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Ishiwata-Endo H, Kato J, Oda H, Sun J, Yu ZX, Liu C, Springer DA, Dagur P, Lizak MJ, Murphy E, Moss J. Mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase 1 ( Artc1 )-deficiency decreases tumorigenesis, increases inflammation, decreases cardiac contractility, and reduces survival. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.06.527366. [PMID: 36945646 PMCID: PMC10028742 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.06.527366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Arginine-specific mono-ADP-ribosylation is a reversible post-translational modification; arginine-specific, cholera toxin-like mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTCs) transfer ADP-ribose from NAD + to arginine, followed by cleavage of ADP-ribose-(arginine)protein bond by ADP-ribosylarginine hydrolase 1 (ARH1), generating unmodified (arginine)protein. ARTC1 has been shown to enhance tumorigenicity as does Arh1 deficiency. In this study, Artc1 -KO and Artc1/Arh1 -double-KO mice showed decreased spontaneous tumorigenesis and increased age-dependent, multi-organ inflammation with upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF- α . In a xenograft model using tumorigenic Arh1 -KO mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), tumorigenicity was decreased in Artc1 -KO and heterozygous recipient mice, with tumor infiltration by CD8 + T cells and macrophages, leading to necroptosis, suggesting that ARTC1 promotes the tumor microenvironment. Furthermore, Artc1/Arh1 -double-KO MEFs showed decreased tumorigenesis in nude mice, showing that tumor cells as well as tumor microenvironment require ARTC1. By echocardiography and MRI, Artc1 -KO and heterozygous mice showed male-specific, reduced myocardial contractility. Furthermore, Artc1 -KO male hearts exhibited enhanced susceptibility to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion-induced injury with increased receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIP3) protein levels compared to WT mice, suggesting that ARTC1 suppresses necroptosis. Overall survival rate of Artc1 -KO was less than their Artc1 -WT counterparts, primarily due to enhanced immune response and inflammation. Thus, anti-ARTC1 agents may reduce tumorigenesis but may increase multi-organ inflammation and decrease cardiac contractility.
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Chapel-Fernandes S, Movia C, Jordier F, Durousseau de Coulgeans C, Chiaroni J, Bailly P. DO/ART4 gene sequencing in sub-Saharan cohorts and African migrants: useful data describing the diversity and spreading of rare variants. Transfusion 2019; 59:3755-3766. [PMID: 31750977 DOI: 10.1111/trf.15572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Due to the unavailability of immunological reagents, the Dombrock blood group is insufficiently explored in African populations and can be a source of alloimmunization. A large study including pygmoid and nonpygmoid ethnic groups from East, Central, and West continental Africa, together with African migrants like Comorians, Afro-Caribbean from Martinique, and Maroons from French Guiana would be helpful to increase transfusion safety. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Using genomic DNA extracted from blood samples collected from 336 nonpygmoid and 51 pygmoid Africans as well as 268 samples of African descent, DO coding regions were PCR-amplified and sequenced. RESULTS DO*A and DO*B alleles were detected in almost all groups, with a clear predominance of DO*B in every cohort tested. DO*JO and DO*HY allele frequencies reached 10% or more in several ethnic groups. DO*B-SH-Gln149Lys, DO*B-Ile5Thr, and DO*DODE variants were identified both in African ethnic groups and outside Africa. Twelve novel variants were characterized on a DO*A or a DO*B background. Five of them were found in both African and migrant cohorts, the others were restricted to either within or outside Africa. No DO*DOYA, DO*DOLG, DO*DOLC, nor DO*DOMR variants were observed. A first phylogenetic tree was proposed including all variant alleles. CONCLUSION This study across continental Africa and countries with African migrants provides a useful overview of Dombrock allele diversity and distribution. The identification of 12 new alleles underlines the importance of genotyping for Dombrock alleles, particularly to improve transfusion safety in countries hosting migrant populations of African descent.
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- Sylvie Chapel-Fernandes
- Etablissement Français du Sang PACA Corse, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, EFS, ADÉS, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang PACA Corse, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, EFS, ADÉS, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang PACA Corse, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, EFS, ADÉS, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang PACA Corse, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, EFS, ADÉS, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang PACA Corse, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, EFS, ADÉS, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France
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- Etablissement Français du Sang PACA Corse, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France.,Aix Marseille Univ., CNRS, EFS, ADÉS, «Biologie des Groupes Sanguins», Marseille, France
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Di Girolamo M, Fabrizio G. Overview of the mammalian ADP-ribosyl-transferases clostridia toxin-like (ARTCs) family. Biochem Pharmacol 2019; 167:86-96. [PMID: 31283932 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Mono-ADP-ribosylation is a reversible post-translational protein modification that modulates the function of proteins involved in different cellular processes, including signal transduction, protein transport, transcription, cell cycle regulation, DNA repair and apoptosis. In mammals, mono-ADP-ribosylation is mainly catalyzed by members of two different classes of enzymes: ARTCs and ARTDs. The human ARTC family is composed of four structurally related ecto-mono-ARTs, expressed at the cell surface or secreted into the extracellular compartment that are either active mono-ARTs (hARTC1, hARTC5) or inactive proteins (hARTC3, hARTC4). The human ARTD enzyme family consists of 17 multidomain proteins that can be divided on the basis of their catalytic activity into polymerases (ARTD1-6), mono-ART (ARTD7-17), and the inactive ARTD13. In recent years, ADP-ribosylation was intensively studied, and research was dominated by studies focusing on the role of this modification and its implication on various cellular processes. The aim of this review is to provide a general overview of the ARTC enzymes. In the following sections, we will report the mono-ADP-ribosylation reactions that are catalysed by the active ARTC enzymes, with a particular focus on hARTC1 that recently has been intensively studied with the discovery of new targets and functions.
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- Maria Di Girolamo
- SoL&Pharma s.r.l. Biotechnology Research, Registered Office, Via Brasile 13, 66030 Mozzagrogna, CH, Italy.
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- SoL&Pharma s.r.l. Biotechnology Research, Registered Office, Via Brasile 13, 66030 Mozzagrogna, CH, Italy
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Stevens LA, Moss J. Mono-ADP-Ribosylation Catalyzed by Arginine-Specific ADP-Ribosyltransferases. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1813:149-165. [PMID: 30097866 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8588-3_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Methods are described for determination of arginine-specific mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity of purified proteins and intact cells by monitoring the transfer of ADP-ribose from NAD+ to a model substrate, e.g., arginine, agmatine, and peptide (human neutrophil peptide-1 [HNP1]), and for the nonenzymatic hydrolysis of ADP-ribose-arginine to ornithine, a noncoded amino acid. In addition, preparation of purified ADP-ribosylarginine is included as a control substrate for ADP-ribosylation reactions.
