{"title":"Calcium dynamics: spatio-temporal organization from the subcellular to the organ level.","authors":"Geneviève Dupont, Laurent Combettes, Luc Leybaert","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(07)61005-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)61005-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many essential physiological processes are controlled by calcium. To ensure reliability and specificity, calcium signals are highly organized in time and space in the form of oscillations and waves. Interesting findings have been obtained at various scales, ranging from the stochastic opening of a single calcium channel to the intercellular calcium wave spreading through an entire organ. A detailed understanding of calcium dynamics thus requires a link between observations at different scales. It appears that some regulations such as calcium-induced calcium release or PLC activation by calcium, as well as the weak diffusibility of calcium ions play a role at all levels of organization in most cell types. To comprehend how calcium waves spread from one cell to another, specific gap-junctional coupling and paracrine signaling must also be taken into account. On the basis of a pluridisciplinar approach ranging from physics to physiology, a unified description of calcium dynamics is emerging, which could help understanding how such a small ion can mediate so many vital functions in living systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"261 ","pages":"193-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)61005-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26768808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transient receptor potential channels and intracellular signaling.","authors":"Geoffrey E Woodard, Stewart O Sage, Juan A Rosado","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(07)56002-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)56002-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transient receptor potential (TRP) family of ion channels is composed of more than 50 functionally versatile cation-permeant ion channels expressed in most mammalian cell types. Considerable research has been brought to bear on the members of this family, especially with regard to their possible role as store-operated calcium channels, although studies have provided evidence that TRP channels exhibit a number of regulatory and functional aspects. Endogenous and transiently expressed TRP channels can be activated by different mechanisms grouped into four main categories: receptor-operated activation, store depletion-mediated activation, ligand-induced activation, and direct activation. This article reviews the biochemical characteristics of the different members of the TRP family and summarizes their involvement in a number of physiological events ranging from sensory transduction to development, which might help in understanding the relationship between TRP channel dysfunction and the development of several diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"256 ","pages":"35-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)56002-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26504690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subepithelial fibroblasts in intestinal villi: roles in intercellular communication.","authors":"Sonoko Furuya, Kishio Furuya","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(07)64004-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)64004-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ingestion of food and water induces chemical and mechanical signals that trigger peristaltic reflexes in the gut. Intestinal villi are motile, equipped with chemosensors and mechanosensors, and transduce signaling to sensory neurons, but the exact mechanisms have not yet been elucidated. Subepithelial fibroblasts located under the villous epithelium form contractile cellular networks via gap junctions. The networks ensheathe lamina propria and are in close contact with epithelium, neural and capillary networks, smooth muscles, and immune cells. Unique characteristics of subepithelial fibroblasts have been revealed by primary cultures isolated from rat duodenal villi. They include rapid reversal changes in cell shape by cAMP reagents and endothelins, cell shape-dependent mechanosensitivity that induces ATP release as a paracrine mediator, contractile ability, and expression of various receptors for vasoactive and neuroactive substances. Herein, we review these characteristics that play a key role in the villi. They serve as a barrier/sieve, flexible mechanical frame, mechanosensor, and signal transduction machinery in the intestinal villi, which are regulated locally and dynamically by rapid cell shape conversion.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"264 ","pages":"165-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)64004-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27073173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Function and evolution of the vacuolar compartment in green algae and land plants (Viridiplantae).","authors":"Burkhard Becker","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(07)64001-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)64001-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plant vacuoles perform several different functions and are essential for the plant cell. The large central vacuoles of mature plant cells provide structural support, and they serve other functions, such as protein degradation and turnover, waste disposal, storage of metabolites, and cell growth. A unique feature of the plant vacuolar system is the presence of different types of vacuoles within the same cell. The current knowledge about the vacuolar compartments in plants and green algae is summarized and a hypothesis is presented to explain the origin of multiple types of vacuoles in plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"264 ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)64001-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27073170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microscopic morphology and the origins of the membrane maturation model of Golgi apparatus function.","authors":"D James Morré, Hilton H Mollenhauer","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62004-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62004-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The membrane maturation (flow differentiation) model of Golgi apparatus function embodies concepts of saccule formation at one face of the Golgi apparatus from membranes derived from endoplasmic reticulum and utilization of saccules in vesicle formation at the opposite face for delivery to the plasma membrane as existing saccules are displaced from one position within the stack to another. Derivation of the model came almost entirely from light and electron microscopy. Especially important were observations that passage through the Golgi apparatus was accompanied by differentiation of membranes from endoplasmic reticulum-like to plasma membrane-like across the polarity axis of the stacked saccules. The concept of coparticipation of endoplasmic reticulum and/or nuclear envelope, transition, and secretory vesicles and other pre- and post-Golgi apparatus structures through the operation of an integrated endomembrane system was essential to the model. Dynamic aspects confirmed initially by autoradiographing and cell fractionation studies have been corroborated in newer approaches of fluorescent labeling and with living cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"262 ","pages":"191-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62004-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26830901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New insights into glycosphingolipid functions--storage, lipid rafts, and translocators.","authors":"Dan J Sillence","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62003-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62003-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glycosphingolipids