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文献紹介 ORAI-1 筋小胞体蛋白

2012年05月31日 13時41分02秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
PRAI-1は4回膜貫通型のCa2+チャネルである。
T細胞や,心房筋の筋小胞体に存在する。

1. Pharmacological profiling of store-operated Ca(2+) entry in retinal arteriolar smooth muscle.
McGahon M, McKee J, Dash D, Brown E, Simpson D, Curtis T, McGeown J, Scholfield C.
Microcirculation. 2012 May 12. doi: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00192.x. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 22578132 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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2. Enhanced Ca2+ entry and Na+/Ca2+ exchanger activity in dendritic cells from AMP-activated protein kinase-deficient mice.
Nurbaeva MK, Schmid E, Szteyn K, Yang W, Viollet B, Shumilina E, Lang F.
FASEB J. 2012 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 22474243 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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3. Molecular and functional characterization of ORAI and STIM in human corporeal smooth muscle cells and effects of the transfer of their dominant-negative mutant genes into diabetic rats.
Sung HH, Kam SC, Lee JH, Chae MR, Hong C, Ko M, Han DH, So I, Lee SW.
J Urol. 2012 May;187(5):1903-10. Epub 2012 Mar 16.
PMID: 22425055 [PubMed - in process]
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4. Evidence that 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate provokes fibrillation in perfused rat hearts via voltage-independent calcium channels.
Wang P, Umeda PK, Sharifov OF, Halloran BA, Tabengwa E, Grenett HE, Urthaler F, Wolkowicz PE.
Eur J Pharmacol. 2012 Apr 15;681(1-3):60-7. Epub 2012 Feb 15.
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5. Expression of Orai genes and I(CRAC) activation in the human retinal pigment epithelium.
Cordeiro S, Strauss O.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2011 Jan;249(1):47-54. Epub 2010 Jul 6.
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6. Orai1 regulates intracellular calcium, arrest, and shape polarization during neutrophil recruitment in shear flow.
Schaff UY, Dixit N, Procyk E, Yamayoshi I, Tse T, Simon SI.
Blood. 2010 Jan 21;115(3):657-66. Epub 2009 Nov 20.
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7. Increased activation of stromal interaction molecule-1/Orai-1 in aorta from hypertensive rats: a novel insight into vascular dysfunction.
Giachini FR, Chiao CW, Carneiro FS, Lima VV, Carneiro ZN, Dorrance AM, Tostes RC, Webb RC.
Hypertension. 2009 Feb;53(2):409-16. Epub 2008 Dec 15.
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8. Mechanism of different spatial distributions of Caenorhabditis elegans and human STIM1 at resting state.
Gao S, Fan Y, Chen L, Lu J, Xu T, Xu P.
Cell Calcium. 2009 Jan;45(1):77-88. Epub 2008 Jul 29.
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9. Physiological roles of STIM1 and Orai1 homologs and CRAC channels in the genetic model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.
Strange K, Yan X, Lorin-Nebel C, Xing J.
Cell Calcium. 2007 Aug;42(2):193-203. Epub 2007 Mar 21. Review.
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10.Orai proteins interact with TRPC channels and confer responsiveness to store depletion.
Liao Y, Erxleben C, Yildirim E, Abramowitz J, Armstrong DL, Birnbaumer L.
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11. CRAC channel activity in C. elegans is mediated by Orai1 and STIM1 homologues and is essential for ovulation and fertility.
Lorin-Nebel C, Xing J, Yan X, Strange K.
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細胞内情報伝達 Glucocorticoid-induced Myopathy

2012年04月24日 07時05分51秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
Horm Res. 2009 Nov;72 Suppl 1:36-41.

Mechanisms of muscle atrophy induced by glucocorticoids.
Schakman O, Gilson H, Kalista S, Thissen JP.

Source
Unité de Diabétologie et Nutrition, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Many pathological states characterized by muscle atrophy (e.g., sepsis, cachexia, starvation, metabolic acidosis and severe insulinopenia) are associated with an increase in circulating glucocorticoid (GC) levels, suggesting that GC could trigger the muscle atrophy observed in these conditions. GC-induced muscle atrophy results from decreased protein synthesis and increased protein degradation. The inhibitory effect of GCs on protein synthesis is thought to result mainly from the inhibition of the p70 ribosomal S6 protein kinase. The stimulatory effect of GCs on muscle proteolysis results from the activation of two major cellular proteolytic systems: ubiquitin proteasome and lysosomal systems. The decrease in muscle production of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), a muscle anabolic growth factor, could contribute to GC-induced muscle atrophy. By activating the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/Akt pathway, IGF-I overrides GC action to stunt muscle atrophy. Evidence also indicates that increased production of myostatin, a catabolic growth factor, could play a critical role in GC-induced muscle atrophy. CONCLUSIONS: Recent progress in understanding the role of growth factors in GC-induced muscle atrophy allows investigation into new therapies to minimize this myopathy.


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VHRG ジャーナルクラブ 2011年9月討論  TNF death signal;TIMP/TACE pathwayの関与について

2011年09月27日 23時03分09秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
Vascular Health Research Group(VHRG) ジャーナルクラブミーティング


文献 1 miRNA-206によるTIMP3のdownregulation

Liu H, Chen SE, Jin B, Carson JA, Niu A, Durham W, Lai JY, Li YP. TIMP3: a physiological regulator of adult myogenesis. J Cell Sci. 2010 Sep 1;123(Pt 17):2914-21.

