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Eva C. Schulte Immanuel Stahl Darina Czamara Daniel C. Ellwanger Sebastian Eck Elisabeth Graf Brit Mollenhauer Alexander Zimprich Peter Lichtner Dietrich Haubenberger Walter Pirker Thomas Brücke Benjamin Bereznai Maria J. Molnar Annette Peters Christian Gieger Bertram Müller-Myhsok Claudia Trenkwalder Juliane Winkelmann 《PloS one》2013,8(11)
Approximately 20% of individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) report a positive family history. Yet, a large portion of causal and disease-modifying variants is still unknown. We used exome sequencing in two affected individuals from a family with late-onset familial PD followed by frequency assessment in 975 PD cases and 1014 ethnically-matched controls and linkage analysis to identify potentially causal variants. Based on the predicted penetrance and the frequencies, a variant in PLXNA4 proved to be the best candidate and PLXNA4 was screened for additional variants in 862 PD cases and 940 controls, revealing an excess of rare non-synonymous coding variants in PLXNA4 in individuals with PD. Although we cannot conclude that the variant in PLXNA4 is indeed the causative variant, these findings are interesting in the light of a surfacing role of axonal guidance mechanisms in neurodegenerative disorders but, at the same time, highlight the difficulties encountered in the study of rare variants identified by next-generation sequencing in diseases with autosomal dominant or complex patterns of inheritance. 相似文献
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Jochen Schulze Sebastian Seitz Hiroaki Saito Michael Schneebauer Robert P. Marshall Anke Baranowsky Bjoern Busse Arndt F. Schilling Felix W. Friedrich Joachim Albers Alexander S. Spiro Jozef Zustin Thomas Streichert Kristina Ellwanger Christof Niehrs Michael Amling Roland Baron Thorsten Schinke 《PloS one》2010,5(4)
Wnt signalling is a key pathway controlling bone formation in mice and humans. One of the regulators of this pathway is Dkk1, which antagonizes Wnt signalling through the formation of a ternary complex with the transmembrane receptors Krm1/2 and Lrp5/6, thereby blocking the induction of Wnt signalling by the latter ones. Here we show that Kremen-2 (Krm2) is predominantly expressed in bone, and that its osteoblast-specific over-expression in transgenic mice (Col1a1-Krm2) results in severe osteoporosis. Histomorphometric analysis revealed that osteoblast maturation and bone formation are disturbed in Col1a1-Krm2 mice, whereas bone resorption is increased. In line with these findings, primary osteoblasts derived from Col1a1-Krm2 mice display a cell-autonomous differentiation defect, impaired canonical Wnt signalling and decreased production of the osteoclast inhibitory factor Opg. To determine whether the observed effects of Krm2 on bone remodeling are physiologically relevant, we analyzed the skeletal phenotype of 24 weeks old Krm2-deficient mice and observed high bone mass caused by a more than three-fold increase in bone formation. Taken together, these data identify Krm2 as a regulator of bone remodeling and raise the possibility that antagonizing KRM2 might prove beneficial in patients with bone loss disorders. 相似文献
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Human influence on the environment is evident at all landscape and ecological scales, from local to global, shaping both abiotic and biotic processes. Niche construction theory provides a means by which to investigate the consequences of these anthropogenic effects, but primatological research has been slow to integrate ecological and evolutionary timelines. We review methods that can be used to study how human niche construction influences nonhuman primates including phenological assessment, nonhuman primate behavioral observations, and ethnographic interview techniques. We argue that this approach provides a starting place to examine niche construction theory but that scholars of primate behavioral ecology must expand our methodologies to bridge the disconnect between ecological and evolutionary research time frames. We suggest areas of research and methods that have been underused but offer opportunities for integrative, innovative research. We conclude that an integrated, synthetic methodological approach is a major goal and that it will likely require a cross-disciplinary, collaborative effort. 相似文献
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Niu Kefeng Liu Wei Xiao Zhi Wu Ankang Yang Tianyou Riondato Isidoro Ellwanger Amanda L. Ang Andie Gamba Marco Yang Yeqin Giacoma Cristina 《International journal of primatology》2019,40(3):331-355
International Journal of Primatology - Understanding local community attitudes toward wildlife is critical for making context-sensitive conservation planning and management decisions that may... 相似文献
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Protein Kinase D Controls the Integrity of Golgi Apparatus and the Maintenance of Dendritic Arborization in Hippocampal Neurons
