scholarly journals Functional Ultrastructure of the Excretory Gland Cell in Zoonotic Anisakids (Anisakidae, Nematoda)

Cells ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1451
Author(s):  
Mladineo ◽  
Hrabar ◽  
Smodlaka ◽  
Palmer ◽  
Sakamaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Gland Cell ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Anaerobic Glycolysis ◽  
Functional Annotations ◽  
Main Metabolic Pathway ◽  
Secretory Products ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticula

Excretory and secretory products are crucial for parasite infectivity and host immunomodulation, but the functioning and ultrastructure of the excretory gland cell (EC) that produces these products are still scarcely understood and described. In light of growing reports on anisakiasis cases in Europe, we aimed to characterise the EC of larval Anisakis pegreffii and adult Pseudoterranova azarasi. In the latter, EC starts 0.85 mm from the head tip, measuring 1.936 × 0.564 mm. Larval EC shows a long nucleus with thorn-like extravaginations toward the cytoplasm, numerous electron-dense and -lucent secretory granules spanning from the perinuclear to subplasmalemmal space, an elevated number of free ribosomes, small, spherical mitochondria with few cristae and a laminated matrix, small and few Golgi apparatuses, and few endoplasmic reticula, with wide cisternae complexes. Ultrastructure suggests that anaerobic glycolysis is the main metabolic pathway, obtained through nutrient endocytosis across the pseudocoelomic surface of the EC plasmalemma and its endocytic canaliculi. Thorn-like extravaginations of EC karyotheca likely mediate specific processes (Ca2+ signaling, gene expression, transport, nuclear lipid metabolism) into the extremely wide EC cytosol, enabling focal delivery of a signal to specific sites in a short time. These functional annotations of parasitic EC should help to clarify anisakiasis pathogenesis.

Frontal glands in the pseudoscolex of Paraechinophallus japonicus (Yamaguti, 1934) (Cestoda, Bothriocephalidea, Echinophallidae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Larisa Poddubnaya ◽  
Tomáš Scholz ◽  
Céline Levron ◽  
Roman Kuchta ◽  
David Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Gland Cell ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Surface Region ◽  
Type I ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Glandular Secretion ◽  
Unique Method ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Secretory Products

AbstractThe glands in the pseudoscolex of the echinophallid cestode Paraechinophallus japonicus (Bothriocephalidea), a parasite of the bathypelagic fish Psenopsis anomala (Perciformes, Centrolophidae), were studied using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Two types of glands, with different morphological types of secretory granules and mechanisms for discharging their glandular secretion, were observed. Both types of gland cell bodies are localized in the parenchyma of the pseudoscolex. The syncytial glands of type I are characterized by the production of small (all ∼0.25 μm in diameter), rounded, dense secretory granules which pass though thin projections into the distal tegumental layer of the pseudoscolex. This type of gland has a unique method of discharging its secretory granules, which we call tumulogenesis. The elimination of the secretory products is realized by an encroachment of the basement membrane and underlying tegumental muscles into the surface region of the distal cytoplasm of the tegument, resulting in the formation of a ‘glandular stalk’ above which develops a superficial glandular tumulus. In the region of the glandular material of the tumulus, the basement membrane of the stalk forms a dilation, and the appearance of a membrane-bound area serves to separate the tumulus from the distal cytoplasm of the tegument. Unicellular glands of type II are characterized by large granules (0.4–0.9 μm in diameter), the presence of peripheral microtubules in the terminal region of their ducts and an eccrine mechanism for the discharge of their secretory granules. A comparative analysis of the distribution and morphology of the types of scolex glands among members of the different families of the ‘Pseudophyllidea’ (currently believed to represent two distinct orders, Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea) is presented.

Differential gene expression and lipid metabolism in fatty liver induced by acute ethanol treatment in mice

2007 ◽  
Vol 223 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hu-Quan Yin ◽  
Mingoo Kim ◽  
Ju-Han Kim ◽  
Gu Kong ◽  
Kyung-Sun Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
Differential Gene Expression ◽  
Ethanol Treatment ◽  
Acute Ethanol ◽  
Differential Gene

scholarly journals Early Life Exposure to Fructose Alters Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Hepatic Gene Expression and Leads to Sex-Dependent Changes in Lipid Metabolism in Rat Offspring

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e0141962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe E. Clayton ◽  
Mark H. Vickers ◽  
Angelica Bernal ◽  
Cassandra Yap ◽  
Deborah M. Sloboda
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Hepatic Gene Expression ◽  
Rat Offspring ◽  
Early Life Exposure

scholarly journals Identification of Novel GH-Regulated Pathway of Lipid Metabolism in Adipose Tissue: A Gene Expression Study in Hypopituitary Men

2011 ◽  
Vol 96 (7) ◽  
pp. E1188-E1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Ting Zhao ◽  
Mark J. Cowley ◽  
Paul Lee ◽  
Vita Birzniece ◽  
Warren Kaplan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Gene Expression Study ◽  
Expression Study

