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Hafiane A, Gianopoulos I, Sorci-Thomas MG, Daskalopoulou SS. Apolipoprotein A-I carboxy-terminal domain residues 187-243 are required for adiponectin-induced cholesterol efflux. Cell Signal 2021; 91:110222. [PMID: 34954016 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.110222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
Adiponectin exerts its atheroprotection by stimulating adenosine triphosphate binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1)-mediated cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I). However, involvement of the apoA-I residues in this process have not been studied. In Tamm-Horsfall 1 (THP-1) macrophages and baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells we assessed adiponectin's potential to restore cholesterol efflux in the presence of apoA-I and ABCA1 mutants, respectively. Adiponectin was unable to restore efflux from THP-1 macrophages in the presence of apoA-I carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) successive mutants from residues 187-243 versus apoA-I mutants alone. Furthermore, adiponectin did not significantly influence cholesterol efflux to apoA-I from BHK-ABCA1 mutant cells. Adiponectin appears to require functional apoA-I CTD residues 187-243 and wild-type ABCA1 to mediate efficient cholesterol efflux from THP-1 macrophages and BHK cells, respectively. Therefore, adiponectin cannot rescue defective cholesterol efflux in apoA-I- or ABCA1-mutant conditions, but rather increases cholesterol efflux in wild-type apoA-I conditions compared to apoA-I exposure alone.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anouar Hafiane
- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University Montreal, Canada
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- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University Montreal, Canada
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University Montreal, Canada; Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University Montreal, Canada.
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Pacheco-Costa R, Davis HM, Sorenson C, Hon MC, Hassan I, Reginato RD, Allen MR, Bellido T, Plotkin LI. Defective cancellous bone structure and abnormal response to PTH in cortical bone of mice lacking Cx43 cytoplasmic C-terminus domain. Bone 2015; 81:632-643. [PMID: 26409319 PMCID: PMC4640960 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Connexin 43 (Cx43) forms gap junction channels and hemichannels that allow the communication among osteocytes, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts. Cx43 carboxy-terminal (CT) domain regulates channel opening and intracellular signaling by acting as a scaffold for structural and signaling proteins. To determine the role of Cx43 CT domain in bone, mice in which one allele of full length Cx43 was replaced by a mutant lacking the CT domain (Cx43(ΔCT/fl)) were studied. Cx43(ΔCT/fl) mice exhibit lower cancellous bone volume but higher cortical thickness than Cx43(fl/fl) controls, indicating that the CT domain is involved in normal cancellous bone gain but opposes cortical bone acquisition. Further, Cx43(ΔCT) is able to exert the functions of full length osteocytic Cx43 on cortical bone geometry and mechanical properties, demonstrating that domains other than the CT are responsible for Cx43 function in cortical bone. In addition, parathyroid hormone (PTH) failed to increase endocortical bone formation or energy to failure, a mechanical property that indicates resistance to fracture, in cortical bone in Cx43(ΔCT) mice with or without osteocytic full length Cx43. On the other hand, bone mass and bone formation markers were increased by the hormone in all mouse models, regardless of whether full length or Cx43(ΔCT) were or not expressed. We conclude that Cx43 CT domain is involved in proper bone acquisition; and that Cx43 expression in osteocytes is dispensable for some but not all PTH anabolic actions.
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- Rafael Pacheco-Costa
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Department of Morphology & Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Morphology & Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Div. Endocrinology, Dept. Internal Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Taghli-Lamallem O, Jagla K, Chamberlain JS, Bodmer R. Mechanical and non-mechanical functions of Dystrophin can prevent cardiac abnormalities in Drosophila. Exp Gerontol 2013; 49:26-34. [PMID: 24231130 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Revised: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Dystrophin-deficiency causes cardiomyopathies and shortens the life expectancy of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients. Restoring Dystrophin expression in the heart by gene transfer is a promising avenue to explore as a therapy. Truncated Dystrophin gene constructs have been engineered and shown to alleviate dystrophic skeletal muscle disease, but their potential in preventing the development of cardiomyopathy is not fully understood. In the present study, we found that either the mechanical or the signaling functions of Dystrophin were able to reduce the dilated heart phenotype of Dystrophin mutants in a Drosophila model. Our data suggest that Dystrophin retains some function in fly cardiomyocytes in the absence of a predicted mechanical link to the cytoskeleton. Interestingly, cardiac-specific manipulation of nitric oxide synthase expression also modulates cardiac function, which can in part be reversed by loss of Dystrophin function, further implying a signaling role of Dystrophin in the heart. These findings suggest that the signaling functions of Dystrophin protein are able to ameliorate the dilated cardiomyopathy, and thus might help to improve heart muscle function in micro-Dystrophin-based gene therapy approaches.
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- Ouarda Taghli-Lamallem
- Development and Aging Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Rd, Building 7 Room 7125, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; GReD, INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293-Clermont University, Faculty of Medicine 28, Place Henri Dunant, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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- GReD, INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293-Clermont University, Faculty of Medicine 28, Place Henri Dunant, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Box 357720, Seattle, WA 98195-7720, USA
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- Development and Aging Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Rd, Building 7 Room 7125, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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