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Durante W. Glutamine Deficiency Promotes Immune and Endothelial Cell Dysfunction in COVID-19. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:7593. [PMID: 37108759 PMCID: PMC10144995 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused the death of almost 7 million people worldwide. While vaccinations and new antiviral drugs have greatly reduced the number of COVID-19 cases, there remains a need for additional therapeutic strategies to combat this deadly disease. Accumulating clinical data have discovered a deficiency of circulating glutamine in patients with COVID-19 that associates with disease severity. Glutamine is a semi-essential amino acid that is metabolized to a plethora of metabolites that serve as central modulators of immune and endothelial cell function. A majority of glutamine is metabolized to glutamate and ammonia by the mitochondrial enzyme glutaminase (GLS). Notably, GLS activity is upregulated in COVID-19, favoring the catabolism of glutamine. This disturbance in glutamine metabolism may provoke immune and endothelial cell dysfunction that contributes to the development of severe infection, inflammation, oxidative stress, vasospasm, and coagulopathy, which leads to vascular occlusion, multi-organ failure, and death. Strategies that restore the plasma concentration of glutamine, its metabolites, and/or its downstream effectors, in conjunction with antiviral drugs, represent a promising therapeutic approach that may restore immune and endothelial cell function and prevent the development of occlusive vascular disease in patients stricken with COVID-19.
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- William Durante
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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Bracci N, de la Fuente C, Saleem S, Pinkham C, Narayanan A, García-Sastre A, Balaraman V, Richt JA, Wilson W, Kehn-Hall K. Rift Valley fever virus Gn V5-epitope tagged virus enables identification of UBR4 as a Gn interacting protein that facilitates Rift Valley fever virus production. Virology 2022; 567:65-76. [PMID: 35032865 PMCID: PMC8877469 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an arbovirus that was first reported in the Rift Valley of Kenya which causes significant disease in humans and livestock. RVFV is a tri-segmented, negative-sense RNA virus consisting of a L, M, and S segments with the M segment encoding the glycoproteins Gn and Gc. Host factors that interact with Gn are largely unknown. To this end, two viruses containing an epitope tag (V5) on the Gn protein in position 105 or 229 (V5Gn105 and V5Gn229) were generated using the RVFV MP-12 vaccine strain as a backbone. The V5-tag insertion minimally impacted Gn functionality as measured by replication kinetics, Gn localization, and antibody neutralization assays. A proteomics-based approach was used to identify novel Gn-binding host proteins, including the E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase, UBR4. Depletion of UBR4 resulted in a significant decrease in RVFV titers and a reduction in viral RNA production.
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- Nicole Bracci
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University
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- The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, DEA,National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University
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- National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University
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- National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University
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- National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
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- National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University,Center for Zoonotic and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,Corresponding Author: Kylene Kehn-Hall, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Integrated Life Sciences Building, 1981 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060 USA,
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Manning TJ, Thomas-Richardson J, Cowan M, Beard T. Vaporization, bioactive formulations and a marine natural product: different perspectives on antivirals. Drug Discov Today 2020; 25:956-958. [PMID: 32325124 PMCID: PMC7169894 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2020.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Concept draws on 20 years of research with cancer drugs, antibiotics and synthesis of an antiviral. Advantages of inhalation sought include lower dose and improved efficacy for species such as hydroxychloroquine, with a bioactive bulk solvent Bulk constituents in vaporization process have some antiviral activity Bioactive ingredients can be included in the formulation that can accelerate viral replication which disrupts other processes improving the efficacy of the pharmaceutical Marine natural product bryostatin-1 has antiviral properties; when extracted from host, the complex mixture of bryostatin structures should be considered for medicinal administration
This article examines three aspects of antivirals, such as hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, and remdesvir, as they might relate to the treatment of a viral infection such as COVID-19: (i) the use of vaporization for the delivery of antivirals, with the bulk constituents having mild antiviral efficacy; (ii) the application of a marine natural product extract as opposed to a single molecule as an antiviral agent; and (iii) a counter intuitive approach to formulation that is, in part, based on delivering multiple species that fall into three categories: building blocks for the virus to accelerate replication; an energy source for the infected cell to boost its immune response; and the species that antagonize or provide toxicity to the virus.
