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Low concentrations of oxidized low density lipoprotein (OxLDL) are cytoprotective for phagocytes, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated signaling pathways used by OxLDL to attenuate apoptosis in monocytic cells. OxLDL at 25–50 μg/ml inhibited staurosporine-induced apoptosis in THP-1 cells and mouse peritoneal macrophages, and it was cytoprotective in human primary monocytes upon serum withdrawal. Attenuated cell demise was reversed by blocking extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling. Translocation of cytochrome c to the cytosol was attenuated by OxLDL, which again demanded ERK signaling. Analysis of Bcl-2 family proteins revealed phosphorylation of Bad at serine 112 as well as ERK-dependent inhibition of Mcl-1 degradation. Although the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is an established signal generated by OxLDL, ROS scavengers did not interfere with cell protection by OxLDL. Thus, activation of the ERK signaling pathway by OxLDL is important to protect phagocytes from apoptosis.
Thioredoxin 1 and thioredoxin 2 have opposed regulatory functions on hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
(2007)
Hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), a key regulator for adaptation to hypoxia, is composed of HIF-1alpha and HIF-1beta. In this study, we present evidence that overexpression of mitochondria-located thioredoxin 2 (Trx2) attenuated hypoxia-evoked HIF-1alpha accumulation, whereas cytosolic thioredoxin 1 (Trx1) enhanced HIF-1alpha protein amount. Transactivation of HIF-1 is decreased by overexpression of Trx2 but stimulated by Trx1. Inhibition of proteasomal degradation of HIF-1alpha in Trx2-overexpressing cells did not fully restore HIF-1alpha protein levels, while HIF-1alpha accumulation was enhanced in Trx1-overexpressing cells. Reporter assays showed that cap-dependent translation is increased by Trx1 and decreased by Trx2, whereas HIF-1alpha mRNA levels remained unaltered. These data suggest that thioredoxins affect the synthesis of HIF-1alpha. Trx1 facilitated synthesis of HIF-1alpha by activating Akt, p70S6K, and eIF-4E, known to control cap-dependent translation. In contrast, Trx2 attenuated activities of Akt, p70S6K, and eIF-4E and provoked an increase in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production. MitoQ, a mitochondria specific antioxidant, reversed HIF-1alpha accumulation as well as Akt activation under hypoxia in Trx2 cells, supporting the notion of translation control mechanisms in affecting HIF-1alpha protein accumulation.
Grundlage der hier vorliegenden retrospektiven Studie stellen alle in der Zeit von März bis Oktober 2004 an den Städtischen Kliniken Frankfurt-Höchst zur Geburt aufgenommenen 102 Patientinnen mit der Diagnose Gestationsdiabetes (GDM) und ihrer gleichstarken Kontrollgruppe dar. In beiden Gruppen kamen jeweils 102 Kinder auf die Welt. Die Untersuchung erstreckte sich darauf, innerhalb der beiden Gruppen fetales Outcome, Unterschiede und Risikofaktoren, die für einen GDM prädisponieren, herauszuarbeiten. Keine Auffälligkeiten ergaben sich bei mütterlichem Alter und Herkunft der Patientinnen. Die Gestationsdiabetikerinnen hatten im Mittel ein höheres Körpergewicht sowie einen höheren BMI vor und nach der Schwangerschaft. Die