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Rouhová L, Podlahová Š, Kmet P, Žurovec M, Sehadová H, Sauman I. A comprehensive gene expression analysis of the unique three-layered cocoon of the cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024:104152. [PMID: 38944399 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2024.104152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
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The larvae of the moth Hyalophora cecropia spin silk cocoons with morphologically distinct layers. We investigated the expression of the individual silk protein components of these cocoons in relation to the morphology of the silk gland and its affiliation to the different layers of the cocoon. The study used transcriptomic and proteomic analyses to identify 91 proteins associated with the silk cocoons, 63 of which have a signal peptide indicating their secretory nature. We checked the specificity of their expression in different parts of the SG and the presence of the corresponding protein products in each cocoon layer. Differences were observed among less abundant proteins with unclear functions. The representation of proteins in the inner envelope and intermediate space was similar, except for a higher proportion of probable contaminating proteins, mostly originating from the gut. On the other hand, the outer envelope contains a number of putative enzymes with unclear function. However, the protein most specific to the outer layer has sequence homology to putative serine/threonine kinase-like proteins and some adhesive proteins, and its closest homolog in Bombyx mori was found in the scaffold silk. This research provides valuable insights into the silk production of the cecropia moth, highlighting both similarities and differences to other moth species.
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- Lenka Rouhová
- Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Science, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Science, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Science, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Science, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
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- Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Science, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
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- Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Science, Branisovska 31, 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
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Välisalmi T, Linder MB. The ratio of fibroin to sericin in the middle silk gland of Bombyx mori and its correlation with the extensional behavior of the silk dope. Protein Sci 2024; 33:e4907. [PMID: 38380732 PMCID: PMC10880417 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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Understanding how native silk spinning occurs is crucial for designing artificial spinning systems. One often overlooked factor in Bombyx mori is the secretion of sericin proteins. Herein, we investigate the variation in amino acid content at different locations in the middle silk gland (MSG) of B. mori. This variation corresponds to an increase in sericin content when moving towards the anterior region of the MSG, while the posterior region predominantly contains fibroin. We estimate the mass ratio of sericin to fibroin to be ~25/75 wt% in the anterior MSG, depending on the fitting method. Then, we demonstrate that the improvement in the extensional behavior of the silk dope in the MSG correlates with the increase in sericin content. The addition of sericin may decrease the viscosity of the silk dope, a factor associated with an increase in the spinnability of silk. We further discuss whether this effect could also result from other known physicochemical changes within the MSG.
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- Teemu Välisalmi
- Department of Bioproducts and BiosystemsSchool of Chemical Engineering, Aalto UniversityAaltoFinland
- Centre of Excellence in Life‐Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER)Aalto UniversityAaltoFinland
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- Department of Bioproducts and BiosystemsSchool of Chemical Engineering, Aalto UniversityAaltoFinland
- Centre of Excellence in Life‐Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER)Aalto UniversityAaltoFinland
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Lv J, Wang J, Zeng Y, Tian S, Wang F, Zhai Y, Zhou Q, Luo X, Zhang X, Liu B, Zhou C. In vitro chemical treatment of silk increases the expression of pro-inflammatory factors and facilitates degradation in rats. J Appl Biomater Funct Mater 2024; 22:22808000231222704. [PMID: 38217423 DOI: 10.1177/22808000231222704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Silk fiber is difficult to degrade in vivo, which limits its application in tissue engineering materials such as artificial nerves. Therefore, in this study aim to promote its degradation in vivo by chemical treating silk fibers in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations, mechanical test, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) measurements were used to investigate the degradation effect of chemicals (hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid, sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate, and calcium chloride) on silk fiber in vitro. Immunofluorescence staining and transcriptome analysis were used to investigate the effect of inflammatory factors on the degradation of chemically treated silk fiber in rats. RESULTS (1) Silks were separated into finer fibers in each group. (2) FT-IR absorption peaks of amides I, II, and III overlap in each group. (3) Silk degradation degree in each group was higher than that in an untreated group. The calcium chloride-treated group was completely degraded. (4) Fibronectin, collagen I, collagen III, integrin α and CD68 were immunofluorescence positive in all vegetation section. (5) There were no significant differences in the expressions of collagen I, collagen III, and fibronectin in the vegetations formed on the 14th day of subcutaneous implantation, while integrin α, CD68, TNF-α, IL-1b, and IL-23 express at higher levels with IL-10 at lower levels. CONCLUSIONS All chemicals could completely degrade silk; however, their degradation products were not the same. The chemicals change the mechanical properties of silk by separating it into finer fibers, which increase the contact surface area between the silk and tissue fluid, accelerating the degradation of monofilaments in vivo by promoting inflammation and macrophage activity through the increased and decreased expressions of pro- and anti-inflammatory factors, respectively.
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- Jinfeng Lv
- Institute for Silk and Related Biomaterials Research, Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- Institute for Silk and Related Biomaterials Research, Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- Institute for Silk and Related Biomaterials Research, Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences, Chongqing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- First Clinical College, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute for Silk and Related Biomaterials Research, Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences, Chongqing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, College of Sericulture Textile and Biomass Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Bakadia BM, Qaed Ahmed AA, Lamboni L, Shi Z, Mutu Mukole B, Zheng R, Pierre Mbang M, Zhang B, Gauthier M, Yang G. Engineering homologous platelet-rich plasma, platelet-rich plasma-derived exosomes, and mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes-based dual-crosslinked hydrogels as bioactive diabetic wound dressings. Bioact Mater 2023; 28:74-94. [PMID: 37234363 PMCID: PMC10206161 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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The management of diabetic wounds remains a critical therapeutic challenge. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) gel, PRP-derived exosomes (PRP-Exos), and mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes (MSC-Exos) have demonstrated therapeutic potential in wound treatment. Unfortunately, their poor mechanical properties, the short half-lives of growth factors (GFs), and the burst release of GFs and exosomes have limited their clinical applications. Furthermore, proteases in diabetic wounds degrade GFs, which hampers wound repair. Silk fibroin is an enzyme-immobilization biomaterial that could protect GFs from proteases. Herein, we developed novel dual-crosslinked hydrogels based on silk protein (SP) (sericin and fibroin), including SP@PRP, SP@MSC-Exos, and SP@PRP-Exos, to promote diabetic wound healing synergistically. SP@PRP was prepared from PRP and SP using calcium gluconate/thrombin as agonist, while SP@PRP-Exos and SP@MSC-Exos were derived from exosomes and SP with genipin as crosslinker. SP provided improved mechanical properties and enabled the sustained release of GFs and exosomes, thereby overcoming the limitations of PRP and exosomes in wound healing. The dual-crosslinked hydrogels displayed shear-induced thinning, self-healing, and eradication of microbial biofilms in a bone-mimicking environment. In vivo, the dual-crosslinked hydrogels contributed to faster diabetic wound healing than PRP and SP by upregulating GFs expression, down-regulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression, and by promoting an anti-NETotic effect, angiogenesis, and re-epithelialization. Hence, these dual-crosslinked hydrogels have the potential to be translated into a new generation of diabetic wound dressings.
