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Thangappan J, Wu S, Lee SG. Joint-based description of protein structure: its application to the geometric characterization of membrane proteins. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1056. [PMID: 28432363 PMCID: PMC5430719 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01011-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A macroscopic description of a protein structure allows an understanding of the protein conformations in a more simplistic manner. Here, a new macroscopic approach that utilizes the joints of the protein secondary structures as a basic descriptor for the protein structure is proposed and applied to study the arrangement of secondary structures in helical membrane proteins. Two types of dihedral angle, Ω and λ, were defined based on the joint points of the transmembrane (TM) helices and loops, and employed to analyze 103 non-homologous membrane proteins with 3 to 14 TM helices. The Ω-λ plot, which is a distribution plot of the dihedral angles of the joint points, identified the allowed and disallowed regions of helical arrangement. Analyses of consecutive dihedral angle patterns indicated that there are preferred patterns in the helical alignment and extension of TM proteins, and helical extension pattern in TM proteins is varied as the size of TM proteins increases. Finally, we could identify some symmetric protein pairs in TM proteins under the joint-based coordinate and 3-dimensional coordinates. The joint-based approach is expected to help better understand and model the overall conformational features of complicated large-scale proteins, such as membrane proteins.
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- Jayaraman Thangappan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pukyong National University, Busan, 608-737, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, Republic of Korea.
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Krull DL, Peterson RA. Preclinical applications of quantitative imaging cytometry to support drug discovery. Methods Cell Biol 2011; 102:291-308. [PMID: 21704843 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374912-3.00011-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Preclinical drug development is actively involved in testing compounds to find cures or to manage the effects of disease, such as diabetes. Animal models, such as the Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat, are used to measure efficacy of candidate drugs. This animal model was selected because of its clinical and pathological similarities to diabetic human patients. A method using immunofluorescence and laser scanning cytometry (LSC) technology has been used to measure the development of diabetic phenotype in the ZDF rat during a 17-week time course. The expression levels of insulin, glucagon, voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), and Ki67 were quantified. Insulin and VDAC expression were reduced in the ZDF animals in comparison to the lean control rats, while no significant change was seen in glucagon and Ki67 expression at week 17. This information is useful in the design of studies to test experimental compounds in this model. Screening drug targets or biomarkers in tissue sections is another important activity in drug development. Tissue microarrays (TMAs) are composed of 60 or more tissue cores from humans or animal models and may contain healthy and/or diseased tissues. Antibodies against target proteins are applied to TMAs using routine immunohistochemical reagents and protocols. The protein expression across the cores, as labeled by immunohistochemistry, is measured using LSC technology. The process provides an efficient and cost-effective method for evaluating multiple targets in a large number of tissue samples. More recently, IHC and LSC have been taken to the next level to quantify biopharmaceutical drug and target co-localization in tissue sections.
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- David L Krull
- GlaxoSmithKline, Safety Assessment, Investigative Pathology Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Lipskaya TY, Voinova VV. Mitochondrial nucleoside diphosphate kinase: Mode of interaction with the outer mitochondrial membrane and proportion of catalytic activity functionally coupled to oxidative phosphorylation. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2011; 73:321-31. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297908030139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Krull D. Quantitative assessment of pancreatic islets using laser scanning cytometry. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN CYTOMETRY 2011; Chapter 6:6.32.1-6.32.17. [PMID: 21455967 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy0632s56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes is characterized by an inability to metabolize glucose, resulting from insufficient insulin function for glucose transport from the blood to tissues. One cause of insufficiency is malfunction of the insulin-producing beta cells within the pancreatic islets. Various compounds to stimulate and restore normal islet function are under development. Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat animal models are used to measure efficacy of drug candidates, as they show clinical effects similar to those in diabetic patients. Drug effects are evaluated by removing the pancreas from ZDF rats, processing the tissue with paraffin and sectioning it, and then analyzing the sections utilizing antibodies against targeted proteins to quantify morphology and metabolic activity. This protocol describes quantitative analysis of insulin, glucagon, mitochondria (all on a per-islet basis), and insulin-positive proliferating cells in ZDF and lean rat pancreatic tissue sections using the iCyte Imaging Cytometer.
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- David Krull
- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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Yuqi L, Lei G, Yang L, Zongbin L, Hua X, Lin W, Rui C, Mohan L, Yi W, Minxin G, Shiwen W. Voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) is involved in apoptosis of cell lines carrying the mitochondrial DNA mutation. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2009; 10:114. [PMID: 19895710 PMCID: PMC2779793 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-10-114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2008] [Accepted: 11/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) is increasingly implicated in the control of apoptosis. We have studied the effects the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) tRNAIle mutation on VDAC expression, localization, and apoptosis. METHODS Lymphoblastoid cell lines were derived from 3 symptomatic and 1 asymptomatic members of a family with hypertension associated with the A4263G tRNAIle mutation as well as from control subjects. Mitochondrial potential (DeltaPsim) and apoptosis were measured by flow cytometry; co-localization of VDAC and Bax was evaluated by confocal microscopy. RESULTS Expression of VDAC and Bax in mtDNA cell lines was found to be increased compared to controls, while expression of the small conductance calcium-dependant potassium channel (sKCa) was unchanged. Confocal imaging revealed co-localization of VDAC/Bax on the outer mitochondrial membrane of A4263G cell lines but not from controls. Flow cytometry indicated that the mitochondrial potential was decreased by 32% in mutated cells versus controls while rates of apoptosis were increased (P < 0.05). The difference was attenuated by Cyclosporin A (CsA, 2 muM), a blocker of VDAC. CONCLUSION We conclude that increased expression of mitochondrial VDAC and subcellular co-localization of VDAC/Bax increases mitochondrial permeability and apoptosis in cell lines carrying the mtDNA tRNAIle A4263G mutation.
