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INTRODUCTION: Vascular endothelial cell injury and angiogenesis induced by hyperglycemia are the main pathological basis of vascular complications in diabetes mellitus. Our study aimed to investigate the role and mechanism of miR-210-3p in high glucose (HG)-induced angiogenesis. METHODS: Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were treated with HG to mimic the pathological process of hyperglycemia. HUVECs were divided into the control group, HG group, HG+inhibitor-NC group, and HG+miR-210-3p inhibitor group. Proliferation and migration were tested by wound healing assay, tube formation, and Transwell assay. Quantitation real-time PCR and Western blots were performed to determine the expression of miR-210-3p and relative proteins, respectively. RESULTS: The level of miR-210-3p significantly increased in HUVECs treated by HG. The knockdown of miR-210-3p attenuated the tube formation, proliferation, and migration of cultured HUVECs in vitro to inhibit angiogenesis by increasing the expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1) and then attenuating the phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), extracellular regulated protein kinases, and protein kinase B (Akt). CONCLUSION: Our study revealed that miR-210-3p might be a promising target for treating diabetic-associated vascular injury.
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Diabetes Mellitus , Hiperglucemia , MicroARNs , Humanos , Regulación hacia Abajo , MicroARNs/genética , Angiogénesis , Células Endoteliales de la Vena Umbilical Humana , Diabetes Mellitus/metabolismo , Hiperglucemia/genética , Hiperglucemia/metabolismo , Glucosa/toxicidad , Proliferación Celular , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismoRESUMEN
Fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1) encodes a transmembrane protein that is related to fibroblast growth factor receptors but lacks an intercellular tyrosine kinase domain. in vitro studies suggest that FGFRL1 inhibits cell proliferation and promotes cell differentiation and cell adhesion. Mice that lack FGFRL1 die shortly after birth from respiratory distress and have abnormally thin diaphragms whose muscular hypoplasia allows the liver to protrude into the thoracic cavity. Haploinsufficiency of FGFRL1 has been hypothesized to contribute to the development of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) associated with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. However, data from both humans and mice suggest that disruption of one copy of FGFRL1 alone is insufficient to cause diaphragm defects. Here we report a female fetus with CDH whose 4p16.3 deletion allows us to refine the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome CDH critical region to an approximately 1.9 Mb region that contains FGFRL1. We also report a male infant with isolated left-sided diaphragm agenesis who carried compound heterozygous missense variants in FGFRL1. These cases provide additional evidence that deleterious FGFRL1 variants may contribute to the development of CDH in humans.
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Deleción Cromosómica , Haploinsuficiencia , Hernias Diafragmáticas Congénitas/patología , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Femenino , Hernias Diafragmáticas Congénitas/etiología , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Masculino , PronósticoRESUMEN
Fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1), a member of the FGFR family, has been demonstrated to play important roles in various cancers. However, the role of FGFRL1 in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains unclear. Our study aimed to investigate the role of FGFRL1 in chemoresistance of SCLC and elucidate the possible molecular mechanism. We found that FGFRL1 levels are significantly up-regulated in multidrug-resistant SCLC cells (H69AR and H446DDP) compared with the sensitive parental cells (H69 and H446). In addition, clinical samples showed that FGFRL1 was overexpressed in SCLC tissues, and high FGFRL1 expression was associated with the clinical stage, chemotherapy response and survival time of SCLC patients. Knockdown of FGFRL1 in chemoresistant SCLC cells increased chemosensitivity by increasing cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest, whereas overexpression of FGFRL1 in chemosensitive SCLC cells produced the opposite results. Mechanistic investigations showed that FGFRL1 interacts with ENO1, and FGFRL1 was found to regulate the expression of ENO1 and its downstream signalling pathway (the PI3K/Akt pathway) in SCLC cells. In brief, our study demonstrated that FGFRL1 modulates chemoresistance of SCLC by regulating the ENO1-PI3K/Akt pathway. FGFRL1 may be a predictor and a potential therapeutic target for chemoresistance in SCLC.
