Project description:Cellular senescence is induced by multiple stresses and results in a stable proliferation arrest accompanied by a pro-inflammatory secretome. Senescent cells accumulate during aging, promoting various age-related pathologies and thus limiting lifespan. The endoplasmic reticulum ITPR2 release channel and calcium fluxes from the ER to the mitochondria have been identified as drivers of cellular senescence in human cells. Here we show that Itpr2 knockout mice display improved aging such as increased lifespan, a better response to metabolic stress, less immunosenescence, as well as less liver steatosis and fibrosis. Cellular senescence, which is known to promote these alterations, is decreased in both Itpr2 KO mice and Itpr2 KO embryo-derived cells. Interestingly, ablation of ITPR2 in vivo and in vitro decreases the number of contacts between the mitochondria and the ER and forced contacts between these two organelles induce premature senescence in normal cells. These new findings shed light on the role of contacts and facilitated exchanges between the ER and the mitochondria through ITPR2 in regulating senescence and physiological aging.
Project description:Cellular senescence is induced by multiple stresses and results in a stable proliferation arrest accompanied by a pro-inflammatory secretome. Senescent cells accumulate during aging, promoting various age-related pathologies and thus limiting lifespan. The endoplasmic reticulum ITPR2 release channel and calcium fluxes from the ER to the mitochondria have been identified as drivers of cellular senescence in human cells. Here we show that Itpr2 knockout mice display improved aging such as increased lifespan, a better response to metabolic stress, less immunosenescence, as well as less liver steatosis and fibrosis. Cellular senescence, which is known to promote these alterations, is decreased in both Itpr2 KO mice and Itpr2 KO embryo-derived cells. Interestingly, ablation of ITPR2 in vivo and in vitro decreases the number of contacts between the mitochondria and the ER and forced contacts between these two organelles induce premature senescence in normal cells. These new findings shed light on the role of contacts and facilitated exchanges between the ER and the mitochondria through ITPR2 in regulating senescence and physiological aging.
Project description:We performed RNA-Seq analysis of neoatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes (NRVCs) and human pluripotent stem cells derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) which were treated with Nimodipine (NM) to investigate the moleclular mechanism of inhibiting L-type calcium channel (LTCC) to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation.
Project description:To investigate the role of the transient receptor potential channel vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channel in hepatic glucose metabolism, we performed proteomics analysis of the liver of C57Bl/6J (WT) and Trpv1 KO mice (n = 4 per group). Liver from Trpv1 KO mice showed significant proteomics changes consistent with enhanced glycogenolysis, as well as increased gluconeogenesis and inflammatory features.
Project description:Perception of biotic and abiotic stresses often leads to stomatal closure in plants. Rapid influx of calcium ions (Ca2+) across the plasma membrane plays an important role in this response, but the identity of Ca2+ channels involved has remained elusive.
Here, we report that the Arabidopsis thaliana Ca2+-permeable channel OSCA1.3 controls stomatal closure during immunity. OSCA1.3 is rapidly phosphorylated upon perception of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Biochemical and quantitative phospho-proteomics analyses reveal that the immune receptor associated cytosolic kinase BIK1 interacts with and phosphorylates the N-terminal cytosolic loop of OSCA1.3 within minutes of treatment with the peptidic PAMP flg22 derived from bacterial flagellin.
Project description:The Moonwalker (Mwk) mouse is a model of dominantly inherited cerebellar ataxia caused by a gain-of-function mutation in the transient receptor potential (TRP) channel TRPC3. We report impairments in dendritic growth and synapse formation early on during Purkinje cell development in the Mwk cerebellum that are accompanied by alterations in calcium signaling.
Project description:Defective ion channel turnover and clearance of damaged proteins are associated with aging and neurodegeneration. The L-type CaV1.2 voltage-gated calcium channel mediate depolarization-induced calcium signals in heart and brain. Here, we determined the interaction surface between the L-type calcium channel CaVβ subunit and actin using cross-linking mass spectrometry and protein-protein docking, and uncovered a role in replenishing damaged CaV1.2 channels. Computational and in vitro mutagenesis identified hotspots in CaVβ that decrease its affinity for actin but not for CaV1.2. Coexpression of an actin-association-deficient CaVβ mutant with the CaV1.2 channel downregulated current amplitudes with a concomitant reduction in the number of functionally available channels. Neither alterations in the single-channel properties nor changes in the total number of channels at the cell surface were found, indicating that current inhibition resulted from a build-up of conduction-defective channels. Our findings established CaVβ–actin interaction as a key player for selective monitoring and clearing corrupted CaV proteins to ensure the maintenance of a functional pool of channels and proper calcium signal transduction. The CaVβ–actin molecular model introduces a potentially druggable protein-protein interface to intervene CaV-mediated signaling processes.