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Lysyl oxidase (LOX) and lysyl oxidase-like proteins (LOXL), a family of extracellular matrix (ECM) crosslinking enzymes that have been recognised as playing an important role in fibrogenesis for more than 40 years, are logical targets for antifibrotic treatments. Pulmonary fibrosis, especially idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), is a progressive and lethal disease characterised by excessive deposition of ECM in the lung parenchyma. In this review, we discuss the current clinical approaches for IPF and review members of LOX family-LOX, LOXL1, LOXL2, LOXL3 and LOXL4 in IPF patients and in animal models of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Although these findings are controversial and require further validation, LOX/LOXL1/LOXL2 as potential therapeutic targets for IPF deserve continued attention. So far to our knowledge, LOXL3 or LOXL4 has not clearly shown specific therapeutic potential.
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- Lijun Chen
- a Department of Pharmacology , Zhongshan Medical School, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou , China
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- a Department of Pharmacology , Zhongshan Medical School, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou , China
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- b Department of Biochemistry , Boston University School of Medicine , Boston , MA , USA
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Bykhovskaya Y, Li X, Epifantseva I, Haritunians T, Siscovick D, Aldave A, Szczotka-Flynn L, Iyengar SK, Taylor KD, Rotter JI, Rabinowitz YS. Variation in the lysyl oxidase (LOX) gene is associated with keratoconus in family-based and case-control studies. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012; 53:4152-7. [PMID: 22661479 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-9268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Keratoconus is a bilateral noninflammatory progressive corneal disorder with complex genetic inheritance and a common cause for cornea transplantation in young adults. A genomewide linkage scan in keratoconus families identified a locus at 5q23.2, overlapping the gene coding for the lysyl oxidase (LOX). LOX encodes an enzyme responsible for collagen cross-linking in a variety of tissues including the cornea. Corneal collagen cross-linking with long-wave ultraviolet light and riboflavin is a promising new treatment for keratoconus. To determine whether LOX is a genetic determinant of the pathogenesis of keratoconus, we analyzed association results of LOX polymorphisms in two independent case-control samples and in keratoconus families. METHODS Association results were analyzed of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the LOX gene from a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) investigation in two independent panels of patients with keratoconus and controls and in keratoconus families. RESULTS Evidence of association was found at SNPs rs10519694 and rs2956540 located in intron 4 of LOX in the GWAS discovery case-control panel with P values of 2.3×10(-3) and 7×10(-3), respectively. The same two SNPs were found to be associated with keratoconus by family-based association testing with P values of 2.7×10(-3) and 7.7×10(-4), respectively. Meta P values of 4.0×10(-5) and 4.0×10(-7) were calculated for SNPs rs10519694 and rs2956540 by analyzing case-control and family samples simultaneously. Sequencing of LOX exons in a subset of keratoconus patients identified two polymorphisms, rs1800449 and rs2288393, located in LOX transcripts I and II, associated with keratoconus in case-control and family samples with a meta P value of 0.02. CONCLUSIONS Results provided strong genetic evidence that LOX variants lead to increased susceptibility to developing of keratoconus.
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- Yelena Bykhovskaya
- Regenerative Medicine Institute, Ophthalmology Research, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
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Lysyl oxidase: a potential target for cancer therapy. Inflammopharmacology 2010; 19:117-29. [DOI: 10.1007/s10787-010-0073-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The human lysyl oxidase-like 2 protein functions as an amine oxidase toward collagen and elastin. Mol Biol Rep 2010; 38:145-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Kagan HM, Reddy VB, Narasimhan N, Csiszar K. Catalytic properties and structural components of lysyl oxidase. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 192:100-15; discussion 115-21. [PMID: 8575253 DOI: 10.1002/9780470514771.ch6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Key aspects of the biosynthesis and catalytic specificity of lysyl oxidase (LO) have been explored. Oxidation of peptidyl lysine in synthetic oligopeptides is markedly sensitive to the presence of vicinal dicarboxylic ami/no acid residues. Optimal activity is obtained with the -Glu-Lys- sequence within a polyglycine 11-mer, whereas the -Lys-Glu- sequence is much less efficiently oxidized. The -Asp-Glu-Lys- sequence is a very poor substrate, although this sequence is oxidized in type I collagen fibrils. These results are considered in the light of a model requiring collagen to be assembled as fibrils prior to oxidation by LO. An in vitro system for the expression of catalytically active LO has been devised. Deletion or inclusion of the cDNA coding for the propeptide region in the expressed construct results in apparently identical, catalytically active enzyme products, indicating the lack of essentiality of this region for active enzyme production. These effects are considered with respect to the conservation of the amino acid sequence of LO produced by different species.
