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ArticleBiomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals2018

Extracellular esterase activity as an indicator of endoplasmic reticulum calcium depletion.

Kathleen A Trychta, Emily J Heathward, Agnieszka Sulima, Susanne Bäck, Mehdi Farokhnia, Christopher T Richie, Lorenzo Leggio, Kenner C Rice, Brandon K Harvey

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Article in Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kathleen A Trychtaa Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Stress and Inflammation , Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse , Baltimore , MD , USA.
Emily J Heathwarda Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Stress and Inflammation , Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse , Baltimore , MD , USA.
Agnieszka Sulimab Section on Drug Design and Synthesis, Molecular Targets and Medications Branch , National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA.
Susanne Bäcka Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Stress and Inflammation , Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse , Baltimore , MD , USA.
Mehdi Farokhniac Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology , National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA.
Christopher T Richiea Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Stress and Inflammation , Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse , Baltimore , MD , USA.
Lorenzo Leggioc Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology , National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA.
Kenner C Riceb Section on Drug Design and Synthesis, Molecular Targets and Medications Branch , National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA.
Brandon K Harveya Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Stress and Inflammation , Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse , Baltimore , MD , USA.
National Institute on Drug Abuse · USNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · US

Funding

Medicinal Chemistry of Drugs Acting on Central and Peripheral Opioid ReceptorsZIADA000527 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI RICE, KENNER · 2009 to 2025
$23.2M
Cellular mechanisms of neuronal dysfunction in addiction and neurodegenerationZIADA000618 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI HARVEY, BRANDON · 2017 to 2025
$12.9M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DA000618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextEndoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium depletion is associated with diverse diseases, including cardiac, hepatic, and neurologic diseases.

objectiveThe aim of the present study was to identify and characterize an endogenous protein that could be used to monitor ER calcium depletion comparably to a previously described exogenous reporter protein. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe use of a selective esterase-fluorescein diester pair allowed for carboxylesterase activity in extracellular fluid to be measured using a fluorescent readout. Cell culture media from three different cell lines, rat plasma, and human serum all possess quantifiable amounts of esterase activity.

resultsFluorescence produced by the interaction of carboxylesterases with a fluorescein diester substrate tracks with pharmacological and physiological inducers of ER calcium depletion. The fluorescence measured for in vitro and in vivo samples were consistent with ER calcium depletion being the trigger for increased esterase activity. DISCUSSION: Decreased luminal ER calcium causes ER resident esterases to be released from the cell, and, when assessed concurrently with other disease biomarkers, these esterases may provide insight into the role of ER calcium homeostasis in human diseases.

conclusionOur results indicate that carboxylesterases are putative markers of ER calcium dysfunction.

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AnimalsCalciumCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesCell LineCulture Media, ConditionedEndoplasmic ReticulumEsterasesFluorescent DyesFluorometryHumansRatsCalciumCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesCulture Media, ConditionedEsterasesFluorescent DyescalciumCarboxylesteraseendoplasmic reticulumER homeostasisliver esteraseSERCaMP

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PMID30095301
PMCPMC6348867
OpenAlexW2887884288

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