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- Liu Yuqi
- Institute of Geriatric Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, PR China
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Golestani A, Ramshini H, Nemat-Gorgani M. A study on the two binding sites of hexokinase on brain mitochondria. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2007; 8:20. [PMID: 17949503 PMCID: PMC2148039 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-8-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Background Type I hexokinase (HK-I) constitutes the predominant form of the enzyme in the brain, a major portion of which is associated with the outer mitochondrial membrane involving two sets of binding sites. In addition to the glucose-6-phosphate (G6P)-sensitive site (Type A), the enzyme is bound on a second set of sites (Type B) which are, while insensitive to G6P, totally releasable by use of high concentrations of chaotropic salts such as KSCN. Results obtained on release of HK-I from these "sites" suggested the possibility for the existence of distinct populations of the bound enzyme, differing in susceptibility to release by G6P. Results In the present study, the sensitivity of HK-I toward release by G6P (2 mM) and a low concentration of KSCN (45 mM) was investigated using rat brain, bovine brain and human brain mitochondria. Partial release from the G6P-insensitive site occurred without disruption of the mitochondrial membrane as a whole and as related to HK-I binding to the G6P-sensitive site. While, as expected, the sequential regime release-rebinding-release was observed on site A, no rebinding was detectable on site B, pre-treated with 45 mM KSCN. Also, no binding was detectable on mitochondria upon blocking site A for HK-I binding utilizing dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD), followed by subsequent treatment with KSCN. These observations while confirmed the previously-published results on the overall properties of the two sites, demonstrated for the first time that the reversible association of the enzyme on mitochondria is uniquely related to the Type A site. Conclusion Use of very low concentrations of KSCN at about 10% of the level previously reported to cause total release of HK-I from the G6P- insensitive site, caused partial release from this site in a reproducible manner. In contrast to site A, no rebinding of the enzyme takes place on site B, suggesting that site A is 'the only physiologically-important site in relation to the release-rebinding of the enzyme which occur in response to the energy requirements of the brain. Based on the results presented, a possible physiological role for distribution of the enzyme between the two sites on the mitochondrion is proposed.
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- Abolfazl Golestani
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran 14155-6447, Iran.
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Rahib L, MacLennan NK, Horvath S, Liao JC, Dipple KM. Glycerol kinase deficiency alters expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, and insulin signaling. Eur J Hum Genet 2007; 15:646-57. [PMID: 17406644 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Glycerol kinase (GK) is at the interface of fat and carbohydrate metabolism and has been implicated in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. To define GK's role in insulin resistance, we examined gene expression in brown adipose tissue in a glycerol kinase knockout (KO) mouse model using microarray analysis. Global gene expression profiles of KO mice were distinct from wild type with 668 differentially expressed genes. These include genes involved in lipid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, insulin signaling, and insulin resistance. Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis confirmed the differential expression of selected genes involved in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. PathwayAssist analysis confirmed direct and indirect connections between glycerol kinase and genes in lipid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, insulin signaling, and insulin resistance. Network component analysis (NCA) showed that the transcription factors (TFs) PPAR-gamma, SREBP-1, SREBP-2, STAT3, STAT5, SP1, CEBPalpha, CREB, GR and PPAR-alpha have altered activity in the KO mice. NCA also revealed the individual contribution of these TFs on the expression of genes altered in the microarray data. This study elucidates the complex network of glycerol kinase and further confirms a possible role for glycerol kinase deficiency, a simple Mendelian disorder, in insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus, a common complex genetic disorder.
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- Lola Rahib
- Biomedical Engineering, Interdepartmental Program, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Papadopoulos V, Liu J, Culty M. Is there a mitochondrial signaling complex facilitating cholesterol import? Mol Cell Endocrinol 2007; 265-266:59-64. [PMID: 17280776 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cholesterol transport into mitochondria is the rate-determining and hormone-sensitive step in steroid biosynthesis. During the last few years two proteins were shown to be critical for this process: the mitochondrial translocator protein, previously known as peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor, and the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein. In this manuscript we review evidence suggesting that these two proteins functionally interact to facilitate cholesterol transport and may be part of a larger multimeric mitochondrial complex of proteins assembled to facilitate the hormone-induced cholesterol transfer into mitochondria. This complex might include proteins such as the mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel, the translocator protein-associated protein PAP7 which also functions as an A kinase anchor protein that binds and brings into the complex the regulatory subunit Ialpha of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
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- Vassilios Papadopoulos
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular and Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
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Luo Y, Zhang J, Liu Y, Shaw AC, Wang X, Wu S, Zeng X, Chen J, Gao Y, Zheng D. Comparative proteome analysis of breast cancer and normal breast. Mol Biotechnol 2006. [PMID: 15767701 DOI: 10.1385/mb: 29: 3: 233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Breast cancer is a leading cause of death for women. The underlying molecular mechanism is still not well understood. In this study, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry was used to analyze changes in the proteome of infiltrating ductal carcinoma compared to normal breast tissue. Ten sets of two-dimensional gels per experimental condition were analyzed and more than 500 spots each were detected. This revealed 39 spots for which expression in breast cancer cells were reproducibly altered more than twofold compared to normal controls (p < 0.01). These spots represented 25 different proteins after identification using the database search after mass spectrometry, comprising cell defense proteins, enzymes involved in glycolytic energy metabolism and homeostasis, protein folding and structural proteins, proteins involved in cytoskeleton and cell motility, and proteins involved in other functions. In addition, 28 nondifferentially expressed proteins with different functions were also mapped and identified, which might help to establish a two-dimensional gel electrophoresis reference map of human breast cancer. Our study shows that proteomics offers a powerful methodology to detect the proteins that show different expression patterns in breast cancer tissue and may provide an accurate molecular classification. The differentially expressed proteins may be used as potential candidate markers for diagnostic purposes or for determination of tumor sensitivity to therapy. The functional implications of the identified proteins are discussed.
