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Hill RJ, Billas IML, Bonneton F, Graham LD, Lawrence MC. Ecdysone receptors: from the Ashburner model to structural biology. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2012; 58:251-271. [PMID: 23072463 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In 1974, Ashburner and colleagues postulated a model to explain the control of the puffing sequence on Drosophila polytene chromosomes initiated by the molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone. This model inspired a generation of molecular biologists to clone and characterize elements of the model, thereby providing insights into the control of gene networks by steroids, diatomic gases, and other small molecules. It led to the first cloning of the EcR subunit of the heterodimeric EcR-USP ecdysone receptor. X-ray diffraction studies of the ligand-binding domain of the receptor are elucidating the specificity of receptor-ecdysteroid interactions, the selectivity of some environmentally friendly insecticides, the evolution of the EcR-USP heterodimer, and indeed Ashburner's classical biochemical evidence for the central role of the ecdysone receptor in his model.
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- Ronald J Hill
- CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia.
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Smith AT, Marvin KA, Freeman KM, Kerby RL, Roberts GP, Burstyn JN. Identification of Cys94 as the distal ligand to the Fe(III) heme in the transcriptional regulator RcoM-2 from Burkholderia xenovorans. J Biol Inorg Chem 2012; 17:1071-82. [PMID: 22855237 PMCID: PMC3484680 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-012-0920-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The CO-responsive transcriptional regulator RcoM from Burkholderia xenovorans (BxRcoM) was recently identified as a Cys(thiolate)-ligated heme protein that undergoes a redox-mediated ligand switch; however, the Cys bound to the Fe(III) heme was not identified. To that end, we generated and purified three Cys-to-Ser variants of BxRcoM-2--C94S, C127S, and C130S--and examined their spectroscopic properties in order to identify the native Cys(thiolate) ligand. Electronic absorption, resonance Raman, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies demonstrate that the C127S and C130S variants, like wild-type BxRcoM-2, bind a six-coordinate low-spin Fe(III) heme using a Cys/His ligation motif. In contrast, electronic absorption and resonance Raman spectra of the C94S variant are most consistent with a mixture of five-coordinate high-spin and six-coordinate low-spin Fe(III) heme, neither of which are ligated by a Cys(thiolate) ligand. The EPR spectrum of C94S is dominated by a large, axial high-spin Fe(III) signal, confirming that the native ligation motif is not maintained in this variant. Together, these data reveal that Cys(94) is the distal Fe(III) heme ligand in BxRcoM-2; by sequence alignment, Cys(94) is also implicated as the distal Fe(III) heme ligand in BxRcoM-1, another homologue found in the same organism.
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- Aaron T. Smith
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Aicart-Ramos C, Valhondo Falcón M, Ortiz de Montellano PR, Rodriguez-Crespo I. Covalent attachment of heme to the protein moiety in an insect E75 nitric oxide sensor. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7403-16. [PMID: 22946928 DOI: 10.1021/bi300848x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We have recombinantly expressed and purified the ligand binding domains (LBDs) of four insect nuclear receptors of the E75 family. The Drosophila melanogaster and Bombyx mori nuclear receptors were purified as ferric hemoproteins with Soret maxima at 424 nm, whereas their ferrous forms had a Soret maximum at 425 nm that responds to (•)NO and CO binding. In contrast, the purified LBD of Oncopeltus fasciatus displayed a Soret maximum at 415 nm for the ferric protein that shifted to 425 nm in its ferrous state. Binding of (•)NO to the heme moiety of the D. melanogaster and B. mori E75 LBD resulted in the appearance of a peak at 385 nm, whereas this peak appeared at 416 nm in the case of the O. fasciatus hemoprotein, resembling the behavior displayed by its human homologue, Rev-erbβ. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis revealed that, unlike the D. melanogaster and B. mori counterparts, the heme group of O. fasciatus is covalently attached to the protein through the side chains of two amino acids. The high degree of sequence homology with O. fasciatus E75 led us to clone and express the LBD of Blattella germanica, which established that its spectral properties closely resemble those of O. fasciatus and that it also has the heme group covalently bound to the protein. Hence, (•)NO/CO regulation of the transcriptional activity of these nuclear receptors might be differently controlled among various insect species. In addition, covalent heme binding provides strong evidence that at least some of these nuclear receptors function as diatomic gas sensors rather than heme sensors. Finally, our findings expand the classes of hemoproteins in which the heme group is normally covalently attached to the polypeptide chain.
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- Clara Aicart-Ramos
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Carrica MDC, Fernandez I, Martí MA, Paris G, Goldbaum FA. The NtrY/X two-component system of Brucella spp. acts as a redox sensor and regulates the expression of nitrogen respiration enzymes. Mol Microbiol 2012; 85:39-50. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08095.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Vorobyeva NE, Nikolenko JV, Nabirochkina EN, Krasnov AN, Shidlovskii YV, Georgieva SG. SAYP and Brahma are important for 'repressive' and 'transient' Pol II pausing. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:7319-31. [PMID: 22638575 PMCID: PMC3424582 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Drosophila SAYP, a homologue of human PHF10/BAF45a, is a metazoan coactivator associated with Brahma and essential for its recruitment on the promoter. The role of SAYP in DHR3 activator-driven transcription of the ftz-f1 gene, a member of the ecdysone cascade was studied. In the repressed state of ftz-f1 in the presence of DHR3, the Pol II complex is pre-recruited on the promoter; Pol II starts transcription but is paused 1.5 kb downstream of the promoter, with SAYP and Brahma forming a 'nucleosomal barrier' (a region of high nucleosome density) ahead of paused Pol II. SAYP depletion leads to the removal of Brahma, thereby eliminating the nucleosomal barrier. During active transcription, Pol II pausing at the same point correlates with Pol II CTD Ser2 phosphorylation. SAYP is essential for Ser2 phosphorylation and transcription elongation. Thus, SAYP as part of the Brahma complex participates in both 'repressive' and 'transient' Pol II pausing.
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- Nadezhda E Vorobyeva
- Group of Transcription and mRNA Transport, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia.
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Pellicer S, González A, Peleato ML, Martinez JI, Fillat MF, Bes MT. Site-directed mutagenesis and spectral studies suggest a putative role of FurA from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 as a heme sensor protein. FEBS J 2012; 279:2231-46. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08606.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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DeSantis K, Reed A, Rahhal R, Reinking J. Use of differential scanning fluorimetry as a high-throughput assay to identify nuclear receptor ligands. NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SIGNALING 2012; 10:e002. [PMID: 22438792 PMCID: PMC3309076 DOI: 10.1621/nrs.10002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 11/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Identification of ligands that interact with nuclear receptors is both a major biological problem and an important initial step in drug discovery. Several in vitro and in vivo techniques are commonly used to screen ligand candidates against nuclear receptors; however, none of the current assays allow screening without modification of either the protein and/or the ligand in a high-throughput fashion. Differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) allows unmodified potential ligands to be screened as 10µL reactions in 96-well format against partially purified protein, revealing specific interactors. As a proof of principle, we used a commercially-available nuclear receptor ligand candidate chemical library to identify interactors of the human estrogen receptor α ligand binding domain (ERα LBD). Compounds that interact specifically with ERα LBD stabilize the protein and result in an elevation of the thermal denaturation point, as monitored by the environmentally-sensitive dye SYPRO orange. We successfully identified all three compounds in the library that have previously been identified to interact with ERα, with no false positive results.
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- Kara DeSantis
- Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA
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Cruz J, Mane-Padros D, Zou Z, Raikhel AS. Distinct roles of isoforms of the heme-liganded nuclear receptor E75, an insect ortholog of the vertebrate Rev-erb, in mosquito reproduction. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2012; 349:262-71. [PMID: 22115961 PMCID: PMC3306807 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 10/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mosquitoes are adapted to using vertebrate blood as a nutrient source to promote egg development and as a consequence serve as disease vectors. Blood-meal activated reproductive events in female mosquitoes are hormonally and nutritionally controlled with an insect steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) playing a central role. The nuclear receptor E75 is an essential factor in the 20E genetic hierarchy, however functions of its three isoforms - E75A, E75B, and E75C - in mosquito reproduction are unclear. By means of specific RNA interference depletion of E75 isoforms, we identified their distinct roles in regulating the level and timing of expression of key genes involved in vitellogenesis in the fat body (an insect analog of vertebrate liver and adipose tissue) of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Heme is required in a high level of expression of 20E-controlled genes in the fat body, and this heme action depends on E75. Thus, in mosquitoes, heme is an important signaling molecule, serving as a sensor of the availability of a protein meal for egg development. Disruption of this signaling pathway could be explored in the design of mosquito control approaches.
