Induction of the matrix metalloproteinase-2 activation system in arteries by tensile stress. Involvement of the p38 MAP-kinase pathway

2007 ◽  
Vol 203 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Grabellus ◽  
Karl Worm ◽  
Kurt W. Schmid
PLoS Genetics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. e1006010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena A. D’Souza ◽  
Luckshi Rajendran ◽  
Rachel Bagg ◽  
Louis Barbier ◽  
Derek M. van Pel ◽  
...  

The proper display of transmembrane receptors on the leading edge of migrating cells and cell extensions is essential for their response to guidance cues. We previously discovered that MADD-4, which is an ADAMTSL secreted by motor neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans, interacts with an UNC-40/EVA-1 co-receptor complex on muscles to attract plasma membrane extensions called muscle arms. In nematodes, the muscle arm termini harbor the post-synaptic elements of the neuromuscular junction. Through a forward genetic screen for mutants with disrupted muscle arm extension, we discovered that a LAMMER kinase, which we call MADD-3, is required for the proper display of the EVA-1 receptor on the muscle’s plasma membrane. Without MADD-3, EVA-1 levels decrease concomitantly with a reduction of the late-endosomal marker RAB-7. Through a genetic suppressor screen, we found that the levels of EVA-1 and RAB-7 can be restored in madd-3 mutants by eliminating the function of a p38 MAP kinase pathway. We also found that EVA-1 and RAB-7 will accumulate in madd-3 mutants upon disrupting CUP-5, which is a mucolipin ortholog required for proper lysosome function. Together, our data suggests that the MADD-3 LAMMER kinase antagonizes the p38-mediated endosomal trafficking of EVA-1 to the lysosome. In this way, MADD-3 ensures that sufficient levels of EVA-1 are present to guide muscle arm extension towards the source of the MADD-4 guidance cue.


Oncogene ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (36) ◽  
pp. 5537-5544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyun Xu ◽  
Yutaka Karouji ◽  
Michimoto Kobayashi ◽  
Sayoko Ihara ◽  
Hiroaki Konishi ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Disha Dumka ◽  
Poonam Puri ◽  
Nathalie Carayol ◽  
Crystal Lumby ◽  
Harikrishnan Balachandran ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. e0178769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Uchiyama ◽  
Fumikazu Okajima ◽  
Chihiro Mogi ◽  
Ayaka Tobo ◽  
Shoichi Tomono ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 282 (5) ◽  
pp. L1117-L1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oren J. Lakser ◽  
Robert P. Lindeman ◽  
Jeffrey J. Fredberg

We tested the hypothesis that mechanical plasticity of airway smooth muscle may be mediated in part by the p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway. Bovine tracheal smooth muscle (TSM) strips were mounted in a muscle bath and set to their optimal length, where the active force was maximal (Fo). Each strip was then contracted isotonically (at 0.32 Fo) with ACh (maintained at 10−4 M) and allowed to shorten for 180 min, by which time shortening was completed and the static equilibrium length was established. To simulate the action of breathing, we then superimposed on this steady distending force a sinusoidal force fluctuation with zero mean, at a frequency of 0.2 Hz, and measured incremental changes in muscle length. We found that TSM strips incubated in 10 μM SB-203580-HCl, an inhibitor of the p38 MAP kinase pathway, demonstrated a greater degree of fluctuation-driven lengthening than did control strips, and upon removal of the force fluctuations they remained at a greater length. We also found that the force fluctuations themselves activated the p38 MAP kinase pathway. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that inhibition of the p38 MAP kinase pathway destabilizes muscle length during physiological loading.


2001 ◽  
Vol 285 (3) ◽  
pp. 656-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Sakai ◽  
Hitoshi Hashimoto ◽  
Norihito Shintani ◽  
Shuhei Tomimoto ◽  
Kazuhiro Tanaka ◽  
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