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Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm ; 11(3): e200234, 2024 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38657185

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Anti-IgLON5 disease is an autoimmune neurodegenerative disorder characterized by various phenotypes, notably sleep and movement disorders and tau pathology. Although the disease is known to be associated with the neuronal cell adhesion protein IgLON5, the physiologic function of IgLON5 remains elusive. There are conflicting views on whether autoantibodies cause loss of function, activation of IgLON5, or inflammation-associated neuronal damage, ultimately leading to the disease. We generated IgLON5 knockout (-/-) mice to investigate the functions of IgLON5 and elucidate the pathomechanism of anti-IgLON5 disease. METHODS: IgLON5 knockout (-/-) mice underwent behavioral tests investigating motor function, psychiatric function (notably anxiety and depression), social and exploratory behaviors, spatial learning and memory, and sensory perception. Histologic analysis was conducted to investigate tau aggregation in mice with tauopathy. RESULTS: IgLON5-/- mice had poorer performance in the wire hang and rotarod tests (which are tests for motor function) than wild-type mice. Moreover, IgLON5-/- mice exhibited decreased anxiety-like behavior and/or hyperactivity in behavior tests, including light/dark transition test and open field test. IgLON5-/- mice also exhibited poorer remote memory in the contextual fear conditioning test. However, neither sleeping disabilities assessed by EEG nor tau aggregation was detected in the knockout mice. DISCUSSION: These results suggest that IgLON5 is associated with activity, anxiety, motor ability, and contextual fear memory. Comparing the various phenotypes of anti-IgLON5 disease, anti-IgLON5 disease might partially be associated with loss of function of IgLON5; however, other phenotypes, such as sleep disorders and tau aggregation, can be caused by gain of function of IgLON5 and/or neuronal damage due to inflammation. Further studies are needed to elucidate the role of IgLON5 in the pathogenesis of anti-IgLON5 diseases.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal , Mice, Knockout , Phenotype , Animals , Male , Mice , Anxiety/immunology , Autoantibodies/blood , Behavior, Animal/physiology , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Disease Models, Animal , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Tauopathies/physiopathology , Tauopathies/immunology , Humans
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Nature ; 618(7967): 1072-1077, 2023 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37196676

ABSTRACT

Plasma membrane rupture (PMR) in dying cells undergoing pyroptosis or apoptosis requires the cell-surface protein NINJ11. PMR releases pro-inflammatory cytoplasmic molecules, collectively called damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), that activate immune cells. Therefore, inhibiting NINJ1 and PMR may limit the inflammation that is associated with excessive cell death. Here we describe an anti-NINJ1 monoclonal antibody that specifically targets mouse NINJ1 and blocks oligomerization of NINJ1, preventing PMR. Electron microscopy studies showed that this antibody prevents NINJ1 from forming oligomeric filaments. In mice, inhibition of NINJ1 or Ninj1 deficiency ameliorated hepatocellular PMR induced with TNF plus D-galactosamine, concanavalin A, Jo2 anti-Fas agonist antibody or ischaemia-reperfusion injury. Accordingly, serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase, the liver enzymes alanine aminotransaminase and aspartate aminotransferase, and the DAMPs interleukin 18 and HMGB1 were reduced. Moreover, in the liver ischaemia-reperfusion injury model, there was an attendant reduction in neutrophil infiltration. These data indicate that NINJ1 mediates PMR and inflammation in diseases driven by aberrant hepatocellular death.


Subject(s)
Antibodies, Monoclonal , Cell Membrane , Inflammation , Liver , Nerve Growth Factors , Reperfusion Injury , Animals , Mice , Alanine Transaminase , Alarmins , Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology , Aspartate Aminotransferases , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/antagonists & inhibitors , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/immunology , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/ultrastructure , Cell Death , Cell Membrane/pathology , Cell Membrane/ultrastructure , Concanavalin A , Galactosamine , Hepatocytes/pathology , Hepatocytes/ultrastructure , Inflammation/pathology , Lactate Dehydrogenases , Liver/pathology , Microscopy, Electron , Nerve Growth Factors/antagonists & inhibitors , Nerve Growth Factors/deficiency , Nerve Growth Factors/immunology , Nerve Growth Factors/ultrastructure , Neutrophil Infiltration , Reperfusion Injury/pathology
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 582: 144-149, 2021 12 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34715405

ABSTRACT

The chemical synapse is one type of cell-adhesion system that transmits information from a neuron to another neuron in the complex neuronal network in the brain. Synaptic transmission is the rate-limiting step during the information processing in the neuronal network and its plasticity is involved in cognitive functions. Thus, morphological and electrophysiological analyses of synapses are of particular importance in neuroscience research. In the current study, we applied super-resolved three-dimensional stimulated emission depletion (3D-STED) microscopy for the morphological analyses of synapses. This approach allowed us to estimate the precise number of excitatory and inhibitory synapses in the mouse hippocampal tissue. We discovered a region-specific increase in excitatory synapses in a model mouse of autism spectrum disorder, Neuroligin-3 KO, with this method. This type of analysis will open a new field in developmental neuroscience in the future.


