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Becker S, Swoboda A, Siemer H, Schimmelpfennig S, Sargin S, Shahin V, Schwab A, Najder K. Membrane potential dynamics of C5a-stimulated neutrophil granulocytes. Pflugers Arch 2024:10.1007/s00424-024-02947-8. [PMID: 38613695 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-024-02947-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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Neutrophil granulocytes play a crucial role in host defense against invading pathogens and in inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to elucidate membrane potential dynamics during the initial phase of neutrophil activation and its relation to migration and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). We performed ROS production measurements of neutrophils from healthy C57BL/6J mice after TNFα-priming and/or C5a stimulation. The actin cytoskeleton was visualized with fluorescence microscopy. Furthermore, we combined migration assays and measurements of membrane potential dynamics after stimulating unprimed and/or TNFα-primed neutrophils with C5a. We show that C5a has a concentration-dependent effect on ROS production and chemokinetic migration. Chemokinetic migration and chemotaxis are impaired at C5a concentrations that induce ROS production. The actin cytoskeleton of unstimulated and of ROS-producing neutrophils is not distributed in a polarized way. Inhibition of the phagocytic NADPH oxidase NOX2 with diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) leads to a polarized distribution of the actin cytoskeleton and rescues chemokinetic migration of primed and C5a-stimulated neutrophils. Moreover, C5a evokes a pronounced depolarization of the cell membrane potential by 86.6 ± 4.2 mV starting from a resting membrane potential of -74.3 ± 0.7 mV. The C5a-induced depolarization occurs almost instantaneously (within less than one minute) in contrast to the more gradually developing depolarization induced by PMA (lag time of 3-4 min). This initial depolarization is accompanied by a decrease of the migration velocity. Collectively, our results show that stimulation with C5a evokes parallel changes in membrane potential dynamics, neutrophil ROS production and motility. Notably, the amplitude of membrane potential dynamics is comparable to that of excitable cells.
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- Stina Becker
- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
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- Institute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Stefanello ST, Mizdal CR, Shahin V. Pitstop-2 Upsets The Integrity of Nuclear Pore Complexes (NPCs) by Interaction with β-Propeller Folds of Npc Scaffold Proteins. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2024; 8:e2300360. [PMID: 38129324 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202300360] [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: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The small compound Pitstop-2 is a recent potent inhibitor of clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), widely used in biomedical research areas. In recent years, however, it is observed that it exhibits CME-independent inhibitory effects on nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), the nucleocytoplasmic gatekeepers. NPCs are elaborate proteinaceous transport nano-machineries of crucial physiological importance rendering them novel targets for various medical applications. They mediate all nucleocytoplasmic transport forming a physiologically essential selective nucleocytoplasmic barrier. The direct Pitstop-2 disruptive effects on NPCs manifested themselves at both the structural and functional integrity levels. Moreover, they are massive, acute, and detectable at concentrations equal to CME-inhibitory concentrations. Pitstop-2 inhibits CME by binding to the terminal β-propeller domain of the heavy chain of clathrin. Several NPC scaffold proteins, critical for the structural and functional integrity of the NPC, possess β-propeller folds. Herein, utilizing computational docking analysis, it is demonstrated that Pitstop-2 exhibits particularly high binding affinities to β-propeller folds of NPC scaffold proteins, similar to its binding affinity to the terminal β-propeller domain of clathrin. The authors, therefore, conclude that Pitstop-2 is a potent disruptor of NPCs, an activity which, separately or in synergy with CME inhibition, may be exploited for a myriad of pharmacological applications.
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- Sílvio Terra Stefanello
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149, Münster, Germany
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Liashkovich I, Stefanello ST, Vidyadharan R, Haufe G, Erofeev A, Gorelkin PV, Kolmogorov V, Mizdal CR, Dulebo A, Bulk E, Kouzel IU, Shahin V. Pitstop-2 and its novel derivative RVD-127 disrupt global cell dynamics and nuclear pores integrity by direct interaction with small GTPases. Bioeng Transl Med 2023; 8:e10425. [PMID: 37476059 PMCID: PMC10354767 DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is an essential cell physiological process of broad biomedical relevance. Since the recent introduction of Pitstop-2 as a potent CME inhibitor, we and others have reported on substantial clathrin-independent inhibitory effects. Herein, we developed and experimentally validated a novel fluorescent derivative of Pitstop-2, termed RVD-127, to clarify Pitstop-2 diverse effects. Using RVD-127, we were able to trace additional protein targets of Pitstop-2. Besides inhibiting CME, Pitstop-2 and RVD-127 proved to directly and reversibly bind to at least two members of the small GTPase superfamily Ran and Rac1 with particularly high efficacy. Binding locks the GTPases in a guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-like conformation disabling their interaction with their downstream effectors. Consequently, overall cell motility, mechanics and nucleocytoplasmic transport integrity are rapidly disrupted at inhibitor concentrations well below those required to significantly reduce CME. We conclude that Pitstop-2 is a highly potent, reversible inhibitor of small GTPases. The inhibition of these molecular switches of diverse crucial signaling pathways, including nucleocytoplasmic transport and overall cell dynamics and motility, clarifies the diversity of Pitstop-2 activities. Moreover, considering the fundamental importance and broad implications of small GTPases in physiology, pathophysiology and drug development, Pitstop-2 and RVD-127 open up novel avenues.
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- Organic Chemistry Institute, University of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- National University of Science and Technology «MISiS»MoscowRussia
- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscowRussia
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of MünsterMünsterGermany
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Stefanello ST, Mizdal CR, Azzam I, Döhlinger L, Oeckinghaus A, Shahin V. Five‐to‐Seven Carbon Glycols Severely Impair Bioenergetics and Metabolism of Aggressive Lung Cancer Cells. Advanced NanoBiomed Research 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202200050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Institute of Physiology II University of Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 27b 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute of Immunology University of Münster Röntgen-Str. 21 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II University of Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 27b 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Tumor Biology University of Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 43 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II University of Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 27b 48149 Münster Germany
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Stefanello ST, Mizdal CR, Azzam I, Döhlinger L, Oeckinghaus A, Shahin V. Five‐to‐Seven Carbon Glycols Severely Impair Bioenergetics and Metabolism of Aggressive Lung Cancer Cells. Advanced NanoBiomed Research 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202270091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
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- Institute of Physiology II University of Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 27b 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute of Immunology University of Münster Röntgen-Str. 21 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II University of Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 27b 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Tumor Biology University of Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 43 48149 Münster Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II University of Münster Robert-Koch-Str. 27b 48149 Münster Germany
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Kummer D, Steinbacher T, Thölmann S, Schwietzer MF, Hartmann C, Horenkamp S, Demuth S, Peddibhotla SS, Brinkmann F, Kemper B, Schnekenburger J, Brandt M, Betz T, Liashkovich I, Kouzel IU, Shahin V, Corvaia N, Rottner K, Tarbashevich K, Raz E, Greune L, Schmidt MA, Gerke V, Ebnet K. A JAM-A-tetraspanin-αvβ5 integrin complex regulates contact inhibition of locomotion. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 2022; 221:213070. [PMID: 35293964 PMCID: PMC8931538 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202105147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Contact inhibition of locomotion (CIL) is a process that regulates cell motility upon collision with other cells. Improper regulation of CIL has been implicated in cancer cell dissemination. Here, we identify the cell adhesion molecule JAM-A as a central regulator of CIL in tumor cells. JAM-A is part of a multimolecular signaling complex in which tetraspanins CD9 and CD81 link JAM-A to αvβ5 integrin. JAM-A binds Csk and inhibits the activity of αvβ5 integrin-associated Src. Loss of JAM-A results in increased activities of downstream effectors of Src, including Erk1/2, Abi1, and paxillin, as well as increased activity of Rac1 at cell-cell contact sites. As a consequence, JAM-A-depleted cells show increased motility, have a higher cell-matrix turnover, and fail to halt migration when colliding with other cells. We also find that proper regulation of CIL depends on αvβ5 integrin engagement. Our findings identify a molecular mechanism that regulates CIL in tumor cells and have implications on tumor cell dissemination.
