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2. HCN channels: Structure, cellular regulation and physiological function
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Wahl-Schott, C., primary and Biel, M., additional
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- 2008
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3. Peripherin-2 differentially interacts with cone opsins in outer segments of cone photoreceptors
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Nguyen, O. N., Böhm, S., Andreas Gießl, Butz, E. S., Wolfrum, U., Brandstätter, J. H., Wahl-Schott, C., Biel, M., and Becirovic, E.
4. Pacemaker Channels and the Chronotropic Response in Health and Disease.
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Hennis K, Piantoni C, Biel M, Fenske S, and Wahl-Schott C
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- Humans, Animals, Biological Clocks, Heart Rate, Sinoatrial Node metabolism, Sinoatrial Node physiopathology, Sinoatrial Node physiology, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels metabolism
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Loss or dysregulation of the normally precise control of heart rate via the autonomic nervous system plays a critical role during the development and progression of cardiovascular disease-including ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias. While the clinical significance of regulating changes in heart rate, known as the chronotropic effect, is undeniable, the mechanisms controlling these changes remain not fully understood. Heart rate acceleration and deceleration are mediated by increasing or decreasing the spontaneous firing rate of pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node. During the transition from rest to activity, sympathetic neurons stimulate these cells by activating β-adrenergic receptors and increasing intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate. The same signal transduction pathway is targeted by positive chronotropic drugs such as norepinephrine and dobutamine, which are used in the treatment of cardiogenic shock and severe heart failure. The cyclic adenosine monophosphate-sensitive hyperpolarization-activated current (I
f ) in pacemaker cells is passed by hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels and is critical for generating the autonomous heartbeat. In addition, this current has been suggested to play a central role in the chronotropic effect. Recent studies demonstrate that cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent regulation of HCN4 (hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel isoform 4) acts to stabilize the heart rate, particularly during rapid rate transitions induced by the autonomic nervous system. The mechanism is based on creating a balance between firing and recently discovered nonfiring pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node. In this way, hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels may protect the heart from sinoatrial node dysfunction, secondary arrhythmia of the atria, and potentially fatal tachyarrhythmia of the ventricles. Here, we review the latest findings on sinoatrial node automaticity and discuss the physiological and pathophysiological role of HCN pacemaker channels in the chronotropic response and beyond., Competing Interests: Disclosures None.- Published
- 2024
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5. OCaR1 endows exocytic vesicles with autoregulatory competence by preventing uncontrolled Ca2+ release, exocytosis, and pancreatic tissue damage.
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Tsvilovskyy V, Ottenheijm R, Kriebs U, Schütz A, Diakopoulos KN, Jha A, Bildl W, Wirth A, Böck J, Jaślan D, Ferro I, Taberner FJ, Kalinina O, Hildebrand S, Wissenbach U, Weissgerber P, Vogt D, Eberhagen C, Mannebach S, Berlin M, Kuryshev V, Schumacher D, Philippaert K, Camacho-Londoño JE, Mathar I, Dieterich C, Klugbauer N, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, Lipp P, Flockerzi V, Zischka H, Algül H, Lechner SG, Lesina M, Grimm C, Fakler B, Schulte U, Muallem S, and Freichel M
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- Mice, Animals, Pancreas metabolism, Exocytosis physiology, Secretory Vesicles genetics, Calcium Channels genetics, Calcium Channels metabolism, Calcium metabolism
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Regulated exocytosis is initiated by increased Ca2+ concentrations in close spatial proximity to secretory granules, which is effectively prevented when the cell is at rest. Here we showed that exocytosis of zymogen granules in acinar cells was driven by Ca2+ directly released from acidic Ca2+ stores including secretory granules through NAADP-activated two-pore channels (TPCs). We identified OCaR1 (encoded by Tmem63a) as an organellar Ca2+ regulator protein integral to the membrane of secretory granules that controlled Ca2+ release via inhibition of TPC1 and TPC2 currents. Deletion of OCaR1 led to extensive Ca2+ release from NAADP-responsive granules under basal conditions as well as upon stimulation of GPCR receptors. Moreover, OCaR1 deletion exacerbated the disease phenotype in murine models of severe and chronic pancreatitis. Our findings showed OCaR1 as a gatekeeper of Ca2+ release that endows NAADP-sensitive secretory granules with an autoregulatory mechanism preventing uncontrolled exocytosis and pancreatic tissue damage.
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- 2024
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6. E-selectin-mediated rapid NLRP3 inflammasome activation regulates S100A8/S100A9 release from neutrophils via transient gasdermin D pore formation.
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Pruenster M, Immler R, Roth J, Kuchler T, Bromberger T, Napoli M, Nussbaumer K, Rohwedder I, Wackerbarth LM, Piantoni C, Hennis K, Fink D, Kallabis S, Schroll T, Masgrau-Alsina S, Budke A, Liu W, Vestweber D, Wahl-Schott C, Roth J, Meissner F, Moser M, Vogl T, Hornung V, Broz P, and Sperandio M
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- Humans, Gasdermins, Neutrophils metabolism, E-Selectin metabolism, Calgranulin A metabolism, Calgranulin B metabolism, Inflammation metabolism, Inflammasomes metabolism, NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein metabolism
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S100A8/S100A9 is a proinflammatory mediator released by myeloid cells during many acute and chronic inflammatory disorders. However, the precise mechanism of its release from the cytosolic compartment of neutrophils is unclear. Here, we show that E-selectin-induced rapid S100A8/S100A9 release during inflammation occurs in an NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent fashion. Mechanistically, E-selectin engagement triggers Bruton's tyrosine kinase-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of NLRP3. Concomitant potassium efflux via the voltage-gated potassium channel K
V 1.3 mediates ASC oligomerization. This is followed by caspase 1 cleavage and downstream activation of pore-forming gasdermin D, enabling cytosolic release of S100A8/S100A9. Strikingly, E-selectin-mediated gasdermin D pore formation does not result in cell death but is a transient process involving activation of the ESCRT III membrane repair machinery. These data clarify molecular mechanisms of controlled S100A8/S100A9 release from neutrophils and identify the NLRP3/gasdermin D axis as a rapid and reversible activation system in neutrophils during inflammation., (© 2023. The Author(s).)- Published
- 2023
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7. Protocol for deriving proximity, affinity, and stoichiometry of protein interactions using image-based quantitative two-hybrid FRET.
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Feldmann C, Schänzler M, Ben-Johny M, and Wahl-Schott C
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- Plasmids, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer methods, Software
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Two-hybrid Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) provides proximity, affinity, and stoichiometry information in binding interactions. We present an image-based approach that surpasses traditional two-hybrid FRET assays in precision and robustness. We outline instrument setup and image acquisition and further describe steps for image preprocessing and two-hybrid FRET analysis using provided software to simplify the workflow. This protocol is compatible with confocal microscopes for high-precision and imaging plate readers for high-throughput applications. A plasmid-based reference system supports fast establishment of the protocol. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Rivas et al.
1 ., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests., (Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2023
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8. Characterization of Endo-Lysosomal Cation Channels Using Calcium Imaging.
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Wahl-Schott C, Freichel M, Hennis K, Philippaert K, Ottenheijm R, Tsvilovskyy V, and Varbanov H
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- Humans, Lysosomes metabolism, Calcium Signaling, Cations metabolism, Calcium metabolism, Transient Receptor Potential Channels
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Endo-lysosomes are membrane-bound acidic organelles that are involved in endocytosis, recycling, and degradation of extracellular and intracellular material. The membranes of endo-lysosomes express several Ca
2+ -permeable cation ion channels, including two-pore channels (TPC1-3) and transient receptor potential mucolipin channels (TRPML1-3). In this chapter, we will describe four different state-of-the-art Ca2+ imaging approaches, which are well-suited to investigate the function of endo-lysosomal cation channels. These techniques include (1) global cytosolic Ca2+ measurements, (2) peri-endo-lysosomal Ca2+ imaging using genetically encoded Ca2+ sensors that are directed to the cytosolic endo-lysosomal membrane surface, (3) Ca2+ imaging of endo-lysosomal cation channels, which are engineered in order to redirect them to the plasma membrane in combination with approaches 1 and 2, and (4) Ca2+ imaging by directing Ca2+ indicators to the endo-lysosomal lumen. Moreover, we will review useful small molecules, which can be used as valuable tools for endo-lysosomal Ca2+ imaging. Rather than providing complete protocols, we will discuss specific methodological issues related to endo-lysosomal Ca2+ imaging., (© 2023. Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)- Published
- 2023
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9. TPC2 rescues lysosomal storage in mucolipidosis type IV, Niemann-Pick type C1, and Batten disease.
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Scotto Rosato A, Krogsaeter EK, Jaślan D, Abrahamian C, Montefusco S, Soldati C, Spix B, Pizzo MT, Grieco G, Böck J, Wyatt A, Wünkhaus D, Passon M, Stieglitz M, Keller M, Hermey G, Markmann S, Gruber-Schoffnegger D, Cotman S, Johannes L, Crusius D, Boehm U, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, Bracher F, De Leonibus E, Polishchuk E, Medina DL, Paquet D, and Grimm C
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- Animals, Child, Preschool, Humans, Lysosomes metabolism, Mice, Quality of Life, Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Mucolipidoses genetics, Mucolipidoses metabolism, Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses metabolism
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Lysosomes are cell organelles that degrade macromolecules to recycle their components. If lysosomal degradative function is impaired, e.g., due to mutations in lysosomal enzymes or membrane proteins, lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) can develop. LSDs manifest often with neurodegenerative symptoms, typically starting in early childhood, and going along with a strongly reduced life expectancy and quality of life. We show here that small molecule activation of the Ca
2+ -permeable endolysosomal two-pore channel 2 (TPC2) results in an amelioration of cellular phenotypes associated with LSDs such as cholesterol or lipofuscin accumulation, or the formation of abnormal vacuoles seen by electron microscopy. Rescue effects by TPC2 activation, which promotes lysosomal exocytosis and autophagy, were assessed in mucolipidosis type IV (MLIV), Niemann-Pick type C1, and Batten disease patient fibroblasts, and in neurons derived from newly generated isogenic human iPSC models for MLIV and Batten disease. For in vivo proof of concept, we tested TPC2 activation in the MLIV mouse model. In sum, our data suggest that TPC2 is a promising target for the treatment of different types of LSDs, both in vitro and in-vivo., (© 2022 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.)- Published
- 2022
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10. Paradigm shift: new concepts for HCN4 function in cardiac pacemaking.