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- H M Kagan
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
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Payne SL, Hendrix MJC, Kirschmann DA. Paradoxical roles for lysyl oxidases in cancer—A prospect. J Cell Biochem 2007; 101:1338-54. [PMID: 17471532 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Lysyl oxidase (LOX) is an extracellular matrix (ECM) enzyme that catalyzes the cross-linking of collagens or elastin in the extracellular compartment, thereby regulating the tensile strength of tissues. However, recent reports have demonstrated novel roles for LOX, including the ability to regulate gene transcription, motility/migration, and cell adhesion. These diverse functions have led researchers to hypothesize that LOX may have multiple roles affecting both extra- and intracellular cell function(s). Particularly noteworthy is aberrant LOX expression and activity that have been observed in various cancerous tissues and neoplastic cell lines. Both down and upregulation of LOX in tumor tissues and cancer cell lines have been described, suggesting a dual role for LOX as a tumor suppressor, as well as a metastasis promoter gene--creating a conundrum within the LOX research field. Here, we review the body of evidence on LOX gene expression, regulation, and function(s) in various cancer cell types and tissues, as well as stromal-tumor cell interactions. Lastly, we will examine putative mechanisms in which LOX facilitates breast cancer invasion and metastasis. Taken together, the literature demonstrates the increasingly important role(s) that LOX may play in regulating tumor progression and the necessity to elucidate its myriad mechanisms of action in order to identify potentially novel therapeutics.
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- Stacey L Payne
- Children's Memorial Research Center, Division of Cancer Biology and Epigenomics, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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Socorro S, Martins RS, Deloffre L, Mylonas CC, Canario AVM. A cDNA for European sea bass (Dicentrachus labrax) 11beta-hydroxylase: gene expression during the thermosensitive period and gonadogenesis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2007; 150:164-73. [PMID: 16962121 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2006] [Revised: 07/23/2006] [Accepted: 07/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Steroid P450 11beta-hydroxylase, encoded by the CYP11B gene, is a key mitochondrial enzyme for the production of 11-oxygenated androgens, which have been shown to be potent masculinising steroids in several fish species. In this study we have isolated a CYP11B cDNA of 1903 base pairs from the testis of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) encoding a predicted protein of 552 amino acids. The amino acid identities to other vertebrate 11beta-hydroxylase proteins ranged from 66% to 72% to other fish; 45% to amphibian and 35-39% to mammalian. Southern blot indicated that a single CYP11B gene is present. Northern blot analysis detected two transcripts in testis and head kidney, one of the same size of the isolated clone and the other of 3.9 kb. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction showed abundant mRNA expression only in testis and head kidney, being residual in a range of other tissues. Expression of CYP11B and CYP19A (which encodes for ovarian aromatase) was detected from at least 4 days post-hatching and did not appear to be affected by rearing temperature (15 and 20 degrees C) during the first 60 days, a period in which high temperatures promote masculinisation in European sea bass. Throughout, gonadogenesis (60-300 dph), a highly dimorphic pattern of CYP11B expression was consistent with a role of this gene in testicular development.
