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Hou M, Luo F, Ding Y, Bao X, Chen X, Liu L, Wu M. Let-7c-3p suppresses lens epithelial-mesenchymal transition by inhibiting cadherin-11 expression in fibrotic cataract. Mol Cell Biochem 2024; 479:743-759. [PMID: 37171723 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-023-04758-4] [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: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Fibrotic cataract, including anterior subcapsular cataract (ASC) and posterior capsule opacification, always lead to visual impairment. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a well-known event that causes phenotypic alterations in lens epithelial cells (LECs) during lens fibrosis. Accumulating studies have demonstrated that microRNAs are important regulators of EMT and fibrosis. However, the evidence explaining how microRNAs modulate the behavior and alter the cellular phenotypes of the lens epithelium in fibrotic cataract is insufficient. In this study, we found that hsa-let-7c-3p is downregulated in LECs in human ASC in vivo as well as in TGFβ2-induced EMT in vitro, indicating that hsa-let-7c-3p may participate in modulating the profibrotic processes in the lens. We then demonstrated that overexpression of hsa-let-7c-3p markedly suppressed human LEC proliferation and migration and attenuated TGFβ2-induced EMT and injury-induced ASC in a mouse model. In addition, hsa-let-7c-3p mediated lens fibrosis by directly targeting the CDH11 gene, which encodes cadherin-11 protein, an important mediator in the EMT signaling pathway. It decreased cadherin-11 protein expression at the posttranscriptional level but not at the transcriptional level by binding to a specific site in the 3-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of CDH11 mRNA. Moreover, blockade of cadherin-11 expression with a specific short hairpin RNA reversed TGFβ2-induced EMT in LECs in vitro. Collectively, these data demonstrated that hsa-let-7c-3p plays a clear role in attenuating ASC development and may be a novel candidate therapeutic for halting fibrosis and maintaining vision.
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- Min Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- Hainan Eye Hospital and Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Haikou, 570311, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
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Chavula T, To S, Smith J, Pedroza M, Nimri J, Devaraj S, Wenderfer S, Vogel TP, Agarwal SK. CADHERIN-11 regulation of myeloid phagocytes and autoimmune inflammation in murine lupus. J Autoimmun 2024; 145:103197. [PMID: 38447248 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2024.103197] [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: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Understanding the regulation of efferocytosis by myeloid phagocytes is important in identifying novel targets in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Cadherin-11 (CDH11), a cell adhesion molecule, is implicated in inflammatory arthritis and fibrosis and recently been shown to regulate macrophage phagocytosis. The extent and mechanism of this regulation is unknown. Our objective was to examine the extent to which CDH11 regulates myeloid phagocytes and contributes to autoimmunity and tissue inflammation. METHODS We analyzed efferocytosis in macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) from WT and Cdh11-/- mice and investigated the mechanisms in vitro. We investigated the role of CDH11 in disease development in vivo using the pristane induced lupus model. To translate the clinical relevance of CDH11 in human disease, we measured serum CDH11 levels in two independent pediatric SLE (pSLE) cohorts and healthy controls. RESULTS Using bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) and DCs (BMDCs), we found impaired efferocytosis in phagocytes from Cdh11-/- mice, mediated by downregulated efferocytosis receptor expression and RhoGTPase activation. Specifically, loss of CDH11 downregulated Mertk expression and Rac1 activation in BMDMs, and integrin αVβ3 expression and Cdc42 activation in BMDCs, highlighting distinct pathways. In vivo, Cdh11-/- mice displayed defective efferocytosis and increased accumulation of apoptotic debris in pristane-induced lupus. Further, Cdh11-/- mice had enhanced systemic inflammation and autoimmune inflammation with increased anti-dsDNA autoantibodies, splenomegaly, type I interferons, and inflammatory cytokines. Paradoxically, at the tissue level, Cdh11-/- mice were protected against glomerulonephritis, indicating a dual role in murine lupus. Finally, SLE patients had increased serum CDH11 compared to controls. CONCLUSION This study highlights a novel role of CDH11 in regulating myeloid cells and efferocytosis and its potential as a contributor to development in autoimmunity murine lupus. Despite the increase in autoimmunity, Cdh11-/- mice developed decreased tissue inflammation and damage.
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- Thandiwe Chavula
- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Pathology Department, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, B.C. Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Pediatrics-Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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Fibrosis is the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix that results from chronic inflammation and injury, leading to the loss of tissue integrity and function. Cadherins are important adhesion molecules that classically mediate calcium-dependent cell-to-cell adhesion and play important roles in tissue development and cellular migration but likely have functions beyond these important roles. Cadherin-11 (CDH11), a member of the cadherin family, has been implicated in several pathological processes including cancer. More recent evidence suggests that CDH11 is a central mediator of tissue fibrosis. CDH11 expression is increased in patients with fibrotic diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and systemic sclerosis. CDH11 expression is increased in mouse models of lung, skin, liver, cardiac, renal, and intestinal fibrosis. Targeting CDH11 in murine models of fibrosis clearly demonstrates that CDH11 is a common mediator of fibrosis across multiple tissues. Insight into potential mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level is emerging. In this review, we present the evolving evidence for the involvement of CDH11 in tissue fibrosis. We also discuss some of the proposed mechanisms and highlight the potential of CDH11 as a common therapeutic target and biomarker in different fibrotic pathologies.
