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Caldwell TA, Baoukina S, Brock AT, Oliver RC, Root KT, Krueger JK, Glover KJ, Tieleman DP, Columbus L. Low- q Bicelles Are Mixed Micelles. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:4469-4473. [PMID: 30024762 PMCID: PMC6353637 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Bicelles are used in many membrane protein studies because they are thought to be more bilayer-like than micelles. We investigated the properties of "isotropic" bicelles by small-angle neutron scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering, fluorescence anisotropy, and molecular dynamics. All data suggest that bicelles with a q value below 1 deviate from the classic bicelle that contains lipids in the core and detergent in the rim. Thus not all isotropic bicelles are bilayer-like.
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- Tracy A. Caldwell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 17745, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Molecular Simulation, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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Darvill N, Dubois DJ, Rouse SL, Hammoudi PM, Blake T, Benjamin S, Liu B, Soldati-Favre D, Matthews S. Structural Basis of Phosphatidic Acid Sensing by APH in Apicomplexan Parasites. Structure 2018; 26:1059-1071.e6. [PMID: 29910186 PMCID: PMC6084407 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii are obligate intracellular parasites that belong to the phylum of Apicomplexa and cause major human diseases. Their access to an intracellular lifestyle is reliant on the coordinated release of proteins from the specialized apical organelles called micronemes and rhoptries. A specific phosphatidic acid effector, the acylated pleckstrin homology domain-containing protein (APH) plays a central role in microneme exocytosis and thus is essential for motility, cell entry, and egress. TgAPH is acylated on the surface of the micronemes and recruited to phosphatidic acid (PA)-enriched membranes. Here, we dissect the atomic details of APH PA-sensing hub and its functional interaction with phospholipid membranes. We unravel the key determinant of PA recognition for the first time and show that APH inserts into and clusters multiple phosphate head-groups at the bilayer binding surface.
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- Nick Darvill
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 Rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 Rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; BioBank, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 Rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; BioBank, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China.
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Socas LBP, Ambroggio EE. Myristoylation and Oligonucleotide Interaction Modulate Peptide and Protein Surface Properties: The Case of the HIV-1 Matrix Domain. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:6051-6062. [PMID: 29727193 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Myristoylated proteins typically develop a tight association with membranes. One example is the matrix domain (MA) of the HIV-1 Gag protein. In addition, MA is able to bind the Sel25 RNA sequence, a ligand that can act as a competitor for the interaction with the membrane. These properties make HIV-1 MA an attractive molecule to understand how protein and peptide surface properties can be controlled by myristoylation and oligonucleotide interaction. In this line, we analyzed the stability, thermodynamics, and the topography of Langmuir monolayers composed of the myristoylated or unmyristoylated versions of MA in the presence or the absence of a single-strand DNA (ssDNASel25) analogue of the Sel25 RNA sequence. With a similar approach, we compared the MA surface properties with those obtained from monolayers of myristoylated and unmyristoylated MA-derived peptides (first 21 residues of the MA sequence). Our results show that the protein or peptide films are destabilized by the presence of ssDNASel25, inducing solubilization of the monolayer components into the bulk phase. In addition, the oligonucleotide affects the protein-protein or peptide-peptide lateral interactions, provoking interfacial topography changes of the monolayers, visualized by Brewster angle microscopy. Furthermore, we also show how the myristoyl group has major effects on the lateral stability and the elasticity of the monolayers. Altogether, here we propose a general model considering the effect of myristoylation and the interaction with oligonucleotides on the interfacial properties of MA and derived peptides. In this model, we introduce a new role of the core region of MA (sequence of MA after the 21st residue) that confers higher lateral interfacial stability to the protein.