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Katalin Czndr Kornelia Ellwanger Yannick F. Fuchs Sylke Lutz Mrton Gulys Isabelle M. Mansuy Angelika Hausser Klaus Pfizenmaier Katalin Schlett 《Molecular biology of the cell》2009,20(7):2108-2120
Protein kinase D (PKD) is known to participate in various cellular functions, including secretory vesicle fission from the Golgi and plasma membrane-directed transport. Here, we report on expression and function of PKD in hippocampal neurons. Expression of an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-tagged PKD activity reporter in mouse embryonal hippocampal neurons revealed high endogenous PKD activity at the Golgi complex and in the dendrites, whereas PKD activity was excluded from the axon in parallel with axonal maturation. Expression of fluorescently tagged wild-type PKD1 and constitutively active PKD1S738/742E (caPKD1) in neurons revealed that both proteins were slightly enriched at the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and did not interfere with its thread-like morphology. By contrast, expression of dominant-negative kinase inactive PKD1K612W (kdPKD1) led to the disruption of the neuronal Golgi complex, with kdPKD1 strongly localized to the TGN fragments. Similar findings were obtained from transgenic mice with inducible, neuron-specific expression of kdPKD1-EGFP. As a prominent consequence of kdPKD1 expression, the dendritic tree of transfected neurons was reduced, whereas caPKD1 increased dendritic arborization. Our results thus provide direct evidence that PKD activity is selectively involved in the maintenance of dendritic arborization and Golgi structure of hippocampal neurons. 相似文献
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Désirée R.M. Seib Nina S. Corsini Kristina Ellwanger Christian Plaas Alvaro Mateos Claudia Pitzer Christof Niehrs Tansu Celikel Ana Martin-Villalba 《Cell Stem Cell》2013,12(2):204-214
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Kornelia Ellwanger Andre Eich Michael Nickel 《Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology》2007,193(1):1-11
Sponges (Porifera) are nerve- and muscleless. Nevertheless, they react to external stimuli in a coordinated way, by body contraction,
oscule closure or stopping pumping activity. The underlying mechanisms are still unknown, but evidence has been found for
chemical messenger-based systems. We used the sponge Tethya wilhelma to test the effect of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate (l-Glu) on its contraction behaviour. Minimal activating concentrations were found to be 0.5 μM (GABA) and 50 μM (l-Glu), respectively. Taking maximum relative contraction speed and minimal relative projected body area as a measure of the
sponge’s response, a comparison of the dose–response curves indicated a higher sensitivity of the contractile tissue for GABA
than for l-Glu. The concentrations eliciting the same contractile response differ by about 100-fold more than the entire concentration
range tested. In addition, desensitising effects and spasm-like reactions were observed. Presumably, a GABA/l-Glu metabotropic receptor-based system is involved in the regulation of contraction in T. wilhelma. We discuss a coordination system for sponges based on hypothetical chemical messenger pathways.
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K. Ellwanger and A. Eich contributed equally and designed and performed experiments, analysed data and revised the paper,
M. Nickel designed the study and experiments, analysed data, prepared the figures, wrote and revised the paper. 相似文献
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Ellwanger K Saito H Clément-Lacroix P Maltry N Niedermeyer J Lee WK Baron R Rawadi G Westphal H Niehrs C 《Molecular and cellular biology》2008,28(15):4875-4882
Kremen1 and Kremen2 (Krm1 and Krm2) are transmembrane coreceptors for Dickkopf1 (Dkk1), an antagonist of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. The physiological relevance of Kremen proteins in mammals as Wnt modulators is unresolved. We generated and characterized Krm mutant mice and found that double mutants show enhanced Wnt signaling accompanied by ectopic postaxial forelimb digits and expanded apical ectodermal ridges. Triple mutant Krm1−/− Krm2−/− Dkk1+/− mice show enhanced growth of ectopic digits, indicating that Dkk1 and Krm genes genetically interact during limb development. Wnt/β-catenin signaling also plays a critical role in bone formation. Single Krm mutants show normal bone formation and bone mass, while double mutants show increased bone volume and bone formation parameters. Our study provides the first genetic evidence for a functional interaction of Kremen proteins with Dkk1 as negative regulators of Wnt/β-catenin signaling and reveals that Kremen proteins are not universally required for Dkk1 function. 相似文献