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- Thandiwe Chavula
- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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To S, Chavula T, Pedroza M, Smith J, Agarwal SK. Cadherin-11 Regulates Macrophage Development and Function. Front Immunol 2022; 13:795337. [PMID: 35211116 PMCID: PMC8860974 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.795337] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cadherin-11 (CDH11) is a cell-cell adhesion protein that has previously been reported to play an important role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. It is expressed on macrophages in the fibrotic lung. However, the role of CDH11 on macrophage biology has not yet been studied. We show using immunophenotypic analyses that Cdh11-/- mice have fewer recruited monocyte-derived macrophages and Ly6Chi monocytes in the lungs compared to wild-type mice in the intraperitoneal bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis model. Additionally, fewer Ly6Chi monocytes were detected in the bone marrow and peripheral blood of naive Cdh11-/- mice. Given that macrophages are derived from monocytes, we investigated the precursors of the monocyte/macrophage lineage in the bone marrow. We found increased numbers of CMPs and reduced numbers of GMPs and MPs/cMoPs in Cdh11-/- mice compared to wild-type mice, suggesting decreased differentiation towards the myeloid lineage in Cdh11-/- mice. Furthermore, we show using bone marrow cells that loss of CDH11 impaired monocyte to macrophage differentiation. We also demonstrate that CDH11 deficiency repressed the M2 program and impaired the phagocytic function of bone marrow-derived macrophages. Overall, our findings demonstrate a role for CDH11 in macrophage development, M2 polarization, and phagocytic function.
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- Sarah To
- Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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Johnson CL, Merryman WD. Side-specific valvular endothelial-interstitial cell mechano-communication via cadherin-11. J Biomech 2021; 119:110253. [PMID: 33636459 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is a condition causing stiffening of the aortic valve, impeding cardiac function and resulting in significant morbidity worldwide. CAVD is thought to be driven by the persistent activation of the predominant cell type in the valve, aortic valve interstitial cells (AVICs), into myofibroblasts, resulting in subsequent calcification and stenosis of the valve. Although much of the research into CAVD focuses on AVICs, the aortic valve endothelial cells (AVECs) have been shown to regulate AVICs and maintain tissue homeostasis. Exposed to distinct flow patterns during the cardiac cycle, the AVECs lining either side of the valve demonstrate crucial differences which could contribute to the preferential formation of calcific nodules on the aorta-facing (fibrosa) side of the valve. Cadherin-11 (CDH11) is a cell-cell adhesion protein which has been previously associated with AVIC myofibroblast activation, nodule formation, and CAVD in mice. In this study, we investigated the role of CDH11 in AVECs and examined side-specific differences. The aorta-facing or fibrosa endothelial cells (fibAVECs) express higher levels of CDH11 than the ventricle-facing or ventricularis endothelial cells (venAVECs). This increase in expression corresponds with increased contraction of a free-floating collagen gel compared to venAVECs. Additionally, co-culture of fibAVECs with AVICs demonstrated decreased contraction compared to an AVIC + AVIC control, but increased contraction compared to the venAVECs co-culture. This aligns with the known preferential formation of calcific nodules on the fibrosa. These results together indicate a potential role for CDH11 expression by AVECs in regulating AVIC contraction and subsequent calcification.
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- Camryn L Johnson
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
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Qian J, Gong ZC, Zhang YN, Wu HH, Zhao J, Wang LT, Ye LJ, Liu D, Wang W, Kang X, Sheng J, Xu W, Liu XL, Wu J, Zheng W. Lactic acid promotes metastatic niche formation in bone metastasis of colorectal cancer. Cell Commun Signal 2021; 19:9. [PMID: 33478523 PMCID: PMC7818572 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-020-00667-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To investigate the effect of lactic acid (LA) on the progression of bone metastasis from colorectal cancer (CRC) and its regulatory effects on primary CD115 (+) osteoclast (OC) precursors. METHODS The BrdU assay, Annexin-V/PI assay, TRAP staining and immunofluorescence were performed to explore the effect of LA on the proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation of OC precursors in vitro and in vivo. Flow cytometry was performed to sort primary osteoclast precursors and CD4(+) T cells and to analyze the change in the expression of target proteins in osteoclast precursors. A recruitment assay was used to test how LA and Cadhein-11 regulate the recruitment of OC precursors. RT-PCR and Western blotting were performed to analyze the changes in the mRNA and protein expression of genes related to the PI3K-AKT pathway and profibrotic genes. Safranin O-fast green staining, H&E staining and TRAP staining were performed to analyze the severity of bone resorption and accumulation of osteoclasts. RESULTS LA promoted the expression of CXCL10 and Cadherin-11 in CD115(+) precursors through the PI3K-AKT pathway. We found that CXCL10 and Cadherin-11 were regulated by the activation of CREB and mTOR, respectively. LA-induced overexpression of CXCL10 in CD115(+) precursors indirectly promoted the differentiation of osteoclast precursors through the recruitment of CD4(+) T cells, and the crosstalk between these two cells promoted bone resorption in bone metastasis from CRC. On the other hand, Cadherin-11 mediated the adhesion between osteoclast precursors and upregulated the production of specific collagens, especially Collagen 5, which facilitated fibrotic changes in the tumor microenvironment. Blockade of the PI3K-AKT pathway efficiently prevented the progression of bone metastasis caused by lactate. CONCLUSION LA promoted metastatic niche formation in the tumor microenvironment through the PI3K-AKT pathway. Our study provides new insight into the role of LA in the progression of bone metastasis from CRC. Video Abstract.
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- Jin Qian
- College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, North Section 1 No.111, Second Ring Road, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, North Section 1 No.111, Second Ring Road, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Biomedical Analysis Center, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038 People’s Republic of China
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- Biomedical Analysis Center, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Medicine, Southwest Jiaotong University, North Section 1 No.111, Second Ring Road, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
- Department of Orthopedics, General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Rongdu Avenue No. 270, Chengdu, 610000 People’s Republic of China
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Riley LA, Merryman WD. Cadherin-11 and cardiac fibrosis: A common target for a common pathology. Cell Signal 2020; 78:109876. [PMID: 33285242 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cardiac fibrosis represents an enormous health concern as it is prevalent in nearly every form of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Fibrosis is characterized by the activation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts, a contractile cell type that secretes significant amounts of extracellular matrix components; however, the onset of this condition is also due to persistent inflammation and the cellular responses to a changing mechanical environment. In this review, we provide an overview of the pro-fibrotic, pro-inflammatory, and biomechanical mechanisms that lead to cardiac fibrosis in cardiovascular diseases. We then discuss cadherin-11, an intercellular adhesion protein present on both myofibroblasts and inflammatory cells, as a potential link for all three of the fibrotic mechanisms. Since experimentally blocking cadherin-11 dimerization prevents fibrotic diseases including cardiac fibrosis, understanding how this protein can be targeted for therapeutic use could lead to better treatments for patients with heart disease.
