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Int J Mol Sci ; 21(2)2020 Jan 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31947583

RESUMO

Cellular processes are influenced in many ways by changes in gravitational force. In previous studies, we were able to demonstrate, in various cellular systems and research platforms that reactions and adaptation processes occur very rapidly after the onset of altered gravity. In this study we systematically compared differentially expressed gene transcript clusters (TCs) in human Jurkat T cells in microgravity provided by a suborbital ballistic rocket with vector-averaged gravity (vag) provided by a 2D clinostat. Additionally, we included 9× g centrifuge experiments and rigorous controls for excluding other factors of influence than gravity. We found that 11 TCs were significantly altered in 5 min of flight-induced and vector-averaged gravity. Among the annotated clusters were G3BP1, KPNB1, NUDT3, SFT2D2, and POMK. Our results revealed that less than 1% of all examined TCs show the same response in vag and flight-induced microgravity, while 38% of differentially regulated TCs identified during the hypergravity phase of the suborbital ballistic rocket flight could be verified with a 9× g ground centrifuge. In the 2D clinostat system, doing one full rotation per second, vector effects of the gravitational force are only nullified if the sensing mechanism requires 1 s or longer. Due to the fact that vag with an integration period of 1 s was not able to reproduce the results obtained in flight-induced microgravity, we conclude that the initial trigger of gene expression response to microgravity requires less than 1 s reaction time. Additionally, we discovered extensive gene expression differences caused by simple handling of the cell suspension in control experiments, which underlines the need for rigorous standardization regarding mechanical forces during cell culture experiments in general.


Assuntos
Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Gravidade Alterada , Células Jurkat/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Transdução Genética , Linhagem Celular , Células Cultivadas , Gravidade Alterada/efeitos adversos , Humanos , Hipergravidade , Modelos Biológicos , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Fatores de Tempo , Ausência de Peso
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Sci Rep ; 8(1): 13267, 2018 09 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30185876

RESUMO

The gravitational force has been constant throughout Earth's evolutionary history. Since the cell nucleus is subjected to permanent forces induced by Earth's gravity, we addressed the question, if gene expression homeostasis is constantly shaped by the gravitational force on Earth. We therefore investigated the transcriptome in force-free conditions of microgravity, determined the time frame of initial gravitational force-transduction to the transcriptome and assessed the role of cation channels. We combined a parabolic flight experiment campaign with a suborbital ballistic rocket experiment employing the human myelomonocytic cell line U937 and analyzed the whole gene transcription by microarray, using rigorous controls for exclusion of effects not related to gravitational force and cross-validation through two fully independent research campaigns. Experiments with the wide range ion channel inhibitor SKF-96365 in combination with whole transcriptome analysis were conducted to study the functional role of ion channels in the transduction of gravitational forces at an integrative level. We detected profound alterations in the transcriptome already after 20 s of microgravity or hypergravity. In microgravity, 99.43% of all initially altered transcripts adapted after 5 min. In hypergravity, 98.93% of all initially altered transcripts adapted after 75 s. Only 2.4% of all microgravity-regulated transcripts were sensitive to the cation channel inhibitor SKF-96365. Inter-platform comparison of differentially regulated transcripts revealed 57 annotated gravity-sensitive transcripts. We assume that gravitational forces are rapidly and constantly transduced into the nucleus as omnipresent condition for nuclear and chromatin structure as well as homeostasis of gene expression.


Assuntos
Núcleo Celular/genética , Gravitação , Transcriptoma/genética , Núcleo Celular/fisiologia , Humanos , Hipergravidade , Voo Espacial , Células U937 , Ausência de Peso
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NPJ Microgravity ; 3: 22, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28868355

RESUMO

In the last decades, a plethora of in vitro studies with living human cells contributed a vast amount of knowledge about cellular and molecular effects of microgravity. Previous studies focused mostly on the identification of gravity-responsive genes, whereas a multi-platform analysis at an integrative level, which specifically evaluates the extent and robustness of transcriptional response to an altered gravity environment was not performed so far. Therefore, we investigated the stability of gene expression response in non-activated human Jurkat T lymphocytic cells in different gravity environments through the combination of parabolic flights with a suborbital ballistic rocket and 2D clinostat and centrifuge experiments, using strict controls for excluding all possible other factors of influence. We revealed an overall high stability of gene expression in microgravity and identified olfactory gene expression in the chromosomal region 11p15.4 as particularly robust to altered gravity. We identified that classical reference genes ABCA5, GAPDH, HPRT1, PLA2G4A, and RPL13A were stably expressed in all tested gravity conditions and platforms, while ABCA5 and GAPDH were also known to be stably expressed in U937 cells in all gravity conditions. In summary, 10-20% of all transcripts remained totally unchanged in any gravitational environment tested (between 10-4 and 9 g), 20-40% remained unchanged in microgravity (between 10-4 and 10-2 g) and 97-99% were not significantly altered in microgravity if strict exclusion criteria were applied. Therefore, we suppose a high stability of gene expression in microgravity. Comparison with other stressors suggests that microgravity alters gene expression homeostasis not stronger than other environmental factors.