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- Chemistry, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, USA
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- Chemistry, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, USA
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Jagušić M, Forčić D, Brgles M, Kutle L, Šantak M, Jergović M, Kotarski L, Bendelja K, Halassy B. Stability of Minimum Essential Medium functionality despite L-glutamine decomposition. Cytotechnology 2015; 68:1171-83. [PMID: 25904557 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-015-9875-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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L-Glutamine (L-Gln) instability in liquid media is a well-known fact. Also, negative effect of ammonia, one of the L-Gln degradation products, on viability of many cell cultures and on replication of different viruses has been described. However, negative effects of ammonia have been reported in doses excessively exceeding those that could be generated in regularly used liquid culture media due to spontaneous L-Gln breakdown (below 2 mM). Traditional virus vaccine production processes have been established and registered involving L-Gln containing media use. Eventual culture media replacement in the regular production process belongs to the major regulative changes that require substantial financial expenses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of storage of Minimum Essential Media with Hanks salts on their relevant biological functions during virus vaccine production process in relation to L-Gln decrease. Our results show a cell type dependent effect of spontaneous L-Gln degradation during medium storage. They also suggest that for cell cultures used in measles, mumps, and rubella virus production the media retain their functionality in respect to cell viability or virus growth over a certain time window despite L-Gln degradation.
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- Maja Jagušić
- Centre for Research and Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.,Center of Excellence for Virus Immunology and Vaccines, CERVirVac, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Research and Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.,Center of Excellence for Virus Immunology and Vaccines, CERVirVac, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Research and Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.,Center of Excellence for Virus Immunology and Vaccines, CERVirVac, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Immunology Inc., Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Research and Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.,Center of Excellence for Virus Immunology and Vaccines, CERVirVac, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Research and Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.,Center of Excellence for Virus Immunology and Vaccines, CERVirVac, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute of Immunology Inc., Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Research and Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia.,Center of Excellence for Virus Immunology and Vaccines, CERVirVac, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centre for Research and Knowledge Transfer in Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Rockefellerova 10, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia. .,Center of Excellence for Virus Immunology and Vaccines, CERVirVac, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Nitrogen metabolism of asparagine and glutamate in Vero cells studied by 1H/15N NMR spectroscopy. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 77:427-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1181-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2007] [Revised: 08/14/2007] [Accepted: 08/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rodriguez Saint-Jean S, Borrego JJ, Perez-Prieto SI. Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus: Biology, Pathogenesis, and Diagnostic Methods. Adv Virus Res 2003; 62:113-65. [PMID: 14719365 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(03)62003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Sylvia Rodriguez Saint-Jean
- Laboratorio de Virus, Departamento de Microbiología Molecular Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) C/Velazquez 144, 28006-Madrid, Spain
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Park H, Kim IH, Kim IY, Kim KH, Kim HJ. Expression of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I and ornithine transcarbamoylase genes in Chinese hamster ovary dhfr-cells decreases accumulation of ammonium ion in culture media. J Biotechnol 2000; 81:129-40. [PMID: 10989172 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(00)00282-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ammonium ion accumulation in mammalian cell culture media causes toxicity which inhibits cell growth and productivity. To reduce the level of the accumulated ammonium ion, carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I (CPS I) and ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC) were used, which catalyze the first and second steps of the urea cycle in the liver. To examine the effects of overexpressed CPS I and OTC genes on the concentration of the ammonium ion in culture media, the two genes were introduced into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) dhfr-cells. The CPS I expressing cell lines (CPS I-CHO) and both CPS I and OTC expressing cell lines (CPS I/OTC-CHO) were confirmed at the mRNA level and analyzed in terms of the cell growth and the accumulation of ammonium ion in culture media. The accumulation of ammonium ion was approximately 25-33% less in CPS I/OTC-CHO than in either CPS I-CHO or the vector-control cell lines. Interestingly however, the cell growth was approximately 15-30% faster in both CPS I-CHO and CPS I/OTC-CHO than in the control cell lines. Forced expression of urea cycle enzymes in the CHO cells revealed that both the expression of CPS I and OTC can reduce the accumulation of ammonium ion in the culture media.