Gewichtszunahme während der Schwangerschaft war dagegen in der Kontrollgruppe mit 20,3 % höher als in der GDM-Gruppe (16,3 %). Hinsichtlich der Fehlgeburtenrate, der Anzahl an vorherigen Geburten, der Schwangerschaftsdauer und der Frühgeburtlichkeit konnten wir keine Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Gruppen feststellen. Bestätigen konnten wir jedoch den Risikofaktor „familiärer Diabetes“. In der GDM-Gruppe gaben 30,6 % der Patientinnen eine positive familiäre Diabetesanamnese an gegenüber 6,9 % in der Kontrolle. Beim Entbindungsmodus fiel in der GDM-Gruppe eine erhöhte Anzahl an sekundären Sectiones mit 20,6 % gegenüber 6,9 % in der Kontrollgruppe auf. Betrachtet man die Gruppe der adipösen Gestationsdiabetikerinnen separat, so fiel ebenfalls eine erhöhte Anzahl an Schnittentbindungen auf. Den in der Literatur beschriebenen Trend zur Schnittentbindung bei GDM bzw. Adipositas können wir somit in unserer Studie bestätigen. Die primäre Sectiorate bei makrosomen Kindern der GDM-Gruppe war mit 52,9 % ebenfalls erhöht. Geburtstraumata wie Schulterdystokien und Plexusschäden fielen bei keinem der untersuchten Kinder auf. Erhöhte Verlegungsraten in die Kinderklinik und somit ein schlechteres fetales Outcome ergaben sich bei Gestationsdiabetikerinnen mit erhöhtem Alter (> 34 Jahren), osteuropäischer und asiatischer Herkunft, erhöhtem BMI (> 30 kg/m²) vor und nach Schwangerschaft sowie starker Gewichtszunahme (> 30 %) während der Schwangerschaft. Tendenziell erhöhte Verlegungsraten in der GDM-Gruppe fanden sich bei Mehrgravida und bei Frauen mit mehr als einer Fehlgeburt in der geburtshilflichen Anamnese. Die Neugeborenen der beiden Gruppen unterschieden sich nicht hinsichtlich Geschlecht, Körperlänge, Körpergewicht, Kopfumfang, pH-Wert, Base Excess und Fehlbildungsrate. Auffälligkeiten ergaben sich dagegen bei der Makrosomierate. 16,7 % der GDM-Kinder lagen über der 90. Perzentile, gegenüber 5,9 % der Kinder der Kontrollgruppe. Das Outcome unmittelbar nach Geburt war bei Neugeborenen gestationsdiabetischer Mütter öfter schlechter als bei Neugeborenen der Kontrolle. Dies wurde beim APGAR-Score deutlich. In den ersten 5 Minuten hatten 8 GDMKinder jeweils einen APGAR-Wert < 7 gegenüber nur einem Kind aus der Kontrolle. Bei 35,3 % der Neugeborenen diabetischer Mütter wurde eine Hypoglykämie ≤ 45 mg/dl innerhalb der ersten 3 Stunden nach Geburt gemessen. Hiervon stammen 41,7 % der Kinder von insulinär eingestellten Frauen. Als mütterliche Risikofaktoren, die eine Verlegung des Neugeborenen in die Kinderklinik wahrscheinlich machen, sind eine kurze Schwangerschaftsdauer, Adipositas und eine Insulintherapie bei Gestationsdiabetes aufzuführen. Insgesamt ist festzustellen, dass es Unterschiede zwischen gestationsdiabetischen und normoglykämischen Schwangeren gibt. Bestimmte Risikofaktoren stellen weiterhin eine Gefahr für das Neugeborene dar. Es gilt diese Unterschiede und Prädiktoren rechtzeitig zu erkennen und zu therapieren. Nur durch Aufklärung der Bevölkerung über den Gestationsdiabetes und Verschärfung der metabolischen Kontrolle in der Schwangerschaft, sowie frühzeitiges Erkennen prädisponierender Risikofaktoren für einen Gestationsdiabetes lässt sich für die Zukunft eine Angleichung der kindlichen Morbidität bei GDM an das Schwangerschaftsprodukt normoglykämisch Schwangerer erreichen.