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Sci Rep ; 7(1): 5204, 2017 07 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28701719

RESUMO

We investigated the dynamics of immediate and initial gene expression response to different gravitational environments in human Jurkat T lymphocytic cells and compared expression profiles to identify potential gravity-regulated genes and adaptation processes. We used the Affymetrix GeneChip® Human Transcriptome Array 2.0 containing 44,699 protein coding genes and 22,829 non-protein coding genes and performed the experiments during a parabolic flight and a suborbital ballistic rocket mission to cross-validate gravity-regulated gene expression through independent research platforms and different sets of control experiments to exclude other factors than alteration of gravity. We found that gene expression in human T cells rapidly responded to altered gravity in the time frame of 20 s and 5 min. The initial response to microgravity involved mostly regulatory RNAs. We identified three gravity-regulated genes which could be cross-validated in both completely independent experiment missions: ATP6V1A/D, a vacuolar H + -ATPase (V-ATPase) responsible for acidification during bone resorption, IGHD3-3/IGHD3-10, diversity genes of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus participating in V(D)J recombination, and LINC00837, a long intergenic non-protein coding RNA. Due to the extensive and rapid alteration of gene expression associated with regulatory RNAs, we conclude that human cells are equipped with a robust and efficient adaptation potential when challenged with altered gravitational environments.


Assuntos
Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Voo Espacial , Transcriptoma , Ausência de Peso , Humanos , Células Jurkat , Família Multigênica , Linfócitos T
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Front Mol Neurosci ; 10: 214, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28725178

RESUMO

Spatial working memory (SWM) and the classical, tetanus-induced long-term potentiation (LTP) at hippocampal CA3/CA1 synapses are dependent on L-α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate receptors (AMPARs) containing GluA1 subunits as demonstrated by knockout mice lacking GluA1. In GluA1 knockout mice LTP and SWM deficits could be partially recovered by transgenic re-installation of full-length GluA1 in principle forebrain neurons. Here we partially restored hippocampal LTP in GluA1-deficient mice by forebrain-specific depletion of the GluA2 gene, by the activation of a hypomorphic GluA2(Q) allele and by transgenic expression of PDZ-site truncated GFP-GluA1(TG). In none of these three mouse lines, the partial LTP recovery improved the SWM performance of GluA1-deficient mice suggesting a specific function of intact GluA1/2 receptors and the GluA1 intracellular carboxyl-terminus in SWM and its associated behavior.

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PLoS One ; 12(4): e0175599, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28419128

RESUMO

The immune system is one of the most affected systems of the human body during space flight. The cells of the immune system are exceptionally sensitive to microgravity. Thus, serious concerns arise, whether space flight associated weakening of the immune system ultimately precludes the expansion of human presence beyond the Earth's orbit. For human space flight, it is an urgent need to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which altered gravity influences and changes the functions of immune cells. The CELLBOX-PRIME (= CellBox-Primary Human Macrophages in Microgravity Environment) experiment investigated for the first time microgravity-associated long-term alterations in primary human macrophages, one of the most important effector cells of the immune system. The experiment was conducted in the U.S. National Laboratory on board of the International Space Station ISS using the NanoRacks laboratory and Biorack type I standard CELLBOX EUE type IV containers. Upload and download were performed with the SpaceX CRS-3 and the Dragon spaceship on April 18th, 2014 / May 18th, 2014. Surprisingly, primary human macrophages exhibited neither quantitative nor structural changes of the actin and vimentin cytoskeleton after 11 days in microgravity when compared to 1g controls. Neither CD18 or CD14 surface expression were altered in microgravity, however ICAM-1 expression was reduced. The analysis of 74 metabolites in the cell culture supernatant by GC-TOF-MS, revealed eight metabolites with significantly different quantities when compared to 1g controls. In particular, the significant increase of free fucose in the cell culture supernatant was associated with a significant decrease of cell surface-bound fucose. The reduced ICAM-1 expression and the loss of cell surface-bound fucose may contribute to functional impairments, e.g. the activation of T cells, migration and activation of the innate immune response. We assume that the surprisingly small and non-significant cytoskeletal alterations represent a stable "steady state" after adaptive processes are initiated in the new microgravity environment. Due to the utmost importance of the human macrophage system for the elimination of pathogens and the clearance of apoptotic cells, its apparent robustness to a low gravity environment is crucial for human health and performance during long-term space missions.