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- Lance A Riley
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA.
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Manohar S, Camacho-Magallanes A, Echeverria C, Rogers CD. Cadherin-11 Is Required for Neural Crest Specification and Survival. Front Physiol 2020; 11:563372. [PMID: 33192560 PMCID: PMC7662130 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.563372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Neural crest (NC) cells are multipotent embryonic cells that form melanocytes, craniofacial bone and cartilage, and the peripheral nervous system in vertebrates. NC cells express many cadherin proteins, which control their specification, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), migration, and mesenchymal to epithelial transition. Abnormal NC development leads to congenital defects including craniofacial clefts as well as NC-derived cancers. Here, we identify the role of the type II cadherin protein, Cadherin-11 (CDH11), in early chicken NC development. CDH11 is known to play a role in NC cell migration in amphibian embryos as well as cell survival, proliferation, and migration in cancer cells. It has also been linked to the complex neurocristopathy disorder, Elsahy-Waters Syndrome, in humans. In this study, we knocked down CDH11 translation at the onset of its expression in the NC domain during NC induction. Loss of CDH11 led to a reduction of bonafide NC cells in the dorsal neural tube combined with defects in cell survival and migration. Loss of CDH11 increased p53-mediated programmed-cell death, and blocking the p53 pathway rescued the NC phenotype. Our findings reveal an early requirement for CDH11 in NC development and demonstrated the complexity of the mechanisms that regulate NC development, where a single cell-cell adhesion protein simultaneous controls multiple essential cellular functions to ensure proper specification, survival, and transition to a migratory phase in the dorsal neural tube. Our findings may also increase our understanding of early cadherin-related NC developmental defects.
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- Subrajaa Manohar
- Department of Biology, School of Math and Science, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States
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- Department of Biology, School of Math and Science, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, United States
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Kratzer MC, Becker SFS, Grund A, Merks A, Harnoš J, Bryja V, Giehl K, Kashef J, Borchers A. The Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor Trio is required for neural crest cell migration and interacts with Dishevelled. Development 2020; 147:dev.186338. [PMID: 32366678 DOI: 10.1242/dev.186338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Directional migration during embryogenesis and tumor progression faces the challenge that numerous external signals need to converge to precisely control cell movement. The Rho guanine exchange factor (GEF) Trio is especially well suited to relay signals, as it features distinct catalytic domains to activate Rho GTPases. Here, we show that Trio is required for Xenopus cranial neural crest (NC) cell migration and cartilage formation. Trio cell-autonomously controls protrusion formation of NC cells and Trio morphant NC cells show a blebbing phenotype. Interestingly, the Trio GEF2 domain is sufficient to rescue protrusion formation and migration of Trio morphant NC cells. We show that this domain interacts with the DEP/C-terminus of Dishevelled (DVL). DVL - but not a deletion construct lacking the DEP domain - is able to rescue protrusion formation and migration of Trio morphant NC cells. This is likely mediated by activation of Rac1, as we find that DVL rescues Rac1 activity in Trio morphant embryos. Thus, our data provide evidence for a novel signaling pathway, whereby Trio controls protrusion formation of cranial NC cells by interacting with DVL to activate Rac1.
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- Marie-Claire Kratzer
- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Molecular Embryology, 35043 Marburg, Germany.,DFG Research Training Group, Membrane Plasticity in Tissue Development and Remodeling, GRK 2213, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Development and Stem Cells, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 7104/INSERM U1258, Université de Strasbourg, F-67400 Illkirch, CU Strasbourg, France
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- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Molecular Embryology, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 62500, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno 62500, Czech Republic.,Department of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Brno 61265, Czech Republic
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- Signal Transduction of Cellular Motility, Internal Medicine V, Justus Liebig University Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Molecular Embryology, 35043 Marburg, Germany .,DFG Research Training Group, Membrane Plasticity in Tissue Development and Remodeling, GRK 2213, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Liu Y, Lei P, Row S, Andreadis ST. Cadherin-11 binds to PDGFRβ and enhances cell proliferation and tissue regeneration via the PDGFR-AKT signaling axis. FASEB J 2020; 34:3792-3804. [PMID: 31930567 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201902613r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Intercellular adhesion through homotypic interaction between cadherins regulates multiple cellular processes including cytoskeletal organization, proliferation, and survival. In this paper, we provide evidence that cadherin-11 (CDH11) binds to and promotes cell proliferation both in vitro and in vivo in synergy with the platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRβ). Engagement of CDH11 increased the sensitivity of cells to PDGF-BB by 10- to 100-fold, resulting in rapid and sustained phosphorylation of AKT, ultimately promoting and cell proliferation and tissue regeneration. Indeed, wound healing experiments showed that healing was severely compromised in Cdh11-/- mice, as evidenced by significantly decreased proliferation, AKT phosphorylation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis of dermal cells. Our results shed light into understanding how intercellular adhesion can promote cell proliferation and may have implications for tissue regeneration and cancer progression.
