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Nguyen HS, Kang SJ, Kim S, Cha BH, Park KS, Jeong SW. Changes in the expression of satellite glial cell-specific markers during postnatal development of rat sympathetic ganglia. Brain Res 2024; 1829:148809. [PMID: 38354998 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2024.148809] [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] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Abstract
The sympathetic ganglia represent a final motor pathway that mediates homeostatic "fight and flight" responses in the visceral organs. Satellite glial cells (SGCs) form a thin envelope close to the neuronal cell body and synapses in the sympathetic ganglia. This unique morphological feature suggests that neurons and SGCs form functional units for regulation of sympathetic output. In the present study, we addressed whether SGC-specific markers undergo age-dependent changes in the postnatal development of rat sympathetic ganglia. We found that fatty acid-binding protein 7 (FABP7) is an early SGC marker, whereas the S100B calcium-binding protein, inwardly rectifying potassium channel, Kir4.1 and small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel, SK3 are late SGC markers in the postnatal development of sympathetic ganglia. Unlike in sensory ganglia, FABP7 + SGC was barely detectable in adult sympathetic ganglia. The expression of connexin 43, a gap junction channel gradually increased with age, although it was detected in both SGCs and neurons in sympathetic ganglia. Glutamine synthetase was expressed in sensory, but not sympathetic SGCs. Unexpectedly, the sympathetic SGCs expressed a water-selective channel, aquaporin 1 instead of aquaporin 4, a pan-glial marker. However, aquaporin 1 was not detected in the SGCs encircling large neurons. Nerve injury and inflammation induced the upregulation of glial fibrillary acidic protein, suggesting that this protein is a hall marker of glial activation in the sympathetic ganglia. In conclusion, our findings provide basic information on the in vivo profiles of specific markers for identifying sympathetic SGCs at different stages of postnatal development in both healthy and diseased states.
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- Huu Son Nguyen
- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea; Mitohormesis Research Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea; Mitohormesis Research Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
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Hamilton HL, Kinscherf NA, Balmer G, Bresque M, Salamat SM, Vargas MR, Pehar M. FABP7 drives an inflammatory response in human astrocytes and is upregulated in Alzheimer's disease. GeroScience 2024; 46:1607-1625. [PMID: 37688656 PMCID: PMC10828232 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-023-00916-0] [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: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, is characterized by the accumulation of intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, extracellular amyloid plaques, and neuroinflammation. In partnership with microglial cells, astrocytes are key players in the regulation of neuroinflammation. Fatty acid binding protein 7 (FABP7) belongs to a family of conserved proteins that regulate lipid metabolism, energy homeostasis, and inflammation. FABP7 expression is largely restricted to astrocytes and radial glia-like cells in the adult central nervous system. We observed that treatment of primary hippocampal astrocyte cultures with amyloid β fragment 25-35 (Aβ25-35) induces FABP7 upregulation. In addition, FABP7 expression is upregulated in the brain of APP/PS1 mice, a widely used AD mouse model. Co-immunostaining with specific astrocyte markers revealed increased FABP7 expression in astrocytes. Moreover, astrocytes surrounding amyloid plaques displayed increased FABP7 staining when compared to non-plaque-associated astrocytes. A similar result was obtained in the brain of AD patients. Whole transcriptome RNA sequencing analysis of human astrocytes differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells (i-astrocytes) overexpressing FABP7 identified 500 transcripts with at least a 2-fold change in expression. Gene Ontology enrichment analysis identified (i) positive regulation of cytokine production and (ii) inflammatory response as the top two statistically significant overrepresented biological processes. We confirmed that wild-type FABP7 overexpression induces an NF-κB-driven inflammatory response in human i-astrocytes. On the other hand, the expression of a ligand-binding impaired mutant FABP7 did not induce NF-κB activation. Together, our results suggest that the upregulation of FABP7 in astrocytes could contribute to the neuroinflammation observed in AD.
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- Haylee L Hamilton
- Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Avenue, CSC K6/447, Madison, WI, 53792, USA
- Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Avenue, CSC K6/447, Madison, WI, 53792, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 600 Highland Avenue, CSC K6/447, Madison, WI, 53792, USA.
- Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, USA.