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- Yuanming Luo
- National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Med Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Lipskaya TY, Voinova VV. Functional coupling between nucleoside diphosphate kinase of the outer mitochondrial compartment and oxidative phosphorylation. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2006; 70:1354-62. [PMID: 16417458 DOI: 10.1007/s10541-005-0269-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In rat liver mitochondria all nucleoside diphosphate kinase of the outer compartment is associated with the outer surface of the outer membrane (Lipskaya, T. Yu., and Plakida, K. N. (2003) Biochemistry (Moscow), 68, 1136-1144). In the present study, three systems operating as ADP donors for oxidative phosphorylation have been investigated. The outer membrane bound nucleoside diphosphate kinase was the first system tested. Two others employed yeast hexokinase and yeast nucleoside diphosphate kinase. The two enzymes exhibited the same activity but could not bind to mitochondrial membranes. In all three systems, muscle creatine phosphokinase was the external agent competing with the oxidative phosphorylation system for ADP. Determination of mitochondrial respiration rate in the presence of increasing quantities of creatine phosphokinase revealed that at large excess of creatine phosphokinase activity over other kinase activities (of the three systems tested) and oxidative phosphorylation the creatine phosphokinase reaction reached a quasi-equilibrium state. Under these conditions equilibrium concentrations of all creatine phosphokinase substrates were determined and K(eq)app of this reaction was calculated for the system with yeast hexokinase. In samples containing active mitochondrial nucleoside diphosphate kinase the concentrations of ATP, creatine, and phosphocreatine were determined and the quasi-equilibrium concentration of ADP was calculated using the K(eq)app value. At balance of quasi-equilibrium concentrations of ADP and ATP/ADP ratio the mitochondrial respiration rate in the system containing nucleoside diphosphate kinase was 21% of the respiration rate assayed in the absence of creatine phosphokinase; in the system containing yeast hexokinase this parameter was only 7% of the respiration rate assayed in the absence of creatine phosphokinase. Substitution of mitochondrial nucleoside diphosphate kinase with yeast nucleoside diphosphate kinase abolished this difference. It is concluded that oxidative phosphorylation is accompanied by appearance of functional coupling between mitochondrial nucleoside diphosphate kinase and the oxidative phosphorylation system. Possible mechanisms of this coupling are discussed.
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- T Yu Lipskaya
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.
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Al Jamal JA. Involvement of porin N,N-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-reactive domain in hexokinase binding to the outer mitochondrial membrane. Protein J 2005; 24:1-8. [PMID: 15756812 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-004-0600-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The proportion of hexokinase that is bound to the outer mitochondrial membrane is tissue specific and metabolically regulated. This study examined the role of the N,N-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding domain of mitochondrial porin in binding to hexokinase 1. Selective proteolytic cleavage of porin protein was performed and peptides were assayed for their, effect on hexokinase I binding to isolated mitochondria. Specificity of DCCD-reactive domain binding to hexokinase I was demonstrated by competition of the peptides for porin binding sites on hexokinase as well as by blockage hexokinase binding by N,N-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. One of the peptides, designated as 5 kDa (the smallest of the porin peptides, which contains a DCCD-reactive site), totally blocked binding of the enzyme to the mitochondrial membrane, and significantly enhanced the release of the mitochondrially bound enzyme. These experiments demonstrate that there exists a direct and specific interaction between the DCCD-reactive domain of VDAC and hexokinase I. The peptides were further characterized with respect to their effects on certain functional properties of hexokinase I. None had any detectable effect on catalytic properties, including inhibition by glucose 6-phosphate. To evaluate further the outer mitochondrial membrane's role in the hexokinase binding, insertion of VDAC was examined using isolated rat mitochondria. Preincubation of mitochondria with purified porin strongly increases hexokinase I binding to rat liver mitochondria. Collectively, the results imply that the high hexokinase-binding capability of porin-enriched mitochondria was due to a quantitative difference in binding sites.
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Clipsham R, Niakan K, McCabe ER. Nr0b1 and its network partners are expressed early in murine embryos prior to steroidogenic axis organogenesis. Gene Expr Patterns 2004; 4:3-14. [PMID: 14678822 DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2003.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ahch is an orphan nuclear receptor encoded by Nr0b1 on the murine X chromosome and is the ortholog of human DAX1. Nr0b1/NR0B1 expression at appropriate dosages is required for normal steroidogenic axis development: mutation of the human ortholog, NR0B1, results in adrenal hypoplasia congenita and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; and duplication or transgenic overexpression in humans or mice, respectively, results in XY phenotypic females, a phenotype known as dosage sensitive sex-reversal. Complete loss of Nr0b1 by targeted deletion has been hypothesized to be lethal in embryonic stem (ES) cells and preliminary evidence suggested that ES cells might express Nr0b1. These investigations examined Nr0b1 expression and its network partners in both cultured ES cells and preimplantation embryos. We cultured ES cells in the absence or presence of differentiation agents and analyzed expression of Nr0b1 and associated network partners by northern blot hybridization and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Nrob1 was highly expressed by totipotent ES cells with reduced expression following induction toward individual germ layer fates. Nr5a1/Sf1, Wt1 and other genes that encode proteins known to interact with Nr0b1 were also expressed. Immunohistochemical analysis of preimplantation embryos for Ahch and key partners confirmed in vivo expression of network components. These findings are consistent with the existence of a potentially functional network of transcription factors, including Ahch, very early in embryonic development. These results validate ES cells as a developmentally dynamic model for mechanistic investigations into this regulatory network early in embryogenesis preceding organogenesis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blastocyst/cytology
- Blastocyst/metabolism
- Blotting, Northern
- Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Co-Repressor Proteins
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- DAX-1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor
- DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Embryo, Mammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Mammalian/embryology
- Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Germ Layers/metabolism
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Microscopy, Confocal
- RNA Splicing Factors
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics
- Repressor Proteins/biosynthesis
- Repressor Proteins/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Time Factors
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/genetics
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- R Clipsham
- UCLA Molecular Biology Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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DAX1 encoded by NR0B1, when mutated, is responsible for X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC). AHC is due to failure of the adrenal cortex to develop normally and is fatal if untreated. When duplicated, this gene is associated with an XY sex-reversed phenotype. DAX1 expression is present during development of the steroidogenic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-gonadal (HPAG) axis and persists into adult life. Despite recognition of the crucial role for DAX1, its function remains largely undefined. The phenotypes of patients and animal models are complex and not always in agreement. Investigations using cell lines have proved difficult to interpret, possibly reflecting cell line choices and their limited characterization. We will review the efforts of our group and others to identify appropriate cell lines for optimizing ex vivo analysis of NR0B1 function throughout development. We will examine the role of DAX1 and its network partners in development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal/gonadal axis (HPAG) using a variety of different types of investigations, including those in model organisms. This network analysis will help us to understand normal and abnormal development of the HPAG. In addition, these studies permit identification of candidate genes for human inborn errors of HPAG development.
