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Pardo V, González-Rodríguez Á, Guijas C, Balsinde J, Valverde ÁM. Opposite cross-talk by oleate and palmitate on insulin signaling in hepatocytes through macrophage activation. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:11663-77. [PMID: 25792746 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.649483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Chronic low grade inflammation in adipose tissue during obesity is associated with an impairment of the insulin signaling cascade. In this study, we have evaluated the impact of palmitate or oleate overload of macrophage/Kupffer cells in triggering stress-mediated signaling pathways, in lipoapoptosis, and in the cross-talk with insulin signaling in hepatocytes. RAW 264.7 macrophages or Kupffer cells were stimulated with oleate or palmitate, and levels of M1/M2 polarization markers and the lipidomic profile of eicosanoids were analyzed. Whereas proinflammatory cytokines and total eicosanoids were elevated in macrophages/Kupffer cells stimulated with palmitate, enhanced arginase 1 and lower leukotriene B4 (LTB4) levels were detected in macrophages stimulated with oleate. When hepatocytes were pretreated with conditioned medium (CM) from RAW 264.7 or Kupffer cells loaded with palmitate (CM-P), phosphorylation of stress kinases and endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling was increased, insulin signaling was impaired, and lipoapoptosis was detected. Conversely, enhanced insulin receptor-mediated signaling and reduced levels of the phosphatases protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) were found in hepatocytes treated with CM from macrophages stimulated with oleate (CM-O). Supplementation of CM-O with LTB4 suppressed insulin sensitization and increased PTP1B and PTEN. Furthermore, LTB4 decreased insulin receptor tyrosine phosphorylation in hepatocytes, activated the NFκB pathway, and up-regulated PTP1B and PTEN, these effects being mediated by LTB4 receptor BTL1. In conclusion, oleate and palmitate elicit an opposite cross-talk between macrophages/Kupffer cells and hepatocytes. Whereas CM-P interferes at the early steps of insulin signaling, CM-O increases insulin sensitization, possibly by reducing LTB4.
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- Virginia Pardo
- From the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), 28029 Madrid, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain, and
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- From the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), 28029 Madrid, Spain, the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain, and
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- the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain, and the Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain, and the Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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- the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain, and the Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), 47003 Valladolid, Spain
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Li T, Su L, Lei Y, Liu X, Zhang Y, Liu X. DDIT3 and KAT2A Proteins Regulate TNFRSF10A and TNFRSF10B Expression in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-mediated Apoptosis in Human Lung Cancer Cells. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:11108-18. [PMID: 25770212 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.645333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [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: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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TNFRSF10A and TNFRSF10B are cell surface receptors that bind to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and mediate the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis. However, the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of TNFRSF10A and TNFRSF10B remain largely uncharacterized. In this study, two putative DDIT3 binding sites (-1636/-1625; -374/-364) and a putative AP-1 binding site (-304/-298) were identified in the TNFRSF10A promoter region. We found that DDIT3 interacts with phospho-JUN, and the DDIT3·phospho-JUN complex binds to the AP-1 binding site (-304/-298) within the TNFRSF10A promoter region. In addition, we confirmed that KAT2A physically interacts with the N-terminal region (amino acids 1-26) of DDIT3. Importantly, knockdown of KAT2A down-regulated TNFRSF10A and TNFRSF10B and dramatically decreased promoter activity of cells transfected with luciferase reporter plasmid containing the AP-1 binding site (-304/-298) of the TNFRSF10A promoter, as well as cells transfected with luciferase reporter plasmid containing DDIT3 binding site (-276/-264) of the TNFRSF10B promoter. ChIP results suggest that KAT2A may participate in a KAT2A·DDIT3·phospho-JUN complex, or may participate in a KAT2A·DDIT3 complex and acetylate H3K9/K14, respectively. Moreover, we verified that TNFRSF10A mediates apoptosis triggered by endoplasmic reticulum stress in human lung cancer cells. Collectively, we demonstrate that DDIT3 and KAT2A cooperatively up-regulate TNFRSF10A and TNFRSF10B. Our findings highlight novel mechanisms underlying endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced TNFRSF10A and TNFRSF10B expressions and apoptosis. These findings will be helpful for elucidating mechanisms related to anticancer drugs in mediating apoptosis.
