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ArticleJournal of cellular physiology2017

Vertebrate Lonesome Kinase Regulated Extracellular Matrix Protein Phosphorylation, Cell Shape, and Adhesion in Trabecular Meshwork Cells.

Rupalatha Maddala, Nikolai P Skiba, Ponugoti Vasantha Rao

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Article in Journal of cellular physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Identification of Gene Changes Induced by Dexamethasone in the Anterior Segment of the Human Eye Using Bioinformatics Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rupalatha MaddalaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
Nikolai P SkibaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
Ponugoti Vasantha RaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
Duke University · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY005722 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Vadim Y Arshavsky · 1985 to 2026
$19.3M
Trabecular Meshwork Cytoskeletal Signaling-Regulation of Aqueous Humor OutflowR01EY018590 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI RAO, P VASANTHA · 2008 to 2022
$5.6M
Fiber Cell Membrane Organization-Role in Lens Architecture and FunctionR01EY025096 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI RAO, P VASANTHA · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY005722NEI NIH HHS R01 EY018590NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness, is commonly associated with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) due to impaired aqueous humor (AH) drainage through the trabecular meshwork (TM). Although dysregulated production and organization of extracellular matrix (ECM) is presumed to increase resistance to AH outflow and elevate IOP by altering TM cell contractile and adhesive properties, it is not known whether regulation of ECM protein phosphorylation via the secretory vertebrate lonesome kinase (VLK) influences TM cellular characteristics. Here, we tested this possibility. Experiments carried out in this study reveal that the 32 kDa protein is a prominent VLK isoform detectable in lysates and conditioned media (CM) of human TM cells. Increased levels of VLK were observed in CM of TM cells subjected to cyclic mechanical stretch, or treated with dexamethasone, TGF-β2, and TM cells expressing constitutively active RhoA GTPase. Downregulation of VLK expression in TM cells using siRNA decreased tyrosine phosphorylation (TyrP) of ECM proteins and focal adhesions, and induced changes in cell shape in association with reduced levels of actin stress fibers and phospho-paxillin. VLK was also demonstrated to regulate TGF-β2-induced TyrP of ECM proteins. Taken together, these results suggest that VLK secretion can be regulated by external cues, intracellular signal proteins, and mechanical stretch, and VLK can in turn regulate TyrP of ECM proteins secreted by TM cells and control cell shape, actin stress fibers, and focal adhesions. These observations indicate a potential role for VLK in homeostasis of AH outflow and IOP, and in the pathobiology of glaucoma. J. Cell. Physiol. 232: 2447-2460, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Cell AdhesionCell ShapeAdultAgedAqueous HumorCells, CulturedCulture Media, ConditionedDexamethasoneExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFocal AdhesionsGlaucomaHumansIntraocular PressureMechanotransduction, CellularMiddle AgedMutationCulture Media, ConditionedDexamethasoneExtracellular Matrix ProteinsPaxillinPKDCC protein, humanProtein-Tyrosine KinasesPXN protein, humanrhoA GTP-Binding ProteinTransforming Growth Factor beta2Tyrosine

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PMID27591737
PMCPMC5462548
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