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Imaging and serum biomarkers reflecting the functional efficacy of extended erythropoietin treatment in rats following infantile traumatic brain injury.

OBJECTIVE Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and severe morbidity for otherwise healthy full-term infants around the w … ased in the injured cortex (p = 0.008). These Western blots also showed elevated ipsilateral cortex calpain degradation products for αII-spectrin (αII-SDPs; p < 0.001), potassium chloride cotransporter 2 (KCC2-DPs; p = 0.037), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP-DPs; p = 0.002), as well as serum GFAP (serum GFAP-DPs; p = 0.001). In injured rats mult …

Effects of magnesium taurate on the onset and progression of galactose-induced experimental cataract: in vivo and in vitro evaluation.

Cataract, a leading cause of blindness, is characterized by lenticular opacities resulting from denaturation of lens proteins due to activation of calcium-dependent enzyme, calpain. Magnesium (Mg(2+)) plays an important role not only in maintaining a low lenticular calcium (Ca(2+)) and sodium concentration but also in preserving the lens redox status. Taurine has also been shown to reduce lenticular oxidative stress. Present study evaluated the anticataract effects of magnesium taurate in vivo and in vitro. Among the five groups of 9 Sprague Dawley rats each, two groups received 30% galactose …

Expression of Genes Encoding Cell Motility Proteins during Progression of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

The model of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) was used to study the expression of genes encoding actin-binding proteins depending on the type of cell motility. The expression of SNAIL1 and CAPN2 mRNA in HNSCC tissue was higher than in specimens of dysplastic epithelium of the larynx and hypopharynx, which can be explained by activation of mesenchymal and amoeboid types of cell motility. In biopsy material of HNSCC patients with T1-2N0M0, expression of genes responsible for actin-binding proteins differed from that of patients with pretumor pathology of the larynx and hypopharynx:

Translocation of molecular chaperones to the titin springs is common in skeletal myopathy patients and affects sarcomere function.

Myopathies encompass a wide variety of acquired and hereditary disorders. The pathomechanisms include structural and functional changes affecting, e.g., myofiber metabolism and contractile properties. In this study, we observed increased passive tension (PT) of skinned myofibers from patients with myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) caused by FLNC mutations (MFM-filaminopathy) and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type-2A due to CAPN3 mutations (LGMD2A), compared to healthy control myofibers. Because the giant protein titin determines myofiber PT, we measured its molecular size and the titin-to-myosin ra

Elucidation of the Genetic Cause in Dutch Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Families: A 27-Year's Journey.

BACKGROUND: A Dutch cohort of 105 carefully selected limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) patients from 68 families has been subject to gen … lies in which additional testing could be performed a genetic diagnosis was established: two LGMDR1 calpain3-related families with CAPN3 mutations, one LGMDR2 dysferlin-related family with DYSF mutations, three sarcoglycanopathy families (LGMDR3-5 α-, β- and γ-sarcoglycan-related) with SGCA/SGCB/SGCG mutations, one LGMDR8 TRIM 32-related family with TRIM3 …

Burn injury dysregulates protein signaling in type 1 and type 2 muscles in rats.

BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle wasting is one of the systemic hallmarks of severe burn injuries. The underlying mechanisms of muscle wasting post-burn, and in particular the differences between muscle fiber types, are not well understood. This study aimed to investigate the protein signaling pathways involved in skeletal muscle atrophy following severe burn injury. METHODS: 11 rats were submitted to sham injury and 11 rats to a severe burn (40% total body surface area burn) using the Walker-Mason burn model. Muscle samples from predominantly type II m. extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and predomi

Recent Advances in the Modeling of Alzheimer's Disease.

Since 1995, more than 100 transgenic (Tg) mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been generated in which mutant amyloid precursor protein (APP) or APP/presenilin 1 (PS1) cDNA is overexpressed ( 1st generation models ). Although many of these models successfully recapitulate major pathological hallmarks of the disease such as amyloid β peptide (Aβ) deposition and neuroinflammation, they have suffered from artificial phenotypes in the form of overproduced or mislocalized APP/PS1 and their functional fragments, as well as calpastatin deficiency-induced early lethality, calpain activation, …

RPE-derived exosomes rescue the photoreceptors during retina degeneration: an intraocular approach to deliver exosomes into the subretinal space.

Retinal degeneration (RD) refers to a group of blinding retinopathies leading to the progressive photoreceptor demise and vision loss. Treatments against this debilitating disease are urgently needed. Intraocular delivery of exosomes represents an innovative therapeutic strategy against RD. In this study, we aimed to determine whether the subretinal delivery of RPE-derived exosomes (RPE-Exos) can prevent the photoreceptor death in RD. RD was induced in C57BL6 mice by MNU administration. These MNU administered mice received a single subretinal injection of RPE-Exos. Two weeks later, the RPE-Exo

Activation of ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is involved in skeletal muscle wasting in a rat model with biliary cirrhosis: potential role of TNF-alpha.