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Schwarzer C, Barnikol-Watanabe S, Thinnes FP, Hilschmann N. Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel (VDAC) interacts with the dynein light chain Tctex1 and the heat-shock protein PBP74. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2002; 34:1059-70. [PMID: 12009301 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(02)00026-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The voltage-dependent anion-selective channel 1 (VDAC1), i.e. eukaryotic porin, functions as a channel in membranous structures as described for the outer mitochondrial membrane, the cell membrane, endosomes, caveolae, the sarcoplasmatic reticulum, synaptosomes, and post-synaptic density fraction. The identification of VDAC1 interacting proteins may be a promising approach for better understanding the biological context and function of the channel protein. In this study human VDAC1 was used as a bait protein in a two-hybrid screening, which is based on the Sos recruitment system (SRS). hVDAC1 interacts with the dynein light chain Tctex-1 and the heat-shock protein peptide-binding protein 74 (PBP74)/mitochondrial heat-shock protein 70 (mtHSP70)/glucose-regulated protein 75 (GRP75)/mortalin in vivo. Both interactions were confirmed by overlay-assays using recombinant partner proteins and purified hVDAC1. Indirect immunofluorescence on HeLa cells indicates a co-localisation of hVDAC1 with the dynein light chain and the PBP74. In addition, HeLa cells were transfected transiently with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-hVDAC1 fusion proteins, which also clearly co-localise with both proteins. The functional relevance of the identified protein interactions was analysed in planar lipid bilayer (PLB) experiments. In these experiments both recombinant binding partners altered the electrophysiological properties of hVDAC1. While rTctex-1 increases the voltage-dependence of hVDAC1 slightly, the rPBP74 drastically minimises the voltage-dependence, indicating a modulation of channel properties in each case. Since the identified proteins are known to be involved in the transport or processing of proteins, the results of this study represent additional evidence of membrane-associated trafficking of the voltage-dependent anion-selective channel 1.
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- Christian Schwarzer
- Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Department of Immunochemistry, Hermann-Rein Street 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Mutations in mitochondrial genes encoded by both mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA (nDNA) genes have been implicated in a wide range of neuromuscular diseases. MtDNA base substitution and rearrangement mutations generally inactivate one or more tRNA or rRNA genes and can cause myopathy, cardiomyopathy, cataracts, growth retardation, diabetes, etc. nDNA mutations can cause Leigh syndrome, cardiomyopathy, and nephropathy, due to defects in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) enzyme complexes; cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH) and mtDNA depletion syndrome, through defects in mitochondrial nucleic acid metabolism; and ophthalmoplegia with multiple mtDNA deletions, caused by adenine nucleotide translocator-1 (ANT1) mutations. Mouse models have been prepared that recapitulate a number of these diseases. The mtDNA 16S rRNA chloramphenicol (CAP) resistance mutation was introduced into the mouse female germline and caused cataracts and rod and cone abnormalities in chimeras and neonatal lethal myopathy and cardiomyopathy in mutant animals. A mtDNA deletion was introduced into the mouse germline and caused myopathy, cardiomyopathy, and nephropathy. Conditional inactivation of the nDNA mitochondrial transcription factor (Tfam) gene in the heart resulted in neonatal lethal cardiomyopathy, while its inactivation in the pancreatic beta-cells caused diabetes. The ATP/ADP ratio was implicated in mitochondrial diabetes through transgenic modification of the beta-cell ATP-sensitive K(+) channel (K(ATP)). Mutational inactivation of the mouse Ant1 gene resulted in myopathy, cardiomyopathy, and multiple mtDNA deletions in association with elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Inactivation of uncoupler proteins (Ucp) 1-3 revealed that mitochondrial Delta Psi regulated ROS production. The role of mitochondrial ROS toxicity in disease and aging was confirmed by inactivating glutathione peroxidase (GPx1), resulting in growth retardation, and by total and partial inactivation of Mn superoxide dismutase (MnSOD; Sod2), resulting in neonatal lethal dilated cardiomyopathy and accelerated apoptosis in aging, respectively. The importance of mitochondrial ROS in degenerative diseases and aging was confirmed by treating Sod2 -/- mice and C. elegans with catalytic antioxidant drugs.
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- D C Wallace
- Center for Molecular Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Ehsani-Zonouz A, Golestani A, Nemat-Gorgani M. Interaction of hexokinase with the outer mitochondrial membrane and a hydrophobic matrix. Mol Cell Biochem 2001; 223:81-7. [PMID: 11681725 DOI: 10.1023/a:1017952827675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The major portion of rat brain hexokinase (HK type 1) is bound to the outer membrane of mitochondria and glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) can release the bound enzyme. In an attempt to look at the 'hydrophobic' component of binding, interaction of the enzyme with a purely hydrophobic matrix, palmityl-substituted Sepharose-4B (Sepharose-lipid) was investigated. Hexokinase readily bound to this matrix with retention of its catalytic activity. Glucose-6-phosphate which has a releasing effect on the mitochondrially bound enzyme, enhanced binding of the enzyme on the hydrophobic matrix. Chymotrypsin treatment of hexokinase which causes loss of binding to mitochondria, also results in loss of adsorption to the hydrophobic matrix, thus demonstrating that the 'hydrophobic tail' present at its N-terminal end is essential for binding in both cases. Data presented provide some new information relevant to understanding how hexokinase interacts with its natural binding matrix, the mitochondrion.
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- A Ehsani-Zonouz
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Iran
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Golestani A, Nemat-Gorgani M. Hexokinase 'binding sites' of normal and tumoral human brain mitochondria. Mol Cell Biochem 2000; 215:115-21. [PMID: 11204446 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026562920315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Interaction of type I hexokinase (HK-I) with the mitochondria obtained from the biopsy specimens of normal and tumoral human brain tissues was studied in the present investigation. This effort was undertaken with the aim of exploring possible differences in the mode of association of the enzyme with the outer mitochondrial membrane in the described sources. Results indicate that the two 'sites' for binding of HK-I suggested in the literature, based on extensive studies carried out on rat brain mitochondria, are similarly present in the human brain mitochondria. Differences in the microenvironments of HK binding, as reflected by the presented data, are suggested to be of importance in regulation of the catalytic potential of the bound enzyme. The real metabolic significance of this association in relation to cancer and its practical importance would need further investigation.