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- Bianza Moise Bakadia
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Congo
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Congo
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Proteomic characterization of the fibroin-based silk fibers produced by weaver ant Camponotus textor. J Proteomics 2022; 261:104579. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2022.104579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sarkar A, Connor AJ, Koffas M, Zha RH. Chemical Synthesis of Silk-Mimetic Polymers. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 12:E4086. [PMID: 31817786 PMCID: PMC6947416 DOI: 10.3390/ma12244086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Silk is a naturally occurring high-performance material that can surpass man-made polymers in toughness and strength. The remarkable mechanical properties of silk result from the primary sequence of silk fibroin, which bears semblance to a linear segmented copolymer with alternating rigid ("crystalline") and flexible ("amorphous") blocks. Silk-mimetic polymers are therefore of great emerging interest, as they can potentially exhibit the advantageous features of natural silk while possessing synthetic flexibility as well as non-natural compositions. This review describes the relationships between primary sequence and material properties in natural silk fibroin and furthermore discusses chemical approaches towards the synthesis of silk-mimetic polymers. In particular, step-growth polymerization, controlled radical polymerization, and copolymerization with naturally derived silk fibroin are presented as strategies for synthesizing silk-mimetic polymers with varying molecular weights and degrees of sequence control. Strategies for improving macromolecular solubility during polymerization are also highlighted. Lastly, the relationships between synthetic approach, supramolecular structure, and bulk material properties are explored in this review, with the aim of providing an informative perspective on the challenges facing chemical synthesis of silk-mimetic polymers with desirable properties.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA; (A.S.); (A.J.C.); (M.K.)
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Gu J, Xu C, Li M, Chen B, Shang Y, Zheng H, Zhou Y, Hu Z, Peng Z, Wang B. Species Identification of Silks from Bombyx mori, Eri Silkworm and Chestnut Silkworm Using Western Blot and Proteomics Analyses. ANAL SCI 2019; 35:175-180. [PMID: 30270257 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.18p314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Species identification is of key significance for exploring the origin and transmission of ancient silks. In this study, two novel methods, i.e. western blot (WB) and proteomics analyses, were proposed and established to identify the differences between silks from Bombyx mori (B. mori) and two other distinctive species (Eri silkworm and Chestnut silkworm). Three diagnostic antibodies, a polyclonal anti-silk fibroin (anti-SF) antibody (pAb), a polyclonal anti-SF-specific peptide antibody (pAsb), and a monoclonal anti-SF antibody (mAb) were designed and prepared to distinguish silk species using the antibody-based WB technique. Proteomics analysis by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was performed to further identify silk species at the protein level. WB results indicated that the three antibodies showed high specificity and affinity and could discern B. mori silk from Eri and Chestnut silks. Biomarkers for each SF were obtained using proteomics analysis, and they have the potential to serve as standards for identifying silk species. Thus, combining WB and proteomics analyses with conventional methods can provide more accurate silk information and may be suitable for identifying other proteinaceous materials in archaeological field.
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- Jincui Gu
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
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- Key Scientific Research Base of Textile Conservation, State Administration for Cultural Heritage, China National Silk Museum
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- Key Scientific Research Base of Textile Conservation, State Administration for Cultural Heritage, China National Silk Museum
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- Institute of Textile Conservation, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
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Dos Santos-Pinto JRA, Arcuri HA, Esteves FG, Palma MS, Lubec G. Spider silk proteome provides insight into the structural characterization of Nephila clavipes flagelliform spidroin. Sci Rep 2018; 8:14674. [PMID: 30279551 PMCID: PMC6168590 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33068-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The capture spiral of web from N. clavipes spider consists of a single type of spidroin - the flagelliform silk protein, a natural material representing a combination of strength and high elasticity. Flagelliform spider silk is the most extensible silk fibre produced by orb weaver spiders and the structure of this remarkable material is still largely unknown. In the present study we used a proteomic approach to elucidate the complete sequence and the post-translational modifications of flagelliform silk proteins. The long sequence of flagelliform silk protein presents 45 hydroxylated proline residues, which may contribute to explain the mechanoelastic property of these fibres, since they are located in the GPGGX motif. The 3D-structure of the protein was modelled considering the three domains together, i.e., the N- and C-terminal non-repetitive domains, and the central repetitive domain. In the resulting molecular model there is a predominance of random structures in the solid fibres of the silk protein. The N-terminal domain is composed of three α-helices and the C-terminal domain is composed of one small helical section. Proteomic data reported herein may be relevant for the development of novel approaches for the synthetic or recombinant production of novel silk-based spider polymers.
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- José Roberto Aparecido Dos Santos-Pinto
- Center of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP, 13500, Brazil
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- Center of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP, 13500, Brazil
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- Center of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP, 13500, Brazil
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- Center of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP, 13500, Brazil.
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- Paracelsus Medical University, A 5020, Salzburg, Austria.
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Laity PR, Baldwin E, Holland C. Changes in Silk Feedstock Rheology during Cocoon Construction: The Role of Calcium and Potassium Ions. Macromol Biosci 2018; 19:e1800188. [PMID: 30040173 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201800188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Variation in silk feedstocks is a barrier both to our understanding of natural spinning and biomimetic endeavors. To address this, compositional changes are investigated in feedstock specimens from the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori). It is found that the feedstock viscosity decreased systematically by over two orders of magnitude during cocoon construction. Potential factors such as protein concentration, molecular weight, pH, or the presence of trehalose are excluded, whereas a clear correlation appear between viscosity and the relative concentrations of Ca2+ and K+ ions. It is expected that Ca2+ ions would favor "salt bridges" between acidic (Asp and Glu) amino acids, leading to an increased viscosity, whereas K+ ions would compete for these sites, thereby reducing viscosity. Thus, these findings suggest a simple, systematic yet sophisticated control of feedstock viscosity in the silkworm, which in turn can be applied to future industrial silk production.
