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Arakawa T, Niikura T, Kita Y, Akuta T. Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Analogs as a Potential Molecular Biology Reagent. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2024; 46:621-633. [PMID: 38248342 PMCID: PMC10814491 DOI: 10.3390/cimb46010040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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In this study, we review the properties of three anionic detergents, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), Sarkosyl, and sodium lauroylglutamate (SLG), as they play a critical role in molecular biology research. SDS is widely used in electrophoresis and cell lysis for proteomics. Sarkosyl and, more frequently, SDS are used for the characterization of neuropathological protein fibrils and the solubilization of proteins. Many amyloid fibrils are resistant to SDS or Sarkosyl to different degrees and, thus, can be readily isolated from detergent-sensitive proteins. SLG is milder than the above two detergents and has been used in the solubilization and refolding of proteins isolated from inclusion bodies. Here, we show that both Sarkosyl and SLG have been used for protein refolding, that the effects of SLG on the native protein structure are weaker for SLG, and that SLG readily dissociates from the native proteins. We propose that SLG may be effective in cell lysis for functional proteomics due to no or weaker binding of SLG to the native proteins.
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- Tsutomu Arakawa
- Alliance Protein Labs, 13380 Pantera Rd., San Diego, CA 92130, USA;
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- Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan;
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- Alliance Protein Labs, 13380 Pantera Rd., San Diego, CA 92130, USA;
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- Research and Development Division, Kyokuto Pharmaceutical Industrial Co., Ltd., 3333-26, Aza-Asayama, Kamitezuna, Takahagi-shi 318-0004, Japan;
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Almeida-Oliveira F, Tuthill BF, Gondim KC, Majerowicz D, Musselman LP. dHNF4 regulates lipid homeostasis and oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 133:103569. [PMID: 33753225 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The fly genome contains a single ortholog of the evolutionarily conserved transcription factor hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF4), a broadly and constitutively expressed member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. Like its mammalian orthologs, Drosophila HNF4 (dHNF4) acts as a critical regulator of fatty acid and glucose homeostasis. Because of its role in energy storage and catabolism, the insect fat body controls non-autonomous organs including the ovaries, where lipid metabolism is essential for oogenesis. The present paper used dHNF4 overexpression (OE) in the fat bodies and ovaries to investigate its potential roles in lipid homeostasis and oogenesis. When the developing fat body overexpressed dHNF4, animals exhibited reduced size and failed to pupariate, but no changes in body composition were observed. Conditional OE of dHNF4 in the adult fat body produced a reduction in triacylglycerol content and reduced oogenesis. Ovary-specific dHNF4 OE increased oogenesis and egg-laying, but reduced the number of adult offspring. The phenotypic effects on oogenesis that arise upon dHNF4 OE in the fat body or ovary may be due to its function in controlling lipid utilization.
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- Fernanda Almeida-Oliveira
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, USA
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Brazil; Departamento de Biotecnologia Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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König A, Yatsenko AS, Weiss M, Shcherbata HR. Ecdysteroids affect Drosophila ovarian stem cell niche formation and early germline differentiation. EMBO J 2011; 30:1549-62. [PMID: 21423150 PMCID: PMC3102283 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 02/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Previously, it has been shown that in Drosophila steroid hormones are required for progression of oogenesis during late stages of egg maturation. Here, we show that ecdysteroids regulate progression through the early steps of germ cell lineage. Upon ecdysone signalling deficit germline stem cell progeny delay to switch on a differentiation programme. This differentiation impediment is associated with reduced TGF-β signalling in the germline and increased levels of cell adhesion complexes and cytoskeletal proteins in somatic escort cells. A co-activator of the ecdysone receptor, Taiman is the spatially restricted regulator of the ecdysone signalling pathway in soma. Additionally, when ecdysone signalling is perturbed during the process of somatic stem cell niche establishment enlarged functional niches able to host additional stem cells are formed.