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Biomarcadores de Tumor/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/fisiología , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas/metabolismo , Fosfopiruvato Hidratasa/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Transducción de Señal/fisiología , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células Pequeñas/metabolismo , Proteínas Supresoras de Tumor/metabolismo , Animales , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Apoptosis/fisiología , Puntos de Control del Ciclo Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Puntos de Control del Ciclo Celular/fisiología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Resistencia a Múltiples Medicamentos/efectos de los fármacos , Resistencia a Múltiples Medicamentos/fisiología , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/efectos de los fármacos , Femenino , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamiento farmacológico , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Ratones Desnudos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células Pequeñas/tratamiento farmacológicoRESUMEN
FGFRL1 is a transmembrane receptor that can induce the fusion of CHO cells to multinucleated syncytia. This cell fusion activity has been attributed to the extracellular Ig3 domain of the receptor. We investigated how the fusogenic activity evolved during the evolution of animals. We found that the Ig3 domain from humans, mice, chicken and fish stimulates fusion of CHO cells, while the Ig3 domain from lancelet and sea urchin does not. It is therefore conceivable that the fusogenic activity of FGFRL1 developed during the evolution of vertebrates. Bony fish contain two copies of the FGFRL1 gene because they have undergone a whole-genome duplication. One of the corresponding proteins (FGFRL1a) induces cell-cell fusion, while the other (FGFRL1b) does not. Analysis of chimeric constructs and in vitro mutagenesis suggested that FGFRL1b has lost its fusogenic activity after duplication. A rescue experiment supported this conclusion. When four amino acids were changed, the Ig3 domain of FGFRL1b was converted into an active, fusogenic protein comparable to FGFRL1a. The four amino acids are located in a hydrophobic pocket of the Ig3 domain. It is likely that this hydrophobic pocket interacts with a target molecule on the membrane of adjacent cells to induce cell-cell fusion.
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Células Gigantes/metabolismo , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Células CHO , Fusión Celular , Clonación Molecular , Cricetulus , Evolución Molecular , Células Gigantes/citología , Humanos , Dominios Proteicos , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/química , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Alineación de SecuenciaRESUMEN
FgfrL1, which interacts with Fgf ligands and heparin, is a member of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (Fgfr) family. FgfrL1-deficient mice show two significant alterations when compared to wildtype mice: They die at birth due to a malformed diaphragm and they lack metanephric kidneys. Utilizing gene arrays, qPCR and in situ hybridization we show here that the diaphragm of FgfrL1 knockout animals lacks any slow muscle fibers at E18.5 as indicated by the absence of slow fiber markers Myh7, Myl2 and Myl3. Similar lesions are also found in other skeletal muscles that contain a high proportion of slow fibers at birth, such as the extraocular muscles. In contrast to the slow fibers, fast fibers do not appear to be affected as shown by expression of fast fiber markers Myh3, Myh8, Myl1 and MylPF. At early developmental stages (E10.5, E15.5), FgfrL1-deficient animals express slow fiber genes at normal levels. The loss of slow fibers cannot be attributed to the lack of kidneys, since Wnt4 knockout mice, which also lack metanephric kidneys, show normal expression of Myh7, Myl2 and Myl3. Thus, FgfrL1 is specifically required for embryonic development of slow muscle fibers.