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- Linda A Stevens
- Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Kemmotsu T, Yokoyama U, Saito J, Ito S, Uozumi A, Nishimaki S, Iwasaki S, Seki K, Ito S, Ishikawa Y. Antenatal Administration of Betamethasone Contributes to Intimal Thickening of the Rat Ductus Arteriosus. Circ J 2019; 83:654-661. [PMID: 30726804 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-18-1033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Antenatal betamethasone (BMZ) is a standard therapy for reducing respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. Recently, some reports have indicated that BMZ promotes ductus arteriosus (DA) closure. DA closure requires morphological remodeling; that is, intimal thickening (IT) formation; however, the role of BMZ in IT formation has not yet been reported. Methods and Results: First, DNA microarray analysis using smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of rat preterm DA on gestational day 20 (pDASMCs) stimulated with BMZ was performed. Among 58,717 probe sets, ADP-ribosyltransferase 3 (Art3) was markedly increased by BMZ stimulation. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed the BMZ-induced increase of Art3 in pDASMCs, but not in aortic SMCs. Immunocytochemistry showed that BMZ stimulation increased lamellipodia formation. BMZ significantly increased total paxillin protein expression and the ratio of phosphorylated to total paxillin. A scratch assay demonstrated that BMZ stimulation promoted pDASMC migration, which was attenuated byArt3-targeted siRNAs transfection. pDASMC proliferation was not promoted by BMZ, which was analyzed by a 5'-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) assay. Whether BMZ increased IT formation in vivo was examined. BMZ or saline was administered intravenously to maternal rats on gestational days 18 and 19, and DA tissues were obtained on gestational day 20. The ratio of IT to tunica media was significantly higher in the BMZ-treated group. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that antenatal BMZ administration promotes DA IT through Art3-mediated DASMC migration.
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- Takahiro Kemmotsu
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University
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- Perinatal Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center
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- Perinatal Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University
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ADP-ribosylation and intracellular traffic: an emerging role for PARP enzymes. Biochem Soc Trans 2019; 47:357-370. [DOI: 10.1042/bst20180416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 12/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AbstractADP-ribosylation is an ancient and reversible post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins, in which the ADP-ribose moiety is transferred from NAD+ to target proteins by members of poly-ADP-ribosyl polymerase (PARP) family. The 17 members of this family have been involved in a variety of cellular functions, where their regulatory roles are exerted through the modification of specific substrates, whose identification is crucial to fully define the contribution of this PTM. Evidence of the role of the PARPs is now available both in the context of physiological processes and of cell responses to stress or starvation. An emerging role of the PARPs is their control of intracellular transport, as it is the case for tankyrases/PARP5 and PARP12. Here, we discuss the evidence pointing at this novel aspect of PARPs-dependent cell regulation.
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de Coulgeans CD, Silvy M, Halverson G, Chiaroni J, Bailly P, Chapel-Fernandes S. Synonymous nucleotide polymorphisms influence Dombrock blood group protein expression in K562 cells. Br J Haematol 2013; 164:131-41. [PMID: 24125118 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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To gain further insight into ART4 (DO) gene alleles (DO*A, DO*JO1, DO*A-WL, DO*DOYA, DO*B, DO*B-WL, DO*B-SH-Q149K, DO*B-(WL)-I175N, DO*HY1, DO*HY2, DO*DOMR) and evaluate the impact of synonymous nucleotide polymorphisms on protein expression and mRNA accumulation of DO*A-HA, DO*A-SH and DO*B-SH alleles, human erythroleukaemic K562 cells were transducted with variant DO-lentiviral particles and analysed by flow cytometry and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Monoclonal antibody (MoAb) detection of DO*A-HA and DO*JO1 transductants was lower than DO*A transductants, while detection of DO*A-SH, DO*A-WL and DO*DOYA transductants was higher. Variant DO*B alleles, i.e. DO*B-SH, DO*B-WL, DO*HY1, DO*HY2 and DO*DOMR, showed reduced MoAb binding. The unexpected modifications of protein expression of the DO*A-HA, DO*A-SH and DO*B-SH alleles that differ from the DO*A or DO*B alleles by a single synonymous polymorphism were abolished by reversion, thus implying involvement of these polymorphisms. Depending on the Leu208 codon used, detection level ranged from 1 to 4·14. In the variant alleles resulting from single synonymous polymorphism, mRNA accumulation correlated roughly with MoAbs detection levels, suggesting post-transcriptional regulation. Other than a few reports involving aberrant splicing, the experiments described herein provide the first evidence that synonymous nucleotide polymorphisms can influence Dombrock blood group expression. Such polymorphisms should be taken into account for molecular screening and potential impact on transfusion.
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- Cécile Durousseau de Coulgeans
- Établissement Français du Sang Alpes Méditerranée, Marseille, France; EFS, ADÉS UMR 7268, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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Scarpa ES, Fabrizio G, Di Girolamo M. A role of intracellular mono-ADP-ribosylation in cancer biology. FEBS J 2013; 280:3551-62. [PMID: 23590234 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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During the development, progression and dissemination of neoplastic lesions, cancer cells can hijack normal pathways and mechanisms. This includes the control of the function of cellular proteins through reversible post-translational modifications, such as ADP-ribosylation, phosphorylation, and acetylation. In the case of mono-ADP-ribosylation and poly-ADP-ribosylation, the addition of one or several units of ADP-ribose to target proteins occurs via two families of enzymes that can generate ADP-ribosylated proteins: the diphtheria toxin-like ADP-ribosyltransferase (ARTD) family, comprising 17 different proteins that are either poly-ADP-ribosyltransferases or mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases or inactive enzymes; and the clostridial toxin-like ADP-ribosyltransferase family, with four human members, two of which are active mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases, and two of which are enzymatically inactive. In line with a central role for poly-ADP-ribose polymerase 1 in response to DNA damage, specific inhibitors of this enzyme have been developed as anticancer therapeutics and evaluated in several clinical trials. Recently, in combination with the discovery of a large number of enzymes that can catalyse mono-ADP-ribosylation, the role of this modification has been linked to human diseases, such as inflammation, diabetes, neurodegeneration, and cancer, thus revealing the need for the development of specific ARTD inhibitors. This will provide a better understanding of the roles of these enzymes in human physiology and pathology, so that they can be targeted in the future to generate new and efficacious drugs. This review summarizes our present knowledge of the ARTD enzymes that are involved in mono-ADP-ribosylation reactions and that have roles in cancer biology. In particular, the well-documented role of macro-containing ARTD8 in lymphoma and the putative role of ARTD15 in cancer are discussed.
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- Emanuele S Scarpa
- Department of Cellular and Translational Pharmacology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti, Italy
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Castagnini M, Picchianti M, Talluri E, Biagini M, Del Vecchio M, Di Procolo P, Norais N, Nardi-Dei V, Balducci E. Arginine-specific mono ADP-ribosylation in vitro of antimicrobial peptides by ADP-ribosylating toxins. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41417. [PMID: 22879887 PMCID: PMC3413682 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Among the several toxins used by pathogenic bacteria to target eukaryotic host cells, proteins that exert ADP-ribosylation activity represent a large and studied family of dangerous and potentially lethal toxins. These proteins alter cell physiology catalyzing the transfer of the ADP-ribose unit from NAD to cellular proteins involved in key metabolic pathways. In the present study, we tested the capability of four of these toxins, to ADP-ribosylate α- and β- defensins. Cholera toxin (CT) from Vibrio cholerae and heat labile enterotoxin (LT) from Escherichia coli both modified the human α-defensin (HNP-1) and β- defensin-1 (HBD1), as efficiently as the mammalian mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase-1. Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S was inactive on both HNP-1 and HBD1. Neisseria meningitidis NarE poorly recognized HNP-1 as a substrate but it was completely inactive on HBD1. On the other hand, HNP-1 strongly influenced NarE inhibiting its transferase activity while enhancing auto-ADP-ribosylation. We conclude that only some arginine-specific ADP-ribosylating toxins recognize defensins as substrates in vitro. Modifications that alter the biological activities of antimicrobial peptides may be relevant for the innate immune response. In particular, ADP-ribosylation of antimicrobial peptides may represent a novel escape mechanism adopted by pathogens to facilitate colonization of host tissues.
