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Mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in myopathic mice with collagen VI deficiency 总被引:13,自引:0,他引:13
Irwin WA Bergamin N Sabatelli P Reggiani C Megighian A Merlini L Braghetta P Columbaro M Volpin D Bressan GM Bernardi P Bonaldo P 《Nature genetics》2003,35(4):367-371
Collagen VI is an extracellular matrix protein that forms a microfilamentous network in skeletal muscles and other organs. Inherited mutations in genes encoding collagen VI in humans cause two muscle diseases, Bethlem myopathy and Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy. We previously generated collagen VI-deficient (Col6a1-/-) mice and showed that they have a muscle phenotype that strongly resembles Bethlem myopathy. The pathophysiological defects and mechanisms leading to the myopathic disorder were not known. Here we show that Col6a1-/- muscles have a loss of contractile strength associated with ultrastructural alterations of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and mitochondria and spontaneous apoptosis. We found a latent mitochondrial dysfunction in myofibers of Col6a1-/- mice on incubation with the selective F1F(O)-ATPase inhibitor oligomycin, which caused mitochondrial depolarization, Ca2+ deregulation and increased apoptosis. These defects were reversible, as they could be normalized by plating Col6a1-/- myofibers on collagen VI or by addition of cyclosporin A (CsA), the inhibitor of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP). Treatment of Col6a1-/- mice with CsA rescued the muscle ultrastructural defects and markedly decreased the number of apoptotic nuclei in vivo. These findings indicate that collagen VI myopathies have an unexpected mitochondrial pathogenesis that could be exploited for therapeutic intervention. 相似文献
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Sobacchi C Frattini A Guerrini MM Abinun M Pangrazio A Susani L Bredius R Mancini G Cant A Bishop N Grabowski P Del Fattore A Messina C Errigo G Coxon FP Scott DI Teti A Rogers MJ Vezzoni P Villa A Helfrich MH 《Nature genetics》2007,39(8):960-962
Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis is usually associated with normal or elevated numbers of nonfunctional osteoclasts. Here we report mutations in the gene encoding RANKL (receptor activator of nuclear factor-KB ligand) in six individuals with autosomal recessive osteopetrosis whose bone biopsy specimens lacked osteoclasts. These individuals did not show any obvious defects in immunological parameters and could not be cured by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; however, exogenous RANKL induced formation of functional osteoclasts from their monocytes, suggesting that they could, theoretically, benefit from exogenous RANKL administration. 相似文献
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Houlden H Johnson J Gardner-Thorpe C Lashley T Hernandez D Worth P Singleton AB Hilton DA Holton J Revesz T Davis MB Giunti P Giunti P Wood NW 《Nature genetics》2007,39(12):1434-1436
The microtubule-associated protein tau (encoded by MAPT) and several tau kinases have been implicated in neurodegeneration, but only MAPT has a proven role in disease. We identified mutations in the gene encoding tau tubulin kinase 2 (TTBK2) as the cause of spinocerebellar ataxia type 11. Affected brain tissue showed substantial cerebellar degeneration and tau deposition. These data suggest that TTBK2 is important in the tau cascade and in spinocerebellar degeneration. 相似文献
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Musio A Selicorni A Focarelli ML Gervasini C Milani D Russo S Vezzoni P Larizza L 《Nature genetics》2006,38(5):528-530
Cornelia de Lange syndrome is a multisystem developmental disorder characterized by facial dysmorphisms, upper limb abnormalities, growth delay and cognitive retardation. Mutations in the NIPBL gene, a component of the cohesin complex, account for approximately half of the affected individuals. We report here that mutations in SMC1L1 (also known as SMC1), which encodes a different subunit of the cohesin complex, are responsible for CdLS in three male members of an affected family and in one sporadic case. 相似文献
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Becatti M Taddei N Cecchi C Nassi N Nassi PA Fiorillo C 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2012,69(13):2245-2260
SIRT1, an ubiquitous NAD(+)-dependent deacetylase that plays a role in biological processes such as longevity and stress response, is significantly activated in response to reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Resveratrol (Resv), an important activator of SIRT1, has been shown to exert major health benefits in diseases associated with oxidative stress. In ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, a major role has been attributed to the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, which is upregulated in response to a variety of stress stimuli, including oxidative stress. In neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes subjected to simulated IR, the effect of Resv-induced SIRT1 activation and the relationships with the MAPK pathway were investigated. Resv-induced SIRT1 overexpression protected cardiomyocytes from oxidative injury, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cell death induced by IR. For the first time, we demonstrate that SIRT1 overexpression positively affects the MAPK pathway-via Akt/ASK1 signaling-by reducing p38 and JNK phosphorylation and increasing ERK phosphorylation. These results reveal a new protective mechanism elicited by Resv-induced SIRT1 activation in IR tissues and suggest novel potential therapeutic targets to manage IR-induced cardiac dysfunction. 相似文献