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- Tianliang Li
- From the Shandong University School of Life Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
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- From the Shandong University School of Life Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
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- From the Shandong University School of Life Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
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- From the Shandong University School of Life Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
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- From the Shandong University School of Life Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
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- From the Shandong University School of Life Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
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Liu M, Chen H, Wei L, Hu D, Dong K, Jia W, Dong LQ, Liu F. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) localization is critical for DsbA-L protein to suppress ER stress and adiponectin down-regulation in adipocytes. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:10143-8. [PMID: 25739441 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.645416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Adiponectin is an adipokine with insulin-sensitizing and anti-inflammatory functions. We previously reported that adiponectin multimerization and stability are promoted by the disulfide bond A oxidoreductase-like protein (DsbA-L) in cells and in vivo. However, the precise mechanism by which DsbA-L regulates adiponectin biosynthesis remains elusive. Here we show that DsbA-L is co-localized with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) marker protein disulfide isomerase and the mitochondrial marker MitoTracker. In addition, DsbA-L interacts with the ER chaperone protein Ero1-Lα in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. In silico analysis and truncation mapping studies revealed that DsbA-L contains an ER targeting signal at its N terminus. Deletion of the first 6 residues at the N terminus greatly impaired DsbA-L localization in the ER. Overexpression of the wild type but not the ER localization-defective mutant of DsbA-L protects against thapsigargin-induced ER stress and adiponectin down-regulation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. In addition, overexpression of the wild type but not the ER localization-defective mutant of DsbA-L promotes adiponectin multimerization. Together, our results reveal that DsbA-L is localized in both the mitochondria and the ER in adipocytes and that its ER localization plays a critical role in suppressing ER stress and promoting adiponectin biosynthesis and secretion.
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- Meilian Liu
- From the Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China, the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
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- From the Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China, Biochemistry, and
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- the Departments of Pharmacology, the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200025, China
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- the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200025, China Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, Texas 78229, and
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- the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, Texas 78229, and
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- From the Metabolic Syndrome Research Center, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China, Biochemistry, and the Departments of Pharmacology,
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Tsai YL, Zhang Y, Tseng CC, Stanciauskas R, Pinaud F, Lee AS. Characterization and mechanism of stress-induced translocation of 78-kilodalton glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) to the cell surface. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:8049-64. [PMID: 25673690 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.618736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Glucose-regulated protein (GRP78)/BiP, a major chaperone in the endoplasmic reticulum, is recently discovered to be preferably expressed on the surface of stressed cancer cells, where it regulates critical oncogenic signaling pathways and is emerging as a target for anti-cancer therapy while sparing normal organs. However, because GRP78 does not contain classical transmembrane domains, its mechanism of transport and its anchoring at the cell surface are poorly understood. Using a combination of biochemical, mutational, FACS, and single molecule super-resolution imaging approaches, we discovered that GRP78 majorly exists as a peripheral protein on plasma membrane via interaction with other cell surface proteins including glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins. Moreover, cell surface GRP78 expression requires its substrate binding activity but is independent of ATP binding or a membrane insertion motif conserved with HSP70. Unexpectedly, different cancer cell lines rely on different mechanisms for GRP78 cell surface translocation, implying that the process is cell context-dependent.
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- Yuan-Li Tsai
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California 90089-9176 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California 90089-9176 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California 90089-9176 and
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California 90089-9176 and
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Zhong W, Qin S, Zhu B, Pu M, Liu F, Wang L, Ye G, Yi Q, Yan D. Oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 8 (ORP8) increases sensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma cells to Fas-mediated apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:8876-87. [PMID: 25596532 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.610188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 09/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Human hepatoma (HCC) has been reported to be strongly resistant to Fas-mediated apoptosis. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In this study the function of oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 8 (ORP8) in human hepatoma cells apoptosis was assessed. We found that ORP8 is down-regulated, whereas miR-143, which controls ORP8 expression, is up-regulated in clinical HCC tissues as compared with liver tissue from healthy subjects. ORP8 overexpression triggered apoptosis in primary HCC cells and cell lines, which coincided with a relocation of cytoplasmic Fas to the cell plasma membrane and FasL up-regulation. Co-culture of HepG2 cells or primary HCC cells with Jurkat T-cells or T-cells, respectively, provided further evidence that ORP8 increases HCC cell sensitivity to Fas-mediated apoptosis. ORP8-induced Fas translocation is p53-dependent, and FasL was induced upon ORP8 overexpression via the endoplasmic reticulum stress response. Moreover, ORP8 overexpression and miR-143 inhibition markedly inhibited tumor growth in a HepG2 cell xenograft model. These results indicate that ORP8 induces HCC cell apoptosis through the Fas/FasL pathway. The role of ORP8 in Fas translocation to the plasma membrane and its down-regulation by miR-143 offer a putative mechanistic explanation for HCC resistance to apoptosis. ORP8 may be a potential target for HCC therapy.