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- Annekatrin König
- Max Planck Research Group of Gene Expression and Signaling, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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Graham LD, Pilling PA, Eaton RE, Gorman JJ, Braybrook C, Hannan GN, Pawlak-Skrzecz A, Noyce L, Lovrecz GO, Lu L, Hill RJ. Purification and characterization of recombinant ligand-binding domains from the ecdysone receptors of four pest insects. Protein Expr Purif 2006; 53:309-24. [PMID: 17275327 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2006] [Revised: 12/15/2006] [Accepted: 12/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cloned EcR and USP cDNAs encoding the ecdysone receptors of four insect pests (Lucilia cuprina, Myzus persicae, Bemisia tabaci, Helicoverpa armigera) were manipulated to allow the co-expression of their ligand binding domains (LBDs) in insect cells using a baculovirus vector. Recombinant DE/F segment pairs (and additionally, for H. armigera, an E/F segment pair) from the EcR and USP proteins associated spontaneously with high affinity to form heterodimers that avidly bound an ecdysteroid ligand. This shows that neither ligand nor D-regions are essential for the formation of tightly associated and functional LBD heterodimers. Expression levels ranged up to 16.6mg of functional apo-LBD (i.e., unliganded LBD) heterodimer per liter of recombinant insect cell culture. Each recombinant heterodimer was affinity-purified via an oligo-histidine tag at the N-terminus of the EcR subunit, and could be purified further by ion exchange and/or gel filtration chromatography. The apo-LBD heterodimers appeared to be more easily inactivated than their ligand-containing counterparts: after purification, populations of the former were <40% active, whereas for the latter >70% could be obtained as the ligand-LBD heterodimer complex. Interestingly, we found that the amount of ligand bound by recombinant LBD heterodimer preparations could be enhanced by the non-denaturing detergent CHAPS (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethyl-ammonio]-1-propanesulfonate). Purity, integrity, size and charge data are reported for the recombinant proteins under native and denaturing conditions. Certain intra- and intermolecular disulfide bonds were observed to form in the absence of reducing agents, and thiol-specific alkylation was shown to suppress this phenomenon but to introduce microheterogeneity.
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- Lloyd D Graham
- CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies, Sydney Laboratory, P.O. Box 184, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia.
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Zhou S, Tejada M, Wyatt GR, Walker VK. A DNA-binding protein, tfp1, involved in juvenile hormone-regulated gene expression in Locusta migratoria. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 36:726-34. [PMID: 16935221 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Revised: 05/31/2006] [Accepted: 06/22/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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A partially palindromic 15-nt. sequence upstream from a juvenile hormone-regulated gene (jhp21) was previously identified in the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria. This sequence was proposed as a juvenile hormone (JH) response element (JHRE), and a protein that bound to it, as a transcription factor (TF). A yeast strain was constructed containing four tandem copies of the JHRE and after transfection with a cDNA library made to fat bodies from vitellogenic females, yeast one-hybrid experiments yielded sequences for four putative binding proteins. One of these sequences, corresponding to a transcript that was present in fat body irrespective of JH stimulation, encodes a 35kDa protein. This was designated tfp1 and appears to have a leucine zipper motif and a lipid-binding motif. Recombinant tfp1 bound to JHRE in electrophoretic mobility shift experiments and addition of tfp1 antibody in the binding reaction resulted in the disappearance or shift of TF. We suggest that JH induces the association of pre-existing proteins, including tfp1, to form an active complex, which binds to the JHRE upstream from jhp21 and regulates its transcription.