Subject(s)
Autism Spectrum Disorder/genetics , CA1 Region, Hippocampal/metabolism , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Microscopy/methods , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Neurons/metabolism , Synapses/genetics , Animals , Autism Spectrum Disorder/diagnostic imaging , Autism Spectrum Disorder/metabolism , Autism Spectrum Disorder/pathology , CA1 Region, Hippocampal/diagnostic imaging , CA1 Region, Hippocampal/pathology , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cognition/physiology , Disease Models, Animal , Gene Knockout Techniques , Homer Scaffolding Proteins/genetics , Homer Scaffolding Proteins/metabolism , Male , Membrane Proteins/deficiency , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Microscopy/instrumentation , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Neuroimaging/instrumentation , Neuroimaging/methods , Neurons/pathology , Synapses/metabolism , Synapses/ultrastructure , Synaptic Transmission/physiology
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Development ; 148(17)2021 09 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34414407

ABSTRACT

Reelin is a large secreted glycoprotein that regulates neuronal migration, lamination and establishment of dendritic architecture in the embryonic brain. Reelin expression switches postnatally from Cajal-Retzius cells to interneurons. However, reelin function in interneuron development is still poorly understood. Here, we have investigated the role of reelin in interneuron development in the postnatal neocortex. To preclude early cortical migration defects caused by reelin deficiency, we employed a conditional reelin knockout (RelncKO) mouse to induce postnatal reelin deficiency. Induced reelin deficiency caused dendritic hypertrophy in distal dendritic segments of neuropeptide Y-positive (NPY+) and calretinin-positive (Calr+) interneurons, and in proximal dendritic segments of parvalbumin-positive (Parv+) interneurons. Chronic recombinant Reelin treatment rescued dendritic hypertrophy in Relncko interneurons. Moreover, we provide evidence that RelncKO interneuron hypertrophy is due to presynaptic GABABR dysfunction. Thus, GABABRs in RelncKO interneurons were unable to block N-type (Cav2.2) Ca2+ channels that control neurotransmitter release. Consequently, the excessive Ca2+ influx through AMPA receptors, but not NMDA receptors, caused interneuron dendritic hypertrophy. These findings suggest that reelin acts as a 'stop-growth-signal' for postnatal interneuron maturation.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism , Dendrites/metabolism , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/metabolism , Interneurons/cytology , Neocortex/growth & development , Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism , Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism , Animals , Calbindin 2/metabolism , Calcium/metabolism , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/pharmacology , Dendrites/drug effects , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/deficiency , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/pharmacology , Hypertrophy , Interneurons/drug effects , Interneurons/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Neocortex/cytology , Neocortex/drug effects , Neocortex/pathology , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/pharmacology , Neuropeptide Y/metabolism , Parvalbumins/metabolism , Receptors, GABA-B/metabolism , Receptors, Glutamate/metabolism , Reelin Protein , Serine Endopeptidases/deficiency , Serine Endopeptidases/pharmacology
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Nature ; 594(7862): 277-282, 2021 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34040258

ABSTRACT

Neurons have recently emerged as essential cellular constituents of the tumour microenvironment, and their activity has been shown to increase the growth of a diverse number of solid tumours1. Although the role of neurons in tumour progression has previously been demonstrated2, the importance of neuronal activity to tumour initiation is less clear-particularly in the setting of cancer predisposition syndromes. Fifteen per cent of individuals with the neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) cancer predisposition syndrome (in which tumours arise in close association with nerves) develop low-grade neoplasms of the optic pathway (known as optic pathway gliomas (OPGs)) during early childhood3,4, raising  the possibility that postnatal light-induced activity of the optic nerve drives tumour initiation. Here we use an authenticated mouse model of OPG driven by mutations in the neurofibromatosis 1 tumour suppressor gene (Nf1)5 to demonstrate that stimulation of optic nerve activity increases optic glioma growth, and that decreasing visual experience via light deprivation prevents tumour formation and maintenance. We show that the initiation of Nf1-driven OPGs (Nf1-OPGs) depends on visual experience during a developmental period in which Nf1-mutant mice are susceptible to tumorigenesis. Germline Nf1 mutation in retinal neurons results in aberrantly increased shedding of neuroligin 3 (NLGN3) within the optic nerve in response to retinal neuronal activity. Moreover, genetic Nlgn3 loss or pharmacological inhibition of NLGN3 shedding blocks the formation and progression of Nf1-OPGs. Collectively, our studies establish an obligate role for neuronal activity in the development of some types of brain tumours, elucidate a therapeutic strategy to reduce OPG incidence or mitigate tumour progression, and underscore the role of Nf1mutation-mediated dysregulation of neuronal signalling pathways in mouse models of the NF1 cancer predisposition syndrome.