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- Wenbin Zhong
- From the Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and Department of Biotechnology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and Department of Biotechnology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and Department of Biotechnology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guangzhou General Hospital, Guangzhou 510010, China, and
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- From the Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and Department of Biotechnology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and Department of Biotechnology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and Department of Biotechnology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- From the Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes and Department of Biotechnology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China,
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Simard JC, Vallieres F, de Liz R, Lavastre V, Girard D. Silver nanoparticles induce degradation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor activating transcription factor-6 leading to activation of the NLRP-3 inflammasome. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:5926-39. [PMID: 25593314 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.610899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In the past decade, the increasing amount of nanoparticles (NP) and nanomaterials used in multiple applications led the scientific community to investigate the potential toxicity of NP. Many studies highlighted the cytotoxic effects of various NP, including titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and silver nanoparticles (AgNP). In a few studies, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress was found to be associated with NP cytotoxicity leading to apoptosis in different cell types. In this study, we report for the first time that silver nanoparticles of 15 nm (AgNP15), depending on the concentration, induced different signature ER stress markers in human THP-1 monocytes leading to a rapid ER stress response with degradation of the ATF-6 sensor. Also, AgNP15 induced pyroptosis and activation of the NLRP-3 inflammasome as demonstrated by the processing and increased activity of caspase-1 and secretion of IL-1β and ASC (apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD domain) pyroptosome formation. Transfection of THP-1 cells with siRNA targeting NLRP-3 decreased the AgNP15-induced IL-1β production. The absence of caspase-4 expression resulted in a significant reduction of pro-IL-1β. However, caspase-1 activity was significantly higher in caspase-4-deficient cells when compared with WT cells. Inhibition of AgNP15-induced ATF-6 degradation with Site-2 protease inhibitors completely blocked the effect of AgNP15 on pyroptosis and secretion of IL-1β, indicating that ATF-6 is crucial for the induction of this type of cell death. We conclude that AgNP15 induce degradation of the ER stress sensor ATF-6, leading to activation of the NLRP-3 inflammasome regulated by caspase-4 in human monocytes.
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- Jean-Christophe Simard
- From the Laboratoire de recherche en inflammation et physiologie des granulocytes, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval, Québec H7V1B7, Canada
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- From the Laboratoire de recherche en inflammation et physiologie des granulocytes, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval, Québec H7V1B7, Canada
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- From the Laboratoire de recherche en inflammation et physiologie des granulocytes, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval, Québec H7V1B7, Canada
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- From the Laboratoire de recherche en inflammation et physiologie des granulocytes, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval, Québec H7V1B7, Canada
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- From the Laboratoire de recherche en inflammation et physiologie des granulocytes, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval, Québec H7V1B7, Canada
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Shi W, Xu G, Wang C, Sperber SM, Chen Y, Zhou Q, Deng Y, Zhao H. Heat shock 70-kDa protein 5 (Hspa5) is essential for pronephros formation by mediating retinoic acid signaling. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:577-89. [PMID: 25398881 PMCID: PMC4281759 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.591628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 11/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Heat shock 70-kDa protein 5 (Hspa5), also known as binding immunoglobulin protein (Bip) or glucose-regulated protein 78 (Grp78), belongs to the heat shock protein 70 kDa family. As a multifunctional protein, it participates in protein folding and calcium homeostasis and serves as an essential regulator of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. It has also been implicated in signal transduction by acting as a receptor or co-receptor residing at the plasma membrane. Its function during embryonic development, however, remains largely elusive. In this study, we used morpholino antisense oligonucleotides (MOs) to knock down Hspa5 activity in Xenopus embryos. In Hspa5 morphants, pronephros formation was strongly inhibited with the reduction of pronephric marker genes Lim homeobox protein 1 (lhx1), pax2, and β1 subunit of Na/K-ATPase (atp1b1). Pronephros tissue was induced in vitro by treating animal caps with all-trans-retinoic acid and activin. Depletion of Hspa5 in animal caps, however, blocked the induction of pronephros as well as reduced the expression of retinoic acid (RA)-responsive genes, suggesting that knockdown of Hspa5 attenuated RA signaling. Knockdown of Hspa5 in animal caps resulted in decreased expression of lhx1, a transcription factor directly regulated by RA signaling and essential for pronephros specification. Co-injection of Hspa5MO with lhx1 mRNA partially rescued the phenotype induced by Hspa5MO. These results suggest that the RA-Lhx1 signaling cascade is involved in Hspa5MO-induced pronephros malformation. This study shows that Hspa5, a key regulator of the unfolded protein response, plays an essential role in pronephros formation, which is mediated in part through RA signaling during early embryonic development.