Vitamin A deficiency is one of the most common dietary deficiencies in the developing world and is a major health concern where it is associated with increased risk of fetal and infant mortality and morbidity. Early studies in the rat demonstrated that, in addition to respiratory problems, neonates showed evidence of mobility problems in response to moderate vitamin A deficiency. This study investigated whether moderate deficiency of this vitamin plays a role in regulating key skeletal muscle regulatory pathways during development. Thirty female rats were fed vitamin A-moderate (VAM) or vitami

Involvement of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in the early stages of wallerian degeneration.

Local axon degeneration is a common pathological feature of many neurodegenerative diseases and peripheral neuropathies. While it is believed to operate with an apoptosis-independent molecular program, the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. In this study, we used the degeneration of transected axons, termed "Wallerian degeneration," as a model to examine the possible involvement of the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). Inhibiting UPS activity by both pharmacological and genetic means profoundly delays axon degeneration both in vitro and in vivo. In addition, we found that th

Dynamic molecular combing: stretching the whole human genome for high-resolution studies.

DNA in amounts representative of hundreds of eukaryotic genomes was extended on silanized surfaces by dynamic molecular combing. The precise measurement of hybridized DNA probes was achieved directly without requiring normalization. This approach was validated with the high-resolution mapping of cosmid contigs on a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) within yeast genomic DNA. It was extended to human genomic DNA for precise measurements ranging from 7 to 150 kilobases, of gaps within a contig, and of microdeletions in the tuberous sclerosis 2 gene on patients' DNA. The simplicity, reproducibilit

Cys32 and His105 are the critical residues for the calcium-dependent cysteine proteolytic activity of CvaB, an ATP-binding cassette transporter.

CvaB, a member of the ATP-binding cassette transporter superfamily, is the central membrane transporter of the colicin V secretion system in Escherichia coli. Cys32 and His105 in the N-terminal domain of CvaB were identified as critical residues for both colicin V secretion and cysteine proteolytic activity. By inhibiting degradation with N-ethylmaleimide and a mixture of protease inhibitors, a stable wild-type N-terminal domain (which showed cysteine protease activity when activated) was purified. Such protease activity was Ca2+- and concentration-dependent and could be inhibited by antipain,

Construction of a Novel Necroptosis-Related Signature in Rat DRG for Neuropathic Pain.

BackgroundRecent studies have shown necroptosis may play a role in the development of inflammation-associated pain. However, research on the correlation between necroptosis-related genes and neuropathic pain in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) is limited. This study aims to identify a gene signature related to necroptosis in DRG that can predict neuropathic pain.MethodsThe mRNA expression profiles associated with neuropathic pain (GSE24982 and GSE30691) were acquired from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (Lasso) and Support Vector Mac

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… Calpain-1 and calpain-2: the yin and yang of synaptic plasticity and neurodegeneration . Trends Neurosci . 2016 ; 39 ( 4 ): 235 – 245 . doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2016.01.007 26874794 PMC4818674 25. Wang LH , Lin CY , Lin YM , et al. … Calpain-2 regulates TNF-α expression associated with neuropathic pain following motor nerve injury . Neuroscience . 2018 ; 376 : 142 – 151 . doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.02.023 29477696 27. Tong Y , Yu Z , Chen Z , et al. …

A Mechanistic Understanding of Axon Degeneration in Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.

Chemotherapeutic agents cause many short and long term toxic side effects to peripheral nervous system (PNS) that drastically alter quality of life. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common and enduring disorder caused by several anti-neoplastic agents. CIPN typically presents with neuropathic pain, numbness of distal extremities, and/or oversensitivity to thermal or mechanical stimuli. This adverse side effect often requires a reduction in chemotherapy dosage or even discontinuation of treatment. Currently there are no effective treatment options for CIPN. While the under

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… Calpains are Ca 2+ -activated proteases that execute axonal degeneration by proteolysis of multiple cellular proteins. Calpastatin inhibits calpain activation during developmental pruning and so limits the extent of axon degeneration (Yang et al., 2013 ). … In the future, it will be important to identify other molecular downstream targets of calpain relevant to peripheral neuropathy. Nonetheless, these studies demonstrate calpain as a promising therapeutic target for CIPN. …

Identification and characterization of differentially expressed genes in denervated muscle.

Denervation results in a series of changes in skeletal muscle. To elucidate the molecular basis underlying these changes, it is important to identify the profile of altered gene expression in skeletal muscle following nerve injury. In the present study, we have examined the differentially expressed genes in denervated gastrocnemius muscle using RNA fingerprinting by arbitrarily primed PCR. Eight differentially expressed mRNA transcripts have been identified. A bilateral regulatory profile can be observed for the up-regulated genes in both denervated and contralateral control muscle following u

Emerging Strategies Targeting Catabolic Muscle Stress Relief.

