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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM074172
Első szerző:	Csortos Csilla (biokémikus)
Cím:	TIMAP is a positive regulator of pulmonary endothelial barrier function / Csilla Csortos, Istvan Czikora, Natalia V. Bogatcheva, Djanybek M. Adyshev, Christophe Poirier, Gabor Olah, Alexander D. Verin
Dátum:	2008
ISSN:	1040-0605 1522-1504
Megjegyzések:	TGF-?-inhibited membrane-associated protein, TIMAP, is expressed at high levels in endothelial cells (EC). It is regarded as a member of the MYPT (myosin phosphatase target subunit) family of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) regulatory subunits; however, its function in EC is not clear. In our pull-down experiments, recombinant TIMAP binds preferentially the ?-isoform of the catalytic subunit of PP1 (PP1c?) from pulmonary artery EC. As PP1c?, but not PP1c?, binds with MYPT1 into functional complex, these results suggest that TIMAP is a novel regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase in EC. TIMAP depletion by small interfering RNA (siRNA) technique attenuates increases in transendothelial electrical resistance induced by EC barrier-protective agents (sphingosine-1-phosphate, ATP) and enhances the effect of barrier-compromising agents (thrombin, nocodazole) demonstrating a barrier-protective role of TIMAP in EC. Immunofluorescent staining revealed colocalization of TIMAP with membrane/cytoskeletal protein, moesin. Moreover, TIMAP coimmunoprecipitates with moesin suggesting the involvement of TIMAP/moesin interaction in TIMAP-mediated EC barrier enhancement. Activation of cAMP/PKA cascade by forskolin, which has a barrier-protective effect against thrombin-induced EC permeability, attenuates thrombin-induced phosphorylation of moesin at the cell periphery of control siRNA-treated EC. On the contrary, in TIMAP-depleted EC, forskolin failed to affect the level of moesin phosphorylation at the cell edges. These results suggest the involvement of TIMAP in PKA-mediated moesin dephosphorylation and the importance of this dephosphorylation in TIMAP-mediated EC barrier protection.protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are known to be the key signaling events affecting the status of vascular endothelial barrier (11). Cytoskeletal and intercellular junctional proteins are regulated via reversible phosphorylation of serine (Ser), threonine (Thr), or tyrosine (Tyr) side chains. Based on many recent data, it is apparent that several types of protein phosphatases are intimately involved in the regulation of endothelial barrier function (10, 17, 27?29). However, their regulation is not yet completely understood.Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) is a multimeric phosphoserine/phosphothreonine-specific phosphatase. One of the four different isoforms, ?, ?, ?1, or ?2, of the catalytic subunit (PP1c) binds to one (or two) protein from a pool of regulatory subunits (R). The holoenzyme forms possess diverse cellular functions. A common structural element of R proteins is a short, conserved PP1c binding motif, (R/K)VXF (3, 9, 10). Different R subunits may direct PP1 holoenzymes to distinct subcellular locations and increase or suppress the activity toward specific substrates (3, 9). Myosin light chain phosphatase (or myosin phosphatase, MP), for example, is composed of PP1c? and two regulatory subunits, namely, a larger targeting/regulatory subunit (myosin phosphatase target subunit, MYPT) and a small regulatory subunit (M20) (2, 10, 14). The activity of MP holoenzyme is increased toward phosphorylated myosin compared with the activity of the PP1c monomer (15).It was recently shown that MP function is not limited to myosin dephosphorylation. The MP regulatory subunit MYPT1 can directly bind to F-actin binding proteins including ERM proteins (ezrin-radixin-moesin family). These proteins could be phosphorylated by either protein kinase C? or Rho kinase (12, 20); phosphorylation renders unfolded ERM protein, enabling its interaction with actin and membrane proteins (20, 21). ERM dephosphorylation by MP seems to affect ERM conformation and cytoskeletal/membrane binding capacities (12, 20). These data indicate that MP not only dephosphorylates myosin, but it is also involved in the regulation of F-actin cytoskeleton.Recently, other proteins of the MYPT family, namely MYPT3, TIMAP (TGF-?-inhibited membrane-associated protein), and myosin binding subunit 85 (MBS85), were identified and characterized from different sources (8, 25, 26). They share some structural features with MYPT1, e.g., all of these proteins contain the PP1c binding motif followed by ankyrin repeats. On the other hand, MYPT3, TIMAP, and MBS85 have their own special features as well. For example, both TIMAP and MYPT3 have COOH-terminal prenylation motif suggesting possible membrane association. The high level of homology with MYPT1 implies that TIMAP, MYPT3, and MBS85 may be regulatory subunits of PP1; however, their physiological significance is not known.TIMAP is a 64-kDa protein expressed at high levels in endothelial cells (EC). As TIMAP mRNA synthesis is strongly downregulated by TGF-?1 (8), it is likely to assume that TIMAP may be an important component of endothelial response to TGF-?1, including apoptosis, capillary morphogenesis, and barrier dysfunction. It is highly homologous to MYPT3 (?45% amino acid homology) and shares its structural features, i.e., PP1c binding motif, ankyrin repeats, prenylation motif, and possible nuclear localization signals (8). Yeast and bacterial two-hybrid screening revealed several potential protein partners for TIMAP (1, 16). For instance, TIMAP interacts with the 37/67-kDa laminin receptor (LAMR1). It was suggested that TIMAP targets PP1c to LAMR1, and LAMR1 is a TIMAP-dependent PP1c substrate (16). Although protein-protein interaction between TIMAP and PP1c was shown by immunoprecipitation, its role in regulating PP1c activity is not clarified yet. In the present work, we present evidence for specific interaction between TIMAP and PP1c?. Furthermore, we show that TIMAP has a barrier-protective role in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells (HPAEC), and we propose that ERM proteins are among its targets.
