scholarly journals Ccdc103 promotes myeloid cell proliferation and migration independent of motile cilia

Author(s):  
Lauren G. Falkenberg ◽  
Sarah A. Beckman ◽  
Padmapriyadarshini Ravisankar ◽  
Tracy E. Dohn ◽  
Joshua S. Waxman

The pathology of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is predominantly attributed to impairment of motile cilia. However, PCD patients also have perplexing functional defects in myeloid cells, which lack motile cilia. Here, we show Coiled-coil domain containing protein 103 (CCDC103), one of the genes that when mutated is known to cause PCD, is required for the proliferation and directed migration of myeloid cells. CCDC103 is expressed in human myeloid cells, where it co-localizes with cytoplasmic microtubules. Zebrafish ccdc103/schmalhans (smh) mutants have macrophages and neutrophils with reduced proliferation, abnormally-rounded cell morphology, and an inability to migrate efficiently to the site of sterile wounds, all of which are consistent with a loss of cytoplasmic microtubule stability. Furthermore, we demonstrate that direct interactions between CCDC103 and Sperm associated antigen 6 (SPAG6), which also promotes microtubule stability, are abrogated by CCDC103 mutations from PCD patients, and that spag6 zebrafish mutants recapitulate the myeloid defects observed in smh mutants. In summary, we have illuminated a mechanism, independent of motile cilia, to explain functional defects in myeloid cells from PCD patients.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren G. Falkenberg ◽  
Sarah A. Beckman ◽  
Padmapriyadarshini Ravisankar ◽  
Tracy E. Dohn ◽  
Joshua S. Waxman

AbstractThe pathology of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is predominantly attributed to impairment of motile cilia. However, PCD patients also have perplexing functional defects in myeloid cells, which lack motile cilia. Here, we show Coiled-coiled domain containing protein 103 (CCDC103), mutations in which underlie PCD, is required for the proliferation and directed migration of myeloid cells. CCDC103 co-localizes with cytoplasmic microtubules in human myeloid cells. Zebrafish ccdc103/schmalhans (smh) mutants have reduced macrophage and neutrophil proliferation, rounded cell morphology, and an inability to migrate efficiently to the site of sterile wounds. Furthermore, we demonstrate that direct interactions between CCDC103 and Sperm associated antigen 6 (SPAG6), which also promotes microtubule stability, are abrogated by CCDC103 mutations from PCD patients, and that spag6 zebrafish mutants recapitulate the myeloid defects of smh mutants. In summary, we have illuminated a mechanism, independent of motile cilia, to explain functional defects in myeloid cells from PCD patients.Summary StatementWe show Ccdc103 regulates myeloid migration and proliferation independent of cilia in zebrafish and that mutations in CCDC103 that cause primary ciliary dyskinesia abrogate interactions with the microtubule-stabilizing protein SPAG6.


1980 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.E. Aubin ◽  
M. Osborn ◽  
K. Weber

The localization and migration of centriole duplexes have been studied in PtK2 cells by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy using specific tubulin antibodies. The study demonstrated the usefulness of the immunofluorescence technique to quantitate studies of centriole migration and concomitant events such as cytoplasmic microtubule breakdown in large populations of cells. Centriole duplex locations in normal and Colcemid-treated interphase populations have been compared with duplex locations in prophase cells. A higher percentage of duplexes were found close to the nucleus in prophase than in interphase cells, but approximately 5% of the duplexes remained in the cytoplasm far removed from the nucleus in prophase and throughout the course of duplex separation. Duplex separation occurred along a wide variety of paths and duplexes did not have to be closely juxtaposed to the nuclear envelope for separation to occur. Some duplexes separated in the cytoplasm with no detectable nuclear attachment, with spindles forming far to the side of the condensing chromosomes. The timing of duplex separation did not always coincide either with chromosome condensation or with nuclear membrane breakdown, and in a small percentage of the cells separation occurred as late as prometaphase. These data suggest that normal spindle formation can occur despite the large variability in initial and final centriole duplex location, their migration patterns, and the timing of the different events. Breakdown of cytoplasmic microtubules began in prophase and progressed until prometaphase; the last cytoplasmic microtubules disappeared soon after the loss of the nuclear membrane.


Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 113 (11) ◽  
pp. 2535-2546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford Liongue ◽  
Chris J. Hall ◽  
Bree A. O'Connell ◽  
Phil Crosier ◽  
Alister C. Ward

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (GCSFR) signaling participates in the production of neutrophilic granulocytes during normal hematopoietic development, with a particularly important role during emergency hematopoiesis. This study describes the characterization of the zebrafish gcsf and gcsfr genes, which showed broad conservation and similar regulation to their mammalian counterparts. Morpholino-mediated knockdown of gcsfr and overexpression of gcsf revealed the presence of an anterior population of myeloid cells during primitive hematopoiesis that was dependent on GCSF/GCSFR for development and migration. This contrasted with a posterior domain that was largely independent of this pathway. Definitive myelopoiesis was also partially dependent on a functional GCSF/GCSFR pathway. Injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide elicited significant induction of gcsf expression and emergency production of myeloid cells, which was abrogated by gcsfr knockdown. Collectively, these data demonstrate GCSF/GCSFR to be a conserved signaling system for facilitating the production of multiple myeloid cell lineages in both homeostatic and emergency conditions, as well as for early myeloid cell migration, establishing a useful experimental platform for further dissection of this pathway.


1984 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 904-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
W J Deery ◽  
A R Means ◽  
B R Brinkley

A Triton X-100-lysed cell system has been used to identify calmodulin on the cytoskeleton of 3T3 and transformed SV3T3 cells. By indirect immunofluorescence, calmodulin was found to be associated with both the cytoplasmic microtubule complex and the centrosomes. A number of cytoplasmic microtubules more resistant to disassembly upon either cold (0-4 degrees C) or hypotonic treatment, as well as following dilution have been identified. Most of the stable microtubules appeared to be associated with the centrosome at one end and with the plasma membrane at the other end. These microtubules could be induced to depolymerize, however, by micromolar Ca++ concentrations. These data suggest that, by interacting directly with the microtubule, calmodulin may influence microtubule assembly and ensure the Ca++-sensitivity of both mitotic and cytoplasmic microtubules.


1976 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
D L Brown ◽  
A Massalski ◽  
R Patenaude

The organization of microtubular systems in the quadriflagellate unicell Polytomella agilis has been reconstructed by electron microscopy of serial sections, and the overall arrangement confirmed by immunofluorescent staining using antiserum directed against chick brain tubulin. The basal bodies of the four flagella are shown to be linked in two pairs of short fibers. Light microscopy of swimming cells indicates that the flagella beat in two synchronous pairs, with each pair exhibiting a breast-stroke-like motion. Two structurally distinct flagellar rootlets, one consisting of four microtubules in a 3 over 1 pattern and the other of a striated fiber over two microtubules, terminate between adjacent basal bodies. These rootlets diverge from the basal body region and extend toward the cell posterior, passing just beneath the plasma membrane. Near the anterior part of the cell, all eight rootlets serve as attachment sites for large numbers of cytoplasmic microtubules which occur in a single row around the circumference of the cell and closely parallel the cell shape. It is suggested that the flagellar rootless may function in controlling the patterning and the direction of cytoplasmic microtubule assembly. The occurrence of similar rootlet structures in other flagellates is briefly reviewed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 4133-4145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y W Zhang ◽  
S C Bae ◽  
G Huang ◽  
Y X Fu ◽  
J Lu ◽  
...  