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Purdue MP Johansson M Zelenika D Toro JR Scelo G Moore LE Prokhortchouk E Wu X Kiemeney LA Gaborieau V Jacobs KB Chow WH Zaridze D Matveev V Lubinski J Trubicka J Szeszenia-Dabrowska N Lissowska J Rudnai P Fabianova E Bucur A Bencko V Foretova L Janout V Boffetta P Colt JS Davis FG Schwartz KL Banks RE Selby PJ Harnden P Berg CD Hsing AW Grubb RL Boeing H Vineis P Clavel-Chapelon F Palli D Tumino R Krogh V Panico S Duell EJ Quirós JR Sanchez MJ Navarro C Ardanaz E Dorronsoro M Khaw KT Allen NE 《Nature genetics》2011,43(1):60-65
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Water has many kinetic and thermodynamic properties that exhibit an anomalous dependence on temperature, in particular in the supercooled phase. These anomalies have long been interpreted in terms of underlying structural causes, and their experimental characterization points to the existence of a singularity at a temperature of about 225 K. Further insights into the nature and origin of this singularity might be gained by completely characterizing the structural relaxation in supercooled water. But until now, such a characterization has only been realized in simulations that agree with the predictions of simple mode-coupling theory; unambiguous experimental support for this surprising conclusion is, however, not yet available. Here we report time-resolved optical Kerr effect measurements that unambiguously demonstrate that the structural relaxation of liquid and weakly supercooled water follows the behaviour predicted by simple mode-coupling theory. Our findings thus support the interpretation of the singularity as a purely dynamical transition. That is, the anomalous behaviour of weakly supercooled water can be explained using a fully dynamic model and without needing to invoke a thermodynamic origin. In this regard, water behaves like many other, normal molecular liquids that are fragile glass-formers. 相似文献
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Essential role of Plzf in maintenance of spermatogonial stem cells 总被引:15,自引:0,他引:15
Costoya JA Hobbs RM Barna M Cattoretti G Manova K Sukhwani M Orwig KE Wolgemuth DJ Pandolfi PP 《Nature genetics》2004,36(6):653-659
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Rab5 is a signalling GTPase involved in actin remodelling by receptor tyrosine kinases 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Rab5 is a small GTPase involved in the control of intracellular trafficking, both at the level of receptor endocytosis and endosomal dynamics. The finding that Rab5 can be activated by receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) raised the question of whether it also participates in effector pathways emanating from these receptors. Here we show that Rab5 is indispensable for a form of RTK-induced actin remodelling, called circular ruffling. Three independent signals, originating from Rab5, phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase and Rac, respectively, are simultaneously required for the induction of circular ruffles. Rab5 signals to the actin cytoskeleton through RN-tre, a previously identified Rab5-specific GTPase-activating protein (GAP). Here we demonstrate that RN-tre has the dual function of Rab5-GAP and Rab5 effector. We also show that RN-tre is critical for macropinocytosis, a process previously connected to the formation of circular ruffles. Finally, RN-tre interacts with both F-actin and actinin-4, an F-actin bundling protein. We propose that RN-tre establishes a three-pronged connection with Rab5, F-actin and actinin-4. This may aid crosslinking of actin fibres into actin networks at the plasma membrane. Thus, we have shown that Rab5 is a signalling GTPase and have elucidated the major molecular elements of its downstream pathway. 相似文献
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Gabrielli P Barbante C Plane JM Varga A Hong S Cozzi G Gaspari V Planchon FA Cairns W Ferrari C Crutzen P Cescon P Boutron CF 《Nature》2004,432(7020):1011-1014
An iridium anomaly at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary layer has been attributed to an extraterrestrial body that struck the Earth some 65 million years ago. It has been suggested that, during this event, the carrier of iridium was probably a micrometre-sized silicate-enclosed aggregate or the nanophase material of the vaporized impactor. But the fate of platinum-group elements (such as iridium) that regularly enter the atmosphere via ablating meteoroids remains largely unknown. Here we report a record of iridium and platinum fluxes on a climatic-cycle timescale, back to 128,000 years ago, from a Greenland ice core. We find that unexpectedly constant fallout of extraterrestrial matter to Greenland occurred during the Holocene, whereas a greatly enhanced input of terrestrial iridium and platinum masked the cosmic flux in the dust-laden atmosphere of the last glacial age. We suggest that nanometre-sized meteoric smoke particles, formed from the recondensation of ablated meteoroids in the atmosphere at altitudes >70 kilometres, are transported into the winter polar vortices by the mesospheric meridional circulation and are preferentially deposited in the polar ice caps. This implies an average global fallout of 14 +/- 5 kilotons per year of meteoric smoke during the Holocene. 相似文献