Tárgyszavak:	Orvostudományok Elméleti orvostudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban transendothelial electrical resistance small interfering RNA moesin interaction with protein phosphatase 1
Megjelenés:	American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology. - 295 : 3 (2008), p. L440-L450. -
További szerzők:	Czikora István (1979-) (vegyész, biokémikus) Bogatcheva, Natalia V. Adyshev, Djanybek M. Poirier, Christophe Oláh Gábor Verin, Alexander
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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM001291
Első szerző:	Csortos Csilla (biokémikus)
Cím:	Regulation of vascular endothelial cell barrier function and cytoskeleton structure by protein phosphatases of the PPP family / Csortos Cs., Kolosova I., Verin A. D.
Dátum:	2007
Tárgyszavak:	Orvostudományok Elméleti orvostudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban endothelial barrier function Ser/Thr protein phosphatases
Megjelenés:	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Phsiology. - 293 (2007), p. L843-L854. -
További szerzők:	Kolosova, Irina Verin, Alexander
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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM047045
035-os BibID:	PMID:10362724
Első szerző:	Garcia, Joe G. N.
Cím:	Regulation of endothelial cell myosin light chain kinase by Rho, cortactin, and p60(src) / Joe G. N. Garcia, Alexander D. Verin, Kane Schaphorst, Rafat Siddiqui, Carolyn E. Patterson, Csilla Csortos, Viswanathan Natarajan
Dátum:	1999
ISSN:	1040-0605
Megjegyzések:	Inflammatory diseases of the lung are characterized by increases in vascular permeability and enhanced leukocyte infiltration, reflecting compromise of the endothelial cell (EC) barrier. We examined potential molecular mechanisms that underlie these alterations and assessed the effects of diperoxovanadate (DPV), a potent tyrosine kinase activator and phosphatase inhibitor, on EC contractile events. Confocal immunofluorescent microscopy confirmed dramatic increases in stress-fiber formation and colocalization of EC myosin light chain (MLC) kinase (MLCK) with the actin cytoskeleton, findings consistent with activation of the endothelial contractile apparatus. DPV produced significant time-dependent increases in MLC phosphorylation that were significantly attenuated but not abolished by EC MLCK inhibition with KT-5926. Pretreatment with the Rho GTPase-inhibitory C3 exotoxin completely abolished DPV-induced MLC phosphorylation, consistent with Rho-mediated MLC phosphatase inhibition and novel regulation of EC MLCK activity. Immunoprecipitation of EC MLCK after DPV challenge revealed dramatic time-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of the kinase in association with increased MLCK activity and a stable association of MLCK with the p85 actin-binding protein cortactin and p60(src). Translocation of immunoreactive cortactin from the cytosol to the cytoskeleton was noted after DPV in concert with cortactin tyrosine phosphorylation. These studies indicate that DPV activates the endothelial contractile apparatus in a Rho GTPase-dependent fashion and suggests that p60(src)-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of MLCK and cortactin may be important features of contractile complex assembly.
Tárgyszavak:	Orvostudományok Elméleti orvostudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban
Megjelenés:	American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. - 276 : 6 Pt 1 (1999), p. L989-L998. -
További szerzők:	Verin, Alexander Schaphorst, Kane Siddiqui, Rafat Patterson, Carolyn E. Csortos Csilla (1956-) (biokémikus) Natarajan, Viswanathan
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