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- S Zhou
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Perera SC, Zheng S, Feng QL, Krell PJ, Retnakaran A, Palli SR. Heterodimerization of ecdysone receptor and ultraspiracle on symmetric and asymmetric response elements. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 60:55-70. [PMID: 16175536 DOI: 10.1002/arch.20081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Heterodimerization of nuclear receptors is facilitated by the interaction of two dimerization interfaces: one spanning the DNA-binding (C domain) region and the adjacent hinge (D domain) region, and the other in the ligand-binding (E domain) region. Ultraspiracle (USP) heterodimerizes with ecdysone receptor (EcR) and this complex participates in ecdysone signal transduction. The natural ecdysone response elements (EcREs) discovered so far are asymmetric elements composed of either imperfect palindromes or direct repeats. However, gel mobility shift assays have shown that both symmetric (perfect palindromes) and asymmetric (imperfect palindromes and direct repeats) elements can bind to the EcR/USP complex. Therefore, we analyzed EcR/USP domains involved in heterodimerization on different types of response elements (RE). Gel shift assays using full-length and truncated EcR and USP proteins showed that heterodimerization of these two proteins in the presence of asymmetric RE (DR4 and the natural EcRE hsp27) requires both dimerization interfaces present in CD and E domains of both proteins. In contrast, the dimerization interface present in the E domain of either EcR or USP was not essential for heterodimerization on symmetric RE such as PAL1 or IR1. We conclude that the use of heterodimerization interfaces present in CD and E domains of EcR/USP depends on the nature of response elements they bind to.
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- Srini C Perera
- Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
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Makka T, Seino A, Tomita S, Fujiwara H, Sonobe H. A possible role of 20-hydroxyecdysone in embryonic development of the silkworm Bombyx mori. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 51:111-120. [PMID: 12386839 DOI: 10.1002/arch.10055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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It has been well established that eggs of insects, including those of the silkworm Bombyx mori, contain various ecdysteroids and the amounts of these ecdysteroids fluctuate during embryonic development. In order to know the function of egg ecdysteroids in embryonic development of B. mori, we examined the biological activities of various egg ecdysteroids by in vitro ligand-binding assay and bioassay using B. mori eggs. First, using the ecdysteroid receptor of B. mori (BmEcR-B1/BmUSP heterodimer) prepared by yeast and Escherichia coli expression systems, the interaction between the ecdysteroid receptor and various egg ecdysteroids of B. mori was analyzed. The relative binding affinities of egg ecdysteroids to the BmEcR-B1/BmUSP heterodimer decreased in the order of 20-hydroxyecdysone > 2-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone > 22-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone > ecdysone > 2-deoxyecdysone > ecdysone 22-phosphate. Next, several egg ecdysteroids of B. mori were injected into the prospective diapause eggs, which show a very low level of free ecdysteroids at the onset of embryonic diapause (gastrula stage). Approximately 7% of them (P < 0.002, chi(2)-test) developed beyond the gastrula stage without entering diapause by the injection of 20-hydroxyecdysone (25 ng/egg). In contrast, the injection of other ecdysteroids was not effective in inducing embryonic development. These results suggest that 20-hydroxyecdysone, via the ecdysteroid receptor, is responsible for the developmental difference between diapause and non-diapause in B. mori embryos. Furthermore, it was suggested that continuous supply of 20-hydroxyecdysone may be required to induce embryonic development.
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- Toshihiro Makka
- Department of Life and Functional Material Science, Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Konan University, Kobe, Japan
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Lezzi M, Bergman T, Henrich VC, Vögtli M, Frömel C, Grebe M, Przibilla S, Spindler-Barth M. Ligand-induced heterodimerization between the ligand binding domains of the Drosophila ecdysteroid receptor and ultraspiracle. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:3237-45. [PMID: 12084064 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03001.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The insect ecdysteroid receptor consists of a heterodimer between EcR and the RXR-orthologue, USP. We addressed the question of whether this heterodimer, like all other RXR heterodimers, may be formed in the absence of ligand and whether ligand promotes dimerization. We found that C-terminal protein fragments that comprised the ligand binding, but not the DNA binding domain of EcR and USP and which were equipped with the activation or DNA binding region of GAL4, respectively, exhibit a weak ability to interact spontaneously with each other. Moreover, the heterodimer formation is greatly enhanced upon administration of active ecdysteroids in a dose-dependent manner. This was shown in vivo by a yeast two-hybrid system and in vitro by a modified electromobility shift assay. Furthermore, the EcR fragment expressed in yeast was functional and bound radioactively labelled ecdysteroid specifically. Ligand binding was greatly enhanced by the presence of a USP ligand binding domain. Therefore, ecdysteroids are capable of inducing heterodimer formation between EcR and USP, even when the binding of these receptor proteins to cognate DNA response elements does not occur. This capability may be a regulated aspect of ecdysteroid action during insect development.