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- Peter R Laity
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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Ma L, Li K, Guo Y, Sun X, Deng H, Li K, Feng Q, Li S. Ras-Raf-MAPK signaling promotes nuclear localization of FOXA transcription factor SGF1 via Ser91 phosphorylation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2018; 1865:560-571. [PMID: 29355586 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Ras-Raf-MAPK signaling promotes cell proliferation and cell survival. We previously reported that Ras1CA overexpression, specifically in the posterior silk glands (PSGs) of the silkworm Bombyx mori, increased fibroin synthesis and cell size, resulting in improved silk yields. In this study, we compared the iTRAQ-based phosphoproteomic profiles of PSGs from wild-type and Ras1CA-overexpressing silkworms. Silk gland factor 1 (SGF1), a FOXA transcription factor that plays a critical role in activating fibroin gene expression, was identified as a phosphoprotein harboring Ser91 as a potential MAPK phosphorylation site. Ser91 phosphorylation of SGF1 was enhanced by Ras1CA overexpression, and this finding was verified by selected reaction monitoring. Consistently, MAPK activity is well correlated with Ser91 phosphorylation of SGF1 and its nuclear localization in PSG cells during silkworm development. Ras1CA overexpression and treatment with inhibitors of Ras signaling promoted or inhibited SGF1 nuclear localization, respectively; mutation of Ser91 to Ala91 eliminated SGF1 nuclear localization. Moreover, MAPK binds to SGF1 and directly phosphorylates Ser91, demonstrating Ser91 as a MAPK phosphorylation site in SGF1. In conclusion, Ras-Raf-MAPK signaling promotes SGF1 nuclear localization for transactivation via Ser91 phosphorylation in silkworms, showing that FOXA transcription factors are regulated via MAPK phosphorylation in animals.
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- Li Ma
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200062, China; Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China; School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Insect Development Regulation and Application Research, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Structural characterization of the major ampullate silk spidroin-2 protein produced by the spider Nephila clavipes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2016; 1864:1444-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Song J, Che J, You Z, Ye L, Li J, Zhang Y, Qian Q, Zhong B. Phosphoproteomic analysis of the posterior silk gland of Bombyx mori provides novel insight into phosphorylation regulating the silk production. J Proteomics 2016; 148:194-201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Silk Spinning in Silkworms and Spiders. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17081290. [PMID: 27517908 PMCID: PMC5000687 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17081290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Revised: 07/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Spiders and silkworms spin silks that outcompete the toughness of all natural and manmade fibers. Herein, we compare and contrast the spinning of silk in silkworms and spiders, with the aim of identifying features that are important for fiber formation. Although spiders and silkworms are very distantly related, some features of spinning silk seem to be universal. Both spiders and silkworms produce large silk proteins that are highly repetitive and extremely soluble at high pH, likely due to the globular terminal domains that flank an intermediate repetitive region. The silk proteins are produced and stored at a very high concentration in glands, and then transported along a narrowing tube in which they change conformation in response primarily to a pH gradient generated by carbonic anhydrase and proton pumps, as well as to ions and shear forces. The silk proteins thereby convert from random coil and alpha helical soluble conformations to beta sheet fibers. We suggest that factors that need to be optimized for successful production of artificial silk proteins capable of forming tough fibers include protein solubility, pH sensitivity, and preservation of natively folded proteins throughout the purification and initial spinning processes.
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Laity PR, Holland C. Native Silk Feedstock as a Model Biopolymer: A Rheological Perspective. Biomacromolecules 2016; 17:2662-71. [PMID: 27315508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Variability in silk's rheology is often regarded as an impediment to understanding or successfully copying the natural spinning process. We have previously reported such variability in unspun native silk extracted straight from the gland of the domesticated silkworm Bombyx mori and discounted classical explanations such as differences in molecular weight and concentration. We now report that variability in oscillatory measurements can be reduced onto a simple master-curve through normalizing with respect to the crossover. This remarkable result suggests that differences between silk feedstocks are rheologically simple and not as complex as originally thought. By comparison, solutions of poly(ethylene-oxide) and hydroxypropyl-methyl-cellulose showed similar normalization behavior; however, the resulting curves were broader than for silk, suggesting greater polydispersity in the (semi)synthetic materials. Thus, we conclude Nature may in fact produce polymer feedstocks that are more consistent than typical man-made counterparts as a model for future rheological investigations.
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- Peter R Laity
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield , Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Sheffield , Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
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Zurovec M, Yonemura N, Kludkiewicz B, Sehnal F, Kodrik D, Vieira LC, Kucerova L, Strnad H, Konik P, Sehadova H. Sericin Composition in the Silk of Antheraea yamamai. Biomacromolecules 2016; 17:1776-87. [PMID: 27049111 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The silks produced by caterpillars consist of fibroin proteins that form two core filaments, and sericin proteins that seal filaments into a fiber and conglutinate fibers in the cocoon. Sericin genes are well-known in Bombyx mori (Bombycidae) but have received little attention in other insects. This paper shows that Antheraea yamamai (Saturniidae) contains five sericin genes very different from the three sericin genes of B. mori. In spite of differences, all known sericins are characterized by short exons 1 and 2 (out of 3-12 exons), expression in the middle silk gland section, presence of repeats with high contents of Ser and charged amino acid residues, and secretion as a sticky silk component soluble in hot water. The B. mori sericins represent tentative phylogenetic lineages (I) BmSer1 and orthologs in Saturniidae, (II) BmSer2, and (III) BmSer3 and related sericins of Saturniidae and of the pyralid Galleria mellonella. The lineage (IV) seems to be limited to Saturniidae. Concerted evolution of the sericin genes was apparently associated with gene amplifications as well as gene loses. Differences in the silk fiber morphology indicate that the cocktail of sericins linking the filaments and coating the fiber is modified during spinning. Silks are composite biomaterials of conserved function in spite of great diversity of their composition.