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Sun Y, Mu G, Xue Z, Wang S, Li X, Ni S, Han M. Polyunsaturated fatty acid-binding protein FABP7, an attractive metabolic target for inhibition of glioblastoma stem cells. Neuro Oncol 2024; 26:587-589. [PMID: 38244234 PMCID: PMC10911995 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noad238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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- Yanfei Sun
- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, China
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine and Institute of Brain and Brain-Inspired Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory and Shandong Key Laboratory of Brain Function Remodeling, Jinan, China
- Medical Integration and Practice Center, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Cheng A, Jia W, Finkelstein DI, Stefanova N, Wang H, Sasaki T, Kawahata I, Fukunaga K. Pharmacological inhibition of FABP7 by MF 6 counteracts cerebellum dysfunction in an experimental multiple system atrophy mouse model. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2024; 45:66-75. [PMID: 37605049 PMCID: PMC10770047 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-023-01138-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by the accumulation of misfolded α-synuclein (αSyn) in glial cells, leading to the formation of glial cytoplasmic inclusions (GCI). We previous found that glial fatty acid-binding protein 7 (FABP7) played a crucial role in alpha-synuclein (αSyn) aggregation and toxicity in oligodendrocytes, inhibition of FABP7 by a specific inhibitor MF 6 reduced αSyn aggregation and enhanced cell viability in cultured cell lines and mouse oligodendrocyte progenitor cells. In this study we investigated whether MF 6 ameliorated αSyn-associated pathological processes in PLP-hαSyn transgenic mice (PLP-αSyn mice), a wildly used MSA mouse model with overexpressing αSyn in oligodendroglia under the proteolipid protein (PLP) promoter. PLP-αSyn mice were orally administered MF6 (0.1, 1 mg ·kg-1 ·d-1) for 32 days starting from the age of 6 months. We showed that oral administration of MF 6 significantly improved motor function assessed in a pole test, and reduced αSyn aggregation levels in both cerebellum and basal ganglia of PLP-αSyn mice. Moreover, MF 6 administration decreased oxidative stress and inflammation levels, and improved myelin levels and Purkinje neuron morphology in the cerebellum. By using mouse brain tissue slices and αSyn aggregates-treated KG-1C cells, we demonstrated that MF 6 reduced αSyn propagation to Purkinje neurons and oligodendrocytes through regulating endocytosis. Overall, these results suggest that MF 6 improves cerebellar functions in MSA by inhibiting αSyn aggregation and propagation. We conclude that MF 6 is a promising compound that warrants further development for the treatment of MSA.
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- An Cheng
- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Laboratory for Translational Neurodegeneration Research, Division of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Liu RZ, Choi WS, Jain S, Xu X, Elsherbiny ME, Glubrecht DD, Tessier AG, Easaw JC, Fallone BG, Godbout R. Stationary-to-migratory transition in glioblastoma stem-like cells driven by a fatty acid-binding protein 7-RXRα neurogenic pathway. Neuro Oncol 2023; 25:2177-2190. [PMID: 37499046 PMCID: PMC10708933 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noad134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Glioblastoma (GBM) stem-like cells (GSCs) are crucial drivers of treatment resistance and tumor recurrence. While the concept of "migrating" cancer stem cells was proposed a decade ago, the roles and underlying mechanisms of the heterogeneous populations of GSCs remain poorly defined. METHODS Cell migration using GBM cell lines and patient-derived GSCs was examined using Transwell inserts and the scratch assay. Single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis were used to map GSC drivers to specific GBM cell populations. Xenografted mice were used to model the role of brain-type fatty acid-binding protein 7 (FABP7) in GBM infiltration and expansion. The mechanism by which FABP7 and its fatty acid ligands promote GSC migration was examined by gel shift and luciferase gene reporter assays. RESULTS A subpopulation of FABP7-expressing migratory GSCs was identified, with FABP7 upregulating SOX2, a key modulator for GBM stemness and plasticity, and ZEB1, a prominent factor in GBM epithelial-mesenchymal transition and invasiveness. Our data indicate that GSC migration is driven by nuclear FABP7 through activation of RXRα, a nuclear receptor activated by polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). CONCLUSION Infiltrative progression in GBM is driven by migratory GSCs through activation of a PUFA-FABP7-RXRα neurogenic pathway.