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- Daniel Kummer
- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany,Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center (IZKF), University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Biomedical Technology Center, Medical Faculty, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Biomedical Technology Center, Medical Faculty, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Mechanics of Cellular Systems”, Institute of Cell Biology, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Mechanics of Cellular Systems”, Institute of Cell Biology, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology University of Bergen Thormøhlensgt, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Centre d’Immunologie Pierre Fabre (CIPF), Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France
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- Divison of Molecular Cell Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany,Molecular Cell Biology Group, Department of Cell Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany,Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC 1003—CiM), University of Münster, 48419 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Infectiology, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany,Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC 1003—CiM), University of Münster, 48419 Münster, Germany
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- Institute-associated Research Group “Cell Adhesion and Cell Polarity”, Münster, Germany,Institute of Medical Biochemistry, ZMBE, University of Münster, Münster, Germany,Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center (IZKF), University of Münster, Münster, Germany,Cells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC 1003—CiM), University of Münster, 48419 Münster, Germany
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Liashkovich I, Rosso G, Shahin V. Atomic Force Microscopy for Structural and Biophysical Investigations on Nuclear Pore Complexes. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2502:299-310. [PMID: 35412247 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2337-4_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) enables simultaneous generation of topographical and biophysical maps of surfaces of biological samples at nanoresolution in physiologically relevant environments. Here, we describe the application of AFM to study nuclear pore complexes from structural and biophysical aspects.
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- Ivan Liashkovich
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Rosso G, Wehner D, Schweitzer C, Möllmert S, Sock E, Guck J, Shahin V. Matrix stiffness mechanosensing modulates the expression and distribution of transcription factors in Schwann cells. Bioeng Transl Med 2022; 7:e10257. [PMID: 35079632 PMCID: PMC8780053 DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
After peripheral nerve injury, mature Schwann cells (SCs) de-differentiate and undergo cell reprogramming to convert into a specialized cell repair phenotype that promotes nerve regeneration. Reprogramming of SCs into the repair phenotype is tightly controlled at the genome level and includes downregulation of pro-myelinating genes and activation of nerve repair-associated genes. Nerve injuries induce not only biochemical but also mechanical changes in the tissue architecture which impact SCs. Recently, we showed that SCs mechanically sense the stiffness of the extracellular matrix and that SC mechanosensitivity modulates their morphology and migratory behavior. Here, we explore the expression levels of key transcription factors and myelin-associated genes in SCs, and the outgrowth of primary dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurites, in response to changes in the stiffness of generated matrices. The selected stiffness range matches the physiological conditions of both utilized cell types as determined in our previous investigations. We find that stiffer matrices induce upregulation of the expression of transcription factors Sox2, Oct6, and Krox20, and concomitantly reduce the expression of the repair-associated transcription factor c-Jun, suggesting a link between SC substrate mechanosensing and gene expression regulation. Likewise, DRG neurite outgrowth correlates with substrate stiffness. The remarkable intrinsic physiological plasticity of SCs, and the mechanosensitivity of SCs and neurites, may be exploited in the design of bioengineered scaffolds that promote nerve regeneration upon injury.
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- Gonzalo Rosso
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of LightErlangenGermany
- Max‐Planck‐Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
- Institute of Physiology II, University of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of LightErlangenGermany
- Max‐Planck‐Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of LightErlangenGermany
- Max‐Planck‐Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of LightErlangenGermany
- Max‐Planck‐Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, FAU Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of LightErlangenGermany
- Max‐Planck‐Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
- Department of PhysicsFAU Erlangen‐NürnbergErlangenGermany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of MünsterMünsterGermany
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Stefanello ST, Luchtefeld I, Liashkovich I, Pethö Z, Azzam I, Bulk E, Rosso G, Döhlinger L, Hesse B, Oeckinghaus A, Shahin V. Impact of the Nuclear Envelope on Malignant Transformation, Motility, and Survival of Lung Cancer Cells. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2021; 8:e2102757. [PMID: 34658143 PMCID: PMC8596107 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) selectively mediate all nucleocytoplasmic transport and engage in fundamental cell-physiological processes. It is hypothesized that NPCs are critical for malignant transformation and survival of lung cancer cells, and test the hypothesis in lowly and highly metastatic non-small human lung cancer cells (NSCLCs). It is shown that malignant transformation is paralleled by an increased NPCs density, and a balanced pathological weakening of the physiological stringency of the NPC barrier. Pharmacological interference using barrier-breaking compounds collapses the stringency. Concomitantly, it induces drastic overall structural changes of NSCLCs, terminating their migration. Moreover, the degree of malignancy is found to be paralleled by substantially decreased lamin A/C levels. The latter provides crucial structural and mechanical stability to the nucleus, and interacts with NPCs, cytoskeleton, and nucleoskeleton for cell maintenance, survival, and motility. The recent study reveals the physiological importance of the NPC barrier stringency for mechanical and structural resilience of normal cell nuclei. Hence, reduced lamin A/C levels in conjunction with controlled pathological weakening of the NPC barrier stringency may facilitate deformability of NSCLCs during the metastasis steps. Modulation of the NPC barrier presents a potential strategy for suppressing the malignant phenotype or enhancing the effectiveness of currently existing chemotherapeutics.
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- Sílvio Terra Stefanello
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, University of Münster, Röntgen-Str. 21, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Tumor Biology, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 43, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, Münster, 48149, Germany
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Shahin V, Kouzel IU, Rosso G, Liashkovich I. Nuclear Envelope Permeability Barrier as a Fast-Response Intracellular Mechanostat. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2019; 6:1900709. [PMID: 31728274 PMCID: PMC6839651 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201900709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
The nuclear envelope is an undisputed component of the intracellular mechanotransduction cascades which collect, process, and respond to mechanical stimuli from the environment. At the same time, the nuclear envelope performs the function of a selective barrier between the nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments. Although the mechanosensing and the barrier functions of the nuclear envelope have both been subjects of intense research, a possible reciprocal relationship between them is only beginning to emerge. In this report, the role of the nucleocytoplasmic permeability barrier is evaluated in nuclear mechanics. Using a combination of atomic force and confocal microscopy, the functional state of the nucleocytoplasmic permeability barrier and the nuclear mechanics is monitored. By modulating the stringency of the barrier and simulating the active transport imbalance across the nuclear envelope, the decisive impact of these parameters on nuclear mechanics is demonstrated. It is concluded that the nucleocytoplasmic barrier is the second essential component of the intracellular mechanostat function performed by the nuclear envelope.
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- Victor Shahin
- Institute of Physiology IIUniversity of MünsterRobert‐Koch‐Str. 27b48149MünsterGermany
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- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular BiologyUniversity of BergenThormøhlensgt. 55N‐5006BergenNorway
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- Institute of Physiology IIUniversity of MünsterRobert‐Koch‐Str. 27b48149MünsterGermany
- Biotechnology CenterTechnical University DresdenTatzberg 47/4901307DresdenGermany
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- Institute of Physiology IIUniversity of MünsterRobert‐Koch‐Str. 27b48149MünsterGermany
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Azzam I, Liashkovich I, Luchtefeld I, Kouzel IU, Shahin V. Facilitating plasmid nuclear delivery by interfering with the selective nuclear pore barrier. Bioeng Transl Med 2019; 4:e10136. [PMID: 31572794 PMCID: PMC6764801 DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are sophisticated transporters assembled from diverse proteins termed nucleoporins (Nups). They control all nucleocytoplasmic transport and form a stringent barrier between the cytosol and the nucleus. While selective receptor-mediated transport enables translocation of macromolecules up to striking sizes approaching megadalton-scale, the upper cutoff for diffusion is at 40 kDa. Raising the cutoff is of particular importance for nuclear delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles, for example, gene and chemotherapy. In this work, we set out to present compounds capable of raising the cutoff to an extent enabling nuclear delivery of 6 kbp pDNA (150 kDa) in cultured human vascular endothelial cells. Of all tested compounds one is singled out, 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HD). Our observations reveal that 1,6-HD facilitates nuclear delivery of pDNA in up to 10-20% of the tested cells, compared to no delivery at all in control conditions. It acts by interfering with bonds between Nups that occupy the NPC channel and confer transport selectivity. It also largely maintains cell viability even at high concentrations. We envisage that 1,6-HD may serve as a lead substance and usher in the design of potent new strategies to increase nuclear delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles.