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- Michal Zurovec
- Entomological Institute, Biology Centre ASCR , Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia , Branišovská 1760, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan
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- Entomological Institute, Biology Centre ASCR , Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Entomological Institute, Biology Centre ASCR , Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Entomological Institute, Biology Centre ASCR , Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia , Branišovská 1760, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Entomological Institute, Biology Centre ASCR , Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Entomological Institute, Biology Centre ASCR , Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics ASCR , Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia , Branišovská 1760, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Entomological Institute, Biology Centre ASCR , Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Volkov V, Cavaco-Paulo A. In vitro phosphorylation as tool for modification of silk and keratin fibrous materials. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:4337-45. [PMID: 27075736 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7515-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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An overview is given of the recent work on in vitro enzymatic phosphorylation of silk fibroin and human hair keratin. Opposing to many chemical "conventional" approaches, enzymatic phosphorylation is in fact a mild reaction and the treatment falls within "green chemistry" approach. Silk and keratin are not phosphorylated in vivo, but in vitro. This enzyme-driven modification is a major technological breakthrough. Harsh chemical chemicals are avoided, and mild conditions make enzymatic phosphorylation a real "green chemistry" approach. The current communication presents a novel approach stating that enzyme phosphorylation may be used as a tool to modify the surface charge of biocompatible materials such as keratin and silk.
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- Vadim Volkov
- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
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Howell DW, Tsai SP, Churion K, Patterson J, Abbey C, Atkinson JT, Porterpan D, You YH, Meissner KE, Bayless KJ, Bondos SE. Identification of multiple dityrosine bonds in materials composed of the Drosophila protein Ultrabithorax. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2015; 25:5988-5998. [PMID: 28725173 PMCID: PMC5513195 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201502852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The recombinant protein Ultrabithorax (Ubx), a Drosophila melanogaster Hox transcription factor, self-assembles into biocompatible materials in vitro that are remarkably extensible and strong. Here, we demonstrate that the strength of Ubx materials is due to intermolecular dityrosine bonds. Ubx materials auto-fluoresce blue, a characteristic of dityrosine, and bind dityrosine-specific antibodies. Monitoring the fluorescence of reduced Ubx fibers upon oxygen exposure reveals biphasic bond formation kinetics. Two dityrosine bonds in Ubx were identified by site-directed mutagenesis followed by measurements of fiber fluorescent intensity. One bond is located between the N-terminus and the homeodomain (Y4/Y296 or Y12/Y293), and another bond is formed by Y167 and Y240. Fiber fluorescence closely correlates with fiber strength, demonstrating that these bonds are intermolecular. To our knowledge, this is the first identification of specific residues that participate in dityrosine bonds in protein-based materials. The percentage of Ubx molecules harboring both bonds can be decreased or increased by mutagenesis, providing an additional mechanism to control the mechanical properties of Ubx materials. Duplication of tyrosine-containing motifs in Ubx increases dityrosine content in Ubx fibers, suggesting these motifs could be inserted in other self-assembling proteins to strengthen the corresponding materials.
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- David W Howell
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Graduate Program, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, United States
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dos Santos-Pinto JRA, Arcuri HA, Priewalder H, Salles HC, Palma MS, Lubec G. Structural Model for the Spider Silk Protein Spidroin-1. J Proteome Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- José Roberto Aparecido dos Santos-Pinto
- Center
of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of
Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP 13500, Brazil
- Department
of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Center
of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of
Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP 13500, Brazil
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- Department
of Paleontology, Geological Survey of Austria, Vienna 1230, Austria
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- Center
of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of
Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP 13500, Brazil
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- Center
of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of
Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP 13500, Brazil
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- Department
of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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Zhang Y, Zhao P, Dong Z, Wang D, Guo P, Guo X, Song Q, Zhang W, Xia Q. Comparative proteome analysis of multi-layer cocoon of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0123403. [PMID: 25860555 PMCID: PMC4393245 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bombyx mori cocoon has a multi-layer structure that provides optimal protection for silkworm pupa. Research on the mechanical properties of the multi-layer structure revealed structure-property relationships of the cocoon. Here, we investigated the protein components of the B. mori cocoon in terms of its multi-layer structure. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry identified 286 proteins from the multiple cocoon layers. In addition to fibroins and sericins, we identified abundant protease inhibitors, seroins and proteins of unknown function. By comparing protein abundance across layers, we found that the outermost layer contained more sericin1 and protease inhibitors and the innermost layer had more seroin1. As many as 36 protease inhibitors were identified in cocoons, showing efficient inhibitory activities against a fungal protease. Thus, we propose that more abundant protease inhibitors in the outer cocoon layers may provide better protection for the cocoon. This study increases our understanding of the multi-layer mechanism of cocoons, and helps clarify the biological characteristics of cocoons. The data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001469.
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- Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Wang X, Li Y, Xie K, Yi Q, Chen Q, Wang X, Shen H, Xia Q, Zhao P. Ca2+ and endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase regulate the formation of silk fibers with favorable mechanical properties. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 73:53-59. [PMID: 25602367 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Calcium ions (Ca(2+)) are crucial for the conformational transition of silk fibroin in vitro, and silk fibroin conformations correlate with the mechanical properties of silk fibers. To investigate the relationship between Ca(2+) and mechanical properties of silk fibers, CaCl2 was injected into silkworms (Bombyx mori). Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis and mechanical testing revealed that injection of CaCl2 solution (7.5mg/g body weight) significantly increased the levels of α-helix and random coil structures of silk proteins. In addition, extension of silk fibers increased after CaCl2 injection. In mammals, sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase in muscle and endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase in other tissues (together denoted by SERCA) are responsible for calcium balance. Therefore, we analyzed the expression pattern of silkworm SERCA (BmSERCA) in silk glands and found that BmSERCA was abundant in the anterior silk gland (ASG). After injection of thapsigargin (TG) to block SERCA activity, silkworms showed a silk-spinning deficiency and their cocoons had higher calcium content compared to that of controls. Moreover, FTIR analysis revealed that the levels of α-helix and β-sheet structures increased in silk fibers from TG-injected silkworms compared to controls. The results provide evidence that BmSERCA has a key function in calcium transportation in ASG that is related to maintaining a suitable ionic environment. This ionic environment with a proper Ca(2+) concentration is crucial for the formation of silk fibers with favorable mechanical performances.
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- Xin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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- Animal Center, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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- College of Resources and Environments, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
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Li L, Wang H, Ghafari M, An G, Korz V, Lubec G. Dorsal hippocampal brain receptor complexes linked to the protein synthesis-dependent late phase (LTP) in the rat. Brain Struct Funct 2014; 220:1051-62. [PMID: 24442866 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0699-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In order to link major brain receptor complex levels to in vivo electrically induced LTP, a bipolar stimulation electrode was chronically implanted into the perforant path, while two monopolar recording electrodes were implanted into the dentate gyrus of the dorsal hippocampus. The recording electrode was measuring extracellular excitatory postsynaptic potentials, while the other one measured population spikes. Immunoblotting of native receptor proteins was carried out in the DH based upon blue-native gel electrophoresis and immunoprecipitation followed by mass spectrometrical identification of the NR1-GluA1-GluA2 complex was used to provide evidence for complex formation. The induction of LTP in DH was proven and NMDA receptor complex levels containing NR1, GluA1, GluA2 and GluA3 were modulated by LTP induction. The LTP-associated changes of receptor complex levels may indicate concerted action, interaction and represent a pattern of major brain receptor complexes in the DH following electrical induction of LTP in the rat.
