TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chubanov, Vladimir
A1  - Ferioli, Silvia
A1  - Wisnowsky, Annika
A1  - Simmons, David G.
A1  - Leitzinger, Christin
A1  - Einer, Claudia
A1  - Jonas, Wenke
A1  - Shymkiv, Yuriy
A1  - Gudermann, Thomas
A1  - Bartsch, Harald
A1  - Braun, Attila
A1  - Akdogan, Banu
A1  - Mittermeier, Lorenz
A1  - Sytik, Ludmila
A1  - Torben, Friedrich
A1  - Jurinovic, Vindi
A1  - van der Vorst, Emiel P. C.
A1  - Weber, Christian
A1  - Yildirim, Önder A.
A1  - Sotlar, Karl
A1  - Schürmann, Annette
A1  - Zierler, Susanna
A1  - Zischka, Hans
A1  - Ryazanov, Alexey G.
T1  - Epithelial magnesium transport by TRPM6 is essential for prenatal development and adult survival
JF  - eLife
N2  - Mg2+ regulates many physiological processes and signalling pathways. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying the organismal balance of Mg2+. Capitalizing on a set of newly generated mouse models, we provide an integrated mechanistic model of the regulation of organismal Mg2+ balance during prenatal development and in adult mice by the ion channel TRPM6. We show that TRPM6 activity in the placenta and yolk sac is essential for embryonic development. In adult mice, TRPM6 is required in the intestine to maintain organismal Mg2+ balance, but is dispensable in the kidney. Trpm6 inactivation in adult mice leads to a shortened lifespan, growth deficit and metabolic alterations indicative of impaired energy balance. Dietary Mg2+ supplementation not only rescues all phenotypes displayed by Trpm6-deficient adult mice, but also may extend the lifespan of wildtype mice. Hence, maintenance of organismal Mg2+ balance by TRPM6 is crucial for prenatal development and survival to adulthood.
KW  - signalling pathways
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-164987
VL  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Nagy, Magdolna
A1  - van Geffen, Johanna P.
A1  - Stegner, David
A1  - Adams, David J.
A1  - Braun, Attila
A1  - de Witt, Susanne M.
A1  - Elvers, Margitta
A1  - Geer, Mitchell J.
A1  - Kuijpers, Marijke J. E.
A1  - Kunzelmann, Karl
A1  - Mori, Jun
A1  - Oury, Cécile
A1  - Pircher, Joachim
A1  - Pleines, Irina
A1  - Poole, Alastair W.
A1  - Senis, Yotis A.
A1  - Verdoold, Remco
A1  - Weber, Christian
A1  - Nieswandt, Bernhard
A1  - Heemskerk, Johan W. M.
A1  - Baaten, Constance C. F. M. J.
T1  - Comparative Analysis of Microfluidics Thrombus Formation in Multiple Genetically Modified Mice: Link to Thrombosis and Hemostasis
JF  - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
N2  - Genetically modified mice are indispensable for establishing the roles of platelets in arterial thrombosis and hemostasis. Microfluidics assays using anticoagulated whole blood are commonly used as integrative proxy tests for platelet function in mice. In the present study, we quantified the changes in collagen-dependent thrombus formation for 38 different strains of (genetically) modified mice, all measured with the same microfluidics chamber. The mice included were deficient in platelet receptors, protein kinases or phosphatases, small GTPases or other signaling or scaffold proteins. By standardized re-analysis of high-resolution microscopic images, detailed information was obtained on altered platelet adhesion, aggregation and/or activation. For a subset of 11 mouse strains, these platelet functions were further evaluated in rhodocytin- and laminin-dependent thrombus formation, thus allowing a comparison of glycoprotein VI (GPVI), C-type lectin-like receptor 2 (CLEC2) and integrin α6β1 pathways. High homogeneity was found between wild-type mice datasets concerning adhesion and aggregation parameters. Quantitative comparison for the 38 modified mouse strains resulted in a matrix visualizing the impact of the respective (genetic) deficiency on thrombus formation with detailed insight into the type and extent of altered thrombus signatures. Network analysis revealed strong clusters of genes involved in GPVI signaling and Ca2+ homeostasis. The majority of mice demonstrating an antithrombotic phenotype in vivo displayed with a larger or smaller reduction in multi-parameter analysis of collagen-dependent thrombus formation in vitro. Remarkably, in only approximately half of the mouse strains that displayed reduced arterial thrombosis in vivo, this was accompanied by impaired hemostasis. This was also reflected by comparing in vitro thrombus formation (by microfluidics) with alterations in in vivo bleeding time. In conclusion, the presently developed multi-parameter analysis of thrombus formation using microfluidics can be used to: (i) determine the severity of platelet abnormalities; (ii) distinguish between altered platelet adhesion, aggregation and activation; and (iii) elucidate both collagen and non-collagen dependent alterations of thrombus formation. This approach may thereby aid in the better understanding and better assessment of genetic variation that affect in vivo arterial thrombosis and hemostasis.
KW  - arterial thrombus formation
KW  - bleeding
KW  - collagen
KW  - glycoprotein VI
KW  - platelets
KW  - microfluidics
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-232194
VL  - 6
ER  -