Abstract
Myogenic differentiation in adult muscle is normally suppressed and can be activated by myogenic cues in a subset of activated satellite cells. The switch mechanism that turns myogenesis on and off is not defined. In the present study, we demonstrate that tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3 (TIMP3), the endogenous inhibitor of TNFalpha-converting enzyme (TACE), acts as an on-off switch for myogenic differentiation by regulating autocrine TNFalpha release. We observed that constitutively expressed TIMP3 is transiently downregulated in the satellite cells of regenerating mouse hindlimb muscles and differentiating C2C12 myoblasts. In C2C12 myoblasts, perturbing TIMP3 downregulation by overexpressing TIMP3 blocks TNFalpha release, p38 MAPK activation, myogenic gene expression and myotube formation. TNFalpha supplementation at a physiological concentration rescues myoblast differentiation. Similarly, in the regenerating soleus, overexpression of TIMP3 impairs release of TNFalpha and myogenic gene expression, and delays the formation of new fibers. In addition, downregulation of TIMP3 is mediated by the myogenesis-promoting microRNA miR-206. Thus, TIMP3 is a physiological regulator of myogenic differentiation.

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Muscle regeneration entails the activation, proliferation and differentiation of mononucleated satellite cells (muscle stem cells) that are associated with muscle fibers. Myogenic differentiation is a carefully controlled process that is normally suppressed until it is activated at an appropriate time in a subset of proliferating satellite cells. The remaining satellite cell pool stays undifferentiated and serves as the reserve for future regeneration events (Charge and Rudnicki, 2004). Although myogenic gene expression requires the reactivation of the myogenic program involving the expression of such transcription factors as Pax7, Myf5, MyoD, myogenin, MRF4 and MEF2, it is clear now that epigenetic regulations also have a pivotal role in mediating myogenesis in regenerating muscle (Guasconi and Puri, 2009).

Before myogenic gene expression, the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex first has to be activated to allow access of myogenic transcription factors to the muscle-specific gene promoters. Activation of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex is mediated by coordinated activation of both p38 MAPK and AKT (Serra et al., 2007). Blockade of either kinase abolishes myogenesis (Cuenda and Cohen, 1999; de Angelis et al., 2005; Jiang et al., 1999; Perdiguero et al., 2007; Puri et al., 2000; Wu et al., 2000; Zetser et al., 1999). It has been known for sometime that myogenic activation of AKT is induced by IGF-I (Lawlor et al., 2000; Rommel et al., 2001; Tureckova et al., 2001). However, the signaling mechanism of myogenic activation of p38, particularly in adult muscle, emerged only recently. It was demonstrated in adult muscle that myogenic activation of p38 requires TNFα-receptor-mediated signaling (Chen et al., 2005). In addition, authors showed that in response to diverse myogenic cues, myoblasts release autocrine TNFα, which is crucial to myogenic activation of the MKK6–p38 pathway and ensuing myogenesis (Chen et al., 2007; Zhan et al., 2007). Moreover, TNFα-converting enzyme (TACE, also known as ADAM17), the disintegrin metalloproteinase (Black, 2002) that cleaves plasma membrane-anchored pro-TNFα (26 kDa) to release free TNFα (17 kDa), is rate limiting for myogenic activation of p38 (Zhan et al., 2007). These findings revealed a new signaling paradigm through which myogenic cues are transduced to activate myogenic gene expression via the activation of p38. In this study, they address the question of how myogenic cues stimulate TACE release of TNFα.

TACE activity is normally repressed by its physiological inhibitor tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3 (TIMP3). TIMP3 is a member of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase family that uniquely inhibits TACE (Amour et al., 1998). As a transmembrane protein, TACE is structurally related to the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) (Black, 2002). TIMP3 appears to inhibit TACE in the same way the TIMPs inhibit MMPs: by chelating the extracellular active-site zinc with its N-terminus (Gomis-Ruth et al., 1997; Lee et al., 2005). TIMP3 is the only one of four TIMPs that binds to the extracellular matrix (Mohammed et al., 2003) and possesses an amino acid sequence (PFG) necessary for inhibiting TACE (Lee et al., 2005). TIMP3 suppresses inflammation (Black, 2004; Smookler et al., 2006) and impedes cell migration (van der Laan et al., 2003). These effects of TIMP3 could be attributed to its inhibition of TACE release of TNFα, which mediates inflammation (Tracey and Cerami, 1992) and stimulates the chemotactic response (Torrente et al., 2003). Because TIMP3 is constitutively expressed in muscle cells of mice (Leco et al., 1994) and humans (Apte et al., 1994), this article hypothesized that it has a physiological role in suppressing myogenesis as an inhibitor of TACE, and that it has to be downregulated in response to myogenic cues to allow TACE release of autocrine TNFα and the ensuing activation of p38-dependent myogenesis. This study demonstrates that TIMP3 is downregulated in regenerating mouse muscle, particularly, myogenic progenitor cells (MPCs). Furthermore, downregulation of TIMP3 is required for release of TNFα, activation of p38 and ensuing myogenesis. This article also demonstrate that the downregulation of TIMP3 is mediated by microRNA-206 (miR-206).