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- Corresponding author: Department of Entomology and Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. Tel: +1 951 827 2129;
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Shaik KS, Meyer F, Vázquez AV, Flötenmeyer M, Cerdán ME, Moussian B. δ-Aminolevulinate synthase is required for apical transcellular barrier formation in the skin of the Drosophila larva. Eur J Cell Biol 2012; 91:204-15. [PMID: 22293958 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2011] [Revised: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 11/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Animals construct a layered skin to prevent dehydration and pathogen entrance. The barrier function of the skin relies on the extensive cross-linking of specialised components. In insects, for instance, epidermal cells produce an apical extracellular cuticle that consists of a network of proteins, chitin and lipids. We have identified mutations in the Drosophila gene coding for the δ-aminolevulinate synthase (Alas) that cause massive water loss. The cuticle of alas mutant larvae detaches from the epidermis and its basal region is frayed suggesting that an Alas dependent pathway is needed to organise the contact between the cuticle and the epidermis and anchor the cuticle to the apical surface of epidermal cells. Concomitantly, reduction of Alas function results in weakening of the extracellular dityrosines network in the cuticle, whereas glutamyl-lysine isopeptide bonds are not affected. The lateral septate junctions of epidermal cells that serve as a paracellular plug are intact, as well. Taken together, we hypothesise that Alas activity, which initiates heme biosynthesis in the mitochondrion, is needed for the formation of a dityrosine-based barrier that confers resistance to the internal hydrostatic pressure protecting both the cuticle from transcellular infiltration of body fluid and the animal from dehydration. We conclude that at least two modules--an apical protein-chitin lattice and the lateral septate junctions, act in parallel to ensure Drosophila skin impermeability.
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- Khaleelulla Saheb Shaik
- Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Section Animal Genetics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Zhang YL, Zhang SZ, Kulye M, Wu SR, Yu NT, Wang JH, Zeng HM, Liu ZX. Silencing of molt-regulating transcription factor gene, CiHR3, affects growth and development of sugarcane stem borer, Chilo infuscatellus. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2012; 12:91. [PMID: 23427912 PMCID: PMC3596932 DOI: 10.1673/031.012.9101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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RNA interference (RNAi) is a technology for conducting functional genomic studies and a potential tool for crop protection against insect pests. Development of reliable methods for production and delivery of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is the major challenge for efficient pest control. In this study, Chilo infuscatellus Snellen (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) was fed with CiHR3 dsRNA expressed in bacteria or synthesized in vitro. The dsRNA ingested by C. infuscatellus successfully triggered silencing of the molt-regulating transcription factor CiHR3, an important gene for insect growth and development, and caused significant abnormalities and weight loss in insects within seven days of treatment. This study is an ideal example of feeding-based RNAi mediated by dsRNA expressed in bacteria or synthesized in vitro. The results also suggested that feeding-based RNA interference is a potential method for the management of C. infuscatellus.
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- Yu-liang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, Haikou, Hainan 571101, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, Haikou, Hainan 571101, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, Haikou, Hainan 571101, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, Haikou, Hainan 571101, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, Haikou, Hainan 571101, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
- Authors contributed equally to this paper
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, Haikou, Hainan 571101, P. R. China
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Johnston DM, Sedkov Y, Petruk S, Riley KM, Fujioka M, Jaynes JB, Mazo A. Ecdysone- and NO-mediated gene regulation by competing EcR/Usp and E75A nuclear receptors during Drosophila development. Mol Cell 2011; 44:51-61. [PMID: 21981918 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2011] [Revised: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Drosophila ecdysone receptor (EcR/Usp) is thought to activate or repress gene transcription depending on the presence or absence, respectively, of the hormone ecdysone. Unexpectedly, we found an alternative mechanism at work in salivary glands during the ecdysone-dependent transition from larvae to pupae. In the absense of ecdysone, both ecdysone receptor subunits localize to the cytoplasm, and the heme-binding nuclear receptor E75A replaces EcR/Usp at common target sequences in several genes. During the larval-pupal transition, a switch from gene activation by EcR/Usp to gene repression by E75A is triggered by a decrease in ecdysone concentration and by direct repression of the EcR gene by E75A. Additional control is provided by developmentally timed modulation of E75A activity by NO, which inhibits recruitment of the corepressor SMRTER. These results suggest a mechanism for sequential modulation of gene expression during development by competing nuclear receptors and their effector molecules, ecdysone and NO.
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- Danika M Johnston
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Kühl T, Sahoo N, Nikolajski M, Schlott B, Heinemann SH, Imhof D. Determination of hemin-binding characteristics of proteins by a combinatorial peptide library approach. Chembiochem 2011; 12:2846-55. [PMID: 22045633 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201100556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Studies of the binding of heme/hemin to proteins or peptides have recently intensified as it became evident that heme serves not only as a prosthetic group, but also as a regulator and effector molecule interacting with transmembrane and cytoplasmic proteins. The iron-ion-containing heme group can associate with these proteins in different ways, with the amino acids Cys, His, and Tyr allowing individual modes of binding. Strong coordinate-covalent binding, such as in cytochrome c, is known, and reversible attachment is also discussed. Ligands for both types of binding have been reported independently, though sometimes with different affinities for similar sequences. We applied a combinatorial approach using the library (X)(4) (C/H/Y)(X)(4) to characterize peptide ligands with considerable hemin binding capacities. Some of the library-selected peptides were comparable in terms of hemin association independently of whether or not a cysteine residue was present in the sequence. Indeed, a preference for His-based (≈39 %) and Tyr-based (≈40 %) sequences over Cys-based ones (≈21 %) was detected. The binding affinities for the library-selected peptides, as determined by UV/Vis spectroscopy, were in the nanomolar range. Moreover, selected representatives efficiently competed for hemin binding with the human BK channel hSlo1, which is known to be regulated by heme through binding to its heme-binding domain.
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- Toni Kühl
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 2, 07745 Jena, Germany
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The nuclear receptors (NRs) of metazoans are an ancient family of transcription factors defined by conserved DNA- and ligand-binding domains (DBDs and LBDs, respectively). The Drosophila melanogaster genome project revealed 18 canonical NRs (with DBDs and LBDs both present) and 3 receptors with the DBD only. Annotation of subsequently sequenced insect genomes revealed only minor deviations from this pattern. A renewed focus on functional analysis of the isoforms of insect NRs is therefore required to understand the diverse roles of these transcription factors in embryogenesis, metamorphosis, reproduction, and homeostasis. One insect NR, ecdysone receptor (EcR), functions as a receptor for the ecdysteroid molting hormones of insects. Researchers have developed nonsteroidal ecdysteroid agonists for EcR that disrupt molting and can be used as safe pesticides. An exciting new technology allows EcR to be used in chimeric, ligand-inducible gene-switch systems with applications in pest management and medicine.
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- Susan E Fahrbach
- Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA.
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Yamanaka N, O'Connor MB. Nitric oxide directly regulates gene expression during Drosophila development: need some gas to drive into metamorphosis? Genes Dev 2011; 25:1459-63. [PMID: 21764850 DOI: 10.1101/gad.2080411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an important second messenger involved in numerous biological processes, but how it regulates gene expression is not well understood. In this issue of Genes & Development, Cáceres and colleagues (pp. 1476-1485) report a critical requirement of NO as a direct regulator of gene expression through its binding to a heme-containing nuclear receptor in Drosophila. This may be an anciently evolved mechanism to coordinate behavior and metabolism during animal development.