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Hennis K, Biel M, Fenske S, and Wahl-Schott C
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- Animals, Cyclic AMP, Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels genetics, Heart Rate, Mice, Rabbits, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels genetics, Sinoatrial Node
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels are the molecular correlate of the I
f current and are critically involved in controlling neuronal excitability and the autonomous rhythm of the heart. The HCN4 isoform is the main HCN channel subtype expressed in the sinoatrial node (SAN), a tissue composed of specialized pacemaker cells responsible for generating the intrinsic heartbeat. More than 40 years ago, the If current was first discovered in rabbit SAN tissue. Along with this discovery, a theory was proposed that cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent modulation of If mediates heart rate regulation by the autonomic nervous system-a process called chronotropic effect. However, up to the present day, this classical theory could not be reliably validated. Recently, new concepts emerged confirming that HCN4 channels indeed play an important role in heart rate regulation. However, the cellular mechanism by which HCN4 controls heart rate turned out to be completely different than originally postulated. Here, we review the latest findings regarding the physiological role of HCN4 in the SAN. We describe a newly discovered mechanism underlying heart rate regulation by HCN4 at the tissue and single cell levels, and we discuss these observations in the context of results from previously studied HCN4 mouse models., (© 2022. The Author(s).)- Published
- 2022
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11. In vivo and ex vivo electrophysiological study of the mouse heart to characterize the cardiac conduction system, including atrial and ventricular vulnerability.
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Hennis K, Rötzer RD, Rilling J, Wu Y, Thalhammer SB, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, and Fenske S
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- Animals, Electrocardiography, Heart Rate physiology, Mice, Vagus Nerve physiology, Heart Conduction System physiology, Sinoatrial Node physiology
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The mouse is a common and cost-effective animal model for basic research, and the number of genetically engineered mouse models with cardiac phenotype is increasing. In vivo electrophysiological study in mice is similar to that performed in humans. It is indispensable for acquiring intracardiac electrocardiogram recordings and determining baseline cardiac cycle intervals. Furthermore, the use of programmed electrical stimulation enables determination of parameters such as sinoatrial conduction time, sinus node recovery time, atrioventricular-nodal conduction properties, Wenckebach periodicity, refractory periods and arrhythmia vulnerability. This protocol describes specific procedures for determining these parameters that were adapted from analogous human protocols for use in mice. We include details of ex vivo electrophysiological study, which provides detailed insights into intrinsic cardiac electrophysiology without external influences from humoral and neural factors. In addition, we describe a heart preparation with intact innervation by the vagus nerve that can be used as an ex vivo model for vagal control of the cardiac conduction system. Data acquisition for in vivo and ex vivo electrophysiological study takes ~1 h per mouse, depending on the number of stimulation protocols applied during the procedure. The technique yields highly reliable results and can be used for phenotyping of cardiac disease models, elucidating disease mechanisms and confirming functional improvements in gene therapy approaches as well as for drug and toxicity testing., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)
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- 2022
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12. Lung emphysema and impaired macrophage elastase clearance in mucolipin 3 deficient mice.
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Spix B, Butz ES, Chen CC, Rosato AS, Tang R, Jeridi A, Kudrina V, Plesch E, Wartenberg P, Arlt E, Briukhovetska D, Ansari M, Günsel GG, Conlon TM, Wyatt A, Wetzel S, Teupser D, Holdt LM, Ectors F, Boekhoff I, Boehm U, García-Añoveros J, Saftig P, Giera M, Kobold S, Schiller HB, Zierler S, Gudermann T, Wahl-Schott C, Bracher F, Yildirim AÖ, Biel M, and Grimm C
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- Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Endosomes metabolism, Female, Humans, Lung enzymology, Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 genetics, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Pancreatic Elastase genetics, Pulmonary Emphysema genetics, Pulmonary Emphysema metabolism, Transient Receptor Potential Channels genetics, Macrophages, Alveolar enzymology, Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 metabolism, Pancreatic Elastase metabolism, Pulmonary Emphysema enzymology, Transient Receptor Potential Channels deficiency
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Lung emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two most common causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Excess macrophage elastase MMP-12, which is predominantly secreted from alveolar macrophages, is known to mediate the development of lung injury and emphysema. Here, we discovered the endolysosomal cation channel mucolipin 3 (TRPML3) as a regulator of MMP-12 reuptake from broncho-alveolar fluid, driving in two independently generated Trpml3
-/- mouse models enlarged lung injury, which is further exacerbated after elastase or tobacco smoke treatment. Mechanistically, using a Trpml3IRES-Cre/eR26-τGFP reporter mouse model, transcriptomics, and endolysosomal patch-clamp experiments, we show that in the lung TRPML3 is almost exclusively expressed in alveolar macrophages, where its loss leads to defects in early endosomal trafficking and endocytosis of MMP-12. Our findings suggest that TRPML3 represents a key regulator of MMP-12 clearance by alveolar macrophages and may serve as therapeutic target for emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease., (© 2022. The Author(s).)- Published
- 2022
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13. Beyond pacemaking: HCN channels in sinoatrial node function.
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Hennis K, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, and Fenske S
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- Heart Rate, Heart Ventricles, Myocytes, Cardiac, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels, Sinoatrial Node
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels are key proteins involved in the initiation and regulation of the heartbeat. Pacemaker cells within the sinoatrial node generate the electrical impulse that underlies the contraction of all atrial and ventricular cardiomyocytes. To generate a stable heart rhythm, it is necessary that the spontaneous activity of pacemaker cells is synchronized. Entrainment processes in the sinoatrial node create synchrony and also mediate heart rate regulation. In the past years it has become clear that the role of HCN channels goes beyond just pacemaking and that the channels play pivotal roles in these entrainment processes that coordinate and balance sinoatrial node network activity. Here, we review the role of HCN channels in the central pacemaker process and highlight new aspects of the contribution of HCN channels to stabilizing the electrical activity of the sinoatrial node network, especially during heart rate regulation by the autonomic nervous system., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no competing interests., (Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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14. TPC2 promotes choroidal angiogenesis and inflammation in a mouse model of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
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Li Y, Schön C, Chen CC, Yang Z, Liegl R, Murenu E, Schworm B, Klugbauer N, Grimm C, Wahl-Schott C, Michalakis S, and Biel M
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- Animals, Cell Line, Disease Models, Animal, Fluorescein Angiography, Humans, Lysosomes metabolism, Mice, Retina metabolism, Wet Macular Degeneration etiology, Wet Macular Degeneration metabolism, Calcium Channels genetics, Interleukin-1beta metabolism, Lasers adverse effects, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A metabolism, Wet Macular Degeneration genetics
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness among the elderly and can be classified either as dry or as neovascular (or wet). Neovascular AMD is characterized by a strong immune response and the inadequate release of cytokines triggering angiogenesis and induction of photoreceptor death. The pathomechanisms of AMD are only partly understood. Here, we identify the endolysosomal two-pore cation channel TPC2 as a key factor of neovascularization and immune activation in the laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (CNV) mouse model of AMD. Block of TPC2 reduced retinal VEGFA and IL-1β levels and diminished neovascularization and immune activation. Mechanistically, TPC2 mediates cationic currents in endolysosomal organelles of immune cells and lack of TPC2 leads to reduced IL-1β levels in areas of choroidal neovascularization due to endolysosomal trapping. Taken together, our study identifies TPC2 as a promising novel therapeutic target for the treatment of AMD., (© 2021 Li et al.)
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- 2021
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15. Human heart-forming organoids recapitulate early heart and foregut development.
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Drakhlis L, Biswanath S, Farr CM, Lupanow V, Teske J, Ritzenhoff K, Franke A, Manstein F, Bolesani E, Kempf H, Liebscher S, Schenke-Layland K, Hegermann J, Nolte L, Meyer H, de la Roche J, Thiemann S, Wahl-Schott C, Martin U, and Zweigerdt R
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- Body Patterning, Embryonic Development, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Green Fluorescent Proteins genetics, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 genetics, Homeobox Protein Nkx-2.5 genetics, Humans, SOXB1 Transcription Factors genetics, SOXF Transcription Factors genetics, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Heart embryology, Intestines embryology, Organoids embryology
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Organoid models of early tissue development have been produced for the intestine, brain, kidney and other organs, but similar approaches for the heart have been lacking. Here we generate complex, highly structured, three-dimensional heart-forming organoids (HFOs) by embedding human pluripotent stem cell aggregates in Matrigel followed by directed cardiac differentiation via biphasic WNT pathway modulation with small molecules. HFOs are composed of a myocardial layer lined by endocardial-like cells and surrounded by septum-transversum-like anlagen; they further contain spatially and molecularly distinct anterior versus posterior foregut endoderm tissues and a vascular network. The architecture of HFOs closely resembles aspects of early native heart anlagen before heart tube formation, which is known to require an interplay with foregut endoderm development. We apply HFOs to study genetic defects in vitro by demonstrating that NKX2.5-knockout HFOs show a phenotype reminiscent of cardiac malformations previously observed in transgenic mice.