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Diafragma/embriología , Regulación del Desarrollo de la Expresión Génica/fisiología , Desarrollo de Músculos/genética , Fibras Musculares de Contracción Lenta/fisiología , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Animales , Northern Blotting , Diafragma/citología , Inmunohistoquímica , Hibridación in Situ , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Análisis por Micromatrices , Desarrollo de Músculos/fisiología , Cadenas Pesadas de Miosina/metabolismo , Cadenas Ligeras de Miosina/metabolismo , Reacción en Cadena de la PolimerasaRESUMEN
The microRNA hsa-miR-210 (miR-210) is associated with hypoxia; however its function has not fully identified. In the present study, we aim to detect its role concerning proliferation in Laryngocarcinoma. We found that miR-210 was highly expressed in hypoxia, which inhibited proliferation by inducing cell cycle arrest in G1/G0 as well as apoptosis. We further identified that miR-210 targeted fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1). Down regulation of FGFRL1 decreased cell proliferation by promoting proportion of cells in G1/G0 phase and decreasing in S and G2/M phases. Moreover, overexpression of FGFRL1 effectively released the miR-210-induced suppression of SCC10A cell proliferation. Expression of miR-210 repressed tumor xenograft growth in vivo as well. Together, our findings reveal a new mechanism of adaptation to hypoxia that miR-210 inhibits the proliferation via inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by the targeting of FGFRL1. J. Cell. Biochem. 116: 1039-1049, 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello/metabolismo , MicroARNs/metabolismo , Animales , Western Blotting , Ciclo Celular , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/genética , Proliferación Celular/fisiología , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Neoplasias de Cabeza y Cuello/genética , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Ratones Desnudos , MicroARNs/genética , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa InversaRESUMEN
FGFRL1 is a newly identified member of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family expressed in adult pancreas. Unlike canonical FGFRs that initiate signaling via tyrosine kinase domains, the short intracellular sequence of FGFRL1 consists of a putative Src homology domain-2 (SH2)-binding motif adjacent to a histidine-rich C terminus. As a consequence of nonexistent kinase domains, FGFRL1 has been postulated to act as a decoy receptor to inhibit canonical FGFR ligand-induced signaling. In pancreatic islet beta-cells, canonical FGFR1 signaling affects metabolism and insulin processing. This study determined beta-cell expression of FGFRL1 as well as consequent effects on FGFR1 signaling and biological responses. We confirmed FGFRL1 expression at the plasma membrane and within distinct intracellular granules of both primary beta-cells and ßTC3 cells. Fluorescent protein-tagged FGFRL1 (RL1) induced a significant ligand-independent increase in MAPK signaling. Removal of the histidine-rich domain (RL1-ΔHis) or entire intracellular sequence (RL1-ΔC) resulted in greater retention at the plasma membrane and significantly reduced ligand-independent ERK1/2 responses. The SHP-1 phosphatase was identified as an RL1-binding substrate. Point mutation of the SH2-binding motif reduced the ability of FGFRL1 to bind SHP-1 and activate ERK1/2 but did not affect receptor localization to insulin secretory granules. Finally, overexpression of RL1 increased cellular insulin content and matrix adhesion. Overall, these data suggest that FGFRL1 does not function as a decoy receptor in beta-cells, but rather it enhances ERK1/2 signaling through association of SHP-1 with the receptor's intracellular SH2-binding motif.
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Células Secretoras de Insulina/enzimología , Sistema de Señalización de MAP Quinasas , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatasa no Receptora Tipo 6/metabolismo , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Vesículas Secretoras/enzimología , Animales , Adhesión Celular , Línea Celular , Endosomas/metabolismo , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Humanos , Insulina/metabolismo , Secreción de Insulina , Islotes Pancreáticos/citología , Islotes Pancreáticos/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Proteína Quinasa 1 Activada por Mitógenos/metabolismo , Proteína Quinasa 3 Activada por Mitógenos/metabolismo , Fosforilación , Dominios y Motivos de Interacción de Proteínas , Procesamiento Proteico-Postraduccional , Transporte de ProteínasRESUMEN
Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) 1-4 are involved in prostate cancer (PCa) regulation, but the role of FGFR-like 1 (FGFRL1) in PCa is unclear. FGFRL1 expression was studied by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry of patient tissue microarrays (TMAs) and correlated with clinical patient data. The effects of FGFRL1 knockdown (KD) in PC3M were studied in in vitro culture models and in mouse xenograft tumors. Our results showed that FGFRL1 was significantly upregulated in PCa. The level of membranous FGFRL1 was negatively associated with high Gleason scores (GSs) and Ki67, while increased cytoplasmic and nuclear FGFRL1 showed a positive correlation. Cox regression analysis indicated that nuclear FGFRL1 was an independent prognostic marker for biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Functional studies indicated that FGFRL1-KD in PC3M cells increases FGFR signaling, whereas FGFRL1 overexpression attenuates it, supporting decoy receptor actions of membrane-localized FGFRL1. In accordance with clinical data, FGFRL1-KD markedly suppressed PC3M xenograft growth. Transcriptomics of FGFRL1-KD cells and xenografts revealed major changes in genes regulating differentiation, ECM turnover, and tumor-stromal interactions associated with decreased growth in FGFRL1-KD xenografts. Our results suggest that FGFRL1 upregulation and altered cellular compartmentalization contribute to PCa progression. The nuclear FGFRL1 could serve as a prognostic marker for PCa patients.