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- H Park
- College of Pharmacy, Chung Ang University, 221, Huksuk-Dong, Dongjak-Ku, 156-756, Seoul, South Korea
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The effect of ammonium chloride was determined on a culture of CHO cells transfected with the human erythropoietin (EPO) gene. Cell growth was inhibited above a culture concentration of 5 mM NH(4)Cl with an IC-50 determined to be 33 mM. The specific production of EPO increased with the addition of NH(4)Cl above 5 mM. At 10 mM NH(4)Cl, the final cell density after 4 days in culture was significantly lower but the final yield of EPO was significantly higher. This appeared to be due to continued protein production after cell growth had ceased. The metabolic effects of added NH(4)Cl included higher specific consumption rates of glucose and glutamine and an increased rate of production of alanine, glycine, and glutamate. The EPO analyzed from control cultures had a molecular weight range of 33-39 kDa and an isoelectric point range of 4.06-4.67. Seven distinct isoforms of the molecule were identified by two-dimensional electrophoresis. This molecular heterogeneity was ascribed to variable glycosylation. Complete enzymatic de-glycosylation resulted in a single molecular form with a molecular mass of 18 kDa. Addition of NH(4)Cl to the cultures caused a significant increase in the heterogeneity of the glycoforms as shown by an increased molecular weight and pI range. Enzymatic de-sialylation of the EPO from the ammonia-treated and control cultures resulted in identical electrophoretic patterns. This indicated that the effect of ammonia was in the reduction of terminal sialylation of the glycan structures which accounted for the increased pI. Selective removal of the N-glycan structures by PNGase F resulted in two bands identified as the O-glycan linked structure (19 kDa) and the completely de-glycosylated structure (18 kDa). The proportion of the O-linked glycan structure was reduced, and its pI increased in cultures to which ammonia was added. Thus, the glycosylation pattern altered by the presence of ammonia included a reduction in terminal sialylation of all the glycans and a reduction in the content of the O-linked glycan. The addition of a sialidase inhibitor to the cultures had no effect on the ammonia-induced increase in EPO heterogeneity. Also, the effect of ammonia on glycosylation could not be mimicked using the weak base chloroquine in our system.
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- M Yang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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Rodríguez E, Everitt E. Adenovirus uncoating and nuclear establishment are not affected by weak base amines. J Virol 1996; 70:3470-7. [PMID: 8648679 PMCID: PMC190220 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.6.3470-3477.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We have used four established lysosomotropic agents, ammonium chloride, amantadine, chloroquine, and methylamine, to monitor the possible interference with an early low-pH-dependent step during adenovirus replication. Two concentrations of each of the different agents were selected; one was essentially nontoxic to uninfected HeLa cells, and the other resulted in some toxicity as measured by trypan blue staining and by interference with cell monolayer establishment, cell proliferation, and radioisotope labelling. It was separately determined that these concentrations displayed pH-raising effects of the same magnitude as higher concentrations previously used in similar studies. Adenovirus uncoating in vivo, normally reaching its maximum within 1 h after infection, was not affected by any of the agents. The subsequent levels of successful nuclear entry events by the parental genomes were monitored by measuring the extent of transcription of an mRNA species coding for the early 72-kDa DNA-binding protein at 10 to 12 h postinfection. In HeLa, KB, HEp-2, and A549 cells, none of the agents were able to affect the levels of early transcription after administration at the point of infection or at 3 h after infection. The cumulative synthesis of the hexon antigen was assessed late in infection, and inhibitory effects were revealed upon administration of 10, 20, and 40 mM ammonium chloride, 10 mM methylamine, and 0.5 mM amantadine, irrespective of the time point of addition. Ammonium chloride at 5 mM reduced the hexon yield by 20% at the most when added within 50 min after infection. Chloroquine at concentrations of 2.5 and 5 microM specifically reduced the hexon yields by 30 to 40% when administered within the first 50 min of infection. On the basis of the lack of effects of nontoxic concentrations of the four agents on the early virus-cell interactive event of uncoating and the early virus-specified transcription, we conclude that a low-pH-dependent step early in the adenovirus replication cycle is not mandatory for a successful infection.
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- E Rodríguez
- Department of Microbiology, University of Lund, Sweden
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Kuznar J, Soler M, Farias G, Espinoza JC. Attachment and entry of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) into CHSE-214 cells. Arch Virol 1995; 140:1833-40. [PMID: 7503682 DOI: 10.1007/bf01384345] [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: 01/25/2023]
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Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) attaches to CHSE-214 cells through two types of cell components: specific and non-specific ones. Competition experiments with inactivated IPNV showed that IPNV requires specific components to productively infect cells. Just a low amount of adsorbed IPNV enters the cell. After 20 minutes, part of the adsorbed IPNV was internalized into acid compartments. Also, the viruses adsorbed on the cell surface require similar periods of time to escape from the neutralization of antibodies.
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- J Kuznar
- Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
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Estay A, Farias G, Soler M, Kuznar J. Further analysis on the structural proteins of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus. Virus Res 1990; 15:85-95. [PMID: 2107647 DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(90)90015-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The structural proteins of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) have been analyzed. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis showed that IPNV proteins are slightly acidic with apparent pIs ranging from 5.8 to 6.6. To identify the IPNV surface-located proteins, purified virus was labelled either with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) or with Na 125I. After analysis by SDS-PAGE, only the major viral protein, VP2, was labelled by either procedure. The accessibility of VP2 to these reagents suggests that this protein is externally located. In addition, using Concanavalin A conjugated with FITC and IPNV labelling with 3H-mannose, evidence is present that VP2 contains carbohydrate residues.
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- A Estay
- Laboratorio de Bioquimica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile
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