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- Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Siena, Italy
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnologies, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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Chapel-Fernandes S, Callebaut I, Halverson GR, Reid ME, Bailly P, Chiaroni J. Dombrock genotyping in a native Congolese cohort reveals two novel alleles. Transfusion 2011; 49:1661-71. [PMID: 19413734 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Since variant alleles in the Dombrock (DO) blood group system are common in Africans, DNA typing of DO alleles in an uninvestigated Congolese Teke ethnic group was performed. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS DO exons were polymerase chain reaction amplified, using genomic DNA extracted from blood samples, and sequenced. Membrane expression in K562 cells transduced with DO-cDNAs using lentiviral vectors was studied by flow cytometry. Amino acid changes were mapped on the protein structure, predicted by homology modeling. RESULTS In 41 samples investigated, there were 56 DOB or DOB-WL (68%), 15 DOA (18%), 6 HY (7%), and 3 JO (4%) alleles. The remaining two alleles were novel, that is, DOB-SH-Gln149Lys carrying a 445C>A transversion and DOB-(WL)-Ile175Asn showing a 524T>A transversion on a DOB or DOB-WL background. Transduced K562 cells revealed that DOB-SHGln149Lys variant was expressed to the same extent as DOB-SH but to a lesser extent than the DOB control. The DOB-Ile175Asn variant shows equivalent expression to DOB but is not recognized by monoclonal antibodies MIMA-53. As deduced from the protein model, these missense changes would lead to structure similar to the wild-type one, with only modified surface features. CONCLUSION Molecular screening of Teke individuals revealed a high frequency of HY and JO alleles and two novel alleles, one on the DOB (or DOB-WL) and one on the DOB-SH background. Expression studies highlighted the impact of changes on Do protein expression. These findings suggest that allelic diversity is greater than expected and that expression level of DO alleles should be taken into account in transfusion
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- Sylvie Chapel-Fernandes
- Laboratoire d’Hématologie Moléculaire, EFS Alpes Méditerranée, UMR 6578, Université de la Méditerranée, 207 Boulevard Sainte Marguerite, 13009, Marseille, France
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Costa FPS, Hue-Roye K, Sausais L, Velliquette RW, Da Costa Ferreira E, Lomas-Francis C, Reid ME. Absence of DOMR, a new antigen in the Dombrock blood group system that weakens expression of Dob, Gya, Hy, Joa, and DOYA antigens. Transfusion 2010; 50:2026-31. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02654.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Grahnert A, Grahnert A, Klein C, Schilling E, Wehrhahn J, Hauschildt S. Review: NAD +: a modulator of immune functions. Innate Immun 2010; 17:212-33. [PMID: 20388721 DOI: 10.1177/1753425910361989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Latterly, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has emerged as a molecule with versatile functions and of enormous impact on the maintenance of cell integrity. Besides playing key roles in almost all major aspects of energy metabolism, there is mounting evidence that NAD+ and its degradation products affect various biological activities including calcium homeostasis, gene transcription, DNA repair, and intercellular communication. This review is aimed at giving a brief insight into the life cycle of NAD+ in the cell, referring to synthesis, action and degradation aspects. With respect to their immunological relevance, the importance and function of the major NAD+ metabolizing enzymes, namely CD38/CD157, ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs), poly-ADP-ribose-polymerases (PARPs), and sirtuins are summarized and roles of NAD+ and its main degradation product adenosine 5'-diphosphoribose (ADPR) in cell signaling are discussed. In addition, an outline of the variety of immunological processes depending on the activity of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), the key enzyme of the salvage pathway of NAD+ synthesis, is presented. Taken together, an efficient supply of NAD+ seems to be a crucial need for a multitude of cell functions, underlining the yet only partly revealed potency of this small molecule to influence cell fate.
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- Andreas Grahnert
- Department of Immunobiology, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstrasse 33, Leipzig, Germany
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Mayer B, Thornton N, Yürek S, Wylie D, Hue-Roye K, Poole J, Bartolmäs T, Salama A, Lomas-Francis C, Velliquette RW, Yazdanbakhsh K, Reid ME. New antigen in the Dombrock blood group system, DOYA, ablates expression of Doa and weakens expression of Hy, Joa, and Gya antigens. Transfusion 2010; 50:1295-302. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02560.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The orthologue of the "acatalytic" mammalian ART4 in chicken is an arginine-specific mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase. BMC Mol Biol 2008; 9:86. [PMID: 18854029 PMCID: PMC2576468 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-9-86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2008] [Accepted: 10/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Human ART4, carrier of the GPI-(glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol) anchored Dombrock blood group antigens, is an apparently inactive member of the mammalian mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase (ART) family named after the enzymatic transfer of a single ADP-ribose moiety from NAD+ to arginine residues of extracellular target proteins. All known mammalian ART4 orthologues are predicted to lack ART activity because of one or more changes in essential active site residues that make up the R-S-EXE motif. So far, no other function has been detected. Results Here we report the identification and characterisation of ART4 in chicken, which to our knowledge is the first true non-mammalian orthologue of a mammalian ART family member. The chicken ART4 gene has the same physical structure as its mammalian counterparts (three coding exons separated by two introns in phase 0 and phase 1, respectively) and maps to a region of conserved linkage synteny on chromosome 1. Its mRNA encodes a 289 amino acid protein with predicted N-terminal signal peptide and C-terminal GPI-anchor sequences and 47% sequence identity to human ART4. However, in striking contrast to its mammalian orthologues, the chicken protein contains an intact R-S-EXE motif. Upon ectopic expression in C-33A cells, recombinant chicken ART4 localized at the cell surface as a GPI-anchored, highly glycosylated protein, which displayed arginine-specific ART activity (apparent Km of the recombinant protein for etheno-NAD+ 1.0 ± 0.18 μM). Conclusion The avian orthologue of the "acatalytic" mammalian ART4 is a mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase with enzymatic activity comparable to that of other, catalytically active and GPI-anchored members of the mammalian ART family.
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ADP-ribosylation using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is an important type of enzymatic reaction that affects many biological processes. A brief introductory review is given here to various ADP-ribosyltransferases, including poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARPs), mono(ADP-ribosyl)-transferases (ARTs), NAD(+)-dependent deacetylases (sirtuins), tRNA 2'-phosphotransferases, and ADP-ribosyl cyclases (CD38 and CD157). Focus is given to the enzymatic reactions, mechanisms, structures, and biological functions.