Subject(s)
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics , Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1 , Mutation , Neurofibromin 1/genetics , Neurons/metabolism , Optic Nerve Glioma/genetics , Optic Nerve Glioma/pathology , Animals , Astrocytoma/genetics , Astrocytoma/pathology , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/radiation effects , Female , Germ-Line Mutation , Humans , Male , Membrane Proteins/deficiency , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Mice , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism , Neurons/radiation effects , Optic Nerve/cytology , Optic Nerve/radiation effects , Photic Stimulation , Retina/cytology , Retina/radiation effects
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Mol Cell Neurosci ; 112: 103614, 2021 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33845123

ABSTRACT

Homozygous Dab1 yotari mutant mice, Dab1yot (yot/yot) mice, have an autosomal recessive mutation of Dab1 and show reeler-like phenotype including histological abnormality of the cerebellum, hippocampus, and cerebral cortex. We here show abnormal hippocampal development of yot/yot mice where granule cells and pyramidal cells fail to form orderly rows but are dispersed diffusely in vague multiplicative layers. Possibly due to the positioning failure of granule cells and pyramidal cells and insufficient synaptogenesis, axons of the granule cells did not extend purposefully to connect with neighboring regions in yot/yot mice. We found that both hippocampal granule cells and pyramidal cells of yot/yot mice expressed proteins reactive with the anti-Dab1 antibody. We found that Y198- phosphorylated Dab1 of yot/yot mice was greatly decreased. Accordingly the downstream molecule, Akt was hardly phosphorylated. Especially, synapse formation was defective and the distribution of neurons was scattered in hippocampus of yot/yot mice. Some of neural cell adhesion molecules and hippocampus associated transcription factors of the neurons were expressed aberrantly, suggesting that the Reelin-Dab1 signaling pathway seemed to be importantly involved in not only neural migration as having been shown previously but also neural maturation and/or synaptogenesis of the mice. It is interesting to clarify whether the defective neural maturation is a direct consequence of the dysfunctional Dab1, or alternatively secondarily due to the Reelin-Dab1 intracellular signaling pathways.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/physiology , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/physiology , Hippocampus/abnormalities , Mice, Mutant Strains/abnormalities , Nerve Tissue Proteins/physiology , Serine Endopeptidases/physiology , Signal Transduction/physiology , Animals , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Movement , Enzyme Activation , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/deficiency , Genes, Recessive , Hippocampus/embryology , Hippocampus/metabolism , Hippocampus/pathology , Homozygote , Mice , Mice, Mutant Strains/genetics , Mice, Mutant Strains/metabolism , Nerve Tissue Proteins/biosynthesis , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis , Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics , Phenotype , Phosphorylation , Protein Processing, Post-Translational , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism , Reelin Protein , Serine Endopeptidases/deficiency , Synapses/metabolism , Transcription Factors/biosynthesis , Transcription Factors/genetics
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Front Immunol ; 12: 602122, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33746947

ABSTRACT

Clever-1 also known as Stabilin-1 and FEEL-1 is a scavenger molecule expressed on a subpopulation of anti-inflammatory macrophages and lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs). However, its role in regulating dendritic cell (DC) trafficking and subsequent effects on immunity have remained unexplored. In this study, we demonstrate that DC trafficking from the skin into the draining lymph nodes is compromised in the absence of Clever-1. By adoptive transfer approaches we further show that the poor trafficking is due to the impaired entrance of DCs into afferent lymphatics. Despite this, injections of ovalbumin-loaded DCs into the footpads induced a stronger proliferative response of OT II T cells in the draining lymph nodes. This could be explained by the increased MHC II expression on DCs and a less tolerogenic phenotype of LECs in lymph nodes of Clever-1 knockout mice. Thus, although fewer DCs reach the nodes, they are more active in creating antigen-specific immune responses. This suggests that the DCs migrating to the draining lymph node within Clever-1 positive lymphatics experience immunosuppressive interactions with LECs. In conclusion, besides being a trafficking molecule on lymphatic vasculature Clever-1 is immunosuppressive towards migrating DCs and thus, regulates the magnitude of immune responses created by incoming DCs in the draining lymph nodes.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Dendritic Cells/immunology , Endothelial Cells/immunology , Gene Deletion , Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration/immunology , Animals , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/immunology , Dendritic Cells/cytology , Endothelial Cells/cytology , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration/genetics
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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol ; 41(4): 1309-1318, 2021 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33626909
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Neurochem Int ; 144: 104954, 2021 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33388358