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Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain containing 5 antisense RNA 1 (FGD5-AS1) has been reported as an oncogene in colorectal cancer, promoting its tumorgenesis. The present paper focused on searching the potential function of FGD5-AS1 in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). There are connections between the expression of lncRNA FGD5-AS1 and human NSCLC tumor growth and progression. Also, the relationships between FGD5-AS1, hsa-miR-107 and mRNA fibroblast growth factor receptor like 1 (FGFRL1) are going to test their interaction in NSCLC cell lines, which may cause a series of biological behaviors of NSCLC cells. qRT-PCR analysis was conducted to test the expression of RNAs in different situation. CCK-8 experiment and clone formation assay were performed to assess proliferation of NSCLC cells. Also, connection between FGD5-AS1 and hsa-miR-107 were investigated by luciferase reporter assay and RNA pull-down assay. Rescue experiments were performed to verify the modulating relationship between FGD5-AS1, hsa-miR-107 and FGFRL1. High-level expression of FGD5-AS1 was found in NSCLC. FGD5-AS1 may promote the proliferation of NSCLC cells. Also, the combination between hsa-miR-107, FGD5-AS1 and NSCLC have been proved, which means they can play an interaction function in NSCLC cells. Thence, we concluded that lncRNA FGD5-AS1 promotes non-small cell lung cancer cell proliferation through sponging hsa-miR-107 to up-regulate FGFRL1.
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Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , MicroARNs/metabolismo , ARN Largo no Codificante/metabolismo , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/genética , Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular , Femenino , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patología , Masculino , MicroARNs/genética , Persona de Mediana Edad , ARN Largo no Codificante/genética , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Transducción de Señal , Regulación hacia ArribaRESUMEN
In mammals, the novel protein fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1) is involved in the development of metanephric kidneys. It appears that this receptor controls a crucial transition of the induced metanephric mesenchyme to epithelial renal vesicles, which further develop into functional nephrons. FGFRL1 knockout mice lack metanephric kidneys and do not express any fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 8 in the metanephric mesenchyme, suggesting that FGFRL1 and FGF8 play a decisive role during kidney formation. FGFRL1 consists of three extracellular immunoglobulin (Ig) domains (Ig1-Ig2-Ig3), a transmembrane domain and a short intracellular domain. We have prepared the extracellular domain (Ig123), the three individual Ig domains (Ig1, Ig2, Ig3) as well as all combinations containing two Ig domains (Ig12, Ig23, Ig13) in recombinant form in human cells. All polypeptides that contain the Ig2 domain (Ig123, Ig12, Ig23, Ig2) were found to interact with FGF8 with very high affinity, whereas all constructs that lack the Ig2 domain (Ig1, Ig3, Ig13) poorly interacted with FGF8 as shown by ELISA and surface plasmon resonance. It is therefore likely that FGFRL1 represents a physiological receptor for FGF8 in the kidney and that the ligand primarily binds to the Ig2 domain of the receptor. With Biacore experiments, we also measured the affinity of FGF8 for the different constructs. All constructs containing the Ig2 domain showed a rapid association and a slow dissociation phase, from which a KD of 2-3 × 10-9 M was calculated. Our data support the hypothesis that binding of FGF8 to FGFRL1 could play an important role in driving the formation of nephrons in the developing kidney.