Assuntos
Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Sistema Imunitário/metabolismo , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Ausência de Peso , Células Cultivadas , Meios de Cultivo Condicionados/metabolismo , Fucose/metabolismo , Humanos , Sistema Imunitário/citologia , Imuno-Histoquímica , Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/metabolismo , Macrófagos/citologia , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Microscopia Confocal , Cultura Primária de Células , Voo Espacial , Astronave , Fatores de Tempo
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Biomed Res Int ; 2015: 363575, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25654098

RESUMO

Gene expression studies are indispensable for investigation and elucidation of molecular mechanisms. For the process of normalization, reference genes ("housekeeping genes") are essential to verify gene expression analysis. Thus, it is assumed that these reference genes demonstrate similar expression levels over all experimental conditions. However, common recommendations about reference genes were established during 1 g conditions and therefore their applicability in studies with altered gravity has not been demonstrated yet. The microarray technology is frequently used to generate expression profiles under defined conditions and to determine the relative difference in expression levels between two or more different states. In our study, we searched for potential reference genes with stable expression during different gravitational conditions (microgravity, normogravity, and hypergravity) which are additionally not altered in different hardware systems. We were able to identify eight genes (ALB, B4GALT6, GAPDH, HMBS, YWHAZ, ABCA5, ABCA9, and ABCC1) which demonstrated no altered gene expression levels in all tested conditions and therefore represent good candidates for the standardization of gene expression studies in altered gravity.


Assuntos
Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Genes , Gravitação , Monócitos/metabolismo , Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/metabolismo , Humanos , Análise em Microsséries , Padrões de Referência , Voo Espacial , Células U937
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Biomed Res Int ; 2015: 538786, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25654110

RESUMO

Cells of the immune system are highly sensitive to altered gravity, and the monocyte as well as the macrophage function is proven to be impaired under microgravity conditions. In our study, we investigated the surface expression of ICAM-1 protein and expression of ICAM-1 mRNA in cells of the monocyte/macrophage system in microgravity during clinostat, parabolic flight, sounding rocket, and orbital experiments. In murine BV-2 microglial cells, we detected a downregulation of ICAM-1 expression in clinorotation experiments and a rapid and reversible downregulation in the microgravity phase of parabolic flight experiments. In contrast, ICAM-1 expression increased in macrophage-like differentiated human U937 cells during the microgravity phase of parabolic flights and in long-term microgravity provided by a 2D clinostat or during the orbital SIMBOX/Shenzhou-8 mission. In nondifferentiated U937 cells, no effect of microgravity on ICAM-1 expression could be observed during parabolic flight experiments. We conclude that disturbed immune function in microgravity could be a consequence of ICAM-1 modulation in the monocyte/macrophage system, which in turn could have a strong impact on the interaction with T lymphocytes and cell migration. Thus, ICAM-1 can be considered as a rapid-reacting and sustained gravity-regulated molecule in mammalian cells.


Assuntos
Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/metabolismo , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Monócitos/metabolismo , Ausência de Peso , Animais , Morte Celular , Diferenciação Celular , Regulação para Baixo , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/genética , Células Matadoras Naturais/citologia , Camundongos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Rotação , Voo Espacial , Células U937 , Simulação de Ausência de Peso
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Cell Physiol Biochem ; 35(3): 1034-51, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25661802

RESUMO

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Several limiting factors for human health and performance in microgravity have been clearly identified arising from the immune system, and substantial research activities are required in order to provide the basic information for appropriate integrated risk management. The gravity-sensitive nature of cells of the immune system renders them an ideal biological model in search for general gravity-sensitive mechanisms and to understand how the architecture and function of human cells is related to the gravitational force and therefore adapted to life on Earth. METHODS: We investigated the influence of altered gravity in parabolic flight and 2D clinostat experiments on key proteins of activation and signaling in primary T lymphocytes. We quantified components of the signaling cascade 1.) in non-activated T lymphocytes to assess the "basal status" of the cascade and 2.) in the process of activation to assess the signal transduction. RESULTS: We found a rapid decrease of CD3 and IL-2R surface expression and reduced p-LAT after 20 seconds of altered gravity in non-activated primary T lymphocytes during parabolic flight. Furthermore, we observed decreased CD3 surface expression, reduced ZAP-70 abundance and increased histone H3-acetylation in activated T lymphocytes after 5 minutes of clinorotation and a transient downregulation of CD3 and stable downregulation of IL-2R during 60 minutes of clinorotation. CONCLUSION: CD3 and IL-2R are downregulated in primary T lymphocytes in altered gravity. We assume that a gravity condition around 1g is required for the expression of key surface receptors and appropriate regulation of signal molecules in T lymphocytes.


