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    Impaired bone remodeling and its correction by combination therapy in a mouse model of mucopolysaccharidosis-I (2015)
    Oxford University Press
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    Publication Date: 2015-11-21
    Description: Mucopolysaccharidosis-I (MPS-I) is a lysosomal storage disease (LSD) caused by inactivating mutations of IDUA , encoding the glycosaminoglycan-degrading enzyme α-l-iduronidase. Although MPS-I is associated with skeletal abnormalities, the impact of IDUA deficiency on bone remodeling is poorly defined. Here we report that Idua -deficient mice progressively develop a high bone mass phenotype with pathological lysosomal storage in cells of the osteoblast lineage. Histomorphometric quantification identified shortening of bone-forming units and reduced osteoclast numbers per bone surface. This phenotype was not transferable into wild-type mice by bone marrow transplantation (BMT). In contrast, the high bone mass phenotype of Idua -deficient mice was prevented by BMT from wild-type donors. At the cellular level, BMT did not only normalize defects of Idua -deficient osteoblasts and osteocytes but additionally caused increased osteoclastogenesis. Based on clinical observations in an individual with MPS-I, previously subjected to BMT and enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), we treated Idua -deficient mice accordingly and found that combining both treatments normalized all histomorphometric parameters of bone remodeling. Our results demonstrate that BMT and ERT profoundly affect skeletal remodeling of Idua -deficient mice, thereby suggesting that individuals with MPS-I should be monitored for their bone remodeling status, before and after treatment, to avoid long-term skeletal complications.
    Print ISSN: 0964-6906
    Electronic ISSN: 1460-2083
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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    Vesicular codelivery of AMPARs and N-cadherin [Neuroscience] (2014)
    National Academy of Sciences
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    Publication Date: 2014-04-02
    Description: The GluA2 subunit of AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) regulates excitatory synaptic transmission in neurons. In addition, the transsynaptic cell adhesion molecule N-cadherin controls excitatory synapse function and stabilizes dendritic spine structures. At postsynaptic membranes, GluA2 physically binds N-cadherin, underlying spine growth and synaptic modulation. We report that N-cadherin binds to...
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
    Published by National Academy of Sciences
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    Metabolic gene products have evolved to interact with the cell wall integrity pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2016)
    Oxford University Press
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    Publication Date: 2016-11-06
    Description: Two of the five unlinked genes theoretically capable of encoding 5-phosphoribosyl-1(α)-pyrophosphate (PRPP) synthetase (Prs) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae , PRS1 and PRS5 , contain in-frame insertions which separate the cation- and PRPP-binding sites, diagnostic of Prs polypeptides. The impairment of cell wall integrity (CWI) mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade in strains lacking PRS1 and the synthetic lethality associated with loss of PRS1 and PRS5 imply that these insertions are not gratuitous. Coimmunoprecipitation revealed that Prs1 interacts with the CWI MAPK pathway, only when Slt2 has been phosphorylated by Mkk1/2. Three serine residues identified by phosphoproteome analysis (Ficarro et al . 2002 ) are located in one of the insertions of PRS5 thereby defining Prs5 as one of the 11 triply phosphorylated proteins in yeast. Mutation of these phosphosites compromised the transcriptional readout of one endpoint of the CWI pathway, Rlm1, as well as the expression of the gene encoding the stress-activated 1,3 β-glucan synthase, Fks2, regulated by a second endpoint of the CWI pathway, Swi4/Swi6 (SBF transcription factor). Therefore, the unexpected impairment of the CWI phenotype encountered in yeast strains either mutated or deleted for PRS1 or PRS5 can be explained by disruption of the communication between primary cell metabolism and CWI signalling.