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- Silvia Socorro
- Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Marquês d'Avila e Bolama, 6200 Covilhã, Portugal
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Payne SL, Fogelgren B, Hess AR, Seftor EA, Wiley EL, Fong SFT, Csiszar K, Hendrix MJC, Kirschmann DA. Lysyl Oxidase Regulates Breast Cancer Cell Migration and Adhesion through a Hydrogen Peroxide–Mediated Mechanism. Cancer Res 2005; 65:11429-36. [PMID: 16357151 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-1274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We have previously shown that lysyl oxidase (LOX) mRNA is up-regulated in invasive breast cancer cells and that catalytically active LOX facilitates in vitro cell invasion. Here we validate our in vitro studies by showing that LOX expression is up-regulated in distant metastatic breast cancer tissues compared with primary cancer tissues. To elucidate the mechanism by which LOX facilitates cell invasion, we show that catalytically active LOX regulates in vitro motility/migration and cell-matrix adhesion formation. Treatment of the invasive breast cancer cell lines, Hs578T and MDA-MB-231, with beta-aminopropionitrile (betaAPN), an irreversible inhibitor of LOX catalytic activity, leads to a significant decrease in cell motility/migration and adhesion formation. Conversely, poorly invasive MCF-7 cells expressing LOX (MCF-7/LOX32-His) showed an increase in migration and adhesion that was reversible with the addition of betaAPN. Moreover, a decrease in activated focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and Src kinase, key proteins involved in adhesion complex turnover, was observed when invasive breast cancer cells were treated with betaAPN. Additionally, FAK and Src activation was increased in MCF-7/LOX32-His cells, which was reversible on betaAPN treatment. Hydrogen peroxide was produced as a by-product of LOX activity and the removal of hydrogen peroxide by catalase treatment in invasive breast cancer cells led to a dose-dependent loss in Src activation. These results suggest that LOX facilitates migration and cell-matrix adhesion formation in invasive breast cancer cells through a hydrogen peroxide-mediated mechanism involving the FAK/Src signaling pathway. These data show the need to target LOX for treatment of aggressive breast cancer.
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- Stacey L Payne
- Children's Memorial Research Center, Cancer Biology and Epigenomics Program, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
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Csiszar K. Lysyl oxidases: a novel multifunctional amine oxidase family. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 70:1-32. [PMID: 11642359 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(01)70012-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 362] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Lysyl oxidase (LOX), a copper-containing amine oxidase, belongs to a heterogeneous family of enzymes that oxidize primary amine substrates to reactive aldehydes. LOX has been traditionally known for one function, the extracellular catalysis of lysine-derived cross-links in fibrillar collagens and elastin. More recently, diverse roles have been attributed to lysyl oxidase and these novel activities cover a spectrum of diverse biological functions such as developmental regulation, tumor suppression, cell motility, and cellular senescence. Lysyl oxidase has also been shown to have both intracellular and intranuclear locations. The multifunctional properties of lysyl oxidase (LOX) and our recent discovery of three novel members of this amine oxidase family, LOX-like (LOXL), LOXL2, and LOXL3, indicate the possibility that these varied functions are performed in both intracellular and extracellular environments by individual novel members of the LOX amine-oxidase family. Structural similarities of the highly conserved copper-binding and lysyl-tyrosylquinone cofactor sites among the LOX and LOX-like proteins may result in similar amine oxidase activities. However, specific novel functions, such as a potential role in cell adhesion and cell growth control, will be determined by other, conserved domains such as the cytokine receptor-like domain that is shared by all LOXs and by multiple scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) domains present in LOXL2 and LOXL3. Furthermore, these functions may be carried out in a temporally and spatially regulated fashion.