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- Yayu Liu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY.,Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY
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Vaidya KA, Donnelly MP, Gee TW, Ibrahim Aibo MA, Byers S, Butcher JT. Induction of aortic valve calcification by celecoxib and its COX-2 independent derivatives is glucocorticoid-dependent. Cardiovasc Pathol 2020; 46:107194. [PMID: 31982687 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.107194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Celecoxib, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, was recently associated with increased incidence of aortic stenosis and found to produce a valvular calcification risk in vitro. Several cyclooxygenase-2 independent celecoxib derivatives have been developed and identified as possible therapies for inflammatory diseases due to their cadherin-11 inhibitory functions. Potential cardiovascular toxicities associated with these cyclooxygenase-2 independent celecoxib derivatives have not yet been investigated. Furthermore, the mechanism by which celecoxib produces valvular toxicity is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS Celecoxib treatment produces a 2.8-fold increase in calcification in ex vivo porcine aortic valve leaflets and a more than 2-fold increase in calcification in porcine aortic valve interstitial cells cultured in osteogenic media. Its cyclooxygenase-2 independent derivative, 2,5-dimethylcelecoxib, produces a similar 2.5-fold increase in calcification in ex vivo leaflets and a 13-fold increase in porcine aortic valve interstitial cells cultured in osteogenic media. We elucidate that this offtarget effect depends on the presence of either of the two media components: dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid used for osteogenic induction, or cortisol, a natural glucocorticoid present at basal levels in the fetal bovine serum. In the absence of glucocorticoids, these inhibitors effectively reduce calcification. By adding glucocorticoids or hydrocortisone to a serum substitute lacking endogenous glucocorticoids, we show that dimethylcelecoxib conditionally induces a 3.5-fold increase in aortic valve calcification and osteogenic expression. Treatment with the Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor, U0126, rescues the offtarget effect, suggesting that celecoxib and dimethylcelecoxib conditionally augment Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular-signal-regulated kinase activity in the presence of glucocorticoids. CONCLUSION Here we identify glucocorticoids as a possible source of the increased valvular calcification risk associated with celecoxib and its cyclooxygenase-2 independent derivatives. In the absence of glucocorticoids, these inhibitors effectively reduce calcification. Furthermore, the offtarget effects are not due to the drug's intrinsic properties as dual cyclooxygenase-2 and cadherin-11 inhibitors. These findings inform future design and development of celecoxib derivatives for potential clinical therapy.
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Liu S, Cao C, Zhang Y, Liu G, Ren W, Ye Y, Sun T. PI3K/Akt inhibitor partly decreases TNF-α-induced activation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in osteoarthritis. J Orthop Surg Res 2019; 14:425. [PMID: 31829201 PMCID: PMC6907257 DOI: 10.1186/s13018-019-1394-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background The Cadherin-11 and PI3K/Akt pathway are increasingly recognized as the potential therapeutic target of osteoarthritis (OA) synovitis. The study aimed to investigate the role of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in the expression of Cadherin-11 and migration and invasive capacity of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) of OA patients under stimulation of TNF-α and to explore the effect of the PI3K/Akt inhibitor and Cadherin-11 antibody in the therapy of the collagenase-induced osteoarthritis (CIOA) mice. Methods FLS were primarily cultured from synovium of osteoarthritic patients during total knee arthroplasty. Under the simulation of TNF-α, with or without PI3K/Akt inhibitor LY294002, Cadherin-11 expression was detected by real-time PCR and Western blot, as well as the migration and invasive capacity changes of OA FLS. Cadherin-11 antibody was injected intraarticularly or LY294002 was injected intraperitoneally in CIOA mice to evaluate the changes of synovitis score, cartilage damage, and Cadherin-11 expression. Results TNF-α stimulation increased Cadherin-11 expression at mRNA and protein level in OA FLS and also increased the phosphorylation-dependent activation of Akt. PI3K inhibitor LY294002 attenuated TNF-α-induced overexpression of Cadherin-11 and decreased the invasive capacity of OA FLS. Intraperitoneal injection of PI3K inhibitor LY294002 could decrease the Cadherin-11 protein expression in synovium of CIOA mice, although it has no significant inhibitory effect on synovitis and cartilage damage. Intraarticular injection of Cadherin-11 antibody attenuated the synovitis and cartilage damage in the CIOA joints and decreased Cadherin-11 expression in the synovial lining. Conclusions PI3K/Akt pathway was associated with TNF-α-induced activation of OA FLS, which may involve in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. Anti-Cadherin-11 therapy in CIOA mice could attenuate the pathological changes of OA joints.
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- Songyang Liu
- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.,Institute of Sports Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- The Institute of Clinical molecular Biology and the Central Lab, Peking University, People's Hospital, Peking University , Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- The Institute of Clinical molecular Biology and the Central Lab, Peking University, People's Hospital, Peking University , Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
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Madarampalli B, Watts GFM, Panipinto PM, Nguygen HN, Brenner MB, Noss EH. Interactions between cadherin-11 and platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha signaling link cell adhesion and proliferation. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2019; 1865:1516-1524. [PMID: 30876808 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cadherins are homophilic cell-to-cell adhesion molecules that help cells respond to environmental changes. Newly formed cadherin junctions are associated with increased cell phosphorylation, but the pathways driving this signaling response are largely unknown. Since cadherins have no intrinsic signaling activity, this phosphorylation must occur through interactions with other signaling molecules. We previously reported that cadherin-11 engagement activates joint synovial fibroblasts, promoting inflammatory and degradative pathways important in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. Our objective in this study was to discover interacting partners that mediate cadherin-11 signaling. Protein array screening showed that cadherin-11 extracellular binding domains linked to an Fc domain (cad11Fc) induced platelet-derived growth factor (PDGFR)-α phosphorylation in synovial fibroblasts and glioblastoma cells. PDGFRs are growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases that promote cell proliferation, survival, and migration in mesodermally derived cells. Increased PDGFR activity is implicated in RA pathology and associates with poor prognosis in several cancers, including sarcoma and glioblastoma. PDGFRα activation by cadherin-11 signaling promoted fibroblast proliferation, a signaling pathway independent from cadherin-11-stimulated IL-6 or matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 release. PDGFRα phosphorylation mediated most of the cad11Fc-induced phosphatidyl-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt activation, but only part of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) response. PDGFRα-dependent signaling did not require cell cadherin-11 expression. Rather, cad11Fc immunoprecipitated PDGFRα, indicating a direct interaction between cadherin-11 and PDGFRα extracellular domains. This study is the first to report an interaction between cadherin-11 and PDGFRα and adds to our growing understanding that cadherin-growth factor receptor interactions help balance the interplay between tissue growth and adhesion.