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- Naoki Yamanaka
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Kumar P, Mendelson CR. Estrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma) mediates oxygen-dependent induction of aromatase (CYP19) gene expression during human trophoblast differentiation. Mol Endocrinol 2011; 25:1513-26. [PMID: 21757507 DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-1012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Differentiation of human cytotrophoblasts to syncytiotrophoblast and the associated induction of aromatase/hCYP19 gene expression are dependent upon a critical O(2) tension; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain undefined. In this study, we provide compelling evidence that expression of the orphan nuclear receptor, estrogen-related receptor γ (ERRγ), is also O(2) dependent, induced during human syncytiotrophoblast differentiation, and plays an obligatory role in the induction of placenta-specific hCYP19I.1 gene expression. Treatment with the selective ERRγ agonist, DY131, or overexpression of ERRγ, stimulated hCYP19 expression in syncytiotrophoblast. Overexpression of ERRγ prevented effects of hypoxia to repress hCYP19 gene expression in cultured trophoblasts. Conversely, small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of endogenous ERRγ in primary trophoblasts markedly inhibited hCYP19 expression. Promoter and site-directed mutagenesis studies in transfected placental cells identified a nuclear receptor element within placenta-specific hCYP19 promoter I.1 required for ERRγ-stimulated activity. Recruitment of endogenous ERRγ to the nuclear receptor element region in hCYP19 promoter during trophoblast differentiation, assessed by chromatin immunoprecipitation, was prevented by hypoxia. Deferoxamine-induced hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) levels decreased ERRγ expression, whereas knockdown of endogenous HIF-1α prevented ERRγ suppression by hypoxia. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis of trophoblasts cultured in hypoxia revealed recruitment of HIF-1α to one of two putative hypoxia response elements in the ERRγ promoter, providing in vivo evidence of a direct HIF-1α involvement in ERRγ expression. Collectively, these novel findings identify ERRγ as an O(2)-dependent transcription factor and HIF-1α target gene that serves a critical role in the induction of hCYP19 expression during human trophoblast differentiation.
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- Premlata Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry, North Texas March of Dimes Birth Defects Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, USA
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Cáceres L, Necakov AS, Schwartz C, Kimber S, Roberts IJH, Krause HM. Nitric oxide coordinates metabolism, growth, and development via the nuclear receptor E75. Genes Dev 2011; 25:1476-85. [PMID: 21715559 DOI: 10.1101/gad.2064111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nitric oxide gas acts as a short-range signaling molecule in a vast array of important physiological processes, many of which include major changes in gene expression. How these genomic responses are induced, however, is poorly understood. Here, using genetic and chemical manipulations, we show that nitric oxide is produced in the Drosophila prothoracic gland, where it acts via the nuclear receptor ecdysone-induced protein 75 (E75), reversing its ability to interfere with its heterodimer partner, Drosophila hormone receptor 3 (DHR3). Manipulation of these interactions leads to gross alterations in feeding behavior, fat deposition, and developmental timing. These neuroendocrine interactions and consequences appear to be conserved in vertebrates.
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- Lucía Cáceres
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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YybT family proteins (COG3887) are functionally unknown proteins that are widely distributed among the firmicutes, including the human pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes. Recent studies suggested that YybT family proteins are crucial for the in vivo survival of bacterial pathogens during host infection. YybT family proteins contain an N-terminal domain that shares minimum sequence homology with Per-ARNT-Sim (PAS) domains. Despite the lack of an apparent residue for heme coordination, the putative PAS domains of BsYybT and GtYybT, two representative members of the YybT family proteins from Bacillus subtilis and Geobacillus thermodenitrificans, respectively, are found to bind b-type heme with 1:1 stoichiometry. Heme binding suppresses the catalytic activity of the DHH/DHHA1 phosphodiesterase domain and the degenerate GGDEF domain. Absorption spectroscopic studies indicate that YybT proteins do not form stable oxyferrous complexes due to the rapid oxidation of the ferrous iron upon O(2) binding. The ferrous heme, however, forms a hexacoordinated complex with carbon monoxide (CO) and a pentacoordinated complex with nitric oxide (NO). The coordination of NO, but not CO, to the heme stimulates the phosphodiesterase activity. These results suggest that YybT family proteins function as stress-signaling proteins for monitoring cellular heme or the NO level by using a heme-binding PAS domain that features an unconventional heme coordination environment.
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Nuclear Receptors: Small Molecule Sensors that Coordinate Growth, Metabolism and Reproduction. Subcell Biochem 2011; 52:123-53. [PMID: 21557081 DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9069-0_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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One of the largest groups of metazoan transcription factors (TFs), the Nuclear Receptor superfamily, regulates genes required for virtually all aspects of development, reproduction and metabolism. Together, these master regulators can be thought of as a fundamental operating system for metazoan life. Their most distinguishing feature is a structurally conserved domain that acts as a switch, powered by the presence of small diffusible ligands. This ligand-responsive regulation has allowed the Nuclear Receptors to help their hosts adapt to a wide variety of physiological niches and roles, making them one of the most evolutionarily successful TF families. Originally discovered as receptors for steroid hormones, the Nuclear Receptor field has grown to encompass much more than traditional endocrinology. For example, recent work has highlighted the role of Nuclear Receptors as major regulators of metabolism and biological clocks. By monitoring endogenous metabolites and absorbed xenobiotics, these receptors also coordinate rapid, system-wide responses to changing metabolic and environmental states. While many new Nuclear Receptor ligands have been discovered in the past couple of decades, approximately half of the 48 human receptors are still orphans, with a significantly higher percentage of orphans in other organisms. The discovery of new ligands has led to the elucidation of new regulatory mechanisms, target genes, pathways and functions. This review will highlight both the common as well as newly emerging traits and functions that characterize this particularly unique and important TF family.
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Gupta N, Ragsdale SW. Thiol-disulfide redox dependence of heme binding and heme ligand switching in nuclear hormone receptor rev-erb{beta}. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:4392-403. [PMID: 21123168 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.193466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Rev-erbβ is a heme-binding nuclear hormone receptor that represses a broad spectrum of target genes involved in regulating metabolism, the circadian cycle, and proinflammatory responses. Here, we demonstrate that a thiol-disulfide redox switch controls the interaction between heme and the ligand-binding domain of Rev-erbβ. The reduced dithiol state of Rev-erbβ binds heme 5-fold more tightly than the oxidized disulfide state. By means of site-directed mutagenesis and by UV-visible and EPR spectroscopy, we also show that the ferric heme of reduced (dithiol) Rev-erbβ can undergo a redox-triggered switch from imidazole/thiol ligation (via His-568 and Cys-384, based on a prior crystal structure) to His/neutral residue ligation upon oxidation to the disulfide form. On the other hand, we find that change in the redox state of iron has no effect on heme binding to the ligand-binding domain of the protein. The low dissociation constant for the complex between Fe(3+)- or Fe(2+)-heme and the reduced dithiol state of the protein (K(d) = ∼ 20 nM) is in the range of the intracellular free heme concentration. We also determined that the Fe(2+)-heme bound to the ligand-binding domain of Rev-erbβ has high affinity for CO (K(d) = 60 nM), which replaces one of the internal ligands when bound. We suggest that this thiol-disulfide redox switch is one mechanism by which oxidative stress is linked to circadian and/or metabolic imbalance. Heme dissociation from Rev-erbβ has been shown to derepress the expression of target genes in response to changes in intracellular redox conditions. We propose that oxidative stress leads to oxidation of cysteine(s), thus releasing heme from Rev-erbβ and altering its transcriptional activity.