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- A Golestani
- Institute of Biochemisty and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Iran
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Crompton M. Mitochondrial intermembrane junctional complexes and their role in cell death. J Physiol 2000; 529 Pt 1:11-21. [PMID: 11080247 PMCID: PMC2270179 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2000] [Accepted: 09/21/2000] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A mitochondrial complex comprising the voltage-dependent anion channel (outer membrane), the adenine nucleotide translocase (inner membrane) and cyclophilin-D (matrix) assembles at contact sites between the inner and outer membranes. Under pathological conditions associated with ischaemia and reperfusion the junctional complex 'deforms' into the permeability transition (PT) pore, which can open transiently, allowing free permeation of low Mr solutes across the inner membrane. This may be a critical step in the pathogenesis of lethal cell injury in ischaemia and reperfusion. Moreover, it is argued, the degree of pore opening may be an important determinant of the relative extent of apoptosis and necrosis under these conditions. In addition, mitochondria are the major sites of action of Bax and other apoptotic regulatory proteins of the Bcl-2 family. These proteins control a mitochondrial amplificatory loop in the apoptotic signalling pathway in which cytochrome c and other apoptogenic proteins of the mitochondrial intermembrane space are released into the cytosol. There are indications that the junctional complex, or components of it, may also mediate the action of Bax, but in a way that does not involve PT pore formation.
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- M Crompton
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Shinohara Y, Ishida T, Hino M, Yamazaki N, Baba Y, Terada H. Characterization of porin isoforms expressed in tumor cells. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:6067-73. [PMID: 10998068 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01687.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mitochondria from malignant tumor cell lines show a higher capability for hexokinase binding than those from normal liver. To explore possible differences in hexokinase binding sites of mitochondria between tumor cells and normal liver, we characterized porin isoforms expressed in tumor cells. Cloning experiments on the three porin isoforms, VDAC1, VDAC2 and VDAC3 from malignant tumor cell line AH130 clearly showed that their primary structures were completely identical to those of the corresponding VDACs of normal liver cells. Possible expression of the fourth porin isoform in AH130 cells was excluded by degenerate primer-based RT-PCR. However, the transcript levels of the three VDAC isoforms in AH130 cells were significantly higher than those in normal liver. These results suggest that the high hexokinase-binding capability of malignant tumor cell mitochondria was not due to any structural difference, but due to a quantitative difference in binding sites.
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Hexokinase/metabolism
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms/pathology
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mitochondria, Liver/metabolism
- Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neoplasm Proteins/analysis
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Porins/analysis
- Porins/biosynthesis
- Porins/chemistry
- Porins/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/analysis
- Protein Isoforms/biosynthesis
- Protein Isoforms/chemistry
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Neoplasm/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transcription, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/metabolism
- Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel 1
- Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel 2
- Voltage-Dependent Anion Channels
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- Y Shinohara
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Japan.
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Gaudet D, Arsenault S, Pérusse L, Vohl MC, St-Pierre J, Bergeron J, Després JP, Dewar K, Daly MJ, Hudson T, Rioux JD. Glycerol as a correlate of impaired glucose tolerance: dissection of a complex system by use of a simple genetic trait. Am J Hum Genet 2000; 66:1558-68. [PMID: 10736265 PMCID: PMC1378005 DOI: 10.1086/302903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 02/09/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Glycerol kinase (GK) represents the primary entry of glycerol into glucose and triglyceride metabolism. Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and hypertriglyceridemia are associated with an increased risk of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. The relationship between glycerol and the risk of IGT, however, is poorly understood. We therefore undertook the study of fasting plasma glycerol levels in a cohort of 1,056 unrelated men and women of French-Canadian descent. Family screening in the initial cohort identified 18 men from five families with severe hyperglycerolemia (values above 2.0 mmol/liter) and demonstrated an X-linked pattern of inheritance. Linkage analysis of the data from 12 microsatellite markers surrounding the Xp21.3 GK gene resulted in a peak LOD score of 3.46, centered around marker DXS8039. In addition, since all of the families originated in a population with a proven founder effect-the Saguenay Lac-St.-Jean region of Quebec-a common disease haplotype was sought. Indeed, a six-marker haplotype extending over a region of 5.5 cM was observed in all families. Resequencing of the GK gene in family members led to the discovery of a N288D missense mutation in exon 10, which resulted in the substitution of a highly conserved asparagine residue by a negatively charged aspartic acid. Although patients with the N288D mutation suffered from severe hyperglycerolemia, they were apparently otherwise healthy. The phenotypic analysis of the family members, however, showed that glycerol levels correlated with impaired glucose metabolism and body-fat distribution. We subsequently noted a substantial variation in glycerolemia in subjects of the initial cohort with normal plasma glycerol levels and demonstrated that this variance showed significant family resemblance. These results suggest a potentially important genetic connection between fasting glycerolemia and glucose homeostasis, not only in this X-linked deficiency but, potentially, in individuals within the "normal" range of plasma glycerol concentrations.
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- D Gaudet
- Lipid Research Group, Chicoutimi Hospital, Chicoutimi, and Lipid Research Center, Laval University, Quebec, Canada. . ca
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Kaselonis GL, McCabe ER, Gray SM. Expression of hexokinase 1 and hexokinase 2 in mammary tissue of nonlactating and lactating rats: evaluation by RT-PCR. Mol Genet Metab 1999; 68:371-4. [PMID: 10562464 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1999.2923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Because the initial step in the metabolism of glucose involves phosphorylation by hexokinase (HK), we tested the hypothesis that the expression of the isozymes, hexokinase type 1 (HK1) and hexokinase type 2 (HK2), would be different in rat mammary tissue during pregnancy and lactation. RNA was extracted from mammary tissue dissected from timed pregnant rats (from gestional days 10 to 21) and nursing rat mothers (up to postnatal day 5) for mRNA examination by reverse transcriptase and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using isozyme specific oligonucleotide primers to the HK1 and HK2 cDNAs. The HK1 mRNA was expressed in both the nonlactating and lactating mammary gland tissue, but HK2 mRNA was found only during lactation. We speculate that the pattern of HK expression might affect human milk production and quality.