ABSTRACT

Reelin, an extracellular matrix protein, is secreted by Cajal-Retzius cells and plays crucial roles in the development of brain structures and neuronal functions. Reductions in Reelin cause the brain dysfunctions associated with mental disorders, such as schizophrenia. A recent genome-wide copy number variation analysis of Japanese schizophrenia patients identified a novel deletion in RELN encoding Reelin. To clarify the pathophysiological role of the RELN deletion, we developed transgenic mice carrying the RELN deletion (Reln-del) and found abnormalities in their brain structures and social behavior. In the present study, we performed an in vitro analysis of Reelin expression, intracellular Reelin signaling, and the morphology of primary cultured cortical neurons from wild-type (WT) and Reln-del mice. Reelin protein levels were lower in Reln-del neurons than in WT neurons. Dab1 expression levels were significantly higher in Reln-del neurons than in WT neurons, suggesting that Reelin signaling was decreased in Reln-del neurons. Reelin was mainly expressed in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic inhibitory neurons, but not in parvalbumin (PV)-positive neurons. A small proportion of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II α subunit (CaMKIIα)-positive excitatory neurons also expressed Reelin. In comparisons with WT neurons, significant decreases were observed in neurite lengths and branch points as well as in the number of postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95) immunoreactive puncta in Reln-del neurons. A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs-3 (ADAMTS-3) is a protease that inactivates Reelin by cleavage at the N-t site. The knockdown of ADAMTS-3 by short hairpin RNAs suppressed Reelin cleavage in conditioned medium and reduced Dab1 expression, indicating that Reelin signaling was enhanced in the primary cultured cortical neurons of WT and heterozygous Reln-del. Accordingly, the inhibition of ADAMTS-3 may be a potential candidate in the clinical treatment of schizophrenia by enhancing Reelin signaling in the brain.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cerebral Cortex/metabolism , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/deficiency , Gene Deletion , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Neurons/metabolism , Schizophrenia/metabolism , Serine Endopeptidases/deficiency , Animals , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/biosynthesis , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Cells, Cultured , Cerebral Cortex/cytology , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/biosynthesis , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/genetics , HEK293 Cells , Humans , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Mice, Transgenic , Nerve Tissue Proteins/biosynthesis , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Reelin Protein , Schizophrenia/genetics , Serine Endopeptidases/biosynthesis , Serine Endopeptidases/genetics , Signal Transduction/physiology
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J Neurochem ; 156(5): 589-603, 2021 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32083308

ABSTRACT

Reelin is a protein that is best known for its role in controlling neuronal layer formation in the developing cortex. Here, we studied its role for post-natal cortical network function, which is poorly explored. To preclude early cortical migration defects caused by Reelin deficiency, we used a conditional Reelin knock-out (RelncKO ) mouse, and induced Reelin deficiency post-natally. Induced Reelin deficiency caused hyperexcitability of the neocortical network in vitro and ex vivo. Blocking Reelin binding to its receptors ApoER2 and VLDLR resulted in a similar effect. Hyperexcitability in RelncKO organotypic slice cultures could be rescued by co-culture with wild-type organotypic slice cultures. Moreover, the GABAB receptor (GABAB R) agonist baclofen failed to activate and the antagonist CGP35348 failed to block GABAB Rs in RelncKO mice. Immunolabeling of RelncKO cortical slices revealed a reduction in GABAB R1 and GABAB R2 surface expression at the plasma membrane and western blot of RelncKO cortical tissue revealed decreased phosphorylation of the GABAB R2 subunit at serine 892 and increased phosphorylation at serine 783, reflecting receptor deactivation and proteolysis. These data show a role of Reelin in controlling early network activity, by modulating GABAB R function. Cover Image for this issue: https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15054.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/deficiency , Neocortex/metabolism , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Receptors, GABA-B/physiology , Serine Endopeptidases/deficiency , Signal Transduction/physiology , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/genetics , Female , GABA-B Receptor Agonists/pharmacology , Male , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Organ Culture Techniques , Reelin Protein , Serine Endopeptidases/genetics , Signal Transduction/drug effects
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Semin Cell Dev Biol ; 110: 104-112, 2021 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32693941