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- Rong-Zong Liu
- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Suzuki J, Hemmi T, Maekawa M, Watanabe M, Inada H, Ikushima H, Oishi T, Ikeda R, Honkura Y, Kagawa Y, Kawase T, Mano N, Owada Y, Osumi N, Katori Y. Fatty acid binding protein type 7 deficiency preserves auditory function in noise-exposed mice. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21494. [PMID: 38057582 PMCID: PMC10700610 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48702-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Fatty acid-binding protein 7 (FABP7) is vital for uptake and trafficking of fatty acids in the nervous system. To investigate the involvement of FABP7 in noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) pathogenesis, we used Fabp7 knockout (KO) mice generated via CRISPR/Cas9 in the C57BL/6 background. Initial auditory brainstem response (ABR) measurements were conducted at 9 weeks, followed by noise exposure at 10 weeks. Subsequent ABRs were performed 24 h later, with final measurements at 12 weeks. Inner ears were harvested 24 h after noise exposure for RNA sequencing and metabolic analyses. We found no significant differences in initial ABR measurements, but Fabp7 KO mice showed significantly lower thresholds in the final ABR measurements. Hair cell survival was also enhanced in Fabp7 KO mice. RNA sequencing revealed that genes associated with the electron transport chain were upregulated or less impaired in Fabp7 KO mice. Metabolomic analysis revealed various alterations, including decreased glutamate and aspartate in Fabp7 KO mice. In conclusion, FABP7 deficiency mitigates cochlear damage following noise exposure. This protective effect was supported by the changes in gene expression of the electron transport chain, and in several metabolites, including excitotoxic neurotransmitters. Our study highlights the potential therapeutic significance of targeting FABP7 in NIHL.
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- Jun Suzuki
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Centers for Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, 19-1 Odori, Yahaba, Shiwa, 020-8505, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Organ Anatomy, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Organ Anatomy, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Centers for Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan
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Bodnariuc I, Lenz S, Renaud-Young M, Butler TM, Ishida H, Vogel HJ, MacCallum JL. A combined computational-biophysical approach to understanding fatty acid binding to FABP7. Biophys J 2023; 122:741-752. [PMID: 36751130 PMCID: PMC10027445 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Members of the fatty acid binding protein (FABP) family function as intracellular transporters of long-chain fatty acids and other hydrophobic molecules to different cellular compartments. Brain FABP (FABP7) exhibits ligand-directed differences in cellular transport. For example, when FABP7 binds to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the complex relocates to the nucleus and influences transcriptional activity, whereas FABP7 bound with monosaturated fatty acids remains in the cytosol. Preferential binding of FABP7 to polyunsaturated fatty acids like DHA has been previously observed and is thought to play a role in differential localization. However, we find that at 37°C, FABP7 does not display strong selectivity, suggesting that the conformational ensemble of FABP7 and its perturbation upon binding may be important. We use molecular dynamics simulations, NMR, and a variety of biophysical techniques to better understand the conformational ensemble of FABP7, how it is perturbed by fatty acid binding, and how this may be related to ligand-directed transport. We find that FABP7 has high degree of conformational heterogeneity that is substantially reduced upon ligand binding. We also observe substantial heterogeneity in ligand binding poses, which is consistent with our finding that ligand binding is resistant to mutations in key polar residues in the binding pocket. Our NMR experiments show that DHA binding leads to chemical shift perturbations in residues near the nuclear localization signal, which may point toward a mechanism of differential transport.
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- Iulia Bodnariuc
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Lenz S, Bodnariuc I, Renaud-Young M, Butler TM, MacCallum JL. Understanding FABP7 binding to fatty acid micelles and membranes. Biophys J 2023; 122:603-615. [PMID: 36698315 PMCID: PMC9989940 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are chaperones that facilitate the transport of long-chain fatty acids within the cell and can provide cargo-dependent localization to specific cellular compartments. Understanding the nature of this transport is important because lipid signaling functions are associated with metabolic pathways impacting disease pathologies including cancer, autism, and schizophrenia. FABPs often associate with cell membranes to acquire and deliver their bound cargo as part of transport. We focus on brain FABP (FABP7), which demonstrates localization to the cytoplasm and nucleus, influencing transcription and fatty acid metabolism. We use a combined biophysical-computational approach to elucidate the interaction between FABP7 and model membranes. Specifically, we use multiple experiments to demonstrate that FABP7 can bind oleic acid and docosahexaenoic acid micelles. Data from NMR and multiscale molecular dynamics simulations reveal that the interaction with micelles is through FABP7's portal region residues. Simulations suggest that binding to membranes occurs through the same residues as micelles. Simulations also capture binding events where fatty acids dissociate from the membrane and enter FABP7's binding pocket. Overall, our data shed light on the interactions between FABP7 and OA or DHA micelles and provide insight into the transport of long-chain fatty acids.