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- Lin Li
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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dos Santos-Pinto JRA, Lamprecht G, Chen WQ, Heo S, Hardy JG, Priewalder H, Scheibel TR, Palma MS, Lubec G. Structure and post-translational modifications of the web silk protein spidroin-1 from Nephila spiders. J Proteomics 2014; 105:174-85. [PMID: 24434585 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Spidroin-1 is one of the major ampullate silk proteins produced by spiders for use in the construction of the frame and radii of orb webs, and as a dragline to escape from predators. Only partial sequences of spidroin-1 produced by Nephila clavipes have been reported up to now, and there is no information on post-translational modifications (PTMs). A gel-based mass spectrometry strategy with ETD and CID fragmentation methods were used to sequence and determine the presence/location of any PTMs on the spidroin-1. Sequence coverage of 98.06%, 95.05%, and 98.37% were obtained for N. clavipes, Nephila edulis and for Nephila madagascariensis, respectively. Phosphorylation was the major PTM observed with 8 phosphorylation sites considered reliable on spidroin-1 produced by N. clavipes, 4 in N. madagascariensis and 2 for N. edulis. Dityrosine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (formed by oxidation of the spidroin-1) were observed, although the mechanism by which they are formed (i.e. exposure to UV radiation or to peroxidases in the major ampullate silk gland) is uncertain. Herein we present structural information on the spidroin-1 produced by three different Nephila species; these findings may be valuable for understanding the physicochemical properties of the silk proteins and moreover, future designs of recombinantly produced spider silk proteins. Biotechnological significance The present investigation shows for the first time spidroin structure and post-translational modifications observed on the major ampullate silk spidroin-1. The many site specific phosphorylations (localized within the structural motifs) along with the probably photoinduction of hydroxylations may be relevant for scientists in material science, biology, biochemistry and environmental scientists. Up to now all the mechanical properties of the spidroin have been characterized without any consideration about the existence of PTMs in the sequence of spidroins. Thus, these findings for major ampullate silk spidroin-1 from Nephila spiders provide the basis for mechanical-elastic property studies of silk for biotechnological and biomedical potential applications. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteomics of non-model organisms.
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- José Roberto Aparecido dos Santos-Pinto
- Center of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP 13500, Brazil; Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna 1230, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Lehrstuhl Biomaterialien, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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- Department of Paleontology, Geological Survey of Austria, Vienna 1230, Austria
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- Lehrstuhl Biomaterialien, Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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- Center of the Study of Social Insects, Department of Biology, Institute of Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, SP 13500, Brazil.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria.
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Zobel-Thropp PA, Correa SM, Garb JE, Binford GJ. Spit and venom from scytodes spiders: a diverse and distinct cocktail. J Proteome Res 2013; 13:817-35. [PMID: 24303891 DOI: 10.1021/pr400875s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Spiders from the family Scytodidae have a unique prey capturing technique: they spit a zig-zagged silken glue to tether prey to a surface. Effectiveness of this sticky mixture is based on a combination of contraction and adhesion, trapping prey until the spider immobilizes it by envenomation and then feeds. We identify components expressed in Scytodes thoracica venom glands using combined transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. These include homologues of toxic proteins astacin metalloproteases and potentially toxic proteins including venom allergen, longistatin, and translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP). We classify 19 distinct groups of candidate peptide toxins; 13 of these were detected in the venom, making up 35% of the proteome. Six have significant similarity to toxins from spider species spanning mygalomorph and nonhaplogyne araneomorph lineages, suggesting their expression in venom is phylogenetically widespread. Twelve peptide toxin groups have homologues in venom gland transcriptomes of other haplogynes. Of the transcripts, approximately 50% encode glycine-rich peptides that may contribute to sticky fibers in Scytodes spit. Fifty-one percent of the identified venom proteome is a family of proteins that is homologous to sequences from Drosophila sp. and Latrodectus hesperus with uncharacterized function. Characterization of these components holds promise for discovering new functional activity.
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- Pamela A Zobel-Thropp
- Department of Biology, Lewis & Clark College , Portland, Oregon 97219, United States
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Addison JB, Ashton NN, Weber WS, Stewart RJ, Holland GP, Yarger JL. β-Sheet nanocrystalline domains formed from phosphorylated serine-rich motifs in caddisfly larval silk: a solid state NMR and XRD study. Biomacromolecules 2013; 14:1140-8. [PMID: 23452243 DOI: 10.1021/bm400019d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Adhesive silks spun by aquatic caddisfly (order Trichoptera) larvae are used to build both intricate protective shelters and food harvesting nets underwater. In this study, we use (13)C and (31)P solid-state NMR and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) as tools to elucidate molecular protein structure of caddisfly larval silk from the species Hesperophylax consimilis . Caddisfly larval silk is a fibroin protein based biopolymer containing mostly repetitive amino acid motifs. NMR and X-ray results provide strong supporting evidence for a structural model in which phosphorylated serine repeats (pSX)4 complex with divalent cations Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) to form rigid nanocrystalline β-sheet structures in caddisfly silk. (13)C NMR data suggests that both phosphorylated serine and neighboring valine residues exist in a β-sheet conformation while glycine and leucine residues common in GGX repeats likely reside in random coil conformations. Additionally, (31)P chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) analysis indicates that the phosphates on phosphoserine residues are doubly ionized, and are charge-stabilized by divalent cations. Positively charged arginine side chains also likely play a role in charge stabilization. Finally, WAXD results finds that the silk is at least 7-8% crystalline, with β-sheet interplane spacings of 3.7 and 4.5 Å.
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- J Bennett Addison
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, USA.