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- G L Kaselonis
- Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA
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This article reviews the involvement of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in necrotic and apoptotic cell death. The pore is formed from a complex of the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), the adenine nucleotide translocase and cyclophilin-D (CyP-D) at contact sites between the mitochondrial outer and inner membranes. In vitro, under pseudopathological conditions of oxidative stress, relatively high Ca2+ and low ATP, the complex flickers into an open-pore state allowing free diffusion of low-Mr solutes across the inner membrane. These conditions correspond to those that unfold during tissue ischaemia and reperfusion, suggesting that pore opening may be an important factor in the pathogenesis of necrotic cell death following ischaemia/reperfusion. Evidence that the pore does open during ischaemia/reperfusion is discussed. There are also strong indications that the VDAC-adenine nucleotide translocase-CyP-D complex can recruit a number of other proteins, including Bax, and that the complex is utilized in some capacity during apoptosis. The apoptotic pathway is amplified by the release of apoptogenic proteins from the mitochondrial intermembrane space, including cytochrome c, apoptosis-inducing factor and some procaspases. Current evidence that the pore complex is involved in outer-membrane rupture and release of these proteins during programmed cell death is reviewed, along with indications that transient pore opening may provoke 'accidental' apoptosis.
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Punkt K, Psinia I, Welt K, Barth W, Asmussen G. Effects on skeletal muscle fibres of diabetes and Ginkgo biloba extract treatment. Acta Histochem 1999; 101:53-69. [PMID: 10093642 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(99)80008-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Combined cytophotometric and morphometric analysis of muscle fibre properties and myosin heavy chain electrophoresis were performed on extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles from healthy rats and rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Moreover, the protective effect of Ginkgo biloba extract, a potent oxygen radical scavenger, on diabetic muscles was investigated. Changes in fibre type-related enzyme activities, fibre type distribution, fibre cross areas and myosin isoforms were found. In muscles of diabetic rats, a metabolic shift was measured mainly in fibres with oxidative metabolism. Fast-oxidative glycolytic fibres showed a shift to more glycolytic metabolism and about a third transformed into fast-glycolytic fibres. Slow-oxidative fibres became more oxidative. Fibre atrophy was measured in diabetic muscles dependent on fibre type and muscle. Different fibre types atrophied to a different degree. Therefore, a decreased area percentage of slow fibres and an increased area percentage of fast fibres of the whole muscle cross section in both muscles were found. This is supported by reduced slow and increased fast myosin heavy chain isoforms. These alterations of diabetic muscle fibres could be due to less motion of diabetic rats and diabetic neuropathy. After treatment with Ginkgo biloba extract, enzyme activities were increased mainly in oxidative fibres of diabetic muscles, which was interpreted as protective effect. Generally, the soleus muscle with predominant oxidative metabolism was more vulnerable to diabetic alterations and Ginkgo biloba extract treatment than the extensor digitorum longus muscle with predominant glycolytic metabolism.
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- K Punkt
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Germany
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Aflalo C, Azoulay H. Binding of rat brain hexokinase to recombinant yeast mitochondria: effect of environmental factors and the source of porin. J Bioenerg Biomembr 1998; 30:245-55. [PMID: 9733091 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020544803475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Heterologous binding of rat brain hexokinase to wild type, porinless, and recombinant yeast mitochondria expressing human porin was assessed, partially characterized, and compared to that in the homologous system (rat liver mitochondria). With porin-containing yeast mitochondria it is shown that (i) a significant, saturable association occurs; (ii) its extent and apparent affinity, correlated with the origin of porin, are enhanced in the presence of dextran; (iii) the binding requires Mg ions and apparently follows a complex cooperative mechanism. This heterologous association does not seem to differ fundamentally from that in the homologous system and represents a good basis for molecular studies in yeast. With porinless yeast mitochondria, binding occurs at much lower affinity, but to many more sites per mitochondrion. The results indicating a major but not exclusive role for porin in the binding are discussed in terms of (i) the mode and mechanism of binding, and (ii) the suitability of the rat hexokinase-yeast mitochondria couple for the study of heterogeneous catalysis in reconstituted cellular model systems.
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- C Aflalo
- Department of Life Sciences, The Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Murphy RC, Diwan JJ, King M, Kinnally KW. Two high conductance channels of the mitochondrial inner membrane are independent of the human mitochondrial genome. FEBS Lett 1998; 425:259-62. [PMID: 9559661 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00245-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Patch-clamp techniques were used to characterize the channel activity of mitochondrial inner membranes of two human osteosarcoma cell lines: a mitochondrial genome-deficient (rho0) line and its corresponding parental (rho+) line. Previously, two high conductance channels, mitochondrial Centum picoSiemen (mCS) and multiple conductance channels (MCC), were detected in murine mitochondria. While MCC was assigned to the protein import in yeast mitochondria, the role of mCS is unknown. This study demonstrates that mCs and MCC activities from mouse mitochondria are indistinguishable from those of human mitochondria. The channel activities and their functional expression levels are not altered in cells lacking mtDNA. Hence, rho0 cells may provide a model system for elucidating the role of mitochondrial channels in disease processes and apoptosis.
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- R C Murphy
- Molecular Medicine, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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Vanhoutte C, Malaisse WJ. Energy-dependent intracellular translocation of glucokinase in rat pancreatic islets. Mol Genet Metab 1998; 63:176-82. [PMID: 9608539 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1997.2655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It was recently reported that hyperglycemia provokes a rapid and sustained translocation of glucokinase in rat pancreatic B-cells, and it was speculated that this may be associated with enhancement of its catalytic activity, as possibly attributable to the mitochondrial binding of the enzyme. In the present work, the activities of both hexokinase and glucokinase were measured in particulated and cytosolic subcellular fractions prepared from islets first incubated for 60 min either in the absence of exogenous nutrient or in the presence of D-glucose, tested at both low (2.8 mmol/L) and high (16.7 mmol/L) concentrations. The relative contribution of the cytosolic domain to the total activity of glucokinase recovered in the two subcellular fractions was higher in islets deprived of exogenous nutrient than in islets first exposed to 2.8 or 16.7 mmol/L D-glucose, the results obtained at each of the latter two hexose concentrations being comparable to one another. The subcellular distribution of hexokinase, however, was not significantly different in islets deprived of D-glucose or exposed to the hexose. These findings are interpreted as indicative of an energy-dependent translocation of glucokinase in the B-cell, distinct from the redistribution of the enzyme occurring in response to a rise in D-glucose concentration above its physiological value.