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- Weili Shi
- From the Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, 7 Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China, Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029-6574
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- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510530, China, and
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- Division of Molecular Nephrology and Creative Training Center for Undergraduates, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine Diagnostics, College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Biology, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China,
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- From the Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China, Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China,
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Ghosh S, Adhikary A, Chakraborty S, Bhattacharjee P, Mazumder M, Putatunda S, Gorain M, Chakraborty A, Kundu GC, Das T, Sen PC. Cross-talk between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the MEK/ERK pathway potentiates apoptosis in human triple negative breast carcinoma cells: role of a dihydropyrimidone, nifetepimine. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:3936-49. [PMID: 25527500 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.594028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) are among the most aggressive and therapy-resistant breast tumors and currently possess almost no molecular targets for therapeutic options in this horizon. In the present study we discerned the molecular mechanisms of potential interaction between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and the MEK/ERK pathway in inducing apoptosis in TNBC cells. Here we observed that induction of ER stress alone was not sufficient to trigger significant apoptosis but simultaneous inhibition of the MEK/ERK pathway enhanced ER stress-induced apoptosis via a caspase-dependent mechanism. Our study also demonstrated nifetepimine, a dihydropyrimidone derivative as a potent anti-cancer agent in TNBC cells. Nifetepimine down-regulated the MEK/ERK pathway in MDAMB-231 and MDAMB-468 cells and resulted in blockage of ER stress-mediated GRP78 up-regulation. Detailed mechanistic studies also revealed that nifetepimine by down-regulating pERK expression also declined the promoter binding activity of TFII-I to the GRP78 promoter and in turn regulated GRP78 transcription. Studies further extended to in vivo Swiss albino and SCID mice models also revalidated the anti-carcinogenic property of nifetepimine. Thus our findings cumulatively suggest that nifetepimine couples two distinct signaling pathways to induce the apoptotic death cascade in TNBC cells and raises the possibility for the use of nifetepimine as a potent anti-cancer agent with strong immune-restoring properties for therapeutic intervention for this group of cancer bearers.
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- Swatilekha Ghosh
- From the Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P-1/12, Calcutta Improvement Trust Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054
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- From the Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P-1/12, Calcutta Improvement Trust Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054
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- From the Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P-1/12, Calcutta Improvement Trust Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054
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- From the Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P-1/12, Calcutta Improvement Trust Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054
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- From the Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P-1/12, Calcutta Improvement Trust Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054
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- the Department of Chemistry, Maulana Azad College, Kolkata 700013, India, and
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- the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India
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- the Department of Chemistry, Maulana Azad College, Kolkata 700013, India, and
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- the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India
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- From the Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P-1/12, Calcutta Improvement Trust Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054,
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- From the Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, P-1/12, Calcutta Improvement Trust Scheme VII M, Kolkata 700 054,
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Kawasaki K, Ushioda R, Ito S, Ikeda K, Masago Y, Nagata K. Deletion of the collagen-specific molecular chaperone Hsp47 causes endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:3639-46. [PMID: 25525267 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.592139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Chronic liver injury, often caused by alcoholism and viral hepatitis, causes liver fibrosis via the induction of collagen production. In liver fibrosis, hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are activated and transform into myofibroblasts, which actively produce and secrete collagen into the extracellular matrix. Hsp47 (heat shock protein 47) is a collagen-specific molecular chaperone that is essential for the maturation and secretion of collagen. Here, we used the Cre-LoxP system to disrupt the Hsp47 gene in isolated HSCs from Hsp47 floxed mice. Immature type I procollagen accumulated and partially aggregated in Hsp47-KO HSCs. This accumulation was augmented when autophagy was inhibited, which induced expression of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-inducible proteins BiP (immunoglobulin heavy chain-binding protein) and Grp94 (94-kDa glucose-regulated protein). The inhibition of autophagy in Hsp47-KO HSCs also induced CHOP (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein), which is an ER stress-induced transcription factor responsible for apoptosis. These data suggest that apoptosis is induced through ER stress by procollagen accumulation in Hsp47-KO HSCs when autophagy is inhibited. Thus, Hsp47 could be a promising therapeutic target in liver fibrosis.