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Ma L, Liu S, Shi M, Chen XX, Li S. Ras1CA-upregulated BCPI inhibits cathepsin activity to prevent tissue destruction of the Bombyx posterior silk gland. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:1924-34. [PMID: 23438485 DOI: 10.1021/pr400005g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Using the GAL4/UAS transgenic system established in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, we have previously reported that overexpression of the Ras1(CA) oncogene specifically in the posterior silk gland (PSG) resulted in improved fibroin synthesis, silk yield, and other phenotypic effects. However, the detailed molecular mechanism remains to be fully elucidated. Using 2D-DIGE-MS/MS analyses, we compared the proteomic profiles of PSGs from the wild type (WT) and Ras1(CA)-overexpressed silkworms. Among the 24 Ras1(CA)-enhanced proteins, the Bombyx cysteine protease inhibitor (BCPI) was increased 2.4-fold at the protein level and 3.4-fold at the mRNA level. Consistent with the developmental profiles, injection of recombinant BCPI into the WT silkworms at the early wandering stage inhibited cathepsin activity, prevented tissue destruction of the PSG, and delayed pupation. Moreover, injection of small-molecule inhibitors of cathepsin into the WT silkworms prevented PSG destruction and delayed pupation, confirming the role of BCPI in inhibiting cathepsin activity. Furthermore, injection of chemical inhibitors of the Ras downstream effectors into the Ras1(CA)-overexpressed and WT silkworms revealed that both Raf-MAPK and PI3K-TORC1 pathways were required for Ras1 to induce bcpi expression. Taken together, we conclude that via the downstream Raf-MAPK and PI3K-TORC1 pathways, Ras1(CA) upregulates bcpi, which inhibits cathepsin activity thus preventing PSG destruction in Bombyx.
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- Li Ma
- Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032, China
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Characterization of the Edwardsiella tarda proteome in response to different environmental stresses. J Proteomics 2013; 80:320-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 12/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Characterization of α-l-Iduronidase (Aldurazyme®) and its complexes. J Proteomics 2013; 80:26-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Revised: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 09/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Peptide toxin glacontryphan-M is present in the wings of the butterfly Hebomoia glaucippe (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:17920-4. [PMID: 23071323 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209632109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Protein profiling has revealed the presence of glacontryphan-M, a peptide toxin identified only in the sea snail genus Conus, in the wings of Hebomoia glaucippe (HG). The wings and body of HG were homogenized and the proteins were extracted and analyzed by 2D gel electrophoresis with subsequent in-gel digestion. Posttranslational protein modifications were detected and analyzed by nano-LC-MS/MS. An antibody was generated against glacontryphan-M, and protein extracts from the wings of HG samples from Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines were tested by immunoblotting. Glacontryphan-M was unambiguously identified in the wings of HG containing the following posttranslational protein modifications: monoglutamylation at E55, methylation at E53, quinone modification at W61, cyanylation at C56, and amidation of the C terminus at G63. Immunoblotting revealed the presence of the toxin in the wings of HG from all origins, showing a single band for glacontryphan-M in HG samples from Malaysia and Philippines and a double band in HG samples from Indonesia. Intriguingly, sequence analysis indicated that the Conus glacontryphan is identical to that of HG. The toxin may function as a defense against diverse predators, including ants, mantes, spiders, lizards, green frogs, and birds.
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Comparative proteomic and phosphoproteomic analysis of the silkworm (Bombyx mori) posterior silk gland under high temperature treatment. Mol Biol Rep 2012; 39:8447-56. [PMID: 22707192 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1698-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The proteins from the posterior silk gland of silkworm hybrids and their parents reared under high temperatures were studied by using comparative proteomic and phosphoproteomic analysis. A total of 82.07, 6.17 and 11.76 % protein spots showed additivity, overdominance and underdominance patterns, respectively. Fifteen differentially expressed protein spots were identified by peptide mass fingerprinting. Among these, four spots, including sHSPs and prohibitin protein that were directly relevant to heat response, were identified. Eleven protein spots were found to play an important role in silk synthesis, and nine protein spots expressed phosphorylation states. According to Gene ontology and KEGG pathway analysis, these nine spots played an important role in stress-induced signal transduction. Expression of most silk synthesis-related proteins was reduced, whereas stress-responsive proteins increased with heat exposure time in three breeds. Furthermore, most proteins showed under- or overdominance in the hybrids compared to the parents. The results suggested that high temperature could alter the expression of proteins related to silk synthesis and heat response in silkworm. Moreover, differentially expressed proteins occurring in the hybrid and its parents may be the main explanation of the observed heterosis.
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Solazzo C, Dyer JM, Deb-Choudhury S, Clerens S, Wyeth P. Proteomic profiling of the photo-oxidation of silk fibroin: implications for historic tin-weighted silk. Photochem Photobiol 2012; 88:1217-26. [PMID: 22554154 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The stability of silk proteins to ultraviolet light is an issue of significant concern in both the appearance retention of silk-derived products and the preservation of historic silk textiles. Until now, evaluation of silk degradation has only been performed at the holistic, rather than molecular level. This article describes the first proteomic profiling of silk photo-oxidation, characterizing protein primary level modification leading to coloration changes, and evaluating the effects of tin weighting on photodegradation. Heavy-chain fibroin, the main proteinaceous component of the silk thread, is a repetitive, highly crystalline protein with a content rich in tyrosine. Photoproducts of tyrosine were characterized and the levels of oxidative modification at the protein primary structural level correlated with changes in coloration and tensile strength. The effect of tin as a weighting agent used on historical fabrics was examined. Tin-weighted fabrics were evaluated following two treatments (pink and dynamite) and proteomic analysis revealed a significant increase in oxidatively modified amino acid residues within the pink-treated silk. These findings offer new insight into the molecular-level oxidation of silk proteins under UV exposure, and the effects of silk treatments in either exacerbating or ameliorating this degradation.
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- Caroline Solazzo
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK
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Wan J, Csaszar E, Chen WQ, Li K, Lubec G. Proteins from Avastin® (bevacizumab) show tyrosine nitrations for which the consequences are completely unclear. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34511. [PMID: 22523550 PMCID: PMC3327692 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Avastin® (bevacizumab) is a protein drug widely used for cancer treatment although its further use is questionable due to serious side effects reported. As no systematic proteomic study on posttranslational modifications (PTMs) was reported so far, it was the aim of the current study to use a gel-based proteomics method for determination of Avastin®-protein(s). Avastin® was run on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE), spots were picked, followed by multi-enzyme in-gel digestion. Subsequently, the resulting peptides and posttranslational modifications were identified by mass spectrometry (nano-LC-ESI-MS/MS; HCT and LTQ Orbitrap MS). Heavy and light chains were observed and the 9 spots that were picked from 2DE-gels were identified as bevacizumab with high sequence coverage. MS/MS results showed multiple tyrosine nitrations on the Avastin® light and heavy chains that were either represented as nitrotyrosine or as aminotyrosine, which was shown to be generated from nitrotyrosine under reducing conditions. Protein nitration is known to significantly change protein functions and interactions and it may well be that some of the adverse effects of the protein drug Avastin® may be due to this PTM, which may have been generated during production- thus, nitration of Avastin® is a challenge for the pharmaceutical industry.