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- Hening Lin
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Westhoff C, Vege S, Yazdanbakhsh K, Wylie D, Razib M, Hue-Roye K, Halverson G, Read S, Whiteoak E, Nickle P, Maurer J, Kavitsky D, Nance S, Reid ME. A DOB allele encoding an amino acid substitution (Phe62Ser) resulting in a Dombrock null phenotype. Transfusion 2007; 47:1356-62. [PMID: 17655578 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01279.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The gene polymorphisms responsible for the antigens Doa, Dob, Hy, and Joa in the Dombrock (Do) blood group system have been identified. Four different mutations have been reported to cause the Dombrock null [Gy(a-)] phenotype. These include splice mutations, an eight-nucleotide deletion, and insertion of a stop codon. Here a Dombrock null caused by a single-amino-acid substitution in the full-length protein is reported. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS DOA and DOB were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism, and DO (ART4) exons and flanking regions were sequenced from genomic DNA. Expression analysis was performed by transfection of wild-type and mutant cDNAs into HEK 293T cells followed by flow cytometry and immunoblotting. Homology modeling was used to map the mutation on the protein structure. RESULTS The patient's sample carried nt 793G/G, indicating a DOB/DOB background. Exon 2 sequencing showed the sample carried a new mutation, nt 185T>C, causing a Phe62Ser substitution. This variant Do was not expressed on the surface of transfected HEK 293T cells. The mutation maps to a highly conserved FDDQY motif located between the beta1-strand and alpha1-helix near the COOH terminus in the native molecule. CONCLUSIONS The Dombrock null reported here is due to a single Phe62Ser mutation. The expression data confirmed that 62Ser is responsible for lack of cell surface Do, and protein modeling suggests the mutation disrupts important aromatic side chain interactions between Phe62 and His160. Production of an antibody to a high prevalence Dombrock antigen (anti-Gya) in this patient was consistent with complete absence of Dombrock/ART4 protein.
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Friedrich M, Grahnert A, Paasch U, Tannapfel A, Koch-Nolte F, Hauschildt S. Expression of toxin-related human mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase 3 in human testes. Asian J Androl 2006; 8:281-7. [PMID: 16625277 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00125.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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AIM To investigate wether the corresponding protein of mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase 3 (ART3) mRNA is expressed in human testes and, if so, whether the expression is cell type-specific. METHODS ART3 mRNA was determined in human testes and sperm by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol linkage of ART3 was shown by treating ART3-transfected HEK-293-T cells with phospholipase C. Fluorescent activated cell sorter (FACS)-analyses were used to detect ART3 on mature spermatozoa and immunohistological studies to detect the protein in testes. RESULTS ART3 protein was shown to be present in testes. It was found on spermatocytes only. It was absent from spermatogonia, spermatids and spermatozoa. The absence of ART3 from spermatozoa was confirmed by FACS-analysis. ART3 protein was detected neither within a seminoma nor on Leydig cells. CONCLUSION Here we show for the first time that ART3 protein is expressed in testes in particular on spermatocytes, indicating that ART3 exerts a specific function only required at a particular stage of spermatogenesis.
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- Maik Friedrich
- Institute of Biology II, Deptartment of Immunobiology, University of Leipzig, Talstrasse 33, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Paone G, Stevens LA, Levine RL, Bourgeois C, Steagall WK, Gochuico BR, Moss J. ADP-ribosyltransferase-specific modification of human neutrophil peptide-1. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:17054-17060. [PMID: 16627471 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603042200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Epithelial cells lining human airways and cells recruited to airways participate in the innate immune response in part by releasing human neutrophil peptides (HNP). Arginine-specific ADP-ribosyltransferases (ART) on the surface of these cells can catalyze the transfer of ADP-ribose from NAD to proteins. We reported that ART1, a mammalian ADP-ribosyltransferase, present in epithelial cells lining the human airway, modified HNP-1, altering its function. ADP-ribosylated HNP-1 was identified in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from patients with asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or a history of smoking (and having two common polymorphic forms of ART1 that differ in activity), but not in normal volunteers or patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Modified HNP-1 was not found in the sputum of cystic fibrosis patients or in leukocyte granules of normal volunteers. The finding of ADP-ribosyl-HNP-1 in BALF but not in leukocyte granules suggests that the modification occurred in the airway. Most of the HNP-1 in the BALF from individuals with a history of smoking was, in fact, mono- or di-ADP-ribosylated. ART1 synthesized in Escherichia coli, glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored ART1 released with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C from transfected NMU cells, or ART1 expressed endogenously on C2C12 myotubes modified arginine 14 on HNP-1 with a secondary site on arginine 24. ADP-ribosylation of HNP-1 by ART1 was substantially greater than that by ART3, ART4, ART5, Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S, or cholera toxin A subunit. Mouse ART2, which is an NAD:arginine ADP-ribosyltransferase, was able to modify HNP-1, but to a lesser extent than ART1. Although HNP-1 was not modified to a significant degree by ART5, it inhibited ART5 as well as ART1 activities. Human beta-defensin-1 (HBD1) was a poor transferase substrate. Reduction of the cysteine-rich defensins enhanced their ability to serve as ADP-ribose acceptors. We conclude that ADP-ribosylation of HNP-1 appears to be primarily an activity of ART1 and occurs in inflammatory conditions and disease.
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- Gregorino Paone
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1590
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- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1590
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1590
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- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1590
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- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1590
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- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1590
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- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1590.
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Zolkiewska A. Ecto-ADP-ribose transferases: cell-surface response to local tissue injury. Physiology (Bethesda) 2006; 20:374-81. [PMID: 16287986 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00028.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ecto-ADP-ribose transferases (ecto-ARTs) catalyze the transfer of ADP-ribose from NAD(+) to arginine residues in cell-surface proteins. Since the concentration of extracellular NAD(+) is very low under normal physiological conditions but rises significantly upon tissue injury or membrane stress, it is postulated that the main role of ecto-ARTs is to ADP-ribosylate and regulate the function of certain membrane receptors in response to elevated levels of NAD(+).
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- Anna Zolkiewska
- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.
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Friedrich M, Grahnert A, Hauschildt S. Analysis of the 3' UTR of the ART3 and ART4 gene by 3' inverse RACE-PCR. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 16:53-7. [PMID: 16040347 DOI: 10.1080/10425170400025307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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3' Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (3' RACE) is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based technique which has been developed to analyse 3' ends of partially known cDNA sequences. To improve the effectiveness of the technique, many investigators have modified the RACE protocol. Here, we describe an alternative procedure for analysing 3' mRNA ends which is based on DNA ligase-mediated self circularization and inverse PCR. This technique is simple and characterized by the exclusive use of gene-specific primers and the absence of unspecific adaptor sequences to obtain highly specific PCR products. We applied the method to analyze the 3' UTR of human mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase (ART) 3 mRNA in testis and heart muscle and of ART4 mRNA in HEL cells. The obtained sequences of ART3 and ART4 mRNA corresponded to data base entries of the respective mRNAs. No adenylate/uridylate-rich elements (AREs) were found in the 3' UTR of ART3 mRNA while one ARE class I motif was detected in the 3' UTR of ART4 mRNA.
