about 60%. 5. K+ channel blockers, quinine (10(-4) M), TEA (5 x 10(-3) M), added to the apical solution and barium (2 x 10(-3) M) added to either the apical or the basolateral solutions, did not affect the K+ transport and the transepithelial potential. 6. The carbonic anhydrase inhibitor acetazolamide (10(-3) M) added to both apical and basolateral solutions did not affect the K+ transport and the transepithelial potential. 7. It is concluded that, in the ampulla of the semicircular canal, a basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-Cl- co-transporter energized by the Na+, K(+)-ATPase was involved for 60% in the K+ secretion into endolymph. The electrogenic K+ transport would partly depend on a N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive protein possibly located at the apical plasma membrane or intracellularly.
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- E Ferrary
- Department of Physiology, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Université Paris 7, France
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Briane D, Olink-Coux M, Vassy J, Oudar O, Huesca M, Scherrer K, Foucrier J. Immunolocalization of a specific type of prosome close to the bile canaliculi in fetal and adult rat liver. Eur J Cell Biol 1992; 57:30-9. [PMID: 1639091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Prosomes are mRNA-associated RNP particles and cofactors of untranslated (ribosome-) free mRNP having a multicatalytic proteinase (MCP; proteasome) activity. The expression of prosomal proteins in fetal development of the rat liver was investigated by indirect immunofluorescence, using a panel of monoclonal antibodies to individual prosomal proteins (p-mAbs). In all fetal and adult stages tested, strong immunofluorescence staining was observed with the p31K-specific p-mAb exclusively, whilst Western blot analysis showed reactivity also with the p27K and p33K antigens. Double labeling with the 31K p-mAb and an anti-cytokeratin antibody showed that the prosome antigen superimposes partially onto this type of intermediate filaments (IF), confirming earlier observations made on cultured cell lines of various types. Most interestingly, the p31K antigen was found preferentially in the pericanalicular zone of hepatocytes in the developing liver, from day 17 onwards up to the adult state. This shows a preferential concentration of prosomes of a specific type, including the p31K antigen, in the morphologically and possibly functionally specialized apical domain of the hepatocyte, in a differentiation-related fashion.
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- D Briane
- U. F. R. Biomédicale, Université Paris XIII, Bobigny/France
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- M Shahedi
- Département de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine Necker Enfants Malades, U 64 INSERM, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France
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Secretion of endolymph is localized in some structures of the inner ear, namely the stria vascularis in the cochlea and the dark cells in the vestibule and in the lower vertebrate inner ear. In isolated semicircular canal it is possible to study separately the endolymphatic composition in the ampulla, which contains the dark cells, and in its non-ampullar part, which is devoid of these cells. Further, in vitro preparation of the semicircular canal provides access to both faces of the epithelium so that different agents can be applied separately to the apical or to the basolateral membranes of the epithelium. In this structure, the following results were obtained: i) in vitro, the semicircular canal secreted a K-rich, positively polarized fluid; ii) this fluid was secreted only in the ampulla of the semicircular canal; iii) the secretion of endolymph was dependent on basolateral Na+, K(+)-ATPase, inhibited by ouabain, and basolateral Na-K-Cl co-transporter, inhibited by bumetanide; iv) approximately 60% of luminal Na absorption occurred across a luminal Na channel inhibited by amiloride; v) the permeability of the paracellular pathway of the semicircular canal epithelium was 7.10(-7) cm/s. These results indicate that endolymph secretion involves basolateral Na+, K(+)-ATPase and Na-K-Cl co-transporter. An Na channel has been shown at the apical membrane.
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- E Ferrary
- INSERM U.251, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Université Paris 7, France
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Oudar O, Ferrary E, Feldmann G. Antidiuretic-hormone-induced morphological changes in the ampullary epithelium of the frog semicircular canal. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 1991; 248:386-9. [PMID: 1747244 DOI: 10.1007/bf01463559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Morphological changes induced by in vitro treatment with arginine-vasotocin, the frog antidiuretic hormone, were studied in the ampullary epithelium of the frog semicircular canal. Morphological changes appeared only in the apical side of the dark cells, while the basal part of these cells and the other cells lining the semicircular canal did not show any change. Changes consisted of the appearance of numerous small vesicles in the apical cytoplasm and the development of microvilli on the apical plasma membrane of the dark cells. These results suggest that arginine-vasotocin could play a role in the regulation of endolymph section.
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- O Oudar
- INSERM U.251, Département de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Université Paris, France
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Oudar O, Elger M, Bankir L, Ganten D, Ganten U, Kriz W. Differences in rat kidney morphology between males, females and testosterone-treated females. Ren Physiol Biochem 1991; 14:92-102. [PMID: 1707550 DOI: 10.1159/000173392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 12/28/2022]
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Kidneys of normal female and male Wistar-Kyoto rats were studied by standard morphological techniques and morphometry in order to evaluate possible differences in the overall kidney morphology between both sexes. Furthermore, we investigated the role of testosterone (DHT) on kidney morphology by treating females with daily DHT injections. Kidney weight and volume in relation to body weight were not significantly different between males and females and were not affected by DHT. Differences were found in the volume distribution among the kidney zones. The cortex was larger in males than in females, whereas the medulla was conspicuously larger in females than in males. The greater volume of the cortex in males was mainly due to a more extensive development of proximal tubules. DHT treatment in females increased the volume of their proximal tubules. Glomerular volume was similar among the three groups. Within the medulla, the difference was most prominent in the inner stripe (14.9% of the total kidney volume in females vs. 8.9% in males) and was also important in the inner medulla (7.0 vs. 4.8%). The absolute epithelial volume of thick ascending limbs in this zone was larger in females than in males. This difference was more pronounced in short loops (approximately 20%) than in long loops (approximately 10%). The values of the DHT-treated females ranged in between. In spite of the greater development of medulla and thick ascending limbs in females, urine concentration was higher in males than in females and maximum urinary concentrating ability after 48 h dehydration was not different between both sexes.