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- Ihab Azzam
- Institute of Physiology IIUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Institute of Physiology IIUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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Rosso G, Liashkovich I, Shahin V. In Situ Investigation of Interrelationships Between Morphology and Biomechanics of Endothelial and Glial Cells and their Nuclei. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2019; 6:1801638. [PMID: 30643730 PMCID: PMC6325600 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201801638] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Morphology and biomechanics of cells and nuclei are interlinked with one another and play key roles in fundamental physiological processes. While powerful approaches are available for performing separate morphological and biomechanical investigations on cells and nuclei, simultaneous investigations in situ are challenging. Here, an appropriate approach is presented based on the simultaneous combination of atomic force microscopy and confocal microscopy in situ. Two cell types with entirely different morphologies, physiological roles, and biomechanical environments are investigated: vascular endothelial cells (ECs) with dense cytoskeletal actin, and nervous system glial cells (Schwann cells (SCs)) with dense vimentin network. Results reveal that ECs and their nuclei show high pliability and tend to undergo deformation only at compression sites. SCs, in contrast, show greater ability to resist mechanical deformation. Likewise, SC nuclei are harder to deform than EC nuclei, despite that SC nuclei have significantly lower amounts of lamins A/C, which reportedly scale with nuclear stiffness. The morphology-biomechanics interrelationships in SCs, ECs, and their nuclei may be a key factor in ensuring their physiological functions. In adult SCs, mechanosensitivity is presumably traded for mechanical strength to protect the neurons they encase, whereas ECs maintain mechanosensitivity to ensure specific local physiological response to mechanical stimuli.
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- Gonzalo Rosso
- Biotechnology CenterTechnische Universität DresdenTatzberg 47/4901307DresdenGermany
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- Institute of Physiology IIUniversity of MünsterRobert‐Koch Str. 27b48149MünsterGermany
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- Institute of Physiology IIUniversity of MünsterRobert‐Koch Str. 27b48149MünsterGermany
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Rosso G, Young P, Shahin V. Mechanosensitivity of Embryonic Neurites Promotes Their Directional Extension and Schwann Cells Progenitors Migration. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017; 44:1263-1270. [PMID: 29183014 DOI: 10.1159/000485485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Migration of Schwann cells (SCs) progenitors and neurite outgrowth from embryonic dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) are two central events during the development of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). How these two enthralling events preceding myelination are promoted is of great relevance from basic research and clinical aspects alike. Recent evidence demonstrates that biophysical cues (extracellular matrix stiffness) and biochemical signaling act in concert to regulate PNS myelination. Microenvironment stiffness of SCs progenitors and embryonic neurites dynamically changes during development. METHODS DRG explants were isolated from day 12.5 to 13.5 mice embryos and plated on laminin-coated substrates with varied stiffness values. After 4 days in culture and immunostaining with specific markers, neurite outgrowth pattern, SCs progenitors migration, and growth cone shape and advance were analyzed with confocal fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS We found out that growing substrate stiffness promotes directional neurite outgrowth, SCs progenitors migration, growth cone advance and presumably axons fasciculation. CONCLUSIONS DRG explants are in vitro models for the research of PNS development, myelination and regeneration. Consequently, we conclude the following: Our observations point out the importance of mechanosensitivity for the PNS. At the same time, they prompt the investigation of the important yet unclear links between PNS biomechanics and inherited neuropathies with myelination disorders such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. Finally, they encourage the consideration of mechanosensitivity in bioengineering of scaffolds to aid nerve regeneration after injury.
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- Gonzalo Rosso
- Institute of Physiology II, WWU Münster, Münster, Germany.,Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, WWU Münster, Münster, Germany
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Rosso G, Young P, Shahin V. Implications of Schwann Cells Biomechanics and Mechanosensitivity for Peripheral Nervous System Physiology and Pathophysiology. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:345. [PMID: 29118694 PMCID: PMC5660964 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The presence of bones around the central nervous system (CNS) provides it with highly effective physiologically crucial mechanical protection. The peripheral nervous system (PNS), in contrast, lacks this barrier. Consequently, the long held belief is that the PNS is mechanically vulnerable. On the other hand, the PNS is exposed to a variety of physiological mechanical stresses during regular daily activities. This fact prompts us to question the dogma of PNS mechanical vulnerability. As a matter of fact, impaired mechanics of PNS nerves is associated with neuropathies with the liability to mechanical stresses paralleled by significant impairment of PNS physiological functions. Our recent biomechanical integrity investigations on nerve fibers from wild-type and neuropathic mice lend strong support in favor of natural mechanical protection of the PNS and demonstrate a key role of Schwann cells (SCs) therein. Moreover, recent works point out that SCs can sense mechanical properties of their microenvironment and the evidence is growing that SCs mechanosensitivity is important for PNS development and myelination. Hence, SCs exhibit mechanical strength necessary for PNS mechanoprotection as well as mechanosensitivity necessary for PNS development and myelination. This mini review reflects on the intriguing dual ability of SCs and implications for PNS physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Gonzalo Rosso
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Rosso G, Liashkovich I, Young P, Shahin V. Nano-scale Biophysical and Structural Investigations on Intact and Neuropathic Nerve Fibers by Simultaneous Combination of Atomic Force and Confocal Microscopy. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:277. [PMID: 28912683 PMCID: PMC5582161 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The links between neuropathies of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), including Charcot-Marie-Tooth1A and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies, and impaired biomechanical and structural integrity of PNS nerves remain poorly understood despite the medical urgency. Here, we present a protocol describing simultaneous structural and biomechanical integrity investigations on isolated nerve fibers, the building blocks of nerves. Nerve fibers are prepared from nerves harvested from wild-type and exemplary PNS neuropathy mouse models. The basic principle of the designed experimental approach is based on the simultaneous combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and confocal microscopy. AFM is used to visualize the surface structure of nerve fibers at nano-scale resolution. The simultaneous combination of AFM and confocal microscopy is used to perform biomechanical, structural, and functional integrity measurements at nano- to micro-scale. Isolation of sciatic nerves and subsequent teasing of nerve fibers take ~45 min. Teased fibers can be maintained at 37°C in a culture medium and kept viable for up to 6 h allowing considerable time for all measurements which require 3–4 h. The approach is designed to be widely applicable for nerve fibers from mice of any PNS neuropathy. It can be extended to human nerve biopsies.