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- Nirupama Gupta
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA
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Lukat-Rodgers GS, Correia C, Botuyan MV, Mer G, Rodgers KR. Heme-based sensing by the mammalian circadian protein CLOCK. Inorg Chem 2010; 49:6349-65. [PMID: 20666392 DOI: 10.1021/ic902388q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Heme is emerging as a key player in the synchrony of circadian-coupled transcriptional regulation. Current evidence suggests that levels of circadian-linked transcription are regulated in response to both the availability of intracellular heme and heme-based sensing of carbon monoxide (CO) and possibly nitric oxide (NO). The protein CLOCK is central to the regulation and maintenance of circadian rhythms in mammals. CLOCK comprises two PAS domains, each with a heme binding site. Our studies focus on the functionality of the murine CLOCK PAS-A domain (residues 103-265). We show that CLOCK PAS-A binds iron(III) protoporhyrin IX to form a complex with 1:1 stoichiometry. Optical absorbance and resonance Raman studies reveal that the heme of ferric CLOCK PAS-A is a six-coordinate, low-spin complex whose resonance Raman signature is insensitive to pH over the range of protein stability. Ferrous CLOCK PAS-A is a mixture of five-coordinate, high-spin and six-coordinate, low-spin complexes. Ferrous CLOCK PAS-A forms complexes with CO and NO. Ferric CLOCK PAS-A undergoes reductive nitrosylation in the presence of NO to generate a CLOCK PAS-A-NO, which is a five-coordinate {FeNO}(7) complex. Formation of the highly stable {FeNO}(7) heme complex from either ferrous or ferric heme makes possible the binding of NO at very low concentration, a characteristic of NO sensors. Comparison of the spectroscopic properties and CO-binding kinetics of CLOCK PAS-A with other CO sensor proteins reveals that CLOCK PAS-A exhibits chemical properties consistent with a heme-based gas sensor protein.
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- Gudrun S Lukat-Rodgers
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58102, USA
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Schupp M, Lazar MA. Endogenous ligands for nuclear receptors: digging deeper. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:40409-15. [PMID: 20956526 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r110.182451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nuclear receptors (NRs) are hormone-sensing transcription factors that translate dietary or endocrine signals into changes in gene expression. Therefore, the adoption of orphan NRs through the identification of their endogenous ligands is a key element for our understanding of their biology. In this minireview, we give an update on recent progress in regard to endogenous ligands for a cluster of NRs with high sequence homology, namely peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors α and γ, Rev-erbα, and related receptors. This knowledge about the nature and physiology of these ligands may create new opportunities for therapeutic drug development.
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- Michael Schupp
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Grant D, Yin L, Collins JL, Parks DJ, Orband-Miller LA, Wisely GB, Joshi S, Lazar MA, Willson TM, Zuercher WJ. GSK4112, a small molecule chemical probe for the cell biology of the nuclear heme receptor Rev-erbα. ACS Chem Biol 2010; 5:925-32. [PMID: 20677822 DOI: 10.1021/cb100141y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The identification of nonporphyrin ligands for the orphan nuclear receptor Rev-erbα will enable studies of its role as a heme sensor and regulator of metabolic and circadian signaling. We describe the development of a biochemical assay measuring the interaction between Rev-erbα and a peptide from the nuclear receptor corepressor-1 (NCoR). The assay was utilized to identify a small molecule ligand for Rev-erbα, GSK4112 (1), that was competitive with heme. In cells, 1 profiled as a Rev-erbα agonist in cells to inhibit expression of the circadian target gene bmal1. In addition, 1 repressed the expression of gluconeogenic genes in liver cells and reduced glucose output in primary hepatocytes. Therefore, 1 is useful as a chemical tool to probe the function of Rev-erbα in transcriptional repression, regulation of circadian biology, and metabolic pathways. Additionally, 1 may serve as a starting point for design of Rev-erbα chemical probes with in vivo pharmacological activity.
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- Daniel Grant
- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27707
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and Department of Genetics, and The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27707
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27707
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- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27707
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and Department of Genetics, and The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and Department of Genetics, and The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Hiruma K, Riddiford LM. Developmental expression of mRNAs for epidermal and fat body proteins and hormonally regulated transcription factors in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 56:1390-5. [PMID: 20361974 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Revised: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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This paper provides a compilation of diagrammatic representations of the expression profiles of epidermal and fat body mRNAs during the last two larval instars and metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Included are those encoding insecticyanin, three larval cuticular proteins, dopa decarboxylase, moling, and the juvenile hormone-binding protein JP29 produced by the dorsal abdominal epidermis, and arylphorin and the methionine-rich storage proteins made by the fat body. The mRNA profiles of the ecdysteroid-regulated cascade of transcription factors in the epidermis during the larval molt and the onset of metamorphosis and in the pupal wing during the onset of adult development are also shown. These profiles are accompanied by a brief summary of the current knowledge about the regulation of these mRNAs by ecdysteroids and juvenile hormone based on experimental manipulations, both in vivo and in vitro.
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- Kiyoshi Hiruma
- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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Hannas BR, Das PC, Li H, LeBlanc GA. Intracellular conversion of environmental nitrate and nitrite to nitric oxide with resulting developmental toxicity to the crustacean Daphnia magna. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12453. [PMID: 20805993 PMCID: PMC2929206 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Accepted: 07/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nitrate and nitrite (jointly referred to herein as NO(x)) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants to which aquatic organisms are at particularly high risk of exposure. We tested the hypothesis that NO(x) undergo intracellular conversion to the potent signaling molecule nitric oxide resulting in the disruption of endocrine-regulated processes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS These experiments were performed with insect cells (Drosophila S2) and whole organisms Daphnia magna. We first evaluated the ability of cells to convert nitrate (NO(3)(-)) and nitrite (NO(2)(-)) to nitric oxide using amperometric real-time nitric oxide detection. Both NO(3)(-) and NO(2)(-) were converted to nitric oxide in a substrate concentration-dependent manner. Further, nitric oxide trapping and fluorescent visualization studies revealed that perinatal daphnids readily convert NO(2)(-) to nitric oxide. Next, daphnids were continuously exposed to concentrations of the nitric oxide-donor sodium nitroprusside (positive control) and to concentrations of NO(3)(-) and NO(2)(-). All three compounds interfered with normal embryo development and reduced daphnid fecundity. Developmental abnormalities were characteristic of those elicited by compounds that interfere with ecdysteroid signaling. However, no compelling evidence was generated to indicate that nitric oxide reduced ecdysteroid titers. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Results demonstrate that nitrite elicits developmental and reproductive toxicity at environmentally relevant concentrations due likely to its intracellular conversion to nitric oxide.
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- Bethany R. Hannas
- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- * E-mail:
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Priya TJ, Li F, Zhang J, Yang C, Xiang J. Molecular characterization of an ecdysone inducible gene E75 of Chinese shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis and elucidation of its role in molting by RNA interference. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 156:149-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2009] [Revised: 02/06/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hannas BR, Wang YH, Baldwin WS, Li Y, Wallace AD, LeBlanc GA. Interactions of the crustacean nuclear receptors HR3 and E75 in the regulation of gene transcription. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 167:268-78. [PMID: 20346363 PMCID: PMC2873136 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2009] [Revised: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Endocrine signal transduction occurs through cascades that involve the action of both ligand-dependent and ligand-independent nuclear receptors. In insects, two such nuclear receptors are HR3 and E75 that interact to transduce signals initiated by ecdysteroids. We have cloned these nuclear receptors from the crustacean Daphnia pulex to assess their function as regulators of gene transcription in this ecologically and economically important group of organisms. Both nuclear receptors from D. pulex (DappuHR3 (group NR1F) and DappuE75 (group NR1D)) exhibit a high degree of sequence similarity to other NR1F and NR1D group members that is indicative of monomeric binding to the RORE (retinoid orphan receptor element). DappuE75 possesses key amino acid residues required for heme binding to the ligand-binding domain. Next, we developed a gene transcription reporter assay containing a luciferase reporter gene driven by the RORE. DappuHR3, but not DappuE75, activated transcription of the luciferase gene in this system. Co-transfection experiments revealed that DappuE75 suppressed DappuHR3-dependent luciferase transcription in a dose-dependent manner. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays confirmed that DappuHR3 bound to the RORE. However, we found no evidence that DappuE75 similarly bound to the response element. These experiments further demonstrated that DappuE75 prevented DappuHR3 from binding to the response element. In conclusion, DappuHR3 functions as a transcriptional activator of genes regulated by the RORE and DappuE75 is a negative regulator of this activity. DappuE75 does not suppress the action of DappuHR3 by occupying the response element but presumably interacts directly with the DappuHR3 protein. Taken together with the previous demonstration that daphnid HR3 is highly induced by 20-hydroxyecdysone, these results support the premise that HR3 is a major component of ecdysteroid signaling in some crustaceans and is under the negative regulatory control of E75.