193 Single Cell RNA-sequencing Reveals a Role of Lipid Metabolism in Muscle Satellite Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 104-105
Author(s):  
Shihuan Kuang ◽  
Feng Yue ◽  
Stephanie Oprescu
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Satellite Cell ◽  
Satellite Cells ◽  
Lipid Droplets ◽  
Self Renewal ◽  
Droplet Dynamics ◽  
Single Cell Rna Sequencing

Abstract Single Cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a powerful technique to deconvolute gene expression of various subset of cells intermingled within a complex tissue, such as the skeletal muscle. We first used scRNA-seq to understand dynamics of cell populations and their gene expression during muscle regeneration in murine limb muscles. This leads to the identification of a subset of satellite cells (the resident stem cells of skeletal muscles) with immune gene signatures in regenerating muscles. Next, we used scRNA-seq to examine gene expression dynamics of satellite cells at various status: quiescence, activation, proliferation, differentiation and self-renewal. This analysis uncovers stage-dependent changes in expression of genes related to lipid metabolism. Further analyses lead to the discovery of previously unappreciated dynamics of lipid droplets in satellite cells; and demonstrate that the abundance of the lipid droplets in newly divided satellite daughter cells is linked to cell fate segregation into differentiation versus self-renewal. Perturbation of lipid droplet dynamics through blocking lipolysis disrupts cell fate homeostasis and impairs muscle regeneration. Finally, we show that lipid metabolism regulates the function of satellite cells through two mechanisms. On one hand, lipid metabolism functions as an energy source through fatty acid oxidation (FAO), and blockage of FAO reduces energy production that is critical for satellite cell function. On the other hand, lipid metabolism generates bioactive molecules that influence signaling transduction and gene expression. In this scenario, lipid metabolism and FAO regulate the intracellular levels of acetyl-coA and selective acetylation of PAX7, a pivotal transcriptional factor underlying function of satellite cells. These results together reveal for the first time a critical role of lipid metabolism and lipid droplet dynamics in muscle satellite cell fate determination and regenerative function; and underscore a potential role of dietary fatty acids in satellite cell-dependent muscle development, growth and regeneration.

scholarly journals Liraglutide Prevents Hypoadiponectinemia-Induced Insulin Resistance and Alterations of Gene Expression Involved in Glucose and Lipid Metabolism

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1168-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Li ◽  
Zongyu Miao ◽  
Rui Liu ◽  
Mengliu Yang ◽  
Hua Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Glucose And Lipid Metabolism

scholarly journals Sorting and storage during secretory granule biogenesis: looking backward and looking forward

1998 ◽  
Vol 332 (3) ◽  
pp. 593-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter ARVAN ◽  
David CASTLE
Keyword(s):  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Secretory Proteins ◽  
Membrane Composition ◽  
Granule Formation ◽  
Granule Membrane ◽  
Regulated Secretory Pathway ◽  
Secretory Products

Secretory granules are specialized intracellular organelles that serve as a storage pool for selected secretory products. The exocytosis of secretory granules is markedly amplified under physiologically stimulated conditions. While granules have been recognized as post-Golgi carriers for almost 40 years, the molecular mechanisms involved in their formation from the trans-Golgi network are only beginning to be defined. This review summarizes and evaluates current information about how secretory proteins are thought to be sorted for the regulated secretory pathway and how these activities are positioned with respect to other post-Golgi sorting events that must occur in parallel. In the first half of the review, the emerging role of immature secretory granules in protein sorting is highlighted. The second half of the review summarizes what is known about the composition of granule membranes. The numerous similarities and relatively limited differences identified between granule membranes and other vesicular carriers that convey products to and from the plasmalemma, serve as a basis for examining how granule membrane composition might be established and how its unique functions interface with general post-Golgi membrane traffic. Studies of granule formation in vitro offer additional new insights, but also important challenges for future efforts to understand how regulated secretory pathways are constructed and maintained.

Isolation stress for 30 days alters hepatic gene expression profiles, especially with reference to lipid metabolism in mice

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiko Motoyama ◽  
Yuji Nakai ◽  
Tomoya Miyashita ◽  
Yuichiro Fukui ◽  
Maki Morita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Dna Microarray ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Regulatory Element ◽  
Gene Expression Profiles ◽  
Hepatic Gene Expression ◽  
Isolation Stress

To elucidate the physiological responses to a social stressor, we exposed mice to an isolation stress and analyzed their hepatic gene expression profiles using a DNA microarray. Male BALB/c mice were exposed to isolation stress for 30 days, and then hepatic RNA was sampled and subjected to DNA microarray analysis. The isolation stress altered the expression of 420 genes (after considering the false discovery rate). Gene Ontology analysis of these differentially expressed genes indicated that the stress remarkably downregulated the lipid metabolism-related pathway through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α, while the lipid biosynthesis pathway controlled by sterol regulatory element binding factor 1, Golgi vesicle transport, and secretory pathway-related genes were significantly upregulated. These results suggest that isolation for 30 days with a mild and consecutive social stress regulates the systems for lipid metabolism and also causes endoplasmic reticulum stress in mouse liver.

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