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- Maik Friedrich
- Institute of Biologie II, Department of Immunobiology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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Di Girolamo M, Dani N, Stilla A, Corda D. Physiological relevance of the endogenous mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation of cellular proteins. FEBS J 2005; 272:4565-75. [PMID: 16156779 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation reaction is a post-translational modification that is catalysed by both bacterial toxins and eukaryotic enzymes, and that results in the transfer of ADP-ribose from betaNAD+ to various acceptor proteins. In mammals, both intracellular and extracellular reactions have been described; the latter are due to glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored or secreted enzymes that are able to modify their targets, which include the purinergic receptor P2X7, the defensins and the integrins. Intracellular mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation modifies proteins that have roles in cell signalling and metabolism, such as the chaperone GRP78/BiP, the beta-subunit of heterotrimeric G-proteins and glutamate dehydrogenase. The molecular identification of the intracellular enzymes, however, is still missing. A better molecular understanding of this reaction will help in the full definition of its role in cell physiology and pathology.
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- Maria Di Girolamo
- Department of Cell Biology and Oncology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti, Italy.
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The Do(a) antigen was discovered after I began my career in immunohematology and I have been fortunate to be involved in several fascinating discoveries in the Dombrock blood group system. The Do(a) antigen and its antithetical antigen, Do(b), have a prevalence that makes them useful as genetic markers. The paucity of reliable anti-Do(a) and anti-Do(b) has prevented this potential from being realized; however, our ability to type for DO alleles at the DNA level has made it possible to test cohorts from different populations. In 1992, the Dombrock blood group system was expanded to include three phenotypically related antigens, Gy(a), Hy, and Jo(a), when it was discovered that the Gy(a-) phenotype was the null of the Dombrock system. Based on the knowledge that the Dombrock glycoprotein is attached to the RBC membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol linkage and subsequent to the assignment of the corresponding gene to the short arm of chromosome 12, expressed sequence tags from terminally differentiating human erythroid cells were analyzed in silico to identify the DO gene. This allowed determination of the molecular basis of the various Do phenotypes and the realization that DO is identical to the gene encoding a mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase, ART4. No enzymatic activity in RBCs has been demonstrated and the function of this glycoprotein, on the outside surface of RBCs, has yet to be determined. This review is a synthesis of our current knowledge of the Dombrock blood group system.
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- Marion E Reid
- New York Blood Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Zhao Z, Gruszczynska-Biegala J, Zolkiewska A. ADP-ribosylation of integrin alpha7 modulates the binding of integrin alpha7beta1 to laminin. Biochem J 2005; 385:309-17. [PMID: 15361073 PMCID: PMC1134699 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The extracellular domain of integrin alpha7 is ADP-ribosylated by an arginine-specific ecto-ADP-ribosyltransferase after adding exogenous NAD+ to intact C2C12 skeletal muscle cells. The effect of ADP-ribosylation on the structure or function of integrin alpha7beta1 has not been explored. In the present study, we show that ADP-ribosylation of integrin alpha7 takes place exclusively in differentiated myotubes and that this post-translational modification modulates the affinity of alpha7beta1 dimer for its ligand, laminin. ADP-ribosylation in the 37-kDa 'stalk' region of alpha7 that takes place at micromolar NAD+ concentrations increases the binding of the alpha7beta1 dimer to laminin. Increased in vitro binding of integrin alpha7beta1 to laminin after ADP-ribosylation of the 37-kDa fragment of alpha7 requires the presence of Mn2+ and it is not observed in the presence of Mg2+. In contrast, ADP-ribosylation of the 63-kDa N-terminal region comprising the ligand-binding site of alpha7 that occurs at approx. 100 microM NAD+ inhibits the binding of integrin alpha7beta1 to laminin. Furthermore, incubation of C2C12 myotubes with NAD+ increases the expression of an epitope on integrin beta1 subunit recognized by monoclonal antibody 9EG7. We discuss our results based on the current models of integrin activation. We also hypothesize that ADP-ribosylation may represent a mechanism of regulation of integrin alpha7beta1 function in myofibres in vivo when the continuity of the membrane is compromised and NAD+ is available as a substrate for ecto-ADP-ribosylation.
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- Zhefeng Zhao
- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, 104 Willard Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, U.S.A
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, 104 Willard Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, U.S.A
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- Marion E Reid
- immunohematology Laboratory, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Corda D, Di Girolamo M. Mono-ADP-ribosylation: a tool for modulating immune response and cell signaling. SCIENCE'S STKE : SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT 2002; 2002:pe53. [PMID: 12488509 DOI: 10.1126/stke.2002.163.pe53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Mono-ADP-ribosylation is a posttranslational modification of cellular proteins that has the potential to regulate various cell functions. This reaction consists of the enzymatic transfer of ADP-ribose to specific acceptor amino acid residues (predominantly arginine and cysteine). The best-known cellular ADP-ribosyltransferases (the enzymes that catalyze this reaction) are the seven ectoenzymes, members of the ART family. Recently, ADP-ribosylated human neutrophil-derived peptide (HNP-1, an antimicrobial peptide secreted by immune cells) has been identified in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from individuals who smoke cigarettes. This demonstrates that ADP-ribosylation of HNP-1 occurs in vivo. In vitro experiments have indicated that ART-1, an enzyme also present in the airway epithelium, specifically modifies Arg(14) of the HNP-1, causing the loss of the peptide's antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity, while preserving its chemotactic activity. From a functional point of view, these data support a role of ADP-ribosylation in the innate immune response. Additional functions proposed for the ADP-ribosylation reaction involve the intracellular ADP-ribosyltransferases, which are molecularly unrelated to the ARTs and intervene in cell signaling and metabolism cascades. The growing understanding of the biological roles of protein and peptide ADP-ribosylation represents a powerful tool for novel pharmacological interventions.
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- Daniela Corda
- Department of Cell Biology and Oncology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro, Chieti, Italy.
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Corda D, Di Girolamo M. Mono-ADP-Ribosylation: A Tool for Modulating Immune Response and Cell Signaling. Sci Signal 2002. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.1632002pe53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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In order to screen for antigen-negative blood donors, it is necessary to have appropriate, potent antisera in sufficient volume. Anti-Do(a) and anti-Do(b) are notoriously weakly reactive antibodies, available only in small volumes, usually in sera containing other alloantibodies, and often deteriorate on storage. Thus, it has not been possible to test large numbers of blood samples to find Do (a-) or Do (b-) blood donors. At the NYBC, we now type selected donors for DOA and DOB by DNA analysis. Initially, we tested DNA prepared from donors who had been typed by hemagglutination for one or both antigens. We found that four donors, whose RBCs previously typed as Do (a+b-), had both DOA and DOB alleles, and when retested, the RBCs were Do (a+b+w). We have now tested over 300 donors for DO by PCR-RFLP using either Eam1105 I or BseRI restriction enzymes. Blood from DOA/DOA donors has survived better than "crossmatch compatible" blood for patients with anti-Do(b) and such results suggest that anti-Do(b) is a more frequent cause of transfusion reactions than reported. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that PCR-RFLP can be used to screen for antigen-negative donors in other blood group systems when appropriate antisera are not available. When interpreting the results, it is important to remember that the genotype may not reflect the phenotype. Our strategy has been to perform DNA analysis for the DO alleles on those donors who have been shown by hemagglutination to lack antigens corresponding to multiple alloantibodies in patients' plasma. In this way, we have been able to supply rare blood to numerous patients, whose serum contained at least 5 additional alloantibodies of clinical significance.