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Factor 8 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Dominios de Inmunoglobulinas/genética , Riñón/crecimiento & desarrollo , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Animales , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/genética , Humanos , Riñón/metabolismo , Ligandos , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Nefronas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Nefronas/metabolismo , Resonancia por Plasmón de SuperficieRESUMEN
Osteosarcoma is a common bone tumor and a frequently occuring cancer-associated threat to children. Notably, the prognosis of osteosarcoma is very poor when it is diagnosed with metastasis. A growing number of studies have indicated that various microRNAs (miRs) serve important regulatory roles in the pathogeny of different types of cancer. However, the functions of miR-210 in osteosarcoma need to be elucidated comprehensively. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential roles of miR-210 in osteosarcoma by targeting fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1). Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction results revealed that the expression of miR-210 was highly elevated while FGFRL1 expression was reduced inversely in osteosarcoma tissues compared with matched normal tissues. The results of Transwell assays showed that miR-210 promoted osteosarcoma cell migration and invasion. Furthermore, the luciferase reporter assay results suggested that miR-210 could directly bind to FGFRL1 in osteosarcoma cells. In addition, the present findings demonstrated that miR-210 could negatively regulate FGFRL1 expression by targeting the 3'untranslated region. In conclusion, the findings of the present study suggested that miR-210 exerted tumor carcinogenic functions in osteosarcoma by targeting FGFRL1. The findings of this study demonstrated that FGFRL1 was a direct target of miR-210 in osteosarcoma involved in the promoting functions mediated by miR-210 in the invasion and migration of osteosarcoma, suggesting that miR-210/FGFRL1 may be promising for discovering diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for the therapies of osteosarcoma.
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Current evidence indicates that microRNAs are widely down-regulated in various tumors including colorectal carcinoma, liver cancer and lung cancer, and function as tumor suppressors through inhibiting cancer cell growth, invasion and migration. Here, we demonstrated that miR-210-3p level was significantly reduced in the bladder cancer compared to paratumor tissues, and attempt to reveal the regulatory role of miR-210-3p in bladder cancer progression. Exogenous overexpression of miR-210-3p inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion of bladder cancer cells in vitro. In addition, the nude mouse xenograft model showed that miR-210-3p over-expressing inhibited bladder cancer growth and liver metastasis whereas silencing miR-210-3p caused an opposite outcome, which is mainly regulated by targeting fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1). We also demonstrated that the expression of FGFRL1 in bladder cancer specimens were negatively correlated with miR-210-3p level, and FGFRL1 overexpression rescued the cell proliferation and invasion inhibited by ectopic expression of miR-210-3p. Moreover, knockdown of FGFRL1 was able to mimic the cell growth and metastasis effects induced by miR-210-3p over-expressing in bladder cancer cells. Together, these results indicate that miR-210-3p plays an important role in the regulation of bladder cancer growth and metastasis in vitro and in vivo through targeting FGFRL1.
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OBJECTIVE: We present prenatal diagnosis of a 4p16.3 interstitial microdeletion associated with bilateral cleft lip and palate and short long bones on prenatal ultrasound, and we discuss the genotype-phenotype correlation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 32-year-old woman underwent amniocentesis at 22 weeks of gestation because of bilateral cleft lip and palate and short limbs on prenatal ultrasound. Conventional cytogenetic analysis was performed on cultured amniocytes and parental bloods. Oligonucleotide array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) was performed on the DNAs extracted from uncultured amniocytes, parental bloods and umbilical cord. Metaphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed on cultured amniocytes. RESULTS: Amniocentesis revealed a karyotype of 46,XY. The parental karyotypes were normal. aCGH analysis on uncultured amniocytes revealed a 1.66-Mb interstitial microdeletion at 4p16.3 encompassing 23 Online Mendelian Inheritance of in Man (OMIM) genes including FGFRL1 and TACC3. The parents did not have such a deletion. The pregnancy was subsequently terminated, and a malformed fetus was delivered with typical Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) facial appearance and bilateral cleft lip and palate. aCGH analysis of the umbilical cord confirmed the prenatal diagnosis with a result of arr 4p16.3 (72,447-1,742,649) × 1.0 [GRCh37 (hg19)]. Metaphase FISH analysis of cultured amniocytes confirmed a 4p16.3 microdeletion. CONCLUSION: Haploinsufficiency of FGFRL1 and TACC3 at 4p16.3 can be associated with bilateral cleft lip and palate of WHS facial dysmorphism and short long bones. Prenatal diagnosis of facial cleft with short long bones should raise a suspicion of chromosome microdeletion syndromes.