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- Kunito Kawasaki
- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan,
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- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Asahi-mati, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan, and
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- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Elimam H, Papillon J, Takano T, Cybulsky AV. Calcium-independent phospholipase A2γ enhances activation of the ATF6 transcription factor during endoplasmic reticulum stress. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:3009-20. [PMID: 25492867 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.592261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Injury of visceral glomerular epithelial cells (GECs) causes proteinuria in many glomerular diseases. We reported previously that calcium-independent phospholipase A2γ (iPLA2γ) is cytoprotective against complement-mediated GEC injury. Because iPLA2γ is localized at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), this study addressed whether the cytoprotective effect of iPLA2γ involves the ER stress unfolded protein response (UPR). In cultured rat GECs, overexpression of the full-length iPLA2γ, but not a mutant iPLA2γ that fails to associate with the ER, augmented tunicamycin-induced activation of activating transcription factor-6 (ATF6) and induction of the ER chaperones, glucose-regulated protein 94 (GRP94) and glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78). Augmented responses were inhibited by the iPLA2γ inhibitor, (R)-bromoenol lactone, but not by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin. Tunicamycin-induced cytotoxicity was reduced in GECs expressing iPLA2γ, and the cytoprotection was reversed by dominant-negative ATF6. GECs from iPLA2γ knock-out mice showed blunted ATF6 activation and chaperone up-regulation in response to tunicamycin. Unlike ATF6, the two other UPR pathways, i.e. inositol-requiring enzyme 1α and protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase pathways, were not affected by iPLA2γ. Thus, in GECs, iPLA2γ amplified activation of the ATF6 pathway of the UPR, resulting in up-regulation of ER chaperones and cytoprotection. These effects were dependent on iPLA2γ catalytic activity and association with the ER but not on prostanoids. Modulating iPLA2γ activity may provide opportunities for pharmacological intervention in glomerular diseases associated with ER stress.
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- Hanan Elimam
- From the Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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- From the Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A1, Canada
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Ryan AJ, Larson-Casey JL, He C, Murthy S, Carter AB. Asbestos-induced disruption of calcium homeostasis induces endoplasmic reticulum stress in macrophages. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:33391-403. [PMID: 25324550 PMCID: PMC4246095 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.579870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 05/07/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Although the mechanisms for fibrosis development remain largely unknown, recent evidence indicates that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) may act as an important fibrotic stimulus in diseased lungs. ER stress is observed in lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In this study we evaluated if ER stress and the UPR was present in macrophages exposed to chrysotile asbestos and if ER stress in macrophages was associated with asbestos-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Macrophages exposed to chrysotile had elevated transcript levels of several ER stress genes. Macrophages loaded with the Ca(2+)-sensitive dye Fura2-AM showed that cytosolic Ca(2+) increased significantly within minutes after chrysotile exposure and remained elevated for a prolonged time. Chrysotile-induced increases in cytosolic Ca(2+) were partially inhibited by either anisomycin, an inhibitor of passive Ca(2+) leak from the ER, or 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxyl)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA-AM), an intracellular Ca(2+) chelator known to deplete ER Ca(2+) stores. Anisomycin inhibited X-box-binding protein 1 (XBP1) mRNA splicing and reduced immunoglobulin-binding protein (BiP) levels, whereas BAPTA-AM increased XBP1 splicing and BiP expression, suggesting that ER calcium depletion may be one factor contributing to ER stress in cells exposed to chrysotile. To evaluate ER stress in vivo, asbestos-exposed mice showed fibrosis development, and alveolar macrophages from fibrotic mice showed increased expression of BiP. Bronchoalveolar macrophages from asbestosis patients showed increased expression of several ER stress genes compared with normal subjects. These findings suggest that alveolar macrophages undergo ER stress, which is associated with fibrosis development.