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- Luis B P Socas
- Departamento de Química Biológica-Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas , Universidad Nacional de Córdoba , Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende s/n , Córdoba X5000HUA , Argentina
- CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC) , Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende s/n , Córdoba X5000HUA , Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica-Ranwel Caputto, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas , Universidad Nacional de Córdoba , Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende s/n , Córdoba X5000HUA , Argentina
- CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC) , Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende s/n , Córdoba X5000HUA , Argentina
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HIV-1 Matrix Protein Interactions with tRNA: Implications for Membrane Targeting. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:2113-2127. [PMID: 29752967 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The N-terminally myristoylated matrix (MA) domain of the HIV-1 Gag polyprotein promotes virus assembly by targeting Gag to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. Recent studies indicate that, prior to membrane binding, MA associates with cytoplasmic tRNAs (including tRNALys3), and in vitro studies of tRNA-dependent MA interactions with model membranes have led to proposals that competitive tRNA interactions contribute to membrane discrimination. We have characterized interactions between native, mutant, and unmyristylated (myr-) MA proteins and recombinant tRNALys3 by NMR spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry. NMR experiments confirm that tRNALys3 interacts with a patch of basic residues that are also important for binding to the plasma membrane marker, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2]. Unexpectedly, the affinity of MA for tRNALys3 (Kd = 0.63 ± 0.03 μM) is approximately 1 order of magnitude greater than its affinity for PI(4,5)P2-enriched liposomes (Kd(apparent) = 10.2 ± 2.1 μM), and NMR studies indicate that tRNALys3 binding blocks MA association with liposomes, including those enriched with PI(4,5)P2, phosphatidylserine, and cholesterol. However, the affinity of MA for tRNALys3 is diminished by mutations or sample conditions that promote myristate exposure. Since Gag-Gag interactions are known to promote myristate exposure, our findings support virus assembly models in which membrane targeting and genome binding are mechanistically coupled.
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Murphy RE, Samal AB, Vlach J, Saad JS. Solution Structure and Membrane Interaction of the Cytoplasmic Tail of HIV-1 gp41 Protein. Structure 2017; 25:1708-1718.e5. [PMID: 29056482 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2017.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The cytoplasmic tail of gp41 (gp41CT) remains the last HIV-1 domain with an unknown structure. It plays important roles in HIV-1 replication such as mediating envelope (Env) intracellular trafficking and incorporation into assembling virions, mechanisms of which are poorly understood. Here, we present the solution structure of gp41CT in a micellar environment and characterize its interaction with the membrane. We show that the N-terminal 45 residues are unstructured and not associated with the membrane. However, the C-terminal 105 residues form three membrane-bound amphipathic α helices with distinctive structural features such as variable degree of membrane penetration, hydrophobic and basic surfaces, clusters of aromatic residues, and a network of cation-π interactions. This work fills a major gap by providing the structure of the last segment of HIV-1 Env, which will provide insights into the mechanisms of Gag-mediated Env incorporation as well as the overall Env mobility and conformation on the virion surface.
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- R Elliot Murphy
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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A clue to unprecedented strategy to HIV eradication: "Lock-in and apoptosis". Sci Rep 2017; 7:8957. [PMID: 28827668 PMCID: PMC5567282 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09129-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Despite the development of antiretroviral therapy against HIV, eradication of the virus from the body, as a means to a cure, remains in progress. A “kick and kill” strategy proposes “kick” of the latent HIV to an active HIV to eventually be “killed”. Latency-reverting agents that can perform the “kick” function are under development and have shown promise. Management of the infected cells not to produce virions after the “kick” step is important to this strategy. Here we show that a newly synthesized compound, L-HIPPO, captures the HIV-1 protein Pr55Gag and intercepts its function to translocate the virus from the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane leading to virion budding. The infecting virus thus “locked-in” subsequently induces apoptosis of the host cells. This “lock-in and apoptosis” approach performed by our novel compound in HIV-infected cells provides a means to bridge the gap between the “kick” and “kill” steps of this eradication strategy. By building upon previous progress in latency reverting agents, our compound appears to provide a promising step toward the goal of HIV eradication from the body.
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Mücksch F, Laketa V, Müller B, Schultz C, Kräusslich HG. Synchronized HIV assembly by tunable PIP 2 changes reveals PIP 2 requirement for stable Gag anchoring. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28574338 PMCID: PMC5495570 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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HIV-1 assembles at the plasma membrane (PM) of infected cells. PM association of the main structural protein Gag depends on its myristoylated MA domain and PM PI(4,5)P2. Using a novel chemical biology tool that allows rapidly tunable manipulation of PI(4,5)P2 levels in living cells, we show that depletion of PI(4,5)P2 completely prevents Gag PM targeting and assembly site formation. Unexpectedly, PI(4,5)P2 depletion also caused loss of pre-assembled Gag lattices from the PM. Subsequent restoration of PM PI(4,5)P2 reinduced assembly site formation even in the absence of new protein synthesis, indicating that the dissociated Gag molecules remained assembly competent. These results reveal an important role of PI(4,5)P2 for HIV-1 morphogenesis beyond Gag recruitment to the PM and suggest a dynamic equilibrium of Gag-lipid interactions. Furthermore, they establish an experimental system that permits synchronized induction of HIV-1 assembly leading to induced production of infectious virions by targeted modulation of Gag PM targeting.