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- Bethany R. Hannas
- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695
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- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695
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- Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634
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- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695
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- Department of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695
- Corresponding author: Box 7633, Raleigh, NC, USA 27695-7633 Phone: (919) 515-7404 Fax: (919) 515-7169
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Obesity is a leading risk factor for insulin resistance, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular complications, collectively referred to as metabolic diseases. Given the prevalence of obesity and its associated medical problems, new strategies are required to prevent or treat obesity and obesity-related metabolic effects. Here we summarize contributors of obesity, and molecular mechanisms controlling adipogenesis from studies in mammalian systems. We also discuss the possibilities of using Drosophila as a genetic model system to advance our understanding of players in fat biology.
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- Joung-Woo Hong
- Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea
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Montagne J, Lecerf C, Parvy JP, Bennion JM, Radimerski T, Ruhf ML, Zilbermann F, Vouilloz N, Stocker H, Hafen E, Kozma SC, Thomas G. The nuclear receptor DHR3 modulates dS6 kinase-dependent growth in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1000937. [PMID: 20463884 PMCID: PMC2865512 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Accepted: 04/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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S6 kinases (S6Ks) act to integrate nutrient and insulin signaling pathways and, as such, function as positive effectors in cell growth and organismal development. However, they also have been shown to play a key role in limiting insulin signaling and in mediating the autophagic response. To identify novel regulators of S6K signaling, we have used a Drosophila-based, sensitized, gain-of-function genetic screen. Unexpectedly, one of the strongest enhancers to emerge from this screen was the nuclear receptor (NR), Drosophila hormone receptor 3 (DHR3), a critical constituent in the coordination of Drosophila metamorphosis. Here we demonstrate that DHR3, through dS6K, also acts to regulate cell-autonomous growth. Moreover, we show that the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of DHR3 is essential for mediating this response. Consistent with these findings, we have identified an endogenous DHR3 isoform that lacks the DBD. These results provide the first molecular link between the dS6K pathway, critical in controlling nutrient-dependent growth, and that of DHR3, a major mediator of ecdysone signaling, which, acting together, coordinate metamorphosis.
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- Jacques Montagne
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 2167, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (JM); (GT)
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 2167, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR 2167, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- ETH, Institut für Molekulare Systembiologie, Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH, Institut für Molekulare Systembiologie, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- * E-mail: (JM); (GT)
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Yin L, Wu N, Lazar MA. Nuclear receptor Rev-erbalpha: a heme receptor that coordinates circadian rhythm and metabolism. NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SIGNALING 2010; 8:e001. [PMID: 20414452 PMCID: PMC2858265 DOI: 10.1621/nrs.08001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2009] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nuclear receptor Rev-erbα (NR1D1), previously considered to be an orphan nuclear receptor, is a receptor for heme, which promotes transcriptional repression via recruitment of the NCoR-HDAC3 corepressor complex. Rev-erbα gene regulation is circadian, and Rev-erbα comprises a critical negative limb of the core circadian clock by directly repressing the expression of the positive clock component, Bmal1. Rev-erbα also regulates the metabolic gene pathway, thus serving as a heme sensor for coordination of circadian and metabolic pathways.
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- Lei Yin
- University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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A live zebrafish-based screening system for human nuclear receptor ligand and cofactor discovery. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9797. [PMID: 20339547 PMCID: PMC2842432 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Nuclear receptors (NRs) belong to a superfamily of transcription factors that regulate numerous homeostatic, metabolic and reproductive processes. Taken together with their modulation by small lipophilic molecules, they also represent an important and successful class of drug targets. Although many NRs have been targeted successfully, the majority have not, and one third are still orphans. Here we report the development of an in vivo GFP-based reporter system suitable for monitoring NR activities in all cells and tissues using live zebrafish (Danio rerio). The human NR fusion proteins used also contain a new affinity tag cassette allowing the purification of receptors with bound molecules from responsive tissues. We show that these constructs 1) respond as expected to endogenous zebrafish hormones and cofactors, 2) facilitate efficient receptor and cofactor purification, 3) respond robustly to NR hormones and drugs and 4) yield readily quantifiable signals. Transgenic lines representing the majority of human NRs have been established and are available for the investigation of tissue- and isoform-specific ligands and cofactors.
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Hannas BR, LeBlanc GA. Expression and ecdysteroid responsiveness of the nuclear receptors HR3 and E75 in the crustacean Daphnia magna. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2010; 315:208-18. [PMID: 19631716 PMCID: PMC3711079 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2009] [Revised: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 07/15/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Ecdysteroids initiate signaling along multiple pathways that regulate various aspects of development, maturation, and reproduction in arthropods. Signaling often involves the induction of downstream transcription factors that either positively or negatively regulate aspects of the pathway. We tested the hypothesis that crustaceans express the nuclear receptors HR3 (ortholog to vertebrate ROR) and E75 (ortholog to vertebrate rev-erb) in response to ecdysteroid signaling. HR3 and E75 cDNAs were cloned from the crustacean Daphnia magna. The DNA-binding domain and ligand-binding domain of the daphnid HR3 were 95% and 61% identical to those of Drosophila melanogaster. The DNA-binding domain and ligand-binding domain of the daphnid E75 were 100% and 71% identical to those of D. melanogaster. Both receptors exhibited structural characteristics of binding to DNA as a monomer. The expression of these receptor mRNAs was evaluated through the adult molt cycle and during embryo development. E75 levels were relatively constant throughout the adult molt cycle and through embryo development. HR3 levels were comparable to those of E75 during the initial phases of the adult molt cycle but were elevated approximately 30-fold at a time in the cycle co-incident with the pre-molt surge in ecdysteroid levels. HR3 mRNA levels in embryos also varied co-incident with ecdysteroid levels. To substantiate a role of ecdysteroids in the expression of HR3, daphnids were continuously exposed to 20-hydroxyecdysone and changes in gene expression were measured. HR3 levels were significantly induced by 20-hydroxyecdysone; while E75 levels were minimally affected. These results are consistent with the premise that transcription of HR3 is regulated by ecdysteroids in the crustacean D. magna and that HR3 likely serves as a mediator of ecdysteroid regulatory action in crustaceans. The marginal induction of E75 by 20-hydroxyecdysone may represent limited, tissue or cell-type-specific induction of this transcription factor.
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- Corresponding author: Box 7633, Raleigh, NC, USA 27695-7633, Phone: (919)515-7404, Fax: (919)515-7169,
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Ruaud AF, Lam G, Thummel CS. The Drosophila nuclear receptors DHR3 and betaFTZ-F1 control overlapping developmental responses in late embryos. Development 2010; 137:123-31. [PMID: 20023167 DOI: 10.1242/dev.042036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Studies of the onset of metamorphosis have identified an ecdysone-triggered transcriptional cascade that consists of the sequential expression of the transcription-factor-encoding genes DHR3, betaFTZ-F1, E74A and E75A. Although the regulatory interactions between these genes have been well characterized by genetic and molecular studies over the past 20 years, their developmental functions have remained more poorly understood. In addition, a transcriptional sequence similar to that observed in prepupae is repeated before each developmental transition in the life cycle, including mid-embryogenesis and the larval molts. Whether the regulatory interactions between DHR3, betaFTZ-F1, E74A and E75A at these earlier stages are similar to those defined at the onset of metamorphosis, however, is unknown. In this study, we turn to embryonic development to address these two issues. We show that mid-embryonic expression of DHR3 and betaFTZ-F1 is part of a 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E)-triggered transcriptional cascade similar to that seen in mid-prepupae, directing maximal expression of E74A and E75A during late embryogenesis. In addition, DHR3 and betaFTZ-F1 exert overlapping developmental functions at the end of embryogenesis. Both genes are required for tracheal air filling, whereas DHR3 is required for ventral nerve cord condensation and betaFTZ-F1 is required for proper maturation of the cuticular denticles. Rescue experiments support these observations, indicating that DHR3 has essential functions independent from those of betaFTZ-F1. DHR3 and betaFTZ-F1 also contribute to overlapping transcriptional responses during embryogenesis. Taken together, these studies define the lethal phenotypes of DHR3 and betaFTZ-F1 mutants, and provide evidence for functional bifurcation in the 20E-responsive transcriptional cascade.