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- Radiation Oncology and Program in Free Radical and Radiation Biology, Carver College of Medicine
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- Radiation Oncology and Program in Free Radical and Radiation Biology, Carver College of Medicine
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- From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Radiation Oncology and Program in Free Radical and Radiation Biology, Carver College of Medicine, Human Toxicology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, and Iowa City Veterans Administration Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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Liang X, Dickman MB, Becker DF. Proline biosynthesis is required for endoplasmic reticulum stress tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:27794-806. [PMID: 25112878 PMCID: PMC4183814 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.562827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The amino acid proline is uniquely involved in cellular processes that underlie stress response in a variety of organisms. Proline is known to minimize protein aggregation, but a detailed study of how proline impacts cell survival during accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has not been performed. To address this we examined in Saccharomyces cerevisiae the effect of knocking out the PRO1, PRO2, and PRO3 genes responsible for proline biosynthesis. The null mutants pro1, pro2, and pro3 were shown to have increased sensitivity to ER stress relative to wild-type cells, which could be restored by proline or the corresponding genetic complementation. Of these mutants, pro3 was the most sensitive to tunicamycin and was rescued by anaerobic growth conditions or reduced thiol reagents. The pro3 mutant cells have higher intracellular reactive oxygen species, total glutathione, and a NADP(+)/NADPH ratio than wild-type cells under limiting proline conditions. Depletion of proline biosynthesis also inhibits the unfolded protein response (UPR) indicating proline protection involves the UPR. To more broadly test the role of proline in ER stress, increased proline biosynthesis was shown to partially rescue the ER stress sensitivity of a hog1 null mutant in which the high osmolality pathway is disrupted.
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- Xinwen Liang
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 and
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- the Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 and
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Johnson JS, Kono T, Tong X, Yamamoto WR, Zarain-Herzberg A, Merrins MJ, Satin LS, Gilon P, Evans-Molina C. Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox protein 1 (Pdx-1) maintains endoplasmic reticulum calcium levels through transcriptional regulation of sarco-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2b (SERCA2b) in the islet β cell. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:32798-810. [PMID: 25271154 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.575191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Although the pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1 (Pdx-1) transcription factor is known to play an indispensable role in β cell development and secretory function, recent data also implicate Pdx-1 in the maintenance of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) health. The sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase 2b (SERCA2b) pump maintains a steep Ca(2+) gradient between the cytosol and ER lumen. In models of diabetes, our data demonstrated loss of β cell Pdx-1 that occurs in parallel with altered SERCA2b expression, whereas in silico analysis of the SERCA2b promoter revealed multiple putative Pdx-1 binding sites. We hypothesized that Pdx-1 loss under inflammatory and diabetic conditions leads to decreased SERCA2b levels and activity with concomitant alterations in ER health. To test this, siRNA-mediated knockdown of Pdx-1 was performed in INS-1 cells. The results revealed reduced SERCA2b expression and decreased ER Ca(2+), which was measured using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Cotransfection of human Pdx-1 with a reporter fused to the human SERCA2 promoter increased luciferase activity 3- to 4-fold relative to an empty vector control, and direct binding of Pdx-1 to the proximal SERCA2 promoter was confirmed by chromatin immunoprecipitation. To determine whether restoration of SERCA2b could rescue ER stress induced by Pdx-1 loss, Pdx1(+/-) mice were fed a high-fat diet. Isolated islets demonstrated an increased spliced-to-total Xbp1 ratio, whereas SERCA2b overexpression reduced the Xbp1 ratio to that of wild-type controls. Together, these results identify SERCA2b as a novel transcriptional target of Pdx-1 and define a role for altered ER Ca(2+) regulation in Pdx-1-deficient states.