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- Marion E Reid
- Immunochemistry Laboratory, New York Blood Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Lucien N, Celton JL, Le Pennec PY, Cartron JP, Bailly P. Short deletion within the blood group Dombrock locus causing a Do(null) phenotype. Blood 2002; 100:1063-4. [PMID: 12130524 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2001-12-0298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new alteration of the blood group DO*A allele was identified in a female Do(null) donor from Reunion Island with allo- anti-DO3 in her serum; her parents are consanguineous. Because the amplification of the DO transcript failed, each exon and intron-exon junction from the DO gene were examined. After polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and sequencing, the only deviation from the wild-type DO*A allele sequence was an 8-nucleotide deletion (nt 343-350) within exon 2. This short deletion generates a premature stop codon and encodes a truncated protein lacking the predicted functional motif of the adenosine diphosphate-ribosyltransferase enzyme and the glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchor motif essential for RBC membrane attachment. An allele-specific PCR to detect the DO(Delta8nt) deletion was developed.
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- Nicole Lucien
- INSERM-U76, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France
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Glowacki G, Braren R, Firner K, Nissen M, Kühl M, Reche P, Bazan F, Cetkovic-Cvrlje M, Leiter E, Haag F, Koch-Nolte F. The family of toxin-related ecto-ADP-ribosyltransferases in humans and the mouse. Protein Sci 2002; 11:1657-70. [PMID: 12070318 PMCID: PMC2373659 DOI: 10.1110/ps.0200602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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ADP-ribosyltransferases including toxins secreted by Vibrio cholera, Pseudomonas aerurginosa, and other pathogenic bacteria inactivate the function of human target proteins by attaching ADP-ribose onto a critical amino acid residue. Cross-species polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and database mining identified the orthologs of these ADP-ribosylating toxins in humans and the mouse. The human genome contains four functional toxin-related ADP-ribosyltransferase genes (ARTs) and two related intron-containing pseudogenes; the mouse has six functional orthologs. The human and mouse ART genes map to chromosomal regions with conserved linkage synteny. The individual ART genes reveal highly restricted expression patterns, which are largely conserved in humans and the mouse. We confirmed the predicted extracellular location of the ART proteins by expressing recombinant ARTs in insect cells. Two human and four mouse ARTs contain the active site motif (R-S-EXE) typical of arginine-specific ADP-ribosyltransferases and exhibit the predicted enzyme activities. Two other human ARTs and their murine orthologues deviate in the active site motif and lack detectable enzyme activity. Conceivably, these ARTs may have acquired a new specificity or function. The position-sensitive iterative database search program PSI-BLAST connected the mammalian ARTs with most known bacterial ADP-ribosylating toxins. In contrast, no related open reading frames occur in the four completed genomes of lower eucaryotes (yeast, worm, fly, and mustard weed). Interestingly, these organisms also lack genes for ADP-ribosylhydrolases, the enzymes that reverse protein ADP-ribosylation. This suggests that the two enzyme families that catalyze reversible mono-ADP-ribosylation either were lost from the genomes of these nonchordata eucaryotes or were subject to horizontal gene transfer between kingdoms.
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- Gustavo Glowacki
- Institute of Immunology, University Hospital, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Paone G, Wada A, Stevens LA, Matin A, Hirayama T, Levine RL, Moss J. ADP ribosylation of human neutrophil peptide-1 regulates its biological properties. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:8231-5. [PMID: 12060767 PMCID: PMC123050 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.122238899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In human airways, epithelial cells lining the lumen and intraluminal cells (e.g., polymorphonuclear cells) participate in the innate immune response. These cells secrete or express on their surfaces arginine-specific ADP ribosyltransferases. Defensins, antimicrobial proteins secreted by immune cells, are arginine-rich, leading us to hypothesize that ADP ribosylation could modify their biological activities. We found that an arginine-specific ADP ribosyltransferase-1 present on airway epithelial cells modifies Arg-14 of alpha defensin-1. ADP-ribosylated defensin-1 had decreased antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities but still stimulated T cell chemotaxis and IL-8 release from A549 cells. Further, ADP-ribosylated defensin-1 inhibited cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities of unmodified defensin-1. We identified ADP-ribosylated defensin-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from smokers but not from nonsmokers, confirming its existence in vivo. Thus, airway mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases could have an important regulatory role in the innate immune response through modification of alpha defensin-1 and perhaps other basic molecules, with alteration of their biological properties.
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- Gregorino Paone
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bldg 10 Rm 6D03, Bethesda, MD 20892-1590, USA
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Grahnert A, Friedrich M, Pfister M, Haag F, Koch-Nolte F, Hauschildt S. Mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases in human monocytes: regulation by lipopolysaccharide. Biochem J 2002; 362:717-23. [PMID: 11879200 PMCID: PMC1222437 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3620717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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ADP-ribosyltransferase activity was shown to be present on the surface of human monocytes. Incubating the cells in the presence of BSA leads to an increase in enzyme activity. The acceptor amino acid mainly responsible for the ADP-ribose bond was identified as a cysteine residue. An increase in ADP-ribosyltransferase activity was observed when cells were treated for 16 h with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Possible candidates for catalysing the reaction are mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs). When measuring expression of the mRNA of ART1, 3, 4 and 5, only ART3 mRNA was detected in unstimulated monocytes. Upon stimulation for 16 h with LPS, lipoteichoic acid or peptidoglycan, ART4 mRNA was found to be expressed. No ART4 signal appeared after a 4 h exposure of the cells to LPS. Cell-surface proteins were labelled when incubating monocytes with [(32)P]NAD(+). Their molecular masses were 29, 33, 43, 45, 60 and 82 kDa. In response to LPS an additional protein of 31 kDa was found to be labelled. The bound label was resistant to treatment with NH(2)OH but sensitive to HgCl(2), characteristic of a cysteine-linked ADP-ribosylation.
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- Andreas Grahnert
- Department of Immunobiology, Institute of Zoology, University of Leipzig, Talstrasse 33, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Adriouch S, Ohlrogge W, Haag F, Koch-Nolte F, Seman M. Rapid induction of naive T cell apoptosis by ecto-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide: requirement for mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase 2 and a downstream effector. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:196-203. [PMID: 11418649 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.1.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lymphocytes express a number of NAD-metabolizing ectoenzymes, including mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases (ART) and ADP ribosylcyclases. These enzymes may regulate lymphocyte functions following the release of NAD in injured or inflammatory tissues We report here that extracellular NAD induces apoptosis in BALB/c splenic T cells with an IC(50) of 3-5 microM. Annexin V staining of cells was observed already 10 min after treatment with NAD in the absence of any additional signal. Removal of GPI-anchored cell surface proteins by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C treatment rendered cells resistant to NAD-mediated apoptosis. RT-PCR analyses revealed that resting BALB/c T cells expressed the genes for GPI-anchored ART2.1 and ART2.2 but not ART1. ART2-specific antisera blocked radiolabeling of cell surface proteins with both [(32)P]NAD and NAD-mediated apoptosis. Further analyses revealed that natural knockout mice for Art2.a (C57BL/6) or Art2.b (NZW) were resistant to NAD-mediated apoptosis. Labeling with [(32)P]NAD revealed strong cell surface ART activity on T cells of C57BL/6 and little if any activity on cells of NZW mice. T cells of (C57BL/6 x NZW)F(1) animals showed strong cell surface ART activity and were very sensitive to NAD-induced apoptosis. As in BALB/c T cells, ART2-specific antisera blocked cell surface ART activity and apoptosis in (C57BL/6 x NZW)F(1) T cells. The fact that T cells of F(1) animals are sensitive to rapid NAD-induced apoptosis suggests that this effect requires the complementation of (at least) two genetic components. We propose that one of these is cell surface ART2.2 activity (defective in the NZW parent), the other a downstream effector of ADP-ribosylation (defective in the C57BL/6 parent).