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- 2021
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16. Publisher Correction: Human heart-forming organoids recapitulate early heart and foregut development.
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Drakhlis L, Biswanath S, Farr CM, Lupanow V, Teske J, Ritzenhoff K, Franke A, Manstein F, Bolesani E, Kempf H, Liebscher S, Schenke-Layland K, Hegermann J, Nolte L, Meyer H, de la Roche J, Thiemann S, Wahl-Schott C, Martin U, and Zweigerdt R
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- 2021
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17. Speeding Up the Heart? Traditional and New Perspectives on HCN4 Function.
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Hennis K, Rötzer RD, Piantoni C, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, and Fenske S
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The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the primary pacemaker of the heart and is responsible for generating the intrinsic heartbeat. Within the SAN, spontaneously active pacemaker cells initiate the electrical activity that causes the contraction of all cardiomyocytes. The firing rate of pacemaker cells depends on the slow diastolic depolarization (SDD) and determines the intrinsic heart rate (HR). To adapt cardiac output to varying physical demands, HR is regulated by the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the ANS innervate the SAN and regulate the firing rate of pacemaker cells by accelerating or decelerating SDD-a process well-known as the chronotropic effect. Although this process is of fundamental physiological relevance, it is still incompletely understood how it is mediated at the subcellular level. Over the past 20 years, most of the work to resolve the underlying cellular mechanisms has made use of genetically engineered mouse models. In this review, we focus on the findings from these mouse studies regarding the cellular mechanisms involved in the generation and regulation of the heartbeat, with particular focus on the highly debated role of the hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel HCN4 in mediating the chronotropic effect. By focusing on experimental data obtained in mice and humans, but not in other species, we outline how findings obtained in mice relate to human physiology and pathophysiology and provide specific information on how dysfunction or loss of HCN4 channels leads to human SAN disease., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Hennis, Rötzer, Piantoni, Biel, Wahl-Schott and Fenske.)
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18. Serotonin receptor 4 regulates hippocampal astrocyte morphology and function.
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Müller FE, Schade SK, Cherkas V, Stopper L, Breithausen B, Minge D, Varbanov H, Wahl-Schott C, Antoniuk S, Domingos C, Compan V, Kirchhoff F, Henneberger C, Ponimaskin E, and Zeug A
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- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Hippocampus, Receptors, Serotonin genetics, Synaptic Transmission, Astrocytes, Serotonin
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Astrocytes are an important component of the multipartite synapse and crucial for proper neuronal network function. Although small GTPases of the Rho family are powerful regulators of cellular morphology, the signaling modules of Rho-mediated pathways in astrocytes remain enigmatic. Here we demonstrated that the serotonin receptor 4 (5-HT
4 R) is expressed in hippocampal astrocytes, both in vitro and in vivo. Through fluorescence microscopy, we established that 5-HT4 R activation triggered RhoA activity via Gα13 -mediated signaling, which boosted filamentous actin assembly, leading to morphological changes in hippocampal astrocytes. We investigated the effects of these 5-HT4 R-mediated changes in mixed cultures and in acute slices, in which 5-HT4 R was expressed exclusively in astrocytes. In both systems, 5-HT4 R-RhoA signaling changed glutamatergic synaptic transmission: It increased the frequency of miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs) in mixed cultures and reduced the paired-pulse-ratio (PPR) of field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) in acute slices. Overall, our present findings demonstrate that astrocytic 5-HT4 R-Gα13 -RhoA signaling is a previously unrecognized molecular pathway involved in the functional regulation of excitatory synaptic circuits., (© 2020 The Authors. GLIA published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)- Published
- 2021
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19. Implantation of Combined Telemetric ECG and Blood Pressure Transmitters to Determine Spontaneous Baroreflex Sensitivity in Conscious Mice.
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Rötzer RD, Brox VF, Hennis K, Thalhammer SB, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, and Fenske S
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- Animals, Carotid Arteries physiology, Circadian Rhythm physiology, Electrodes, Implanted, Heart Rate physiology, Humans, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Software, Mice, Baroreflex physiology, Blood Pressure physiology, Consciousness physiology, Electrocardiography, Telemetry
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Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) are both controlled by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and are closely intertwined due to reflex mechanisms. The baroreflex is a key homeostatic mechanism to counteract acute, short-term changes in arterial BP and to maintain BP in a relatively narrow physiological range. BP is sensed by baroreceptors located in the aortic arch and carotid sinus. When BP changes, signals are transmitted to the central nervous system and are then communicated to the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system to adjust HR. A rise in BP causes a reflex decrease in HR, a drop in BP causes a reflex increase in HR. Baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) is the quantitative relationship between changes in arterial BP and corresponding changes in HR. Cardiovascular diseases are often associated with impaired baroreflex function. In various studies reduced BRS has been reported in e.g., heart failure, myocardial infarction, or coronary artery disease. Determination of BRS requires information from both BP and HR, which can be recorded simultaneously using telemetric devices. The surgical procedure is described beginning with the insertion of the pressure sensor into the left carotid artery and positioning of its tip in the aortic arch to monitor arterial pressure followed by the subcutaneous placement of the transmitter and ECG electrodes. We also describe postoperative intensive care and analgesic management. After a two-week period of post-surgery recovery long-term ECG and BP recordings are performed in conscious and unrestrained mice. Finally, we include examples of high-quality recordings and the analysis of spontaneous baroreceptor sensitivity using the sequence method.
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- 2021
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20. TRPML2 is an osmo/mechanosensitive cation channel in endolysosomal organelles.
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Chen CC, Krogsaeter E, Butz ES, Li Y, Puertollano R, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, and Grimm C
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Endolysosomes are dynamic, intracellular compartments, regulating their surface-to-volume ratios to counteract membrane swelling or shrinkage caused by osmotic challenges upon tubulation and vesiculation events. While osmosensitivity has been extensively described on the plasma membrane, the mechanisms underlying endolysosomal surface-to-volume ratio changes and identities of involved ion channels remain elusive. Endolysosomes mediate endocytosis, exocytosis, cargo transport, and sorting of material for recycling or degradation. We demonstrate the endolysosomal cation channel TRPML2 to be hypotonicity/mechanosensitive, a feature crucial to its involvement in fast-recycling processes of immune cells. We demonstrate that the phosphoinositide binding pocket is required for TRPML2 hypotonicity-sensitivity, as substitution of L314 completely abrogates hypotonicity-sensitivity. Last, the hypotonicity-insensitive TRPML2 mutant L314R slows down the fast recycling pathway, corroborating the functional importance of hypotonicity-sensitive TRPML2. Our results highlight TRPML2 as an accelerator of endolysosomal trafficking by virtue of its hypotonicity-sensitivity, with implications in immune cell surveillance and viral trafficking., (Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY).)
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- 2020
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21. cAMP-dependent regulation of HCN4 controls the tonic entrainment process in sinoatrial node pacemaker cells.
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Fenske S, Hennis K, Rötzer RD, Brox VF, Becirovic E, Scharr A, Gruner C, Ziegler T, Mehlfeld V, Brennan J, Efimov IR, Pauža AG, Moser M, Wotjak CT, Kupatt C, Gönner R, Zhang R, Zhang H, Zong X, Biel M, and Wahl-Schott C
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- Action Potentials drug effects, Animals, Arrhythmias, Cardiac complications, Arrhythmias, Cardiac pathology, Blood Pressure drug effects, Bradycardia complications, Bradycardia pathology, Carbachol pharmacology, Electrocardiography, Female, HEK293 Cells, Heart drug effects, Heart physiopathology, Heart Rate drug effects, Humans, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Protein Subunits metabolism, Reproducibility of Results, Sinoatrial Node physiopathology, Vagus Nerve drug effects, Vagus Nerve physiopathology, Biological Clocks drug effects, Cyclic AMP metabolism, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels metabolism, Sinoatrial Node pathology
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It is highly debated how cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent regulation (CDR) of the major pacemaker channel HCN4 in the sinoatrial node (SAN) is involved in heart rate regulation by the autonomic nervous system. We addressed this question using a knockin mouse line expressing cyclic adenosine monophosphate-insensitive HCN4 channels. This mouse line displayed a complex cardiac phenotype characterized by sinus dysrhythmia, severe sinus bradycardia, sinus pauses and chronotropic incompetence. Furthermore, the absence of CDR leads to inappropriately enhanced heart rate responses of the SAN to vagal nerve activity in vivo. The mechanism underlying these symptoms can be explained by the presence of nonfiring pacemaker cells. We provide evidence that a tonic and mutual interaction process (tonic entrainment) between firing and nonfiring cells slows down the overall rhythm of the SAN. Most importantly, we show that the proportion of firing cells can be increased by CDR of HCN4 to efficiently oppose enhanced responses to vagal activity. In conclusion, we provide evidence for a novel role of CDR of HCN4 for the central pacemaker process in the sinoatrial node.
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- 2020
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22. A gene therapy for inherited blindness using dCas9-VPR-mediated transcriptional activation.