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- Cellular and Integrative Physiology and
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- the Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Medicina, National Autonomous University of México, México City, 04510 México
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- the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, and Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53705
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- the Department of Pharmacology and Brehm Center for Diabetes Research, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- the Pôle d'Endocrinologie, Diabète et Nutrition, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, 1348 Belgium, and
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- From the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Cellular and Integrative Physiology and the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, the Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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Gavin JM, Hoar K, Xu Q, Ma J, Lin Y, Chen J, Chen W, Bruzzese FJ, Harrison S, Mallender WD, Bump NJ, Sintchak MD, Bence NF, Li P, Dick LR, Gould AE, Chen JJ. Mechanistic study of Uba5 enzyme and the Ufm1 conjugation pathway. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:22648-22658. [PMID: 24966333 PMCID: PMC4132772 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.573972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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E1 enzymes activate ubiquitin or ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubl) via an adenylate intermediate and initiate the enzymatic cascade of Ubl conjugation to target proteins or lipids. Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (Ufm1) is activated by the E1 enzyme Uba5, and this pathway is proposed to play an important role in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. However, the mechanisms of Ufm1 activation by Uba5 and subsequent transfer to the conjugating enzyme (E2), Ufc1, have not been studied in detail. In this work, we found that Uba5 activated Ufm1 via a two-step mechanism and formed a binary covalent complex of Uba5∼Ufm1 thioester. This feature contrasts with the three-step mechanism and ternary complex formation in ubiquitin-activating enzyme Uba1. Uba5 displayed random ordered binding with Ufm1 and ATP, and its ATP-pyrophosphate (PPi) exchange activity was inhibited by both AMP and PPi. Ufm1 activation and Uba5∼Ufm1 thioester formation were stimulated in the presence of Ufc1. Furthermore, binding of ATP to Uba5∼Ufm1 thioester was required for efficient transfer of Ufm1 from Uba5 to Ufc1 via transthiolation. Consistent with the two-step activation mechanism, the mechanism-based pan-E1 inhibitor, adenosine 5'-sulfamate (ADS), reacted with the Uba5∼Ufm1 thioester and formed a covalent, tight-binding Ufm1-ADS adduct in the active site of Uba5, which prevented further substrate binding or catalysis. ADS was also shown to inhibit the Uba5 conjugation pathway in the HCT116 cells through formation of the Ufm1-ADS adduct. This suggests that further development of more selective Uba5 inhibitors could be useful in interrogating the roles of the Uba5 pathway in cells.
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- James M Gavin
- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Oncology Drug Discovery Unit, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
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Xu H, Tsang KS, Wang Y, Chan JC, Xu G, Gao WQ. Unfolded protein response is required for the definitive endodermal specification of mouse embryonic stem cells via Smad2 and β-catenin signaling. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:26290-26301. [PMID: 25092289 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.572560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tremendous efforts have been made to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that control the specification of definitive endoderm cell fate in gene knockout mouse models and ES cell (ESC) differentiation models. However, the impact of the unfolded protein response (UPR), because of the stress of the endoplasmic reticulum on endodermal specification, is not well addressed. We employed UPR-inducing agents, thapsigargin and tunicamycin, in vitro to induce endodermal differentiation of mouse ESCs. Apart from the endodermal specification of ESCs, Western blotting demonstrated the enhanced phosphorylation of Smad2 and nuclear translocation of β-catenin in ESC-derived cells. The inclusion of the endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibitor tauroursodeoxycholic acid to the induction cultures prevented the differentiation of ESCs into definitive endodermal cells even when Activin A was supplemented. Also, the addition of the TGF-β inhibitor SB431542 and the Wnt/β-catenin antagonist IWP-2 negated the endodermal differentiation of ESCs mediated by thapsigargin and tunicamycin. These data suggest that the activation of the UPR appears to orchestrate the induction of the definitive endodermal cell fate of ESCs via both the Smad2 and β-catenin signaling pathways. The prospective regulatory machinery may be helpful for directing ESCs to differentiate into definitive endodermal cells for cellular therapy in the future.
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- Huiming Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-MedX Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China and
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- Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-MedX Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China and
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-MedX Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; School of Biomedical Engineering and Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China and.