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Amniocentesis/métodos , Trastornos de los Cromosomas/diagnóstico , Labio Leporino/diagnóstico , Fisura del Paladar/diagnóstico , Anomalías Craneofaciales/diagnóstico , Ectromelia/diagnóstico , Hipertelorismo/diagnóstico , Proteínas Asociadas a Microtúbulos/genética , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Síndrome de Wolf-Hirschhorn/diagnóstico , Adulto , Trastornos de los Cromosomas/embriología , Trastornos de los Cromosomas/genética , Cromosomas Humanos Par 4 , Labio Leporino/embriología , Labio Leporino/genética , Fisura del Paladar/embriología , Fisura del Paladar/genética , Hibridación Genómica Comparativa , Anomalías Craneofaciales/embriología , Anomalías Craneofaciales/genética , Análisis Citogenético , Ectromelia/embriología , Ectromelia/genética , Femenino , Humanos , Hipertelorismo/embriología , Hipertelorismo/genética , Hibridación Fluorescente in Situ , Embarazo , Síndrome de Wolf-Hirschhorn/embriología , Síndrome de Wolf-Hirschhorn/genéticaRESUMEN
Fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1) is a transmembrane receptor that interacts with heparin and FGF ligands. In contrast to the classical FGF receptors, FGFR1 to FGFR4, it does not appear to affect cell growth and proliferation. In the present study, an inducible gene expression system was utilized in combination with a xenograft tumor model to investigate the effects of FGFRL1 on cell adhesion and tumor formation. It was determined that recombinant FGFRL1 promotes the adhesion of HEK 293 Tet-On® cells in vitro. Moreover, when such cells are induced to express FGFRL1ΔC they aggregate into huge clusters. If injected into nude mice, the cells form large tumors. Notably, this tumor growth is completely inhibited when the expression of FGFRL1 is induced. The forced expression of FGFRL1 in the tumor tissue may restore contact inhibition, thereby preventing growth of the cells in nude mice. The results of the present study demonstrate that FGFRL1 acts as a tumor suppressor similar to numerous other cell adhesion proteins. It is therefore likely that FGFRL1 functions as a regular cell-cell adhesion protein.
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Fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 (FGFRL1) is a novel FGF receptor (FGFR) lacking an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain. FGFRs control the proliferation, differentiation and migration of cells in various tissues. However the functions of FGFRL1 in teleost fish are currently unknown. In this study, we report the identification of two fgfrl1 genes in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) that share 56% amino acid sequence identity. Both fgfrl1a and 1b were transcribed throughout embryogenesis, and mRNA levels were particularly high during somitogenesis. Using in situ hybridization, fgfrl1a transcripts were detected in notochord, somites, brain and eye at 14, 24 and 36 h post fertilization (hpf). In contrast, fgfrl1b was transcribed mainly in the endoderm at 14 hpf, in the gut and proctodeum at 24 hpf, and in the lens, pharyngeal arch and proctodeum at 36 hpf. In adult fish, fgfrl1a was abundantly expressed in heart, brain and muscle, while fgfrl1b was expressed strongly in eye, muscle and gill. Furthermore, both genes were significantly (p<0.05) up-regulated in muscle and brain during starvation and returned to normal levels rapidly after re-feeding. Exogenous treatment with different doses of human growth hormone down-regulated the expression of both genes in brain and muscle (p<0.05). These results suggest that Fgfrl1a and 1b play divergent roles in regulating growth and development in grass carp.
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Carpas/genética , Proteínas de Peces/genética , Proteínas de Peces/metabolismo , Receptores de Factores de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Receptores de Factores de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Carpas/metabolismo , Regulación hacia Abajo/efectos de los fármacos , Proteínas de Peces/química , Duplicación de Gen , Hormona de Crecimiento Humana/farmacología , Humanos , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Estado Nutricional , Receptores de Factores de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/química , Homología de Secuencia de Ácido Nucleico , Transcripción Genética/efectos de los fármacosRESUMEN
FGFRL1 is a member of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family. Similar to the classical receptors FGFR1-FGFR4, it contains three extracellular Ig-like domains and a single transmembrane domain. However, it lacks the intracellular tyrosine kinase domain that would be required for signal transduction, but instead contains a short intracellular tail with a peculiar histidine-rich motif. This motif has been conserved during evolution from mollusks to echinoderms and vertebrates. Only the sequences of FgfrL1 from a few rodents diverge at the C-terminal region from the canonical sequence, as they appear to have suffered a frameshift mutation within the histidine-rich motif. This mutation is observed in mouse, rat and hamster, but not in the closely related rodents mole rat (Nannospalax) and jerboa (Jaculus), suggesting that it has occurred after branching of the Muridae and Cricetidae from the Dipodidae and Spalacidae. The consequence of the frameshift is a deletion of a few histidine residues and an extension of the C-terminus by about 40 unrelated amino acids. A similar frameshift mutation has also been observed in a human patient with a craniosynostosis syndrome as well as in several patients with colorectal cancer and bladder tumors, suggesting that the histidine-rich motif is prone to mutation. The reason why this motif was conserved during evolution in most species, but not in mice, is not clear.