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- Frauke Mücksch
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Center for Infectious Disease Research, Partner site Heidelberg, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Center for Infectious Disease Research, Partner site Heidelberg, Braunschweig, Germany
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Dumas F, Haanappel E. Lipids in infectious diseases - The case of AIDS and tuberculosis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:1636-1647. [PMID: 28535936 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/14/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Lipids play a central role in many infectious diseases. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and tuberculosis are two of the deadliest infectious diseases to have struck mankind. The pathogens responsible for these diseases, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, rely on lipids and on lipid membrane properties to gain access to their host cells, to persist in them and ultimately to egress from their hosts. In this Review, we discuss the life cycles of these pathogens and the roles played by lipids and membranes. We then give an overview of therapies that target lipid metabolism, modulate host membrane properties or implement lipid-based drug delivery systems. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Membrane Lipid Therapy: Drugs Targeting Biomembranes edited by Pablo V. Escribá.
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- Fabrice Dumas
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, France.
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, France
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Eells R, Barros M, Scott KM, Karageorgos I, Heinrich F, Lösche M. Structural characterization of membrane-bound human immunodeficiency virus-1 Gag matrix with neutron reflectometry. Biointerphases 2017; 12:02D408. [PMID: 28511544 PMCID: PMC5433906 DOI: 10.1116/1.4983155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 04/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The structural characterization of peripheral membrane proteins represents a tremendous challenge in structural biology due to their transient interaction with the membrane and the potential multitude of protein conformations during this interaction. Neutron reflectometry is uniquely suited to address this problem because of its ability to structurally characterize biological model systems nondestructively and under biomimetic conditions that retain full protein functionality. Being sensitive to only the membrane-bound fraction of a water-soluble peripheral protein, neutron reflectometry obtains a low-resolution average structure of the protein-membrane complex that is further refined using integrative modeling strategies. Here, the authors review the current technological state of biological neutron reflectometry exemplified by a detailed report on the structure determination of the myristoylated human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) Gag matrix associated with phosphoserine-containing model membranes. The authors found that the HIV-1 Gag matrix is able to adopt different configurations at the membrane in a pH-dependent manner and that the myristate group orients the protein in a way that is conducive to PIP2-binding.
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- Rebecca Eells
- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 and Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 and NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
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- Departments of Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 and NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
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Todd GC, Duchon A, Inlora J, Olson ED, Musier-Forsyth K, Ono A. Inhibition of HIV-1 Gag-membrane interactions by specific RNAs. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 23:395-405. [PMID: 27932583 PMCID: PMC5311501 DOI: 10.1261/rna.058453.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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HIV-1 particle assembly, which occurs at the plasma membrane (PM) of cells, is driven by the viral polyprotein Gag. Gag recognizes phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2], a PM-specific phospholipid, via the highly basic region (HBR) in its N-terminal matrix (MA) domain. The HBR is also known to bind to RNA. We have previously shown, using an in vitro liposome binding assay, that RNA inhibits Gag binding to membranes that lack PI(4,5)P2 If this RNA block is removed by RNase treatment, Gag can bind nonspecifically to other negatively charged membranes. In an effort to identify the RNA species that confer this inhibition of Gag membrane binding, we have tested the impact of purified RNAs on Gag interactions with negatively charged liposomes lacking PI(4,5)P2 We found that some tRNA species and RNAs containing stem-loop 1 of the psi region in the 5' untranslated region of the HIV-1 genome impose inhibition of Gag binding to membranes lacking PI(4,5)P2 In contrast, a specific subset of tRNAs, as well as an RNA sequence previously selected in vitro for MA binding, failed to suppress Gag-membrane interactions. Furthermore, switching the identity of charged residues in the HBR did not diminish the susceptibility of Gag-liposome binding for each of the RNAs tested, while deletion of most of the NC domain abrogates the inhibition of membrane binding mediated by the RNAs that are inhibitory to WT Gag-liposome binding. These results support a model in which NC facilitates binding of RNA to MA and thereby promotes RNA-based inhibition of Gag-membrane binding.