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- Stefan Lenz
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Hamilton J, Roeder N, Richardson B, Hammond N, Sajjad M, Yao R, Owada Y, Kagawa Y, Thanos PK. Unpredictable chronic mild stress differentially impacts resting brain glucose metabolism in fatty acid-binding protein 7 deficient mice. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2022; 323:111486. [PMID: 35526449 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are intracellular chaperone proteins involved in the trafficking of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and endocannabinoids. Inhibiting two of the main FABP subtypes found in the brain (FABP5 and FABP7) hinders endocannabinoid uptake and hydrolysis. Prior data indicates that cannabinoid receptor stimulation can ameliorate the consequences associated with chronic stress. To this end, FABP expression may play a similar role in response to stressful conditions. Male C57BL/6 J (WT) and FABP7 knockout (KO) mice were assigned to either a non-stress cohort or an unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) cohort for a period of 4 weeks. Immediately after 4 weeks, mice were injected with [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) and scanned using micro positron emission tomography (mPET) to examine brain glucose metabolism (BGluM). WT mice exposed to UCMS showed reduced BGluM in striatal, cortical, and hypothalamic regions and showed increased BGluM in the hippocampus, thalamus, periaqueductal gray, superior colliculi, inferior colliculi, and cerebellum. In contrast, there were limited effects of UCMS on BGluM in FABP7 KO mice, with a reduction in the thalamus, periaqueductal gray, and superior colliculi. These findings provide novel insight into FABP7 expression and indicate this gene to play an important role in response to aversive stimuli.
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- John Hamilton
- Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biosciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biosciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biosciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biosciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University at Buffalo, USA
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- Department of Organ Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Seiryo-cho 2-1, Aobaku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Organ Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Seiryo-cho 2-1, Aobaku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions, Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biosciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; Department of Psychology, State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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Choi WS, Xu X, Goruk S, Wang Y, Patel S, Chow M, Field CJ, Godbout R. FABP7 Facilitates Uptake of Docosahexaenoic Acid in Glioblastoma Neural Stem-like Cells. Nutrients 2021; 13:2664. [PMID: 34444824 PMCID: PMC8402214 DOI: 10.3390/nu13082664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive tumor with a dismal prognosis. Neural stem-like cells contribute to GBM's poor prognosis by driving drug resistance and maintaining cellular heterogeneity. GBM neural stem-like cells express high levels of brain fatty acid-binding protein (FABP7), which binds to polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) ω-6 arachidonic acid (AA) and ω-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Similar to brain, GBM tissue is enriched in AA and DHA. However, DHA levels are considerably lower in GBM tissue compared to adult brain. Therefore, it is possible that increasing DHA content in GBM, particularly in neural stem-like cells, might have therapeutic value. Here, we examine the fatty acid composition of patient-derived GBM neural stem-like cells grown as neurosphere cultures. We also investigate the effect of AA and DHA treatment on the fatty acid profiles of GBM neural stem-like cells with or without FABP7 knockdown. We show that DHA treatment increases DHA levels and the DHA:AA ratio in GBM neural stem-like cells, with FABP7 facilitating the DHA uptake. We also found that an increased uptake of DHA inhibits the migration of GBM neural stem-like cells. Our results suggest that increasing DHA content in the GBM microenvironment may reduce the migration/infiltration of FABP7-expressing neural stem-like cancer cells.
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- Won-Shik Choi
- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada; (W.-S.C.); (X.X.); (Y.W.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada; (W.-S.C.); (X.X.); (Y.W.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada; (S.G.); (C.J.F.)
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- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada; (W.-S.C.); (X.X.); (Y.W.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada; (W.-S.C.); (X.X.); (Y.W.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada;
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada; (S.G.); (C.J.F.)
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- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada; (W.-S.C.); (X.X.); (Y.W.); (S.P.)