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Mao HZ, Ehrhardt N, Bedoya C, Gomez JA, DeZwaan-McCabe D, Mungrue IN, Kaufman RJ, Rutkowski DT, Péterfy M. Lipase maturation factor 1 (lmf1) is induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress through activating transcription factor 6α (Atf6α) signaling. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:24417-27. [PMID: 25035425 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.588764] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lipase maturation factor 1 (Lmf1) is a critical determinant of plasma lipid metabolism, as demonstrated by severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with its mutations in mice and human subjects. Lmf1 is a chaperone localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and required for the post-translational maturation and activation of several vascular lipases. Despite its importance in plasma lipid homeostasis, the regulation of Lmf1 remains unexplored. We report here that Lmf1 expression is induced by ER stress in various cell lines and in tunicamycin (TM)-injected mice. Using genetic deficiencies in mouse embryonic fibroblasts and mouse liver, we identified the Atf6α arm of the unfolded protein response as being responsible for the up-regulation of Lmf1 in ER stress. Experiments with luciferase reporter constructs indicated that ER stress activates the Lmf1 promoter through a GC-rich DNA sequence 264 bp upstream of the transcriptional start site. We demonstrated that Atf6α is sufficient to induce the Lmf1 promoter in the absence of ER stress, and this effect is mediated by the TM-responsive cis-regulatory element. Conversely, Atf6α deficiency induced by genetic ablation or a dominant-negative form of Atf6α abolished TM stimulation of the Lmf1 promoter. In conclusion, our results indicate that Lmf1 is an unfolded protein response target gene, and Atf6α signaling is sufficient and necessary for activation of the Lmf1 promoter. Importantly, the induction of Lmf1 by ER stress appears to be a general phenomenon not restricted to lipase-expressing cells, which suggests a lipase-independent cellular role for this protein in ER homeostasis.
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- Hui Z Mao
- From the Medical Genetics Research Institute and
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
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- Degenerative Disease Research, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, and
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- From the Medical Genetics Research Institute and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
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Soderquist RS, Danilov AV, Eastman A. Gossypol increases expression of the pro-apoptotic BH3-only protein NOXA through a novel mechanism involving phospholipase A2, cytoplasmic calcium, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:16190-9. [PMID: 24778183 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.562900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Gossypol is a putative BH3 mimetic proposed to inhibit BCL2 and BCLXL based on cell-free assays. We demonstrated previously that gossypol failed to directly inhibit BCL2 in cells or induce apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells or platelets, which require BCL2 or BCLXL, respectively, for survival. Here, we demonstrate that gossypol rapidly increased activity of phospholipase A2 (PLA2), which led to an increase in cytoplasmic calcium, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and up-regulation of the BH3-only protein NOXA. Pretreatment with the PLA2 inhibitor, aristolochic acid, abrogated the increase in calcium, ER stress, and NOXA. Calcium chelation also abrogated the gossypol-induced increase in calcium, ER stress, and NOXA, but not the increase in PLA2 activity, indicating that PLA2 is upstream of these events. In addition, incubating cells with the two products of PLA2 (lysophosphatidic acid and arachidonic acid) mimicked treatment with gossypol. NOXA is a pro-apoptotic protein that functions by binding the BCL2 family proteins MCL1 and BFL1. The BCL2 inhibitor ABT-199 is currently in clinical trials for CLL. Resistance to ABT-199 can occur from up-regulation of other BCL2 family proteins, and this resistance can be mimicked by culturing CLL cells on CD154(+) stroma cells. We report here that AT-101, a derivative of gossypol in clinical trials, overcomes stroma-mediated resistance to ABT-199 in primary CLL cells, suggesting that a combination of these drugs may be efficacious in the clinic.
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- Medicine and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756
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The malaria parasite experiences a significant amount of redox stress during its growth in human erythrocytes and heavily relies on secretory functions for pathogenesis. Most certainly, the parasite is equipped with machinery to tackle perturbations in the secretory pathway, like the unfolded protein response pathway in higher eukaryotes. Our bioinformatics analysis revealed the complete absence of genes involved in the canonical unfolded protein response pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. Accordingly, the parasite was unable to up-regulate endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperones or ER-associated degradation in response to DTT-mediated ER stress. Global profiling of gene expression upon DTT treatment revealed a network of AP2 transcription factors and their targets being activated. The overall outcome was up-regulation of genes involved in protein export and the sexual stage of the parasite life cycle culminating in gametocytogenesis. Our results suggest that the malaria parasite uses ER stress as a cue to switch to the transmissible sexual stages.
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- Shweta Chaubey
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
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