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- K Csiszar
- The Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA
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Jourdan-Le Saux C, Tomsche A, Ujfalusi A, Jia L, Csiszar K. Central nervous system, uterus, heart, and leukocyte expression of the LOXL3 gene, encoding a novel lysyl oxidase-like protein. Genomics 2001; 74:211-8. [PMID: 11386757 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2001.6545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A BLASTN search using the mouse lor-2 cDNA identified three overlapping ESTs (AI752772, AA852888, and R55706) in the GenBank database. These expressed sequence tags were assembled into a contig of 3121 nucleotides with an open reading frame of 2262 bp. The encoded putative polypeptide of 754 amino acids presented all structural characteristics of the lysyl oxidase (LOX) enzyme family, a copper-binding site with four histidyl residues, the lysyl and tyrosyl residues known to be involved in LOX enzyme in the formation of the quinone cofactor and surrounding sequences, and the cytokine receptor-like domain. In addition, four scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) domains were found in the N-terminal region of the protein. The gene encoding this new cDNA, which we have referred to as human lysyl oxidase-like 3 (humanLOXL3), has been mapped to chromosome 2p13.3, overlapping at its 3' end the HtrA2 serine protease gene. The structure of the humanLOXL3 gene was deduced from the BAC clone bac91a19 sequence and contained 14 exons. The expression pattern of this new member of the LOX gene family appears to be different from that of the LOX and LOX-like genes, as the central nervous system, neurons, and also leukocytes expressed humanLOXL3. A BLASTN search of the human EST database indicated the presence of ESTs, corresponding to alternative splice variants of LOXL3, that lacked exon 5 and exon 8. The putative resulting protein retained the region encoding the structural and functional elements of the amine oxidase but the second and fourth SRCR domains were truncated and the potential BMP-1 cleavage site was not present. The presence of domains unrelated to the traditional amine oxidase activity is a strong indication that humanLOXL3 might fulfill other functions in addition to intrinsic enzyme activity.
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- C Jourdan-Le Saux
- Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822
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Hein S, Yamamoto SY, Okazaki K, Jourdan-LeSaux C, Csiszar K, Bryant-Greenwood GD. Lysyl oxidases: expression in the fetal membranes and placenta. Placenta 2001; 22:49-57. [PMID: 11162352 DOI: 10.1053/plac.2000.0580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The cross-linking of the connective tissues in the fetal membranes and placenta is important for their tensile strength and elasticity. We have studied the expression of lysyl oxidase (LOX) because it is the classical enzyme responsible for the cross-linking of collagen and elastin. We have also studied the two recently described, genetically distinct lysyl oxidase-like genes and proteins, lysyl oxidase-like (LOXL) and lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2), of unknown functions. Specific antisera have been used for immunolocalization in fetal membranes and placentae from early pregnancy terminations and after caesarean section at both preterm and term, prior to labour. In addition, the steady state mRNA levels of the three genes has been quantitated in separated amnion, chorion, decidua and placentae collected at term before labour. The immunocytochemistry shows that the spatial expression of the three lysyl oxidases is similar in early pregnancy in both the fetal membranes and placentae. However, by preterm this pattern had diverged and becomes greatest at term. The expression of the genes found at term was similar to the results of protein expression obtained by immunocytochemistry, with the exception of LOXL which had high placental gene expression, but low levels of immunolocalized protein. Thus by term, LOX was expressed predominantly in the amniotic epithelium, with little expression in the placenta, while LOXL showed highest gene expression in the placenta and lowest expression in the amnion. LOXL2 expression was again different and was expressed predominantly in the chorionic cytotrophoblast of the membranes with low expression in both the amnion and placentae. These results suggest that these three members of the lysyl oxidase family may have similar roles in early pregnancy during the development of the placenta and fetal membranes, but their divergence as pregnancy advances to term, may reflect changes in substrate specificity and connective tissue composition.