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- Jia Wan
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Strain-independent global effect of hippocampal proteins in mice trained in the Morris water maze. Amino Acids 2012; 43:1739-49. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1258-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Ghafari M, Höger H, Keihan Falsafi S, Russo-Schlaff N, Pollak A, Lubec G. Mass Spectrometrical Identification of Hippocampal NMDA Receptor Subunits NR1, NR2A–D and Five Novel Phosphorylation Sites on NR2A and NR2B. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:1891-6. [DOI: 10.1021/pr201099u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Maryam Ghafari
- Department
of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel
18; 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Core Unit of Biomedical Research,
Division of Laboratory Animal Science and Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Brauhausgasse 34, A-2325 Himberg,
Austria
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- Department
of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel
18; 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel
18; 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel
18; 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel
18; 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Falsafi SK, Ghafari M, Pollak A, Höger H, Lubec G. Hippocampal AMPA-type receptor complexes containing GluR3 and GluR4 are paralleling training in the Multiple T-Maze. Neurochem Int 2012; 60:425-30. [PMID: 22269807 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Revised: 01/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Although it is well-known that AMPA receptors are involved in spatial learning and memory, published data on GluR3 and GluR4 are limited. Moreover, there is no information about GluR3 and GluR4 receptor complex levels in spatial memory training. It was therefore the aim of the study to determine the above-mentioned receptor levels following training in the Multiple T-Maze (MTM). Results from the MTM and hippocampal membrane proteins from C57BL/6J mice were taken from an own previous study and GluR3 and GluR4 receptor complexes were run on blue native gel electrophoresis followed by immunoblotting and quantification of bands. Subsequently, GluR3 and GluR4 were identified under denaturing conditions from two-dimensional gels by mass spectrometry (nano-LC-ESI-MS/MS). Hippocampal levels of GluR3 containing complexes (apparent molecular weight between 480 and 720) were decreased while GluR4 containing complexes (apparent molecular weight between 480 and 720) were increased. GluR4 complex levels in trained mice were correlating with latency and speed. Mass spectrometry unambiguously identified the two receptor subunits. The findings show that GluR3 and GluR4 may have different functions in the processes of spatial memory training in the MTM and indeed, different neurobiological functions of the two receptor subunits have been already reported. GluR3 and GluR4 receptor complex rather than subunit levels are paralleling training in the MTM and GluR4 complex levels were even linked to memory training, which may be of relevance for understanding molecular memory processes, interpretation of previous work or for design of future AMPA receptor studies.
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Chen WQ, Heymann G, Kursula P, Rosner M, Hengstschläger M, Huppertz H, Lubec G. Effects of Gigapascal Level Pressure on Protein Structure and Function. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:1100-10. [DOI: 10.1021/jp207864c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Wei-Qiang Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52; 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, PL3000; 90014 Oulu, Finland
- Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB-HZI), German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 10, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Straße 10, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52; 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Bae N, Pollak A, Lubec G. Proteins from Erwinia asparaginase Erwinase ® and E. coli asparaginase 2 MEDAC ® for treatment of human leukemia, show a multitude of modifications for which the consequences are completely unclear. Electrophoresis 2011; 32:1824-8. [PMID: 21769889 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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L-Asparaginase from Erwinia chrysanthemi (ASPG_ERWCH; UniProtKB accession number P06608 (Erwinase(®))) and L-asparaginase 2 from Escherichia coli (ASPG2_ECOLI; UniProtKB accession number P00805 (Medac(®))), both L-asparagine amidohydrolases, are widely used for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A series of serious side effects have been reported and this warrants studies into the protein chemistry of the medical products sold. Mass spectrometry (MS) data on ASPG_ERWCH and ASPG2_ECOLI have not been published so far and herein a gel-based proteomics study was performed to provide information about sequence and modifications of the commercially available medical products. ASPG_ERWCH and ASPG2_ECOLI were applied onto two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, spots were in-gel digested with several proteases and resulting peptides and protein modifications were analysed by nano-ESI-LC-MS/MS. Four spots were observed for ASPG_ERWCH, six spots were observed for ASPG2_ECOLI and the identified proteins showed high sequence coverage without sequence conflicts. Several protein modifications including technical and posttranslational modifications were demonstrated. Protein modifications are known to change physicochemical, immunochemical, biological and pharmacological properties and results from this work may challenge re-designing of the product including possible removal of the modifications by the manufacturer because it is not known whether they are contributing to the serious adverse effects of the protein drug.
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- Narkhyun Bae
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Ashton NN, Taggart DS, Stewart RJ. Silk tape nanostructure and silk gland anatomy of trichoptera. Biopolymers 2011; 97:432-45. [PMID: 21953029 DOI: 10.1002/bip.21720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Caddisflys (order Trichoptera) construct elaborate protective shelters and food harvesting nets with underwater adhesive silk. The silk fiber resembles a nanostructured tape composed of thousands of nanofibrils (∼ 120 nm) oriented with the major axis of the fiber, which in turn are composed of spherical subunits. Weaker lateral interactions between nanofibrils allow the fiber to conform to surface topography and increase contact area. Highly phosphorylated (pSX)(4) motifs in H-fibroin blocks of positively charged basic residues are conserved across all three suborders of Trichoptera. Electrostatic interactions between the oppositely charged motifs could drive liquid-liquid phase separation of silk fiber precursors into a complex coacervates mesophase. Accessibility of phosphoserine to an anti-phosphoserine antibody is lower in the lumen of the silk gland storage region compared to the nascent fiber formed in the anterior conducting channel. The phosphorylated motifs may serve as a marker for the structural reorganization of the silk precursor mesophase into strongly refringent fibers. The structural change occurring at the transition into the conducting channel makes this region of special interest. Fiber formation from polyampholytic silk proteins in Trichoptera may suggest a new approach to create synthetic silk analogs from water-soluble precursors.