ABSTRACT

How developing and growing organisms attain their proper shape is a central problem of developmental biology. In this review, we investigate this question with respect to how the body axis and spine form in their characteristic linear head-to-tail fashion in vertebrates. Recent work in the zebrafish has implicated motile cilia and cerebrospinal fluid flow in axial morphogenesis and spinal straightness. We begin by introducing motile cilia, the fluid flows they generate and their roles in zebrafish development and growth. We then describe how cilia control body and spine shape through sensory cells in the spinal canal, a thread-like extracellular structure called the Reissner fiber, and expression of neuropeptide signals. Last, we discuss zebrafish mutants in which spinal straightness breaks down and three-dimensional curves form. These curves resemble the common but little-understood human disease Idiopathic Scoliosis. Zebrafish research is therefore poised to make progress in our understanding of this condition and, more generally, how body and spine shape is acquired and maintained through development and growth.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Cilia/metabolism , Cytoskeletal Proteins/genetics , Morphogenesis/genetics , Scoliosis/genetics , Spine/metabolism , Zebrafish Proteins/genetics , Animals , Axoneme/metabolism , Axoneme/ultrastructure , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cerebrospinal Fluid/chemistry , Cilia/pathology , Cilia/ultrastructure , Cytoskeletal Proteins/deficiency , Disease Models, Animal , Embryo, Nonmammalian , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental , Humans , Mutation , Scoliosis/metabolism , Scoliosis/pathology , Signal Transduction , Spine/abnormalities , Spine/growth & development , Urotensins/genetics , Zebrafish , Zebrafish Proteins/deficiency
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Gene ; 768: 145284, 2021 Feb 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33130055

ABSTRACT

The Class H scavenger receptors Stabilin-1 (Stab1) and Stabilin-2 (Stab2) are two of the most highly expressed genes in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs). While Stab1-deficient (Stab1KO) and Stab2-deficient (Stab2KO) mice are phenotypically unremarkable, Stab1/2-double-deficient (StabDKO) mice exhibit perisinusoidal liver fibrosis, glomerulofibrotic nephropathy and a reduced life expectancy. These conditions are caused by insufficiently scavenged circulating noxious blood factors. The effects of either Stab-single- or double-deficiency on LSEC differentiation and function, however, have not yet been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, we performed comprehensive transcriptomic analyses of primary LSECs from Stab1KO, Stab2KO and StabDKO mice. Microarray analysis revealed dysregulation of pathways and genes involved in established LSEC functions while sinusoidal endothelial marker gene expression was grossly unchanged. 82 genes were significantly altered in Stab1KO, 96 genes in Stab2KO and 238 genes in StabDKO compared with controls; 42 genes were found to be commonly dysregulated in all three groups and all of these genes were downregulated. These commonly downregulated genes (CDGs) were categorized as "potential scavengers," "cell adhesion molecules," "TGF-ß/BMP-signaling" or "collagen and extracellular matrix (ECM) components". Among CDGs, Colec10, Lumican and Decorin, were the most strongly down-regulated genes and the corresponding proteins impact on the interaction of LSECs with chemokines, ECM components and carbohydrate structures. Similarly, "chemokine signaling," "cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction" and "ECM-receptor interaction," were the GSEA categories which represented most of the downregulated genes in Stab1KO and Stab2KO LSECs. In summary, our data show that loss of a single Stabilin scavenger receptor - and to a greater extent of both receptors - profoundly alters the transcriptomic repertoire of LSECs. These alterations may affect LSEC-specific functions, especially interactions of LSECs with the ECM and during inflammation as well as clearance of the peripheral blood.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Endothelial Cells/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation/genetics , Liver Cirrhosis/genetics , Animals , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Chemokines/metabolism , Gene Expression Profiling , Liver/cytology , Liver/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Transcriptome/genetics
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Nature ; 588(7839): 705-711, 2020 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33299187

