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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Tuning of Liver Sieve: The Interplay between Actin and Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Regulates Fenestration Size and Number in Murine Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells.

Bartlomiej Zapotoczny, Karolina Szafranska, Malgorzata Lekka, Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Peter McCourt

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. 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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15 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bartlomiej ZapotocznyVascular Biology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø (UiT), The Arctic University of Norway, 9010 Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-2129-3714
Karolina SzafranskaVascular Biology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø (UiT), The Arctic University of Norway, 9010 Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-5852-2109
Malgorzata LekkaDepartment of Biophysical Microstructures, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-342 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0844-8662
Balpreet Singh AhluwaliaDepartment of Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø (UiT), The Arctic University of Norway, 9010 Tromsø, Norway.
Peter McCourtVascular Biology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø (UiT), The Arctic University of Norway, 9010 Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-5072-4590
UiT The Arctic University of Norway · NOInstitute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences · PL

Funding

The Research Council of Norway 288565
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) facilitate the efficient transport of macromolecules and solutes between the blood and hepatocytes. The efficiency of this transport is realized via transcellular nanopores, called fenestrations. The mean fenestration size is 140 ± 20 nm, with the range from 50 nm to 350 nm being mostly below the limits of diffraction of visible light. The cellular mechanisms controlling fenestrations are still poorly understood. In this study, we tested a hypothesis that both Rho kinase (ROCK) and myosin light chain (MLC) kinase (MLCK)-dependent phosphorylation of MLC regulates fenestrations. We verified the hypothesis using a combination of several molecular inhibitors and by applying two high-resolution microscopy modalities: structured illumination microscopy (SIM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). We demonstrated precise, dose-dependent, and reversible regulation of the mean fenestration diameter within a wide range from 120 nm to 220 nm and the fine-tuning of the porosity in a range from ~0% up to 12% using the ROCK pathway. Moreover, our findings indicate that MLCK is involved in the formation of new fenestrations-after inhibiting MLCK, closed fenestrations cannot be reopened with other agents. We, therefore, conclude that the Rho-ROCK pathway is responsible for the control of the fenestration diameter, while the inhibition of MLCK prevents the formation of new fenestrations.

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ActinsMyosin Light ChainsAnimalsEndothelial CellsHepatocytesLiverMiceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMyosin-Light-Chain KinasePhosphorylationrho-Associated KinasesActinsMyosin-Light-Chain KinaseMyosin Light Chainsrho-Associated Kinasesactinfenestrationliver sinusoidal endothelial cellsMLCKMLC phosphorylationmyosin regulatory light chainnon-muscle myosin IIROCKscanning electron microscopy (SEM)structured illumination microscopy (SIM)

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PMID36077249
PMCPMC9456121
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