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- S Hein
- Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Jourdan-Le Saux C, Tronecker H, Bogic L, Bryant-Greenwood GD, Boyd CD, Csiszar K. The LOXL2 gene encodes a new lysyl oxidase-like protein and is expressed at high levels in reproductive tissues. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:12939-44. [PMID: 10212285 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.18.12939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have reported in this paper the complete cDNA sequence, gene structure, and tissue-specific expression of LOXL2, a new amine oxidase and a member of an emerging family of human lysyl oxidases. The predicted amino acid sequence, from several overlapping cDNA clones isolated from placenta and spleen cDNA libraries, shared extensive sequence homology with the conserved copper-binding and catalytic domains of both lysyl oxidase (LOX) and the lysyl oxidase-like (LOXL) protein. These conserved domains are encoded by five consecutive exons within the LOX, LOXL, and LOXL2 genes that also maintained exon-intron structure conservation. In contrast, six exons encoding the amino-terminal domains diverged both in sequence and structure. Exon 1 of the LOXL2 gene does not encode a signal sequence that is present in LOX and LOXL, suggesting a different processing and intracellular localization for this new protein. Expression of the LOXL2 gene was detected in almost all tissues with the highest steady state mRNA levels in the reproductive tissues, placenta, uterus and prostate. In situ hybridization identified placental syncytial and cytotrophoblasts responsible for the synthesis of LOXL2 mRNA and demonstrated a spatial and temporal expression pattern unique to the LOXL2 gene.
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- C Jourdan-Le Saux
- Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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del Rio T, Urbán Z, Csiszár K, Boyd CD. A gene-dosage PCR method for the detection of elastin gene deletions in patients with Williams syndrome. Clin Genet 1998; 54:129-35. [PMID: 9761391 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1998.tb03715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Williams syndrome (WS) is a multisystem developmental disorder associated with microdeletions at 7q11.23 that involve several genes, including the elastin gene. Using genomic DNA from a panel of normal individuals and WS patients with established hemizygosity of the elastin gene locus, we have developed a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based gene-dosage assay that rapidly detects the loss of one allele of the elastin gene. Using this procedure, we also studied a family in which the proband was previously diagnosed with WS and her mother with a balanced 7q translocation [t(7:11)(q34;q13)]. Using DNA isolated from buccal smears obtained from several individuals in this family we were able to establish normal disomy at 7q in all family members except for the proband, in which we established hemizygosity at the elastin gene locus. We were also able to successfully infer normal disomy in an unborn child in this family. The rapid diagnostic procedure described here may have a variety of applications, including fine mapping of deletion breakpoints at 7q11.23 associated with WS.
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- T del Rio
- The Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA
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Taylor A, Obholz K, Linden G, Sadiev S, Klaus S, Carlson KD. DNA sequence and muscle-specific expression of human sarcosin transcripts. Mol Cell Biochem 1998; 183:105-12. [PMID: 9655184 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006824331819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We have characterized two abundant human cDNAs which, through Northern hybridization analysis, are selectively expressed in human sarcomeric muscle. DNA sequencing was performed and the two cDNAs were found to share sequence identity, with the exception of a 3' UTR extension present on the longer transcript. Our data suggest that the two transcripts are generated through alternative use of two poly(A) addition signals. The cDNAs encode a large open reading frame encompassing at least 435 codons. Through sequence comparisons, both at the DNA and predicted amino acid sequence level, we have been unable to find significant sequence similarity to any other characterized sequence. Consequently, we have termed this novel human sequence sarcosin. Although novel, Southern hybridization analysis demonstrated that the sarcosin sequence has been conserved in several mammalian species.