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- Gonzalo Rosso
- Institute of Physiology II, WWU MünsterMünster, Germany
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular DisordersMünster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, WWU MünsterMünster, Germany
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Shahin V. Strategic disruption of nuclear pores structure, integrity and barrier for nuclear apoptosis. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2017; 68:85-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Rosso G, Liashkovich I, Young P, Röhr D, Shahin V. Schwann cells and neurite outgrowth from embryonic dorsal root ganglions are highly mechanosensitive. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 2017; 13:493-501. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2016.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The physiological and pathological process of angiogenesis relies on orchestrated endothelial cell (EC) adhesion, migration and formation of new vessels. Here we report that human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) deficient in Annexin A8 (AnxA8), a member of the annexin family of Ca2+- and membrane binding proteins, are strongly deficient in their ability to sprout in response to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, and are strongly impaired in their ability to migrate and adhere to β1 integrin-binding extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. We find that these cells are defective in the formation of complexes containing the tetraspanin CD63, the main VEGF-A receptor VEGFR2, and the β1 integrin subunit, on the cell surface. We observe that upon VEGF-A activation of AnxA8-depleted HUVECs, VEGFR2 internalization is reduced, phosphorylation of VEGFR2 is increased, and the spatial distribution of Tyr577-phosphorylated focal adhesion kinase (pFAK577) is altered. We conclude that AnxA8 affects CD63/VEGFR2/β1 integrin complex formation, leading to hyperactivation of the VEGF-A signal transduction pathway, and severely disturbed VEGF-A-driven angiogenic sprouting.
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- Nicole Heitzig
- a Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center , University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- a Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center , University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- a Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center , University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- b Institute of Physiology II , University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- b Institute of Physiology II , University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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- a Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center , University of Münster , Münster , Germany
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Andersen H, Parhamifar L, Hunter AC, Shahin V, Moghimi SM. AFM visualization of sub-50 nm polyplex disposition to the nuclear pore complex without compromising the integrity of the nuclear envelope. J Control Release 2016; 244:24-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2016] [Revised: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Victor Shahin
- Institute of Physiology II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Liashkovich I, Pasrednik D, Prystopiuk V, Rosso G, Oberleithner H, Shahin V. Clathrin inhibitor Pitstop-2 disrupts the nuclear pore complex permeability barrier. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9994. [PMID: 25944393 PMCID: PMC4421796 DOI: 10.1038/srep09994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Existence of a selective nucleocytoplasmic permeability barrier is attributed to Phenylalanine-Glycine rich proteins (FG-nups) within the central channel of the nuclear pore complex (NPC). Limited understanding of the FG-nup structural arrangement hinders development of strategies directed at disrupting the NPC permeability barrier. In this report we explore an alternative approach to enhancing the NPC permeability for exogenous macromolecules. We demonstrate that the recently discovered inhibitor of clathrin coat assembly Pitstop-2 compromises the NPC permeability barrier in a rapid and effective manner. Treatment with Pitstop-2 causes a collapse of the NPC permeability barrier and a reduction of Importin β binding accompanied by alteration of the NPC ultrastructure. Interestingly, the effects are induced by the same chemical agent that is capable of inhibiting clathrin-mediated endocytosis. To our knowledge, this is the first functional indication of the previously postulated evolutionary relation between clathrin and NPC scaffold proteins.
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- Ivan Liashkovich
- Institute of Physiology II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Rosso G, Liashkovich I, Gess B, Young P, Kun A, Shahin V. Unravelling crucial biomechanical resilience of myelinated peripheral nerve fibres provided by the Schwann cell basal lamina and PMP22. Sci Rep 2014; 4:7286. [PMID: 25446378 PMCID: PMC4250911 DOI: 10.1038/srep07286] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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There is an urgent need for the research of the close and enigmatic relationship between nerve biomechanics and the development of neuropathies. Here we present a research strategy based on the application atomic force and confocal microscopy for simultaneous nerve biomechanics and integrity investigations. Using wild-type and hereditary neuropathy mouse models, we reveal surprising mechanical protection of peripheral nerves. Myelinated peripheral wild-type fibres promptly and fully recover from acute enormous local mechanical compression while maintaining functional and structural integrity. The basal lamina which enwraps each myelinated fibre separately is identified as the major contributor to the striking fibre's resilience and integrity. In contrast, neuropathic fibres lacking the peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22), which is closely connected with several hereditary human neuropathies, fail to recover from light compression. Interestingly, the structural arrangement of the basal lamina of Pmp22−/− fibres is significantly altered compared to wild-type fibres. In conclusion, the basal lamina and PMP22 act in concert to contribute to a resilience and integrity of peripheral nerves at the single fibre level. Our findings and the presented technology set the stage for a comprehensive research of the links between nerve biomechanics and neuropathies.
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- Gonzalo Rosso
- Institute of Physiology II, WWU Münster, Robert-Koch-Straße 27b 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, WWU Münster, Robert-Koch-Straße 27b 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Geb. A1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Geb. A1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Proteins and Nucleic Acids, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Institute of Physiology II, WWU Münster, Robert-Koch-Straße 27b 48149 Münster, Germany
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Huang C, Soenen SJ, van Gulck E, Rejman J, Vanham G, Lucas B, Geers B, Braeckmans K, Shahin V, Spanoghe P, Demeester J, De Smedt SC. Electrospun polystyrene fibers for HIV entrapment. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.3310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Chaobo Huang
- College of Chemical Engineering; Nanjing Forestry University (NFU); Nanjing 210037 China
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- Lab of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ghent University; Harelbekestraat 72 B9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology; Institute of Tropical Medicine; Antwerp Belgium
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- Lab of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ghent University; Harelbekestraat 72 B9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology; Institute of Tropical Medicine; Antwerp Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacology, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences; University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy; Antwerp Belgium
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- Lab of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ghent University; Harelbekestraat 72 B9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Lab of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ghent University; Harelbekestraat 72 B9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Lab of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ghent University; Harelbekestraat 72 B9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Institute of Physiology II; University of Münster; Münster Germany
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- Department of Crop Protection Chemistry; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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- Lab of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ghent University; Harelbekestraat 72 B9000 Ghent Belgium
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- Lab of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ghent University; Harelbekestraat 72 B9000 Ghent Belgium
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Poeter M, Brandherm I, Rossaint J, Rosso G, Shahin V, Skryabin BV, Zarbock A, Gerke V, Rescher U. Annexin A8 controls leukocyte recruitment to activated endothelial cells via cell surface delivery of CD63. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3738. [PMID: 24769558 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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To enable leukocyte adhesion to activated endothelium, the leukocyte receptor P-selectin is released from Weibel-Palade bodies (WPB) to the endothelial cell surface where it is stabilized by CD63. Here we report that loss of annexin A8 (anxA8) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) strongly decreases cell surface presentation of CD63 and P-selectin, with a concomitant reduction in leukocyte rolling and adhesion. We confirm the compromised leukocyte adhesiveness in inflammatory-activated endothelial venules of anxA8-deficient mice. We find that WPB of anxA8-deficient HUVEC contain less CD63, and that this is caused by improper transport of CD63 from late multivesicular endosomes to WPB, with CD63 being retained in intraluminal vesicles. Consequently, reduced CD63 cell surface levels are seen following WPB exocytosis, resulting in enhanced P-selectin re-internalization. Our data support a model in which anxA8 affects leukocyte recruitment to activated endothelial cells by supplying WPB with sufficient amounts of the P-selectin regulator CD63.