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Tatomir A, Beltrand A, Nguyen V, Boodhoo D, Mekala A, Cudrici C, Badea TC, Muresanu DF, Rus V, Rus H. RGC-32 Regulates Generation of Reactive Astrocytes in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Front Immunol 2021; 11:608294. [PMID: 33569054 PMCID: PMC7868332 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.608294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Astrocytes are increasingly recognized as critical contributors to multiple sclerosis pathogenesis. We have previously shown that lack of Response Gene to Complement 32 (RGC-32) alters astrocyte morphology in the spinal cord at the peak of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), suggesting a role for RGC-32 in astrocyte differentiation. In this study, we analyzed the expression and distribution of astrocytes and astrocyte progenitors by immunohistochemistry in spinal cords of wild-type (WT) and RGC-32-knockout (KO) mice with EAE and of normal adult mice. Our analysis showed that during acute EAE, WT astrocytes had a reactive morphology and increased GFAP expression, whereas RGC-32 KO astrocytes had a morphology similar to that of radial glia and an increased expression of progenitor markers such as vimentin and fatty acid binding protein 7 (FABP7). In control mice, GFAP expression and astrocyte density were also significantly higher in the WT group, whereas the number of vimentin and FABP7-positive radial glia was significantly higher in the RGC-32 KO group. In vitro studies on cultured neonatal astrocytes from WT and RGC-32 KO mice showed that RGC-32 regulates a complex array of molecular networks pertaining to signal transduction, growth factor expression and secretion, and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. Among the most differentially expressed factors were insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs), and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF); their expression was downregulated in RGC-32-depleted astrocytes. The nuclear translocation of STAT3, a transcription factor critical for astrogliogenesis and driving glial scar formation, was also impaired after RGC-32 silencing. Taken together, these data suggest that RGC-32 is an important regulator of astrocyte differentiation during EAE and that in the absence of RGC-32, astrocytes are unable to fully mature and become reactive astrocytes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Astrocytes/metabolism
- Astrocytes/pathology
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Movement
- Cell Proliferation
- Cells, Cultured
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/genetics
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/metabolism
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7/metabolism
- Female
- Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/metabolism
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Phenotype
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Signal Transduction
- Spinal Cord/metabolism
- Spinal Cord/pathology
- Vimentin/metabolism
- Mice
- Rats
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- Alexandru Tatomir
- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Department of Neurosciences, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Translational Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Retinal Circuit Development and Genetics Unit, Neurobiology Neurodegeneration & Repair Laboratory (N-NRL), National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurosciences, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Research Service, Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, United States
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The astrocyte brain-type fatty acid binding protein (Fabp7) gene expression cycles globally throughout mammalian brain, and is known to regulate sleep in multiple species, including humans. The mechanisms that control circadian Fabp7 gene expression are not completely understood and may include core circadian clock components. Here we examined the circadian expression of Fabp7 mRNA in the hypothalamus of core clock gene Bmal1 knock-out (KO) mice. We observed that the circadian rhythm of Fabp7 mRNA expression is blunted, while overall Fabp7 mRNA levels are significantly higher in Bmal1 KO compared to control (C57BL/6 J) mice. We did not observe any significant changes in levels of hypothalamic mRNA expression of Fabp3 or Fabp5, two other fatty acid binding proteins expressed in mammalian brain, between Bmal1 KO and control mice. These results suggest that Fabp7 gene expression is regulated by circadian processes and may represent a molecular link controlling the circadian timing of sleep with sleep behavior.
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- Jason R. Gerstner
- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202 USA
- Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202 USA
- Steve Gleason Institute for Neuroscience, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202 USA
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- Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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Rui Q, Ni H, Lin X, Zhu X, Li D, Liu H, Chen G. Astrocyte-derived fatty acid-binding protein 7 protects blood-brain barrier integrity through a caveolin-1/MMP signaling pathway following traumatic brain injury. Exp Neurol 2019; 322:113044. [PMID: 31454490 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2019.113044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [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: 04/21/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The astrocyte-endothelial cell interaction is crucial for normal brain homeostasis and blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption in pathological conditions. However, the mechanism by which astrocytes control BBB integrity, especially after traumatic brain injury (TBI), remains unclear. Here, we present evidence that astrocyte-derived fatty acid-binding protein 7 (FABP7), a differentiation- and migration-associated molecule, may function as a modulator of BBB permeability in a rat weight-drop model of TBI. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that TBI induced increased expression of FABP7 in astrocytes, accompanied by caveolin-1 (Cav-1) upregulation in endothelial cells. Administration of recombinant FABP7 significantly ameliorated TBI-induced neurological deficits, brain edema, and BBB permeability, concomitant with upregulation of endothelial Cav-1 and tight junction protein expression, while FABP7 knockdown resulted in the opposite effects. Furthermore, pretreatment with daidzein, a specific inhibitor of Cav-1, reversed the inhibitory effects of recombinant FABP7 on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2/9 expression and abolished its BBB protection after TBI. Altogether, these findings suggest that astrocyte-derived FABP7 upregulation may represent an endogenous protective response to BBB disruption partly mediated through a Cav-1/MMP signaling pathway following TBI.