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- Anne-Françoise Ruaud
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, 15 N 2030 E Room 2100, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5330, USA
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Horner MA, Pardee K, Liu S, King-Jones K, Lajoie G, Edwards A, Krause HM, Thummel CS. The Drosophila DHR96 nuclear receptor binds cholesterol and regulates cholesterol homeostasis. Genes Dev 2009; 23:2711-6. [PMID: 19952106 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1833609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Cholesterol homeostasis is required to maintain normal cellular function and avoid the deleterious effects of hypercholesterolemia. Here we show that the Drosophila DHR96 nuclear receptor binds cholesterol and is required for the coordinate transcriptional response of genes that are regulated by cholesterol and involved in cholesterol uptake, trafficking, and storage. DHR96 mutants die when grown on low levels of cholesterol and accumulate excess cholesterol when maintained on a high-cholesterol diet. The cholesterol accumulation phenotype can be attributed to misregulation of npc1b, an ortholog of the mammalian Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 gene NPC1L1, which is essential for dietary cholesterol uptake. These studies define DHR96 as a central regulator of cholesterol homeostasis.
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- Michael A Horner
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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Thomson SA, Baldwin WS, Wang YH, Kwon G, LeBlanc GA. Annotation, phylogenetics, and expression of the nuclear receptors in Daphnia pulex. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:500. [PMID: 19863811 PMCID: PMC2774871 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The nuclear receptor superfamily currently consists of seven gene subfamilies that encompass over 80 distinct receptor proteins. These transcription factors typically share a common five-domain structure with a highly conserved DNA-binding domain. Some nuclear receptors are ubiquitous among the metazoans, while others are unique to specific phylogenetic groups. Crustaceans represent the second largest group of arthropods with insects being the largest. However, relative to insects, little is known about the nuclear receptors of crustaceans. The aim of this study was to identify putative nuclear receptors from the first assembled genome of a crustacean Daphnia pulex http://wFleaBase.org. Nuclear receptor expression was evaluated and receptors were subjected to phylogenetic analyses to gain insight into evolution and function. RESULTS Twenty-five putative nuclear receptors were identified in D. pulex based on the presence of a conserved DNA-binding domain. All of the nuclear receptor protein sequences contain a highly homologous DNA-binding domain and a less conserved ligand-binding domain with the exception of the NR0A group. These receptors lack a ligand-binding domain. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the presence of all seven receptor subfamilies. The D. pulex genome contains several nuclear receptors that have vertebrate orthologs. However, several nuclear receptor members that are represented in vertebrates are absent from D. pulex. Notable absences include receptors of the 1C group (peroxisome proliferators-activated receptors), the 3A group (estrogen receptor), and the 3C group (androgen, progestogen, mineralcorticoid, and glucocorticoid receptors). The D. pulex genome also contains nuclear receptor orthologs that are present in insects and nematodes but not vertebrates, including putative nuclear receptors within the NR0A group. A novel group of receptors, designated HR97, was identified in D. pulex that groups with the HR96/CeNHR8/48/DAF12 clade, but forms its own sub-clade. Gene products were detected in adult female D. pulex for 21 of the 25 receptors. CONCLUSION Nuclear receptors are ancient proteins with highly conserved DNA-binding domains. The DNA-binding domains of the nuclear receptors of D. pulex contain the same degree of conservation that is typically found within nuclear receptors of other species. Most of the receptors identified in D. pulex have orthologs within the vertebrate and invertebrate lineages examined with the exception of the novel HR97 group and the Dappu-HR10 and potentially the Dappu-HR11 receptors found in D. pulex. These groups of receptors may harbour functions that are intrinsic to crustacean physiology.
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- Susanne A Thomson
- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Environmental Toxicology Program and Biological Sciences Department, Clemson University, Pendleton, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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The molting process in arthropods is regulated by steroid hormones acting via nuclear receptor proteins. The most common molting hormone is the ecdysteroid, 20-hydroxyecdysone. The receptors of 20-hydroxyecdysone have also been identified in many arthropod species, and the amino acid sequences determined. The functional molting hormone receptors consist of two members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, namely the ecdysone receptor and the ultraspiracle, although the ecdysone receptor may be functional, in some instances, without the ultraspiracle. Generally, the ecdysone receptor/ultraspiracle heterodimer binds to a number of ecdysone response elements, sequence motifs that reside in the promoter of various ecdysteroid-responsive genes. In the ensuing transcriptional induction, the ecdysone receptor/ultraspiracle complex binds to 20-hydroxyecdysone or to a cognate ligand that, in turn, leads to the release of a corepressor and the recruitment of coactivators. 3D structures of the ligand-binding domains of the ecdysone receptor and the ultraspiracle have been solved for a few insect species. Ecdysone agonists bind to ecdysone receptors specifically, and ligand-ecdysone receptor binding is enhanced in the presence of the ultraspiracle in insects. The basic mode of ecdysteroid receptor action is highly conserved, but substantial functional differences exist among the receptors of individual species. Even though the transcriptional effects are apparently similar for ecdysteroids and nonsteroidal compounds such as diacylhydrazines, the binding shapes are different between them. The compounds having the strongest binding affinity to receptors ordinarily have strong molting hormone activity. The ability of the ecdysone receptor/ultraspiracle complex to manifest the effects of small lipophilic agonists has led to their use as gene switches for medical and agricultural applications.
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- Yoshiaki Nakagawa
- Division of Applied Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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Evidence of carbon monoxide-mediated phase advancement of the yeast metabolic cycle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:14293-6. [PMID: 19706514 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907786106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Prototrophic strains of budding yeast exhibit robust metabolic cycles during continuous growth under nutrient-limiting conditions. Previous studies revealed periodic fluctuations of aminolevulinic acid, a precursor of heme, indicating that heme biosynthesis is temporally regulated during these metabolic cycles. The enzyme that catabolizes heme, heme oxygenase, was found to be expressed in a highly periodic manner at both the mRNA and protein level. Heme oxygenase generates the biological gas, carbon monoxide (CO), as a product of heme catabolism. It is shown that pulsed administration of CO induces a phase advancement into the oxidative, respiratory phase of the metabolic cycles. This CO-mediated phase advancement takes place only if the gas is administered during the temporal window when it is predicted to be generated. It is further shown that a yeast strain bearing a targeted deletion of the gene encoding heme oxygenase displays protracted metabolic cycles. These observations provide evidence that gaseous CO may function as a cellular signaling molecule that helps cue metabolic cycling.
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Marvin KA, Reinking JL, Lee AJ, Pardee K, Krause HM, Burstyn JN. Nuclear receptors homo sapiens Rev-erbbeta and Drosophila melanogaster E75 are thiolate-ligated heme proteins which undergo redox-mediated ligand switching and bind CO and NO. Biochemistry 2009; 48:7056-71. [PMID: 19405475 DOI: 10.1021/bi900697c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nuclear receptors E75, which regulates development in Drosophila melanogaster, and Rev-erbbeta, which regulates circadian rhythm in humans, bind heme within their ligand binding domains (LBD). The heme-bound ligand binding domains of E75 and Rev-erbbeta were studied using electronic absorption, MCD, resonance Raman, and EPR spectroscopies. Both proteins undergo redox-dependent ligand switching and CO- and NO-induced ligand displacement. In the Fe(III) oxidation state, the nuclear receptor hemes are low spin and 6-coordinate with cysteine(thiolate) as one of the two axial heme ligands. The sixth ligand is a neutral donor, presumably histidine. When the heme is reduced to the Fe(II) oxidation state, the cysteine(thiolate) is replaced by a different neutral donor ligand, whose identity is not known. CO binds to the Fe(II) heme in both E75(LBD) and Rev-erbbeta(LBD) opposite a sixth neutral ligand, plausibly the same histidine that served as the sixth ligand in the Fe(III) state. NO binds to the heme of both proteins; however, the NO-heme is 5-coordinate in E75 and 6-coordinate in Rev-erbbeta. These nuclear receptors exhibit coordination characteristics that are similar to other known redox and gas sensors, suggesting that E75 and Rev-erbbeta may function in heme-, redox-, or gas-regulated control of cellular function.