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- Michaela Poeter
- 1] Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center, University of Münster, von-Esmarch Strasse 56, 48149 Münster, Germany [2]
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- 1] Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center, University of Münster, von-Esmarch Strasse 56, 48149 Münster, Germany [2]
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- 1] Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany [2] Department of Vascular Cell Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Röntgenstrasse 20, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Strasse 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Strasse 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pathology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center, University of Münster, von-Esmarch Strasse 56, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- 1] Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany [2] Department of Vascular Cell Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Röntgenstrasse 20, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center, University of Münster, von-Esmarch Strasse 56, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, and Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Center, University of Münster, von-Esmarch Strasse 56, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Meyring-Wösten A, Hafezi W, Kühn J, Liashkovich I, Shahin V. Nano-visualization of viral DNA breaching the nucleocytoplasmic barrier. J Control Release 2014; 173:96-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Vahle AK, Domikowsky B, Schwöppe C, Krähling H, Mally S, Schäfers M, Hermann S, Shahin V, Haier J, Schwab A, Stock C. Extracellular matrix composition and interstitial pH modulate NHE1-mediated melanoma cell motility. Int J Oncol 2013; 44:78-90. [PMID: 24173371 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The activity of the Na+/H+ exchanger NHE1 is required for human melanoma cell adhesion and migration. The goal of the present study was to suppress mouse melanoma (B16V) cell invasion in vivo by inhibiting NHE1. Intravital observations in mobilized left liver lobes of laparotomized male Sprague-Dawley rats disclosed that five minutes after intra-arterial administration of the B16V cell suspension, cells adhered to the endothelia of liver sinusoidal capillaries and started to migrate into the surrounding liver tissue. In the presence of the NHE1-specific inhibitor cariporide, migration/invasion was reduced by about 50% while adhesion was not lowered. Time-lapse video microscopy and adhesion/invasion assays revealed that in vitro, blockade of NHE1 by cariporide i) significantly decreased the migratory speed of the cells and ii) completely inhibited the invasive behavior of both an artificial, basement membrane-like and a dermis-like matrix. Cells were more motile on the basement membrane and more invasive on the dermis-like matrix. Small-animal PET (positron-emission tomography) analyses of B16V metastasis in female C57BL/6 mice showed that, although NHE1 inhibition hardly affected the percentage of animals developing metastases or relapses, metastases seem to get directed to the lungs in cariporide-treated animals while animals feeding on the standard diet show metastases spread all over the body. We conclude that i) B16V cells prefer to invade a dermis-like rather than a basement membrane-like matrix; ii) the extracellular matrix (ECM) composition strongly impacts on NHE1-dependent in vitro cell motility and invasion; and iii) the lungs are metastasis‑prone and impair the efficiency of cariporide due to their ECM composition and the pulmonary interstitial (extravascular) pH.
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- Anne-Kristin Vahle
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Liashkovich I, Meyring A, Oberleithner H, Shahin V. Structural organization of the nuclear pore permeability barrier. J Control Release 2012; 160:601-8. [PMID: 22386519 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2012.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Revised: 02/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The efficiency of gene therapy in non-dividing cells is particularly poor due to restricted nuclear delivery rates of exogenously applied macromolecules across the nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Therefore, improved intranuclear delivery of transgenes requires an ability to modulate the barrier function of the NPC. Despite a large body of experimental evidence accumulated to date, the contribution of individual NPC proteins (nucleoporins) to the formation of the NPC permeability barrier as well as their structural organization within the NPC remains under debate. In the present study, we revisit the view on the spatial arrangement of the Phe-Gly rich domains (FG-domains) of a subset of nucleoporins known as FG-nucleoporins. They are generally believed to be the key constituents of the NPC permeability barrier. Comparison of the binding pattern of a transport receptor importin β fragment, that binds specifically to FG-domains, with the binding pattern of wheat germ agglutinin that binds elsewhere in the NPC, reveals that FG-domains tend to cluster in the very center of the NPC. Furthermore, a controlled sequential release of the barrier-forming nucleoporins results in a gradual breakdown of the NPC permeability barrier. The breakdown is initiated by a dissociation of Nup62 from the NPC. This is accompanied by an increased passive diffusion of small molecules across the NPC. Subsequent dissociation of Nup98 and possibly other nucleoporins results in a collapse of the barrier for larger molecules. We therefore conclude that FG-nucleoporins do not contribute equally to the maintenance of the NPC permeability barrier exclusion limit. This implies that a controlled release of nucleoporins that contribute most to the formation and maintenance of the NPC barrier can facilitate access of therapeutic macromolecules into the nucleus.
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- Ivan Liashkovich
- Institute of Physiology II, WWU Münster, Robert-Koch-Straße 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a widespread human pathogen infecting more than 80% of the population worldwide. Its replication involves an essential, poorly understood multistep process, referred to as uncoating. Uncoating steps are as follows: (1) The incoming capsid pinpoints the nuclear pore complex (NPC). (2) It opens up at the NPC and releases the highly pressurized viral genome. (3) The viral genome translocates through the NPC. In the present review, we highlight recent advances in this field and propose mechanisms underlying the individual steps of uncoating. We presume that the incoming HSV-1 capsid pinpoints the NPC by hydrophobic interactions and opens up upon binding to NPC proteins. Genome translocation is initially pressure-driven.
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- Ivan Liashkovich
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48147 Münster, Germany
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Takahashi H, Shahin V, Henderson RM, Takeyasu K, Edwardson JM. Interaction of synaptotagmin with lipid bilayers, analyzed by single-molecule force spectroscopy. Biophys J 2011; 99:2550-8. [PMID: 20959096 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2010] [Revised: 08/05/2010] [Accepted: 08/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Synaptotagmin I is the major Ca²(+) sensor for membrane fusion during neurotransmitter release. The cytoplasmic domain of synaptotagmin consists of two C2 domains, C2A and C2B. On binding Ca²(+), the tips of the two C2 domains rapidly and synchronously penetrate lipid bilayers. We investigated the forces of interaction between synaptotagmin and lipid bilayers using single-molecule force spectroscopy. Glutathione-S-transferase-tagged proteins were attached to an atomic force microscope cantilever via a glutathione-derivatized polyethylene glycol linker. With wild-type C2AB, the force profile for a bilayer containing phosphatidylserine had both Ca²(+)-dependent and Ca²(+)-independent components. No force was detected when the bilayer lacked phosphatidylserine, even in the presence of Ca²(+). The binding characteristics of C2A and C2B indicated that the two C2 domains cooperate in binding synaptotagmin to the bilayer, and that the relatively weak Ca²(+)-independent force depends only on C2A. When the lysine residues K189-192 and K326, 327 were mutated to alanine, the strong Ca²(+)-dependent binding interaction was either absent or greatly reduced. We conclude that synaptotagmin binds to the bilayer via C2A even in absence of Ca²(+), and also that positively charged regions of both C2A and C2B are essential for the strong Ca²(+)-dependent binding of synaptotagmin to the bilayer.
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) mediate all transport between the cytosol and the nucleus and therefore take centre stage in physiology. While transport through NPCs has been extensively investigated little is known about their structural and barley anything about their mechanical flexibility. Structural and mechanical flexibility of NPCs, however, are presumably of key importance. Like the cell and the cell nucleus, NPCs themselves are regularly exposed to physiological mechanical forces. Besides, NPCs reveal striking transport properties which are likely to require fairly high structural flexibility. The NPC transports up to 1,000 molecules per second through a physically 9 nm wide channel which repeatedly opens to accommodate macromolecules significantly larger than its physical diameter. We hypothesised that NPCs possess remarkable structural and mechanical stability. Here, we tested this hypothesis at the single NPC level using the nano-imaging and probing approach atomic force microscopy (AFM). AFM presents the NPC as a highly flexible structure. The NPC channel dilates by striking 35% on exposure to trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diol (TCHD), which is known to transiently collapse the hydrophobic phase in the NPC channel like receptor-cargo complexes do in transit. It constricts again to its initial size after TCHD removal. AFM-based nano-indentation measurements show that the 50 nm long NPC basket can astonishingly be squeezed completely into the NPC channel on exposure to incremental mechanical loads but recovers its original vertical position within the nuclear envelope plane when relieved. We conclude that the NPC possesses exceptional structural and mechanical flexibility which is important to fulfilling its functions.