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- C Vanhoutte
- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Brussels Free University, Belgium
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Punkt K, Adams V, Linke A, Welt K. The correlation of cytophotometrically and biochemically measured enzyme activities: changes in the myocardium of diabetic and hypoxic diabetic rats, with and without Ginkgo biloba extract treatment. Acta Histochem 1997; 99:291-9. [PMID: 9381912 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(97)80023-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Changes of enzyme activities in the myocardium of rats from 6 different experimental groups (normal rats, diabetic rats, hypoxic diabetic rats, each with and without Ginkgo biloba extract treatment) were measured by using both cytophotometric and biochemical methods. The activity of succinate dehydrogenase, a marker of oxidative capacity, and of menadione-dependent glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and total lactate dehydrogenase, both markers of glycolytic capacity were measured to characterize changes of the metabolic profile in myocardium. A strong correlation between cytophotometric and biochemical data were found by linear regression analysis, justifying the use of cytophotometrical enzyme activity measurements in cells of organized tissue, where biochemistry cannot provide topographical information. The comparison of the results obtained from the different groups revealed the following: Enzyme activities in the myocardium of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes were significantly increased by 10-30% as compared to the normal myocardium. This effect was interpreted as a metabolic compensation of the diabetic heart with reduced performance. When diabetic rats were exposed to acute hypoxia of 20 min duration, enzyme activities decreased under the normal level, to 56% of the succinate dehydrogenase activity, to 87% of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and to 69% of lactate dehydrogenase activity. Treatment of rats with the oxygen radical scavenger Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) over 3 months resulted primarily in an increase by 10% of oxidative capacity and in a decrease by 30% of glycolytic capacity. Under diabetic conditions a shift to more glycolytic metabolism was observed by increasing the glycolytic activity by 39% and remaining the oxidative activity.
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- K Punkt
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Germany
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Ryerse J, Blachly-Dyson E, Forte M, Nagel B. Cloning and molecular characterization of a voltage-dependent anion-selective channel (VDAC) from Drosophila melanogaster. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1327:204-12. [PMID: 9271262 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(97)00059-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A full length voltage-dependent anion-selective channel (VDAC) cDNA was cloned from Drosophila melanogaster by expression library screening using an antibody against an insect VDAC protein. The cDNA clone (denoted DmVDAC) is 1082 base pairs (bp) in length and contains an open reading frame (bp 62-907) encoding a 282 amino acid protein which has a predicted molecular mass of 30550 Da, a predicted pI of 6.98 and no cysteines. Hydrophobicity analysis suggests 15 or 16 membrane-spanning domains. The DmVDAC amino acid sequence has variable homology with VDACs from other species ranging from 62% identity with a human VDAC to 23% identity with a Dictyostelium discoideum VDAC. DmVDAC has 92% identity with the 38 conserved residues in a VDAC consensus sequence. DmVDAC was expressed in VDAC-null yeast but failed to rescue viability. DmVDAC has 88% identity at the amino acid level and 99% identity at the nucleic acid level with a recently reported D. melanogaster VDAC sequence (A. Messina et al., FEBS Lett. 384 (1996) 9-13). Homology analyses with the Messina and other VDAC sequences indicate that the amino acid differences are due to minor errors in the Messina sequence. Southern blots and chromosomal in situ hybridizations suggest a single VDAC gene occurs in the fly with a locus at 32B on the left arm of the second chromosome.
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- J Ryerse
- Department of Pathology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, MO 63104, USA.
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NIDDM in children and adolescents represents a heterogeneous group of disorders with different underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms. Most subtypes of NIDDM that occur in childhood are uncommon, but some, such as early onset of "classic" NIDDM, seem to be increasing in prevalence. This observed increase is thought to be caused by societal factors that lead to sedentary lifestyles and an increased prevalence of obesity. In adults, hyperglycemia frequently exists for years before a diagnosis of NIDDM is made and treatment is begun. Microvascular complications, such as retinopathy, are often already present at the time of diagnosis. Children are frequently asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, so screening for this disorder in high-risk populations is important. Screening should be considered for children of high-risk ethnic populations with a strong family history of NIDDM with obesity or signs of hyperinsulinism, such as acanthosis nigricans. Even for children in these high-risk groups who do not yet manifest hyperglycemia, primary care providers can have an important role in encouraging lifestyle modifications that might delay or prevent onset of NIDDM.
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- N S Glaser
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, USA
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Shoshan-Barmatz V, Hadad N, Feng W, Shafir I, Orr I, Varsanyi M, Heilmeyer LM. VDAC/porin is present in sarcoplasmic reticulum from skeletal muscle. FEBS Lett 1996; 386:205-10. [PMID: 8647283 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00442-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In this study we demonstrate the existence of a protein with properties of the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) using multiple approaches as summarized in the following: (a) 35 and 30 kDa proteins in different SR preparations, purified from other membranal systems by Ca2+/oxalate loading and sedimentation through 55% sucrose, cross-react with four different VDAC monoclonal antibodies. (b) Amino acid sequences of three peptides derived from the SR 35 kDa protein are identical to the sequences present in VDAC1 isoform. (c) Similar to the mitochondrial VDAC, the SR protein is specifically labeled by [14C]DCCD. (d) Using a new method, a 35 kDa protein has been purified from SR and mitochondria with a higher yield for the SR. (e) Upon reconstitution into a planar lipid bilayer, the purified SR protein shows voltage-dependent channel activity with properties similar to those of the purified mitochondrial VDAC or VDAC1/porin 31HL from human B lymphocytes, and its channel activity is completely inhibited by the anion transport inhibitor DIDS and about 80% by DCCD. We also demonstrate the translocation of ATP into the SR lumen and the phosphorylation of the luminal protein sarcalumenin by this ATP. Both ATP translocation and sarcalumenin phosphorylation are inhibited by DIDS, but not by atractyloside, a blocker of the ATP/ADP exchanger. These results indicate the existence of VDAC, thought to be located exclusively in mitochondria, in the SR of skeletal muscle, and its possible involvement in ATP transport. Together with recent studies on VDAC multicompartment location and its dynamic association with enzymes and channels, our findings suggest that VDAC deserves attention and consideration as a protein contributing to various cellular functions.