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Specific primer sets for mouse Timp3:Forward: 5′-AAGGTACTAGAAACAGACTCCTCCAG-3′, and Reverse: 5′-TTGATACAGGACAAGAACTTGAGTG-3′
Duplexes of miR-1 and miR-206 microRNA : from Dharmacon

As with miR-1, miR-206 is induced in differentiating myoblasts (Rao et al., 2006) and regenerating muscle (Yuasa et al., 2008) by the muscle regulatory factors (MRFs) MyoD and Myf5 (Rosenberg et al., 2006; Sweetman et al., 2008); and has a crucial role in the promotion of myogenesis (Chen et al., 2006; Kim et al., 2006). However, the mechanism through which miR-206 promotes myogenesis is just emerging, despite the fact that miR-206 is predicted to target a long list of genes which includes Timp3 (McCarthy, 2008). This article indicates that miR-206 is the primary microRNA that downregulates TIMP3 expression during myogenesis. TIMP3 downregulation is part of the intrinsic myogenic program that activates myogenesis. In addition, a mechanism for miR-206 promotion of myogenesis is that miR-206 promotes myogenesis by serving as an upstream signal for myogenic activation of p38, a key mediator of cell cycle exit (Perdiguero et al., 2007), chromatin remodeling (Simone et al., 2004) and the activation of myogenic gene expression (de Angelis et al., 2005; Lluis et al., 2005; Wu et al., 2000).


文献2 TIMP3による糸球体・尿細管障害
Kassiri Z, Oudit GY, Kandalam V, Awad A, Wang X, Ziou X, Maeda N, Herzenberg AM, Scholey JW. Loss of TIMP3 enhances interstitial nephritis and fibrosis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Jun;20(6):1223-35.

Abstract
The balance of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) determines the integrity of the extracellular matrix. TIMP3 is the most highly expressed tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP) in the kidney, but its function in renal disease is incompletely understood. In this study, TIMP3-/- mice demonstrated an age-dependent chronic tubulointerstitial fibrosis. After unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO), young TIMP3-/- mice exhibited increased renal injury (tubular atrophy, cortical and medullary thinning, and vascular damage) compared with wild-type mice. In addition, TIMP3-/- mice had greater interstitial fibrosis; increased synthesis and deposition of type I collagen; increased activation of fibroblasts; enhanced apoptosis; and greater activation of MMP2, but not MMP9, after UUO. TIMP3 deficiency also led to accelerated processing of TNFalpha, demonstrated by significantly higher TACE activity and greater soluble TNFalpha levels by 3 d after UUO. The additional deletion of TNFalpha markedly reduced inflammation, apoptosis, and induction of a number of MMPs. Moreover, inhibition of MMPs in TIMP3-/-/TNFalpha-/- mice further abrogated postobstructive injury and prevented tubulointerestitial fibrosis. In humans, TIMP3 expression increased in the renal arteries and proximal tubules of subjects with diabetic nephropathy or chronic allograft nephropathy. Taken together, these results provide evidence that TIMP3 is an important mediator of kidney injury, and regulating its activity may have therapeutic benefit for patients with kidney disease.


文献3 TNFα-mediated epithelial barrier disruption
Fréour T, Jarry A, Bach-Ngohou K, Dejoie T, Bou-Hanna C, Denis MG, Mosnier JF, Laboisse CL, Masson D. TACE inhibition amplifies TNF-alpha-mediated colonic epithelial barrier disruption. Int J Mol Med. 2009 Jan;23(1):41-8.

Abstract
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are characterized by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-mediated epithelial barrier disruption. TNF-alpha production and the bioavailability of its receptors on the cell surface are regulated by TACE (TNF-alpha converting enzyme), a pleiotropic metalloprotease also known as ADAM17, and its specific inhibitor TIMP3. We therefore examined ADAM17 and TIMP3 expression in human intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) using immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays and real-time PCR on preparations of IEC isolated from human normal and IBD colon. The effects of TACE inhibition by TIMP3 or a pharmacological inhibitor were assessed in inflammatory conditions on a TIMP3-deficient colonic cell line HT29-Cl.16E. Both TACE and TIMP3 were found to be constitutively expressed by intestinal epithelial cells in the normal and inflammatory human intestinal barrier. In the TIMP3-deficient cell line, the addition of recombinant human TIMP3 or of Tapi-2, a pharmacological ADAM17 inhibitor, i) sensitized the cells to TNF-alpha-mediated hyperpermeability, ii) down-regulated tight junction-associated protein expression and iii) inhibited TNFRI shedding. In conclusion, our data showed that TACE and TIMP3 were co-expressed in the human intestinal barrier and that TACE inhibition, either physiologically or pharmacologically, amplified TNF-alpha-mediated hyperpermeability. TIMP3 could thus play a major role in inflammatory conditions by creating an autocrine effect leading to amplified epithelial barrier hyperpermeability.


文献4  Psoriasis-like inflammatory skin disease in sepsis
Guinea-Viniegra J, Zenz R, Scheuch H, Hnisz D, Holcmann M, Bakiri L, Schonthaler HB, Sibilia M, Wagner EF. TNFalpha shedding and epidermal inflammation are controlled by Jun proteins. Genes Dev. 2009 Nov 15;23(22):2663-74.

Abstract
Inducible epidermal deletion of JunB and c-Jun in adult mice causes a psoriasis-like inflammatory skin disease. Increased levels of the proinflammatory cytokine TNFalpha play a major role in this phenotype. Here we define the underlying molecular mechanism using genetic mouse models. We show that Jun proteins control TNFalpha shedding in the epidermis by direct transcriptional activation of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3), an inhibitor of the TNFalpha-converting enzyme (TACE). TIMP-3 is down-regulated and TACE activity is specifically increased, leading to massive, cell-autonomous TNFalpha shedding upon loss of both JunB and c-Jun. Consequently, a prominent TNFalpha-dependent cytokine cascade is initiated in the epidermis, inducing severe skin inflammation and perinatal death of newborns from exhaustion of energy reservoirs such as glycogen and lipids. Importantly, this metabolic "cachectic" phenotype can be genetically rescued in a TNFR1-deficient background or by epidermis-specific re-expression of TIMP-3. These findings reveal that Jun proteins are essential physiological regulators of TNFalpha shedding by controlling the TIMP-3/TACE pathway. This novel mechanism describing how Jun proteins control skin inflammation offers potential targets for the treatment of skin pathologies associated with increased TNFalpha levels.