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- A Taylor
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, Kansas 67260-0026, USA
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Caira F, Clémencet MC, Cherkaoui-Malki M, Dieuaide-Noubhani M, Pacot C, Van Veldhoven PP, Latruffe N. Differential regulation by a peroxisome proliferator of the different multifunctional proteins in guinea pig: cDNA cloning of the guinea pig D-specific multifunctional protein 2. Biochem J 1998; 330 ( Pt 3):1361-8. [PMID: 9494107 PMCID: PMC1219283 DOI: 10.1042/bj3301361] [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: 02/06/2023]
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After our previous report on the cloning of two cDNA species in guinea pig, both encoding the same hepatic 79 kDa multifunctional protein 1 (MFP-1) [Caira, Cherkaoui-Malki, Hoefler and Latruffe (1996) FEBS Lett. 378, 57-60], here we report the cloning of a cDNA encoding a second multifunctional peroxisomal protein (MFP-2) in guinea-pig liver. This 2356 nt cDNA encodes a protein of 735 residues (79.7 kDa) whose sequence shows 83% identity with rat MFP-2 [Dieuaide-Noubhani, Novikov, Baumgart, Vanhooren, Fransen, Goethals, Vandekerckhove, Van Veldhoven and Mannaerts (1996) Eur. J. Biochem. 240, 660-666]. In parallel, we studied the effect of ciprofibrate, a hypolipaemic agent also known as peroxisome proliferator in rodent, on the expression of MFP-1 and MFP-2 (2.6 kb) in rats and guinea pigs. By Northern blotting analysis we demonstrated that three MFP-1-related mRNA species are expressed in the guinea-pig liver. The expression of two of them (3.5 and 2.6 kb) is slightly increased by ciprofibrate, whereas the 3.0 kb MFP-1 mRNA is, unlike the rat one, strongly down-regulated in guinea pigs treated with ciprofibrate. In a similar way, the hepatic expression of the guinea-pig 2.6 kb MFP-2 mRNA is also down-regulated in guinea pigs treated with ciprofibrate. These results demonstrate (1) that in contrast with the unique 3.0 kb MFP-1 rat mRNA, at least three hepatic MFP-1-related mRNA species are co-expressed in guinea pig; and (2) that, opposed to the accepted idea of non-responsiveness of the guinea pig to ciprofibrate, this drug affects MFP-1 and MFP-2 gene expression in this species. Also, the mRNA species for acyl-CoA oxidase and thiolase, two other enzymes of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation pathway that are induced severalfold in responsive species are down-regulated in guinea pig. This paper is the first, to our knowledge, reporting the down-regulation of the expression of genes encoding enzymes involved in the peroxisomal beta-oxidation of fatty acids (MFP-1) and bile acid synthesis (MFP-2) in mammals.
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- F Caira
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Bourgogne, BP400, 21011 Dijon Cedex, France
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Lysyl oxidase (LO) is a copper-dependent amine oxidase that plays a critical role in the biogenesis of connective tissue matrices by crosslinking the extracellular matrix proteins, collagen and elastin. Levels of LO increase in many fibrotic diseases, while expression of the enzyme is decreased in certain diseases involving impaired copper metabolism. While the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme is not yet available, many of its physical-chemical properties, its novel carbonyl cofactor, and its catalytic mechanism have been described. Lysyl oxidase is synthesized as a preproprotein, secreted as a 50 kDa, N-glycosylated proenzyme and then proteolytically cleaved to the 32 kDa, catalytically active, mature enzyme. Within the past decade, the gene encoding LO has been cloned, facilitating investigations of the regulation of expression of the enzyme in response to diverse stimuli and in numerous disease states. Transforming growth factor-beta, platelet-derived growth factor, angiotensin II, retinoic acid, fibroblast growth factor, altered serum conditions, and shear stress are among the effectors or conditions that regulate LO expression. New, LO-like genes have also been identified and cloned, suggesting the existence of a multigene family. It has also become increasingly evident that LO may have other important biological functions in addition to its role in the crosslinking of elastin and collagen in the extracellular matrix.
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- L I Smith-Mungo
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA
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Yu W, Andersson B, Worley KC, Muzny DM, Ding Y, Liu W, Ricafrente JY, Wentland MA, Lennon G, Gibbs RA. Large-scale concatenation cDNA sequencing. Genome Res 1997; 7:353-8. [PMID: 9110174 PMCID: PMC139146 DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.4.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/1996] [Accepted: 02/04/1997] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A total of 100 kb of DNA derived from 69 individual human brain cDNA clones of 0.7-2.0 kb were sequenced by concatenated cDNA sequencing (CCS), whereby multiple individual DNA fragments are sequenced simultaneously in a single shotgun library. The method yielded accurate sequences and a similar efficiency compared with other shotgun libraries constructed from single DNA fragments (> 20 kb). Computer analyses were carried out on 65 cDNA clone sequences and their corresponding end sequences to examine both nucleic acid and amino acid sequence similarities in the databases. Thirty-seven clones revealed no DNA database matches, 12 clones generated exact matches (> or = 98% identity), and 16 clones generated nonexact matches (57%-97% identity) to either known human or other species genes. Of those 28 matched clones, 8 had corresponding end sequences that failed to identify similarities. In a protein similarity search, 27 clone sequences displayed significant matches, whereas only 20 of the end sequences had matches to known protein sequences. Our data indicate that full-length cDNA insert sequences provide significantly more nucleic acid and protein sequence similarity matches than expressed sequence tags (ESTs) for database searching.