    Print ISSN: 1567-1356
    Electronic ISSN: 1567-1364
    Topics: Biology
    Published by Oxford University Press
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    Systematic coarse-graining in nucleation theory (2015)
    American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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    Publication Date: 2015-08-22
    Description: In this work, we show that the standard method to obtain nucleation rate-predictions with the aid of atomistic Monte Carlo simulations leads to nucleation rate predictions that deviate 3 − 5 orders of magnitude from the recent brute-force molecular dynamics simulations [Diemand et al. , J. Chem. Phys. 139 , 074309 (2013)] conducted in the experimental accessible supersaturation regime for Lennard-Jones argon. We argue that this is due to the truncated state space the literature mostly relies on, where the number of atoms in a nucleus is considered the only relevant order parameter. We here formulate the nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of nucleation in an extended state space, where the internal energy and momentum of the nuclei are additionally incorporated. We show that the extended model explains the lack in agreement between the molecular dynamics simulations by Diemand et al. and the truncated state space. We demonstrate additional benefits of using the extended state space; in particular, the definition of a nucleus temperature arises very naturally and can be shown without further approximation to obey the fluctuation law of McGraw and LaViolette. In addition, we illustrate that our theory conveniently allows to extend existing theories to richer sets of order parameters.
    Print ISSN: 0021-9606
    Electronic ISSN: 1089-7690
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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    Malignant H1299 tumor cells preferentially internalize iron-bound inositol hexakisphosphate (2013)
    Portland Press
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    Publication Date: 2013-09-20
    Description: In colon enterocytes and in well differentiated colon cancer CaCo-2 cells, inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP 6 ) inhibits iron uptake by forming extracellular insoluble iron/InsP 6 complexes. In this study we confirmed that CaCo-2 cells are not able to take up iron/InsP 6 but, interestingly, found that the cells are able to internalize metal-free and Cr 3+ -bound InsP 6 . Thus, the inability of CaCo-2 cells to take up iron/InsP 6 complexes seems to be due to the iron-bound state of InsP 6. Since recently we demonstrated that the highly malignant bronchial carcinoma H1299 cells internalize and process InsP 6, we examined whether these cells may be able to take up iron/InsP 6 complexes. Indeed, we found that InsP 6 dose-dependently increased uptake of iron and demonstrated that in the iron-bound state InsP 6 is more effectively internalized than in the metal-free or Cr 3+ -bound state, indicating that H1299 cells preferentially take up iron/InsP 6 complexes. Electron microscope and cell fraction assays revealed that after uptake H1299 cells mainly stored InsP 6 /iron in lysosomes as large aggregates, of which about 10% have been released to the cytosol. However, this InsP 6 -mediated iron transport had no significant effects on cell viability. This result together with our finding that the well differentiated CaCo-2 cells did not, but the malignant H1299 cells preferentially took up iron/InsP 6, may offer the possibility to selectively transport cytotoxic substances into tumor cells.
    Print ISSN: 0144-8463
    Electronic ISSN: 1573-4935
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Published by Portland Press
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    Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of nucleation (2014)
    American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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    Publication Date: 2014-12-09
    Description: We present a novel approach to nucleation processes based on the GENERIC framework (general equation for the nonequilibrium reversible-irreversible coupling). Solely based on the GENERIC structure of time-evolution equations and thermodynamic consistency arguments of exchange processes between a metastable phase and a nucleating phase, we derive the fundamental dynamics for this phenomenon, based on continuous Fokker-Planck equations. We are readily able to treat non-isothermal nucleation even when the nucleating cores cannot be attributed intensive thermodynamic properties. In addition, we capture the dynamics of the time-dependent metastable phase being continuously expelled from the nucleating phase, and keep rigorous track of the volume corrections to the dynamics. Within our framework the definition of a thermodynamic nuclei temperature is manifest. For the special case of nucleation of a gas phase towards its vapor-liquid coexistence, we illustrate that our approach is capable of reproducing recent literature results obtained by more microscopic considerations for the suppression of the nucleation rate due to nonisothermal effects.