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- S Adriouch
- Laboratoire d'Immunodifferenciation, Université Denis-Diderot Paris 7, Paris, France
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Identification of the Dombrock blood group glycoprotein as a polymorphic member of the ADP-ribosyltransferase gene family. Blood 2000. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v96.7.2621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractIdentification of the 25 known human blood group molecules is of fundamental importance for the fields of erythroid cell biology and transfusion medicine. Here we provide the first molecular description of the “Dombrock” blood group system. A candidate gene was identified by in silico analyses of approximately 5000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from terminally differentiating human erythroid cells. Transfection experiments demonstrated specific binding of anti-Dombrock and confirmed glycosylphosphatidylinositol membrane attachment. Dombrock expression is developmentally regulated during erythroid differentiation and occurs at highest levels in the fetal liver. Homology studies suggest that the Dombrock molecule is a member of the adenosine 5′-diphosphate (ADP)–ribosyltransferase ectoenzyme gene family. Genotypic comparisons suggest Doa versus Dob antigenicity results from a single amino acid substitution within an encoded arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) motif of the molecule.
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Identification of the Dombrock blood group glycoprotein as a polymorphic member of the ADP-ribosyltransferase gene family. Blood 2000. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v96.7.2621.h8002621_2621_2627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Identification of the 25 known human blood group molecules is of fundamental importance for the fields of erythroid cell biology and transfusion medicine. Here we provide the first molecular description of the “Dombrock” blood group system. A candidate gene was identified by in silico analyses of approximately 5000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from terminally differentiating human erythroid cells. Transfection experiments demonstrated specific binding of anti-Dombrock and confirmed glycosylphosphatidylinositol membrane attachment. Dombrock expression is developmentally regulated during erythroid differentiation and occurs at highest levels in the fetal liver. Homology studies suggest that the Dombrock molecule is a member of the adenosine 5′-diphosphate (ADP)–ribosyltransferase ectoenzyme gene family. Genotypic comparisons suggest Doa versus Dob antigenicity results from a single amino acid substitution within an encoded arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) motif of the molecule.
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Otto H, Tezcan-Merdol D, Girisch R, Haag F, Rhen M, Koch-Nolte F. The spvB gene-product of the Salmonella enterica virulence plasmid is a mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase. Mol Microbiol 2000; 37:1106-15. [PMID: 10972829 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02064.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A number of well-known bacterial toxins ADP-ribosylate and thereby inactivate target proteins in their animal hosts. Recently, several vertebrate ecto-enzymes (ART1-ART7) with activities similar to bacterial toxins have also been cloned. We show here that PSIBLAST, a position-specific-iterative database search program, faithfully connects all known vertebrate ecto-mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases (mADPRTs) with most of the known bacterial mADPRTs. Intriguingly, no matches were found in the available public genome sequences of archaeabacteria, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae or the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Significant new matches detected by PSIBLAST from the public sequence data bases included only one open reading frame (ORF) of previously unknown function: the spvB gene contained in the virulence plasmids of Salmonella enterica. Structure predictions of SpvB indicated that it is composed of a C-terminal ADP-ribosyltransferase domain fused via a poly proline stretch to a N-domain resembling the N-domain of the secretory toxin TcaC from nematode-infecting enterobacteria. We produced the predicted catalytic domain of SpvB as a recombinant fusion protein and demonstrate that it, indeed, acts as an ADP-ribosyltransferase. Our findings underscore the power of the PSIBLAST program for the discovery of new family members in genome databases. Moreover, they open a new avenue of investigation regarding salmonella pathogenesis.
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- H Otto
- Institute for Immunology, University Hospital, Martinistr. 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Balducci E, Horiba K, Usuki J, Park M, Ferrans VJ, Moss J. Selective expression of RT6 superfamily in human bronchial epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1999; 21:337-46. [PMID: 10460751 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.21.3.3638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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RT6 proteins are glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked alloantigens that are localized to cytotoxic T lymphocytes and that have nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide glycohydrolase and adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribosyltransferase activities. In view of the importance of GPI-linked surface proteins in mediating interactions of cells with their milieu, and the varied functions of airway cells in inflammation, we undertook the present study to determine whether human homologues of the RT6 superfamily of ADP-ribosyltransferases (ART) are expressed in pulmonary epithelial cells. We hypothesized that these surface proteins or related family members may be present in cells that interact with inflammatory cells, and that they may thereby be involved in intercellular signaling. Using in situ analysis and Northern blot analysis, we identified ART1 messenger RNA (mRNA) in airway epithelial cells. As expected for GPI-anchored proteins, the localization of ART1 at the apical surface of ciliated epithelial cells was demonstrated by staining with polyclonal anti-ART1 antibody, and was confirmed by loss of this immunoreactivity after treatment with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC), which selectively cleaves GPI anchors and releases proteins from the plasma membrane. Using in situ hybridization with specific ART3 and ART4 oligonucleotides, we also identified two additional members of the RT6 superfamily in epithelial cells. In accord with these findings, we identified ART3 and ART4 mRNAs through reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction of polyadenine-positive RNA from human trachea. Interestingly, these proteins appeared to be preferentially localized to the airway epithelium. The localized expression of these members of the RT6 superfamily in human pulmonary epithelial cells may reflect a role for them in cell-cell signaling during immune responses within the airway.
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- E Balducci
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch and Pathology Section, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Okazaki IJ, Moss J. Characterization of glycosylphosphatidylinositiol-anchored, secreted, and intracellular vertebrate mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases. Annu Rev Nutr 1999; 19:485-509. [PMID: 10448534 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.19.1.485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mono-ADP-ribosylation is a posttranslational modification of proteins in which the ADP-ribose moiety of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is transferred to an acceptor amino acid. Five mammalian ADP-ribosyltransferases (ART1--ART5) have been cloned and expression is restricted to tissues such as cardiac and skeletal muscle, leukocytes, brain, and testis. ART1 and ART2 are glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored ectoenzymes. ART5 appears not to be GPI-linked and may be secreted. In skeletal muscle and lymphocytes, ART1 modifies specific members of the integrin family of adhesion molecules, suggesting that ADP-ribosylation affects cell-matrix or cell-cell interactions. In lymphocytes, ADP-ribosylation of surface proteins is associated with changes in p56lck tyrosine kinase-mediated signaling. The catalytic sites of bacterial toxins and vertebrate transferases have conserved structural features, consistent with a common reaction mechanism. ADP-ribosylation can be reversed by ADP-ribosylarginine hydrolases, resulting in the regeneration of free arginine. Thus, an ADP-ribosylation cycle may play a regulatory role in vertebrate tissues.