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- Markus Lezzi
- Institute for Cell Biology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Toya T, Fukasawa H, Masui A, Endo Y. Potent and selective partial ecdysone agonist activity of chromafenozide in Sf9 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 292:1087-91. [PMID: 11944927 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chromafenozide (ANS-118) is a non-steroidal ecdysone mimic and its insecticidal effect is highly specific to lepidoptera. In order to evaluate the transcription-inducing activity via nuclear ecdysone receptor (EcR) and the mode of action of chromafenozide, ecdysone-responsive reporter gene assay systems were developed in Sf9 and Kc cells. Ponasterone A, a full EcR agonist, induced reporter transcription in a dose-dependent manner in both Sf9 and Kc cells. In contrast, chromafenozide activated reporter transcription with comparable potency to ponasterone A only in Sf9 cells, although its maximum activity was 4-fold lower than that of ponasterone A. When chromafenozide was applied together with ponasterone A to Sf9 cells, it antagonized ponasterone A at nanomolar concentrations. These results suggest that chromafenozide is a potent partial EcR agonist specific to lepidoptera; it appears to bind lepidopteran EcR with comparable affinity to ponasterone A, but may activate the EcR in a different manner.
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- Tetsuya Toya
- Research & Development Laboratories, Nippon Kayaku Company, Ltd., 225-1 Koshikiya, Saitama, Ageo, 362-0064, Japan
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Grebe M, Spindler-Barth M. Expression of ecdysteroid receptor and ultraspiracle from Chironomus tentans (Insecta, Diptera) in E. coli and purification in a functional state. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 32:167-174. [PMID: 11755059 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(01)00098-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Full length clones of ecdysteroid receptor (EcR) and Ultraspiracle (USP) from Chironomus tentans were expressed as GST fusion proteins in E. coli and purified by affinity chromatography. The absence of detergents during the purification procedure is essential for retaining receptor function, especially ligand binding. Presence of USP is mandatory for ligand binding to EcR, but no other cofactors or posttranslational modifications seem to be important, since Scatchard plots revealed the same characteristics (two high affinity binding sites for Ponasterone A with K(D1)=0.24+/-0.1nM and K(D2)=3.9+/-1.3.nM) as found in 0.4 M NaCl extracts of Chironomus cells. Gel mobility shift assays showed binding of the heterodimer to PAL and DR5 even after removal of the GST-tag, whereas EcR binding to PAL1 is GST-dependent. USP binds preferentially to DR5. Addition of unprogrammed reticulocyte lysate improves ligand binding only slightly. Removal of GST has no effect on (3)H-ponasterone A binding, but alters DNA binding characteristics. Calculation of specific binding (5.3+3.0 nmol/mg GST EcR) revealed that 47+/-26% of purified receptor protein was able to bind ligand. The addition of purified EcR to cell extracts of hormone resistant subclones of the epithelial cell line from C. tentans, which have lost their ability to bind ligand, restores specific binding of (3)H-ponasterone A.