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- Qin Rui
- Department of Laboratory, The Affiliated Zhangjiagang Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Zhangjiagang Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Affiliated Zhangjiagang Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Laboratory, The Affiliated Zhangjiagang Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Translational Medicine Center, The Affiliated Zhangjiagang Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Zhangjiagang Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
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Mao W, Yi X, Qin J, Tian M, Jin G. CXCL12 promotes proliferation of radial glia like cells after traumatic brain injury in rats. Cytokine 2019; 125:154771. [PMID: 31400639 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2019.154771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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To investigate the effect of CXCL12 on regeneration of radial glia like cells after traumatic brain injury (TBI). We randomly divided 48 rats into 4 groups: (1) the sham group, rats were performed craniotomy only, (2) the control group, saline were injected into the ipsilateral cortex after TBI, (3) the CXCL12 group, CXCL12 were injected, and (4) the CXCL12 + AMD3100 group, a mixture of CXCL12 and AMD3100 were injected. Seven days after TBI, the brain tissues were subjected to immunofluorescence double-labeled staining of BrdU/Nestin, BLBP/Nestin, BLBP/Vimentin, BLBP/SOX2, BLBP/CXCR4, BLBP/DCX. Western Blot assay was used to measure the levels of Nestin, BLBP, and Vimentin. Compared with the control group, CXCL12 treatment significantly increased the number of cells stained with BrdU/Nestin, BLBP/Nestin, and BLBP/Vimentin around the injured cortex and corpus callosum areas. CXCL12 + AMD3100 treatment significantly decreased the number of these cells compared with the CXCL12 treatment and control group. The protein levels of Nestin, BLBP, and Vimentin had the same change trends as those of the immunofluorescence staining. The BLBP/Vimentin positive cells presented with the astrocyte pattern around the injured cortex area but with the RGCs pattern around the injured corpus callosum area. The BLBP positive cells also expressed CXCR4 and SOX2. Altogether, CXCL12 promotes the proliferation of neural precursor cells after TBI by combing to its receptor, CXCR4. The proliferating neural precursor cells presents radial glial cell like cells. The RGCs-like cells can differentiate into immature neurons and promote the migration of immature neurons.
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- Weifeng Mao
- Department of Anatomy, Nantong University Medical School, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Nantong University Medical School, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Nantong University Medical School, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Nantong University Medical School, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Nantong University Medical School, Jiangsu 226001, China.
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Wang Y, Li XW, Liu J, Fu W. Antenatal taurine supplementation in fetal rats with growth restriction improves neural stem cell proliferation by inhibiting the activities of Rho family factors. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2018; 31:1454-1461. [PMID: 28412885 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1319353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether antenatal taurine supplementation improves neural stem cell proliferation in rats with fetal growth restriction (FGR) through regulating the activity of Rho family factors. METHODS FGR models were established via food restriction throughout pregnancy. Pregnant rats were randomly divided into the control group, the FGR group (given 40% of the normal daily feeding in the control group), and the Taurine group (FGR model treated with 300 mg/kg·d taurine from gestational day seven). Expression of fatty acid binding protein-7 (FABP-7), Rho-associated coiled coil-forming protein kinase (ROCK2), Ras homolog gene family member A (RhoA), and rac in the brains of newborn rats was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), immunohistochemistry (IHC), and Western blotting (WB). RESULTS Relative FABP7 mRNA levels, the optical density (OD) values of FABP7-positive cells and the expression levels of the tested proteins all demonstrated that the number of neural stem cells (NSCs) in brain tissue was lower in the FGR group than in the control group but was significantly increased after antenatal taurine supplementation (p < .05). Compared with the control group, the mRNA and protein levels of RhoA and ROCK2 were higher in the FGR group but lower in the Taurine group (p < .05). In contrast, the rac mRNA level was lower in the FGR group than in the control group but was higher in the Taurine group (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS Taurine prenatal supplementation improved neural stem cell proliferation in rats with FGR by inhibiting the activity of Rho family factors.