All living organisms exhibit daily fluctuations in biochemical, physiological and behavioural parameters driven by endogenous oscillators, residing in the organism itself. In mammals, the core circadian oscillator is located in the paired suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus. Circadian rhythm generation in the SCN depends upon the expression of clock genes interacting in positive and negative transcriptional/translational feedback loops. The SCN governs the timing of peripheral circadian oscillators by neuronal pathways and by neuroendocrine mechanisms. An important neuroendocrine hand of the core circadian oscillator is melatonin, which is produced in and secreted from the pineal gland night by night. The adenohypophysis represents a peripheral circadian oscillator and the secretion of one of its hormones, prolactin, is known to be regulated by melatonin. The aim of the present study was to analyze a putative influence of melatonin on the activity state and diurnal variations of identified cell types in the hypophysis. Particular attention was paid to lactotroph, gonadotroph and pars intermedia cells. Experiments were performed with young male mice of different strains: melatonin-proficient C3H, melatonin-deficient C57BL, melatonin-proficient C3H with targeted deletions of the Mel1a receptor (MelaaBB), Mel1b receptor (MelAAbb) or both receptors (Melaabb). Cells producing prolactin (PRL), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) were immunocytochemically identified and the presence of phosphorylated CREB protein (pCREB) and clock gene protein PER1 was demonstrated by double immunolabeling at different time points during the light/dark cycle in melatonin deficient, melatonin proficient and melatonin receptor knockout mice. Melatonin influence on Prl mRNA levels was investigated by means of in situ hybridization. At night the percentage of lactotroph cells showing a positive nuclear pCREB- and PER1-immunoreaction is significantly smaller in C57BL than in C3H mice. In both mouse strains, the percentage of pCREB –immunoreactive cells is minimal in the early morning and gradually increases to reach a maximum in the late night. PER1 levels show a parallel temporal variation in C3H, but in C57BL, they are drastically reduced in the early afternoon. The percentage of FSH-immunoreactive cells showing pCREB immunoreaction was significantly lower in the melatonin-deficient C57Bl mice than in the melatonin-proficient C3H mice during the second part of the day and during the night. In each strain, the percentage of FSH-immunoreactive cells was lowest at the early morning and gradually increases until the maximum at late night. In wild type (MelAABB) and MelAAbb mice the percentage of lactotroph cells with nuclear pCREB immunoreactions varied significantly over 24 h period, whereas in MelaaBB and Melaabb mice no significant differences were found between the five time points analyzed. The number of Prl mRNA expressing cells was significantly higher in MelaaBB and MelAAbb than in their wild type (MelAABB) littermates. pCREB levels in the pars intermedia did not show rhythmic variation in wild type or Melaabb animals, but wild type mice had higher pCREB levels than Melaabb. The observation that, during darkness, the percentage of lactotroph cells with nuclear pCREB immunoreaction is significantly higher in C3H than in C57BL mice suggests the existence of a distinct cell population that is under the control of melatonin-dependent intrapituitary signaling. Results with melatonin receptor knockout mice indicate that Mel1a and Mel1b melatonin receptors are involved in the control of the activity state of lactotroph cells, but to a differing degree. Analysis of cells expressing Prl mRNA showed that inhibitory action on the Prl expression is mostly mediated through the Mel1a receptor. The significant difference between pCREB immunoreaction in gonadotroph cells of C3H and C57BL mice might suggest that, like lactotrophes, FSH cells represent a heterogeneous population and only a subpopulation is under control of melatonin signaling. The present study is first to show that melatonin signaling also affects pCREB levels in pars intermedia of mice.
Clear native electrophoresis and blue native electrophoresis are microscale techniques for the isolation of membrane protein complexes. The Coomassie Blue G-250 dye, used in blue native electrophoresis, interferes with in-gel fluorescence detection and in-gel catalytic activity assays. This problem can be overcome by omitting the dye in clear native electrophoresis. However, clear native electrophoresis suffers from enhanced protein aggregation and broadening of protein bands during electrophoresis and therefore has been used rarely. To preserve the advantages of both electrophoresis techniques we substituted Coomassie dye in the cathode buffer of blue native electrophoresis by non-colored mixtures of anionic and neutral detergents. Like Coomassie dye, these mixed micelles imposed a charge shift on the membrane proteins to enhance their anodic migration and improved membrane protein solubility during electrophoresis. This improved clear native electrophoresis offers a high resolution of membrane protein complexes comparable to that of blue native electrophoresis. We demonstrate the superiority of high resolution clear native electrophoresis for in-gel catalytic activity assays of mitochondrial complexes I–V. We present the first in-gel histochemical staining protocol for respiratory complex III. Moreover we demonstrate the special advantages of high resolution clear native electrophoresis for in-gel detection of fluorescent labeled proteins labeled by reactive fluorescent dyes and tagged by fluorescent proteins. The advantages of high resolution clear native electrophoresis make this technique superior for functional proteomics analyses.