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Ratones/genética , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Animales , Histidina/genética , Humanos , Invertebrados , Mutación , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Receptor Tipo 5 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/química , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , VertebradosRESUMEN
We report a male patient with developmental delay carrying an interstitial 4p16.3 deletion of 287 kb, disclosed by oligo array-CGH and inherited from his father with a similar but milder phenotype. This deletion is distal to the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome critical regions, but includes the FGFRL1 gene proposed to be a plausible candidate for part of the craniofacial characteristics of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome patients. However, the proband lacks the typical facial appearance of the syndrome, but exhibits overgrowth, dysfunction of temporomandibular articulation and a bicuspid aortic valve. Given the pattern of expression of the fibroblast growth factor receptor-like 1 and its involvement in bone and cartilage formation as well as in heart valve morphogenesis, we discuss the impact of its haploinsufficiency in the phenotype.
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Metals are a threat to human health by increasing disease risk. Experimental data have linked altered miRNA expression with exposure to some metals. MiRNAs comprise a large family of non-coding single-stranded molecules that primarily function to negatively regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. Although several human populations are exposed to low concentrations of As, Cd and Pb as a mixture, most toxicology research focuses on the individual effects that these metals exert. Thus, this study aims to evaluate global miRNA and mRNA expression changes induced by a metal mixture containing NaAsO2, CdCl2, Pb(C2H3O2)2·3H2O and to predict possible metal-associated disease development under these conditions. Our results show that this metal mixture results in a miRNA expression profile that may be responsible for the mRNA expression changes observed under experimental conditions in which coding proteins are involved in cellular processes, including cell death, growth and proliferation related to the metal-associated inflammatory response and cancer.
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Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Metales/toxicidad , MicroARNs/genética , ARN Mensajero/genética , Animales , Arsenitos/toxicidad , Células 3T3 BALB , Cloruro de Cadmio/toxicidad , Transformación Celular Neoplásica/efectos de los fármacos , Transformación Celular Neoplásica/genética , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Salud , Ratones , Análisis por Micromatrices , Compuestos Organometálicos/toxicidad , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Transducción de Señal/genética , Compuestos de Sodio/toxicidad , Pruebas de ToxicidadRESUMEN
FGFRL1 is the fifth member of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family. Similar to the other members, it harbors three Ig loops in its extracellular domain, but in contrast to the other receptors, it lacks the intracellular protein tyrosine kinase domain that would be required for signaling by transphosphorylation. FGFRL1 is mainly found in the musculoskeletal system, where it appears to inhibit cell proliferation but to induce cell adhesion and differentiation. Mice with a targeted disruption of the FGFRL1 gene die during birth due to a malformed diaphragm muscle, which is not strong enough to inflate the lungs after birth. Expression of FGFRL1 is highly upregulated during the differentiation of myoblasts to multinucleated myotubes, suggesting an important role for FGFRL1 in cell-cell fusion. Recently we showed that FGFRL1 does indeed induce fusion of cultured cells into large syncytia. A reporter gene assay demonstrated that the third Ig domain and the transmembrane domain of FGFRL1 are both necessary and sufficient to fuse CHO cells into syncytia comprising several hundred nuclei. At the contact site, the fusing cells reveal a peculiar net-like structure with pores of about 1 µm diameter. It is possible that these structures represent membrane areas with fusion pores that set in motion the cell-cell fusion process. FGFRL1 is the first mammalian protein that is capable of triggering cell-cell fusion in vitro.