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- Yan Wang
- a Department of Neonatology and NICU of Bayi Children's Hospital , Army General Hospital of the Chinese PLA affiliated to Southern Medical University , Beijing , China
- b Department of Neonatology and NICU , Tai'an City Central Hospital , Tai'an , China
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- a Department of Neonatology and NICU of Bayi Children's Hospital , Army General Hospital of the Chinese PLA affiliated to Southern Medical University , Beijing , China
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- a Department of Neonatology and NICU of Bayi Children's Hospital , Army General Hospital of the Chinese PLA affiliated to Southern Medical University , Beijing , China
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- a Department of Neonatology and NICU of Bayi Children's Hospital , Army General Hospital of the Chinese PLA affiliated to Southern Medical University , Beijing , China
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Elsherbiny ME, Chen H, Emara M, Godbout R. ω-3 and ω-6 Fatty Acids Modulate Conventional and Atypical Protein Kinase C Activities in a Brain Fatty Acid Binding Protein Dependent Manner in Glioblastoma Multiforme. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10040454. [PMID: 29642372 PMCID: PMC5946239 DOI: 10.3390/nu10040454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly infiltrative brain cancer with a dismal prognosis. High levels of brain fatty acid binding protein (B-FABP) are associated with increased migration/infiltration in GBM cells, with a high ratio of arachidonic acid (AA) to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) driving B-FABP-mediated migration. Since several protein kinase Cs (PKCs) are overexpressed in GBM and linked to migration, we explored a possible relationship between B-FABP and levels/activity of different PKCs, as a function of AA and DHA supplementation. We report that ectopic expression of B-FABP in U87 cells alters the levels of several PKCs, particularly PKCζ. Upon analysis of PKCζ RNA levels in a panel of GBM cell lines and patient-derived GBM neurospheres, we observed a trend towards moderate positive correlation (r = 0.624, p = 0.054) between B-FABP and PKCζ RNA levels. Analysis of PKC activity in U87 GBM cells revealed decreased typical PKC activity (23.4%) in B-FABP-expressing cells compared with nonexpressing cells, with no difference in novel and atypical PKC activities. AA and DHA modulated both conventional and atypical PKC activities in a B-FABP-dependent manner, but had no effect on novel PKC activity. These results suggest that conventional and atypical PKCs are potential downstream effectors of B-FABP/fatty acid-mediated alterations in GBM growth properties.
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- Marwa E Elsherbiny
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ahram Canadian University, 6th of October City, Giza 12566, Egypt.
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- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada.
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- Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza 12578, Egypt.
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- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada.
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Matsue K, Minakawa S, Kashiwagi T, Toda K, Sato T, Shioda S, Seki T. Dentate granule progenitor cell properties are rapidly altered soon after birth. Brain Struct Funct 2017; 223:357-369. [PMID: 28836044 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1499-7] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Neurogenesis occurs during the embryonic period and ceases soon after birth in the neocortex, but continues to occur in the hippocampus even in the adult. The embryonic neocortex has radial glia or progenitor cells expressing brain lipid-binding protein (BLBP), whereas the adult hippocampus has radial granule progenitor cells expressing BLBP and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in the subgranular zone. We previously found that embryonic hippocampal granule progenitor cells express GFAP, but not BLBP, indicating that these cells are different from both embryonic neocortical and adult granule progenitor cells. In the present study, as the first step towards understanding the mechanism of persistent hippocampal neurogenesis, we aimed to determine the stage at which embryonic-type granule progenitors become adult-type progenitors using mouse Gfap-GFP transgenic mice. During the embryonic stages, Gfap-GFP-positive (Gfap-GFP+) cells were distributed in the entire developing dentate gyrus (DG), whereas BLBP-positive (BLBP+) cells were mainly present in the fimbria and subpial region, and to some extent in the DG. Up to postnatal day 0 (P0), double-positive cells were scarcely detected. However, at P1, one-third of the Gfap-GFP+ cells in the DG suddenly began to weakly express BLBP. Thereafter, Gfap-GFP+/BLBP+ cells rapidly increased in number, and extended their radial processes in the inner granular cell layer. At P14 and in the adult, two-thirds of the Gfap-GFP+ cells in the subgranular zone showed BLBP immunoreactivity. These results suggest that the properties of hippocampal granule progenitor cells are rapidly altered from an embryonic to adult type soon after birth.
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- Kenta Matsue
- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Bioscience Research, Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan.