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- Marco Grebe
- Abteilung für Allgemeine Zoologie und Endokrinologie, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Smagghe G, Dhadialla TS, Lezzi M. Comparative toxicity and ecdysone receptor affinity of non-steroidal ecdysone agonists and 20-hydroxyecdysone in Chironomus tentans. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 32:187-192. [PMID: 11755062 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(01)00109-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ecdysone agonists belonging to the bisacylhydrazine class of compounds are a new generation of insecticidal compounds that cause premature lethal molts in susceptible intoxicated insects. While two of the bisacylhydrazines (coded as RH-5992 and RH-2485) are predominantly toxic to lepidopteran pests, RH-5849, which has not been commercialized, has a broader spectrum of toxicity. We have carried out toxicity bioassays with last (4th) instar Chironomus tentans L. larvae, radioligand binding assays using bacterial fusion proteins of C. tentans ecdysone receptor and ultraspiracle (CtEcR, CtUSP), and C. tentans imaginal disc development assays to compare the relative potencies of the three bisacylhydrazine compounds as well as of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E). In all three assays, the potency of the three bisacylhydrazines was in the order RH-2485>RH-5992>RH-5849. While in toxicity assays 20E was ineffective, most likely due to rapid metabolism, it was more potent than RH-5849 but less so than RH-5992 and RH-2485 in imaginal disc assays. In summary, we compared the potencies of the ecdysone agonists for C. tentans at three levels: whole organism, imaginal discs and the receptor level, and our results indicate that the increased toxicity of the non-steroidal ecdysone agonists for C. tentans has a high correlation to the affinity of these compounds for CtEcR/CtUSP bacterially expressed proteins. Our results, though, do not exclude reasons of metabolic stability of the compounds in C. tentans, which we have not investigated in this report.
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- G Smagghe
- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Grebe M, Rauch P, Spindler-Barth M. Characterization of subclones of the epithelial cell line from Chironomus tentans resistant to the insecticide RH 5992, a non-steroidal moulting hormone agonist. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2000; 30:591-600. [PMID: 10844251 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00032-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Selection of hormone resistant subclones in the continuous presence of the insecticide and ecdysteroid mimick RH 5992 (tefubenozide) resulted preferentially in clones with defects in ecdysteroid receptor function. RH 5992 is already degraded to polar products in wild-type cells; no increase in metabolism of tefubenozide is observed in resistant clones. According to Western blots, ecdysteroid receptor (EcR) and its heterodimerization partner ultraspiracle (USP) are present in all resistant clones. The concentrations are comparable to wild-type cells, but in three clones the extent of phosphorylation of USP is diminished. With regard to hormone binding several types of hormone resistance are distinguished: (1) The same two high-affinity hormone recognition sites are present as in wild-type cells (K(D1)=0.31+/-0.28 nM, K(D2)=6.5+/-2.4 nM) but the number of binding sites is reduced. (2) The binding site with the lower affinity (K(D2)) is missing. (3) The binding site with the higher affinity (K(D1)) is missing. (4) No specific binding is observed. Ponasterone A binding can be rescued by addition of EcR but not by USP. (5) Ligand specificity is altered. RH 5992 can not compete [(3)H]-ponasterone A as efficient as in wild-type cells.