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- Bhanupriya Madarampalli
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 750 Republican St, Seattle, WA 98019, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 750 Republican St, Seattle, WA 98019, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 750 Republican St, Seattle, WA 98019, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Castori M, Ott CE, Bisceglia L, Leone MP, Mazza T, Castellana S, Tomassi J, Lanciotti S, Mundlos S, Hennekam RC, Kornak U, Brancati F. A novel mutation in CDH11, encoding cadherin-11, cause Branchioskeletogenital (Elsahy-Waters) syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2018; 176:2028-2033. [PMID: 30194892 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.40379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cadherins are cell-adhesion molecules that control morphogenesis, cell migration, and cell shape changes during multiple developmental processes. Until now four distinct cadherins have been implicated in human Mendelian disorders, mainly featuring skin, retinal and hearing manifestations. Branchio-skeleto-genital (or Elsahy-Waters) syndrome (BSGS) is an ultra-rare condition featuring a characteristic face, premature loss of teeth, vertebral and genital anomalies, and intellectual disability. We have studied two sibs with BSGS originally described by Castori et al. in 2010. Exome sequencing led to the identification of a novel homozygous nonsense variant in the first exon of the cadherin-11 gene (CDH11), which results in a prematurely truncated form of the protein. Recessive variants in CDH11 have been recently demonstrated in two other sporadic patients and a pair of sisters affected by BSGS. Although the function of this cadherin (also termed Osteoblast-Cadherin) is not completely understood, its prevalent expression in osteoblastic cell lines and up-regulation during differentiation suggest a specific function in bone formation and development. This study identifies a novel loss-of-function variant in CDH11 as a cause of BSGS and supports the role of cadherin-11 as a key player in axial and craniofacial malformations.
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- Marco Castori
- Division of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Medical and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Bioinformatics Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Bioinformatics Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, San Raffaele Hospital, Cassino, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Residency Programme, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Medical and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Development and Disease Group, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Medical and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Development and Disease Group, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.,Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI) IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Pham H, Tonai R, Wu M, Birtolo C, Chen M. CD73, CD90, CD105 and Cadherin-11 RT-PCR Screening for Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Cryopreserved Human Cord Tissue. Int J Stem Cells 2018; 11:26-38. [PMID: 29843192 PMCID: PMC5984056 DOI: 10.15283/ijsc17015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 03/02/2017] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background and Objectives Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are self-renewing, non-specialized cells used clinically in tissue regeneration and sourced from bone marrow, peripheral blood, umbilical cord blood and umbilical cord tissue (UCT). To demonstrate an alternative method for MSC detection, cryopreserved UCT and expanded MSC were screened for MSC markers CD73, CD90, CD105 and CDH-11 by RT-PCR. Methods and Results Human UCT were washed, sectioned, cryopreserved with 10% DMSO and stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen. Fresh and frozen UCT samples were expanded for MSC. UCT and MSC were processed for RNA and screened for CD73, CD90, CD105 and CDH-11 mRNA by RT-PCR. CD73, CD90 and CD105 were detected by flow cytometry and CDH-11 was detected by Western blotting. Short and long-term frozen UCT shows a loss of mRNA expression for CD73 at 33.2±34.0%, CD90 at 6.2±8.2%, CD105 at 17.7±21.6% and CDH-11 at 30.1±26.7% but was not statistically significant to indicate the deterioration. Expanded MSCs from fresh UCT expressed 0.09±0.07-fold CD73, 0.17±0.11-fold CD90, 0.04±0.06-fold CD105 and 0.14±0.08-fold CDH-11. Expanded MSCs from frozen UCTs expressed 0.09±0.06-fold CD73, 0.13±0.06-fold CD90, 0.04±0.05-fold CD105 and 0.11±0.06-fold CDH-11 and confirmed by flow cytometry and Western blotting. Conclusion CD73, CD90, CD105 and CDH-11 were detected by RT-PCR in cryopreserved UCT and MSC expansion. CDH-11 appears as a useful single target MSC marker for quick screening.
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- Hung Pham
- Processing Laboratory, StemCyte International Cord Blood Therapeutic Company, Baldwin Park, CA.,Department of Medicine, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.,Department of Medicine, Veterans Affair, Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
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- Processing Laboratory, StemCyte International Cord Blood Therapeutic Company, Baldwin Park, CA
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- Tissue Laboratory, StemCyte, New Taipei City Linkou District, Taiwan
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- University of Bologna, Sant' Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Processing Laboratory, StemCyte International Cord Blood Therapeutic Company, Baldwin Park, CA
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Blaue C, Kashef J, Franz CM. Cadherin-11 promotes neural crest cell spreading by reducing intracellular tension-Mapping adhesion and mechanics in neural crest explants by atomic force microscopy. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2018; 73:95-106. [PMID: 28919310 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.08.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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During development cranial neural crest cells (NCCs) display a striking transition from collective to single-cell migration, but the mechanisms enabling individual NCCs to separate from the neural crest tissue are still incompletely understood. In this study we have employed atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate potential adhesive and mechanical changes associated with the dissociation of individual cells from cohesive Xenopus NCC explants at early stages of migration. AFM-based single-cell force spectroscopy (SCFS) revealed a uniform distribution of cell-cell adhesion forces within NCC explants, including semi-detached leader cells in the process of delaminating from the explant edge. This suggested that dissociation from the cell sheet may not require prior weakening of cell-cell contacts. However, mapping NCC sheet elasticity by AFM microbead indentation demonstrated strongly reduced cell stiffness in semi-detached leader cells compared to neighbouring cells in the NCC sheet periphery. Reduced leader cell stiffness coincided with enhanced cell spreading and high substrate traction, indicating a possible mechano-regulation of leader cell delamination. In support, AFM elasticity measurements of individual NCCs in optical side view mode demonstrated that reducing cell tension by inhibiting actomyosin contractility induces rapid spreading, possibly maximizing cell-substrate interactions as a result. Depletion of cadherin-11, a classical cadherin with an essential role in NCC migration and substrate adhesion, prevented the tension reduction necessary for NCC spreading, both in individual cells and at the edge of explanted sheets. In contrast, overexpression of cadherin-11 accelerated spreading of both individual cells and delaminating leader cells. As cadherin-11 expression increases strongly during NCC migration, this suggests an important role of cadherin-11 in regulating NCC elasticity and spreading at later stages of NCC migration. We therefore propose a model in which high tension at the NCC sheet periphery prevents premature NCC spreading and delamination during early stages of migration, while a cadherin-11-dependent local decrease in cell tension promotes leader cell spreading and delamination at later stages of migration.