文献5
Tsakadze NL, Sithu SD, Sen U, English WR, Murphy G, D'Souza SE. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM-17/CD156q) mediates the ectodomain cleavage of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 10;281(6):3157-64.

Abstract
Ectodomain shedding has emerged as an important regulatory step in the function of transmembrane proteins. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), an adhesion receptor that mediates inflammatory and immune responses, undergoes shedding in the presence of inflammatory mediators and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). The shedding of ICAM-1 in ICAM-1-transfected 293 cells upon PMA stimulation and in endothelial cells upon tumor necrosis factor-alpha stimulation was blocked by metalloproteinase inhibitors, whereas serine protease inhibitors were ineffective. p-Aminophenylmercuric acetate, a mercuric compound that is known to activate matrix metalloproteinases, up-regulated ICAM-1 shedding. TIMP-3 (but not TIMP-1 or -2) effectively blocked cleavage. This profile suggests the involvement of the ADAM family of proteases in the cleavage of ICAM-1. The introduction of enzymatically active tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE) into ICAM-1-expressing cells up-regulated cleavage. Small interfering RNA directed against TACE blocked ICAM-1 cleavage. ICAM-1 transfected into TACE-/- fibroblasts did not show increased shedding over constitutive levels in the presence of PMA, whereas cleavage did occur in ICAM-1-transfected TACE+/+ cells. These results indicate that ICAM-1 shedding is mediated by TACE. Blocking the shedding of ICAM-1 altered the cell adhesive function, as ICAM-1-mediated cell adhesion was up-regulated in the presence of TACE small interfering RNA and TIMP-3, but not TIMP-1. However, cleavage was found to occur at multiple sites within the stalk domain of ICAM-1, and numerous point mutations within the region did not affect cleavage, indicating that TACE-mediated cleavage of ICAM-1 may not be sequence-specific.


文献6
Federici M, Hribal ML, Menghini R, Kanno H, Marchetti V, Porzio O, Sunnarborg SW, Rizza S, Serino M, Cunsolo V, Lauro D, Mauriello A, Smookler DS, Sbraccia P, Sesti G, Lee DC, Khokha R, Accili D, Lauro R. Timp3 deficiency in insulin receptor-haploinsufficient mice promotes diabetes and vascular inflammation via increased TNF-alpha. J Clin Invest. 2005 Dec;115(12):3494-505.

Abstract
Activation of inflammatory pathways may contribute to the beginning and the progression of both atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes. Here we report a novel interaction between insulin action and control of inflammation, resulting in glucose intolerance and vascular inflammation and amenable to therapeutic modulation. In insulin receptor heterozygous (Insr+/-) mice, we identified the deficiency of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3 (Timp3, an inhibitor of both TNF-alpha-converting enzyme [TACE] and MMPs) as a common bond between glucose intolerance and vascular inflammation. Among Insr+/- mice, those that develop diabetes have reduced Timp3 and increased TACE activity. Unchecked TACE activity causes an increase in levels of soluble TNF-alpha, which subsequently promotes diabetes and vascular inflammation. Double heterozygous Insr+/-Timp3+/- mice develop mild hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia at 3 months and overt glucose intolerance and hyperinsulinemia at 6 months. A therapeutic role for Timp3/TACE modulation is supported by the observation that pharmacological inhibition of TACE led to marked reduction of hyperglycemia and vascular inflammation in Insr+/- diabetic mice, as well as by the observation of increased insulin sensitivity in Tace+/- mice compared with WT mice. Our results suggest that an interplay between reduced insulin action and unchecked TACE activity promotes diabetes and vascular inflammation.


文献7 Preadipocyte factor 1 (Pref-1) & TIMP3-TACE in the preadipocytes
Wang Y, Sul HS. Ectodomain shedding of preadipocyte factor 1 (Pref-1) by tumor necrosis factor alpha converting enzyme (TACE) and inhibition of adipocyte differentiation. Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Jul;26(14):5421-35.

Abstract
Preadipocyte factor 1 (Pref-1), an epidermal growth factor repeat containing transmembrane protein found in the preadipocytes, inhibits adipocyte differentiation in vitro and in vivo. Here, we examined the processing of membrane form of Pref-1A to release the 50-kDa soluble form that inhibits adipocyte differentiation. The ectodomain cleavage of Pref-1 is markedly enhanced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The basal and stimulated cleavage is inhibited by the broad metalloproteinase inhibitor GM6001, a fact that suggests that cleavage of membrane Pref-1A is dependent on a metalloproteinase. Next, we showed that release of soluble Pref-1A is inhibited by TAPI-0 and by a tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3, TIMP-3, that can inhibit tumor necrosis factor alpha converting enzyme (TACE), but not by TIMP-1 or TIMP-2. On the other hand, overexpression of TACE increases Pref-1 cleavage to produce the 50-kDa soluble form. Furthermore, this cleavage was not detected in cells with TACE mutation or with TACE small interfering RNA. TACE-mediated shedding of Pref-1 ectodomain inhibits adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells and in Pref-1-null mouse embryo fibroblasts transduced with Pref-1A. Identification of TACE as the major protease responsible for conversion of membrane-bound Pref-1 to the biologically active diffusible form provides a new insight into Pref-1 function in adipocyte differentiation.