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Böhm S, Splith V, Riedmayr LM, Rötzer RD, Gasparoni G, Nordström KJV, Wagner JE, Hinrichsmeyer KS, Walter J, Wahl-Schott C, Fenske S, Biel M, Michalakis S, and Becirovic E
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- Animals, Blindness genetics, Blindness therapy, Mice, Transcription Factors genetics, Transcriptional Activation, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Genetic Therapy
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Catalytically inactive dCas9 fused to transcriptional activators (dCas9-VPR) enables activation of silent genes. Many disease genes have counterparts, which serve similar functions but are expressed in distinct cell types. One attractive option to compensate for the missing function of a defective gene could be to transcriptionally activate its functionally equivalent counterpart via dCas9-VPR. Key challenges of this approach include the delivery of dCas9-VPR, activation efficiency, long-term expression of the target gene, and adverse effects in vivo. Using dual adeno-associated viral vectors expressing split dCas9-VPR, we show efficient transcriptional activation and long-term expression of cone photoreceptor-specific M-opsin ( Opn1mw ) in a rhodopsin-deficient mouse model for retinitis pigmentosa. One year after treatment, this approach yields improved retinal function and attenuated retinal degeneration with no apparent adverse effects. Our study demonstrates that dCas9-VPR-mediated transcriptional activation of functionally equivalent genes has great potential for the treatment of genetic disorders., (Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).)
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- 2020
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23. TPC1 deficiency or blockade augments systemic anaphylaxis and mast cell activity.
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Arlt E, Fraticelli M, Tsvilovskyy V, Nadolni W, Breit A, O'Neill TJ, Resenberger S, Wennemuth G, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, Grimm C, Freichel M, Gudermann T, Klugbauer N, Boekhoff I, and Zierler S
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- Biomarkers, Calcium Signaling, Cell Degranulation, Cytokines metabolism, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Histamine metabolism, Immunoglobulin E immunology, Inflammation Mediators metabolism, Anaphylaxis etiology, Anaphylaxis metabolism, Calcium Channels deficiency, Disease Susceptibility, Mast Cells immunology, Mast Cells metabolism
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Mast cells and basophils are main drivers of allergic reactions and anaphylaxis, for which prevalence is rapidly increasing. Activation of these cells leads to a tightly controlled release of inflammatory mediators stored in secretory granules. The release of these granules is dependent on intracellular calcium (Ca
2+ ) signals. Ca2+ release from endolysosomal compartments is mediated via intracellular cation channels, such as two-pore channel (TPC) proteins. Here, we uncover a mechanism for how TPC1 regulates Ca2+ homeostasis and exocytosis in mast cells in vivo and ex vivo. Notably, in vivo TPC1 deficiency in mice leads to enhanced passive systemic anaphylaxis, reflected by increased drop in body temperature, most likely due to accelerated histamine-induced vasodilation. Ex vivo, mast cell-mediated histamine release and degranulation was augmented upon TPC1 inhibition, although mast cell numbers and size were diminished. Our results indicate an essential role of TPC1 in endolysosomal Ca2+ uptake and filling of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores, thereby regulating exocytosis in mast cells. Thus, pharmacological modulation of TPC1 might blaze a trail to develop new drugs against mast cell-related diseases, including allergic hypersensitivity., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest., (Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.)- Published
- 2020
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24. Agonist-mediated switching of ion selectivity in TPC2 differentially promotes lysosomal function.
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Gerndt S, Chen CC, Chao YK, Yuan Y, Burgstaller S, Scotto Rosato A, Krogsaeter E, Urban N, Jacob K, Nguyen ONP, Miller MT, Keller M, Vollmar AM, Gudermann T, Zierler S, Schredelseker J, Schaefer M, Biel M, Malli R, Wahl-Schott C, Bracher F, Patel S, and Grimm C
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- Animals, Benzylisoquinolines pharmacology, Calcium metabolism, Calcium Channel Agonists chemistry, Calcium Channels genetics, Fluphenazine pharmacology, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, HEK293 Cells, HeLa Cells, Humans, Ionomycin pharmacology, Macrophages drug effects, Mice, NADP analogs & derivatives, NADP metabolism, Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates pharmacology, Single Molecule Imaging, Sodium metabolism, Calcium Channel Agonists pharmacology, Calcium Channels metabolism, Macrophages metabolism, Raloxifene Hydrochloride pharmacology
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Ion selectivity is a defining feature of a given ion channel and is considered immutable. Here we show that ion selectivity of the lysosomal ion channel TPC2, which is hotly debated (Calcraft et al., 2009; Guo et al., 2017; Jha et al., 2014; Ruas et al., 2015; Wang et al., 2012), depends on the activating ligand. A high-throughput screen identified two structurally distinct TPC2 agonists. One of these evoked robust Ca
2+ -signals and non-selective cation currents, the other weaker Ca2+ -signals and Na+ -selective currents. These properties were mirrored by the Ca2+ -mobilizing messenger, NAADP and the phosphoinositide, PI(3,5)P2 , respectively. Agonist action was differentially inhibited by mutation of a single TPC2 residue and coupled to opposing changes in lysosomal pH and exocytosis. Our findings resolve conflicting reports on the permeability and gating properties of TPC2 and they establish a new paradigm whereby a single ion channel mediates distinct, functionally-relevant ionic signatures on demand., Competing Interests: SG, CC, YC, YY, SB, AS, EK, NU, KJ, ON, MM, MK, AV, TG, SZ, JS, MS, MB, RM, CW, FB, SP, CG No competing interests declared, (© 2020, Gerndt et al.)- Published
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25. The protein interaction networks of mucolipins and two-pore channels.
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Krogsaeter EK, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, and Grimm C
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- Animals, Calcium Channels genetics, Humans, Transient Receptor Potential Channels genetics, Calcium Channels metabolism, Calcium Signaling, Transient Receptor Potential Channels metabolism
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Background: The endolysosomal, non-selective cation channels, two-pore channels (TPCs) and mucolipins (TRPMLs), regulate intracellular membrane dynamics and autophagy. While partially compensatory for each other, isoform-specific intracellular distribution, cell-type expression patterns, and regulatory mechanisms suggest different channel isoforms confer distinct properties to the cell., Scope of Review: Briefly, established TPC/TRPML functions and interaction partners ('interactomes') are discussed. Novel TRPML3 interactors are shown, and a meta-analysis of experimentally obtained channel interactomes conducted. Accordingly, interactomes are compared and contrasted, and subsequently described in detail for TPC1, TPC2, TRPML1, and TRPML3., Major Conclusions: TPC interactomes are well-defined, encompassing intracellular membrane organisation proteins. TRPML interactomes are varied, encompassing cardiac contractility- and chaperone-mediated autophagy proteins, alongside regulators of intercellular signalling., General Significance: Comprising recently proposed targets to treat cancers, infections, metabolic disease and neurodegeneration, the advancement of TPC/TRPML understanding is of considerable importance. This review proposes novel directions elucidating TPC/TRPML relevance in health and disease. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: ECS Meeting edited by Claus Heizmann, Joachim Krebs and Jacques Haiech., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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26. Abolishing cAMP sensitivity in HCN2 pacemaker channels induces generalized seizures.
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Hammelmann V, Stieglitz MS, Hülle H, Le Meur K, Kass J, Brümmer M, Gruner C, Rötzer RD, Fenske S, Hartmann J, Zott B, Lüthi A, Spahn S, Moser M, Isbrandt D, Ludwig A, Konnerth A, Wahl-Schott C, and Biel M
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- Animals, Behavior, Animal, Epilepsy metabolism, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels chemistry, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Models, Molecular, Neurons metabolism, Potassium Channels, Thalamus metabolism, Transcriptome, Cyclic AMP metabolism, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels genetics, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels metabolism, Seizures metabolism
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels are dually gated channels that are operated by voltage and by neurotransmitters via the cAMP system. cAMP-dependent HCN regulation has been proposed to play a key role in regulating circuit behavior in the thalamus. By analyzing a knockin mouse model (HCN2EA), in which binding of cAMP to HCN2 was abolished by 2 amino acid exchanges (R591E, T592A), we found that cAMP gating of HCN2 is essential for regulating the transition between the burst and tonic modes of firing in thalamic dorsal-lateral geniculate (dLGN) and ventrobasal (VB) nuclei. HCN2EA mice display impaired visual learning, generalized seizures of thalamic origin, and altered NREM sleep properties. VB-specific deletion of HCN2, but not of HCN4, also induced these generalized seizures of the absence type, corroborating a key role of HCN2 in this particular nucleus for controlling consciousness. Together, our data define distinct pathological phenotypes resulting from the loss of cAMP-mediated gating of a neuronal HCN channel.
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- 2019
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27. Selective agonist of TRPML2 reveals direct role in chemokine release from innate immune cells.
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Plesch E, Chen CC, Butz E, Scotto Rosato A, Krogsaeter EK, Yinan H, Bartel K, Keller M, Robaa D, Teupser D, Holdt LM, Vollmar AM, Sippl W, Puertollano R, Medina D, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, Bracher F, and Grimm C
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- Animals, Cell Movement drug effects, Immunologic Factors metabolism, Macrophages drug effects, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Chemokine CCL2 metabolism, Macrophages metabolism, Transient Receptor Potential Channels agonists
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Cytokines and chemokines are produced and secreted by a broad range of immune cells including macrophages. Remarkably, little is known about how these inflammatory mediators are released from the various immune cells. Here, the endolysosomal cation channel TRPML2 is shown to play a direct role in chemokine trafficking and secretion from murine macrophages. To demonstrate acute and direct involvement of TRPML2 in these processes, the first isoform-selective TRPML2 channel agonist was generated, ML2-SA1. ML2-SA1 was not only found to directly stimulate release of the chemokine CCL2 from macrophages but also to stimulate macrophage migration, thus mimicking CCL2 function. Endogenous TRPML2 is expressed in early/recycling endosomes as demonstrated by endolysosomal patch-clamp experimentation and ML2-SA1 promotes trafficking through early/recycling endosomes, suggesting CCL2 being transported and secreted via this pathway. These data provide a direct link between TRPML2 activation, CCL2 release and stimulation of macrophage migration in the innate immune response., Competing Interests: EP, CC, EB, AS, EK, HY, KB, MK, DR, DT, LH, AV, WS, RP, DM, MB, CW, FB, CG No competing interests declared, (© 2018, Plesch et al.)