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- Katherine A Marvin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Teboul M, Gréchez-Cassiau A, Guillaumond F, Delaunay F. How nuclear receptors tell time. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 107:1965-71. [PMID: 19628724 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00515.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Most organisms adapt their behavior and physiology to the daily changes in their environment through internal ( approximately 24 h) circadian clocks. In mammals, this time-keeping system is organized hierarchically, with a master clock located in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus that is reset by light, and that, in turn, coordinates the oscillation of local clocks found in all cells. Central and peripheral clocks control, in a highly tissue-specific manner, hundreds of target genes, resulting in the circadian regulation of most physiological processes. A great deal of knowledge has accumulated during the last decade regarding the molecular basis of mammalian circadian clocks. These studies have collectively demonstrated how a set of clock genes and their protein products interact together in complex feedback transcriptional/translational loops to generate 24-h oscillations at the molecular, cellular, and organism levels. In recent years, a number of nuclear receptors (NRs) have been implicated as important regulators of the mammalian clock mechanism. REV-ERB and retinoid-related orphan receptor NRs regulate directly the core feedback loop and increase its robustness. The glucocorticoid receptor mediates the synchronizing effect of glucocorticoid hormones on peripheral clocks. Other NR family members, including the orphan NR EAR2, peroxisome proliferator activated receptors-alpha/gamma, estrogen receptor-alpha, and retinoic acid receptors, are also linked to the clockwork mechanism. These findings together establish nuclear hormone receptor signaling as an integral part of the circadian timing system.
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- Michèle Teboul
- Laboratoire de Biologie et Physiopathologie des Systèmes Intégrés, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Nice, France
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Erezyilmaz DF, Kelstrup HC, Riddiford LM. The nuclear receptor E75A has a novel pair-rule-like function in patterning the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus. Dev Biol 2009; 334:300-10. [PMID: 19580803 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.06.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2009] [Revised: 06/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Genetic studies of the fruit fly Drosophila have revealed a hierarchy of segmentation genes (maternal, gap, pair-rule and HOX) that subdivide the syncytial blastoderm into sequentially finer-scale coordinates. Within this hierarchy, the pair-rule genes translate gradients of information into periodic stripes of expression. How pair-rule genes function during the progressive mode of segmentation seen in short and intermediate-germ insects is an ongoing question. Here we report that the nuclear receptor Of'E75A is expressed with double segment periodicity in the head and thorax. In the abdomen, Of'E75A is expressed in a unique pattern during posterior elongation, and briefly resembles a sequence that is typical of pair-rule genes. Depletion of Of'E75A mRNA caused loss of a subset of odd-numbered parasegments, as well as parasegment 6. Because these parasegments straddle segment boundaries, we observe fusions between adjacent segments. Finally, expression of Of'E75A in the blastoderm requires even-skipped, which is a gap gene in Oncopeltus. These data show that the function of Of'E75A during embryogenesis shares many properties with canonical pair-rule genes in other insects. They further suggest that parasegment specification may occur through irregular and episodic pair-rule-like activity.
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- Deniz F Erezyilmaz
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA.
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Nitric oxide is well established as a major signaling molecule. Evidence is accumulating that carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide also are physiologic mediators in the cardiovascular, immune, and nervous systems. This Review focuses on mechanisms whereby they signal by binding to metal centers in metalloproteins, such as in guanylyl cyclase, or modifying sulfhydryl groups in protein targets.
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- Asif K. Mustafa
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Beatty JM, Smagghe G, Ogura T, Nakagawa Y, Spindler-Barth M, Henrich VC. Properties of ecdysteroid receptors from diverse insect species in a heterologous cell culture system--a basis for screening novel insecticidal candidates. FEBS J 2009; 276:3087-98. [PMID: 19490110 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07026.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Insect development is driven by the action of ecdysteroids on morphogenetic processes. The classic ecdysteroid receptor is a protein heterodimer composed of two nuclear receptors, the ecdysone receptor (EcR) and Ultraspiracle (USP), the insect ortholog of retinoid X receptor. The functional properties of EcR and USP vary among insect species, and provide a basis for identifying novel and species-specific insecticidal candidates that disrupt this receptor's normal activity. A heterologous mammalian cell culture assay was used to assess the transcriptional activity of the heterodimeric ecdysteroid receptor from species representing two major insect orders: the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera), and the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera). Several nonsteroidal agonists evoked a strong response with the L. decemlineata heterodimer that was consistent with biochemical and in vivo evidence, whereas the D. melanogaster receptor's response was comparatively modest. Conversely, the phytoecdysteroid muristerone A was more potent with the D. melanogaster heterodimer. The additional presence of juvenile hormone III potentiated the inductive activity of muristerone A in the receptors from both species, but juvenile hormone III was unable to potentiate the inductive activity of the diacylhydrazine methoxyfenozide (RH2485) in the receptor of either species. The effects of USP on ecdysteroid-regulated transcriptional activity also varied between the two species. When it was tested with D. melanogaster EcR isoforms, basal activity was lower and ligand-dependent activity was higher with L. decemlineata USP than with D. melanogaster USP. Generally, the species-based differences validate the use of the cell culture assay screen for novel agonists and potentiators as species-targeted insecticidal candidates.
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- Joshua M Beatty
- Center for Biotechnology, Genomics, and Health Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC 27402, USA
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In situ proteolysis to generate crystals for structure determination: an update. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5094. [PMID: 19352432 PMCID: PMC2661377 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2008] [Accepted: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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For every 100 purified proteins that enter crystallization trials, an average of 30 form crystals, and among these only 13-15 crystallize in a form that enables structure determination. In 2007, Dong et al reported that the addition of trace amounts of protease to crystallization trials--in situ proteolysis--significantly increased the number of proteins in a given set that produce diffraction quality crystals. 69 proteins that had previously resisted structure determination were subjected to crystallization with in situ proteolysis and ten crystallized in a form that led to structure determination (14.5% success rate). Here we apply in situ proteolysis to over 270 new soluble proteins that had failed in the past to produce crystals suitable for structure determination. These proteins had produced no crystals, crystals that diffracted poorly, or produced twinned and/or unmanageable diffraction data. The new set includes yeast and prokaryotic proteins, enzymes essential to protozoan parasites, and human proteins such as GTPases, chromatin remodeling proteins, and tyrosine kinases. 34 proteins yielded deposited crystal structures of 2.8 A resolution or better, for an overall 12.6% success rate, and at least ten more yielded well-diffracting crystals presently in refinement. The success rate among proteins that had previously crystallized was double that of those that had never before yielded crystals. The overall success rate is similar to that observed in the smaller study, and appears to be higher than any other method reported to rescue stalled protein crystallography projects.
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Hiruma K, Riddiford LM. The molecular mechanisms of cuticular melanization: the ecdysone cascade leading to dopa decarboxylase expression in Manduca sexta. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 39:245-253. [PMID: 19552890 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Revised: 12/19/2008] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Many insect developmental color changes are known to be regulated by both ecdysone and juvenile hormone. Yet the molecular mechanisms underlying this regulation have not been well understood. This review highlights the hormonal mechanisms involved in the regulation of two key enzymes [dopa decarboxylase (DDC) and phenoloxidase] necessary for insect cuticular melanization, and the molecular action of 20-hydroxyecdysone on various transcription factors leading to DDC expression at the end of a larval molt in Manduca sexta. In addition, the ecdysone cascade found in M. sexta is compared with that of other organisms.
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- Kiyoshi Hiruma
- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan.