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- Ivan Liashkovich
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Kramer A, Liashkovich I, Oberleithner H, Shahin V. Caspase-9-dependent decrease of nuclear pore channel hydrophobicity is accompanied by nuclear envelope leakiness. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 2010; 6:605-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2010.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Rangl M, Nevo R, Liashkovich I, Shahin V, Reich Z, Ebner A, Hinterdorfer P. Inside Cover: Stable, Non-Destructive Immobilization of Native Nuclear Membranes to Micro-Structured PDMS for Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy (ChemPhysChem 9-10/2009). Chemphyschem 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200990035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Rangl M, Nevo R, Liashkovich I, Shahin V, Reich Z, Ebner A, Hinterdorfer P. Stable, non-destructive immobilization of native nuclear membranes to micro-structured PDMS for single-molecule force spectroscopy. Chemphyschem 2009; 10:1553-8. [PMID: 19507204 PMCID: PMC3013320 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In eukaryotic cells the nucleus is separated from the cytoplasm by a double-membraned nuclear envelope (NE). Exchange of molecules between the two compartments is mediated by nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that are embedded in the NE membranes. The translocation of molecules such as proteins and RNAs through the nuclear membrane is executed by transport shuttling factors (karyopherines). They thereby dock to particular binding sites located all over the NPC, the so-called phenylalanine-glycin nucleoporines (FG Nups). Molecular recognition force spectroscopy (MRFS) allows investigations of the binding at the single-molecule level. Therefore the AFM tip carries a ligand for example, a particular karyopherin whereas the nuclear membrane with its receptors is mounted on a surface. Hence, one of the first requirements to study the nucleocytoplasmatic transport mechanism using MRFS is the development of an optimized membrane preparation that preserves structure and function of the NPCs. In this study we present a stable non-destructive preparation method of Xenopus laevis nuclear envelopes. We use micro-structured polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) that provides an ideal platform for immobilization and biological integrity due to its elastic, chemical and mechanical properties. It is a solid basis for studying molecular recognition, transport interactions, and translocation processes through the NPC. As a first recognition system we investigate the interaction between an important transport shuttling factor, importin beta, and its binding sites on the NPC, the FG-domains.
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- Martina Rangl
- Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040 Linz (Austria)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
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- Department of Physiology, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-str. 27b, 48149 Münster (Germany)
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- Department of Physiology, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-str. 27b, 48149 Münster (Germany)
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)
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- Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040 Linz (Austria)
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- Institute for Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040 Linz (Austria)
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Kramer A, Liashkovich I, Oberleithner H, Ludwig S, Mazur I, Shahin V. Apoptosis leads to a degradation of vital components of active nuclear transport and a dissociation of the nuclear lamina. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:11236-41. [PMID: 18678902 PMCID: PMC2516273 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801967105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 02/27/2008] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Apoptosis, a physiologically critical process, is characterized by a destruction of the cell after sequential degradation of key cellular components. Here, we set out to explore the fate of the physiologically indispensable nuclear envelope (NE) in this process. The NE mediates the critical nucleocytoplasmic transport through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). In addition, the NE is involved in gene expression and contributes significantly to the overall structure and mechanical stability of the cell nucleus through the nuclear lamina, which underlies the entire nucleoplasmic face of the NE and thereby interconnects the NPCs, the NE, and the genomic material. Using the nano-imaging and mechanical probing approach atomic force microscopy (AFM) and biochemical methods, we unveiled the fate of the NE during apoptosis. The doomed NE sustains a degradation of both the mediators of the critical selective nucleocytoplasmic transport, namely NPC cytoplasmic filaments and basket, and the nuclear lamina. These observations are paralleled by marked softening and destabilization of the NE and the detection of vesicle-like nuclear fragments. We conclude that destruction of the cell nucleus during apoptosis proceeds in a strategic fashion. Degradation of NPC cytoplasmic filaments and basket shuts down the critical selective nucleocytoplasmic cross-talk. Degradation of the nuclear lamina disrupts the pivotal connection between the NE and the chromatin, breaks up the overall nuclear architecture, and softens the NE, thereby enabling the formation of nuclear fragments at later stages of apoptosis.
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- A. Kramer
- *Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Strasse 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany; and
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- *Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Strasse 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany; and
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- *Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Strasse 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany; and
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- Molecular Virology, Zentrums für Molekularbiologie der Entzündung, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Von-Esmach-Strasse 56, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Molecular Virology, Zentrums für Molekularbiologie der Entzündung, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Von-Esmach-Strasse 56, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- *Institute of Physiology II, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Robert-Koch-Strasse 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany; and
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Liashkovich I, Hafezi W, Kühn JE, Oberleithner H, Kramer A, Shahin V. Exceptional mechanical and structural stability of HSV-1 unveiled with fluid atomic force microscopy. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:2287-92. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.032284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Evidence is emerging that changes in the structural and mechanical properties of viral particles are closely linked and that such changes are essential to infectivity. Here, applying the nanostructural and nanomechanical approach of atomic force microscopy, we visualised capsids of the ubiquitous human pathogen herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) at nano-scale resolution in physiologically relevant conditions. Simultaneously performed nano-indentation measurements on genome-containing and genome-free capsids revealed that genome-containing HSV-1 capsids withstand an exceptionally large mechanical force of ∼6 nN, which is three times larger than the highest values previously reported for other viruses. Greater mechanical forces, however, led to a release of the viral genome. The resulting genome-free capsids, which largely retained their overall structure, were found to be utterly elastic. HSV-1 capsids thus exhibit an exceptional structural and mechanical stability, which is largely provided by the densely packaged genome. This stability might be the key determinant for capsid survival over long distances in the axonal cytoplasm where it is exposed to mechanical forces by molecular motors before it reaches the nuclear pore for crucial genome uncoating.
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- Ivan Liashkovich
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, Domagkstr. 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, Domagkstr. 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Synaptotagmin I (syt), an integral protein of the synaptic vesicle membrane, is believed to act as a Ca2+ sensor for neuronal exocytosis. Syt's cytoplasmic domain consists largely of two C2 domains, C2A and C2B. In response to Ca2+ binding, the C2 domains interact with membranes, becoming partially embedded in the lipid bilayer. We have imaged syt C2AB in association with lipid bilayers under fluid, using AFM. As expected, binding of C2AB to bilayers required both an anionic phospholipid [phosphatidylserine (PS)] and Ca2+. C2AB associated with bilayers in the form of aggregates of varying stoichiometries, and aggregate size increased with an increase in PS content. Repeated scanning of bilayers revealed that as C2AB dissociated it left behind residual indentations in the bilayer. The mean depth of these identations was 1.81 nm, indicating that they did not span the bilayer. Individual C2 domains (C2A and C2B) also formed aggregates and produced bilayer indentations. Binding of C2AB to bilayers and the formation of indentations were significantly compromised by mutations that interfere with binding of Ca2+ to syt or reduce the positive charge on the surface of C2B. We propose that bilayer perturbation by syt might be significant with respect to its ability to promote membrane fusion.
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- Victor Shahin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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Shahin V, Barrera NP. Providing Unique Insight into Cell Biology via Atomic Force Microscopy. International Review of Cytology 2008; 265:227-52. [DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(07)65006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kramer A, Ludwig Y, Shahin V, Oberleithner H. A Pathway Separate from the Central Channel through the Nuclear Pore Complex for Inorganic Ions and Small Macromolecules. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:31437-43. [PMID: 17726020 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m703720200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are supramolecular nanomachines that mediate the exchange of macromolecules and inorganic ions between the nucleus and the cytosol. Although there is no doubt that large cargo is transported through the centrally located channel, the route of ions and small molecules remains debatable. We thus tested the hypothesis that there are two separate pathways by imaging NPCs using atomic force microscopy, NPC electrical conductivity measurements, and macromolecule permeability assays. Our data indicate a spatial separation between the active transport of macromolecules through the central channel and the passive transport of ions and small macromolecules through the pore periphery.