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- M Grebe
- Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungs- und Molekularbiologie der Tiere, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Niedziela-Majka A, Kochman M, Ozyhar A. Polarity of the ecdysone receptor complex interaction with the palindromic response element from the hsp27 gene promoter. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:507-19. [PMID: 10632720 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01027.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The functional 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) receptor is a heterodimer of two members of the nuclear hormone receptors superfamily; the product of the EcR (EcR) and of the ultraspiracle (Usp) genes. As most of the natural 20E-response elements are highly degenerated palindromes, we were interested in determining whether or not such asymmetric elements could dictate the defined orientation of the Usp/EcR complex. We have investigated interaction of EcR and Usp DNA-binding domains (EcRDBD and UspDBD, respectively) with the palindromic response element from the hsp27 gene promoter (hsp27pal). The hsp27pal half-sites contribute differently to the binding of the heterodimer components; the 5' half-site exhibits higher affinity for both DBDs than the 3' half-site. This observation, along with data demonstrating that UspDBD exhibits approximate fourfold higher affinity to the 5' half-site than EcRDBD, suggest that UspDBD locates the EcRDBD/UspDBD heterocomplex in the defined orientation (5'-UspDBD-EcRDBD-3') on the hsp27pal sequence. The binding polarity onto hsp27pal is accompanied by different contribution of the UspDBD and EcRDBD C-terminal sequences to the DNA-binding and heterocomplex formation. This is supported by finding that deletion of the C-terminal of EcRDBD region corresponding to the putative A-helix severely decreased binding of the EcRDBD to the hsp27pal. In contrast, UspDBD in which corresponding residues were deleted exhibited the same hsp27pal binding pattern as the wild type UspDBD. Additional truncation comprising the putative T-box, resulted in a reduced binding of the mutated UspDBD. This truncation however, still allowed effective EcRDBD/UspDBD heterodimer formation. Finally we demonstrated that perfect palindromes, composed of two hsp27pal 5' half-sites (or of the related sequence) contain all of the structural information necessary for the anisotropic UspDBD/EcRDBD heterocomplex formation. However, the perfect palindromes bind isolated homomeric DBDs as well as their heterocomplex with higher affinity than imperfect hsp27pal. This is the first report indicating that natural 20E response elements, which with one exception are degenerated palindromes, may act as functionally asymmetric elements in a manner similar to the action of direct repeats in vertebrates.
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- A Niedziela-Majka
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Division of Biochemistry, Wroctaw University of Technology, Poland
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Halling BP, Yuhas DA, Eldridge RR, Gilbey SN, Deutsch VA, Herron JD. Expression and purification of the hormone binding domain of the Drosophila ecdysone and ultraspiracle receptors. Protein Expr Purif 1999; 17:373-86. [PMID: 10600455 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1999.1134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Escherichia coli vectors were constructed for the production of a protein complex that mimics the native ecdysone receptor (EcR) isolated from Drosophila. The two steroid receptors, ultraspiracle (USP) and EcR, were expressed as truncations, retaining primarily the hormone binding domains. The recombinant receptor complex was able to mimic the pharmacology of the native receptor with respect to both synthetic and natural agonists. USP and EcR fusion proteins could be expressed in separate cell lines and then recombined following isolation to yield a ligand binding preparation with a dissociation constant (K(D)) for Ponasterone A of 1.5 nM and a total yield of 1.9 pmol ligand binding sites/mg protein. Alternatively, the simultaneous coexpression of both receptors increased yields by several orders of magnitude to 6 nmol ligand binding sites/mg protein with a K(D) of 0.6 nM. Chromatographic analysis under native conditions showed that EcR, when expressed alone, migrated as a variety of complexes, mostly coming out in the void volume as denatured, insoluble, aggregate. In contrast, purified extracts of coexpressed EcR and USP eluted as a single peak with a mobility indicating a heterodimer. The majority of the coexpressed fusion receptors, following purification, formed functional steroid binding sites. A detailed scheme is provided for the expression and isolation of milligram quantities of highly purified receptor dimer.