ABSTRACT

Recent studies have suggested that lymphatics help to restore heart function after cardiac injury1-6. Here we report that lymphatics promote cardiac growth, repair and cardioprotection in mice. We show that a lymphoangiocrine signal produced by lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) controls the proliferation and survival of cardiomyocytes during heart development, improves neonatal cardiac regeneration and is cardioprotective after myocardial infarction. Embryos that lack LECs develop smaller hearts as a consequence of reduced cardiomyocyte proliferation and increased cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Culturing primary mouse cardiomyocytes in LEC-conditioned medium increases cardiomyocyte proliferation and survival, which indicates that LECs produce lymphoangiocrine signals that control cardiomyocyte homeostasis. Characterization of the LEC secretome identified the extracellular protein reelin (RELN) as a key component of this process. Moreover, we report that LEC-specific Reln-null mouse embryos develop smaller hearts, that RELN is required for efficient heart repair and function after neonatal myocardial infarction, and that cardiac delivery of RELN using collagen patches improves heart function in adult mice after myocardial infarction by a cardioprotective effect. These results highlight a lymphoangiocrine role of LECs during cardiac development and injury response, and identify RELN as an important mediator of this function.


Subject(s)
Heart/embryology , Lymphatic System/cytology , Lymphatic System/metabolism , Myocardium/cytology , Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology , Regeneration , Signal Transduction , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Apoptosis , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism , Cell Proliferation , Cell Survival , Cells, Cultured , Endothelial Cells/metabolism , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/deficiency , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/genetics , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/metabolism , Female , Humans , Integrin beta1/metabolism , Mice , Myocardial Infarction/metabolism , Myocardial Infarction/pathology , Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism , Organ Size , Organogenesis , Reelin Protein , Serine Endopeptidases/deficiency , Serine Endopeptidases/genetics , Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism
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Nature ; 584(7820): 252-256, 2020 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32760004

ABSTRACT

A fundamental challenge in developing treatments for autism spectrum disorders is the heterogeneity of the condition. More than one hundred genetic mutations confer high risk for autism, with each individual mutation accounting for only a small fraction of cases1-3. Subsets of risk genes can be grouped into functionally related pathways, most prominently those involving synaptic proteins, translational regulation, and chromatin modifications. To attempt to minimize this genetic complexity, recent therapeutic strategies have focused on the neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin4-6, which regulate aspects of social behaviour in mammals7. However, it is unclear whether genetic risk factors predispose individuals to autism as a result of modifications to oxytocinergic signalling. Here we report that an autism-associated mutation in the synaptic adhesion molecule Nlgn3 results in impaired oxytocin signalling in dopaminergic neurons and in altered behavioural responses to social novelty tests in mice. Notably, loss of Nlgn3 is accompanied by a disruption of translation homeostasis in the ventral tegmental area. Treatment of Nlgn3-knockout mice with a new, highly specific, brain-penetrant inhibitor of MAP kinase-interacting kinases resets the translation of mRNA and restores oxytocin signalling and social novelty responses. Thus, this work identifies a convergence between the genetic autism risk factor Nlgn3, regulation of translation, and oxytocinergic signalling. Focusing on such common core plasticity elements might provide a pragmatic approach to overcoming the heterogeneity of autism. Ultimately, this would enable mechanism-based stratification of patient populations to increase the success of therapeutic interventions.


Subject(s)
Autistic Disorder/metabolism , Autistic Disorder/psychology , Disease Models, Animal , Oxytocin/metabolism , Social Behavior , Animals , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E/metabolism , Male , Membrane Proteins/deficiency , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Neurons/drug effects , Neurons/metabolism , Phosphorylation/drug effects , Protein Biosynthesis/drug effects , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Signal Transduction/drug effects , Ventral Tegmental Area/cytology , Ventral Tegmental Area/drug effects
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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol ; 40(10): 2391-2403, 2020 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32787521

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Reelin, a secreted glycoprotein, was originally identified in the central nervous system, where it plays an important role in brain development and maintenance. In the cardiovascular system, reelin plays a role in atherosclerosis by enhancing vascular inflammation and in arterial thrombosis by promoting platelet adhesion, activation, and thrombus formation via APP (amyloid precursor protein) and GP (glycoprotein) Ib. However, the role of reelin in hemostasis and arterial thrombosis is not fully understood to date. Approach and Results: In the present study, we analyzed the importance of reelin for cytoskeletal reorganization of platelets and thrombus formation in more detail. Platelets release reelin to amplify alphaIIb beta3 integrin outside-in signaling by promoting platelet adhesion, cytoskeletal reorganization, and clot retraction via activation of Rho GTPases RAC1 (Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate) and RhoA (Ras homolog family member A). Reelin interacts with the collagen receptor GP (glycoprotein) VI with subnanomolar affinity, induces tyrosine phosphorylation in a GPVI-dependent manner, and supports platelet binding to collagen and GPVI-dependent RAC1 activation, PLC gamma 2 (1-phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase gamma-2) phosphorylation, platelet activation, and aggregation. When GPVI was deleted from the platelet surface by antibody treatment in reelin-deficient mice, thrombus formation was completely abolished after injury of the carotid artery while being only reduced in either GPVI-depleted or reelin-deficient mice. CONCLUSIONS: Our study identified a novel signaling pathway that involves reelin-induced GPVI activation and alphaIIb beta3 integrin outside-in signaling in platelets. Loss of both, GPVI and reelin, completely prevents stable arterial thrombus formation in vivo suggesting that inhibiting reelin-platelet-interaction might represent a novel strategy to avoid arterial thrombosis in cardiovascular disease.