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- Armin Kramer
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch Strasse 27b, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
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Oberleithner H, Riethmüller C, Ludwig T, Shahin V, Stock C, Schwab A, Hausberg M, Kusche K, Schillers H. Differential action of steroid hormones on human endothelium. J Cell Sci 2007. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.017467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Schäfer C, Ludwig Y, Shahin V, Kramer A, Carl P, Schillers H, Oberleithner H. Ethanol alters access to the cell nucleus. Pflugers Arch 2006; 453:809-18. [PMID: 17043811 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0165-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2006] [Accepted: 08/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ethanol is the most frequently used drug among humans. We tested the hypothesis whether ethanol, at clinically relevant concentrations modifies, signaling across the nuclear envelope (NE). In cell nuclei isolated from Xenopus oocytes, we measured NE electrical resistance and NE macromolecule permeability 1 to 20 h after addition of ethanol (0.05 to 0.2%). Furthermore, with atomic force microscopy, nuclear pores of the NE were imaged after exposure to ethanol. We found that NE permeability decreased within hours of ethanol exposure. In parallel, nuclei swell and nuclear pores form clusters in the NE. Force measurements on individual nuclear pores indicate that pores found in clusters are stiffer than those found randomly distributed in the NE. Application of a transcription blocker (actinomycin D) or RNase treatment of isolated nuclei in vitro after ethanol exposure prevents the permeability changes. In conclusion, ethanol, at commonly used concentrations, changes NE structure by transcriptional processes in the cell nucleus. Within hours, the NE becomes less permeable for diffusible ions and macromolecules. This could explain altered signaling to and communication with the cell nucleus in the pathophysiology of alcohol abuse.
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- Claudia Schäfer
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Schlune A, Shahin V, Enss K, Schillers H, Oberleithner H. Plugs in nuclear pores: transcripts in early oocyte development identified with nanotechniques. J Cell Biochem 2006; 98:567-76. [PMID: 16440313 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Throughout oogenesis, huge amounts of RNA are produced that are needed for early development. Early stages of oocyte development are characterized by high transcriptional activity whereas translation of maternal RNA dominates late stages. Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), located in the nuclear envelope (NE), mediate bidirectional macromolecule exchange between the nuclear and cytosolic compartments including RNA export. Here, we report on structural correlates of this transport pathway at single NPC level. Using atomic force microscopy (AFM), we imaged the nucleoplasmic ("inner") surface of the NE of Xenopus laevis oocytes in different stages of development. We found that NPC frequency per nucleus increases with maturation. However, individual NPCs are more active in immature stages. In early stages, known for high transcriptional activity, we found nearly 10% of NPC central channels plugged with a 400-800 kDa mass. In contrast, the incidence of plugged NPCs was below 1% in late oocyte stages. On-site RNA digestion led to a change in plug shape from prominent to flat while plug mass decreased by almost 20%. Quantitative AFM analysis revealed that RNase exposure reduced total nucleoplasmic NPC mass by about 58 and 25% in early and late stage oocytes, respectively. We conclude: (i) NPCs of immature oocytes are more active in RNA transport, (ii) Plugs identified at the nucleoplasmic entrance of NPC central channels represent ribonucleoproteins exiting the nucleus, (iii) RNA is a structural component of the NPC nanomachine.
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- Andrea Schlune
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Shahin V. Route of glucocorticoid-induced macromolecules across the nuclear envelope as viewed by atomic force microscopy. Pflugers Arch 2006; 453:1-9. [PMID: 16736207 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0102-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2006] [Accepted: 05/02/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Glucocorticoids are vital steroid hormones. The physiologic activities of these hydrophobic molecules predominantly require translocation of glucocorticoid-initiated macromolecules (GIMs), proteins and mRNA transcripts, in and out of the nucleus, respectively. The bidirectional transport of GIMs is mediated by nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that span the nuclear envelope at regular distances. The transport proceeds through the NPC central channel, whose interior is lined up by hydrophobic proteins. The NPC channel is assumed to dilate while hydrophobic cargos are being translocated through. Upon glucocorticoid injection into a glucocorticoid-sensitive cell, Xenopus laevis oocyte, and using atomic force microscopy, we have recently unraveled the long unexplored paths that GIMs take through the nuclear envelope and described interactions of GIMs with NPCs. In so doing, surprising and intriguing observations were made and the following conclusions were drawn: glucocorticoid-initiated proteins evoke NPC channel dilation before physical interaction with the NPC. NPC channel dilation is apparently transmitted through binding of glucocorticoid-induced proteins to NPC-associated filaments or yet unknown structures in the cytoplasmic nuclear envelope surface. The transport of both proteins and ribonucleoproteins seems to be non-randomly confined to local areas on either nuclear envelope site, the so-called hot spots.
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- Victor Shahin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK.
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Oberleithner H, Riethmüller C, Ludwig T, Shahin V, Stock C, Schwab A, Hausberg M, Kusche K, Schillers H. Differential action of steroid hormones on human endothelium. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:1926-32. [PMID: 16636077 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The action of glucocorticoids on vascular permeability is well established. However, little is known about the action of mineralocorticoids on the structure and function of blood vessels. As endothelial cells are targets for both glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, we exposed human umbilical vein endothelial cells to both types of steroids. Aldosterone (mineralocorticoid) and dexamethasone (glucocorticoid) were applied for 3 days in culture before measurements of transendothelial ion and macromolecule permeability, apical cell surface and cell stiffness were taken. Transendothelial ion permeability was measured with electrical cell impedance sensing, macromolecule permeability with fluorescence-labeled dextran and apical cell membrane surface by three-dimensional AFM imaging. Cell stiffness was measured using the AFM scanning tip as a mechanical nanosensor. We found that aldosterone increased both apical cell surface and apical cell stiffness significantly, while transendothelial permeability remained unaffected. By contrast, dexamethasone significantly decreased ion and macromolecule permeability, while apical cell surface and cell stiffness did not change. Specific receptor antagonists for dexamethasone (RU486) and aldosterone (spironolactone) prevented the observed responses. We conclude that glucocorticoids strengthen cell-to-cell contacts (`peripheral action'), whereas mineralocorticoids enlarge and stiffen cells (`central action'). This could explain the dexamethasone-mediated retention of fluid in the vascular system, and endothelial dysfunction in states of hyperaldosteronism.
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- Hans Oberleithner
- Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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Hillebrand U, Hausberg M, Stock C, Shahin V, Nikova D, Riethmüller C, Kliche K, Ludwig T, Schillers H, Schneider SW, Oberleithner H. 17β-estradiol increases volume, apical surface and elasticity of human endothelium mediated by Na+/H+ exchange. Cardiovasc Res 2006; 69:916-24. [PMID: 16412402 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2005] [Revised: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 11/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE 17beta-estradiol is known to delay the onset of atherosclerosis in women but cellular mechanisms are still unclear. Estrogens bind to specific receptors and initiate a signaling cascade that involves the activation of plasma membrane Na(+)/H(+) exchange. We hypothesized that estrogens interfere with ion transport across the plasma membrane and thus control endothelial structure and function. Therefore, we investigated the effects of the sex steroids 17beta-estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone on volume, apical surface and elasticity in human endothelium. METHODS The atomic force microscope was used as an imaging tool and as an elasticity sensor. We applied the antiestrogen tamoxifen, the Na(+)/H(+) exchange blocker cariporide and the epithelial Na(+)channel blocker amiloride to elucidate the role of transmembrane ion transport in hormone-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). RESULTS Incubation with 17beta-estradiol for 72 h led to a dose-dependent increase of endothelial cell volume (41%), apical cell surface (22%), and cell elasticity (53%) as compared to non-17beta-estradiol treated controls. Block of the 17beta-estradiol receptor by tamoxifen and of plasma membrane Na(+)/H(+) exchange by cariporide prevented the hormone-induced changes. Progesterone and testosterone were ineffective. CONCLUSIONS 17beta-estradiol increases HUVEC water content and HUVEC elasticity mediated by activated estrogen receptors. The estrogen response depends on the activation of plasma membrane Na(+)/H(+) exchange. The increase in endothelial cell elasticity could be one of the vasoprotective mechanisms postulated for 17beta-estradiol.