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Rambaud J, Triqueneaux G, Masse I, Staels B, Laudet V, Benoit G. Rev-erbalpha2 mRNA encodes a stable protein with a potential role in circadian clock regulation. Mol Endocrinol 2009; 23:630-9. [PMID: 19228794 DOI: 10.1210/me.2008-0395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Circadian rhythms are observed in nearly all aspects of physiology and behavior. In mammals, such biological rhythms are supported by a complex network of self-sustained transcriptional loops and posttranslational modifications, which regulate timely controlled production and degradation of critical factors on a 24-h basis. Among these factors, the orphan nuclear receptor rev-erbalpha plays an essential role by linking together positive and negative regulatory loops. As an essential part of the circadian core clock mechanism, REV-ERBalpha expression shows a precisely scheduled oscillation reflecting the tight control of its production and degradation. In previous studies, we identified two alternative transcripts encoding two protein variants referred to as REV-ERBalpha1 and -alpha2. Interestingly, recent work identified structural elements present only in REV-ERBalpha1 that controls its turnover and thereby influences circadian oscillations. In the present work, we comparatively analyze the two variants and show that REV-ERBalpha2 exhibits a half-life incompatible with a circadian function, suggesting that this variant exerts different biological functions. However, our comparative study clearly indicates undistinguishable DNA-binding properties and transcriptional repression activity as well as a similar regulation mechanism. The only consistent difference appears to be the relative expression level of the two transcripts, rev-erbalpha1 being one to 100 times more expressed than alpha2 depending on tissue and circadian time. Taking this finding into consideration, we reassessed REV-ERBalpha2 turnover and were able to show that this variant exhibits a reduced half-life when coexpressed with REV-ERBalpha1. We propose that the relative expression levels of the two REV-ERBalpha variants fine-tune the circadian period length by regulating REV-ERBalpha half-life.
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- Juliette Rambaud
- Molecular Zoology Group, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, CNRS, INRA, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Pardee KI, Xu X, Reinking J, Schuetz A, Dong A, Liu S, Zhang R, Tiefenbach J, Lajoie G, Plotnikov AN, Botchkarev A, Krause HM, Edwards A. The structural basis of gas-responsive transcription by the human nuclear hormone receptor REV-ERBbeta. PLoS Biol 2009; 7:e43. [PMID: 19243223 PMCID: PMC2652392 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2008] [Accepted: 01/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Heme is a ligand for the human nuclear receptors (NR) REV-ERBalpha and REV-ERBbeta, which are transcriptional repressors that play important roles in circadian rhythm, lipid and glucose metabolism, and diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, inflammation, and cancer. Here we show that transcription repression mediated by heme-bound REV-ERBs is reversed by the addition of nitric oxide (NO), and that the heme and NO effects are mediated by the C-terminal ligand-binding domain (LBD). A 1.9 A crystal structure of the REV-ERBbeta LBD, in complex with the oxidized Fe(III) form of heme, shows that heme binds in a prototypical NR ligand-binding pocket, where the heme iron is coordinately bound by histidine 568 and cysteine 384. Under reducing conditions, spectroscopic studies of the heme-REV-ERBbeta complex reveal that the Fe(II) form of the LBD transitions between penta-coordinated and hexa-coordinated structural states, neither of which possess the Cys384 bond observed in the oxidized state. In addition, the Fe(II) LBD is also able to bind either NO or CO, revealing a total of at least six structural states of the protein. The binding of known co-repressors is shown to be highly dependent upon these various liganded states. REV-ERBs are thus highly dynamic receptors that are responsive not only to heme, but also to redox and gas. Taken together, these findings suggest new mechanisms for the systemic coordination of molecular clocks and metabolism. They also raise the possibility for gas-based therapies for the many disorders associated with REV-ERB biological functions.
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- Keith I Pardee
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, The Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, The Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, The Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, United States of America
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Argonne National Lab, Argonne, Illinois, United States of America
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, The Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, The Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: (AE); (HMK)
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, The Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: (AE); (HMK)
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de Rosny E, de Groot A, Jullian-Binard C, Borel F, Suarez C, Le Pape L, Fontecilla-Camps JC, Jouve HM. DHR51, the Drosophila melanogaster Homologue of the Human Photoreceptor Cell-Specific Nuclear Receptor, Is a Thiolate Heme-Binding Protein. Biochemistry 2008; 47:13252-60. [DOI: 10.1021/bi801691b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Eve de Rosny
- CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5249, iRTSV, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 38054 Grenoble, France, CEA, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR-E3, INAC, Laboratoire de Résonances Magnétiques, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5249, iRTSV, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 38054 Grenoble, France, CEA, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR-E3, INAC, Laboratoire de Résonances Magnétiques, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5249, iRTSV, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 38054 Grenoble, France, CEA, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR-E3, INAC, Laboratoire de Résonances Magnétiques, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5249, iRTSV, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 38054 Grenoble, France, CEA, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR-E3, INAC, Laboratoire de Résonances Magnétiques, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5249, iRTSV, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 38054 Grenoble, France, CEA, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR-E3, INAC, Laboratoire de Résonances Magnétiques, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5249, iRTSV, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 38054 Grenoble, France, CEA, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR-E3, INAC, Laboratoire de Résonances Magnétiques, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5249, iRTSV, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 38054 Grenoble, France, CEA, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR-E3, INAC, Laboratoire de Résonances Magnétiques, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5075, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, CEA, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR 5249, iRTSV, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, 38054 Grenoble, France, CEA, Université Joseph Fourier, UMR-E3, INAC, Laboratoire de Résonances Magnétiques, 38054 Grenoble, France
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Cui L, Yoshioka Y, Suyari O, Kohno Y, Zhang X, Adachi Y, Ikehara S, Yoshida T, Yamaguchi M, Taketani S. Relevant expression of Drosophila heme oxygenase is necessary for the normal development of insect tissues. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:1156-61. [PMID: 18983822 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Heme oxygenase (HO) is a rate-limiting step of heme degradation, which catalyzes the conversion of heme into biliverdin, iron, and CO. HO has been characterized in micro-organisms, insects, plants, and mammals. The mammalian enzyme participates in adaptive and protective responses to oxidative stress and various inflammatory stimuli. The present study reports the use of RNA-interference (RNAi) to suppress HO in the multicellular eukaryote Drosophila. Eye imaginal disc-specific suppression of the Drosophila HO homolog (dHO) conferred serious abnormal eye morphology in adults. Deficiency of the dHO protein resulted in increased levels of iron and heme in larvae. The accumulation of iron was also observed in the compound eyes of dHO-knockdown adult flies. In parallel with the decrease of dHO, the expression of delta-aminolevulinic acid synthase, the first enzyme of the heme-biosynthetic pathway, in larvae was decreased markedly, suggesting that heme biosynthesis was totally suppressed by dHO-deficiency. The activation of caspase-3 occurred in eye imaginal discs of dHO-knockdown flies, indicating the occurrence of apoptosis in the discs. On the other hand, the overexpression of dHO resulted in a weak but significant rough eye phenotype in adults. Taken together, considering that dHO is not a stress-inducible protein, the expression of dHO can be tightly regulated at developmental stages and the relevant expression is necessary for the normal development of tissues in Drosophila.
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- Lihua Cui
- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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Piantadosi CA. Carbon monoxide, reactive oxygen signaling, and oxidative stress. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 45:562-9. [PMID: 18549826 PMCID: PMC2570053 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2007] [Revised: 05/14/2008] [Accepted: 05/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The ubiquitous gas, carbon monoxide (CO), is of substantial biological importance, but apart from its affinity for reduced transition metals, particularly heme-iron, it is surprisingly nonreactive-as is the ferrous-carbonyl-in living systems. CO does form strong complexes with heme proteins for which molecular O2 is the preferred ligand and to which are attributed diverse physiological, adaptive, and toxic effects. Lately, it has become apparent that both exogenous and endogenous CO produced by heme oxygenase engender a prooxidant milieu in aerobic mammalian cells which initiates signaling related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. ROS signaling contingent on CO can be segregated by CO concentration-time effects on cellular function, by the location of heme proteins, e.g., mitochondrial or nonmitochondrial sites, or by specific oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions. The fundamental responses to CO involve overt physiological regulatory events, such as activation of redox-sensitive transcription factors or stress-activated kinases, which institute compensatory expression of antioxidant enzymes and other adaptations to oxidative stress. In contrast, responses originating from highly elevated or protracted CO exposures tend to be nonspecific, produce untoward biological oxidations, and interfere with homeostasis. This brief overview provides a conceptual framework for understanding CO biology in terms of this physiological-pathological hierarchy.
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- Claude A Piantadosi
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3315 CR II Building White Zone, Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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