文献8
Dada LA, Sznajder JI. Mitochondrial Ca²+ and ROS take center stage to orchestrate TNF-α-mediated inflammatory responses. J Clin Invest. 2011 May 2;121(5):1683-5.

Abstract
Proinflammatory stimuli induce inflammation that may progress to sepsis or chronic inflammatory disease. The cytokine TNF-α is an important endotoxin-induced inflammatory glycoprotein produced predominantly by macrophages and lymphocytes. TNF-α plays a major role in initiating signaling pathways and pathophysiological responses after engaging TNF receptors. In this issue of JCI, Rowlands et al. demonstrate that in lung microvessels, soluble TNF-α (sTNF-α) promotes the shedding of the TNF-α receptor 1 ectodomain via increased mitochondrial Ca²+ that leads to release of mitochondrial ROS. Shedding mediated by TNF-α-converting enzyme (TACE) results in an unattached TNF receptor, which participates in the scavenging of sTNF-α, thus limiting the propagation of the inflammatory response. These findings suggest that mitochondrial Ca²+, ROS, and TACE might be therapeutically targeted for treating pulmonary endothelial inflammation.


文献9 Erica MartinのLungにおけるTIMP3研究
Martin EL, Sheikh TA, Leco KJ, Lewis JF, Veldhuizen RA. Contribution of alveolar macrophages to the response of the TIMP-3 null lung during a septic insult. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 Sep;293(3):L779-89.

Abstract
Mice deficient in tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) develop an emphysema-like phenotype involving increased pulmonary compliance, tissue degradation, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity. After a septic insult, they develop a further increase in compliance that is thought to be a result of heightened metalloproteinase activity produced by the alveolar macrophage, potentially modeling an emphysemic exacerbation. Therefore, we hypothesized that TIMP-3 null mice lacking alveolar macrophages would not be susceptible to the altered lung function associated with a septic insult. TIMP-3 null and wild-type (WT) mice were depleted of alveolar macrophages before the induction of a septic insult and assessed for alteration in lung mechanics, alveolar structure, metalloproteinase levels, and inflammation. The results showed that TIMP-3 null mice lacking alveolar macrophages were protected from sepsis-induced alterations in lung mechanics, particularly pulmonary compliance, a finding that was supported by changes in alveolar structure. Additionally, changes in lung mechanics involved primarily peripheral tissue vs. central airways as determined using the flexiVent system. From investigation into possible molecules that could cause these alterations, it was found that although several proteases and inflammatory mediators were increased during the septic response, only MMP-7 was attenuated after macrophage depletion. In conclusion, the alveolar macrophage is essential for the TIMP-3 null sepsis-induced compliance alterations. This response may be mediated in part by MMP-7 activity but occurs independently of inflammatory cytokine and/or chemokine concentrations.


次回 VHRG10月予定:'Do'nt eat me'シグナルとニッチ理論 プレゼンテータ 松田直之


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総説 Nature Reviews Immunology 2009; 9, 465-479

2009年08月18日 04時13分47秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
Signalling through C-type lectin receptors: shaping immune responses
Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek & Sonja I. Gringhuis


C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) expressed by dendritic cells are crucial for tailoring immune responses to pathogens. Following pathogen binding, CLRs trigger distinct signalling pathways that induce the expression of specific cytokines which determine T cell polarization fates. Some CLRs can induce signalling pathways that directly activate nuclear factor-B, whereas other CLRs affect signalling by Toll-like receptors. Dissecting these signalling pathways and their effects on host immune cells is essential to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the induction of adaptive immune responses. In this Review we describe the role of CLR signalling in regulating adaptive immunity and immunopathogenesis and discuss how this knowledge can be harnessed for the development of innovative vaccination approaches.

C-type lectin receptors,特にDectin-1とDectin-2の細胞内情報伝達について,真菌の炎症反応の機序として,この総説を参考としてください。

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J. Clin. Invest. 115:3527-3535 (2005).

2005年12月03日 22時38分18秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
The mitochondrial origin of postischemic arrhythmias
Fadi G. Akar, Miguel A. Aon, Gordon F. Tomaselli and Brian O’Rourke
Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Brian O’Rourke, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 844, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. Phone: (410) 614-0034; Fax: (410) 955-7953; E-mail: bor@jhmi.edu.

Recovery of the mitochondrial inner membrane potential (m) is a key determinant of postischemic functional recovery of the heart. Mitochondrial ROS-induced ROS release causes the collapse of m and the destabilization of the action potential (AP) through a mechanism involving a mitochondrial inner membrane anion channel (IMAC) modulated by the mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptor (mBzR). Here, we test the hypothesis that this mechanism contributes to spatiotemporal heterogeneity of m during ischemia-reperfusion (IR), thereby promoting abnormal electrical activation and arrhythmias in the whole heart. High-resolution optical AP mapping was performed in perfused guinea pig hearts subjected to 30 minutes of global ischemia followed by reperfusion. Typical electrophysiological responses, including progressive AP shortening followed by membrane inexcitablity in ischemia and ventricular fibrillation upon reperfusion, were observed in control hearts. These responses were reduced or eliminated by treatment with the mBzR antagonist 4'-chlorodiazepam (4'-Cl-DZP), which blocks depolarization of m. When applied throughout the IR protocol, 4'-Cl-DZP blunted AP shortening and prevented reperfusion arrhythmias. Inhibition of ventricular fibrillation was also achieved by bolus infusion of 4'-Cl-DZP just before reperfusion. Conversely, treatment with an agonist of the mBzR that promotes m depolarization exacerbated IR-induced electrophysiological changes and failed to prevent arrhythmias. The effects of these compounds were consistent with their actions on IMAC and m. These findings directly link instability of m to the heterogeneous electrophysiological substrate of the postischemic heart and highlight the mitochondrial membrane as a new therapeutic target for arrhythmia prevention in ischemic heart disease.