Skeletal muscle wasting represents a common trait in many conditions, including aging, cancer, heart failure, immobilization, and critical illness. Loss of muscle mass leads to impaired functional mobility and severely impedes the quality of life. At present, exercise training remains the only proven treatment for muscle atrophy, yet many patients are too ill, frail, bedridden, or neurologically impaired to perform physical exertion. The development of novel therapeutic strategies that can be applied to an in vivo context and attenuate secondary myopathies represents an unmet medical need. Thi

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… The role of calpain in skeletal muscle Anim. Cells Syst. 2012 16 431 437 10.1080/19768354.2012.724708 11. Sandri M. Protein breakdown in muscle wasting: Role of autophagy-lysosome and ubiquitin-proteasome Int. J. Biochem. … Calpains in muscle wasting Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 2005 37 2115 2133 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.12.012 16125114 17. Du J. Wang X. Miereles C. Bailey J.L. Debigaré R. Zheng B. Price S.R. Mitch W.E. …

Bone sialoprotein: a multifunctional regulator of bone remodelling and tumour progression.

Bone sialoprotein (BSP) is a major non-collagenous protein of the bone extracellular matrix and an important regulator of bone formation and resorption. BSP is produced by bone cells and chondrocytes and present in the bone matrix, cells, dentin and cartilage. However, its aberrant expression in primary tumour tissues and the sera of cancer patients with metastases implicates BSP in tumour biology and progression. The Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif of BSP may be crucial not only for the attachment of metastasising cells to the bone surface but also for tumour growth, survival and activity. This revie

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… In addition, calpain-mediated signalling—potentially via both RGD-dependent and -independent pathways—promotes tumour cell adhesion, migration and invasion. … In M21 cells, migration to BSP is largely mediated by PI3K/Akt and calpain pathways, 147 where calpain-2 may enhance migration through FAK proteolytic degradation. 162 In NSCLC cells (A-549 and CL1-5), BSP stimulates PI3K/Akt/AP-1 signalling, inducing phosphorylation of PI3K, Akt and c-Jun to promote …

Functions and Therapeutic Potentials of Long Noncoding RNA in Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Dystrophy.

Skeletal muscle is the most abundant tissue in the human body and is responsible for movement, metabolism, energy production and longevity. Muscle atrophy is a frequent complication of several diseases and occurs when protein degradation exceeds protein synthesis. Genetics, ageing, nerve injury, weightlessness, cancer, chronic diseases, the accumulation of metabolic byproducts and other stimuli can lead to muscle atrophy. Muscular dystrophy is a neuromuscular disorder, part of which is caused by the deficiency of dystrophin protein and is mostly related to genetics. Muscle atrophy and muscular

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… Calpains are intracellular Ca 2+ ‐regulated cysteine proteases. There are three types of calpains involved in muscle atrophy: ubiquitous calpains 1 and 2 and calpain 3. … Ubiquitous calpains 1 and 2 destroy the Z‐disk, releasing actin and myosin to promote their better degradation, whereas the deficiency of calpain 3 induces muscle atrophy [ 32 ]. FIGURE 1 The mechanisms of protein degradation and synthesis in muscles. …

Динамическая съемка миелинской патологии в физиологически сохранившихся человеческих мозговых тканях с использованием третьей гармонической микроскопии.

Известно, что миелиновая патология играет центральную роль в таких расстройствах, как, в частности, множественный склероз (MS). Несмотря на это, патологические механизмы, лежащие в основе этих условий, часто трудно разгадать. Обычные методы, такие, как иммуноистохимия или подходы, основанные на красителях, не обеспечивают временной характеристики патофизиологических отклонений, вызывающих миелиновые изменения в образцах человека. Здесь, чтобы обойти эту обочину, мы представляем подход миелина к изображениям без ярлыков с живыми клетками, используя недавние достижения в нелинейной гармонической

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… Inhibition of calpain-cathepsin axis with ALLN annuls the development of myelin swellings in MS corpus callosum. … We imaged acute changes in myelin structure after chemical asphyxiation and demonstrate that MS brains present with more myelin swellings, which was annulled by preincubation with calpain inhibitor. …

Towards Drug Repurposing in Cancer Cachexia: Potential Targets and Candidates.

As a multifactorial and multiorgan syndrome, cancer cachexia is associated with decreased tolerance to antitumor treatments and increased morbidity and mortality rates. The current approaches for the treatment of this syndrome are not always effective and well established. Drug repurposing or repositioning consists of the investigation of pharmacological components that are already available or in clinical trials for certain diseases and explores if they can be used for new indications. Its advantages comparing to de novo drugs development are the reduced amount of time spent and costs. In thi

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… Calcium-Activated Protease Calpains The muscle wasting observed in cachexia is associated with several proteolytic pathways and processes, including the calpain system [ 54 ]. … Calpains comprise a family of calcium-activated cysteine proteases, which cleave at exposed regions between domains of proteins affecting muscle in synergisms with UPP [ 55 , 56 ]. Therefore, inhibitors of calpains might also protect skeletal muscle from cachexia-induced apoptosis [ 55 ]. …