16 results on '"Gajwani, Priyanka"'
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2. Metabolic Responses of the Vascular Endothelium to Inflammatory Injury
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Gajwani, Priyanka
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The endothelial cells that line the vasculature perform essential functions during inflammation. Through interactions with the immune system, endothelial cells can drive both the extent of inflammatory injury and the rate of recovery. Although the signaling cascades that govern these processes have been well studied, the metabolic underpinnings that drive them have not been well studied. This study examines the role of endothelial metabolism in guiding both inflammatory injury and subsequent restoration. First, we examined how endothelial metabolism is reprogrammed by inflammation. We found that in response to treatment with the inflammatory mediator TNFα, endothelial cells upregulate glycolysis through activation of the glycolysis regulatory enzyme PFKFB3. Consistent with this glycolytic activation, TNFα also lead to an increase in cellular ATP, concentrated at the cell periphery. We developed a chemo-genetic tool called RapT, which locally upregulates ATP levels at the cell periphery by inducing translocation of PFKFB3 to the cell membrane on the addition of Rapamycin. Increased peripheral ATP enhances restoration of the endothelial barrier, an important factor in determining recovery. Thus, endothelial cells upregulate restorative glycolysis to drive the repair processes. We next examined how endothelial mitochondria respond to inflammation. In both in vivo and in vitro models, we found that inflamed endothelial cells upregulate mitochondrial degradation through the mitophagy pathway. TNFα also led to the stabilization of the mitophagy inducer Pink1, suggesting that inflammation induced endothelial mitophagy is driven by the Pink1/Parkin pathway. We developed a mouse model in which Pink1 is deleted specifically in endothelial cells, by combining lysosomal delivery of Pink1 sgRNA with endothelial-specific expression of Cas9. Using this mouse model, we observed that deletion of endothelial Pink1 was remarkably protective in an endotoxin-based inflammation model. Additionally, endothelial Pink1 deletion led to a significant decrease in neutrophil infiltration and activation. In response to TNFα or the mitophagy inducer FCCP, endothelial cells released the mitochondrial protein ND6, a pro-inflammatory molecule that activates neutrophil recruitment through activation of formyl-peptide receptors. Thus, endothelial Pink1-mediated mitophagy is a pro-inflammatory process involved in enhancing the neutrophil response.
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- 2023
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3. Inhibition of RAS function through targeting an allosteric regulatory site
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Spencer-Smith, Russell, Koide, Akiko, Zhou, Yong, Eguchi, Raphael R, Sha, Fern, Gajwani, Priyanka, Santana, Dianicha, Gupta, Ankit, Jacobs, Miranda, Herrero-Garcia, Erika, Cobbert, Jacqueline, Lavoie, Hugo, Smith, Matthew, Rajakulendran, Thanashan, Dowdell, Evan, Okur, Mustafa Nazir, Dementieva, Irina, Sicheri, Frank, Therrien, Marc, Hancock, John F, Ikura, Mitsuhiko, Koide, Shohei, and O'Bryan, John P
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RAS GTPases are important mediators of oncogenesis in humans. However, pharmacological inhibition of RAS has proved challenging. Here we describe a functionally critical region, located outside the effector lobe of RAS, that can be targeted for inhibition. We developed NS1, a synthetic binding protein (monobody) that bound with high affinity to both GTP- and GDP-bound states of H-RAS and K-RAS but not N-RAS. NS1 potently inhibited growth factor signaling and oncogenic H-RAS- and K-RAS-mediated signaling and transformation but did not block oncogenic N-RAS, BRAF or MEK1. NS1 bound the α4-β6-α5 region of RAS, which disrupted RAS dimerization and nanoclustering and led to blocking of CRAF–BRAF heterodimerization and activation. These results establish the importance of the α4-β6-α5 interface in RAS-mediated signaling and define a previously unrecognized site in RAS for inhibiting RAS function.
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- 2017
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4. Glycolysis Inhibition Regulates Endothelial Junctions by Perturbing Actin and Focal Adhesions
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Schwarz, Gregory, Gajwani, Priyanka, Rehman, Jalees, and Leckband, Deborah E.
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- 2021
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5. Abstract 16654: The Role of Glycolytic ATP Generation in the Restoration of Vascular Endothelial Barrier Function.
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Gajwani, Priyanka, Wang, Li, Chaturvedi, Pallavi, Krantz, Sarah, Malik, Asrar, Karginov, Andrei, and Rehman, Jalees
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CELL junctions , *ADHERENS junctions , *INFLAMMATORY mediators , *LUNG injuries , *ENDOTHELIAL cells , *BACTERIAL toxins - Abstract
Introduction: Acute Lung Injury (ALI) is characterized by endothelial barrier dysfunction of the lung vasculature, leading to disassembly of endothelial adherens junctions, increased vascular permeability and fluid accumulation in the lungs. Little is known about the bioenergetics of the barrier disruption and repair processes. The glycolysis regulatory enzyme PFKFB3 has recently been identified as a key mediator of endothelial glucose metabolism and could thus serve as a potential mediator of barrier repair. Methods and Results: To quantitatively measure metabolic changes in response to an inflammatory stimulus, we performed a Seahorse bioenergetic flux assay using human lung microvascular endothelial cells (HLMVECs). Glycolysis, as measured by the extracellular acidification rate, increased acutely by 36% (from 9.1 to 12.4 mpH/min) following treatment with the inflammatory mediator TNFα. This upregulation was abolished in the presence of PFK15, a specific inhibitor of PFKFB3. PFKFB3 activity was also necessary for barrier restoration of HLMVECs following injury, as measured by a transendothelial electrical resistance (TER) assay (p<0.0001). Live cell microscopy of endothelial cells expressing the ATP biosensor Perceval HR revealed that ATP is generated at cell junctions following TNFα treatment. Additionally, controlled translocation of PFKFB3 to the plasma membrane resulted in enhanced barrier restoration after injury, both in terms of the extent of barrier integrity as well as the rate of recovery (p<0.0001). Finally, PFKFB3 was pharmacologically inhibited in vivo following lung injury with the bacterial toxin LPS in mice. This inhibition resulted in significantly impaired recovery of lung vascular barrier function as measured by an Evans blue albumin (EBA) permeability assay (p<0.001). Endothelial cell-specific overexpression of PFKFB3 in mice by liposomal delivery resulted in an enhanced rate of recovery from LPS mediated injury. Lung vascular leakiness decreased from 29.0 to 18.3 ng EBA/g body weight at two days following the LPS injury (p<0.001), thus achieving pre-injury levels of barrier function. Conclusions: Glycolytic ATP generation regulated by PFKFB3 is essential for restoration of the endothelial barrier after inflammatory injury. A better understanding of the endothelial barrier bioenergetics could allow for the development of novel therapeutic approaches which enhance barrier function in severe diseases such as acute lung injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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6. MitoSwap - Mitophagy partnered with compensatory mitochondrial biogenesis during stem cell differentiation.
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Gajwani P and Rehman J
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Differentiating stem cells must adapt their mitochondrial metabolism to fit the needs of the mature differentiated cell. In a recent study, we observed that during differentiation to an endothelial phenotype, pluripotent stem cell mitochondria are removed by mitophagy, triggering compensatory mitochondrial biogenesis to replenish the mitochondrial pool. We identified the mitochondrial phosphatase PGAM5 as the link between mitophagy and transcription of the mitochondrial biogenesis regulator PPARGC1A/PGC1α in the nucleus. Swapping of mitochondria through the coupled processes of mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis lead to enhanced metabolic reprogramming in the differentiated cell.
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- 2022
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