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L型カルシウムチャネル J. Clin. Invest. 115:3306-3317, 2005

2005年12月03日 22時08分59秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達

The L-type calcium channel in the heart: the beat goes on
Ilona Bodi, Gabor Mikala, Sheryl E. Koch, Shahab A. Akhter, and Arnold Schwartz

Sydney Ringer would be overwhelmed today by the implications of his simple experiment performed over 120 years ago showing that the heart would not beat in the absence of Ca2+. Fascination with the role of Ca2+ has proliferated into all aspects of our understanding of normal cardiac function and the progression of heart disease, including induction of cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and sudden death. This review examines the role of Ca2+ and the L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in cardiac disease.

When Sydney Ringer (1) discovered the vital role of Ca2+ in the heart, investigations took a leap forward and have continued unabated (2). Austrian scientist Otto Loewi, best known for his work on autonomic transmitters and discovery of "chemical vagusstoff," recognized the connection between digitalis and Ca2+ in 1917–1918. Although he always believed that Ca2+ was the key to understanding life’s processes, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Loewi and Sir Henry Hallett Dale in 1936 for their studies on neurotransmitters.

Ca2+ is the link in excitation-contraction (EC) coupling (Figure 1), which starts during the upstroke of the action potential (AP) and causes the opening of the L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel (L-VDCC). Interest in high-voltage–activated L-VDCCs began with biochemical and continued with molecular characterizations, culminating in the cloning of the pore-forming 1 subunit and the auxiliary channel subunit 2/ from rabbit skeletal muscle (3-5). Although the L-VDCC subunits are most abundant in fast skeletal transverse tubules, Ca2+ influx is not required for contraction in skeletal muscle, unlike cardiac muscle, which requires Ca2+ entry with each beat and triggers Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) via Ca2+-release channels, e.g., ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2). This amplifying process, termed Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) by A. Fabiato, causes a rapid increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) (from 100 nM to 1 µM) to a level required for optimal binding of Ca2+ to troponin C and induction of contraction (2). There is a close correlation between activation of the L-type Ca2+ current (ICa,L) and cardiac contraction. Contraction is followed by Ca2+ release from troponin C and its reuptake by the SR via activation of the SR Ca2+-ATPase 2a (SERCA2a) Ca2+ pump in addition to extrusion across the sarcolemma via the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX). In the human heart under resting conditions, the time required for cardiac myocyte depolarization, Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release, contraction, relaxation, and recovery is 600 ms. This process occurs approximately 70 times a minute or over 2 billion times in the average lifespan. Ca2+ is also required for maintenance of cell integrity and gene expression (6) relevant to the growth and development of the embryonic heart (7). L-VDCCs are regulated by the adrenergic nervous system and may interact with G protein–coupled receptors (8).



Model for CDI and VDI. (A) Ca2+ channel at rest when no Ca2+ influx occurs. At rest, in the absence of Ca2+, the CaM binds to peptide A, located between the EF hand and the IQ motif of the C terminus of the L-VDCC 1C subunit. In response to a depolarizing stimulus, Ca2+ enters through the L-VDCC and binds to CaM. In the open Ca2+ channel state, the EF hand prevents structural conformation of the I–II loop required to block Ca2+ entry through the channel pore (B). In addition, the hydrophobic I1654 in the IQ motif is a stabilizing factor preventing the occlusion of the pore. Upon elevation of [Ca2+]i (depolarization), the Ca2+/CaM complex undergoes the Ca2+-dependent conformational change that relieves the inhibition of EF hand, permitting the I–II loop to interact with the pore and accelerate the fast inactivation process (C). The graph shows representative ICa traces evoked by depolarization from –50 mV to +40 mV, as labeled, using –60 mV as holding potential. (D) Involvement of CaM and CaMKII in the facilitation process. CaMKII enhances the ICa through phosphorylation of L-VDCC. We show murine whole-cell ICa generated from paired depolarizing pulses (–60 mV ± 10 mV at 0.5 Hz) representing Ca2+-dependent facilitation (graph).


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AJP Heart Circ Physiol 289: H1635-H1642, 2005

2005年10月08日 23時21分44秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
Cardioprotective effects of estradiol include the activation of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels in cardiac mitochondria

Susumu Ohya, Yukiko Kuwata, Kazuho Sakamoto, Katsuhiko Muraki, and Yuji Imaizumi

Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

Submitted 7 January 2005 ; accepted in final form 27 May 2005


The molecular components of the large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels that are functionally expressed in mitochondria (mitoKCa) in cardiac myocytes have not been identified. Our experimental results show that the transcript corresponding to the large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel 1-subunit (BK-1) is substantially expressed in mammalian heart. A yeast two-hybrid assay showed the BK-1 protein can interact with a mitochondrial protein, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (Cco1). Results from immunocytochemical experiments also demonstrated that BK-1 interacted with Cco1 and colocalized in rat cardiac mitochondria. Furthermore, 17-estradiol, which enhances the activity of the BK channel -subunit only in the presence of the 1-subunit, significantly increased flavoprotein oxidation in rat ventricle myocytes and decreased the rate of cell death under simulated ischemia. Single-channel recordings from mitochondrial inner membrane indicated that the activity of mitoKCa, which had a conductance of 270 pS, was enhanced by 17-estradiol and blocked by paxilline. In combination, the present study revealed a new mechanism for the cardioprotective effects of 17-estradiol, which include the activation of mitoKCa via the interaction with BK-1. BK-1 may be an important molecular component that functionally couples with both Cco1 and mitoKCa pore-forming -subunit.