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- 2018
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28. Disturbed Processing of Contextual Information in HCN3 Channel Deficient Mice.
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Stieglitz MS, Fenske S, Hammelmann V, Becirovic E, Schöttle V, Delorme JE, Schöll-Weidinger M, Mader R, Deussing J, Wolfer DP, Seeliger MW, Albrecht U, Wotjak CT, Biel M, Michalakis S, and Wahl-Schott C
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (HCNs) in the nervous system are implicated in a variety of neuronal functions including learning and memory, regulation of vigilance states and pain. Dysfunctions or genetic loss of these channels have been shown to cause human diseases such as epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease. The physiological functions of HCN1 and HCN2 channels in the nervous system have been analyzed using genetic knockout mouse models. By contrast, there are no such genetic studies for HCN3 channels so far. Here, we use a HCN3-deficient (HCN3
-/- ) mouse line, which has been previously generated in our group to examine the expression and function of this channel in the CNS. Specifically, we investigate the role of HCN3 channels for the regulation of circadian rhythm and for the determination of behavior. Contrary to previous suggestions we find that HCN3-/- mice show normal visual, photic, and non-photic circadian function. In addition, HCN3-/- mice are impaired in processing contextual information, which is characterized by attenuated long-term extinction of contextual fear and increased fear to a neutral context upon repeated exposure.- Published
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29. From mucolipidosis type IV to Ebola: TRPML and two-pore channels at the crossroads of endo-lysosomal trafficking and disease.
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Grimm C, Butz E, Chen CC, Wahl-Schott C, and Biel M
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- Animals, Autophagosomes metabolism, Biological Transport, Calcium Channels metabolism, Calcium Signaling, Endoplasmic Reticulum metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Golgi Apparatus metabolism, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola genetics, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola pathology, Homeostasis genetics, Humans, Mucolipidoses genetics, Mucolipidoses pathology, Transient Receptor Potential Channels metabolism, Calcium metabolism, Calcium Channels genetics, Endosomes metabolism, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola metabolism, Lysosomes metabolism, Mucolipidoses metabolism, Transient Receptor Potential Channels genetics
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What do lysosomal storage disorders such as mucolipidosis type IV have in common with Ebola, cancer cell migration, or LDL-cholesterol trafficking? LDL-cholesterol, certain bacterial toxins and viruses, growth factors, receptors, integrins, macromolecules destined for degradation or secretion are all sorted and transported via the endolysosomal system (ES). There are several pathways known in the ES, e.g. the degradation, the recycling, or the retrograde trafficking pathway. The ES comprises early and late endosomes, lysosomes and recycling endosomes as well as autophagosomes and lysosome related organelles. Contact sites between the ES and the endoplasmic reticulum or the Golgi apparatus may also be considered part of it. Dysfunction of this complex intracellular machinery can cause or contribute to the development of a number of diseases ranging from neurodegenerative, infectious, or metabolic diseases to retinal and pigmentation disorders as well as cancer and autophagy-related diseases. Endolysosomal ion channels such as mucolipins (TRPMLs) and two-pore channels (TPCs) play an important role in intracellular cation/calcium signaling and homeostasis and appear to critically contribute to the proper function of the endolysosomal trafficking network., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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30. Protein kinase A regulates inflammatory pain sensitization by modulating HCN2 channel activity in nociceptive sensory neurons.
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Herrmann S, Rajab H, Christ I, Schirdewahn C, Höfler D, Fischer MJM, Bruno A, Fenske S, Gruner C, Kramer F, Wachsmann T, Wahl-Schott C, Stieber J, Biel M, and Ludwig A
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- 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate pharmacology, Animals, Bradykinin pharmacology, Calcium metabolism, Cells, Cultured, Cyclic AMP metabolism, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases genetics, Ganglia, Spinal cytology, Hyperalgesia physiopathology, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels genetics, Inflammation chemically induced, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, NAV1.8 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel genetics, NAV1.8 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel metabolism, Pain Threshold, Phosphorylation drug effects, Phosphorylation physiology, Potassium Channels genetics, Proteins genetics, Proteins metabolism, Sensory Receptor Cells drug effects, Signal Transduction, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases metabolism, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels metabolism, Potassium Channels metabolism, Sensory Receptor Cells metabolism
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Several studies implicated cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) as an important second messenger for regulating nociceptor sensitization, but downstream targets of this signaling pathway which contribute to neuronal plasticity are not well understood. We used a Cre/loxP-based strategy to disable the function of either HCN2 or PKA selectively in a subset of peripheral nociceptive neurons and analyzed the nociceptive responses in both transgenic lines. A near-complete lack of sensitization was observed in both mutant strains when peripheral inflammation was induced by an intradermal injection of 8br-cAMP. The lack of HCN2 as well as the inhibition of PKA eliminated the cAMP-mediated increase of calcium transients in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Facilitation of Ih via cAMP, a hallmark of the Ih current, was abolished in neurons without PKA activity. Collectively, these results show a significant contribution of both genes to inflammatory pain and suggest that PKA-dependent activation of HCN2 underlies cAMP-triggered neuronal sensitization.
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31. The two-pore channel TPC1 is required for efficient protein processing through early and recycling endosomes.
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Castonguay J, Orth JHC, Müller T, Sleman F, Grimm C, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, Mallmann RT, Bildl W, Schulte U, and Klugbauer N
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- Animals, Cell Line, Dogs, HeLa Cells, Humans, Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells, Mice, Protein Binding, Protein Transport, Qa-SNARE Proteins metabolism, Calcium Channels metabolism, Endosomes metabolism
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Two-pore channels (TPCs) are localized in endo-lysosomal compartments and assumed to play an important role for vesicular fusion and endosomal trafficking. Recently, it has been shown that both TPC1 and 2 were required for host cell entry and pathogenicity of Ebola viruses. Here, we investigate the cellular function of TPC1 using protein toxins as model substrates for distinct endosomal processing routes. Toxin uptake and activation through early endosomes but not processing through other compartments were reduced in TPC1 knockout cells. Detailed co-localization studies with subcellular markers confirmed predominant localization of TPC1 to early and recycling endosomes. Proteomic analysis of native TPC1 channels finally identified direct interaction with a distinct set of syntaxins involved in fusion of intracellular vesicles. Together, our results demonstrate a general role of TPC1 for uptake and processing of proteins in early and recycling endosomes, likely by providing high local Ca
2+ concentrations required for SNARE-mediated vesicle fusion.- Published
- 2017
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32. Patch-clamp technique to characterize ion channels in enlarged individual endolysosomes.
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Chen CC, Cang C, Fenske S, Butz E, Chao YK, Biel M, Ren D, Wahl-Schott C, and Grimm C
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- Animals, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Mice, Endosomes metabolism, Ion Channels metabolism, Lysosomes metabolism, Patch-Clamp Techniques methods
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According to proteomics analyses, more than 70 different ion channels and transporters are harbored in membranes of intracellular compartments such as endosomes and lysosomes. Malfunctioning of these channels has been implicated in human diseases such as lysosomal storage disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and metabolic pathologies, as well as in the progression of certain infectious diseases. As a consequence, these channels have engendered very high interest as future drug targets. Detailed electrophysiological characterization of intracellular ion channels is lacking, mainly because standard methods to analyze plasma membrane ion channels, such as the patch-clamp technique, are not readily applicable to intracellular organelles. Here we present a protocol detailing how to implement a manual patch-clamp technique for endolysosomal compartments. In contrast to the alternatively used planar endolysosomal patch-clamp technique, this method is a visually controlled, direct patch-clamp technique similar to conventional patch-clamping. The protocol assumes basic knowledge and experience with patch-clamp methods. Implementation of the method requires up to 1 week, and material preparation takes ∼2-4 d. An individual experiment (i.e., measurement of channel currents across the endolysosomal membrane), including control experiments, can be completed within 1 h. This excludes the time for endolysosome enlargement, which takes between 1 and 48 h, depending on the approach and cell type used. Data analysis requires an additional hour.
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33. Small Molecules for Early Endosome-Specific Patch Clamping.
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Chen CC, Butz ES, Chao YK, Grishchuk Y, Becker L, Heller S, Slaugenhaupt SA, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, and Grimm C
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- Aminopyridines pharmacology, CD11b Antigen metabolism, Endosomes drug effects, HEK293 Cells, Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring pharmacology, Humans, Lung cytology, Lung metabolism, Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1 metabolism, Lysosomes drug effects, Lysosomes metabolism, Macrophages cytology, Macrophages drug effects, Macrophages metabolism, Macrophages, Peritoneal cytology, Macrophages, Peritoneal drug effects, Macrophages, Peritoneal metabolism, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Transient Receptor Potential Channels genetics, Transient Receptor Potential Channels metabolism, Wortmannin, rab GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, rab5 GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins, Action Potentials drug effects, Androstadienes pharmacology, Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic pharmacology, Endosomes metabolism, Thiazolidines pharmacology
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To resolve the subcellular distribution of endolysosomal ion channels, we have established a novel experimental approach to selectively patch clamp Rab5 positive early endosomes (EE) versus Rab7/LAMP1-positive late endosomes/lysosomes (LE/LY). To functionally characterize ion channels in endolysosomal membranes with the patch-clamp technique, it is important to develop techniques to selectively enlarge the respective organelles. We found here that two small molecules, wortmannin and latrunculin B, enlarge Rab5-positive EE when combined but not Rab7-, LAMP1-, or Rab11 (RE)-positive vesicles. The two compounds act rapidly, specifically, and are readily applicable in contrast to genetic approaches or previously used compounds such as vacuolin, which enlarges EE, RE, and LE/LY. We apply this approach here to measure currents mediated by TRPML channels, in particular TRPML3, which we found to be functionally active in both EE and LE/LY in overexpressing cells as well as in endogenously expressing CD11b+ lung-tissue macrophages., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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34. Peripherin-2 and Rom-1 have opposing effects on rod outer segment targeting of retinitis pigmentosa-linked peripherin-2 mutants.