Consequences of altered eicosanoid patterns for nociceptive processing in mPGES-1-deficient mice
(2007)
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-dependent prostaglandin (PG) E2 synthesis in the spinal cord plays a major role in the development of inflammatory hyperalgesia and allodynia. Microsomal PGE2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1) isomerizes COX-2-derived PGH2 to PGE2. Here, we evaluated the effect of mPGES-1-deficiency on the noci-ceptive behavior in various models of nociception that depend on PGE2 synthesis. Surprisingly, in the COX-2-dependent zymosan-evoked hyperalgesia model, the nociceptive behavior was not reduced in mPGES-1-deficient mice despite a marked decrease of the spinal PGE2 synthesis. Similarly, the nociceptive behavior was unaltered in mPGES-1-deficient mice in the formalin test. Importantly, spinal cords and primary spinal cord cells derived from mPGES-1-deficient mice showed a redirection of the PGE2 synthesis to PGD2, PGF2α and 6-keto-PGF1α (stable metabolite of PGI2). Since the latter prostaglandins serve also as mediators of noci-ception they may compensate the loss of PGE2 synthesis in mPGES-1-deficient mice.
Phosphodiesterase type 2A (PDE2A) hydrolyzes cyclic nucleotides cAMP and cGMP, thus efficiently controlling cNMP-dependent signaling pathways. PDE2A is composed of an amino-terminal region, two regulatory GAF domains, and a catalytic domain. Cyclic nucleotide hydrolysis is known to be activated by cGMP binding to GAF-B; however, other mechanisms may operate to fine-tune local cyclic nucleotide levels. In a yeast two-hybrid screening we identified XAP2, a crucial component of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) complex, as a major PDE2A-interacting protein. We mapped the XAP2 binding site to the GAF-B domain of PDE2A. PDE assays with purified proteins showed that XAP2 binding does not change the enzymatic activity of PDE2A. To analyze whether PDE2A could affect the function of XAP2, we studied nuclear translocation of AhR, i.e. the master transcription factor controlling the expression of multiple detoxification genes. Notably, regulation of AhR target gene expression is initiated by tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) binding to AhR and by a poorly understood cAMP-dependent pathway followed by the translocation of AhR from the cytosol into the nucleus. Binding of PDE2A to XAP2 inhibited TCDD- and cAMP-induced nuclear translocation of AhR in Hepa1c1c7 hepatocytes. Furthermore, PDE2A attenuated TCDD-induced transcription in reporter gene assays. We conclude that XAP2 targets PDE2A to the AhR complex, thereby restricting AhR mobility, possibly by a local reduction of cAMP levels. Our results provide first insights into the elusive cAMP-dependent regulation of AhR.
Defects in podocyte signaling are the basis of many inherited glomerular diseases leading to glomerulosclerosis. CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) is highly expressed in podocytes and is considered to play an important role in the maintenance of the glomerular slit diaphragm. Mice deficient for CD2AP (CD2AP(-/-)) appear normal at birth but develop a rapid onset nephrotic syndrome at 3 weeks of age. We demonstrate that impaired intracellular signaling with subsequent podocyte damage is the reason for this delayed podocyte injury in CD2AP(-/-) mice. We document that CD2AP deficiency in podocytes leads to diminished signal initiation and termination of signaling pathways mediated by receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). In addition, we demonstrate that CIN85, a paralog of CD2AP, is involved in termination of RTK signaling in podocytes. CIN85 protein expression is increased in CD2AP(-/-) podocytes in vitro. Stimulation of CD2AP(-/-) podocytes with various growth factors, including insulin-like growth factor 1, vascular endothelial growth factor, and fibroblast growth factor, resulted in a significantly decreased phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT and ERK signaling response. Moreover, increased CIN85 protein is detectable in podocytes in diseased CD2AP(-/-) mice, leading to decreased base-line activation of ERK and decreased phosphorylation after growth factor stimulation in vivo. Because repression of CIN85 protein leads to a restored RTK signaling response, our results support an important role of CD2AP/CIN85 protein balance in the normal signaling response of podocytes.