これは虚血再灌流障害を考えるに当たって,非常に重要な論文です。
ミトコンドリアのBKcaはPKA dependentにミトコンドリア内膜を過分極させ,ミトコンドリアへのCalcium流入を抑制することが,千葉大の佐藤先生たちにより,Circulationに報告されています。

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AJP Heart Circ Physiol 289: H1594-H1603, 2005

2005年10月08日 23時14分22秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
Frequency-dependent regulation of cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger


Alexander Omelchenko, Ron Bouchard, Sabin Shurraw, Michael Trac, Mark Hnatowich, and Larry V. Hryshko
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, St. Boniface Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Submitted 26 October 2004 ; accepted in final form 3 June 2005


The activity of the cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX1.1) undergoes continuous modulation during the contraction-relaxation cycle because of the accompanying changes in the electrochemical gradients for Na+ and Ca2+. In addition, NCX1.1 activity is also modulated via secondary, ionic regulatory mechanisms mediated by Na+ and Ca2+. In an effort to evaluate how ionic regulation influences exchange activity under pulsatile conditions, we studied the behavior of the cloned NCX1.1 during frequency-controlled changes in intracellular Na+ and Ca+ (Na and Ca). Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity was measured by the giant excised patch-clamp technique with conditions chosen to maximize the extent of Na+- and Ca2+-dependent ionic regulation so that the effects of variables such as pulse frequency and duration could be optimally discerned. We demonstrate that increasing the frequency or duration of solution pulses leads to a progressive decline in pure outward, but not pure inward, Na+/Ca2+ exchange current. However, when the exchanger is permitted to alternate between inward and outward transport modes, both current modes exhibit substantial levels of inactivation. Changes in regulatory Ca2+, or exposure of patches to limited proteolysis by -chymotrypsin, reveal that this "coupling" is due to Na+-dependent inactivation originating from the outward current mode. Under physiological ionic conditions, however, evidence for modulation of exchange currents by Na-dependent inactivation was not apparent. The current approach provides a novel means for assessment of Na+/Ca2+ exchange ionic regulation that may ultimately prove useful in understanding its role under physiological and pathophysiological conditions.

おめるちぇんこは,ラリーの弟子か

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AJP Heart Circ Physiol 289: H1488-H1496, 2005

2005年10月08日 23時11分03秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
RhoA/ROCK signaling is critical to FAK activation by cyclic stretch in cardiac myocytes

Adriana S. Torsoni, Talita M. Marin, Licio A. Velloso, and Kleber G. Franchini
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Submitted 13 July 2004 ; accepted in final form 9 May 2005


Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) has been shown to be activated in cardiac myocytes exposed to mechanical stress. However, details of how mechanical stimuli induce FAK activation are unknown. We investigated whether signaling events mediated by the RhoA/Rho-associated coiled coil-containing kinase (ROCK) pathway are involved in regulation of stretch-induced FAK phosphorylation at Tyr397 in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs). Immunostaining showed that RhoA localized to regions of myofilaments alternated with phalloidin (actin) staining. The results of coimmunoprecipitation assays indicated that FAK and RhoA are associated in nonstretched NRVMs, but cyclic stretch significantly reduced the amount of RhoA recovered from anti-FAK immunoprecipitates. Cyclic stretch induced rapid and sustained (up to 2 h) increases in phosphorylation of FAK at Tyr397 and ERK1/2 at Thr202/Tyr204. Blockade of RhoA/ROCK signaling by pharmacological inhibitors of RhoA (Clostridium botulinum C3 exoenzyme) or ROCK (Y-27632, 10 µmol/l, 1 h) markedly attenuated stretch-induced FAK and ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Similar effects were observed in cells treated with the inhibitor of actin polymerization cytochalasin D. Transfection of NRVMs with RhoA antisense oligonucleotide attenuated stretch-induced FAK and ERK1/2 phosphorylation and expression of -myosin heavy chain mRNA. Similar results were seen in cells transfected with FAK antisense oligonucleotide. These findings demonstrate that RhoA/ROCK signaling plays a crucial role in stretch-induced FAK phosphorylation, presumably by coordinating upstream events operationally linked to the actin cytoskeleton.

ろうしたのだ?Baby

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Akt1 J. Clin. Invest. 2005 115: 2059-2064

2005年10月06日 21時32分54秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
宿敵オニール

Akt1 in the cardiovascular system: friend or foe?
Brian T. O’Neill and E. Dale Abel
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes and Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Address correspondence to: E. Dale Abel, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, 15 North 2030 East, Building 533 Room 3410B, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. Phone: (801) 585-0727; Fax: (801) 585-0701; E-mail: dale.abel@hmbg.utah.edu.

Akt is an important signaling molecule that modulates many cellular processes such as cell growth, survival, and metabolism. Akt activation has been proposed as a potential strategy for increasing cardiomyocyte survival following ischemia. In mammalian cells, 3 distinct isoforms of Akt exist, but their precise roles in cardiovascular biology were previously unknown. Three separate studies published in this issue of the JCI now provide important new insight into the central role of Akt1 in the regulation of angiogenesis and the maladaptive or deleterious consequences of chronic unregulated Akt activation in the heart (see the related articles beginning on pages 2108, 2119, and 2128). Here we discuss the implications of these exciting new studies.