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Feng L, Zhang Y, Kou X, Yang R, Liu D, Wang X, Song Y, Cao H, He D, Gan Y, Zhou Y. Cadherin-11 modulates cell morphology and collagen synthesis in periodontal ligament cells under mechanical stress. Angle Orthod 2016; 87:193-199. [PMID: 27689865 DOI: 10.2319/020716-107.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine the role of cadherin-11, an integral membrane adhesion molecule, in periodontal ligament cells (PDLCs) under mechanical stimulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human PDLCs were cultured and subjected to mechanical stress. Cadherin-11 expression and cell morphology of PDLCs were investigated via immunofluorescence staining. The mRNA and protein expressions of cadherin-11 and type I collagen (Col-I) of PDLCs were evaluated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot, respectively. Small interfering RNA was used to knock down cadherin-11 expression in PDLCs. The collagen matrix of PDLCs was examined using toluidine blue staining. RESULTS Cadherin-11 was expressed in PDLCs. Mechanical stress suppressed cadherin-11 expression in PDLCs with prolonged force treatment time and increased force intensity, accompanied by suppressed β-catenin expression. Simultaneously, mechanical stress altered cell morphology and repressed Col-I expression in a time- and dose-dependent manner in PDLCs. Moreover, knockdown of cadherin-11 with suppressed β-catenin expression resulted in altered PDLC morphology and repressed collagen expression, which were consistent with the changes observed under mechanical stress. CONCLUSIONS Results of this study suggest that cadherin-11 is expressed in PDLCs and modulates PDLC morphology and collagen synthesis in response to mechanical stress, which may play an important role in the homeostasis and remodeling of the PDL under mechanical stimulation.
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Row S, Liu Y, Alimperti S, Agarwal SK, Andreadis ST. Cadherin-11 is a novel regulator of extracellular matrix synthesis and tissue mechanics. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:2950-61. [PMID: 27311482 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.183772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [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: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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We discovered that Cadherin-11 (CDH11) regulates collagen and elastin synthesis, both affecting the mechanical properties and contractile function of animal tissues. Using a Cdh11-null mouse model, we observed a significant reduction in the mechanical properties [Youngs' modulus and ultimate tensile strength (UTS)] of Cdh11(-/-) as compared to wild-type (WT) mouse tissues, such as the aorta, bladder and skin. The deterioration of mechanical properties (Youngs' modulus and UTS) was accompanied by reduced collagen and elastin content in Cdh11(-/-) mouse tissues as well as in cells in culture. Similarly, knocking down CDH11 abolished collagen and elastin synthesis in human cells, and consequently reduced their ability to generate force. Conversely, engagement of CDH11 through homophilic interactions, led to swift activation of the TGF-β and ROCK pathways as evidenced by phosphorylation of downstream effectors. Subsequently, activation of the key transcription factors, MRTF-A (also known as MKL1) and MYOCD led to significant upregulation of collagen and elastin genes. Taken together, our results demonstrate a novel role of adherens junctions in regulating extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis with implications for many important biological processes, including maintenance of tissue integrity, wound healing and tissue regeneration.
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- Sindhu Row
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY 14260, USA
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- Section of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology Biology, Inflammation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY 14260, USA Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY 14260, USA Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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Satcher RL, Pan T, Bilen MA, Li X, Lee YC, Ortiz A, Kowalczyk AP, Yu-Lee LY, Lin SH. Cadherin-11 endocytosis through binding to clathrin promotes cadherin-11-mediated migration in prostate cancer cells. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:4629-41. [PMID: 26519476 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.176081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cadherin-11 (Cad11) cell adhesion molecule plays a role in prostate cancer cell migration. Because disassembly of adhesion complexes through endocytosis of adhesion proteins has been shown to play a role in cell migration, we examined whether Cad11 endocytosis plays a role in Cad11-mediated migration. The mechanism by which Cad11 is internalized is unknown. Using a GST pulldown assay, we found that clathrin binds to the Cad11 cytoplasmic domain but not to that of E-cadherin. Using deletion analysis, we identified a unique sequence motif, VFEEE, in the Cad11 membrane proximal region (amino acid residues 11-15) that binds to clathrin. Endocytosis assays using K(+)-depletion buffer showed that Cad11 internalization is clathrin dependent. Proximity ligation assays showed that Cad11 colocalizes with clathrin, and immunofluorescence assays showed that Cad11 localizes in vesicles that stain for the early endosomal marker Rab5. Deletion of the VFEEE sequence from the Cad11 cytoplasmic domain (Cad11-cla-Δ5) leads to inhibition of Cad11 internalization and reduces Cad11-mediated cell migration in C4-2B and PC3-mm2 prostate cancer cells. These observations suggest that clathrin-mediated internalization of Cad11 regulates surface trafficking of Cad11 and that dynamic turnover of Cad11 regulates the migratory function of Cad11 in prostate cancer cells.