Assuntos
Complexo CD3/biossíntese , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Receptores de Interleucina-2/biossíntese , Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Proteína-Tirosina Quinase ZAP-70/biossíntese , Células Cultivadas , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Gravidade Alterada , Humanos , Sistema Imunitário/metabolismo , Ativação Linfocitária/genética , Rotação , Transdução de Sinais , Voo Espacial , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Ausência de Peso
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Neurobiol Dis ; 52: 160-7, 2013 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23262314

RESUMO

Glutamate receptor dependent synaptic plasticity plays an important role in the pathophysiology of depression. Hippocampal samples from clinically depressed patients display reduced mRNA levels for GluA1, a major subunit of AMPA receptors. Moreover, activation and synaptic incorporation of GluA1-containing AMPA receptors are required for the antidepressant-like effects of NMDA receptor antagonists. These findings argue that GluA1-dependent synaptic plasticity might be critically involved in the expression of depression. Using an animal model of depression, we demonstrate that global or hippocampus-selective deletion of GluA1 impairs expression of experience-dependent behavioral despair. This impairment is mediated by the interaction of GluA1 with PDZ-binding domain proteins, as deletion of the C-terminal leucine alone is sufficient to replicate the behavioral phenotype. Our results provide evidence for a significant role of hippocampal GluA1-containing AMPA receptors and their PDZ-interaction in experience-dependent expression of behavioral despair and link mechanisms of hippocampal synaptic plasticity with behavioral expression of depression.


Assuntos
Comportamento Animal/fisiologia , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Aprendizagem/fisiologia , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Domínios PDZ/fisiologia , Receptores de AMPA/genética , Animais , Desamparo Aprendido , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Receptores de AMPA/metabolismo , Natação
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 35(14): 4914-26, 2007.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17626046

RESUMO

The human LINE-1 endonuclease (L1-EN) is the targeting endonuclease encoded by the human LINE-1 (L1) retrotransposon. L1-EN guides the genomic integration of new L1 and Alu elements that presently account for approximately 28% of the human genome. L1-EN bears considerable technological interest, because its target selectivity may ultimately be engineered to allow the site-specific integration of DNA into defined genomic locations. Based on the crystal structure, we generated L1-EN mutants to analyze and manipulate DNA target site recognition. Crystal structures and their dynamic and functional analysis show entire loop grafts to be feasible, resulting in altered specificity, while individual point mutations do not change the nicking pattern of L1-EN. Structural parameters of the DNA target seem more important for recognition than the nucleotide sequence, and nicking profiles on DNA oligonucleotides in vitro are less well defined than the respective integration site consensus in vivo. This suggests that additional factors other than the DNA nicking specificity of L1-EN contribute to the targeted integration of non-LTR retrotransposons.


Assuntos
DNA/química , Endonucleases/química , Elementos Nucleotídeos Longos e Dispersos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Catálise , Cristalografia por Raios X , DNA/metabolismo , Endonucleases/genética , Endonucleases/metabolismo , Células HeLa , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Plasmídeos/metabolismo , Mutação Puntual , Estrutura Secundária de Proteína , Especificidade por Substrato
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J Neurosci ; 23(27): 9116-22, 2003 Oct 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14534245

RESUMO

The immediate early gene c-fos is part of the activator protein-1 transcription factor and has been postulated to participate in the molecular mechanisms of learning and memory. To test this hypothesis in vivo, we generated mice with a nervous system-specific c-fos knock-out using the Cre-loxP system. Adult mice lacking c-Fos in the CNS (c-fosDeltaCNS) showed normal general and emotional behavior but were specifically impaired in hippocampus-dependent spatial and associative learning tasks. These learning deficits correlated with a reduction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in hippocampal CA3-CA1 synapses. The magnitude of LTP was restored by a repeated tetanization procedure, suggesting impaired LTP induction in c-fosDeltaCNS mice. This rescue was blocked by a selective inhibitor of NR2B-type NMDA receptors. This blockade was compensated in wild-type mice by NR2A-type NMDA receptor-activated signaling pathways, thus indicating that these pathways are compromised in c-fosDeltaCNS mice. In summary, our data suggest a role for c-Fos in hippocampus-dependent learning and memory as well as in NMDA receptor-dependent LTP formation.


Assuntos
Sistema Nervoso Central/fisiopatologia , Transtornos da Memória/fisiopatologia , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-fos/deficiência , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/metabolismo , Animais , Ansiedade/genética , Comportamento Animal , Sistema Nervoso Central/metabolismo , Condicionamento Psicológico , Sinais (Psicologia) , Estimulação Elétrica , Potenciais Pós-Sinápticos Excitadores , Marcação de Genes/métodos , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Hipocampo/fisiopatologia , Técnicas In Vitro , Potenciação de Longa Duração/genética , Aprendizagem em Labirinto , Transtornos da Memória/genética , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Atividade Motora/genética , Plasticidade Neuronal/genética , Especificidade de Órgãos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-fos/genética , Transdução de Sinais , Sinapses/metabolismo , Tempo
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