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Böhm S, Riedmayr LM, Nguyen ONP, Gießl A, Liebscher T, Butz ES, Schön C, Michalakis S, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, and Becirovic E
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- Animals, COS Cells, Chlorocebus aethiops, Eye Proteins, Humans, Intermediate Filament Proteins genetics, Intermediate Filament Proteins metabolism, Mice, Mutation, Peripherins metabolism, Protein Binding, Retinitis Pigmentosa metabolism, Retinitis Pigmentosa pathology, Rod Cell Outer Segment pathology, Tetraspanins metabolism, Peripherins genetics, Retinitis Pigmentosa genetics, Rod Cell Outer Segment metabolism, Tetraspanins genetics
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Mutations in the photoreceptor outer segment (OS) specific peripherin-2 lead to autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP). By contrast, mutations in the peripherin-2 homolog Rom-1 cause digenic RP in combination with certain heterozygous mutations in peripherin-2. The mechanisms underlying the differential role of peripherin-2 and Rom-1 in RP pathophysiology remained elusive so far. Here, focusing on two adRP-linked peripherin-2 mutants, P210L and C214S, we analyzed the binding characteristics, protein assembly, and rod OS targeting of wild type (per
WT ), mutant peripherin-2 (perMT ), or Rom-1 complexes, which can be formed in patients heterozygous for peripherin-2 mutations. Both mutants are misfolded and lead to decreased binding to perWT and Rom-1. Furthermore, both mutants are preferentially forming non-covalent perMT -perMT , perWT -perMT , and Rom-1-perMT dimers. However, only perWT -perMT , but not perMT -perMT or Rom-1-perMT complexes could be targeted to murine rod OS. Our study provides first evidence that non-covalent perWT -perMT dimers can be targeted to rod OS. Finally, our study unravels unexpected opposing roles of perWT and Rom-1 in rod OS targeting of adRP-linked peripherin-2 mutants and suggests a new treatment strategy for the affected individuals.- Published
- 2017
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35. Recombinant tandem of pore-domains in a Weakly Inward rectifying K + channel 2 (TWIK2) forms active lysosomal channels.
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Bobak N, Feliciangeli S, Chen CC, Ben Soussia I, Bittner S, Pagnotta S, Ruck T, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, Grimm C, Meuth SG, and Lesage F
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Dogs, Gene Expression, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells, Mice, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain chemistry, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain genetics, Protein Transport, Rats, Lysosomes metabolism, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain metabolism, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Protein Multimerization, Recombinant Proteins
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Recombinant TWIK2 channels produce weak basal background K
+ currents. Current amplitudes depend on the animal species the channels have been isolated from and on the heterologous system used for their re-expression. Here we show that this variability is due to a unique cellular trafficking. We identified three different sequence signals responsible for the preferential expression of TWIK2 in the Lamp1-positive lysosomal compartment. Sequential inactivation of tyrosine-based (Y308 ASIP) and di-leucine-like (E266 LILL and D282 EDDQVDIL) trafficking motifs progressively abolishes the targeting of TWIK2 to lysosomes, and promotes its functional relocation at the plasma membrane. In addition, TWIK2 contains two N-glycosylation sites (N79 AS and N85 AS) on its luminal side, and glycosylation is necessary for expression in lysosomes. As shown by electrophysiology and electron microscopy, TWIK2 produces functional background K+ currents in the endolysosomes, and its expression affects the number and mean size of the lysosomes. These results show that TWIK2 is expressed in lysosomes, further expanding the registry of ion channels expressed in these organelles.- Published
- 2017
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36. Two-Pore Channel Function Is Crucial for the Migration of Invasive Cancer Cells.
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Nguyen ON, Grimm C, Schneider LS, Chao YK, Atzberger C, Bartel K, Watermann A, Ulrich M, Mayr D, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, and Vollmar AM
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- Animals, Apoptosis drug effects, Benzylisoquinolines pharmacology, Calcium Channels genetics, Calcium Channels metabolism, Carbolines pharmacology, Cell Adhesion drug effects, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Endosomes metabolism, Female, Lung Neoplasms metabolism, Lysosomes metabolism, Mammary Neoplasms, Animal metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, NADP antagonists & inhibitors, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Piperazines pharmacology, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Calcium metabolism, Calcium Channels chemistry, Cell Movement drug effects, Lung Neoplasms secondary, Mammary Neoplasms, Animal pathology, NADP analogs & derivatives
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Metastatic invasion is the major cause of cancer-related deaths. In this study, we introduce two-pore channels (TPC), a recently described class of NAADP- and PI(3,5)P2-sensitive Ca
2+ -permeable cation channels in the endolysosomal system of cells, as candidate targets for the treatment of invasive cancers. Inhibition of the channel abrogated migration of metastatic cancer cells in vitro Silencing or pharmacologic inhibition of the two-pore channel TPC2 reduced lung metastasis of mammary mouse cancer cells. Disrupting TPC function halted trafficking of β1-integrin, leading to its accumulation in EEA1-positive early endosomes. As a consequence, invasive cancer cells were no longer able to form leading edges, which are required for adequate migration. Our findings link TPC to cancer cell migration and provide a preclinical proof of concept for their candidacy as targets to treat metastatic cancers. Cancer Res; 77(6); 1427-38. ©2017 AACR ., (©2017 American Association for Cancer Research.)- Published
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37. Two-Pore Channels: Catalyzers of Endolysosomal Transport and Function.
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Grimm C, Chen CC, Wahl-Schott C, and Biel M
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Two-pore channels (TPCs) have recently emerged as a novel class of non-selective cation channels in the endolysosomal system. There are two members in the human genome, TPC1 and TPC2. Studies with TPC knockout and knockdown models have revealed that these channels participate in the regulation of multiple endolysosomal trafficking pathways which when dysregulated can lead to or influence the development of a range of different diseases such as lysosomal storage, metabolic, or infectious diseases. TPCs have been demonstrated to be activated by different endogenous stimuli, PI(3,5)P
2 and NAADP, and ATP has been found to block TPC activation via mTOR. Loss of TPCs can lead to obesity and hypercholesterolemia, and to a slow-down of intracellular virus and bacterial toxin trafficking, it can affect VEGF-induced neoangiogenesis, autophagy, human hair pigmentation or the acrosome reaction in sperm. Moreover, physiological roles of TPCs in cardiac myocytes and pancreatic β cells have been postulated.- Published
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38. Quantifying macromolecular interactions in living cells using FRET two-hybrid assays.
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Butz ES, Ben-Johny M, Shen M, Yang PS, Sang L, Biel M, Yue DT, and Wahl-Schott C
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- Cell Survival, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer instrumentation, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer methods, Two-Hybrid System Techniques instrumentation
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Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a versatile method for analyzing protein-protein interactions within living cells. This protocol describes a nondestructive live-cell FRET assay for robust quantification of relative binding affinities for protein-protein interactions. Unlike other approaches, our method correlates the measured FRET efficiencies to relative concentration of interacting proteins to determine binding isotherms while including collisional FRET corrections. We detail how to assemble and calibrate the equipment using experimental and theoretical procedures. A step-by-step protocol is given for sample preparation, data acquisition and analysis. The method uses relatively inexpensive and widely available equipment and can be performed with minimal training. Implementation of the imaging setup requires up to 1 week, and sample preparation takes ∼1-3 d. An individual FRET experiment, including control measurements, can be completed within 4-6 h, with data analysis requiring an additional 1-3 h.
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- 2016
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39. AAV Vectors for FRET-Based Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions in Photoreceptor Outer Segments.
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Becirovic E, Böhm S, Nguyen ON, Riedmayr LM, Hammelmann V, Schön C, Butz ES, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, and Michalakis S
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Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a powerful method for the detection and quantification of stationary and dynamic protein-protein interactions. Technical limitations have hampered systematic in vivo FRET experiments to study protein-protein interactions in their native environment. Here, we describe a rapid and robust protocol that combines adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector-mediated in vivo delivery of genetically encoded FRET partners with ex vivo FRET measurements. The method was established on acutely isolated outer segments of murine rod and cone photoreceptors and relies on the high co-transduction efficiency of retinal photoreceptors by co-delivered AAV vectors. The procedure can be used for the systematic analysis of protein-protein interactions of wild type or mutant outer segment proteins in their native environment. Conclusively, our protocol can help to characterize the physiological and pathophysiological relevance of photoreceptor specific proteins and, in principle, should also be transferable to other cell types.
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- 2016
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40. Peripherin-2 differentially interacts with cone opsins in outer segments of cone photoreceptors.