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- Robert L Satcher
- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Berghoff J, Jaisimha AV, Duggan S, MacSharry J, McCarthy JV. Gamma-secretase-independent role for cadherin-11 in neurotrophin receptor p75 (p75(NTR)) mediated glioblastoma cell migration. Mol Cell Neurosci 2015; 69:41-53. [PMID: 26476273 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2015] [Revised: 09/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75(NTR)) undergoes γ-secretase-mediated regulated intramembrane proteolysis and is involved in glioblastoma cell migration and invasion. Consistent with previous reports, in this study we show that p75NTR increases U87-MG glioblastoma cell migration, which is reversed by inhibition of γ-secretase activity. However, we show that expression or stabilization of the γ-secretase-generated p75(NTR) intracellular domain (ICD) is not sufficient to induce U87-MG glioblastoma cell migration, and that exogenous expression of p75(NTR) ICD inhibits p75(NTR)-mediated glioblastoma cell (U87-MG and U373-MG) migration. To identify pathways and to determine how p75(NTR) mediates glioblastoma migration we utilized a microarray approach to assess differential gene expression profiles between parental U87-MG and cells stably expressing wild-type p75(NTR), a γ-secretase cleavage-resistant chimeric p75(NTR) mutant (p75FasTM) and the γ-secretase-generated p75(NTR)-ICD, which mimics constitutively cleaved p75(NTR) receptor. In our microarray data analysis we identified a subset of genes that were constitutively up-regulated in wild-type p75(NTR) cells, which were also repressed in p75(NTR) ICD expressing cells. Furthermore, our data revealed among the many differentially expressed genes, cadherin-11 (Cdh-11), matrix metalloproteinase 12 and relaxin/insulin-like family peptide receptor 2 as constitutively up-regulated in wild-type p75(NTR) cells, independent of γ-secretase activity. Consistent with a role in glioblastoma migration, we found that U87-p75(NTR) cells express higher levels of Cdh-11 protein and that siRNA-mediated knockdown of Cdh-11 resulted in a significant decrease in p75(NTR)-mediated glioblastoma cell migration. Therefore, we hypothesize that p75(NTR) can impact U87-MG glioblastoma cell migration in a γ-secretase-independent manner through modulation of specific genes, including Cdh-11, and that both γ-secretase-independent and -dependent mechanisms are involved in p75(NTR)-mediated U87-MG glioblastoma cell migration.
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Ding X, Zhang Y, Huang Y, Liu S, Lu H, Sun T. Cadherin-11 involves in synovitis and increases the migratory and invasive capacity of fibroblast-like synoviocytes of osteoarthritis. Int Immunopharmacol 2015; 26:153-61. [PMID: 25824718 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2015.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To detect the expression of cadherin-11 and its correlation with synovitis in osteoarthritis (OA), to explore the mechanism of over expression of cadherin-11 and its role in migratory or invasive capacity of fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS). METHODS Synovitis severity was recorded according to Krenn's scoring system in 25 osteoarthritis patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Cadherin-11 expression in OA synoviums and its correlation with synovitis score and systemic inflammation markers were explored. After induction with Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α),cadherin-11 expression on OA FLS was assessed by qPCR and western blot,the capacity of migration and invasion of OA FLS was tested by transwell assay, and matrix metalloproteinase-2 production was assessed with ELISA as cadherin-11 expression was up regulated after infection with cadherin-11 cDNA-containing lentivirus, also when cadherin-11 expression was knocked down after infection with cadherin 11 shRNA containing lentivirus. RESULTS Cadherin-11 expression in OA synovium showed significant differences among different grades of synovitis. Cadherin-11 in the lining layer was positively correlated with hyperplasia of the lining layer, density of the resident cells, inflammatory infiltrate, total synovitis score and D-dimer. Cadherin-11 in the sublining layer was positively correlated with the density of the resident cells, inflammatory infiltrate, total synovitis score and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. IL-1β or TNF-α could up-regulate cadherin-11 expression on OA FLS at transcriptional and protein level. Over expression of cadherin-11 increased migratory or invasive capacity of OA FLS, while cadherin-11 knock down reduced migratory or invasive capacity and MMP-2 production in OA FLS. CONCLUSION The over expression of cadherin-11 in osteoarthritis is positively correlated with synovitis severity, and can be driven by proinflammatory cytokines on OA FLS; cadherin-11 increases migratory or invasive capacity and MMP-2 production of fibroblast-like synoviocytes of osteoarthritis.
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- Xiaoquan Ding
- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing China
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- Clinical Institute of Molecular Biology, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing China
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- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing China
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- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing China
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- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing China
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- Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing China.
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Kou XX, Wang XD, Li CS, Bi RY, Meng Z, Li B, Zhou YH, Gan YH. Estradiol-potentiated cadherin-11 in synovial membrane involves in temporomandibular joint inflammation in rats. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 143:444-50. [PMID: 25006014 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2013] [Revised: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Estrogen is involved in inflammation/pain of temporomandibular joint (TMJ), but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Cadherin-11 plays an essential role in synovial inflammation. This study examined whether estrogen could potentiate cadherin-11 in synoviocytes and contribute to TMJ inflammatory pain. Female rats were ovariectomized, treated with increasing doses of 17β-estradiol for 10 days, and injected intra-articularly with complete Freund's adjuvant to induce TMJ inflammation. The expression of cadherin-11 in synovial membrane was evaluated. TMJ pain was blocked with intra-articular injection of anti-cadherin-11 antibody and evaluated by head withdrawal threshold. Primary TMJ synoviocytes were treated with estradiol and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α or blocked with anti-cadherin-11 antibody to assess the expression of cadherin-11, interleukin (IL)-6, cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). We observed that estradiol potentiated the inflammation-induced expression of cadherin-11 in the synoviocytes of synovial membrane from inflamed TMJ. Estradiol induced cadherin-11 expression in a dose- and time-dependent manner in primary synoviocytes and further potentiated the induction of cadherin-11 by TNF-α in synoviocytes. Furthermore, an estrogen receptor antagonist or a NF-κB inhibitor partially blocked the effects of estradiol on cadherin-11 induction in the synovial membrane. Blocking cadherin-11 partially reversed the TMJ inflammatory pain and estradiol-potentiated proliferation of synovial lining cells accompanied with iNOS expression. In addition, blocking cadherin-11 reversed TNF-α-induced and estradiol-potentiated transcription of IL-6, COX-2, and iNOS in primary synoviocytes. These results suggest that estrogen aggravated TMJ inflammatory pain partially through cadherin-11-mediated release of proinflammatory cytokines and enzymes in the synoviocytes.