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Ortega JA, Sirois CL, Memi F, Glidden N, Zecevic N. Oxygen Levels Regulate the Development of Human Cortical Radial Glia Cells. Cereb Cortex 2017; 27:3736-3751. [PMID: 27600849 PMCID: PMC6075453 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The oxygen (O2) concentration is a vital parameter for controlling the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of neural stem cells. A prenatal reduction of O2 levels (hypoxia) often leads to cognitive and behavioral defects, attributable to altered neural development. In this study, we analyzed the effects of O2 levels on human cortical progenitors, the radial glia cells (RGCs), during active neurogenesis, corresponding to the second trimester of gestation. Small changes in O2 levels profoundly affected RGC survival, proliferation, and differentiation. Physiological hypoxia (3% O2) promoted neurogenesis, whereas anoxia (<1% O2) and severe hypoxia (1% O2) arrested the differentiation of human RGCs, mainly by altering the generation of glutamatergic neurons. The in vitro activation of Wnt-β-catenin signaling rescued the proliferation and neuronal differentiation of RGCs subjected to anoxia. Pathologic hypoxia (≤1% O2) also exerted negative effects on gliogenesis, by decreasing the number of O4+ preoligodendrocytes and increasing the number of reactive astrocytes derived from cortical RGCs. O2-dependent alterations in glutamatergic neurogenesis and oligodendrogenesis can lead to significant changes in cortical circuitry formation. A better understanding of the cellular effects caused by changes in O2 levels during human cortical development is essential to elucidating the etiology of numerous neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- J Alberto Ortega
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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田 鎏, 廖 晖, 杨 慧, 马 妮, 张 昌, 刁 红. [Expression of FABP7 in mouse placenta tissue and human trophoblast HTR-8/Svneo cells]. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2017; 37:594-599. [PMID: 28539280 PMCID: PMC6780475 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-4254.2017.05.05] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To detect the expression of FABP7 in the placenta of pregnant mice and in HTR-8/Svneo cells. METHODS Real-time PCR and immunofluorescence were used to detect FABP7 mRNA and protein expressions in the uterine and placental tissue of pregnant mice at different days of gestation. FABP7 expression was also detected in cultured HTR-8/Svneo cells using immunofluorescence assay. The mice were treated with E2, P4 or their combination for 6 and 24 h and Fabp7 mRNA level in the uterus was detected with real-time PCR. RESULTS At 7.5-10.5 days of gestation, the pregnant mice showed positive expressions of Fabp7 mRNA in the uterus and placenta, and FABP7 protein was detected in the decidualized cells and trophoblast giant cells. The expressions of FABP7 were detected at both the mRNA and protein levels in cultured HTR-8/Svneo cells. In mice treated with P4 alone or with E2+P4 for 6 and 24 h, the expression level of Fabp7 mRNA was upregulated in the uterus. Fabp7 upregulation was observed in mice at 24 h following E2 treatment but not at 6 h. CONCLUSION FABP7 is expressed in trophoblast giant cells and decidual cells in the placental tissue of mice and in cultured HTR-8/Svneo cells, suggesting the involvement of FABP7 in placental development and in maintenance of pregnancy. E2 and P4 can regulate the expression of FABP7 in mouse uterus.
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- 鎏 田
- 湖北医药学院附属人民医院生殖医学中心,湖北 十堰 442000Reproductive Medicine Center, People's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- 湖北医药学院生物工程学院,湖北 十堰 442000College of Bioengineering, Shiyan 442000, China
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- 湖北医药学院附属人民医院生殖医学中心,湖北 十堰 442000Reproductive Medicine Center, People's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- 湖北医药学院生物工程学院,湖北 十堰 442000College of Bioengineering, Shiyan 442000, China
| | - 慧 杨
- 湖北医药学院附属人民医院生殖医学中心,湖北 十堰 442000Reproductive Medicine Center, People's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
| | - 妮 马
- 湖北医药学院附属人民医院生殖医学中心,湖北 十堰 442000Reproductive Medicine Center, People's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- 湖北医药学院生物工程学院,湖北 十堰 442000College of Bioengineering, Shiyan 442000, China
| | - 昌军 张
- 湖北医药学院附属人民医院生殖医学中心,湖北 十堰 442000Reproductive Medicine Center, People's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- 湖北医药学院生物工程学院,湖北 十堰 442000College of Bioengineering, Shiyan 442000, China
- 湖北医药学院胚胎干细胞湖北省重点实验室,湖北 十堰 442000Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Shiyan 442000, China
| | - 红录 刁
- 湖北医药学院附属人民医院生殖医学中心,湖北 十堰 442000Reproductive Medicine Center, People's Hospital Affiliated to Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- 湖北医药学院生物工程学院,湖北 十堰 442000College of Bioengineering, Shiyan 442000, China
- 湖北医药学院胚胎干细胞湖北省重点实验室,湖北 十堰 442000Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Shiyan 442000, China
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