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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
    Description: The ability to silence the activity of genetically specified neurons in a temporally precise fashion would provide the opportunity to investigate the causal role of specific cell classes in neural computations, behaviours and pathologies. Here we show that members of the class of light-driven outward proton pumps can mediate powerful, safe, multiple-colour silencing of neural activity. The gene archaerhodopsin-3 (Arch) from Halorubrum sodomense enables near-100% silencing of neurons in the awake brain when virally expressed in the mouse cortex and illuminated with yellow light. Arch mediates currents of several hundred picoamps at low light powers, and supports neural silencing currents approaching 900 pA at light powers easily achievable in vivo. Furthermore, Arch spontaneously recovers from light-dependent inactivation, unlike light-driven chloride pumps that enter long-lasting inactive states in response to light. These properties of Arch are appropriate to mediate the optical silencing of significant brain volumes over behaviourally relevant timescales. Arch function in neurons is well tolerated because pH excursions created by Arch illumination are minimized by self-limiting mechanisms to levels comparable to those mediated by channelrhodopsins or natural spike firing. To highlight how proton pump ecological and genomic diversity may support new innovation, we show that the blue-green light-drivable proton pump from the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans (Mac) can, when expressed in neurons, enable neural silencing by blue light, thus enabling alongside other developed reagents the potential for independent silencing of two neural populations by blue versus red light. Light-driven proton pumps thus represent a high-performance and extremely versatile class of 'optogenetic' voltage and ion modulator, which will broadly enable new neuroscientific, biological, neurological and psychiatric investigations.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939492/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939492/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chow, Brian Y -- Han, Xue -- Dobry, Allison S -- Qian, Xiaofeng -- Chuong, Amy S -- Li, Mingjie -- Henninger, Michael A -- Belfort, Gabriel M -- Lin, Yingxi -- Monahan, Patrick E -- Boyden, Edward S -- 1K99MH085944/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- DP2 OD002002/OD/NIH HHS/ -- DP2 OD002002-01/OD/NIH HHS/ -- K99 MH085944/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- K99 MH085944-01/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2010 Jan 7;463(7277):98-102. doi: 10.1038/nature08652.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group, and Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20054397" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Action Potentials/radiation effects ; Animals ; Ascomycota/metabolism/radiation effects ; Color ; Electric Conductivity ; Euryarchaeota/metabolism/radiation effects ; Genetic Engineering/*methods ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Mice ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neocortex/cytology/physiology/radiation effects ; Neurons/*metabolism/*radiation effects ; Proton Pumps/classification/genetics/*metabolism/*radiation effects ; Rhodopsins, Microbial/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism/radiation ; effects ; Wakefulness
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2010-01-16
    Description: Integrins mediate cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix and transmit signals within the cell that stimulate cell spreading, retraction, migration, and proliferation. The mechanism of integrin outside-in signaling has been unclear. We found that the heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein) Galpha13 directly bound to the integrin beta3 cytoplasmic domain and that Galpha13-integrin interaction was promoted by ligand binding to the integrin alphaIIbbeta3 and by guanosine triphosphate (GTP) loading of Galpha13. Interference of Galpha13 expression or a myristoylated fragment of Galpha13 that inhibited interaction of alphaIIbbeta3 with Galpha13 diminished activation of protein kinase c-Src and stimulated the small guanosine triphosphatase RhoA, consequently inhibiting cell spreading and accelerating cell retraction. We conclude that integrins are noncanonical Galpha13-coupled receptors that provide a mechanism for dynamic regulation of RhoA.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842917/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842917/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gong, Haixia -- Shen, Bo -- Flevaris, Panagiotis -- Chow, Christina -- Lam, Stephen C-T -- Voyno-Yasenetskaya, Tatyana A -- Kozasa, Tohru -- Du, Xiaoping -- GM061454/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM074001/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HL062350/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL068819/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL080264/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM061454/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM061454-09/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM074001/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM074001-02/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL062350/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL062350-09/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL068819/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL068819-08/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL080264/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL080264-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Jan 15;327(5963):340-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1174779.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 835 South Wolcott Avenue, Room E403, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20075254" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; Blood Platelets/*physiology ; Clot Retraction ; Fibrinogen/metabolism ; GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, G12-G13/genetics/*metabolism ; Humans ; Integrin beta3/*metabolism ; Ligands ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Phosphorylation ; Platelet Adhesiveness ; Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex/*metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)/metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; rhoA GTP-Binding Protein/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism
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    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Publication Date: 2011-06-28