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MESH Headings
- Aptamers, Nucleotide/chemical synthesis
- Aptamers, Nucleotide/pharmacology
- Base Pairing
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Cell Membrane/chemistry
- Cell Membrane/drug effects
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Gene Expression
- HIV-1/chemistry
- Humans
- Liposomes/antagonists & inhibitors
- Liposomes/chemistry
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate/chemistry
- Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate/deficiency
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/pharmacology
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/chemistry
- Static Electricity
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/antagonists & inhibitors
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/chemistry
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/genetics
- gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/metabolism
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- Gabrielle C Todd
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for RNA Biology, and Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Yandrapalli N, Lubart Q, Tanwar HS, Picart C, Mak J, Muriaux D, Favard C. Self assembly of HIV-1 Gag protein on lipid membranes generates PI(4,5)P 2/Cholesterol nanoclusters. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39332. [PMID: 28008947 PMCID: PMC5180241 DOI: 10.1038/srep39332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The self-assembly of HIV-1 Gag polyprotein at the inner leaflet of the cell host plasma membrane is the key orchestrator of virus assembly. The binding between Gag and the plasma membrane is mediated by specific interaction of the Gag matrix domain and the PI(4,5)P2 lipid (PIP2). It is unknown whether this interaction could lead to local reorganization of the plasma membrane lipids. In this study, using model membranes, we examined the ability of Gag to segregate specific lipids upon self-assembly. We show for the first time that Gag self-assembly is responsible for the formation of PIP2 lipid nanoclusters, enriched in cholesterol but not in sphingomyelin. We also show that Gag mainly partition into liquid-disordered domains of these lipid membranes. Our work strongly suggests that, instead of targeting pre-existing plasma membrane lipid domains, Gag is more prone to generate PIP2/Cholesterol lipid nanodomains at the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane during early events of virus assembly.
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- Naresh Yandrapalli
- CNRS-Université Montpellier, Centre d'études d'agents Pathogenes et de Biotechnologies pour la Santé, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS-Université Grenoble, Institut National de Physique, Grenoble, France
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- CNRS-Université Grenoble, Institut National de Physique, Grenoble, France
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- Deakin University, School of Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
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- CNRS-Université Montpellier, Centre d'études d'agents Pathogenes et de Biotechnologies pour la Santé, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS-Université Montpellier, Centre d'études d'agents Pathogenes et de Biotechnologies pour la Santé, Montpellier, France
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Gc JB, Gerstman BS, Stahelin RV, Chapagain PP. The Ebola virus protein VP40 hexamer enhances the clustering of PI(4,5)P 2 lipids in the plasma membrane. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:28409-28417. [PMID: 27757455 PMCID: PMC5084917 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03776c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The Ebola virus is a lipid-enveloped virus that obtains its lipid coat from the plasma membrane of the host cell it infects during the budding process. The Ebola virus protein VP40 localizes to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane and forms the viral matrix, which provides the major structure for the Ebola virus particles. VP40 is initially a dimer that rearranges to a hexameric structure that mediates budding. VP40 hexamers and larger filaments have been shown to be stabilized by PI(4,5)P2 in the plasma membrane inner leaflet. Reduction in the plasma membrane levels of PI(4,5)P2 significantly reduce formation of VP40 oligomers and virus-like particles. We investigated the lipid-protein interactions in VP40 hexamers at the plasma membrane. We quantified lipid-lipid self-clustering by calculating the fractional interaction matrix and found that the VP40 hexamer significantly enhances the PI(4,5)P2 clustering. The radial pair distribution functions suggest a strong interaction between PI(4,5)P2 and the VP40 hexamer. The cationic Lys side chains are found to mediate the PIP2 clustering around the protein, with cholesterol filling the space between the interacting PIP2 molecules. These computational studies support recent experimental data and provide new insights into the mechanisms by which VP40 assembles at the plasma membrane inner leaflet, alters membrane curvature, and forms new virus-like particles.
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- Jeevan B Gc
- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. and Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, South Bend, IN 46617, USA and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Eck Institute for Global Health, and the Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. and Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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Membrane Interactions of the Mason-Pfizer Monkey Virus Matrix Protein and Its Budding Deficient Mutants. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:4708-4722. [PMID: 27725181 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Matrix proteins (MAs) play a key role in the transport of retroviral proteins inside infected cells and in the interaction with cellular membranes. In most retroviruses, retroviral MAs are N-terminally myristoylated. This modification serves as a membrane targeting signal and also as an anchor for membrane interaction. The aim of this work was to characterize the interactions anchoring retroviral MA at the plasma membrane of infected cell. To address this issue, we compared the structures and membrane affinity of the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) wild-type MA with its two budding deficient double mutants, that is, T41I/T78I and Y28F/Y67F. The structures of the mutants were determined using solution NMR spectroscopy, and their interactions with water-soluble phospholipids were studied. Water-soluble phospholipids are widely used models for studying membrane interactions by solution NMR spectroscopy. However, this approach might lead to artificial results due to unnatural hydrophobic interactions. Therefore, we used a new approach based on the measurement of the loss of the 1H NMR signal intensity of the protein sample induced by the addition of the liposomes containing phospholipids with naturally long fatty acids. HIV-1 MA was used as a positive control because its ability to interact with liposomes has already been described. We found that in contrast to HIV-1, the M-PMV MA interacted with the liposomes differently and much weaker. In our invivo experiments, the M-PMV MA did not co-localize with lipid rafts. Therefore, we concluded that M-PMV might adopt a different membrane binding mechanism than HIV-1.