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Blood Platelets/enzymology , Carotid Artery Injuries/enzymology , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/blood , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/blood , Nerve Tissue Proteins/blood , Neuropeptides/blood , Phospholipase C gamma/blood , Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex/metabolism , Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism , Serine Endopeptidases/blood , Thrombosis/enzymology , rac1 GTP-Binding Protein/blood , rhoA GTP-Binding Protein/blood , Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/genetics , Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/metabolism , Animals , Blood Coagulation , Carotid Artery Injuries/blood , Carotid Artery Injuries/etiology , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Clot Retraction , Cytoskeleton/enzymology , Disease Models, Animal , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/deficiency , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/genetics , Mice, 129 Strain , Mice, Inbred C3H , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Platelet Activation , Reelin Protein , Serine Endopeptidases/deficiency , Serine Endopeptidases/genetics , Signal Transduction , Thrombosis/blood , Thrombosis/etiology
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FASEB J ; 34(6): 8702-8720, 2020 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32385864

ABSTRACT

Disruption of colonic homeostasis caused by aberrant M1/M2 macrophage polarization and dysbiosis contributes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis. However, the molecular factors mediating colonic homeostasis are not well characterized. Here, we found that Ninjurin1 (Ninj1) limits colon inflammation by regulating macrophage polarization and microbiota composition under homeostatic conditions and during colitis development. Ninj1 deletion in mice induced hypersusceptibility to colitis, with increased prevalence of colitogenic Prevotellaceae strains and decreased immunoregulatory Lachnospiraceae strains. Upon co-housing (CoH) with WT mice, Ninj1-/- mice showed increased Lachnospiraceae and decreased Prevotellaceae abundance, with subsequent improvement of colitis. Under homeostatic conditions, M1 macrophage frequency was higher in the Ninj1-/- mouse colons than wild-type (WT) mouse colons, which may contribute to increased basal colonic inflammation and microbial imbalance. Following colitis induction, Ninj1 expression was increased in macrophages; meanwhile Ninj1-/- mice showed severe colitis development and impaired recovery, associated with decreased M2 macrophages and escalated microbial imbalance. In vitro, Ninj1 knockdown in mouse and human macrophages activated M1 polarization and restricted M2 polarization. Finally, the transfer of WT macrophages ameliorated severe colitis in Ninj1-/- mice. These findings suggest that Ninj1 mediates colonic homeostasis by modulating M1/M2 macrophage balance and preventing extensive dysbiosis, with implications for IBD prevention and therapy.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Colitis/metabolism , Colitis/pathology , Gastrointestinal Microbiome/physiology , Macrophages/metabolism , Macrophages/pathology , Nerve Growth Factors/deficiency , Animals , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism , Cell Differentiation/physiology , Cell Line, Tumor , Colitis/microbiology , Colon/metabolism , Colon/microbiology , Colon/pathology , Disease Models, Animal , Homeostasis/physiology , Humans , Inflammation/metabolism , Inflammation/microbiology , Inflammation/pathology , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/metabolism , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/microbiology , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/pathology , Macrophage Activation/physiology , Male , Mice , Nerve Growth Factors/metabolism , THP-1 Cells/metabolism
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J Biol Chem ; 295(25): 8589-8595, 2020 06 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32381505