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- U Hillebrand
- Department of Internal Medicine D, University of Muenster, Germany.
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Ludwig Y, Schafer C, Kramer A, Albermann L, Oberleithner H, Shahin V. Hot Spot Formation in the Nuclear Envelope of Oocytes in Response to Steroids. Cell Physiol Biochem 2006; 17:181-92. [PMID: 16790994 DOI: 10.1159/000094123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A Glucocorticoid-sensitive cell rapidly responds to hormone stimulation with bidirectional exchange of specific macromolecules between cytosol and nucleus. Glucocorticoid-initiated macromolecules (GIMs) must overcome the nuclear envelope (NE) to enter or leave the nucleus. GIM translocation occurs through nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that span the NE. We investigated the question whether transport of GIMs through NPCs occurs random or involves selected groups of NPCs (hot spots). Glucocorticoid receptors were expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and GIM transport was activated by triamcinolone acetonide, a potent synthetic glucocorticoid analogon. Glucocorticoid receptors associated with the NE and the chromatin were identified using western blot analysis and, at single molecule level, atomic force microscopy. Fluorescence-labeled dextran was used to describe passive NE permeability. We observed that after hormone injection (i) small GIMs, most likely GRs, localize within seconds on both sides of the NE. (ii) large GIMs, most likely ribonucleoproteins, localize within minutes on NPCs at the nucleoplasmic side (iii) both small and large GIMs accumulate on selected NPC clusters (iv) NE permeability transiently decreases when GIMs attach to NPCs. We conclude that GIM transport across the nuclear barrier does not randomly take place but is carried out by a selected population of NPCs.
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- Yvonne Ludwig
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Muenster, Germany.
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Nuclear pore complexes mediate and control transport between the cytosol and the nucleus. They form a highly selective and, thus, tight nuclear barrier between these compartments. The nuclear barrier provides the cell with the opportunity to control access to its DNA, a defining feature of eukaryotes. The tightness of the nuclear barrier is therefore physiologically pivotal and any remarkable change in its structure and permeability can prove pathophysiological, e.g. as a result of viral attack. However, there is accumulating evidence that nuclear barrier structure and permeability are highly responsive to hydrophobic cargos of crucial physiological and therapeutic relevance, glucocorticoids (steroid hormones). The present review highlights the glucocorticoid-induced effects on the nuclear barrier structure and permeability concluding that they are physiologically essential to mediate glucocorticoid action.
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- Victor Shahin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Shahin V, Hafezi W, Oberleithner H, Ludwig Y, Windoffer B, Schillers H, Kühn JE. The genome of HSV-1 translocates through the nuclear pore as a condensed rod-like structure. J Cell Sci 2005; 119:23-30. [PMID: 16339172 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Incoming herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) capsids are known to dock to the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and release their genome. It has remained elusive, however, how the huge viral DNA translocates through the comparatively small NPC channel. In the present study, the interaction of HSV-1 with NPCs was analyzed by atomic force microscopy. In addition to capsids, smaller subviral structures--most with a diameter of 35-40 nm and a length of 130-160 nm--were visualized at the cytoplasmic side of the NPC. These components differed from capsids in their adhesion and stiffness properties, and were the sole subviral structures translocated through dilated NPCs towards the nucleus. It is presumed that they are the HSV-1 genome, and that a change in NPC conformation allows translocation of this genome as a densely packaged, rodlike structure.
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- Victor Shahin
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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The present study describes glucocorticoid induced remodelling of nuclear envelope (NE) structure and permeability. A glucocorticoid analogue, triamcinolone acetonide (TA), is injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes that express an exogeneous glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Electrical, fluorescence and nano-imaging techniques are applied to study the permeability and the structure of the NE at 5 and 60 minutes after injection of TA. A remarkable dilation of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), a rearrangement of NPC distribution and a significant increase of NE permeability for ions and fluorescent 20 kDa dextran are observed within 5 minutes of TA exposure. At regular distances on local NE patches, NPCs seem to adjoin forming clusters each consisting of several hundred NPCs. Interestingly, at the same time of exposure, hydrophobicity of NPC central channels and NPC-free NE surface increases. The changes in permeability and structure are transient as the NE permeability returns to its initial state within 60 minutes. In conclusion, the NE is a barrier of high plasticity sensitive to hydrophobic molecules. Remodelling of NE structure and permeability is a prerequisite for mediating physiological actions of glucocorticoids.
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- Victor Shahin
- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Robert-Koch Str. 27b, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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Buchholz I, Enss K, Schafer C, Schlune A, Shahin V, Oberleithner H. Transient permeability leak of nuclear envelope induced by aldosterone. J Membr Biol 2005; 199:135-41. [PMID: 15457370 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-004-0684-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2004] [Revised: 04/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone controls fluid and electrolyte transport in target cells of the kidney and the cardiovascular system. Classic genomic aldosterone action involves the activation of cytosolic mineralocorticoid receptors and translocation into the cell nucleus where specific transcription processes are initiated. A key barrier of the intracellular signalling pathway is the nuclear envelope, which physically separates the nucleoplasm from the cytoplasm. It was shown recently that aldosterone changes ion conductivity of the nuclear envelope mediated by nuclear pore complexes. The latter are supramolecular nanomachines responsible for import and export of inorganic ions and macromolecules. The aim of the present study was to test whether aldosterone changes the macromolecule permeability of the nuclear envelope. Aldosterone-responsive Xenopus laevis oocytes were used as a model system. We isolated the cell nuclei at defined times after hormone injection. By means of confocal fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence-labelled dextrans we evaluated passive macromolecule import and export in isolated nuclei. 10 minutes after aldosterone injection nuclear envelope permeability of 10 kD dextran was found sharply increased. At the same time cell nuclei were found swollen by about 28%. Changes in nuclear volume and nuclear envelope permeability lasted 5 to 15 minutes and could be inhibited by the mineralocorticoid receptor blocker spironolactone. We conclude that aldosterone transiently changes the barrier function of the nuclear envelope. This short-lasting permeability change signals the start of a sustained transcription process that follows in response to steroids.
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- I Buchholz
- Nanolab, Institute of Physiology II, University Münster, D-48149, Münster, Germany
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Shahin V, Albermann L, Schillers H, Kastrup L, Schäfer C, Ludwig Y, Stock C, Oberleithner H. Steroids dilate nuclear pores imaged with atomic force microscopy. J Cell Physiol 2005; 202:591-601. [PMID: 15316931 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Macromolecules that act in the cell nucleus must overcome the nuclear envelope (NE). This barrier between cytosol and the nucleus is perforated by nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) that serve as translocation machineries. We visualized the translocation process at the NE surface, applying a nanotechnical approach using atomic force microscopy (AFM). In order to initiate protein targeting to NPCs, dexamethasone (dex) was injected into Xenopus laevis oocytes. Dex is a synthetic steroid of great therapeutic relevance that specifically binds to glucocorticoid receptors and thus triggers an intracellular signal cascade involving the cell nucleus. Ninety and 180 sec after dex injection cell nuclei were isolated, the NEs spread on glass and scanned with AFM. With single molecule resolution we observed that dex initiated proteins (DIPs) first bind to NPC-free areas of the outer nuclear membrane. This causes NPCs to dilate. Then, in a second step, DIPs attach directly to NPCs and enter the dilated central channels. DIPs accumulation and NPC conformational changes were blocked by RU486, a specific glucocorticoid receptor antagonist. In conclusion, dex exposure induces NPC dilation. NPCs change conformation already prior to transport. The NPC dilation signal is most likely transmitted through NPC associated filaments or yet unknown structures in the NE outer membrane. NPC dilation could have significant impact on nuclear targeting of therapeutic macromolecules.
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- Victor Shahin
- Nanolab, Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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