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- V Shoshan-Barmatz
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Heiden M, Kroll K, Thinnes FP, Hilschmann N. Proteins of cytosol and amniotic fluid increase the voltage dependence of human type-1 porin. J Bioenerg Biomembr 1996; 28:171-80. [PMID: 9132416 DOI: 10.1007/bf02110648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Heat-stable proteins from human and porcine cytosol and human amniotic fluid were found to increase the voltage dependence of human type-1 porin reconstituted in planar phospholipid bilayers. Purification processes revealed that these regulatory molecules were characterized by anionic charge and apparent molecular weights of between 23 and 64 kDa. The human cytosol proteins exerted inhibitory activity only when added to the compartment with applied negative potential. The observed increase in voltage dependence of porin was due to the presence of specific proteins in cytosol and amniotic fluid, since human cerebral spinal fluid in comparable amounts had no significant effect on the channel properties. Furthermore, other anionic proteins and polypeptides investigated demonstrated no inhibitory activity, indicating that anionic charge alone could not mimic the molecular properties of the regulatory proteins. With respect to the well-documented expression of porin in the plasma membrane of various cells and species, the presented data give first clues for a biochemical regulation of the channel in this compartment.
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- M Heiden
- Max-Planck-Institut fur experimentelle Medizin, Abteilung Immunchemie, Germany
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van Raamsdonk W, Smit-Onel MJ, Diegenbach PC. Quantitative enzyme- and immunohistochemistry of hexokinase and cytochrome c oxidase of spinal neurons in the zebrafish. Acta Histochem 1996; 98:143-55. [PMID: 8739299 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(96)80032-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A combined quantitative enzyme- and immunohistochemical procedure to demonstrate hexokinase (HK) was developed and tested on sections of spinal cord tissue of the zebrafish. In both procedures, the amount of final reaction product was linearly related with section thickness. When applied to serial sections of fish spinal neurons, the enzyme- and immunohistochemical activities appeared to correlate significantly (r = 0.61; p < 0.001). As HK and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) histochemistry have been used regularly to screen the average level of chronic activity of neurons, we subsequently analysed the relationship between HK and COX in fish spinal neurons, using previously published methods of quantitative enzyme- and immunohistochemistry for COX. The enzyme- as well as the immunohistochemical localisation patterns of HK showed a weak correlation with the enzyme- and immunohistochemical COX localisation respectively. Therefore, it is concluded that both enzyme- and immunohistochemical localisation of COX provide a poor estimate for the relative level of glucose utilisation in fish spinal neurons.
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- W van Raamsdonk
- Department of Experimental Zoology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Gebhart SS, Shoffner JM, Koontz D, Kaufman A, Wallace D. Insulin resistance associated with maternally inherited diabetes and deafness. Metabolism 1996; 45:526-31. [PMID: 8609843 DOI: 10.1016/s0026-0495(96)90231-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD) is a form of diabetes associated with mutation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that occurs in 1% to 2% of individuals with diabetes. Understanding the clinical course and abnormalities in insulin secretion and action in affected individuals should allow better understanding of how this genetic defect alter glucose metabolism. We report the clinical course of three individuals with mtDNA mutations and deafness. Subjects no. 1 and 2 had diabetes not yet requiring insulin therapy, and subject no. 3, the son of subject no. 2, had normal glucose tolerance. Defective oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) based on OXPHOS enzymology of skeletal muscle biopsy of subjects no. 1 and 2 showed activity of less than 5% of the tolerance level in complex III for subject no. 1 and in complexes I, I + III, and IV for subject no. 2. Assessing insulin secretion using insulin response to intravenous glucose and insulin sensitivity based on minimal model analysis of an insulin-modified frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test (FSIGT), first-phase insulin secretion was abnormal in subjects no. 1 and 2 and normal in subject no. 3 (AUC, 57, 93, and 1,235 pmol/L, respectively). In contrast, all three subjects had low insulin sensitivity indices (0.04, 0.14, and 0.27 x 10-4 x min/pmol/L, respectively). Subject no. 2, who underwent three FSIGT studies over a 16-month interval, showed transient improvement in insulin release in response to modification of diet and exercise (first-phase insulin AUC, 57 pmol/min v 287 pmol/min 10 months later; fasting insulin, 97 pmol/L v 237 pmol/L 10 months later), but by 16 months, first-phase insulin release and fasting insulin had decreased (AUC, 64 and 136 pmol/L, respectively) despite higher fasting glucose. We conclude that in our subjects with MIDD, insulin resistance is present and appears to precede defects in insulin release.
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- S S Gebhart
- Department of Medicine, Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Yu WH, Wolfgang W, Forte M. Subcellular localization of human voltage-dependent anion channel isoforms. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:13998-4006. [PMID: 7539795 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.23.13998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The voltage-dependent anion channel of the outer mitochondrial membrane, VDAC (also known as mitochondrial porin), is a small abundant protein which forms a voltage-gated pore when incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. This protein forms the primary pathway for movement of major metabolites through the outer membrane. Recently, it has been demonstrated that two human VDAC genes, HVDAC1 and HVDAC2, produce three proteins that differ most significantly at their amino termini. These results suggest that the distinct amino termini lead to the targeting of individual VDAC isoforms to different cellular compartments. Consistent with this hypothesis, recent reports suggest that HIV-DAC1 is found in the plasma membrane of mammalian cells. To define the subcellular location of HVDAC isoforms, HVDAC genes were modified so that the encoded proteins contain COOH-terminal epitopes recognized by either of two monoclonal antibodies. Introduction of these epitope tags had no effect on the function of modified VDAC proteins. Epitope-tagged proteins were then individually expressed in COS7 cells or rat astrocytes and the intracellular location of each isoform subsequently identified by subcellular fractionation, light level immunofluorescence, and immunoelectron microscopy. Our results demonstrate that each HVDAC protein is exclusively located in fractions or subcellular regions containing mitochondrial marker proteins. In addition, immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy show that an individual mitochondrion can contain both HVDAC1 and HVDAC2. Our results call into question previous reports demonstrating VDAC molecules in the plasma membrane and suggest that functional differences between individual VDAC isoforms may result in distinct regulatory processes within a single mitochondrion.
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- W H Yu
- Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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van den Ouweland JM, Lemkes HH, Gerbitz KD, Maassen JA. Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (MIDD): a distinct subtype of diabetes associated with a mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) gene point mutation. Muscle Nerve 1995; 3:S124-30. [PMID: 7603513 DOI: 10.1002/mus.880181425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have recently described a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutation at np 3243 in the tRNA(Leu)(UUR) gene in a large Dutch pedigree with maternally inherited diabetes mellitus and deafness (MIDD) illustrating the importance of mitochondrial function in maintenance of a proper glucose homeostasis. In this review we will focus on the prevalence of the mtDNA mutation at np 3243 in diabetic populations, as well as postulate some working models for its pathogenicity.
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