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Rye-McCurdy T, Olson ED, Liu S, Binkley C, Reyes JP, Thompson BR, Flanagan JM, Parent LJ, Musier-Forsyth K. Functional Equivalence of Retroviral MA Domains in Facilitating Psi RNA Binding Specificity by Gag. Viruses 2016; 8:v8090256. [PMID: 27657107 PMCID: PMC5035970 DOI: 10.3390/v8090256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Retroviruses specifically package full-length, dimeric genomic RNA (gRNA) even in the presence of a vast excess of cellular RNA. The “psi” (Ψ) element within the 5′-untranslated region (5′UTR) of gRNA is critical for packaging through interaction with the nucleocapsid (NC) domain of Gag. However, in vitro Gag binding affinity for Ψ versus non-Ψ RNAs is not significantly different. Previous salt-titration binding assays revealed that human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Gag bound to Ψ RNA with high specificity and relatively few charge interactions, whereas binding to non-Ψ RNA was less specific and involved more electrostatic interactions. The NC domain was critical for specific Ψ binding, but surprisingly, a Gag mutant lacking the matrix (MA) domain was less effective at discriminating Ψ from non-Ψ RNA. We now find that Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) Gag also effectively discriminates RSV Ψ from non-Ψ RNA in a MA-dependent manner. Interestingly, Gag chimeras, wherein the HIV-1 and RSV MA domains were swapped, maintained high binding specificity to cognate Ψ RNAs. Using Ψ RNA mutant constructs, determinants responsible for promoting high Gag binding specificity were identified in both systems. Taken together, these studies reveal the functional equivalence of HIV-1 and RSV MA domains in facilitating Ψ RNA selectivity by Gag, as well as Ψ elements that promote this selectivity.
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- Tiffiny Rye-McCurdy
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Center for Retroviral Research, and Center for RNA Biology, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Center for Retroviral Research, and Center for RNA Biology, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Center for Retroviral Research, and Center for RNA Biology, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Center for Retroviral Research, and Center for RNA Biology, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Center for Retroviral Research, and Center for RNA Biology, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Center for Retroviral Research, and Center for RNA Biology, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Center for Retroviral Research, and Center for RNA Biology, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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O'Neil L, Andenoro K, Pagano I, Carroll L, Langer L, Dell Z, Perera D, Treece BW, Heinrich F, Lösche M, Nagle JF, Tristram-Nagle S. HIV-1 matrix-31 membrane binding peptide interacts differently with membranes containing PS vs. PI(4,5)P 2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2016; 1858:3071-3081. [PMID: 27641491 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Efficient assembly of HIV-1 at the plasma membrane (PM) of the T-cell specifically requires PI(4,5)P2. It was previously shown that a highly basic region (HBR) of the matrix protein (MA) on the Gag precursor polyprotein Pr55Gag is required for membrane association. MA is N-terminally myristoylated, which enhances its affinity to membranes. In this work we used X-ray scattering and neutron reflectivity to determine how the physical properties and structure of lipid bilayers respond to the addition of binding domain peptides, either in the myristoylated form (MA31myr) or without the myristoyl group (MA31). Neutron reflectivity measurements showed the peptides predominantly located in the hydrocarbon interior. Diffuse X-ray scattering showed differences in membrane properties upon addition of peptides and the direction of the changes depended on lipid composition. The PI(4,5)P2-containing bilayers softened, thinned and became less ordered as peptide concentration increased. In contrast, POPS-containing bilayers with equivalent net charge first stiffened, thickened and became more ordered with increasing peptide concentration. As softening the host cell's PM upon contact with the protein lowers the free energy for membrane restructuring, thereby potentially facilitating budding of viral particles, our results suggest that the role of PI(4,5)P2 in viral assembly goes beyond specific stereochemical membrane binding. These studies reinforce the importance of lipids in virology.