    Print ISSN: 0021-9606
    Electronic ISSN: 1089-7690
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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    Identification of non-heme diiron proteins that catalyze triple bond and epoxy group formation (1998)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1998-05-23
    Description: Acetylenic bonds are present in more than 600 naturally occurring compounds. Plant enzymes that catalyze the formation of the Delta12 acetylenic bond in 9-octadecen-12-ynoic acid and the Delta12 epoxy group in 12,13-epoxy-9-octadecenoic acid were characterized, and two genes, similar in sequence, were cloned. When these complementary DNAs were expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana, the content of acetylenic or epoxidated fatty acids in the seeds increased from 0 to 25 or 15 percent, respectively. Both enzymes have characteristics similar to the membrane proteins containing non-heme iron that have histidine-rich motifs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, M -- Lenman, M -- Banas, A -- Bafor, M -- Singh, S -- Schweizer, M -- Nilsson, R -- Liljenberg, C -- Dahlqvist, A -- Gummeson, P O -- Sjodahl, S -- Green, A -- Stymne, S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 8;280(5365):915-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Svalov-Weibull AB, S-268 81 Svalov, Sweden.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9572738" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylene/metabolism ; Alkynes ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Arabidopsis/genetics ; Asteraceae/enzymology/genetics/*metabolism ; Catalysis ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA, Complementary ; Epoxy Compounds/chemical synthesis ; Fatty Acid Desaturases/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism ; Genes, Plant ; Iron/analysis ; Linoleic Acid/metabolism ; Microsomes/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; NAD/metabolism ; NADP/metabolism ; Oleic Acids/*biosynthesis/chemical synthesis ; *Oxidoreductases ; *Plant Proteins ; Plants, Genetically Modified ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics ; Seeds/metabolism ; Sequence Alignment
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    A key enzyme in the biogenesis of lysosomes is a protease that regulates cholesterol metabolism (2011)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2011-07-02
    Description: Mucolipidosis II is a severe lysosomal storage disorder caused by defects in the alpha and beta subunits of the hexameric N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase complex essential for the formation of the mannose 6-phosphate targeting signal on lysosomal enzymes. Cleavage of the membrane-bound alpha/beta-subunit precursor by an unknown protease is required for catalytic activity. Here we found that the alpha/beta-subunit precursor is cleaved by the site-1 protease (S1P) that activates sterol regulatory element-binding proteins in response to cholesterol deprivation. S1P-deficient cells failed to activate the alpha/beta-subunit precursor and exhibited a mucolipidosis II-like phenotype. Thus, S1P functions in the biogenesis of lysosomes, and lipid-independent phenotypes of S1P deficiency may be caused by lysosomal dysfunction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marschner, Katrin -- Kollmann, Katrin -- Schweizer, Michaela -- Braulke, Thomas -- Pohl, Sandra -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Jul 1;333(6038):87-90. doi: 10.1126/science.1205677.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21719679" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; CHO Cells ; Cell Line ; Cholesterol/*metabolism ; Chondrocytes/cytology ; Cricetinae ; Cricetulus ; Enzyme Precursors/chemistry/*metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Lipid Metabolism ; Lysosomes/enzymology/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Mannosephosphates/metabolism ; Mice ; Morphogenesis ; Mucolipidoses/enzymology/genetics/metabolism/pathology ; N-Acetylgalactosamine-4-Sulfatase/metabolism ; Osteogenesis ; Proprotein Convertases/genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Subunits/chemistry/metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering ; Serine Endopeptidases/genetics/*metabolism ; Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)/chemistry/*metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Lysosomal pathology and osteopetrosis upon loss of H+-driven lysosomal Cl- accumulation (2010)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2010-05-01