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- I J Okazaki
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1434, USA.
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Braren R, Glowacki G, Nissen M, Haag F, Koch-Nolte F. Molecular characterization and expression of the gene for mouse NAD+:arginine ecto-mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase, Art1. Biochem J 1998; 336 ( Pt 3):561-8. [PMID: 9841866 PMCID: PMC1219905 DOI: 10.1042/bj3360561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases regulate the function of target proteins by attaching ADP-ribose to specific amino acid residues in the proteins. We have characterized the gene for mouse arginine-specific ADP-ribosyltransferase, Art1. Southern blot analyses indicate that Art1 is a single-copy gene. Northern blot and reverse transcription-PCR analyses demonstrate prominent expression of Art1 in cardiac and skeletal muscle, and lower levels in spleen, lung, liver and fetal tissues. While human ART1 is not represented in the public expressed sequence tag (EST) database, the database contains 14 mouse Art1 ESTs. The Art1 gene encompasses four exons spanning 20 kb of genomic DNA. The deduced amino acid sequence of Art1 exhibits the characteristic features of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored membrane protein. It shows 75-77% sequence identity with its orthologues from the human and rabbit, and 33-34% identity with its paralogues from the mouse, Art2-1 and Art2-2. Separate exons encode the N- and C-terminal signal peptides, and a single long exon encodes the entire predicted native polypeptide chain. We expressed Art1 in 293T cells as a recombinant fusion protein with the Fc portion of human IgG1. This soluble protein exhibits enzyme activities characteristic of arginine-specific ADP-ribosyltransferases. The availability of the Art1 gene provides the basis for applying transgene and knockout technologies to further probe the function of this gene product.
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- R Braren
- Institute for Immunology, University Hospital, Martinistr. 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Okazaki IJ, Moss J. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored and secretory isoforms of mono-ADP-ribosyltransferases. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:23617-20. [PMID: 9726960 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.37.23617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- I J Okazaki
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1434, USA.
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Almeida R, Amado M, David L, Levery SB, Holmes EH, Merkx G, van Kessel AG, Rygaard E, Hassan H, Bennett E, Clausen H. A family of human beta4-galactosyltransferases. Cloning and expression of two novel UDP-galactose:beta-n-acetylglucosamine beta1, 4-galactosyltransferases, beta4Gal-T2 and beta4Gal-T3. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:31979-91. [PMID: 9405390 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.51.31979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BLAST analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) using the coding sequence of the human UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta1, 4-galactosyltransferase, designated beta4Gal-T1, revealed a large number of ESTs with identical as well as similar sequences. ESTs with sequences similar to that of beta4Gal-T1 could be grouped into at least two non-identical sequence sets. Analysis of the predicted amino acid sequence of the novel ESTs with beta4Gal-T1 revealed conservation of short sequence motifs as well as cysteine residues previously shown to be important for the function of beta4Gal-T1. The likelihood that the identified ESTs represented novel galactosyltransferase genes was tested by cloning and sequencing of the full coding region of two distinct genes, followed by expression. Expression of soluble secreted constructs in the baculovirus system showed that these genes represented genuine UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta1, 4-galactosyltransferases, thus designated beta4Gal-T2 and beta4Gal-T3. Genomic cloning of the genes revealed that they have identical genomic organizations compared with beta4Gal-T1. The two novel genes were located on 1p32-33 and 1q23. The results demonstrate the existence of a family of homologous galactosyltransferases with related functions. The existence of multiple beta4-galactosyltransferases with the same or overlapping functions may be relevant for interpretation of biological functions previously assigned to beta4Gal-T1.
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- R Almeida
- School of Dentistry, University of Copenhagen, Norre Allé 20, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Thiele HG, Haag F, Koch-Nolte F. Molecular cloning and characterization of the T-cell mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase RT6. Relationships to other mADPRTs and possible functions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1997; 419:109-20. [PMID: 9193643 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8632-0_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- H G Thiele
- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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Koch-Nolte F, Haag F. Mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases and related enzymes in animal tissues. Emerging gene families. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1997; 419:1-13. [PMID: 9193631 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8632-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Mono-ADP-ribosylation, like phosphorylation, is an enzyme-catalyzed, reversible post-translational modification that modulates protein function. It was originally discovered as the pathogenic principle of diphtheria-, cholera-, and other potent bacterial toxins. By analogy, corresponding enyzmes were postulated to exist in animal tissues, and mounting biochemical evidence indicates that such enzymes, indeed, play important regulatory roles in cellular functions. The molecular cloning of the first mammalian mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase from rabbit skeletal muscle, the finding of its homology to a well-studied T-cell marker, RT6, and the molecular cloning of additional gene family members from mammals and birds is providing fresh impetus to research in this field. Intriguingly, these vertebrate enzymes are predicted to be secretory or membrane proteins. They are expressed in lymphatic tissues, muscle, testis, bone marrow, and erythroblasts. Here we review the relationship between this novel family of eucaryotic mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases (mADPRTs), ADP-ribosylating bacterial toxins, the poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP), the ADP-ribosyl cyclases, and the ADP-ribosylprotein hydrolase (ARH) in terms of their structure, enzymatic properties and possible biological functions.
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- F Koch-Nolte
- Department of Immunology, University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany
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Howard JC. Contemplations on the evolution of pro- and eukaryotic mono(ADP-ribosyl) transferases in the context of the immune system. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1997; 419:453-8. [PMID: 9193689 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8632-0_59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- J C Howard
- Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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Braren R, Firner K, Balasubramanian S, Bazan F, Thiele HG, Haag F, Koch-Nolte F. Use of the EST database resource to identify and clone novel mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferase gene family members. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1997; 419:163-8. [PMID: 9193649 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8632-0_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We searched the database of expressed sequence tags (dbEST) for relatives of the known human and murine mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases (mADPRT), poly(ADP-ribosyl)polymerases (PARP), ADP-ribosyl cyclases, and ADP-ribosylarginine hydrolases (ARH). By May 31, 1996, all of the known enzymes except for RT6 were represented in dbEST by exact sequence matches from mouse and/or human tissues. Several ESTs show significant sequence similarity but not identity to known mADPRTs. We isolated, cloned, and sequenced the corresponding genes. Our results show that seven human ESTs stem from a novel gene, provisionally designated LART, which is specifically expressed in lymphatic tissues. Five human ESTs stem from a novel gene, here designated TART1, which is specifically expressed in testis. This gene is also represented by a single mouse EST. One other mouse EST stems from a distinct gene, here designated TART2, which is also expressed in testis. These genes have similar exon/intron structures. The predicted LART and TART1 gene products contain hydrophobic N- and C-terminal signal peptides characteristic for GPI-anchored surface proteins, TART2 lacks the GPI-anchor signal peptide. The predicted native proteins show 28-42% sequence identity to one another. They each contain four cysteine residues that probably form conserved disulfide bonds. They each also contain a conserved glutamic acid residue within the proposed active site motif LART and TART1 show interesting deviations from the surrounding consensus sequence.
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- R Braren
- Department of Immunology, University Hospital, Hamburg, Germany
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