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- Xiao-Xing Kou
- Department of Orthodontics, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China; Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Department of Orthodontics, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China; Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Department of Orthodontics, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- The 3rd Dental Center, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Central Laboratory and Center for Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- The 3rd Dental Center, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Department of Orthodontics, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China; Center for Craniofacial Stem Cell Research and Regeneration, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China.
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- Central Laboratory and Center for Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain, 22 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, PR China.
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Sfikakis PP, Christopoulos PF, Vaiopoulos AG, Fragiadaki K, Katsiari C, Kapsimali V, Lallas G, Panayiotidis P, Korkolopoulou P, Koutsilieris M. Cadherin-11 mRNA transcripts are frequently found in rheumatoid arthritis peripheral blood and correlate with established polyarthritis. Clin Immunol 2014; 155:33-41. [PMID: 25173800 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2014.08.008] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial fibroblasts hyperexpress the mesenchymal cadherin-11, which is involved also in tumor invasion/metastasis, whereas anti-cadherin-11 therapeutics prevent and reduce experimental arthritis. To test the hypothesis that cadherin-11 is aberrantly expressed in RA peripheral blood, 100 patients (15 studied serially) and 70 healthy controls were analyzed by real-time reverse transcription-PCR. Cadherin-11 mRNA transcripts were detected in 69.2% of moderately/severely active RA, versus 31.8% of remaining patients (p=0.001), versus 17.1% of controls (p<0.0001). Notably, cadherin-11 positivity correlated significantly and independently only with established (>1year) polyarthritis (>4 swollen tender joints), by multivariate logistic regression analysis including various possible clinical/laboratory factors. Rare cells of undefined nature, detected by flow cytometry following CD45(-) enrichment, strongly expressed surface cadherin-11 (estimated 10-50cells/ml of blood) in 5/6 patients with polyarticular established disease versus 1/6 patients with early RA. Studies on the potential pathogenic role of circulating cells expressing cadherin-11 in RA are warranted.
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- P P Sfikakis
- Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Greece.
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- Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Greece; Department of Physiology, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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- Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Greece; Department of Physiology, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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- Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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- Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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- Department of Microbiology, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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- Rheumatology Unit, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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- Department of Microbiology, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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- Department of Physiology, Athens University Medical School, Greece
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Wu M, Xu T, Zhou Y, Lu H, Gu Z. Pressure and inflammatory stimulation induced increase of cadherin-11 is mediated by PI3K/Akt pathway in synovial fibroblasts from temporomandibular joint. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2013; 21:1605-12. [PMID: 23916685 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The goal of the study was to investigate the expression of cadherin-11 in synovial fibroblasts (SFs) under mechanical or inflammatory stimuli, and its potential relationship with PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. METHODS SFs separated from rat temporomandibular joint (TMJ) were treated with hydrostatic pressures (HP) of 30, 60, 90, and 120 kPa, as well as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) for 12, 24, 48, and 72 h. The location of cadherin-11 was observed by immunofluorescence microscopy, and its expression was detected by real-time PCR and Western blot. We also studied the activation of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in SFs with HP or TNF-α stimulation. RESULTS The results showed that increased expression of cadherin-11 could be found in the cell-cell contact site of SFs in response to HP and inflammatory stimulation. The mRNA and protein expression of cadherin-11 was positively correlated with the intensity of HP and the duration time of TNF-α treatment. Increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-D (VEGF-D) and activation of Akt were also found. Treatment with PI3K inhibitor LY294002 attenuated the pressure or inflammatory cytokine induction increases of cadherin-11, VEGF-D, and FGF-2 both in mRNA and protein levels. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that cadherin-11 may play important roles in SFs following exposure to mechanical loading and inflammatory stimulation. In addition, PI3K/Akt pathway was associated with pressure or inflammation-induced cadherin-11 expression, which may involve in the pathogenesis of temporomandibular diseases.
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- M Wu
- Department of Orthodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Zhejiang University, 395 Yan'an Road, Hangzhou 310006, China
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Koehler A, Schlupf J, Schneider M, Kraft B, Winter C, Kashef J. Loss of Xenopus cadherin-11 leads to increased Wnt/β-catenin signaling and up-regulation of target genes c-myc and cyclin D1 in neural crest. Dev Biol 2013; 383:132-45. [PMID: 23958437 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Revised: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Xenopus cadherin-11 (Xcadherin-11) is an exceptional cadherin family member, which is predominantly expressed in cranial neural crest cells (NCCs). Apart from mediating cell-cell adhesion it promotes cranial NCC migration by initiating filopodia and lamellipodia formation. Here, we demonstrate an unexpected function of Xcadherin-11 in NCC specification by interfering with canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Loss-of-function experiments, using a specific antisense morpholino oligonucleotide against Xcadherin-11, display a nuclear β-catenin localization in cranial NCCs and a broader expression domain of the proto-oncogene cyclin D1 which proceeds c-myc up-regulation. Additionally, we observe an enhanced NCC proliferation and an expansion of specific NCC genes like AP2 and Sox10. Thereby, we could allocate NCC proliferation and specification to different gene functions. To clarify which domain in Xcadherin-11 is required for early NCC development we tested different deletion mutants for their rescue ability in Xcadherin-11 morphants. We identified the cytoplasmic tail, specifically the β-catenin binding domain, to be necessary for proper NCC development. We propose that Xcadherin-11 is necessary for controlled NCC proliferation and early NCC specification in tuning the expression of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin target genes cyclin D1 and c-myc by regulating the concentration of the nuclear pool of β-catenin.
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