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- Lauren O'Neil
- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biomedical Engineering, Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States; National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, United States; Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States.
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Junková P, Prchal J, Spiwok V, Pleskot R, Kadlec J, Krásný L, Hynek R, Hrabal R, Ruml T. Molecular aspects of the interaction between Mason-Pfizer monkey virus matrix protein and artificial phospholipid membrane. Proteins 2016; 84:1717-1727. [PMID: 27578150 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The Mason-Pfizer monkey virus is a type D retrovirus, which assembles its immature particles in the cytoplasm prior to their transport to the host cell membrane. The association with the membrane is mediated by the N-terminally myristoylated matrix protein. To reveal the role of particular residues which are involved in the capsid-membrane interaction, covalent labelling of arginine, lysine and tyrosine residues of the Mason-Pfizer monkey virus matrix protein bound to artificial liposomes containing 95% of phosphatidylcholine and 5% phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2 ) was performed. The experimental results were interpreted by multiscale molecular dynamics simulations. The application of these two complementary approaches helped us to reveal that matrix protein specifically recognizes the PI(4,5)P2 molecule by the residues K20, K25, K27, K74, and Y28, while the residues K92 and K93 stabilizes the matrix protein orientation on the membrane by the interaction with another PI(4,5)P2 molecule. Residues K33, K39, K54, Y66, Y67, and K87 appear to be involved in the matrix protein oligomerization. All arginine residues remained accessible during the interaction with liposomes which indicates that they neither contribute to the interaction with membrane nor are involved in protein oligomerization. Proteins 2016; 84:1717-1727. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- P Junková
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of molecular structure characterisation, Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
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Yadav R, Vattepu R, Beck MR. Phosphoinositide Binding Inhibits Actin Crosslinking and Polymerization by Palladin. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:4031-4047. [PMID: 27487483 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Revised: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Actin cytoskeleton remodeling requires the coordinated action of a large number of actin binding proteins that reorganize the actin cytoskeleton by promoting polymerization, stabilizing filaments, causing branching, or crosslinking filaments. Palladin is a key cytoskeletal actin binding protein whose normal function is to enable cell motility during development of tissues and organs of the embryo and in wound healing, but palladin is also responsible for regulating the ability of cancer cells to become invasive and metastatic. The membrane phosphoinositide phosphatidylinositol (PI) 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] is a well-known precursor for intracellular signaling and a bona fide regulator of actin cytoskeleton reorganization. Our results show that two palladin domains [immunoglobulin (Ig) 3 and 34] interact with the head group of PI(4,5)P2 with moderate affinity (apparent Kd=17μM). Interactions with PI(4,5)P2 decrease the actin polymerizing activity of Ig domain 3 of palladin (Palld-Ig3). Furthermore, NMR titration and docking studies show that residues K38 and K51, which are present on the β-sheet C and D, form salt bridges with the head group of PI(4,5)P2. Moreover, charge neutralization at lysine 38 in the Palld-Ig3 domain severely limits the actin polymerizing and bundling activity of Palld-Ig3. Our results provide biochemical proof that PI(4,5)P2 functions as a moderator of palladin activity and have also identified residues directly involved in the crosslinking activity of palladin.
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- Rahul Yadav
- Chemistry Department, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Street, Wichita, KS 67260, USA.
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- Chemistry Department, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Street, Wichita, KS 67260, USA.
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- Chemistry Department, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Street, Wichita, KS 67260, USA.
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Watkinson RE, Lee B. Nipah virus matrix protein: expert hacker of cellular machines. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:2494-511. [PMID: 27350027 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Nipah virus (NiV, Henipavirus) is a highly lethal emergent zoonotic paramyxovirus responsible for repeated human outbreaks of encephalitis in South East Asia. There are no approved vaccines or treatments, thus improved understanding of NiV biology is imperative. NiV matrix protein recruits a plethora of cellular machinery to scaffold and coordinate virion budding. Intriguingly, matrix also hijacks cellular trafficking and ubiquitination pathways to facilitate transient nuclear localization. While the biological significance of matrix nuclear localization for an otherwise cytoplasmic virus remains enigmatic, the molecular details have begun to be characterized, and are conserved among matrix proteins from divergent paramyxoviruses. Matrix protein appropriation of cellular machinery will be discussed in terms of its early nuclear targeting and later role in virion assembly.
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- Ruth E Watkinson
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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