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Feres-Filho EJ, Menassa GB, Trackman PC. Regulation of lysyl oxidase by basic fibroblast growth factor in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:6411-6. [PMID: 8626440 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.11.6411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Lysyl oxidase catalyzes the final known enzymatic step required for collagen and elastin cross-linking. A cross-linked collagenous extracellular matrix is required for bone formation. This study investigated whether lysyl oxidase, like its type I collagen substrate, is down-regulated by basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells and determined the degree of post-transcriptional control. Steady-state lysyl oxidase mRNA levels decreased to 30% of control after 24 h of treatment with 1 and 10 nm bFGF. This regulation was time-dependent. COL1A1 mRNA levels declined to less than 10% of control after 24 h of bFGF treatment. Media lysyl oxidase activity decreased consistent with steady-state mRNA changes in cultures that were refed after 24 h of growth factor treatment. Interestingly, treatment of MC3T3-E1 cells with 0.01-0.1 nm bFGF for 24 h and treatment with 1 nm bFGF for up to 12 h resulted in a modest stimulation of lysyl oxidase gene expression and enzyme activity. At least 50% of the down-regulation of lysyl oxidase was shown to be posttranscriptional. New protein synthesis was not required for the down-regulation by bFGF, but cycloheximide did increase constitutive lysyl oxidase mRNA levels 2.5-fold. We conclude that lysyl oxidase and COL1A1 are regulated similarly by bFGF in these osteoblastic cells, consistent with the in vivo effects of this growth factor on bone collagen metabolism.
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- E J Feres-Filho
- Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Csiszar K, Entersz I, Trackman PC, Samid D, Boyd CD. Functional analysis of the promoter and first intron of the human lysyl oxidase gene. Mol Biol Rep 1996; 23:97-108. [PMID: 8983023 DOI: 10.1007/bf00424435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Alterations in the synthesis and activity of lysyl oxidase occur concomitant with developmental changes in collagen and elastin deposition and with the pathogenesis of several acquired and heritable connective tissue disorders. To begin to unravel the mechanisms that control lysyloxidase gene expression, we have previously reported the complete exon-intron structure of the human lysyl oxidase gene. We have now sequenced this entire gene, including all six introns and 4 kb of DNA 5' of exon 1. Analysis of over 13 kb of intervening sequence and 5' flanking sequence revealed a concentration of conserved consensus sequence elements within the first intron and 1 kb immediately 5' of exon 1. Analysis of intron 1 and the 5' flanking domain, using recombinant plasmids containing the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter gene, identified functional DNA sequence elements within these non-coding domains responsible for inhibition and up-regulation of CAT activity in primary cultures of human skin fibroblasts, in smooth muscle cells, revertant cells derived from an osteosarcoma cell line and malignant c-Ha-ras-transformed osteosarcoma cells. DNA sequence elements within intron 1, in particular, resulted in a marked increase in CAT reporter activity in cultured fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells and osteosarcoma cells. In c-Ha-ras-transformed osteosarcoma cells, however, no such enhancer activity of intron 1 sequence was observed. Ras-transformed osteosarcoma cells exhibited reduced steady-state levels of lysyl oxidase mRNA that was primarily controlled through reduced transcription of the lysyl oxidase gene. The lack of any up-regulation of CAT activity in these ras-transformed cells by sequence elements within intron 1 suggests a complex interaction between cis-acting domains and trans-acting transcriptional factors in the 5' promoter domain and the first intron of the lysyl oxidase gene.
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- K Csiszar
- Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903, USA
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