    Description: During lysosomal acidification, proton-pump currents are thought to be shunted by a chloride ion (Cl-) channel, tentatively identified as ClC-7. Surprisingly, recent data suggest that ClC-7 instead mediates Cl-/proton (H+) exchange. We generated mice carrying a point mutation converting ClC-7 into an uncoupled (unc) Cl- conductor. Despite maintaining lysosomal conductance and normal lysosomal pH, these Clcn7(unc/unc) mice showed lysosomal storage disease like mice lacking ClC-7. However, their osteopetrosis was milder, and they lacked a coat color phenotype. Thus, only some roles of ClC-7 Cl-/H+ exchange can be taken over by a Cl- conductance. This conductance was even deleterious in Clcn7(+/unc) mice. Clcn7(-/-) and Clcn7(unc/unc) mice accumulated less Cl- in lysosomes than did wild-type mice. Thus, lowered lysosomal chloride may underlie their common phenotypes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Weinert, Stefanie -- Jabs, Sabrina -- Supanchart, Chayarop -- Schweizer, Michaela -- Gimber, Niclas -- Richter, Martin -- Rademann, Jorg -- Stauber, Tobias -- Kornak, Uwe -- Jentsch, Thomas J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Jun 11;328(5984):1401-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1188072.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Leibniz-Institut fur Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20430974" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Bone and Bones/pathology ; Cells, Cultured ; Chloride Channels/genetics/*metabolism ; Chlorides/*metabolism ; Gene Knock-In Techniques ; Hair Color ; Hippocampus/pathology ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Lysosomal Storage Diseases/metabolism/pathology ; Lysosomes/*metabolism ; Membrane Potentials ; Membrane Proteins/genetics/metabolism ; Mice ; Mutant Proteins/metabolism ; Osteoclasts/metabolism/pathology ; Osteopetrosis/*metabolism/pathology ; Phenotype ; Point Mutation ; *Protons
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
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    Glutamatergic and dopaminergic neurons mediate anxiogenic and anxiolytic effects of CRHR1 (2011)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2011-09-03
    Description: The corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1) critically controls behavioral adaptation to stress and is causally linked to emotional disorders. Using neurochemical and genetic tools, we determined that CRHR1 is expressed in forebrain glutamatergic and gamma-aminobutyric acid-containing (GABAergic) neurons as well as in midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Via specific CRHR1 deletions in glutamatergic, GABAergic, dopaminergic, and serotonergic cells, we found that the lack of CRHR1 in forebrain glutamatergic circuits reduces anxiety and impairs neurotransmission in the amygdala and hippocampus. Selective deletion of CRHR1 in midbrain dopaminergic neurons increases anxiety-like behavior and reduces dopamine release in the prefrontal cortex. These results define a bidirectional model for the role of CRHR1 in anxiety and suggest that an imbalance between CRHR1-controlled anxiogenic glutamatergic and anxiolytic dopaminergic systems might lead to emotional disorders.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Refojo, Damian -- Schweizer, Martin -- Kuehne, Claudia -- Ehrenberg, Stefanie -- Thoeringer, Christoph -- Vogl, Annette M -- Dedic, Nina -- Schumacher, Marion -- von Wolff, Gregor -- Avrabos, Charilaos -- Touma, Chadi -- Engblom, David -- Schutz, Gunther -- Nave, Klaus-Armin -- Eder, Matthias -- Wotjak, Carsten T -- Sillaber, Inge -- Holsboer, Florian -- Wurst, Wolfgang -- Deussing, Jan M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Sep 30;333(6051):1903-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1202107. Epub 2011 Sep 1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21885734" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amygdala/metabolism ; Animals ; *Anxiety ; Behavior, Animal ; Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone/metabolism ; Dopamine/*metabolism ; Fear ; Glutamic Acid/*metabolism ; Hippocampus/metabolism ; Male ; Memory ; Mesencephalon ; Mice ; Mice, Knockout ; Motor Activity ; Neurons/*metabolism ; Prefrontal Cortex/metabolism ; Prosencephalon/cytology/metabolism ; Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone/antagonists & ; inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism ; Synaptic Transmission ; Ventral Tegmental Area/metabolism ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism
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