are key components of eukaryotic cellular membranes. Through their propensity to form lipid rafts, they are important in membrane transport and signaling. At the cell surface, they are required for caveolar-mediated endocytosis, a process required for the action of many glycosphingolipid-binding toxins. Glycosphingolipids also exist intracellularly, on both leaflets of organelle membranes. It is expected that dissecting the mechanisms of cell pathology seen in the glycosphingolipid storage diseases, where lysosomal glycosphingolipid degradation is defective, will reveal their functions. Disrupted cation gradients in Mucolipidosis type IV disease are interlinked with glycosphingolipid storage, defective rab 7 function, and the activation of autophagy. Relationships between drug translocators and glycosphingolipid synthesis are also discussed. Mass spectrometry of cell lines defective in drug transporters reveal clear differences in glycosphingolipid mass and fatty acid composition. The potential roles of glycosphingolipids in lipid raft formation, endocytosis, and cationic gradients are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"262 ","pages":"151-89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62003-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26830900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polarity regulators and the control of epithelial architecture, cell migration, and tumorigenesis.","authors":"Lukas E Dow, Patrick O Humbert","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62006-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62006-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A large body of work on Drosophila melanogaster has identified and characterized a number of key polarity regulators, many of which are required for the regulation of multiple other processes including proliferation, migration, invasion, and tumorigenesis. Humans possess either single or multiple homologues of each of the Drosophila polarity proteins, and in most cases, these are highly conserved between species, implying an important and conserved function for each of the polarity complexes. Recent studies in cultured mammalian epithelial cells have shed some light on the requirement for the polarity complexes in the regulation of epithelial cell function, including an unexpected link to the regulation of directed cell migration. However, many questions still remain regarding the molecular mechanisms of polarity regulation and whether disruption of polarity protein function is an important step in the development of human cancers. Here we will review what is currently understood about the regulation of cell polarity, migration, and invasion and the level of functional conservation between Drosophila and mammalian tissues. Particular reference will be made as to how the Scribble and Par polarity complexes may be involved in the regulation of apical-basal polarity, migration, and tumorigenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"262 ","pages":"253-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)62006-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26830903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Focal adhesion kinase and p53 signaling in cancer cells.","authors":"Vita M Golubovskaya, William G Cance","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(07)63003-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)63003-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The progression of human cancer is characterized by a process of tumor cell motility, invasion, and metastasis to distant sites, requiring the cancer cells to be able to survive the apoptotic pressures of anchorage-independent conditions. One of the critical tyrosine kinases linked to these processes of tumor invasion and survival is the focal adhesion kinase (FAK). FAK was first isolated from human tumors, and FAK mRNA was found to be upregulated in invasive and metastatic human breast and colon cancer samples. Recently, the FAK promoter was cloned, and it has been found to contain p53-binding sites. p53 inhibits FAK transcription, and recent data show direct binding of FAK and p53 proteins in vitro and in vivo. The structure of FAK and p53, proteins interacting with FAK, and the role of FAK in tumorigenesis and FAK-p53-related therapy are reviewed. This review focuses on FAK signal transduction pathways, particularly on FAK and p53 signaling, revealing a new paradigm in cell biology, linking signaling from the extracellular matrix to the nucleus.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"263 ","pages":"103-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(07)63003-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26911418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular mechanism of liver development and regeneration.","authors":"Naoki Tanimizu, Atsushi Miyajima","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(06)59001-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(06)59001-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The liver is the central organ for metabolism and has strong regenerative capability. Although the liver has been studied mostly biochemically and histopathologically, genetic studies using gene-targeting technology have identified a number of cytokines, intracellular signaling molecules, and transcription factors involved in liver development and regeneration. In addition, various in vitro systems such as fetal liver explant culture and primary culture of fetal liver cells have been established, and the combination of genetic and in vitro studies has accelerated investigation of liver development. Identification of the cell-surface molecules of liver progenitors has made it possible to identify and isolate liver progenitors, making the liver a unique model for stem cell biology. In this review, we summarize progresses in understanding liver development and regeneration.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"259 ","pages":"1-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(06)59001-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26658925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular mechanism of phase I and phase II drug-metabolizing enzymes: implications for detoxification.","authors":"Takashi Iyanagi","doi":"10.1016/S0074-7696(06)60002-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-7696(06)60002-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Enzymes that catalyze the biotransformation of drugs and xenobiotics are generally referred to as drug-metabolizing enzymes (DMEs). DMEs can be classified into two main groups: oxidative or conjugative. The NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (P450R)/cytochrome P450 (P450) electron transfer systems are oxidative enzymes that mediate phase I reactions, whereas the UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) are conjugative enzymes that mediate phase II enzymes. Both enzyme systems are localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) where a number of drugs are sequentially metabolized. DMEs, including P450s and UGTs, generally have a highly plastic active site that can accommodate a wide variety of substrates. The P450 and UGT genes constitute a supergene family, in which UGT proteins are encoded by distinct genes and a complex gene. Both the P450 and UGT genes have evolved to diversify their functions. This chapter reviews advances in understanding the structure and function of the P450R/P450 and UGT enzyme systems. In particular, the coordinate biotransformation of xenobiotics by phase I and II enzymes in the ER membrane is examined.</p>","PeriodicalId":54930,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Cytology-A Survey of Cell Biology","volume":"260 ","pages":"35-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0074-7696(06)60002-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26706294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}