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- B P Halling
- FMC Corporation, Route 1 and Plainsboro Road, Princeton, New Jersey, 08543, USA
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Perera SC, Ladd TR, Dhadialla TS, Krell PJ, Sohi SS, Retnakaran A, Palli SR. Studies on two ecdysone receptor isoforms of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1999; 152:73-84. [PMID: 10432225 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-7207(99)00058-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A full-length cDNA clone corresponding to the Choristoneura fumiferana ecdysone receptor-A isoform (CfEcR-A) was isolated. The deduced amino acid sequence of CfEcR-A differed from CfEcR-B in the NH2-terminal region of the A/B domain. The CfEcR-A-specific region showed high amino acid identity with EcR-A isoforms of Manduca sexta, Bombyx mori, Drosophila melanogaster and Tenebrio molitor. Isoform-specific probes were used to study the expression of EcR-A and EcR-B mRNAs. Both probes detected 6 kb mRNAs that were present in second-sixth larval instars and in the pupae. Both EcR-A and EcR-B mRNA levels increased during the molting periods. In the sixth instar larvae, the increase in EcR-A and EcR-B mRNA levels were more pronounced in the midgut than in epidermis and fat body. Both EcR-A and EcR-B mRNAs were induced in CF-203 cells (a cell line developed from C. fumiferana midgut) grown in the presence of 4 x 10(-6) M 20E. EcR-B specific mRNAs were induced within 1 h of exposure to 20E, but EcR-A specific mRNAs were induced only after 3 h of exposure to 20E. Induction of mRNAs for both isoforms was unaffected by the presence of a protein synthesis inhibitor, cyclohexamide, in the culture medium. RH-5992, a stable ecdysone agonist, caused a similar induction pattern of EcR-A and EcR-B mRNAs in the midgut, epidermis and fat body of sixth instar larvae. In vitro translated CfEcR-A, CfEcR-B and CfUSP proteins were used to study the DNA binding and ligand binding properties of EcR-A/USP and EcR-B/USP protein complexes. The Kd values indicated that both complexes have similar binding affinities for ecdysone response elements and ponasterone A.
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- S C Perera
- Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont
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Elke C, Rauch P, Spindler-Barth M, Spindler KD. DNA-binding properties of the ecdysteroid receptor-complex (EcR/USP) of the epithelial cell line from Chironomus tentans. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 41:124-133. [PMID: 10398335 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1999)41:3<124::aid-arch3>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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DNA-binding features of EcR and USP were investigated using a 0.4 M NaCl extract of the epithelial cell line of Chironomus tentans by means of electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs). It is shown that the DNA-binding is enhanced by hormone administration and that in the hormone dependent shift, both EcR and USP, are present. Furthermore, we demonstrate that under these conditions, EcR/USP form a unique complex on inverted repeat elements (PAL1 and hsp27-EcRE), while on direct repeat elements (DR1-5), a second complex with higher mobility is formed. In this second complex, neither EcR nor USP are present. Thus, an additional difference between PAL1 and DR-elements is the competition of other factors for DR-elements, modulating its function as an EcRE. A competition EMSA, using PAL1 as radiolabeled probe, reveals the following order of binding strength: PAL1>DR4/5>DR1>DR2/3/hsp27. Surprisingly, using DR1 as radiolabeled probe, shows a different order of binding strength: DR1>DR2>DR3/4/5/PAL1>hsp27. This indicates that the complexes formed on PAL1 are not identical to the ones formed on DR1 and that both are not easily convertible. Furthermore, the affinity of the EcR/USP complex may be altered under various conditions or by interaction with cofactors. Upon hormone administration, DNA binding of the receptor complex is enhanced, but the difference to hormone-free binding reactions decreases in course of time, indicating an additional hormone independent activation. Arch.