Aktを見えるようにしてみせよう,ホトトギス。

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Naチャネル J. Clin. Invest. 2005 115: 1990-1999.

2005年10月06日 21時27分54秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
Review Series

Inherited disorders of voltage-gated sodium channels
Alfred L. George, Jr.
Division of Genetic Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Address correspondence to: Alfred L. George Jr., Division of Genetic Medicine, 529 Light Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0275, USA. Phone: (615) 936-2660; Fax: (615) 936-2661; E-mail: al.george@vanderbilt.edu.

A variety of inherited human disorders affecting skeletal muscle contraction, heart rhythm, and nervous system function have been traced to mutations in genes encoding voltage-gated sodium channels. Clinical severity among these conditions ranges from mild or even latent disease to life-threatening or incapacitating conditions. The sodium channelopathies were among the first recognized ion channel diseases and continue to attract widespread clinical and scientific interest. An expanding knowledge base has substantially advanced our understanding of structure-function and genotype-phenotype relationships for voltage-gated sodium channels and provided new insights into the pathophysiological basis for common diseases such as cardiac arrhythmias and epilepsy.

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J. Clin. Invest. 115:556-564 (2005)

2005年03月31日 20時24分52秒 | 論文紹介 細胞内情報伝達
Altered intracellular Ca2+ handling in heart failure
山口大学 矢野先生

Stabilization of RyR.
The RyR2 has been shown to be hyperphosphorylated by PKA in both human and experimental HF (23, 39, 91-94), although admittedly Jiang et al. did not observe PKA hyperphosphorylation of RyR2 in a canine model of HF (46). Many large clinical trials have shown that treatment with a ß blocker restores cardiac function and reduces the rate of mortality in patients with HF (2, 95). Several researchers have reported recently that in experimental and human HF, ß blockers reversed PKA-mediated hyperphosphorylation of RyR2, restored the stoichiometry of the RyR2 macromolecular complex, restored normal single-channel function, and inhibited the Ca2+ leak (91-93). These findings may provide a molecular basis for the common clinical observation that the use of ß receptor blockers improves the prognosis of patients with HF. In a canine model of HF, we found that the angiotensin II–receptor blocker valsartan, which has been used in the treatment of HF in the clinical setting, also normalizes the Ca2+ regulatory process through a ß blocker–like action (94). By acting on the presynaptic angiotensin II receptor, valsartan inhibited norepinephrine release and stimulated norepinephrine uptake back into the synaptic pool, with the result that adrenergic signals were not overtransmitted into the cell. This would lead to a reduction in the PKA-hyperphosphorylation of RyR2 and to an inhibition of the Ca2+ leak in the failing heart (94).

Since a conformational change in RyR2 precedes the Ca2+ leak (23), an amelioration of this conformational change could be a new therapeutic strategy against HF (Figure 3). Using a canine model of HF, we recently found that chronic administration of a new compound, the 1,4-benzothiazepine derivative JTV519, improved contractility and prevented the development of LV remodeling and HF, presumably by stabilization of RyR2 (80). In JTV519-untreated hearts, RyR2 was PKA-hyperphosphorylated with a dissociation of FKBP12.6 whereas the reverse of these states was true of JTV519-treated hearts, in which channel phosphorylation returned toward the levels seen in the normal heart (80). Using FKBP12.6+/– mice, Wehrens et al. (49) demonstrated that JTV519 increased the affinity of FKBP12.6 for RyR2, which stabilized the closed state of RyR2 and prevented the Ca2+ leak that triggers arrhythmias. In their study, FKBP12.6–/– mice showed an increase in RyR2 open probability, ventricular tachycardia, and sudden cardiac death upon either exercise or PKA-phosphorylation. JTV519 did not prevent arrhythmias in FKBP12.6–/– mice, indicating that the presence of FKBP12.6 in the heart is required for the therapeutic effects of JTV519 to be expressed (49), although it needs to be determined whether the same is true in FKBP12.6-depleted (by PKA-phosphorylation or FK506) RyR2. Lehnart et al. (96) found that recombinant RyR2 channels containing the missense mutations seen in CPVT patients (RyR2-P2328S, RyR2-Q4201R, and RyR2-V4653F) showed defective channel-gating properties (that is, an increase in open probability and resistance to Mg2+-induced inhibition after PKA phosphorylation) and that JTV519 normalized this abnormal channel gating via a rebinding of FKBP12.6 to the channel complex. Collectively, the above data suggest that stabilization of RyR2 may represent a new molecular target for the treatment or prevention of exercise-induced arrhythmias and sudden death in patients with CPVT mutations and HF.

Therapeutic strategy involving FKBP12.6-mediated stabilization of RyR. A small influx of Ca2+ through the LTCC leads to the release of a large amount of Ca2+ from the SR through RyR in the normal heart. In HF, however, PKA-mediated hyperphosphorylation of RyR2 occurs, and this in turn dissociates FKBP12.6 from RyR2, leading to a diastolic Ca2+ leak through RyR2. This results in the Ca2+ transient being diminished (due to the reduced SR Ca2+ content and dyssynchronous Ca2+ release). Administration of a new compound, the 1,4-benzothiazepine derivative JTV519, normalizes this abnormal channel gating by restoring the conformational state of RyR and by rebinding FKBP12.6 to the channel complex. Thereby, JTV519 normalizes Ca2+ cycling and contractile function in failing cardiac myocytes and hence provides chronic suppression of progressive left ventricular dysfunction in HF. P, PKA phosphorylation at serine 2809; [Ca2+]i, intracellular [Ca2+].

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