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- Nicholas N Ashton
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Moini M, Klauenberg K, Ballard M. Dating silk by capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2011; 83:7577-81. [PMID: 21913691 DOI: 10.1021/ac201746u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A new capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry (CE-MS) technique is introduced for age estimation of silk textiles based on amino acid racemization rates. With an L to D conversion half-life of ~2500 years for silk (B. mori) aspartic acid, the technique is capable of dating silk textiles ranging in age from several decades to a few-thousand-years-old. Analysis required only ~100 μg or less of silk fiber. Except for a 2 h acid hydrolysis at 110 °C, no other sample preparation is required. The CE-MS analysis takes ~20 min, consumes only nanoliters of the amino acid mixture, and provides both amino acid composition profiles and D/L ratios for ~11 amino acids.
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- Mehdi Moini
- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746-2863, USA.
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Li JY, Yang HJ, Lan TY, Wei H, Zhang HR, Chen M, Fan W, Ma YY, Zhong BX. Expression profiling and regulation of genes related to silkworm posterior silk gland development and fibroin synthesis. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:3551-64. [PMID: 21657221 DOI: 10.1021/pr200196x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The posterior silk gland (PSG) is the most important suborgan responsible for the synthesis and secretion of silk core fibroin proteins in silkworm. Here, we performed genome-scale expression profiling analysis of silkworm PSG at the fourth molting (M4) and at day 1 (V1), day 3 (V3), day 5 (V5), and wandering stage (W) of the fifth instar by microarray analysis with 22 987 probes. We found that the five genes of silk proteins secreted from PSG including fibroin heavy (H) and light (L) chains, P25, seroin 1, and seroin 2 basically showed obvious up-regulation at V3 which lasted to V5, while slight down-regulation at W. The expression of translation-related genes including ribosomal proteins and translation initiation factors generally remained stable from M4 to V5, whereas it showed clear down-regulation at W. Clustering analysis of the 643 significantly differentially expressed transcripts revealed that 43 of the important genes including seroin 1 and sugar transporter protein had co-expression patterns which were consistent with the rate changes of fibroin synthesis and PSG growth. Pathway analysis disclosed that the genes in different clusters might have co-regulations and direct interactions. These genes were supposed to be involved in the fibroin synthesis and secretion. The differential expression of several hormone-related genes also suggested their functions on the regulation of PSG development and fibroin synthesis. 2D gel-based proteomics and phosphoproteomics profiling revealed that the phosphorylated proteins accounted for no more than one-sixth of the total proteins at each stage, which was much lower than the level in normal eukaryotic cells. Changes in the phosphorylation status and levels of several proteins such as actin-depolymerizing factor 1 and enolase might be deeply involved in fibroin secretion and tissue development. Shotgun proteomic profiling combined with label-free quantification analysis on the PSG at V3, V5, and W revealed that many small heat shock proteins (sHSP) were specially expressed at W, which was substantially consistent with the results from 2-DE analysis, and implied the close correlations of sHSP with the physiological states of PSG at W. A majority of significantly up-regulated proteins at V5 were related to ribosome pathway, which was different from the microarray results, implying that the translation-level regulation of ribosomal proteins might be critical for fibroin synthesis. In contrast, the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway related proteins appeared obviously up-regulated at W, suggesting that the programmed cell death process of PSG cells might be started before cocooning.
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- Jian-ying Li
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China
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Ghafari M, Falsafi SK, Hoeger H, Lubec G. Hippocampal levels of GluR1 and GluR2 complexes are modulated by training in the Multiple T-maze in C57BL/6J mice. Brain Struct Funct 2011; 217:353-62. [PMID: 21695503 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0335-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A series of studies has shown the importance of AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) for memory formation. The aim of the current study was to show whether GluR1 and GluR2 complexes rather than subunits in mouse hippocampus were involved in training in the multiple T-Maze (MTM). C57BL/6J mice were trained in the MTM and compared to yoked controls. 6 h following the completion of the fourth day training, mice were euthanized, hippocampi were taken and proteins extracted, run on blue native gels with subsequent immunoblotting with antibodies against mouse GluR1 and GluR2. On blue-native western blotting, GluR1 protein was represented by a single band at the apparent molecular weight of about 480 kDa probably indicating a tetrameric assembly. GluR2 protein was represented by a single band between apparent molecular weights of 480 and 720 kDa indicating a homo- or heteropolymer probably with other AMPAR or regulatory subunits. In mice trained in the MTM, protein levels for GluR1 were significantly increased while GluR2 levels were significantly decreased. On two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis, the presence of GluR1 and GluR2 were identified by mass spectrometry, and 2D immunoblotting revealed several expression forms of these receptor subunits. Findings unequivocally show that GluR1 and GluR2 complexes are linked to training in the MTM in C57BL/6J mice. These results may not only form the basis for studying receptor complexes rather than receptor subunits in memory formation or mechanisms of potential cognitive enhancers but represent a tool for investigations into pharmacological studies including the use of glutamate receptor agonists and antagonists.
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- Maryam Ghafari
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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Winding C, Sun Y, Höger H, Bubna-Littitz H, Pollak A, Schmidt P, Lubec G. Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 1 α levels are paralleling olfactory memory formation in the CD1 mouse. Electrophoresis 2011; 32:1675-83. [PMID: 21647921 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201000615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Revised: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 03/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Although olfactory discrimination has already been studied in several mouse strains, data on protein levels linked to olfactory memory are limited. Wild mouse strains Mus musculus musculus, Mus musculus domesticus and CD1 laboratory outbred mice were tested in a conditioned odor preference task and trained to discriminate between two odors, Rose and Lemon, by pairing one odor with a sugar reward. Six hours following the final test, mice were sacrificed and olfactory bulbs (OB) were taken for gel-based proteomics analyses and immunoblotting. OB proteins were extracted, separated by 2-DE and quantified using specific software (Proteomweaver). Odor-trained mice showed a preference for the previously rewarded odor suggesting that conditioned odor preference occurred. In CD1 mice levels, one out of 482 protein spots was significantly increased in odor-trained mice as compared with the control group; it was in-gel digested by trypsin and chymotrypsin and analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry (nano-ESI-LC-MS/MS). The spot was unambiguously identified as serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-α catalytic subunit (PP-1A) and differential levels observed in gel-based proteomic studies were verified by immunoblotting. PP-1A is a key signalling element in synaptic plasticity and memory processes and is herein shown to be paralleling olfactory discrimination representing olfactory memory.
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- Christiana Winding
- Division of Neuroproteomics, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Meyer B, Papasotiriou DG, Karas M. 100% protein sequence coverage: a modern form of surrealism in proteomics. Amino Acids 2010; 41:291-310. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0680-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Purification of recombinant growth hormone by clear native gels for conformational analyses: preservation of conformation and receptor binding. Amino Acids 2010; 39:859-69. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0542-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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