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Nguyen ON, Böhm S, Gießl A, Butz ES, Wolfrum U, Brandstätter JH, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, and Becirovic E
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- Animals, Antigens, Neoplasm genetics, Cone Opsins genetics, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Humans, Mice, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Mutation, Protein Binding, Retina metabolism, Retina pathology, Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells pathology, Retinal Degeneration pathology, Rhodopsin genetics, Rhodopsin metabolism, Antigens, Neoplasm metabolism, Cone Opsins metabolism, Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells metabolism, Retinal Degeneration genetics
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Peripherin-2 is a glycomembrane protein exclusively expressed in the light-sensing compartments of rod and cone photoreceptors designated as outer segments (OS). Mutations in peripherin-2 are associated with degenerative retinal diseases either affecting rod or cone photoreceptors. While peripherin-2 has been extensively studied in rods, there is only little information on its supramolecular organization and function in cones. Recently, we have demonstrated that peripherin-2 interacts with the light detector rhodopsin in OS of rods. It remains unclear, however, if peripherin-2 also binds to cone opsins. Here, using a combination of co-immunoprecipitation analyses, transmission electron microscopy (TEM)-based immunolabeling experiments, and quantitative fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements in cone OS of wild type mice, we demonstrate that peripherin-2 binds to both, S-opsin and M-opsin. However, FRET-based quantification of the respective interactions indicated significantly less stringent binding of peripherin-2 to S-opsin compared to its interaction with M-opsin. Subsequent TEM-studies also showed less co-localization of peripherin-2 and S-opsin in cone OS compared to peripherin-2 and M-opsin. Furthermore, quantitative FRET analysis in acutely isolated cone OS revealed that the cone degeneration-causing V268I mutation in peripherin-2 selectively reduced binding to M-opsin without affecting the peripherin-2 interaction to S-opsin or rhodopsin. The differential binding of peripherin-2 to cone opsins and the mutant-specific interference with the peripherin-2/M-opsin binding points to a novel role of peripherin-2 in cones and might contribute to understanding the differential penetrance of certain peripherin-2 mutations in rods and cones. Finally, our results provide a proof-of-principle for quantitative FRET measurements of protein-protein interactions in cone OS., (© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2016
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41. Electrophysiological characterization of the archaeal transporter NCX_Mj using solid supported membrane technology.
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Barthmes M, Liao J, Jiang Y, Brüggemann A, and Wahl-Schott C
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- Archaeal Proteins chemistry, Cadmium metabolism, Calcium metabolism, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Ion Transport, Magnesium metabolism, Methanocaldococcus chemistry, Sodium metabolism, Sodium-Calcium Exchanger chemistry, Strontium metabolism, Unilamellar Liposomes chemistry, Archaeal Proteins metabolism, Sodium-Calcium Exchanger metabolism, Unilamellar Liposomes metabolism
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Sodium-calcium exchangers (NCXs) are membrane transporters that play an important role in Ca(2+) homeostasis and Ca(2+) signaling. The recent crystal structure of NCX_Mj, a member of the NCX family from the archaebacterium Methanococcus jannaschii, provided insight into the atomistic details of sodium-calcium exchange. Here, we extend these findings by providing detailed functional data on purified NCX_Mj using solid supported membrane (SSM)-based electrophysiology, a powerful but unexploited tool for functional studies of electrogenic transporter proteins. We show that NCX_Mj is highly selective for Na(+), whereas Ca(2+) can be replaced by Mg(2+) and Sr(2+) and that NCX_Mj can be inhibited by divalent ions, particularly Cd(2+) By directly comparing the apparent affinities of Na(+) and Ca(2+) for NCX_Mj with those for human NCX1, we show excellent agreement, indicating a strong functional similarity between NCX_Mj and its eukaryotic isoforms. We also provide detailed instructions to facilitate the adaption of this method to other electrogenic transporter proteins. Our findings demonstrate that NCX_Mj can serve as a model for the NCX family and highlight several possible applications for SSM-based electrophysiology., (© 2016 Barthmes et al.)
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- 2016
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42. Comprehensive multilevel in vivo and in vitro analysis of heart rate fluctuations in mice by ECG telemetry and electrophysiology.
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Fenske S, Pröbstle R, Auer F, Hassan S, Marks V, Pauza DH, Biel M, and Wahl-Schott C
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- Action Potentials, Animals, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Electrocardiography methods, Electrophysiological Phenomena, Heart Rate, Telemetry methods
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The normal heartbeat slightly fluctuates around a mean value; this phenomenon is called physiological heart rate variability (HRV). It is well known that altered HRV is a risk factor for sudden cardiac death. The availability of genetic mouse models makes it possible to experimentally dissect the mechanism of pathological changes in HRV and its relation to sudden cardiac death. Here we provide a protocol that allows for a comprehensive multilevel analysis of heart rate (HR) fluctuations. The protocol comprises a set of techniques that include in vivo telemetry and in vitro electrophysiology of intact sinoatrial network preparations or isolated single sinoatrial node (SAN) cells. In vitro preparations can be completed within a few hours, with data acquisition within 1 d. In vivo telemetric ECG requires 1 h for surgery and several weeks for data acquisition and analysis. This protocol is of interest to researchers investigating cardiovascular physiology and the pathophysiology of sudden cardiac death.
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43. Uncoupling PIP2-calmodulin regulation of Kv7.2 channels by an assembly destabilizing epileptogenic mutation.
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Alberdi A, Gomis-Perez C, Bernardo-Seisdedos G, Alaimo A, Malo C, Aldaregia J, Lopez-Robles C, Areso P, Butz E, Wahl-Schott C, and Villarroel A
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- Calmodulin genetics, Cell Line, Humans, KCNQ2 Potassium Channel genetics, Mutation genetics, Protein Binding, Calmodulin metabolism, KCNQ2 Potassium Channel metabolism, Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate metabolism
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We show that the combination of an intracellular bi-partite calmodulin (CaM)-binding site and a distant assembly region affect how an ion channel is regulated by a membrane lipid. Our data reveal that regulation by phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate (PIP2) and stabilization of assembled Kv7.2 subunits by intracellular coiled-coil regions far from the membrane are coupled molecular processes. Live-cell fluorescence energy transfer measurements and direct binding studies indicate that remote coiled-coil formation creates conditions for different CaM interaction modes, each conferring different PIP2 dependency to Kv7.2 channels. Disruption of coiled-coil formation by epilepsy-causing mutation decreases apparent CaM-binding affinity and interrupts CaM influence on PIP2 sensitivity., (© 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.)
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- 2015
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44. Expression of Ca²⁺-permeable two-pore channels rescues NAADP signalling in TPC-deficient cells.
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Ruas M, Davis LC, Chen CC, Morgan AJ, Chuang KT, Walseth TF, Grimm C, Garnham C, Powell T, Platt N, Platt FM, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, Parrington J, and Galione A
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- Animals, Calcium Channels metabolism, Calcium Signaling drug effects, Calcium Signaling genetics, Cells, Cultured, Evoked Potentials drug effects, Gene Expression physiology, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Lysosomes drug effects, Lysosomes physiology, Mice, Mice, Knockout, NADP metabolism, NADP pharmacology, Protein Isoforms genetics, Protein Isoforms metabolism, Signal Transduction drug effects, Calcium metabolism, Calcium Channels genetics, NADP analogs & derivatives
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The second messenger NAADP triggers Ca(2+) release from endo-lysosomes. Although two-pore channels (TPCs) have been proposed to be regulated by NAADP, recent studies have challenged this. By generating the first mouse line with demonstrable absence of both Tpcn1 and Tpcn2 expression (Tpcn1/2(-/-)), we show that the loss of endogenous TPCs abolished NAADP-dependent Ca(2+) responses as assessed by single-cell Ca(2+) imaging or patch-clamp of single endo-lysosomes. In contrast, currents stimulated by PI(3,5)P2 were only partially dependent on TPCs. In Tpcn1/2(-/-) cells, NAADP sensitivity was restored by re-expressing wild-type TPCs, but not by mutant versions with impaired Ca(2+)-permeability, nor by TRPML1. Another mouse line formerly reported as TPC-null likely expresses truncated TPCs, but we now show that these truncated proteins still support NAADP-induced Ca(2+) release. High-affinity [(32)P]NAADP binding still occurs in Tpcn1/2(-/-) tissue, suggesting that NAADP regulation is conferred by an accessory protein. Altogether, our data establish TPCs as Ca(2+)-permeable channels indispensable for NAADP signalling., (© 2015 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.)
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45. Ebola virus. Two-pore channels control Ebola virus host cell entry and are drug targets for disease treatment.
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Sakurai Y, Kolokoltsov AA, Chen CC, Tidwell MW, Bauta WE, Klugbauer N, Grimm C, Wahl-Schott C, Biel M, and Davey RA
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- Animals, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, BALB 3T3 Cells, Benzylisoquinolines pharmacology, Benzylisoquinolines therapeutic use, Calcium Channel Blockers therapeutic use, Calcium Channels genetics, Ebolavirus drug effects, Female, Gene Knockout Techniques, HeLa Cells, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola drug therapy, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola virology, Humans, Macrophages drug effects, Macrophages virology, Mice, NADP analogs & derivatives, NADP metabolism, RNA Interference, Signal Transduction, Verapamil pharmacology, Verapamil therapeutic use, Antiviral Agents pharmacology, Calcium Channel Blockers pharmacology, Calcium Channels physiology, Ebolavirus physiology, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola therapy, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Virus Internalization drug effects
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Ebola virus causes sporadic outbreaks of lethal hemorrhagic fever in humans, but there is no currently approved therapy. Cells take up Ebola virus by macropinocytosis, followed by trafficking through endosomal vesicles. However, few factors controlling endosomal virus movement are known. Here we find that Ebola virus entry into host cells requires the endosomal calcium channels called two-pore channels (TPCs). Disrupting TPC function by gene knockout, small interfering RNAs, or small-molecule inhibitors halted virus trafficking and prevented infection. Tetrandrine, the most potent small molecule that we tested, inhibited infection of human macrophages, the primary target of Ebola virus in vivo, and also showed therapeutic efficacy in mice. Therefore, TPC proteins play a key role in Ebola virus infection and may be effective targets for antiviral therapy., (Copyright © 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science.)