The gene AML1/PEBP2 alphaB encodes the alpha subunit of transcription factor PEBP2/CBF and is essential for the establishment of fetal liver hematopoiesis. Rearrangements of AML1 are frequently associated with several types of human leukemia. Three types of AML1 cDNA isoforms have been described to date; they have been designated AML1a, AML1b, and AML1c. All of these isoforms encode the conserved-Runt domain, which harbors the DNA binding and heterodimerization activities. We have identified a new isoform of the AML1 transcript, termed AML1 deltaN, in which exon 1 is directly connected to exon 4 by alternative splicing. The AML1 deltaN transcript was detected in various hematopoietic cell lines of lymphoid to myeloid cell origin, as revealed by RNase protection and reverse transcriptase PCR analyses. The protein product of AML1 deltaN lacks the N-terminal region of AML1, including half of the Runt domain, and neither binds to DNA nor heterodimerizes with the beta subunit. However, AML1 deltaN was found to interfere with the transactivation activity of PEBP2, and the molecular region responsible for this activity was identified. Stable expression of AML1 deltaN in 32Dcl3 myeloid cells blocked granulocytic differentiation in response to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. These results suggest that AML1 deltaN acts as a modulator of AML1 function and serves as a useful tool to dissect the functional domains in the C-terminal region of AML1.


1984 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 1017-1025 ◽  
Author(s):  
W C Thompson ◽  
D J Asai ◽  
D H Carney

Three monoclonal antibodies specific for tubulin were tested by indirect immunofluorescence for their ability to stain cytoplasmic microtubules of mouse and human fibroblastic cells. We used double label immunofluorescence to compare the staining patterns of these antibodies with the total microtubule complex in the same cells that were stained with a polyclonal rabbit antitubulin reagent. Two of the monoclonal antitubulin antibodies bound to all of the cytoplasmic microtubules but Ab 1-6. 1 bound only a subset of cytoplasmic microtubules within individual fixed cells. Differential staining patterns were observed under various fixation conditions and staining protocols, in detergent-extracted cytoskeletons as well as in whole fixed cells. At least one physiologically defined subset of cytoplasmic microtubules, those remaining in cells pretreated for 1 h with 5 microM colcemid, appeared to consist entirely of Ab 1-6. 1 positive microtubules. The same was not true of the microtubules that remained in either cold-treated cells or in cells that had been exposed to hypotonic medium. The demonstration of antigenic differences among microtubules within single fixed cells and the apparent correlation of this antigenic difference with at least one "physiologically" defined subset suggests that mechanisms exist for the differential assembly or postassembly modification of individual microtubules in vivo, which may endow them with different physical or functional properties.


Author(s):  
Abraham J.P. Teunissen ◽  
Mandy M.T. van Leent ◽  
Geoffrey Prevot ◽  
Eliane E.S. Brechbuhl ◽  
Carlos Pérez-Medina ◽  
...  

The innate immune system plays a key role in atherosclerosis progression and the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Trained immunity, an epigenetically regulated hyperresponsive state of myeloid cells, is a driving force underlying chronic inflammation in atherosclerosis. Therapeutically targeting innate trained immunity therefore may mature into a compelling new paradigm for the effective treatment of cardiovascular patients, which would require effective engagement of myeloid cells. For over a decade, we have worked on apolipoprotein A1-based nanomaterials, referred to as nanobiologics, which we have utilized for myeloid cell-directed immunotherapy. Here, we review the application of our nanobiologic immunotherapies in treating vascular disease. The design of nanobiologic therapeutics, as well as their use in targeting myeloid cells and cellular pathways related to trained immunity, is discussed. Furthermore, we show that nanobiologic biocompatibility and in vivo behavior are conserved across species, from mice to larger animals, including rabbits, pigs, and nonhuman primates. Last, we deliberate on the hurdles that currently prevent widespread translation of trained immunity targeting cardiovascular nanotherapies.


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kavita Praveen ◽  
Erica E. Davis ◽  
Nicholas Katsanis

Oncogene ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1712-1723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Tagliafico ◽  
Michela Siena ◽  
Tommaso Zanocco-Marani ◽  
Rossella Manfredini ◽  
Elena Tenedini ◽  
...  

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