    Description: 〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3553595/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3553595/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chow, Brian Y -- Boyden, Edward S -- R01 NS075421/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Jun 24;332(6037):1508-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1208555.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21700858" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Blood Glucose/analysis ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Genes, Reporter ; Genetic Engineering/*methods ; Glucagon-Like Peptide 1/genetics ; Insulin/blood ; *Light ; Light Signal Transduction ; Mice ; NFATC Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Rod Opsins/*genetics/metabolism ; Synthetic Biology/*methods
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2011-03-29
    Description: CD4(+) T helper lymphocytes that express interleukin-17 (T(H)17 cells) have critical roles in mouse models of autoimmunity, and there is mounting evidence that they also influence inflammatory processes in humans. Genome-wide association studies in humans have linked genes involved in T(H)17 cell differentiation and function with susceptibility to Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Thus, the pathway towards differentiation of T(H)17 cells and, perhaps, of related innate lymphoid cells with similar effector functions, is an attractive target for therapeutic applications. Mouse and human T(H)17 cells are distinguished by expression of the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan nuclear receptor RORgammat, which is required for induction of IL-17 transcription and for the manifestation of T(H)17-dependent autoimmune disease in mice. By performing a chemical screen with an insect cell-based reporter system, we identified the cardiac glycoside digoxin as a specific inhibitor of RORgammat transcriptional activity. Digoxin inhibited murine T(H)17 cell differentiation without affecting differentiation of other T cell lineages and was effective in delaying the onset and reducing the severity of autoimmune disease in mice. At high concentrations, digoxin is toxic for human cells, but non-toxic synthetic derivatives 20,22-dihydrodigoxin-21,23-diol and digoxin-21-salicylidene specifically inhibited induction of IL-17 in human CD4(+) T cells. Using these small-molecule compounds, we demonstrate that RORgammat is important for the maintenance of IL-17 expression in mouse and human effector T cells. These data indicate that derivatives of digoxin can be used as chemical templates for the development of RORgammat-targeted therapeutic agents that attenuate inflammatory lymphocyte function and autoimmune disease.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172133/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172133/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Huh, Jun R -- Leung, Monica W L -- Huang, Pengxiang -- Ryan, Daniel A -- Krout, Michael R -- Malapaka, Raghu R V -- Chow, Jonathan -- Manel, Nicolas -- Ciofani, Maria -- Kim, Sangwon V -- Cuesta, Adolfo -- Santori, Fabio R -- Lafaille, Juan J -- Xu, H Eric -- Gin, David Y -- Rastinejad, Fraydoon -- Littman, Dan R -- 2R01GM55217/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- F32GM0860552/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI080885/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01AI080885/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01GM058833/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01GM067659/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2011 Apr 28;472(7344):486-90. doi: 10.1038/nature09978. Epub 2011 Mar 27.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Pathogenesis Program, The Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21441909" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Autoimmune Diseases/drug therapy/immunology/pathology ; Autoimmunity/drug effects/immunology ; Cell Differentiation/*drug effects ; Cell Line ; Digoxin/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Drosophila/cytology ; Humans ; Interleukin-17/biosynthesis/immunology ; Mice ; Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/*antagonists & ; inhibitors/metabolism ; Th17 Cells/*cytology/*drug effects/immunology ; Transcription, Genetic/drug effects/genetics
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    Publication Date: 2014-05-17
    Description: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is useful to determine molecular structure in tissues grown in vitro only if their fidelity, relative to native tissue, can be established. Here, we use multidimensional NMR spectra of animal and in vitro model tissues as fingerprints of their respective molecular structures, allowing us to compare the intact tissues at atomic length scales. To obtain spectra from animal tissues, we developed a heavy mouse enriched by about 20% in the NMR-active isotopes carbon-13 and nitrogen-15. The resulting spectra allowed us to refine an in vitro model of developing bone and to probe its detailed structure. The identification of an unexpected molecule, poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose), that may be implicated in calcification of the bone matrix, illustrates the analytical power of this approach.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chow, W Ying -- Rajan, Rakesh -- Muller, Karin H -- Reid, David G -- Skepper, Jeremy N -- Wong, Wai Ching -- Brooks, Roger A -- Green, Maggie -- Bihan, Dominique -- Farndale, Richard W -- Slatter, David A -- Shanahan, Catherine M -- Duer, Melinda J -- BB/G021392/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- G0500707/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- PG/08/011/24416/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom -- PG/10/43/28390/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom -- RG/09/003/27122/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom -- RG/11/14/29056/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2014 May 16;344(6185):742-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1248167.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK. ; Orthopaedic Research Unit, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. ; Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3DY, UK. ; Central Biomedical Resources, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, West Forvie Building, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, UK. ; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK. ; British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, Cardiovascular Division, James Black Centre, King's College London, 125 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5 9NU, UK. ; Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK. mjd13@cam.ac.uk.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24833391" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Bone Development ; *Calcification, Physiologic ; Carbon Isotopes ; Extracellular Matrix/chemistry ; Growth Plate/growth & development ; Mice ; Models, Biological ; Nitrogen Isotopes ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular/*methods ; Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose/*analysis ; Sheep
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