ABSTRACT

Synapse formation is a dynamic process essential for the development and maturation of the neuronal circuitry in the brain. At the synaptic cleft, trans-synaptic protein-protein interactions are major biological determinants of proper synapse efficacy. The balance of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission (E-I balance) stabilizes synaptic activity, and dysregulation of the E-I balance has been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorders. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the E-I balance remain to be elucidated. Here, using single-cell transcriptomics, immunohistochemistry, and electrophysiology approaches to murine CA1 pyramidal neurons obtained from organotypic hippocampal slice cultures, we investigate neuroligin (Nlgn) genes that encode a family of postsynaptic adhesion molecules known to shape excitatory and inhibitory synaptic function. We demonstrate that the NLGN3 protein differentially regulates inhibitory synaptic transmission in a splice isoform-dependent manner at hippocampal CA1 synapses. We also found that distinct subcellular localizations of the NLGN3 isoforms contribute to the functional differences observed among these isoforms. Finally, results from single-cell RNA-Seq analyses revealed that Nlgn1 and Nlgn3 are the major murine Nlgn genes and that the expression levels of the Nlgn splice isoforms are highly diverse in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Our results delineate isoform-specific effects of Nlgn genes on the E-I balance in the murine hippocampus.


Subject(s)
CA1 Region, Hippocampal/metabolism , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism , Synapses/physiology , Animals , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials , Immunohistochemistry , Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials , Membrane Proteins/deficiency , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Patch-Clamp Techniques , Protein Isoforms/genetics , Protein Isoforms/metabolism , RNA Splicing
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Psychiatry Clin Neurosci ; 74(5): 318-327, 2020 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32065683

ABSTRACT

AIM: A Japanese individual with schizophrenia harboring a novel exonic deletion in RELN was recently identified by genome-wide copy-number variation analysis. Thus, the present study aimed to generate and analyze a model mouse to clarify whether Reln deficiency is associated with the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. METHODS: A mouse line with a novel RELN exonic deletion (Reln-del) was established using the CRISPR/Cas9 method to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanism. Subsequently, general behavioral tests and histopathological examinations of the model mice were conducted and phenotypic analysis of the cerebellar granule cell migration was performed. RESULTS: The phenotype of homozygous Reln-del mice was similar to that of reeler mice with cerebellar atrophy, dysplasia of the cerebral layers, and abrogated protein levels of cerebral reelin. The expression of reelin in heterozygous Reln-del mice was approximately half of that in wild-type mice. Conversely, behavioral analyses in heterozygous Reln-del mice without cerebellar atrophy or dysplasia showed abnormal social novelty in the three-chamber social interaction test. In vitro reaggregation formation and neuronal migration were severely altered in the cerebellar cultures of homozygous Reln-del mice. CONCLUSION: The present results in novel Reln-del mice modeled after our patient with a novel exonic deletion in RELN are expected to contribute to the development of reelin-based therapies for schizophrenia.


Subject(s)
Behavior, Animal/physiology , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal , Cerebellum/pathology , Disease Models, Animal , Extracellular Matrix Proteins , Nerve Tissue Proteins , Neurons/pathology , Schizophrenia/genetics , Serine Endopeptidases , Social Behavior , Animals , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism , Exons/genetics , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/deficiency , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/genetics , Extracellular Matrix Proteins/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Neurologic Mutants , Mice, Transgenic , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism , Phenotype , Reelin Protein , Schizophrenia/pathology , Schizophrenia/physiopathology , Serine Endopeptidases/deficiency , Serine Endopeptidases/genetics , Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism
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Eur J Pharmacol ; 857: 172423, 2019 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31150649

ABSTRACT

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood, previous studies show synaptic protein neuroligin-3 (NLGN3) promotes glioma proliferation and growth, However, no investigation about the role of NLGN3 in neuroblastoma was reported. Here, we found NGLGN3 was significantly upregulated in neuroblastoma cells and tissues, its overexpression significantly promoted neuroblastoma cell proliferation and growth determined by MTT analysis, colony formation assay, cell cycle progression analysis, BrdU incorporation assay and animal model, while its knockdown inhibited cell proliferation and growth. Then we found NLGN3 could increase the phosphorylation level of AKT and the transcription activity of FOXO family, suggesting NLGN3 activated PI3K/AKT pathway, inhibition of PI3K/AKT pathway in NLGN3 overexpressing cells inhibited cell proliferation, confirming NLGN3 promoted neuroblastoma proliferation through activating PI3K/AKT pathway. In summary, we found NLGN3 promoted neuroblastoma cell proliferation and growth through activating PI3K/AKT pathway and providing a new target for neuroblastoma therapy.


Subject(s)
Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/metabolism , Membrane Proteins/metabolism , Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism , Neuroblastoma/pathology , Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism , Signal Transduction , Apoptosis , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/deficiency , Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal/genetics , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Proliferation , Disease Progression , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Gene Knockdown Techniques , Humans , Membrane Proteins/deficiency , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Phosphorylation
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