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- C Elke
- Abteilung Allgemeine Zoologie und Endokrinologie, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
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Niedziela-Majka A, Rymarczyk G, Kochman M, Ozyhar A. GST-Induced dimerization of DNA-binding domains alters characteristics of their interaction with DNA. Protein Expr Purif 1998; 14:208-20. [PMID: 9790883 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) plays a key role in the induction and modulation of morphogenetic events throughout Drosophila melanogaster development. Two members of the nuclear receptor superfamily, the product of the EcR (EcR) and of the ultraspiracle genes (Usp), heterodimerize to form its functional receptor. To study the receptor-DNA interaction, critical for regulating 20E-dependent gene expression, it is necessary to produce large quantities of EcR and Usp DNA-binding domains. Toward this end DNA-binding domains of EcR and Usp (EcRDBD and UspDBD, respectively) were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli as fusion proteins with glutathione S-transferase (GST). However, the results of DNA-binding studies obtained with purified GST-DBDs were found to be questionable because the fused proteins oligomerized in solution due to the presence of GST. Therefore DBDs were released from GST-chimeric proteins by thrombin cleavage and then purified by glutathione-Sepharose 4B chromatography and by gel filtration on Superdex 75 HR. The gel mobility-shift experiments showed that UspDBD exhibited higher affinity than EcRDBD toward a 20-hydroxyecdysone response element from the Drosophila hsp 27 gene (hsp 27pal). Furthermore, formation of the heterodimeric EcRDBD-UspDBD complex was observed to be synergistic when equimolar mixture of both DBDs was incubated with hsp 27pal. Surprisingly, GST-EcRDBD bound hsp 27pal with higher affinity than GST-UspDBD. This difference was accompanied by the impaired ability of the GST-DBDs to interact synergistically with hsp 27pal. This is the first report on expression and purification of the soluble DBDs of the functional ecdysteroid receptor with satisfying yields. Furthermore, our results add to the recent findings which indicate the need for caution in interpreting the activities of GST fusion proteins.
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- A Niedziela-Majka
- Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Division of Biochemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspiańskiego 27, Wroclaw, 50-370, Poland
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Wang SF, Miura K, Miksicek RJ, Segraves WA, Raikhel AS. DNA binding and transactivation characteristics of the mosquito ecdysone receptor-Ultraspiracle complex. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:27531-40. [PMID: 9765285 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.42.27531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone is a key regulatory factor, controlling blood-meal triggered egg maturation in mosquitoes. To elucidate the ecdysone hierarchy governing this event, we cloned and characterized the ecdysone receptor (AaEcR) and the nuclear receptor Ultraspiracle (AaUSP), a retinoid X receptor homologue, from the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which form a functional complex capable of ligand and DNA binding. Here we analyzed the DNA-binding properties of the AaEcR.AaUSP heterodimer with respect to the effects of nucleotide sequence, orientation, and spacing between half-sites in natural Drosophila and synthetic ecdysone response element (EcREs). By using an electrophoretic gel mobility shift assay, we showed that AaEcR.AaUSP exhibits a broad binding specificity, forming complexes with inverted (IR) and direct (DR) repeats of the nuclear receptor response element half-site consensus sequence AGGTCA separated by spacers of variable length. A single nucleotide spacer was optimal for both imperfect (IRhsp-1) and perfect (IRper-1) inverted repeats; adding or removing 1 base pair in an IRhsp-1 spacer practically abolished binding. However, changing the half-site to the consensus sequence AGGTCA (IRper-1) increased binding of AaEcR.AaUSP 10-fold over IRhsp-1 and, at the same time, reduced the stringency of the spacer length requirement, with IRper-0 to IRper-5 showing detectable binding. Spacer length was less important in DRs of AGGTCA (DR-0 to DR-5); although 4 bp was optimal, DR-3 and DR-5 bound AaEcR.AaUSP almost as efficiently as DR-4. Furthermore, AaEcR. AaUSP also bound DRs separated by 11-13 nucleotide spacers. Competition experiments and direct estimation of binding affinity (Kd) indicated that, given identical consensus half-sites and an optimal spacer, the AaEcR.AaUSP heterodimer bound an IR with higher affinity than a DR. Co-transfection assays utilizing CV-1 cells demonstrated that the mosquito EcR.USP heterodimer is capable of transactivating reporter constructs containing either IR-1 or DR-4. The levels of transactivation are correlated with the respective binding affinities of the response elements (IRper-1 > DR-4 > IRhsp-1). Taken together, these analyses predict broad variability in the EcREs of mosquito ecdysone-responsive genes.
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- S F Wang
- Programs in Genetics, Cell & Molecular Biology, Departments of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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