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- O Oudar
- Anatomisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, BRD
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Ferrary E, Oudar O, Bernard C, Friedlander G, Feldmann G, Sterkers O. Adenylate cyclase in the semicircular canal. Hormonal stimulation and ultrastructural localization. Acta Otolaryngol 1991; 111:281-5. [PMID: 1648855 DOI: 10.3109/00016489109137388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The modulation of the cyclic AMP (cAMP) production and the cytochemical localization of adenylate cyclase were studied in isolated semicircular canal epithelium of the frog. The basal cAMP content, as measured by radioimmunoassay, was 344 +/- 37.8 fmoles/structure/5 min (mean +/- SEM, n = 41). This content was increased 6- to 8-fold by forskolin (10(-7) M to 10(-5) M). Among the tested drugs, only prostaglandin E2, isoproterenol, and vasotocin increased the cAMP production: 1.7-fold by prostaglandin E2 (1.5 X 10(-7) M) and isoproterenol (10(-6) M), and 1.3- and 3.3-fold by vasotocin at 10(-8) M and 10(-7) M, respectively. The addition of alpha 2-adrenergic agonists blunted the stimulatory effect of vasotocin. The adenylate cyclase was evidenced in both the basolateral and apical membranes of the dark cells. Vasotocin stimulated only the apical adenylate cyclase of dark cells. These results indicated that the adenylate cyclase located in the apical dark cells of the semicircular canal was stimulated by the antidiuretic hormone which may be involved in the regulation of the endolymph secretion.
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- E Ferrary
- INSERM U.251, Département de Physiologie, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Université Paris, France
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Oudar O, Ferrary E, Feldmann G. Adenylate cyclase and carbonic anhydrase in the semicircular canal epithelium of the frog Rana esculenta. An ultrastructural cytochemical localization. Cell Tissue Res 1990; 262:579-85. [PMID: 2127734 DOI: 10.1007/bf00305255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Because the secretion of endolymph has been localized in the ampullar part of the frog semicircular canal, we attempted to determine by cytochemical methods the ultrastructural localization of two enzymes that are assumed to play a role in endolymph secretion: carbonic anhydrase and adenylate cyclase. Functionally, the epithelium of the frog semicircular canal can be schematically divided into three areas: sensory (crista ampullaris), secretory (dark cells), and non-sensory and nonsecretory (transitional and undifferentiated cells) areas. Carbonic anhydrase activity was widely distributed in dark cells. Dark cell labeling disappeared in the presence of acetazolamide. The other cells of the canal did not show any carbonic anhydrase labeling except for the supporting cells of the sensory cells. Adenylate cyclase activity was found on the basolateral and apical membranes of dark cells, and on the apical membrane of sensory cells; weak labeling was also observed in the other epithelial cells. In the apical membrane of the dark cells, adenylate cyclase labeling was dependent on the presence of vasotocin, the frog antidiuretic hormone. The dark cells of the frog semicircular canal thus possess the enzyme equipment needed for the secretion of endolymph and its possible hormonal regulation.
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- O Oudar
- Laboratoire de Biologie cellulaire, INSERM U.251., Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France
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An in vitro preparation of frog semicircular canal was devised to study the mechanisms of Na transport across the labyrinthine epithelium. When the lumen of the semicircular canal was filled with perilymph-like solution, the structure was able to secrete K into and to absorb Na from the lumen and to generate a lumen-positive transepithelial potential. When the lumen of the semicircular canal was filled with endolymph-like solution, the electrochemical composition of the luminal fluid was partly maintained up to 2 h. In this last experimental condition net and unidirectional fluxes were calculated in absence or presence of transport inhibitors, separately for the ampulla and for the nonampullar part of the canal. Amiloride (10(-5) M) but not dimethyl amiloride (10(-5) M) inhibited 60% of the unidirectional Na efflux out of endolymph; this Na efflux decrease resulted in an increase of the inward net Na flux. The net Na flux was also increased after abluminal application of ouabain (10(-3) M), furosemide (10(-4) M), and bumetanide (10(-6) M). This study validates this isolated preparation as a suitable tool for the study of endolymph secretion, confirms that the secretion of endolymph is achieved in the ampulla, and provides evidence for an apical amiloride-sensitive Na channel through which Na is transferred out of endolymph along an electrochemical gradient provided by the activity of the abluminal Na+-K+-ATPase.
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- E Ferrary
- Department of Physiology, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Université Paris, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U.251, France
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The ultrastructure of the nonsensory cells (dark cells, transitional cells, and undifferentiated cells) of the frog semicircular canal was studied by using transmission electron microscopy in an attempt to correlate the structure with the functions of these epithelial cells. All the nonsensory cells were linked by tight junctions and desmosomes; this suggested that there is little paracellular ionic transport from perilymph to endolymph. In the dark cell epithelium, the apical intercellular spaces were dilated; in the basal part, numerous basolateral plasma membrane infoldings, containing mitochondria, delimited electron-lucent spaces. The undifferentiated cells and the transitional cells were devoid of any basal membrane infolding. Surrounding the semicircular canal, very flattened and interdigitated mesothelial cells constituted a thin multilayer tissue which limited the perilymphatic space. The morphological aspect of the dark cells suggests that they may play a role in the secretion and/or in the reabsorption of endolymph, which bathes the apical pole of these cells. The undifferentiated and transitional cells can play a role in the maintenance of the endolymphatic ionic composition because of their apical tight junctions and desmosomes.
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- O Oudar
- Département de Physiologie and INSERM U.251, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Université Paris, France
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