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- 2015
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46. Peripherin-2 couples rhodopsin to the CNG channel in outer segments of rod photoreceptors.
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Becirovic E, Nguyen ON, Paparizos C, Butz ES, Stern-Schneider G, Wolfrum U, Hauck SM, Ueffing M, Wahl-Schott C, Michalakis S, and Biel M
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- Animals, Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels genetics, Humans, Mice, Nerve Tissue Proteins genetics, Peripherins genetics, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Retina metabolism, Retinitis Pigmentosa genetics, Rhodopsin genetics, Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channels metabolism, Nerve Tissue Proteins metabolism, Peripherins metabolism, Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer Segment metabolism, Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells metabolism, Retinitis Pigmentosa metabolism, Rhodopsin metabolism
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Outer segments (OSs) of rod photoreceptors are cellular compartments specialized in the conversion of light into electrical signals. This process relies on the light-triggered change in the intracellular levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate, which in turn controls the activity of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels in the rod OS plasma membrane. The rod CNG channel is a macromolecular complex that in its core harbors the ion-conducting CNGA1 and CNGB1a subunits. To identify additional proteins of the complex that interact with the CNGB1a core subunit, we applied affinity purification of mouse retinal proteins followed by mass spectrometry. In combination with in vitro and in vivo co-immunoprecipitation and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), we found that the tetraspanin peripherin-2 links CNGB1a to the light-detector rhodopsin. Using immunoelectron microscopy, we found that this peripherin-2/rhodopsin/CNG channel complex localizes to the contact region between the disk rims and the plasma membrane. FRET measurements revealed that the fourth transmembrane domain (TM4) of peripherin-2 is required for the interaction with rhodopsin. Quantitatively, the binding affinity of the peripherin-2/rhodopsin interaction was in a similar range as that observed for rhodopsin dimers. Finally, we demonstrate that the p.G266D retinitis pigmentosa mutation found within TM4 selectively abolishes the binding of peripherin-2 to rhodopsin. This finding suggests that the specific disruption of the rhodopsin/peripherin-2 interaction in the p.G266D mutant might contribute to the pathophysiology in affected persons., (© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2014
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47. High susceptibility to fatty liver disease in two-pore channel 2-deficient mice.
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Grimm C, Holdt LM, Chen CC, Hassan S, Müller C, Jörs S, Cuny H, Kissing S, Schröder B, Butz E, Northoff B, Castonguay J, Luber CA, Moser M, Spahn S, Lüllmann-Rauch R, Fendel C, Klugbauer N, Griesbeck O, Haas A, Mann M, Bracher F, Teupser D, Saftig P, Biel M, and Wahl-Schott C
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- Animals, Biological Transport genetics, Calcium metabolism, Calcium Channels metabolism, Cholesterol metabolism, Cholesterol, LDL metabolism, Endosomes metabolism, ErbB Receptors metabolism, Fatty Liver etiology, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Lysosomes metabolism, Male, Mice, Knockout, Calcium Channels genetics, Fatty Liver genetics, Fatty Liver physiopathology
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Endolysosomal organelles play a key role in trafficking, breakdown and receptor-mediated recycling of different macromolecules such as low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, epithelial growth factor (EGF) or transferrin. Here we examine the role of two-pore channel (TPC) 2, an endolysosomal cation channel, in these processes. Embryonic mouse fibroblasts and hepatocytes lacking TPC2 display a profound impairment of LDL-cholesterol and EGF/EGF-receptor trafficking. Mechanistically, both defects can be attributed to a dysfunction of the endolysosomal degradation pathway most likely on the level of late endosome to lysosome fusion. Importantly, endolysosomal acidification or lysosomal enzyme function are normal in TPC2-deficient cells. TPC2-deficient mice are highly susceptible to hepatic cholesterol overload and liver damage consistent with non-alcoholic fatty liver hepatitis. These findings indicate reduced metabolic reserve of hepatic cholesterol handling. Our results suggest that TPC2 plays a crucial role in trafficking in the endolysosomal degradation pathway and, thus, is potentially involved in the homoeostatic control of many macromolecules and cell metabolites.
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- 2014
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48. A small molecule restores function to TRPML1 mutant isoforms responsible for mucolipidosis type IV.
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Chen CC, Keller M, Hess M, Schiffmann R, Urban N, Wolfgardt A, Schaefer M, Bracher F, Biel M, Wahl-Schott C, and Grimm C
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- Cells, Cultured, Electrophysiological Phenomena, Fibroblasts drug effects, Fibroblasts metabolism, Fibroblasts pathology, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Ligands, Lysosomes metabolism, Mucolipidoses physiopathology, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Protein Isoforms, Transient Receptor Potential Channels physiology, Zinc metabolism, Mucolipidoses genetics, Mucolipidoses prevention & control, Mutation genetics, Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates pharmacology, Transient Receptor Potential Channels drug effects, Transient Receptor Potential Channels genetics
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Mucolipidosis type IV (MLIV) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder often characterized by severe neurodevelopmental abnormalities and neuro-retinal degeneration. Mutations in the TRPML1 gene are causative for MLIV. We used lead optimization strategies to identify--and MLIV patient fibroblasts to test--small-molecule activators for their potential to restore TRPML1 mutant channel function. Using the whole-lysosome planar patch-clamp technique, we found that activation of MLIV mutant isoforms by the endogenous ligand PI(3,5)P2 is strongly reduced, while activity can be increased using synthetic ligands. We also found that the F465L mutation renders TRPML1 pH insensitive, while F408Δ impacts synthetic ligand binding. Trafficking defects and accumulation of zinc in lysosomes of MLIV mutant fibroblasts can be rescued by the small molecule treatment. Collectively, our data demonstrate that small molecules can be used to restore channel function and rescue disease associated abnormalities in patient cells expressing specific MLIV point mutations.
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49. KCNMA1 encoded cardiac BK channels afford protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury.
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Soltysinska E, Bentzen BH, Barthmes M, Hattel H, Thrush AB, Harper ME, Qvortrup K, Larsen FJ, Schiffer TA, Losa-Reyna J, Straubinger J, Kniess A, Thomsen MB, Brüggemann A, Fenske S, Biel M, Ruth P, Wahl-Schott C, Boushel RC, Olesen SP, and Lukowski R
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- Animals, Cell Hypoxia, Disease Models, Animal, Energy Metabolism, Indoles pharmacology, Ischemic Preconditioning, Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits genetics, Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels chemistry, Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels genetics, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial drug effects, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal ultrastructure, Muscle, Skeletal metabolism, Myocardium metabolism, Myocytes, Cardiac cytology, Myocytes, Cardiac drug effects, Myocytes, Cardiac metabolism, Oxidative Phosphorylation drug effects, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Reperfusion Injury metabolism, Tetrazoles pharmacology, Thiourea analogs & derivatives, Thiourea pharmacology, Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits metabolism, Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels metabolism, Mitochondria, Heart metabolism, Reperfusion Injury pathology
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Mitochondrial potassium channels have been implicated in myocardial protection mediated through pre-/postconditioning. Compounds that open the Ca2+- and voltage-activated potassium channel of big-conductance (BK) have a pre-conditioning-like effect on survival of cardiomyocytes after ischemia/reperfusion injury. Recently, mitochondrial BK channels (mitoBKs) in cardiomyocytes were implicated as infarct-limiting factors that derive directly from the KCNMA1 gene encoding for canonical BKs usually present at the plasma membrane of cells. However, some studies challenged these cardio-protective roles of mitoBKs. Herein, we present electrophysiological evidence for paxilline- and NS11021-sensitive BK-mediated currents of 190 pS conductance in mitoplasts from wild-type but not BK-/- cardiomyocytes. Transmission electron microscopy of BK-/- ventricular muscles fibres showed normal ultra-structures and matrix dimension, but oxidative phosphorylation capacities at normoxia and upon re-oxygenation after anoxia were significantly attenuated in BK-/- permeabilized cardiomyocytes. In the absence of BK, post-anoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) production from cardiomyocyte mitochondria was elevated indicating that mitoBK fine-tune the oxidative state at hypoxia and re-oxygenation. Because ROS and the capacity of the myocardium for oxidative metabolism are important determinants of cellular survival, we tested BK-/- hearts for their response in an ex-vivo model of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Infarct areas, coronary flow and heart rates were not different between wild-type and BK-/- hearts upon I/R injury in the absence of ischemic pre-conditioning (IP), but differed upon IP. While the area of infarction comprised 28±3% of the area at risk in wild-type, it was increased to 58±5% in BK-/- hearts suggesting that BK mediates the beneficial effects of IP. These findings suggest that cardiac BK channels are important for proper oxidative energy supply of cardiomyocytes at normoxia and upon re-oxygenation after prolonged anoxia and that IP might indeed favor survival of the myocardium upon I/R injury in a BK-dependent mode stemming from both mitochondrial post-anoxic ROS modulation and non-mitochondrial localizations.
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50. HCN channels: new roles in sinoatrial node function.
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Wahl-Schott C, Fenske S, and Biel M
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- Animals, Humans, Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels physiology, Sinoatrial Node physiology
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Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide gated (HCN) channels pass a cationic current (Ih/If) that crucially contributes to the slow diastolic depolarization (SDD) of sinoatrial pacemaker cells and, hence, is a key determinant of cardiac automaticity and the generation of the heart beat. There is growing evidence, that HCN channel functions in the sinoatrial node (SAN) are not restricted to impulse formation but are also required for impulse propagation. In addition, HCN channels are involved in coordination and maintenance of sinoatrial network activity and, hence, are crucial for stabilizing cardiac rhythmicity. In the present review we will outline these new concepts., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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