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Sci Rep ; 9(1): 934, 2019 01 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30700748

ABSTRACT

We previously identified a nuclear variant of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2), named nBMP2, that is translated from an alternative start codon. Decreased nuclear localization of nBMP2 in the nBmp2NLStm mouse model leads to muscular, neurological, and immune phenotypes-all of which are consistent with aberrant intracellular calcium (Ca2+) response. Ca2+ response in these mice, however, has yet to be measured directly. Because a prior study suggested impairment of macrophage function in nBmp2NLStm mutant mice, bone marrow derived (BMD) macrophages and splenic macrophages were isolated from wild type and nBmp2NLStm mutant mice. Immunocytochemistry revealed that nuclei of both BMD and splenic macrophages from wild type mice contain nBMP2, while the protein is decreased in nuclei of nBmp2NLStm mutant macrophages. Live-cell Ca2+ imaging and engulfment assays revealed that Ca2+ response and phagocytosis in response to bacterial supernatant are similar in BMD macrophages isolated from naïve (uninfected) nBmp2NLStm mutant mice and wild type mice, but are deficient in splenic macrophages isolated from mutant mice after secondary systemic infection with Staphylococcus aureus, suggesting progressive impairment as macrophages respond to infection. This direct evidence of impaired Ca2+ handling in nBMP2 mutant macrophages supports the hypothesis that nBMP2 plays a role in Ca2+ response.


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Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2/biosynthesis , Calcium/metabolism , Cell Nucleus/metabolism , Gene Expression , Macrophages/metabolism , Nuclear Proteins/biosynthesis , Animals , Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2/genetics , Cell Nucleus/genetics , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , Nuclear Proteins/genetics , Staphylococcal Infections/genetics , Staphylococcal Infections/metabolism , Staphylococcus aureus/metabolism
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Nutrients ; 10(12)2018 Dec 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30558306

ABSTRACT

Diabetes and the related disease metabolic syndrome are epidemic in the United States, in part due to a shift in diet and decrease in physical exercise. PAS kinase is a sensory protein kinase associated with many of the phenotypes of these diseases, including hepatic triglyceride accumulation and metabolic dysregulation in male mice placed on a high-fat diet. Herein we provide the first characterization of the effects of western diet (high-fat high-sugar, HFHS) on Per-Arnt-Sim kinase mice (PASK-/-) and the first characterization of both male and female PASK-/- mice. Soleus muscle from the PASK-/- male mice displayed a 2-fold higher oxidative phosphorylation capacity than wild type (WT) on the normal chow diet. PASK-/- male mice were also resistant to hepatic triglyceride accumulation on the HFHS diet, displaying a 2.7-fold reduction in hepatic triglycerides compared to WT mice on the HFHS diet. These effects on male hepatic triglyceride were further explored through mass spectrometry-based lipidomics. The absence of PAS kinase was found to affect many of the 44 triglycerides analyzed, preventing hepatic triglyceride accumulation in response to the HFHS diet. In contrast, the female mice showed resistance to hepatic triglyceride accumulation on the HFHS diet regardless of genotype, suggesting the effects of PAS kinase may be masked.


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Cell Respiration , Diet, Western , Dietary Fats/adverse effects , Dietary Sugars/adverse effects , Liver/metabolism , Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism , Triglycerides/blood , Animals , Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator/metabolism , Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/metabolism , Diabetes Mellitus/metabolism , Diet , Diet, High-Fat , Dietary Fats/administration & dosage , Dietary Fats/metabolism , Dietary Sugars/administration & dosage , Female , Genotype , Male , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism , Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/deficiency , Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics , Repressor Proteins/metabolism
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